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TEST DRIVE MEME



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: The State of the Game Discussion produced a lot of great suggestions and we now have a post for Plot Suggestions and Monster Questions. The NETWORK VOTE results are in and PRIVATE MESSAGING will be added some time in November. Lots of people have asked good questions on the FAQ, so do take a look. You can only app ONE character per round so choose wisely. Reserve and application dates have been announced. Test drive meme threads can be used for your roleplay sample! Sample scenarios: SCENARIO ONE: You've just been released from the hospital in Vandare and no one really seems to know what to do with you. The locals offer polite advice but don't seem to want to spend a lot of time with you. You and the other new arrivals stick out like sore thumbs, so perhaps one will spot you wandering about town. 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. 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.

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[Eren has grabbed another stick from his pack of firewood to throw at the NEW mocking voice, but when he turns and sees Kurama, he lets it drop to his side. It wasn't a monster or a giggling spirit, it was just the red-haired man from the hostel. He lets out a sigh and shakes his head]

... Yeah. I guess I was lost. But now I'm not, right? [he shakes his head and whaps as a small shrub with his stick, frustrated with the whole situation] It's not like me to get lost like this.

[Please don't hit him with a stick, Eren. That's not nice.]

I've marked a way back to doubly assure we are indeed anything but lost. That said, don't beat yourself up too much over losing your bearings, this is unfamiliar territory to us newcomers.

[He takes a momentary peek at the firewood, but just as he is about to offer a helping hand, one of those eerie giggles breaks the brief silence. Surprisingly, he doesn't flinch.]

It's unnerving, isn't it? The laughter. But it's better to ignore it entirely.

Still... I'm a Scout. We're not supposed to get lost, even in unfamiliar land. [he frowns and looks back from the direction he'd come. He was sure he'd followed his footprints... how could he possibly get lost as long as he did that? He shakes his head]

What are they...?

Even the best at their trade can make a mistake. [Kurama would know. He's about to ask what kind of a Scout Eren is, and see if maybe they can't develop some sort of acquaintanceship--better a friend then an enemy--when he is posed that question.]

Hmm, well the truth is that I don't really know what's making that sound, but it could be any number of things. I prefer to think that it's nothing too troublesome; perhaps an errant soul unable to pass to the next life? A child lost here once could have suffered such a fate, or even an adult. Barring that, it could be something more intentional, such as a manufactured sound broadcasting through the forest on a timer, in order to scare individuals away.

It could be anything like that. Who knows?

[It is worth studying though. He might take some time to.]

... Tch. I don't like any of those answers. Not that they aren't good, I just hate the idea of trapped spirits, or someone fucking around with me on purpose.

[Eren pouts a bit. He's sore about getting lost, and would probably be so for the next few hours at least. He'd done everything he knew to do, short of leaving an actual trail of breadcrumbs.]

How long have I been out here?

[Eren really reminds Kurama of a certain someone else, to the point that the demon is quite amused, but he doesn't show it outwardly. Much, anyway.]

I highly doubt that anything that was put in place here was for our comfort. As for how long you've been out here, it's probably been a little over three hours since you left. Given what I've overheard about individuals becoming lost for days, it seemed better to err on the side of caution and look for you.

[Eren doesn't notice Kurama's amusement, partly because it's so subdued and partly because he's just too angry about the situation in general to notice much of anything at all.

Hold on, what?! Eren looks up, jogging a bit to catch up with and walk next to Kurama]

Three HOURS?! It's been that long? Are you kidding me?! [Eren groans and threads his fingers into his bangs, grabbing them and yanking them in frustration] I'm so embarrassed. I'm sorry you had to come out here looking for me.

[The demon gives Eren a look that clearly shows he doesn't hold it against him.]

Don't worry about it, so long as you're safe, that's the best we can hope for. And look, we've got firewood, so it is not as if you will be coming back empty-handed.

[He takes a momentary look around, checking for where he'd marked the plants on the pathway. So far, it looks as if they're headed in the right direction, at least.]

By the way, what manner of tracking have you been taught? Perhaps we can share skills? I may presume too much, but despite you being in a scouting regiment, you seem young. Have you fully tested your skills? This might be the time and place to do so.

[Eren grumps. Kurama can give him all the platitudes he can come up with, but when it comes right down to it, he failed. He failed at his mission, failed as a soldier trained to explore unknown places... he would have to get over it in his own time.]

Huh? [Eren is a bit lost in his own thoughts, then looks back down] You know. Looking for specific trees and rocks, marking a path, following your own footsteps, using the sun... [but it seemed like all the markings he made vanished, and that the sun would just flip flop across the sky for no apparent reason while he wasn't looking] I may be young, but this is how old people are when they join the military where I come from! I have plenty of field experience.

[Better a platitude than an agreement. Which, unbeknownst to Eren, Kurama is actually agreeing with the kid a little, he's just trying to be understanding rather than scathing. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Thankfully, hearing about Eren's life as a soldier is something of a change of pace. Something to catalog for later.]

Really? It must be a hard life though. And twice as hard now that you're out of your element, I'd think. This is a far cry from a soldier's life. It's rather...domestic, wouldn't you say?

[He takes a momentary pause in his walk to recheck his trail. Maybe they'll make it out of here after all! Still, if he were able to access his demon abilities, this would be much easier.]

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