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TEST DRIVE MEME

TEST DRIVE MEME: SEPTEMBER

Welcome to the Ryslig Test Drive Meme! Below are a few prompts to get you started, but you may make up any prompt you desire! Please take a look at the navigation page for rules, setting information, and links to reserves and apps. Have fun!

SCENARIO ONE

You wake up on the beach thoroughly drenched with your mouth full of sand. The salt water causes various cuts and scrapes on your skin to sting and the sand isn't helping. The air is slightly humid, ruining any feeling of refreshment you might have gotten from your dip in the ocean. There are lights in the distance but the unfriendly scent of gunpowder fills the air. If you're lucky, you're alone. If not, you might find yourself staring up into a pair of monstrous eyes or down the barrel of a local's shotgun.

SCENARIO TWO

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 THREE

"Seek us out," the voice whispers in your head, and before you have time to question it you've found yourself in someplace entirely alien. Maybe it's the Fog God's ghostly town of Dyster, where exultant followers dance around bonfires and sing their praises to the skies above. Maybe it's the Fourth God's arcade, with small robots wheeling about amidst the lights and colors of old pinball machines. Only one thing is certain: you are not alone, in this sacred place.

SCENARIO FOUR

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.

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[Well. At least one of them is taking things alright.] ...You're not supposed to swear, [he says plainly.

With more serious things at hand, he trots toward the shoreline a bit, doing his best not to pay any attention to the fact that she could throw a rock at his face at any given minute. It's a little nerve-wracking, regardless of how easily any monster should be able to take the hit.] Ummnnn...

...It's here? It's a country, and Vandare is a city... [Not really sure how else to answer that, if you're asking 'what'. 'Where' might have gotten better results. And as for the other question...] ...Sort of? [These are things he's really not sure how to answer and he is sorry........] Your body came in from the water... ...but I didn't see anything before that, so I don't know how everyone gets here from other worlds...

...Sorry.

Scenario 1

It's not a weird thought to be drenched in seawater. No, it's actually quite a normal thought, considering where he's supposed to be. A set of tropical islands, surrounded by the sea.

What's weird is that Kazuichi definitely doesn't remember going for a swim. Especially not fully dressed. Though that would explain why he feels like he was drowning just a while ago. It wouldn't explain why he's full of guts and a feeling that something's off (other than his normal state of paranoia).

Kazuichi winced and coughed some more water out of his lungs, ready to actually get up, when he hears a click above him. Cautiously, he looks up... and stares right into a barrel.

Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit?! Is this it? Am I the next victim of this game? A-At least he survived quite a long while - longer than some others. This isn't how he wanted to die - he didn't want to die any way, but if he had to, he'd rather go painlessly and so that he doesn't stare death in the eye first!

"Th-There's no way... Y-You'll get away... with this... Hinata will... findoutwhoyouare and then you're dead!"

If he has to die, then at least let him say that. Whoever was about to kill him. Kazuichi is almost willing to give Komaeda a guess with his stepping stones and stuff, but he's too scared to look up.

Scenario 4 (Kelpie)

This was not okay. NOT. OKAY. Kazuichi has learned about monsters the hard way (or the easy one, but it's a very bad way in his opinion anyway). He's also aware that he'd be turning into some kind of a monster as well. That didn't mean he was ready for a change!

The changes weren't very huge, but Kazuichi found a way to panic about them. It still hurt when your ears turned pointy and he grew taller all of a sudden.

Yet those weren't even the things that almost gave him a heart attack. It was instead the sight of his own hair growing longer and... thicker. It also felt very icky - like some sort of a sea monster.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" Kazuichi sceamed and tried to get the hair come off, like it was a wig or something. "O-Ouwww... Ewww." What was he becoming, exactly? Thiscan'tbehappeningforreal.

Edited 2016-09-11 20:22 (UTC)

[Considering there was one monstrous Big Boss clone swimming around in the sea, yes, it was certainly a place of horrors. Liquid seemed pretty damn used to it.]

I've been sort of planning to fight the gods someday, and I don't know how that'll end up, but until then... I suggest making the best of what you become.

[That's what Liquid did, anyway. He'd been determined from day one to do what he could with what he god, and he liked to think he was doing quite nicely for himself.]

Well, get ready. You could become anything, really.

[It would be a lie to say that wasn't part of the reason he opts to use his travel form. Not that...he's all that scary as a full werewolf, but still. Better safe than sorry.]

[Scooting is about what he expected from the wendigo as well, and he does what he can to try and make that easier for the poor thing. Digitigrade legs are hard to adjust to, especially since there's really no way to ease into them. BAM, suddenly animal legs is about par for the course in this place.]

[Once Chihiro's clear of the bloody pool, Fuyuhiko sits down down next to him and takes a few curious sniffs. As much as he'd like to start talking and see what the "girl" needs, he gets the feeling that it might not be time for that reveal just yet. She seems pretty scared, after all. Coming clean about what he really is might just make that worse. So, instead, he lays down and rests his head in Chihiro's lap.]

[Doggie comfort powers, activate!]

[A petite woman suddenly bursts from the shadows, grabbing the gunman's wrist with one hand and elbowing him in the chest with her other arm, throwing him to the ground.]

Were you just going to stand there and talk to yourself with a gun pointed at you!?

[God bless you and your everything right now, honestly. Chihiro might be scared out of his wits and in a lot of pain, but it's hard to be too upset when you've got a dog resting its head in your lap. And Chihiro, like most people, is pretty weak to animal influence...it helps to calm him down considerably, despite the fact he's trembling like a leaf and his ears are pinned to his head.

Hopefully Fuyuhiko doesn't mind being cautiously pet atop his furry little head as Chihiro tries to pull his legs a bit closer to himself, away from the sludge of blood and whatever else he left behind on the pavement over there.

...of course, that doesn't mean he isn't still crying. He's actually been, softly, this whole time.]

"Oi! Back off, bastard!"

Well, it's not Hajime, but the voice that rings out across the beach should be familiar to Kazuichi all the same. It's accompanied by the sound of feet moving quickly across the sand...though something about it sounds a little off. Like there's more than one set of feet moving.

The barrel of the gun moves, and a gunshot rings through the air. There's a loud, animalistic snarl and a few moments later, the sound of a man screaming and running away. The gun lands in the sand next to the mechanic, abandoned in the face of something far more terrifying than a half-drowned future monster.

If and when Kazuichi decides to look up, he'll be greeted with the sight of some kind of dog-man standing in front of him, hackles raised and flame-like tufts of fur seeming to crackle like actual fire as he growls at the hunter's retreat. Once he's satisfied that the native is gone and isn't coming back, he finally turns his attention to the boy on the beach.

Edited 2016-09-11 20:44 (UTC)

"Hey, you al--" He hadn't really noticed who it was that needed saving. He'd just seen a gun aimed at a person and reacted accordingly. But it's impossible not to recognize the violently neon person on the ground in front of him. "S-Souda?!"

Holy fucking shit, why. Good thing he decided to save the poor guy but...why are more of his classmates here, goddammit. No. Can't you guys just stay back home?!?

[While normally he hates the idea of being petted like an actual dog (even if it does actually feel really nice, it's the principle of the thing!), circumstances like these are always kind of an exception. If that's what makes this girl feel better, he's not gonna do anything to stop her. Yeah, it's a little weird, considering he's not REALLY a dog and it's almost definitely going to be a little awkward when the truth comes out but...they'll cross that bridge when they come to it.]

[For now, getting Chihiro to calm down and stop crying is more important. That's something both the human part of his brain and the dog part of his brain are in complete agreement on, even if dog brain's methods of comfort are winning out right now. So he makes a contented little noise, tail wagging slightly as he relaxes against the programmer.]

Talking is actually a very effective distraction! I could be rude and say I didn't need your lovely help and would've handled it on my own, but a save is a save and you showed some nice moves~

[He brushes as much sand as he can off his suit, but it doesn't help much.] Oh sure, you got the authority to dictate the results of my every action too huh?

And I'll be taking that...!

[The man's gun is snatched, examined, and holstered.]

You from around here yourself? Course if you got dropped off by some fanboy or fangirl like I was, then I can't help you with that.

Of course Kazuichi would find a way to panic about them anyway. How could he not? If he didn't manage to panic over every minuscule change, pretty much all of their class would be surprised probably. Gundam, at the very least, would be. But that didn't make it any less irritating every time it happened. Annoying though it is, he also can't blame him. He's just a human after all.

And yet, he can't help but sigh at the scream. Oh good. He's suffering more changes somewhere in his vicinity, meaning he has to go help. Joy. Gundam's favorite thing. Hold on, you poor mortal, he's coming.

"As with your other changes, pulling on them will do nothing but harm you. This will not change no matter how many you go through." Seriously!!! You're just going to hurt yourself! "Let me see..." Alright what have you been saddled with now, classmate. He's just going to reach out to feel that weird sticky hair of yours, okay?

[Well one thing's for sure, it is helping. It's not making the pain go away, but he doesn't feel quite so vulnerable with the shiba inu with him. At least, he hopes another monster would be less likely to approach him with a dog that may or may not protect him, r...ight...

Chihiro sniffs, moving to scrub at his eyes with the heel of his hand, looking down at himself a bit now that the change seems to be mostly over. And...yep, those sure are actual deer legs. They've lost every last bit of humanity they might have had, hooves replacing his feet and awkwardly shaped knees and...it's just awful, really. And he hasn't even fully begun to rot away yet; that's going to be the real horror.

He looks down at the dog he's been petting all the while, his hand still a little shaky as it moves down the back of Fuyuhiko's neck.]

I...I don't know what to do...I d-don't think I can get up...

[He says to the pup, not actually expecting to be heard or understood.]

Of course the tall idiot was going to grow taller. Why? She could use with a boost, herself, even if she nearly was six feet in her fog form. Still, if he looks up then he'll find that he's been watched by a monster that he probably doesn't really want to see. Hiyoko leans over the side of a building, grinning in a way that's absolutely can be described as predatory.

Her laughter is partly her normal high pitched smug laughing and partially a strange growl. "You better pull it all out otherwise it'll eat your brain!"

God, she's glad he showed up. Hiyoko could use with some more comedy in her life.

[Fuyuhiko's ear turns a little at the comment, seemingly suggesting that he at last heard what Chihiro said. This is the one of the biggest problems with going the "pretend you're actually a dog" route. He's too small to really do much of anything in this form. He can't really help Chihiro to his feet, and he definitely can't help support him while he takes his first few wobbly baby deer steps. He's only about a foot tall at the withers, after all.]

[But...he's at least calmed down enough to start talking now, right? He's stopped crying. Maybe...it's safe to at least start hinting that he's not quite a normal dog? Hmm...]

[Hmmm....]

[...yeah, okay. May as well. He's not gonna start talking just yet, but he does lift his head up and look the other boy right in the eyes. Something about the calm, steady look in his one good eye seems to suggest a level of understanding beyond what you'd expect out of a dog. Like maybe he didn't just hear what the other boy said.]

[Yeah, that's definitely not a response Chihiro was expecting. Sure, he might not have grown up with pets around the house, but he's met enough dogs to know that generally they might hold your gaze for a second before looking off at something else that's caught their attention. So to have this one watch him like this...it makes Chihiro sit up a bit straighter, or at least as best he can.

He thinks for a moment. If this dog is this friendly, then...]

You...probably belong to someone, don't you? I-is your owner nearby?

[If they are, they might be able to help him. And this dog might be smart enough to actually go get them.]

[Lapis's outstretched hand meets something very solid, but also very soft. Soft and fluffy. When she turns, she'll find herself facing a five foot tall dog-man. Perhaps predictably, he looks a little disgruntled at being abruptly bumped into.]

Oi, watch it. [He turns his head, expecting to see some dumbass human kid who couldn't resist trying to pet him. Instead, he finds someone who doesn't seem nearly as native as he was expecting. Something abut the bright blue hair and the scent of the ocean still clinging to her after her earlier near-drowning experience makes him fairly certain he's dealing with one of the new monsters-to-be. He quirks a brow spot, peering over her shoulder and catching sight of the cluster of pamphlet-wielding natives a ways away.]

[Ah. Now he gets it. He sighs, expression softening into slightly sympathetic exasperation.]

Ahh...they're at it with those dumbass pamphlets again, aren't they? Jeez, they didn't give you too much trouble, did they?

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[Fuyuhiko can't help but look affronted at the question, lip curling backwards slightly in disgust as a weirdly disdainful whine escapes his lips. Belong to someone? Him? Oh hell no. He knows it's a perfectly reasonable assumption for anyone to make of a dog...and also that he is very much purposefully acting like a dog right now but...dammit, it's the principle of the thing!]

[Assuming this dog can actually understand what he's saying and this isn't just a weird coincidence, it's probably safe to say he doesn't have an owner. The fact that there's no collar around his neck would seem to suggest the same thing.]

[Ah, well. That answers that, doesn't it? Okay, maybe he can...try something else.

Chihiro looks up at the buildings lining the street, but he can barely see them thanks to the thick fog. Occasionally, he'll hear the sound of a monster howling in pain as they change, and it makes him start to shiver anew. Then, he looks back down at Fuyuhiko, running his hand over his ears.]

Okay, um...can you find somebody to help?

Huh. She thought maybe she was imagining things when she had the vague feeling a certain teenager was nearby, but lo and behold here he is. Half drowned, covered in sand...poor guy. She remembers that! ...better get to him before those crab creatures that greeted her do.

So down she floats, riding the humid wind to the beach and landing a little ways away from him. The last thing the harpy wanted to do was land on top of him and have Robbie freak out or something after all. That wouldn't be good for anyone. And it's only with a little hesitation that she hops forward some.

"Hi! Guess you're here now too, huh?" The voice is familiar, at least, even if she's covered head to toe in feathers. And she's small, not intimidating at all! Smaller than she was before! Surely that'll help. "We should proooobably get you out of here before the crab monsters or natives decide to come say hi too."

There's no such things as gods. That's a human concept.

[Perhaps these "gods" are gems, or things like gems. Though she's never heard of one gem being able to turn another human, she'll accept that possibility over there actually being such things as gods. That was a term for beings that others didn't understand.

She isn't some dumb human who needs to believe in a higher power.]

Whoever she is, I'll just have to find a way to shatter her.

[Having woken up on the beach not too long ago himself, Hajime wandered around a bit cluelessly, looking for signs of his classmates or anyone familiar in general really. Or.. anywhere familiar.

And he actually ends up hearing Kazuichi before seeing him, hearing his name spoken that is and it prompts him to turn around just in time to see a guy shove the barrel of his gun right into his cowering classmates forehead. And before he really gives himself a chance, Hajime moves.

It's.. nothing spectacular though. It's not like he's well versed in fighting or anything, so all he really ends up doing is slamming his shoulder into the man to momentarily knock him off balance. Which gives them a couple of seconds at most to get away, but it's precious time he doesn't waste by grabbing Kazuichi's arm and pulling him -- dragging him -- to his feet.]

Let's go--

[They can save conversations or questions for when they're in the clear...]

Gckkkk-- [He writhes and paws ineffectively at the enormous hand threatening to crush him, his eyes bugging out for a moment. Fortunately, it doesn't seem like Roadhog intends on killing him today. Junkrat wheezes roughly when he's released, coughing and hacking as he eyes his partner with a squint.]

Right, right. Forget how sensitive you are, for bein' a big cunt. [He still doesn't really know when to shut up. Especially when he's having to depend on the guy for protection. And, at the moment, transportation.]

Edited 2016-09-12 01:56 (UTC)

Maybe someone came along and had a right royal piss, eh? [HE DOESN'T KNOW, OKAY, STOP QUESTIONING HIM. The lack of confirmation about the food situation has him twitching anxiously, but fortunately, he's distracted with Hog's compliance.]

What? Me? I'm as quiet as a mouse! Don't know what you're talking about! [He lets out a whoop as he's scooped up, grinning widely.] Outta see what scrap we can get outta these drongos! Don't feel right, not makin' anything explode...

[He's already feeling like it's been way, way too long since he's seen something go up in flames.]

Edited 2016-09-12 02:12 (UTC)

[ Lapis grits her teeth as Jasper pokes at her, her previous panic very quickly being replaced with irritation and a sharp, tugging pang in her stupid new human heart. As always, Jasper gets under her skin in a way nobody else is capable of. Doesn't she already know the answer to that question? It felt terrible - waking up coughing and choking on the very water she was made to control. To be powerless in her own element just when she was finally becoming comfortable with that very control again was nothing short of devastating.

But she won't yield so easily, either. Even if what Jasper is saying isn't without truth. Jasper's huge compared to her own petite frame, and without any of her former abilities, Jasper could easily overpower her. ]

Just... stop.

[ She sounds tired, and she is. ]

What are you going to do to me in these miserable forms, Jasper? Why? [ She knows why. Lapis knows what she did to her. It's a pointless question of her own. ] No matter what you do, it's pointless. It won't change anything.

Thanks, mate. M'parched. [He'll happily accept the bottle, chugging the contents without hesitation until he's drained the thing dry. Rasping happily when he's finished, he'll drop the bottle without much ceremony, already having forgotten it.]

Vandare, eh? Never heard of it. [He waves his hand dismissively, not concerned.] Not to worry! Do a pretty bang up job of patchin' meself up as it is! Won't say no to some help though. [Because a crutch could be useful for moving and for hitting people. Brilliant.]

The name's Junkrat. Pleasure!

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Kazuichi Souda | Super Dangan Ronpa 2

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this is already too cute for me send help

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no help is coming for u

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I regret everything

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>8D

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1, i hope you dont mind action! and before i spoil something on accident, have you finished sdr2?

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