TEST DRIVE MEME

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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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[scratchitti]

[He likes Vandare less everytime he returns, but he makes a point to do so once a week once he learns people are still washing up here. It's good practice for his wings- though he still has to rest often, and... well this is exactly the reason why.

He has a oversized longcoat to hide the worse of his transformations, though his wings, even held tight against himself, alter his outline in a way someone like Shiki would surely notice. He's lost weight too, and his usually spiky hair is both shaggier and longer, and floppy due to lack of product.

Neku takes awhile to approach- he recalls what she said to him: "When you see the real me, will we still be friends?" That line means much more to him now. Will she be able to stand what he's become? He flips up the coat's collar to hide where his hair becomes fur, and keeps his now reflective eyes down as he finally makes his way over]

...Shiki?

[nyantan]

[Shiki looks up in surprise at the familiar voice, startled out of her frustrated moping, eyes going wide and voice coming out in a bit of a squeak.]

Neku?!

[On the one hand, she's petrified; she hadn't been mentally prepared for him to see her at all yet, and on that note she was quite surprised he could even recognize her considering he'd only seen her picture once, and only for a brief moment at that. On the other hand, that's quickly outweighed by just how glad she is to see a familiar face, to see him, and she scrambles to her feet, throwing her arms around him in a tight squeeze and pressing her face into his shoulder, not even caring she was probably getting him wet from her clothes. She could feel something weird against his back as she held onto him, and that causes a slight scrunch to her brow, but she wasn't going to worry about that now-- she was just glad to finally see him again.

She glances up after a moment, still keeping her arms around him, eyes confused and a little bit teary from relief and happiness.]

How did you know it was me...?

[scratchitti]

[He hugs back, probably harder then intended or then anyone would expect considering his intimacy issues. But for Neku it's been almost two months of terror- and while he tries to hide his claws he can't stop them from pressing just a tiny bit into her back. Not painfully: more like a kneeding cat.]

You're a little wet and beat up. Not that different. At least you managed to keep your glasses.

[Time wibble-wobble doesn't even cross his mind- though he is glad for the glasses. His phones, mp3 player and cell weren't so lucky]

[nyantan]

[She rapidly blinks her eyes at the sudden sensation of the nails on her back, a feeling that reminded her a lot of her cat when they hadn't clipped her nails in a while. Shiki's pleasantly surprised at how receptive he is with the hug, though; she had expected him to "tolerate it" only for a moment before gruffly pulling away with some excuse or another. He had changed a lot since their first week together, but she didn't think it would have been enough for him to tolerate excessive touchy feely stuff. She wasn't gonna question it, though; she was really happy to see him again. She writes off his familiarity with her appearance as him having a really good memory-- time issues didn't even cross her mind as any sort of possibility-- and smiles up at him bashfully, nodding a little.]

I'd be blind as a bat if they'd washed away! I hope I didn't lose Mr. Mew in the ocean, though... I was holding onto him before I got here, however that happened. I'm still pretty confused and disoriented from all of this.

[The adrenaline was starting to wear down from the excitement of the surprise meet-up, and Shiki found herself noticing more and more seemingly wrong with Neku as she stared up at him. Frowning deeply, she pulls back a little, placing her hands on his shoulders with a small squeeze and looking up at him with a concerned and worried expression.]

Neku... are you okay? You're not looking too good.

[scratchitti]

[Normally he wouldn't have, but even someone as comfortable with being alone as Neku can only take so much. A bit of comfort could be allowed, for now. It was just getting to the point where he wants to pull away when she beats him to it... and her question makes him break that last bit of contact. At least those weeks stopped him from just yanking free or swatting her hands. Instead he just steps back, pulling his coat tighter.]

Some... stuff's been going on. It's a long story and- Yeah, not here.

[nyantan]

Do you wanna go somewhere and talk about it? I have all the time in the world for a long story.

[Shiki smiles at him softly, comfortingly, though she's definitely alarmed and confused on the inside. The bulge on his back, the sharpness of his nails, how covered up he was... it was all really weird. Like, super duper weird. But he was her friend and she trusted him and cared for him, so whatever it was, she wanted to help however she could.]

[scratchitti]

[He simply nods, leading the way. But it is of note that he keeps glancing back at her, as if he's concerned that something might happen the moment his looks away. Very different from how he once ran ahead with no issue before.]

Don't freak out, okay?

[nyantan]

[That is another quite blatant difference between now and then. She was used to having to hustle to keep up with him, which was very hard in Eri's boots thank you very much, but this was a rather nice and relaxing pace compared to the usual, and he even appeared a touch concerned for her, if not just a little generally paranoid. Another bullet point on the list of things Shiki was getting concerned about regarding Neku, but she figured it'd all be revealed soon enough anyways.

At his words she nods, expression firm and resolved.]

I promise.