graveyardsmash | 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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Well, considering we're in an entirely different world and people with magic here have entirely different names for themselves... [The impatience is met with condescension, and he turns his eyes to his claws, as if those at least bear some form of interest to him for now.]

That aside anyone and everyone arriving here loses whatever power they had from home, so don't count on that replacement wand if you manage to find one~

An entirely different world? Preposterous. [Whee, arbitrary skepticism.] Tell me, do you come up with these outlandish claims all on your own, or is this only an extension of what these fliers attempt to assuage people with? [A gesture towards the discarded papers now littering the ground, as Lucius evidently wasn't the only one to chuck his.]

My magic is my birthright, an inherent part to me. I'd like to see any of you half-breeds try and take it away.

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'Half breed'? [He openly laughs.] You're going to have more than a few revival hangovers, aren't you, [the boy chuckles, narrowing his eyes.]

But by all means, if you have a proper explanation for so many conflicting times, places, and bases of knowledge...not to mention those of us who were dead to begin with~ [he adds, more than enjoying the denial he's witnessing,] Do tell me what that explanation is.

By the way, what year is it, wherever you're from anyway? [he adds with a clear baiting tone.]

The explanation that comes to mind most immediately would be that at least some of these people are mad...or lying. [Drawling sardonically.] I would hope, given you look old enough, it is not your usual form to simply believe everything that somebody tells you?

I suppose if there truly is that much conflicting stories, some could have been Confunded. Since I don't recall what I was doing before I was brought here or who attacked me, clearly there has already been some level of memory alteration.

[He's stretching a bit, honestly. But to him this still seems more plausible than "suddenly transported to another world where none of the expected laws of magic apply any more". That's not even touching on the whole cursed-to-become-a-monster thing. No, for now denial is...safer.]

The year is 1995. [His eyes narrow again at the question, though.]

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.]

[That comment on Lucius' fashion choices gets a raised eyebrow but otherwise no response save his continued expression of cold disdain. He isn't surprised that this...person would find his robes odd, since from the surroundings it seems likely a guess that many here are revoltingly Muggle.]

If you are from a world in which magic is not so commonplace as it is in mine, I can understand why abruptly being confronted with some of these things might be...overwhelming.

[A pause before he gives a smile that purports to be 'sympathetic' but is mostly condescending.]

In the short time I've been here I have already witnessed some things that even in my own world would be considered rare or unusual. I can only imagine how confusing it must all be, to someone who entirely lacks the proper context.

[Eugh, of course that's the first thing he assumes. He refuses to acknowledge the divide in magic here however. Doing that will obviously just inflate someone's ego-and that aside, he still can't totally explain what happened when he tried to take over 'Yugi Mutou's' body.

He refuses to back down over a slipped comment on clothing, here.] I'm from Japan/i> where you wouldn't see clothing like that, obviously. I did say Western fashion, didn't I?

[To be fair, even if the boy is referring to suit fashion, the robes are probably fairly different there.]

As it is, if you think I would find such things overwhelming, I'd love to see you try working on the charmed laptops I dissect every day. Be careful, whoever created them has a proud streak hard-wired into the system.

[Why is a child in the 'magical' workplace. ~~also who let magic and technology combine~~]

I've very little interest in your profession, your hobbies or your background.

[Utterly dismissive. He gives a haughty look with eyes half-lidded, and impatiently waves his hand.]

Indeed, if you have no pertinent information at all to offer me, I think that I'm through wasting my time.

[The 'with you' being implied, naturally.]

And I have no interest in explaining them to you.

[There is a haughty shrug-and it is he who moves to leave.] After all, if you're going to be so ignorant as to ignore the few flecks of actual information that you threw to the ground, it'll be your own fault if you get yourself killed before the month is over!

Enjoy the return period, [he adds, giving his own wave.]

TEST DRIVE : MAY 2016 EDITIOIN

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'said the ex-super computer to the wizard' oh boy oh boy

these two were clearly meant to be the best of friends

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

yeah that and no prizes for guessing which monster i hope this jerkface draws...

i can't wait to see his face when 'basilisks are 8-legged lizard beasties'

'THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS!!'

speaking of not working OH NO MY HTML....that's my bad...