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TEST DRIVE : MAY 2016 EDITIOIN

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.

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[Sphintus opens his mouth and closes it again, because that is some damn high-ranking Kou-attire, isn't it? Should he really talk to a guy like that?? Best to put it delicately.]

You really should put a mask on that ugly mug of yours, you know? It's rare that they're being this welcoming. No reason to scare them into greeting us with guns and pitchforks right again~

[Reaching out to bend the flier so that he can steal a quick peek at its title, Sphintus shakes his head and sighs. He is wearing his traditional Heliohaptian clothes and Ryslig hasn't left any of its trademark marks on him yet -- if one were to overlook the third eye that is sitting snug (and a little bit too low to be properly centered) in the middle of his forehead. Pushing his hands on his hips, Sphintus pitches his best 'dear god these beginners' voice as he tries to stare Kouen down.

~~He is absolutely not trying to compensate for dealing with a scary Kou soldier or anything, especially not way too much.~~]

You're from Kou, right? You can save yourself reading that, it's all just a bunch of crap. They might as well claim you get a djinn by rubbing an old lamp.

[He has a low threshold for dealing with anything regarding the Seven Seas Alliance to begin with, but this is just ridiculous. Maybe this is some strange alternate world, but that doesn't give some brat from Heliohapt the right to talk to a prince of Kou like this. And it's not like his rank isn't obvious, even if his metal vessels are suspiciously absent.]

I'll decide what I want to read and what I don't.

[Has he seen this kid before? He looks vaguely familiar for some reason. Not that there's a possibility that recognizing him would make feel any more charitable towards him. That possibility reached zero pretty fast.]

[If Sphintus knew he's being lumped in with the Seven Seas Alliance he'd be somewhat insulted. Sinbad didn't bring good luck and fortitude to everybody in the lands of his allies, although Sphintus can't blame him for what he did either. It's always like that in life, some win, some lose, even when no malicious intents are involved.]

'Course you do. But assuming you want some real information about how to handle this place first [Sitting down on the other side of the fliers on the bench, he makes a move to pick them up and sort through them.] I can tell you which ones of them are true and which ones are rubbish. That should at least give you a leg up for what's to come.

Consider it a welcome bonus for being from the same world, considering I've been helping the magis too.

Which Magi?

[Suddenly, Sphintus has Kouen's undivided attention. He couldn't care less about which pamphlets are true and which ones aren't, but this? This is information he can actually use. If this kid is just blowing smoke, though, he's going to have to kick his ass.]

Aladdin, Titus and Judal.

[He grimaces at the latter one's name. There is clearly no love between them, no thanks to Judal's happy little game of bat the Heliohaptian around.]

...the list of things I've done for them by now is getting ridiculous. You'd think they'd know how to take care of themselves without magic, but nooo, they keep going as if things are as always and they're invincible.

So they're powerless here?

[The self-aggrandizing bullshit barely registers. If those three are here and have rendered powerless, the implications are huge. He can't claim to be an expert in this sort of thing, but he's fairly certain that the only thing that could render them entirely unable to use magic would be to remove them from their world. He can't even fathom the scale of the magic that would be required to produce that. A proper explanation would require talking to Aladdin, probably. Or Titus. Anyone but Judal. That would be an exercise in futility.]

Who else has been brought here?

[He has questions. Lots of questions. And they're going to be answered now. Right now.]

[He stops and gives the Kou guy a sidelong Look.]

They are, at least as far as magic goes. Titus claims to have his back, but as long as there aren't any Rukh to see I call bullshit on it. He's always had a habit of talking grand when he doesn't get half of what's going on. No offense.

[He really doesn't mean his comment offensive. Grabbing the fliers he leafs through them, sorting them into three small piles.]

These here seem to be talking the truth. These are confirmed nonsense that's only good for entertainment if you've run out of any other options. And the ones in the middle could be either, I have seen neither confirmation nor the proof that they're wrong yet.

As for who... take a look around. If the look like dungeon creatures or severely out of place they've most likely been pulled in as well. There's too many to know all their names.

Who from our world?

[If this kid is trying to impress him, he's failing miserably. He's definitely puffing himself like one of those snakes they cart around in Heliohapt, but he has much less to back it up. Or at least that's Kouen estimation of him and he has no reason to believe he might be wrong.]

[He startles (not jumps, because jumping would mean that he's scared and he *isn't* scared even when Kouen is looking imposing and ready to eat him as hell) and puts the papers down quickly.

There is an tense moment of silence as Sphintus just stares at the other, silently debating his odds against him and what chances he has trying to work himself into Kouen's good graces. Coming to a decision, he puts his palm firmly on the fliers as he stands up.

The move makes his third eye visible between his bangs again - it's just as refusing to back down as the rest of him. There's no way for him to sucker up to this fellow, just as Kouen can't do anything against him like he could have done if they were back in their own world.

So he is just going to speak his mind.]

Why don't you go around and look for yourself? Or try it with saying 'please' and 'thanks', even if that's not the Kou-style? I gave you a freebie help with this monster thing because we all have to deal with it alike, but if you want anything more you'll have to pay me for my services like anybody else.

[That receives the flattest of looks. It's like the human equivalent of the first few tendrils of smoke preceding a volcanic eruption. He doesn't know if he's deliberately trying to show off that third eye or not, but Kouen's pretty certain it's something the kid acquired here and not something he had back in their world. There are only so many people who should have anything like that and none of them are brats from Heliohapt.]

I didn't ask for your help with that. You know what question I asked you and I want an answer.

[This is really the utmost courtesy from Kouen. He hasn't even hit anyone yet.]

[An erupting volcano he may be, but Sphintus isn't planning on staying around long enough to witness the explosion.

Swerving around on his heel, he raises his voice.]

You already got it! Go! Look! For! Yourself!! Your rank means nothing here and I haven't forgotten what you did at Magnostadt!! So go get eaten and die dumb for all I care if that's the way you're going to treat people!

[The eye-showing wasn't intentional, but him trying to walk out on Koun now definitely is.]

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.]

..... Heyheyhey. [While Sphintus is proud to say that the changes mostly didn't get to him, he is missing the crucial part where the Fog God's influence is rubbing against his personality, turning him more confrontative and less willing to back down at things his at the core cautious nature tells him to.

Right now, all his senses tell him that it'd be the easiest to just grovel his way out and let Kouen have what he wants.

But another part if him hates the thought of letting yet another noble walk over him because what - they were born to a different mother? better luck at which family you got? his own family is plenty, even if they don't have the political power to move countries at their will! His gaze turns cold as he looks at the taller man, assessing his muscles and well-build frame with the eyes of a doctor. Strong, probably trained in fighting and with plenty of experience too. But no monster.

What does this man give the right to treat him like the icky thing on the underside of his shoes? Fog whispers and silent, petty grudges answer.]

You didn't. But you mean shit here, and I'm done talking to you. So let go of my skirt and go find your Magi to bother him with your questions before I do something I won't like.

[Kouen doesn't let go. Of course he doesn't. Who cares what he "means" here? When it comes to things like this, it's less entitlement and more a single-minded, unwavering obsession with finding out whatever it is he wants to know. He doesn't exactly back down easily, not when there's something he wants and he knows how he can get it. Find "his" Magi and ask? Not in a million years. Not when there's someone within arm's reach who can tell him right now. (Someone who, unlike said Magi, may actually share the answer if he yells at him enough.)]

You're not done until I say you're done, so tell me what you know!

[Sphintus actually can be helpful if he really tries.

Right now is none of those times, though. Giving Kouen a glare he tosses his hands up in an exasperated gesture.]

Rrrrrgh! Fine!!

[But rather than answering Kouen's question his hands fly to the fastening of his skirt and undo it. Dropping the lower half of his clothes Sphintus' steps as quick as a lightning out of it and dashes out of Kouen's reach before he can get grabbed again.]

Nyah! It's called boxers, you- Whoa! Watch it!!

[Dodging onto the street and not looking for the traffic: A+ idea.]

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