TEST DRIVE MEME

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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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[twomeals]

[Ah, a girl on one side, a mob on the other...and between them, a harpy swooping in for a quick landing. Did the sudden approach of a proper monster scare them back? Maybe a little bit, at least. He's not nearly as scary-looking as some other monsters around here.

Yue glances at the humans, winged arms still half-spread, before turning his attention to the girl instead.]

Um--hello! You should probably run.

[dawnordusk]

[What manner of... Ashe has no idea what he is. He seems friendly enough, and though she has no reason to doubt that, she can't fully trust him either. Still, she hadn't noticed how his presence had distracted them, and reason be damned.]

And leave you to them?

[twomeals]

Don't worry! I'm stronger than I look.

[Is he really though? He can't actually fight off a mob, small though it is; more likely he'll run as soon as she's gotten a good head start. Still, he gives the humans another hurried glance, flapping his arms at them in hopes they'll stay distracted a little longer.]

...I could probably give you a few minutes, at least.

[dawnordusk]

[Oh, she doesn't like this at all. But he's her best chance for safety, and while she can't shake the feeling she's using him, she knows he's right. She reminds herself that now is not the time for sentimentality, and nods.]

Good luck to you.

[And she's off, toward what looked like an open way away.]

[twomeals]

[She's off! And so are the humans, apparently, closing in on Yue with whatever they have on hand....he waits as long as he can, unsure what to do besides back up as they approach (he'd never been very good at being threatening), and when the first man raises his arm to strike--the harpy changes into a small sparrow, flying as fast as he can in the confusion.

Which way did she go? Was it that way? He goes up as high as he can, barely dodging some rocks and things as he escapes. Maybe she'll be somewhere safe by now...but what if she isn't? He can't help worrying as he flies off in search of the girl.]