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

Sam | Until Dawn

[tiredofthis]

One

[Talk about weird. Sam keeps thanking the locals who continuously come up to her and offer the pamphlets, but so few of them are staying to answer her questions. Yeah, Bunnyipyips were great and all, she guesses, but do they know where she can catch a ferry? Or call one? Or just anything beyond weird, really not-helpful reading material?]

Thanks, but I-- [Before she can finish, they've already moved on. Sighing, she turns the booklet over.] --'m not going be a Fur Bearing Trout.

[Waving her new collection slightly, she allows the pages to hit her leg idly as she paces.

Okay, she has to get it together, focus. Sam's done some traveling, if someone would just tell her where she was or give her a map, she could figure out how to get home.]

Where's the nearest door out of the Twilight Zone?

Two

[This would almost be embarrassing if it wasn't so horrifying. Getting lost isn't new for her, but it's rare, especially as she spends a lot of her time outdoors. Nonetheless, she somehow manages to go deeper and deeper into the woods until she really is completely lost.]

Hello?! [Help. If you couldn't get yourself out, make yourself easier to find. She could look sheepish and embarrassed later, but she has to be found first, and it's gotten dark on her. Soon, movement will need to stop, and Sam's reluctant to spend the night out here.]

Hello?! Hey! Is anybody there?

[Her yelling stops as she sees a figure in the distance, one she keeps in her vision as she navigates her way to them.] Thank God. Please don't tell me you're lost too, because ... Hey?

Three - Nymph

[They all knew it was coming, a time when they went from human to a monster. Sam had done her best to prepare for it, but the night before had brought no small amount of apprehension. To her surprise, when she opened her eyes the morning of the fog, her changes had already started.

The leafs around her body had been her first clue, the same crinkling sound as she rolled off her bed and onto the floor hinting that there were quite a few, though it was too dark for her to see. With a light and mirror, she was able to see the flowers that were now her hair.

Flowers. That. Were. Now. Her. Hair.

Had she known more about flowers, maybe she would recognize the Peruvian lily, but she doesn't. All she knows is that blonde hair was now orange and yellow and full of blossoms.

When she leaves her apartment that morning, her ears are already hurting, the tops curving inward. A flower elf. Somehow, Sam is turning into a flower elf.]

Wildcard

[Anything goes here. Meetings, monster attacks, feel free to throw me a prompt!]

3

[notveryeasy]

[What he would have given to be an elegant monster but for the moment Subaki is trying to gracefully walk with the rocks coming out of his shoulders. It's rather embarrassing. Still, he can't just hide forever. He's a soldier and there were others that weren't so prepared.

Which is why Subaki is now wandering the streets looking for other new monsters. He's armed, of course, but he's also carrying medicines he got from the Dala clinic before the fog. They're in a bag hooked to his belt. He keeps the staff in one hand, leaning on it lightly like a walking stick.]

Do you need some help? The locals seem to be quite on guard lately.

[tiredofthis]

[They were at least nice rocks. Sam likes nature, but rocks really weren't her favorite part of it. She likes flowers much less when they were growing out of her head too. There was probably some kind of joke about being one with nature or something, but she's not laughing.]

Unless you're a gardener, there's probably not much hope for me. [It could be worse. Knowing that helps, and it makes her feel a bit guilty. For some, it is worse. Not that she's happy walking around with a bush for hair.]

But how bad is it? I've gotten some weird looks, but nothing dangerous yet... not unless you count a little girl wanting a flower. They don't detach.

[notveryeasy]

[At least they're very nice and shiny rocks. Though, he feels like an oni running around with these rocks weighing down on him. He touches his pouch.]

I do know something of flowers. [If only for Sakura's sake.] However, I was thinking more of painkillers or bandages. I brought supplies from the clinic.

[tiredofthis]

Over the counter?

[Her ears do hurt, and it's caused a throbbing pain to run into her head. It's not bearable, but it's definitely not good.] I somehow got out blood-less, but my head is killing me.

[notveryeasy]

I'm not sure what that term means but, yes. These are generic medicines. I thought they might be helpful.

[He pulls out a bottle that seems to be some kind of aspirin, judging by the label.] Would this work?

3 (ALSO WOW GOOD TIMING, I'm temp-changing Ash into a wendigo this month)

[hashtaghaunted]

[When Sam finally returns to the group's house in the evening, she'll find the now-nocturnal Ashley pacing the living room. She knew it was That Time for the newbies, and as always, she planned to do what she could for them, but this time was different. She had a friend here, and her friends took priority.

But when she spots Sam, she can't help but smile a little. Maybe it's Chris's humor rubbing off on her, or maybe it's the fact that she never really saw nymphs as a really bad monster option, but... she can't help but throw a joke out there.]

Wow, uh... figures they'd make the vegan a plant, huh?

That's what they all need, more Wendigos xD It sounds beautiful

[tiredofthis]

[So much for hoping they were all in bed when she got home. She's known Ashley's schedule, Sam knew she would be up. In a way, it's kind of a relief. Coming home to a quiet house after growing bushes on her head would have been kind of lonely.

On the other hand, Ashely now sees Sam with a bush on her head.]

Har-har. Like I wasn't called tree-hugger enough. [It really does suck, but Sam bottled up and soldiered on, and she had seen so many people who had it worse. So many were bleeding from gaining new parts, some were screaming in pain.

Removing her bag, she sits it in the corner.] Are elves a thing? [Moving back a flower, Sam shows her now pointed ears.] I think I'm turning into an elf.

[hashtaghaunted]

Hey, it'd be the other way around now, wouldn't it? Whoever hugs you will be the tree-hugger.

[L-Look, nobody said Ashley's sense of humor, especially in tense situations, was very good.]

Elves? Uh, well. I think fairies and goblins would be the closes things we have to elves here. You're turning into a nymph. [Okay Ash time to not completely spew out your nerd talk...] Like the flower ladies in greek stories? Except I guess here they're kind of Grimm-ified.

[tiredofthis]

[Don't worry, Sam's not the funny one either. Chris has always been their comic relief, with Mike occasionally having his moment when his idea of funny wasn't too immature to handle.

Sitting heavily on the couch, she sighs in satisfaction. It had been a long, headache-filled day.]

Nymph? Didn't they used to be really playful or something? [No, she needs Ash to be nerdy. Sam doesn't know.] I guess it's better than being a goblin. The bush wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so heavy. And, you know, on my head.

[hashtaghaunted]

Yeah. They're like... nature spirits. The souls of trees and flowers, or some stuff like that. I guess the Fog God didn't like doubling up on stuff though, considering we already have spirits covered.

[She taps her shadowy chest with a claw, for emphasis.]

Bushes seem like nothing compared to spikes. Imagine trying to find clothes that won't shred to bits when you've got spikes all over your shoulders and back.

3- Take a guess. At least ryslig wendigos are 900% fluffier

[not_just_a_prank]

[These last few weeks, Hannah has been taking it easy, nursing her broken leg and gaining her health back. She's been mostly alone in the hospital, but the interaction with the few nurses there had brought her spirits up. She had spent days... weeks down in the mines by herself, left for dead with no one but the corpse of her sister. Being brought to Ryslig and staying at this hospital was a blessing.

Hannah would have been fine hiding away, but the Fog was coming and Hannah knew she had to go, lest she hurt anyone. So the day the fog had started to roll in, she left, hoping she could see the people who nursed her back to health again as friends, and not future meals.

The changes on Hannah had been unkind, but not entirely so. Her ears were stretching and becoming pointed but with only minimal discomfort. Her nails were bleeding, small growths having started under them to start ripping the nails out of their beds, but while it stung, the process wasn't that painful. What was painful was having her arms and legs stretch out, making her skin go pale and white. Her arms and legs were thin and boney, and Hannah wasn't oblivious to what she was changing to.

She was becoming that thing she saw with Beth, the night when they fell.

Hannah was out looking for a place to stay that morning, rubbing her arms, tracing her fingers on her tattoo when she caught sight of someone in the corner of her eye. She looks up and then she freezes like a deer in the headlights. Sure, the flowers are odd but there was no mistaking her.]

Sam? Sam? Is that you?

Oh gosh. You people and your Wendigos

[tiredofthis]

[They'd searched. Party after party had been sent out looking for the sisters, but they somehow continued to evade all the volunteers. A year later, they were assumed dead, with good reason.

Until Sam and the others had found evidence of what had happened to them. Beth was dead, Hannah was...something else. That was knowledge she would have to live with forever. Combined with Josh's fate, it was a heavy burden to bear.

The flowers are super odd.

Sam's not unknown in Ryslig, she's managed to make a few friends so hearing her name being called shouldn't have made her pause as it does. It's been more than a year, but Sam hasn't forgotten the voice of her best friend, but it's not a voice she should ever be able to hear again.

Turning slightly, her eyes catch Hannah and the momentary paralysis breaks. Instinct tells her to run, to throw her arms around her best friend and hug her as tightly as she possibly can. Reason tells her to be careful. While there are still parts of Hannah there, Sam very much also recognizes a Wendigo.]

Oh my god... [This really might be her, this really might be Hannah. That night isn't so easy to forget, but she knows Ryslig monsters aren't so mindless without hunger.] Hannah? Yeah, it's me. [She can't help the smile that claims her face.] It's Sam.

...It's really you, right?

[not_just_a_prank]

[She's taller now. Not as tall as a wendigo from home, but with elongated limbs, she's definitely got a few inches on Sam. She's pale too, but not completely so, as her heart still beats in her chest indicating that she wasn't one of the undead yet. A wide beam splits on Hannah's face as she realises that it is her best and closest friend, and she saunters up to her. In her hurry to hug Sam, she doesn't quite see that fear that flashes on her face and she does throw her arms around the nymph.]

I missed you so much. Oh my god... Oh my god... I thought I would never see you again!

[tiredofthis]

[Sam had seen the wendigos that night, she had seen how vicious they were. The Hannah that was coming up to her, the Hannah that was smiling definitely wasn't the same as those creatures. By the time elongated limbs were wrapped around her, Sam wasn't afraid. If anything, her heart was breaking at the same time it was feeling with hope.

Hannah. Oh god, it was really Hannah. Sam has to be careful how hard she returns the hug in fear of hurting her best friend. While the limbs may be longer, that only makes them thinner.]

I can't believe it's really you. [Sappy? Sure. True? Very.] I've missed you so much, I never really thought... [Sam didn't think they would ever meet again.] I'm so glad to see you, Hannah. You have no idea.

[not_just_a_prank]

I didn't either. [Hannah answers the unfinished sentence. She's always thought if her friends did somehow find out, it would be at her funeral if they ever did excavate her body.] Here of all places... who would have thought... [She parts from Sam if only so she can look the woman over again.]

I like the hair. It's pretty. [Even if it is part of her monster form, anyway.]

One

[noasark]

[Noa is all too used to the reactions of various arrivals. Where is this, who are you, 'holy shit WHAT are you-', etc etc...as the one that delivers at least a quarter of the network devices to those new arrivals, it leaves him relatively uncaring and blunt in the face of those questions.

Which is why a snake is currently passing by without giving Sam so much as a look, merely focusing on updating his clipboard of records on the devices while answering.] Not a single clue-if you manage to find one, do everyone a favor and let them know as anonymously as you can so that we can actually make use of it though...

[tiredofthis]

[Had Noa been her first monster, she would have been rather freaked out. As it is...she's still kind of freaked out, but it's more of an internal freak out. If it hadn't been for the Wendigos in her home, she might not have even had a bad reaction in the first place. After all, she's very approving of all things nature.]

Why anonymously? I don't really care about being a hero, but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing I would hide. If I found one, there'd be a big sign saying 'out, follow me'.

[noasark]

Because the minute you hold that sign, the door is closing courtesy of any gods paying attention. You might say the walls have ears, [he notes.]

Along with everything else.

[tiredofthis]

Gods paying attention? Sorry, I'm not following.

[She is new, after all.]

[noasark]

The one who brought us here calls herself the 'Fog God'-whether you believe any divinity is involved or not, she absolutely has power, and she's used it to not only spy on what's said through the devices, but contact others as well.

So if you find anything you want to keep from our captor's eyes, guard it well.

3 - I am so vacay-late but I could not miss this

[wayleadsontoway]

[Chris has no place in talking about monster changes to anyone. When you've become a lanky bipedal horse-man you don't really have a leg to stand on. But this, this is something that's worth commenting on. Largely because Sam's adoration of nature and his general hatred of it means he can't let this pass by without comment. Sorry not sorry, Sam. ]

I've heard you are what you eat, but this is a whole new level I never thought I'd see.

[This is what you get for being a vegan, Sam. This is exactly what you get. ]

No worries, I've been super slow anyway! Yay for Chris!

[tiredofthis]

[They all look different now, but Sam has had a month to get used to Chris and Ashley. Her change is new, and she's well aware of how she looks.]

Haha, Chris, so funny. [She's neither bothered or outwardly amused. Chris is being himself, after all.] Does that mean you were big on eating horses? [Not all of them could be comedians.]

so happy to see Sam!

[wayleadsontoway]

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.

[He'll give an extravagant bow. ]

And you know, I would absolutely eat a horse. ...Or rather I would before I became a mutant My Little Pony, but still. Point stands.

I was excited to see an Until Dawn cast here at Ryslig!

[tiredofthis]

Yeah, lucky me. [In contrast to Chris' joking tone, Sam sounds deadpan, even if she's joking too.]

Ew, gross. [Vegan here.] I know somebody who probably didn't get invited to a lot of birthday parties.