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

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[neversurrender]

[He honestly believes he must be dreaming at first. Sure, he knows that in theory anyone could be brought to Ryslig regardless of what time they're from or what world for that matter. Peggy is here after all, as young and beautiful as she had been during the war. So the possibly of Howard showing up really shouldn't be such a surprise...but it is.

In quick procession Steve goes from disbelief to shock to 'oh no, Tony', because while he might not know all the details, he knows that Howard's appearance here will be a very big deal for his teammate. A possibly painful big deal.

But that doesn't stop him from walking straight up to his old friend; fangs, claws, and giant wings in all, a smile beginning to show itself on his face. It might be selfish to be glad to see him if it means Howard is stuck in a place like this, but he can't help it. He knows Howard had never given up his search for him and that means a lot to Steve.]

Well if it isn't Mr. Howard Stark himself. Maybe you should have spent less time working on flying cars and more on preventing alternate dimension kidnapping.

[nameditforhim]

[ In some ways, this is harder. It's harder to recognize Steve because Steve is caught like a photograph in his mind. Peggy he's seen recently, different shirts, different skirts, different bras under different shirts (and yes he notices and no, he'd never tell her). She's a living, breathing, changing person, and apparently here, she's a living, breathing, changing creature. But Steve wasn't supposed to change. Steve is... different. Steve'd always been different. That's why it takes him a moment. That's why he has to catch the eyes, the shape of that smile. He has to kick his heart back into beating the same way because once he knows who it is--

He's never had such a violently divergent set of opinions on a thing as he does of this place right now. Because there's Steve Rogers, smiling at him like the little shit he's always been. But he's got wings and fangs and claws and G-d help him, he probably eats people like the rest of them. That's why he has to wind up a little, not used to slowing down like that at all. He needs to get his momentum back and it takes a moment. ]

Well, if I'd known it was a real possibility, I would have moved it up on my list. As it is, I'm trying to handle clean energy, if you can believe that. Well, on the side. I've just recently gotten into making motion pictures but I think my love affair there has ended. Always know when to pull out, as they say.

[ Beat. ]

Lookin'... different. Who does your detailing?

[neversurrender]

[He knows how difficult it must be for Howard, for him to suddenly be alive after so much time has passed. And the changes that this place has done to him; well, he can only begin to guess what Howard must think of those. It had been the same for him when he had learned Bucky had been alive this whole time. It's a shock to the system to resign yourself to the idea of a person being dead just for them to walk back into your life one day. He wishes there was an easier way for him to reveal himself, but he's learned that sometimes it's best to tear off the band aid directly.

Steve feels a little self conscious watching Howard's expression as he takes in Steve's appearance, his large wings twitching behind him like they don't know whether to flare out to give the man a better look or remained tucked behind his back.

But when Howard finally speaks, tension eases out of Steve's shoulders as he listens to the other man's rambling. It's so familiar, the cadence and speed of his words, just flowing out of him. He can't help but compare it to Tony's. Tony's speech pattern is very similar, pure Howard with a bit of his own unique spin.]

Funny, I never really pictured you as the Hollywood type, Stark.

[And yeah, it's probably time to start explaining some things.]

Someone called the Fog God. We've never met, but they're one of two gods here at war with one another. The Fog God is responsible for bringing us here. And for...the changes.

[nameditforhim]

I like my work better. But it's certainly got a creative zeal to it.

[ That comes with a little hand gesture, of course. And he's still enthusiastic. It's all interesting and new and G-ddammit, it's Steve. Steve's here and talking to him and smiling at him and it doesn't matter what the blasted weather around here is doing, because he's here, living and breathing. He could ask for more, and he has, but it seems that's what he's going to get. He's still pretty pleased with it. ]

How's it treating you? No aches on those wings, given the size? How do the muscles work on those, exactly? Are they hooked onto your normal shoulder muscles or is there an entire new group there to support the weight and the function?

[ And if he's stepping forward to look with absolutely no concern for personal space, well, maybe it's his way of making Steve feel better and maybe it's his own curiousity. Will he ever tell? Absolutely not. Howard can talk a mile a minute and keep every bit of what he thinks or feels to himself and that's exactly how he likes it. ]