TEST DRIVE : MAY 2016 EDITIOIN

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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 MAY 20ST 12:01AM EST.
• There is an Enable Me / App this Plz to see what some people are offering or would love to play.
• 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, and already SOME 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."

Then there's the people who aren't happy to see you at all. Glares and silent, judging stares if you're lucky. Torches and pitchforks attempting to drive you out of the town if you're not. You may need a friend to help you.

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.

Comments

[liquidbaby]

Is it really that awesome to burn paper, uncle Tuffnut?

[ It makes his eyes sparkle a little bit. He's never been awesome before. ]

[neetfreak]

It's okay, I guess! It's a lot different from this place...

[ueteribus]

The 'Fog God'. [There's a pause, serving as punctuation on his end to convey his disbelief in that term. Before he repeats, coolly empty:] I see.

[He's attempting to parse this explanation for anything he considers useful...believable, really. Of course he knows magic, and curses. But this isn't the kind of transformation that should be possible outside of a children's tale, and the manner and mechanics in which it is supposed to occur?

Well, it just doesn't make any sense.

He glances down again to the pamphlet in his fist.]

I can safely assume this business about fur-bearing trout is the part that can be considered unabashed nonsense, I would hope? [There's some humor in his tone, though still far from friendly.] Or next you'll be telling me all about wild herds of Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Nargle infestations.

[aslyfox]

Mm. At this time... it is me, Yamato, Kane-san, Horikawa, Kousetsu, and Yamanbagiri. However, that may change at any time. The gods of this place are fickle. We're all different forms as well--- none of us completely similar.

[ A comforting hand. Something Kogitsunemaru didn't have for a while, but it's nice to receive the attention. ]

I heard Uguisumaru was here as well, but before many of us. Odd that he would be chosen, but he disappeared too.

[2crack]

Well, paper's just sort of a starting point. Burning it isn't that fun unless you have a whole lot of it. You need to work your way up to burning buildings and forests. That's when you get the best bonfires, my little friend.

[No seriously. Terrible role model.]

[liquidbaby]

But houses are for Godzilla to step on, right?

[ Not... that... either... ]

YESSSS

[rosetotheoccasion]

[As soon as Ruby realizes she has backup, she just. Collapses. Her lungs hurt from running so long, her legs are killing her with how badly the silver burns are biting at her injuries, and just. The general fatigue that she still hasn't managed to shake off in the aftermath of her transformation is hitting her even harder now.

But even with the exhaustion taking over so much that it feels like she's about ready to pass out, she snaps to alertness when she sees just who it is that saved her, and her stomach turns. No no no she has to be careful, That can't happen again...!]

Be careful, they know what weaknesses we have...!

[She's not really sure what weaknesses gargoyles have outside of the sun thing, but who knows what the hunters have up their sleeves...!]

[rosetotheoccasion]

[Ruby was never really a subtle person. Her emotions were always broadcasted clearly on her face, and she wore her heart on her sleeve. But her new additions turned those signs into glowing neon beacons, more or less, with the way they twitched or perked or drooped, as they're doing now.]

But that's what the humans who don't change call us! And they get really upset at all of us, so there has to be a reason...!

[under_the_wire]

"You're pissing me off!" It hardly counts as an answer, but Ja'far is satisfied with it. He's too busy yanking at the rope to think of a better one, anyway. "You and all that goddamn laughing!"

He can hear the laughing starting up again, like bells that are just somewhat...off. It sounds like it's up in the trees somewhere, which is why he climbed this tree to try to kick its ass. However, now that he's up here, it sounds like it's coming from somewhere in the undergrowth. Well, he's up here now and he's not budging. The high ground gives you the advantage, after all. Especially when you have no other height advantage to speak of.

[patchedupjob]

Not human?

[Why is he suddenly having a very bad feeling about this? It's probably just this kid playing around and telling stories, right?]

[goateeocracy]

[Is this kid threatening him? Crying and threatening him? He really doesn't have time for this shit.]

I SAID KNOCK IT OFF!

[He slams his arm against the wall again, which just sends more glass shards falling down from what remains of the shattered window. It doesn't do much for the pain in his arm, either, and he's left cursing and sliding down to the ground with a grimace on his face.]

[goateeocracy]

DID I SAY YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE?!

[When Kouen doesn't get what he wants when he wants it, he takes it. And right now that means grabbing hold of whatever part of Sphintus he can reach and yanking as hard as he can. Magnostadt? From what he remembers, there wouldn't even be a Magnostadt right now if it wasn't for his family. f this brat was a student there, that's all the more reason why he should be answering the damn question.]

[blurspot]

Hmmn... [Indeed, it's not friendly at all, and he nods in apparent agreement. People with rope do not often make the good books here though-he should probably go into a toy store more often.]

...There's the person I give dead things to, [he says after some thought.]

He uses rope to tie up meat...so maybe we could get it from him?

[That's twine not that it wouldn't work...]

[2crack]

[The viking raises an eyebrow, confused by the question.]

... What's Godzilla?

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[sock_head]

Which part?

[The response came out in a huffy and tired voice. The kid it came from didn't seem to particularly care if the statement had actually been aimed at him, his tone reeking of one who was merely venting out load.

Sitting off to the side of the walking path, he had what looked like a fruit basket stuffed with jars of preserves and pamphlets on one side of him, and a jar of fireflies providing dim flickering light on the other.]

The complete lack of any proper communication and assistance, made up for by insincere offers of graciousness and false hospitality? Or the assiduously shilled drivel they're attempting to pass around in the form of hoaky tourist pamphlets?

[It seemed like he was still trying to look through those 'drivel' filled pamphlets. As if perhaps there was some real useful information buried in them that he just hadn't found yet. ]

[hashtaghaunted]

[Nobody in their friend group is particularly subtle, so it's not hard to catch Sam's drift. And... well. Ashley does look a bit uneasy, but not outright terrified as she might have been when she first arrived.]

Yeah, that. Uh... [her claws fidget together a bit] Sometimes I do that. Help, I mean. 'Cause Shades have this ability...

[Okay no stop now. Don't derail.]

But it's hard, sometimes. Going out in the fog. People can get crazy, and it can make things worse.

[hearthebell]

Surveys? Something like that.

[It's mercifully simple, and a pretty easy and plausible explanation at that. Though L grows bored and restless fairly easily, he's found that in situations like this, when he's offered a simple solution, it's better to take it rather than weaving something more complex and exciting at the risk of catastrophic failure. More or less, he is conducting a survey, anyway; just an ongoing and highly detailed one.

At Ryuk's curiosity, the arm's length of distance that L has carefully maintained since the conversation started is probably a hair more noticeable. Though his approaches are bold, his mannerisms can be vaguely skittish, as though he is hyper-aware of the potential for others to attempt to reach out and hurt him.]

It would be very painful, and I would burn. I've always been relatively indifferent to both of those things, and that has not changed so far.

[The answers are clipped, short, to-the-point. He doesn't elaborate. He doesn't want this being to see it as a challenge or a point of intrigue; he would far prefer to move on before any temptation to snatch away his hood and umbrella does strike.]

Many new arrivals are confused. Distraught, even. You are uncommonly relaxed about this.

[goldeneyeball]

_{[JW drops his chin into his hand and rolls his eyes so that he can look at something else and not look bothered. WHICH HE ISN'T.]}

Oh, everybody does at first but it's you or them.

I TOOK MY SWEET TIME BUT I AM HERE NOW...

[sacrosanctum]

[At that warning, Pyrrha tenses slightly. She herself isn't sure what weaknesses gargoyles have apart from the well-publicised sunlight one, but if these hunters know their weaknesses better than they do, it's best to go in with caution.

If they have a chance of talking their way out of this, perhaps it's better to take that first. Singling out the apparent leader of the rag-tag pack, the one furthest to the fore and with the largest weapon, she meets his eyes with confidence and a head held high.]

I understand your quarrel with monsters, but we don't wish you harm. Or anyone. Please, stand down before we have to defend ourselves.

[The idea of that coming to pass scares her as much as it does Ruby, or maybe even more. She hadn't known her own strength enough to prevent a death in her own world - how could she be sure of it here, so soon after the change? But she doesn't let it show through, and though the pack leader's face is set and promising things to get ugly, her words seem to have a tangible effect on him. At the words "stand down", a small shudder seems to run through him, and despite his own look and the looks of every other human in the pack, his weapon lowers just a little.]

[birdarang]

[ Okay. His brain processes that there's a fog that makes you gradually turn into a monster. When you were done...you were done. It's not a lot to go by, but it's at least something. It makes Robin feel a little bit better, anyway. ]

What's the reason behind all of this? The pamphlets say we were chosen.

[ He waves a few of them around. A part of Robin is happy that instead of his friends having to go through an experience like this, he'll do it for them. He can't stand to see his friends hurt, so in a way, not seeing them go through whatever hell Ryslig was going to deliver was a relief. But at the same time... ]

There's got to be a connecting point for all of this. It doesn't make sense otherwise.

[birdarang]

[ Now that's a bit surprising. Robin's been to plenty of other planets, but a different Earth altogether? That's strange. ]

So we're not even on Earth. [ Robin looks around with his good eye, unsure of how to take this. It was bad enough he was apparently going to turn into a monster here soon. But this new information threw him in for a loop. ]

What about our homes? [ How did Robin forget this? The Titans must be going out of their minds. There was an awful feeling of guilt settled in his stomach, but he tried to ignore it. ] Is there any way to communicate with them?

[ Robin damn well knows the answer. But still. ]

HIGH HO SILVER

[birdarang]

[ The offer this kid is making is enough to help kill the edge a bit. Robin raises an eyebrow when flying's mentioned. It seemed like a cute idea, but seriously. How old was he, even? Could he even carry Robin without flying? The idea of it is...pretty funny, actually. In a very weird kind of way.

Despite all of this, Robin shakes his head. ] No. I'll be fine. [ And he will! He just needs to...try and forget some of this stuff ever happened, that's all.

He'll look down to the kid. ] Thanks though.

SCREAMS

[birdarang]

[ The source of the voice breaks Robin's thoughts away from the piles of gifts he's received, and is instead pulled to a kid wearing a sock on his head. What's more interesting other than the fact that, well, he's wearing a sock on his head, is the fact that he almost sounds bored by this all.

Robin's seen adults, grown people way way older than him, who reacted like this was the end of the world. They panicked and called for help. The minute they woke up in the hospital, their lives were thrown into some sort of chaos.

But this kid?

Robin would be lying off his ass if he said the kid's attitude wasn't really all that surprising. ] How about both? [ Robin skims through one of the pamphlets. ] I've seen a few monsters wondering around with townspeople looking at them like they're... [ monsters. ]

But when they see us, they're almost elated. It's just a little hypocritical.

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[sock_head]

[At the other boys approach and initial question Edd forced a polite smile, ready to answer with 'of course I'm human, what else would I be?', but as the other boy went on, Edd's smile fell into a puzzled frown.]

I beg your pardon?

[A "yaknow"? He was fairly certain he didn't know. And that description sounded suspiciously like a devil.]

I'm...afraid I haven't seen anyone quite fitting that description. I certainly am human, though. At least, for now, if these pamphlets are to be believed.

[The slightly forced smile is back, as he holds up some of the pamphlets for emphasis. By the tone of his voice, he doesn't quite believe what the leaflets are trying to sell him.]

Is it safe to assume you only recently found yourself here as well?

they're even from the same time period. -fate-.

[noasark]

Don't be stupid, I look for the facts, and proof.

And considering I've seen that proof, neither of your guesses are correct, [he scoffs, adjusting his glasses. Lucius' answer actually earns a bit of surprise though-and he very nearly allows his glasses to fall from his face (dangerous, considering he's more basilisk-like than one might assume), before regaining his focus.]

Hmn! Well isn't that interesting, I finally found someone from my year...most of the lot here seem to be from either somewhere in the 2010s or a few decades back, if they're even using a proper calendar...

[Sometimes you hit someone from space. It happens.] ...I must be more behind on Western fashion than I assumed though, [he mutters as an after thought, looking over Lucius' robes. If it's 1995 he'd hope it wasn't a version of the world that was too different...

...So much for that hope.]