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TEST DRIVE MEME

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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[Link gives a small sigh, and stares at Dipper for a moment.]

Name's Link.

[He's not so good at the lying these days, not that he ever really was, but Dipper seemed more curious than angry. So with a resigned sort of expression Link shrugs and opts out of bothering to explain everything. He'll just show him.

The hat comes off first, and the antennae spring forward again, twitching around a bit. Next he kicks his boots off, revealing clawed, spiked and segmented feet. He bounces a little on his heels, and gets to work trying to extricate his arms from his jacket. Since the spines on his arms face backwards, putting the thing on isn't too hard, but taking it off is...Well he's hoping one day to get more than one use out of a jacket. This is not that day however, and after the first few spines punch through and start tearing the fabric Link just lets out a frustrated nrhmmph and flicks his wings open, shredding the jacket from the back and shaking off the remaining scraps in annoyance.

All his cards now on the table, Link looks back over at Dipper, holding his arms out in the most lukewarm 'tada' gesture that has ever been given.]

[Now that Dipper knows to expect something strange, he doesn't jump back or exclaim when Link starts to take off his outer clothing to show what he'd been hiding this entire time. The wings, however, cause him to lean back on his heels a bit as they burst through the jacket, fanning out wide from Link's shoulder-blades.

It's definitely not too unlike things Dipper has seen, but nothing quite like those things at all, either.]

Woah.

[The word comes out as more of a low gasp than anything as he sizes Link up, looking over his appearance for another second or two before straightening back up, tightening his grip on his forearms where they are still crossed over his chest.]

...I'm Dipper.

[He offers, before continuing.]

So you're...some sort of monster, then. A...a fairy?

[Yeah, Gravity Falls does have those right? Just...not quite like this.]

[After stretching them for a moment, Link snaps his wings back down in place as quickly as he'd opened them up. The word monster stings, but Link barely reacts, just a slight aversion of his gaze followed by a nod and a quiet mhm. The word might hurt, but it was true alright.

To give himself something to do he reaches up and puts both his palms against the base of one antenna, then drags them along its length, tilting his head as he goes. He does that a few more times before switching to the other side. Proper hygiene is important, and staying cooped up in his hat always got his feelers covered in lint.]

[Dipper frowns, a strange lance of dread suddenly crawling it's way down his spine. It's a feeling that he can't really explain, and one that he tries not to dwell on for too long.

He's silent for a beat before he starts questioning Link again.]

..Do the others know about you? You know, those locals?

[He flicks the last of the clinging material of of his antennea, then switches to absently kicking at the scraps of jacket on the ground. One of them gets hooked on a toe claw and he has to shake it shake it off. He shrugs. He can't lie, but he doesn't exactly want to go into who knows what he is and why back in Vandere.]

They don't like us much in town.

[I can imagine, Dipper thinks, but at least has the sense not to say it to him out loud. He sighs after another pause, unfolding his arms to rub the back of his neck.]

Listen....I'm sorry about all that, just now. See, uh...back home...there are a lot of things like you. So I...well, I wanted to see for myself.

[Now that gets Link's attention. His head snaps up, and even his antennae swivel around to point at Dipper.]

You do?

[Link promptly drops into a crouch, his legs folding up underneath him, knees pulled up to his chest. He didn't mean anything by it really, it's just the most comfortable way to stay still these days. His legs don't like being stretched out for so long. In this position, Dipper can probably clearly see Link's newly uncovered back for the first time. His green tunic is ripped where the large wings protrude, and the fabric all around the opening seems to be a dark brown color. Anybody familiar with dried blood would recognize it immediately, but the stain is old and dry. From the ground, Link keeps his eyes steady on dipper, an expectant glimmer lighting them up.]

Do you know how to get me back to normal then?

[Dipper glances at the boy's back briefly, something in his stomach twisting a little at the blood stain, before his attention snaps back to Link's gaze, which is very suddenly focused on him. He shifts his weight a bit nervously from one foot to the other, having to look away after a minute.]

Well....not exactly...

Oh.

[Link droops a bit, clearly disappointed, but he doesn't spend long wallowing. He sighs and digs at the ground with one clawed toe for a few moments. Then without much of a warning he springs back to his feet. It's not a full jump so he doesn't go flying into the air, but the motion is quick and sudden enough to be startling. His antennae are swiveled towards Dipper again, and his right one taps a little bit at the brim of Dipper's hat.]

That it?

[Link's not a great conversationalist, and all things considered it's probably best if he gets his guest out of here sooner rather than later.]

[The sudden movement causes Dipper to jump and nearly bite his tongue that he'd been worrying between his teeth behind his lips, looking up when Link reaches his antennae out toward his hat again.]

Well....yeah, I guess.

[He shrugs a little, feeling a bit bad that he can't actually help Link any. He can't imagine having turned into something like this...ultimately trapped in that new body and unable to change back.]

Okay. Hold this [He hands Dipper a small amount of money.] and take your hat off.

[Link's earlier venture into Vandere had actually had a purpose before it was interrupted. His "disguise" as pitiful as it may have been was kind of essential to move about town freely, but now he had another option. Hitch a ride around town with an Actual Human Person. It was perfect.]

Uhhhh....

[Dipper takes the money without really thinking about it, glancing down at it for a second before looking back up at Link, cautiously reaching up to pull his hat off of his head.]

O...kay....

[Link nods and smiles, glad that Dipper is being so cooperative. This guy was nice, and he'd feel bad if he had to hypnotize him. He's been told that leaves people with a terrible headache. Then he shrinks himself down to about an inch, crouches down, and hops up again. This time he does a full jump, springing straight up in the air, and his wings snap out and flutter almost too fast to see as he zooms up and settles on top of Dipper's head.]

Okay! Now put your hat back on, and get in the circle!

Wh-

[Dipper looks up quickly to try and track Link's movements, but he's already up onto the top of his head before he can really get a good look at him. He pauses for a second, glancing back at the ring of mushrooms before slowly putting his hat back on while he walks, still looking up at the underside of the brim.]

What are you hitching a ride on me for?

[Link folds up his wings and settles himself down on Dipper's head, moving locks of hair this way and that. If they're going for a ride he's going to craft himself a little nest under the cap. Mm, nice soft hair.]

You need me to make the circle work!

[There's a little pause, as Link readjusts one final time, pulling one more tuft of hair over his legs like a little blanket.]

Then you're taking me to the candy store!

[Note: This is not a request.]

[He keeps walking while Link talks, straining a little to hear his small voice, stopping at the center of the circle.

There he hesitates, hand tightening around the coins in his hand.]

...Candy store?

Yeah! It's where I was going earlier.

[He can't just resume his errand now that he's all faeried up. The arm spikes alone were enough to put people off, but getting his boots back on was a pretty tricky business. So if he's got an opportunity to hitch a ride back into town with less chance of detection he's gonna take it.

Link feels them stop walking and calls out a quick Ready! before he teleports them back to the park in Vandere in the same flash of blue light and little flowers that took them away the first time.]

Edited 2014-09-25 06:02 (UTC)

[Before Dipper has the chance to say anything else, they're already in the midst of teleporting again. It's a strange sensation that he can't really place, like static electricity coursing through you and giving you a really weird feeling afterwards, but not one that hurts, exactly.

Once they're back, Dipper steps out of the circle, swaying a bit on his feet.]

I don't know where the candy store is, you know. You'll have to point me there.

It's on mainstreet, right near where I talked to you!

[Still, he might have trouble finding it. Link had used quite a few back alley ways when running to the park. And besides! He was a fairy! It was his job to guide you now! Okay but if he was gonna do that he needed a better position.

Abandoning the nest he just so carefully built he scrambles down, squeezing himself under the rim of the baseball cap and settling just behind dipper's ear, little clawed feet bracing against the cartilage. He pulls a lock or two of hair over himself so that basically only his hat is visible, which could totally just be like a leaf or something stuck in Dipper's hair. Totally. In his new spot he speaks over the shell of Dipper's ear, giving it his best stage whisper.]

I'll help you get there.

[The sudden whisper tickles Dipper's ear and causes a chill to go down his spine, but he fights against the urge to reach up and brush at his hair where he knows Link is perched, instead opting to put his hands back in his pockets.]

Alright, fine. So where do I need to go?

[He whispers back, hoping that he'll be able to get through this without a dozen people wondering why he's talking to himself.]

[Well he doesn't need to respond, Link just needs to direct! His antennae flick about a bit in the air as he calls up his mental map and figures out the quickest route to the candy store. Easiest to describe would be all along main streets, but that would take longer.]

Through the bushes on the right, then across the street into that alley. Follow it till the first street it crosses, then you take the little slanty road on the right, to that big main street and turn left. It'll be across the street a ways down.

[Yeah that should do it.]

Edited 2014-10-02 08:13 (UTC)

[Dipper stops long enough to repeat the directions in his head, directions he's probably already skewed, before tugging his hat down slightly and striking off through the bushes like Link directed. It does feel nice to be back in a town, at least, so Dipper walks slowly as he makes his way to the store, taking his time to look around and inspect the people he passes.

Mostly because he wonders if they might be creatures in disguise too...]

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I rewatched all of Gravity Falls today. I hope you're happy.

I AM THRILLED

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