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TEST DRIVE

Welcome to Ryslig's test drive meme! If you're considering apping here, this is where you can try your characters out in the game's setting. A few things to note:

You can only app ONE character per round so choose wisely.
We now have a Quick Game Facts that simplifies the basic information about the game. Good if you want to see what the game is at a glance!
Ryslig's FAQ is located here, so please take a look if you have questions.

The Reserve date is 01/29.
Test drive meme threads can be used for your roleplay sample!
Players with characters already in the game can earn up to a maximum of 6 coins by replying to potential character threads! You cannot use this to go over the bonus 20 coins per month total, but you can use it to reach that coin total. Same rules as normal bonuses apply.

Sample scenarios:

SCENARIO ONE: So you've just arrived, fresh out of the hospital, and already the natives are trying to get on your good side. Offers of food, shelter and other luxuries in return for hoping you don't eat them. They even have some helpful pamphlets to share with you. "How To Deal With Changes", "Alternatives to Human Flesh", "What to Expect When You're Expecting (to turn into a monster)" are all great pamphlets. There's even some detailing certain monsters, and the changes they go through. Some of these seem to have been passed down from one monster to the next.

Among these however, are some... not so helpful ones. "Bunnyipyips And You", "Axe Thief Axehounds," and "So you're becoming a Fur Bearing Trout" among others. Sometimes they have marks on them from previous people who had them saying they are lies, or pointing out good "jokes."

SCENARIO TWO: You've become hopelessly lost in Lager Woods. Paths don't seem to lead where you remember them leading, and you feel as if you're going around in circles. Childlike giggling can be heard from no direction in particular. Suddenly, you stumble upon another character, who seems to be just as lost as you! Perhaps you can find a way out together. Or maybe they want you for lunch...

SCENARIO THREE: The time has come and you've found yourself becoming a monster. Is the change instant, or gradual? Are you familiar enough with monsters to know what's happening, or is it a complete shock? NOTE: Feel free to pick any monster type for this prompt, but note that you may not get the same one in game.

SCENARIO FOUR:The claws, the fangs, the pangs of hunger - horrible as they all are, it's manageable given enough time and perseverance. Local monster hunters, though, not so much.

Maybe it started with a few wayward glances on the outskirts of town, critical stares and disapproving whispers, or just the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever it was, deserved or entirely unprovoked, you're being hunted: a handful of aggressive, well-armed humans doggedly chase your trail throughout city streets and out into the open, and if you're not careful (if you don't find help soon) you might wind up as the next trophy kill claim on one of those hunter's walls.

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Light's ears are keenly trained on even the smallest noise, under these unsettling circumstances - kept open for warnings of danger, straining to hear even the faintest indication that what sounds like laughter is actually anything but. The sound a switchblade makes is slight, metallic, like a branch cracking underfoot, only not as organic; it's only because he's halfway stepped into the clearing already that he hears that soft click and halts, head swiveling toward the sound.

He doesn't recognize the man standing there, at first glance. How could he; the only time Light ever saw Mello face to face was when he took the time to silently gloat over his charred remains. Even if he were able to recognize him, Light certainly wouldn't expect to see Mello here - he's dead, after all, and the dead don't return.

It's impossible to tell from this first glance if the other man is an enemy, or potentially useful, or someone of no consequence whatsoever. The only way to find out, then, is to ask.

"I think I'm lost," Light says, with a practiced smile of false apology. "Do you happen to know the way back to town?"

In this, Mello has a slight advantage. He hasn't met his opponent face to face either, but he's seen him in photographs. He knew the faces of all the members of the Japanese Task Force now. Had he known them sooner, and had suspicion been on the new L back when he had the notebook in his possession, he might have just written all their names down to be done with it.

... No. That's not the way it would have ended, because that's not how L would have done it. Actions like those would have made for a shallow, uncertain victory - hardly the way to end a battle that had lasted so many years. And he has nothing to fight Yagami Light, Kira, with right now except for the knife in his hand. Even if the other man doesn't even have that much, there's no point in stabbing him right now. This is an opportunity, and one Mello certainly isn't going to squander.

Light doesn't recognize him from that old drawing, it seems, or if he does he's being careful not to point it out. Two can play at that game. He can't help but wonder, even though he knows it's not the case for everyone, if Light is also dead - if Near had been successful and that's why he wasn't here as well. This would make sense if not for conflicting cases he'd heard. But then who's word can he really take at face value here?

He flips the blade shut, but doesn't return it to his pocket. They're strangers, after all. One can't be too careful in this world. "No." He'll have to be truthful about that much. "I think these woods are designed to keep people from getting out."

The closing of the blade doesn't escape Light's notice - he's a police officer, well trained, and watching a suspect's hands is basic body reading. The other man is defensive, which is understandable, under the circumstances - accustomed to using force, too, Light guesses. Not a guarantee that he's a criminal of some sort, but a definite mark in that direction.

"You'd think they'd take more care to warn newcomers away from the area," he says, entirely conversational, as if this is a minor inconvenience akin to being caught in a rainstorm without an umbrella. "You're new here too, right?" He looks entirely human, after all.

"You got me!" It should be incredibly obvious he's a new arrival, as one of the townspeople would know better than to wander into this area in the first place. Not to mention they would probably be far less friendly here than back in town, as there's no one here to witness their possible demise. Still, he plays innocent, rubbing the back of his head with his free hand.

"Though if by 'they' you mean the local populace, I'm not at all surprised they don't. They might act all nice when we show up and hand out pamphlets, but I'm sure they'll also be just as glad to be rid of someone who's going to turn into a man-eating monster sooner or later." Frankly, he's surprised they aren't hunted down from the start. It has to be the influence of the 'deities' he's heard about.

Mello can't help but wonder if Kira is jealous of some other gods taking up his position.

JANUARY TEST DRIVE MEME

BRING IT YO >:} also cw mentions of burnt corpse + general assholery because it's light

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