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]

No, I want cake.

[ He puffs his cheeks. A second later he reaches up his arms anyway. ]

[magicpanchira]

Oh, come on! Where's your sense of adventure?

[ Buried in that dumpster he dug through last year, probably. ]

But daddy's not here! Hm, okay, though. I'll start working on that ASAP!

[ That's what he thinks. She's got her mind set on this... fortunately for him, her attention span can sometimes be that of a goldfish. If he's lucky, something else will distract her.

Something like flying. ]

I'm not really seeing the problem with this place! I want to do all of that stuff! So, I just have to throw myself into the fog, right? [ Yes, throw herself into it, he heard right. She'd also like to see him sort of punch people and laugh when he sets his tie on fire. Because she will. She'll laugh. Just a little. ] It seems kind of cool, if you ask me... but there's gotta be a catch. There always is, and you were avoiding telling me something earlier.

[imfine1111one]

[Buried in the trash and then crushed in a compactor.

Apollo recoils at the thought of Trucy just straight up running into the fog, arms spread in welcome. Nope nope! He jumps to his feet, shaking his head and making a fist.]

--NO, no, no throwing your body into the fog! That is the exact opposite of what you should be doing! [HOW COULD THIS BE GOING SO HORRIBLY WRONG. It's true that a lot of people have adapted fairly well--hell, some of them even have better lives here than back at their homes, apparently. But the price is too high, Apollo thinks, and there's no omitting info around Trucy. He sighs, rubbing at his head again.]

Okay, fine, you've got me. There is a catch--a really big one. Promise not to freak out, okay?

[Honestly Apollo's more likely to freak out despite being here for a good year now. Defense attorneys vs murder, it's just not a good mix.]

[magicpanchira]

[ Trucy almost jumps when he jumps up, and she stares up at him, tipping her head slightly. She knows he's probably right, he's been here a while... but at the same time, she really wants to be a mermaid. Or something that flies. Either way, it's still not sounding that bad. ]

Okay, what if I cartwheel into the fog? Does that make it better? [ She's not even trying to troll him right now. She's being dead serious -- cartwheeling into the fog at the very least sounds a lot flashier than just hurtling herself into it.

...Except there he goes, finally about to talk about that catch. She straightens up and nods, a determined look crossing over her features. ]

I promise! Lay it on me, Polly!

[imfine1111one]

Not in the least. It just means something might happen to your hands or legs first.

[Okay, the fog doesn't exactly work that way, but he's paranoid enough to believe the fog god would do something of the sort.

He takes a deep breath, and then looks around. Just spit it out, Justice, you can't hide the truth forever. He makes sure there aren't any park goers in hearing distance before he speaks up again.]

Alright, so. This doesn't apply to everyone but, the whole turning into a fantastcial monster comes with the full package. Weaknesses, strengths, lore, all that. In a way it's like we're turning into malicious versions of those yokai things your friend was afraid of. And because of that, sometimes people here snap and. . .do things they usually wouldn't.

The most usual instance is. . .murder. Many of the monsters here can't survive without killing normal people for food. Cannibalism.

[unehelichkind]

Uh.... Alright, I can try and see if I can get you any.

[ Gingerly but with signs that he's done this before, he picks up the boy, and moves him to his back with ease. ]

You sitting good there?

[liquidbaby]

[ He wraps hi chubby little arms around his neck to not fall off. ]

Uhu. Now you gotta find my cake.

[unehelichkind]

[ That's totally fine. ]

Yup, you got any idea which way I'm supposed to go for thaT?

[liquidbaby]

To a cake store!

[ That's helpful, right? ]

[unehelichkind]

[ He knwos that...but telling that to a child would be useless. ]

You have any favorite then?

[liquidbaby]

Strawberry! Sheesecake!

[ Not how it's pronounced but he was on a sroll. ]

[unehelichkind]

[ That's fine but still not what he meant. ]

And who has the best of those?

[liquidbaby]

How should I know?

[unehelichkind]

I was hoping that perhaps you had tried one or two before, am I mistaken?

[liquidbaby]

But I'm new.

[magicpanchira]

That's both creepy and interesting.

[ She's still not really deterred, not yet at least. Except then he continues, and at first she just sort of stares at him, as if she doesn't believe him. Her expression shifts, eyes narrowing slightly, as she then attempts to decipher whether or not he's pulling her leg or not.

Except he's not laughing and his face looks pretty serious. ]

...Question. Do Mermaids eat people? I kind of... don't want to do that. Whole... murder, eating the flesh off of corpses thing you just talked about.

[imfine1111one]

[He's dead serious of course, but even as he explains it, it's hard to believe it's flowing from his mouth. He's not very accepting of it, even now, but it grates him that he's explaining this as if it were a simple rule of a game.

On the plus side, re: mermaids--]

Er. Actually, I don't think mermaids eat flesh. They just drown people. . .a lot. That's what you'd have to do if you became one. I can't imagine such a reputation would help sell your stage act.

[magicpanchira]

.....

[ Sadly, it's not the whole 'drowning people a lot' bit that gets her. It's the fact that it would put her show on ice, and that's not something she can have. Ever.

With wide eyes, she slaps her gloved hands against her own cheeks, looking horrified. ]

But I won't drown anyone! Why would they do that?! Why would anyone do that?! I'll be the good mermaid like in the movies!

[imfine1111one]

[gdit trucy!! Well he can't fully blame her for putting business first. Gotta make them dollars!]

Technically, the only good mermaids are the ones in movies. In most written fairy tales, they're kind of awful fish people.

But I can't tell you a why. It's just what they do, and how they get their energy.

[magicpanchira]

But. But! I wouldn't do that! Drowning people to get energy is really stupid, why don't they just drink energy drinks? Or fish coffee?

[ These are truly the hard hitting questions of our era. The appeal of becoming a mermaid is suddenly fading quickly, at least. ]

...Wait, does that mean you've had to eat people too, Polly?

[imfine1111one]

Fish coffee? Just saying that should be enough to make you realize why that wouldn't work. [You can't just pour coffee into a goldfish bowl, Trucy!!

But to her question, he actually relaxes slightly. This, he doesn't have to sugar coat entirely.]

Actually. . .no. I got a lucky break for once.

I said many of the monster turned people have to eat others, but not all. I just......sort of steal energy? With magic? I don't really understand it. [He looks at his hand, flicking out another small flame before it flits out of existence. He feels lucky compared to most people, but he omits that, even if some of his victims are voluntary, he still doesn't like it. For all he knows, he's shaving years off their life by taking their energy.]

But the point is, I don't have to kill people to do it. There are some others like that, too. It's still possible to kill them, sure, but only a crazy person would do it on purpose.

[magicpanchira]

It could work! It could happen! [ DON'T KNOCK IT UNTIL YOU'VE TRIED IT, APOLLO.

At his confirmation that he has not, in fact, killed anyone... she actually breathes a sigh of relief. ] I'm glad. You've been through enough as it is, you don't need to have to worry about... er, murdering and consumption of humans-- [ Oh, there goes the hand fire again. She's briefly distracted, because that is just so cool. ] --what-- Oh! Oh, yeah, you've been through enough!