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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[shark_pup]

[He notices the aborted movement, and makes a small 'tch' noise to cut Dipper off.]

Don't. Hold still.

[He kneels, hesitating.

'Get over yourself Rin, he needs help'

And finally reaches out to start carefully untangling the mats so he can see where the antlers have burst more clearly]

[pinevestigator]

[He tries, shivering a little when he feels Rin's hands in his hair. Something rumbles in his chest that might be a growl, but it comes out as a whine instead as he screws his eyes shut, his long tail curling around his legs.]

[shark_pup]

[Most people would take that as a warning. After all, plenty of people warned the newcomers about the tendency to...eat people.

Instead Rin swats him slightly in the head like a disobedient dog]

Stop that.

[Finally he can see the scalp and hisses slightly. The skin is this weird mix of red with healing and ice cold like death. This is beyond the rip and heal of microtears- something he's very familiar with as an athlete. This is literally impossible. This and the other new bits must ache in the worst ways. Something that made teen growth spurts and post workout agony seem like nothing.]

Alright, scoot forward a little.

[pinevestigator]

[Dipper swallows hard, hesitating only for a second or two before he complies somewhat reluctantly, pulling himself a bit closer with his hooves. He can feel them trembling against the ground, but he fights to ignore it.]

[shark_pup]

[Rin shifts, sitting behind the kid. Now that the clots of hair and blood are broken up he sets to work with his thumbs- massaging the sore flesh and bone.

It's not that strange, in a way. After all, he's done the same for teammates before, Especially Sousuke (though looking back now he should have SEEN it. And he can't forgive himself for that. But that was the past, and thi sis now) and Ai. And Dipper isn't that much younger then Momo It's just practical knowledge. His grip is just hard enough to break up the knots of healing flesh and jutting bone where the antler breaks through.]

Where else does it hurt?

[pinevestigator]

[He stiffens a little when he feels Rin dig his fingers a bit deeper through his hair, and he lets out an involuntary noise when he reaches his scalp and antlers themselves. The rubbing hurts at first, and for a second he wants to pull away, but after he's done it for a moment or two he relaxes somewhat, taking a few slow breaths.]

My...chest.

[Dipper whispers quietly, his shoulders rising a bit. Everything inside burned, like something was eating him alive from the inside out.]

[shark_pup]

How so? Like heartburn or like...

[He pauses, unsure how to ask without scaring the kid more]

...growing?

[pinevestigator]

[His ears fall back slightly and his shoulders slump.]

...growing.

[shark_pup]

[He sighs sadly.]

Let's see.

CW: Body horror

[pinevestigator]

[The boy flinches, not having realized that he pulled his arms up close to his chest, as if to hide it from Rin's view. He lowers them slowly, another deep breath causing his chest to rattle, as if it would if he were sick with a bad cold.

What Rin will notice is that there are clumps of hair missing in lots of places all along his front, and whatever clothing he was wearing before has been removed, or torn off. Just beneath the hair the beginnings of a set of ribs can be seen almost shining white against the rest of his body, if it weren't for the fact that they were caked around the edges with blood that couldn't quite clot properly as the rest of the skin continued to slowly freeze and decay.]

[shark_pup]

[Rin makes a low choking sound, unable to stop himself. He.... Dipper shouldn't be able to survive this. It's impossible. And there's no heat of flowing blood. In fact Rin can see his own breath fogging just being close to the kid. Death cold.

He's dead. He's alive but he's dead. And Rin, from a world where if there are aspects of the supernatural he certainly has never seen them before recently. His mind tries to curl up from the sight- it simply refuses to see the unseeable.

But he has to, and forces himself to, reaching out to thread through the fur and check the exposed bone.

He can see inside, and nothing beats

'....kid doesn't need to see this, not yet'

His fingers ache from the iciness, and he pulls them back maybe a little too fast. He pauses, then pulls off his team jacket, draping it on Dipper and zipping up the front to hide the not-wound.]

There. It's cold as hell out here.

[pinevestigator]

[Dipper's hearing has improved vastly and at an alarming rate over the past few days- he hears the sound, even so far as being able to hear the sound of Rin's low, shaken breathing as he pulls back from what he's looking at, quickly moving to wrap the jacket around him. Dipper tentatively touches the surface with his claws, another shiver passing through him. It hurts. It hurts arguably more than anything else on his person.

He knows that his heart should be hammering in his chest right now. He knows...but it isn't. It stopped a few nights ago, and it hasn't shown any signs of starting again. Yet, Dipper hasn't yet seen the extent how his body has begun to fall apart as it dies. His arms and legs are longer than they used to be, thicker at the bases...yet thinner- bone thin- near his upper arms and shoulders.]

T...thanks...

[shark_pup]

Let's get back to town...

[He stands, looking around. They've pretty much lost the light, and Rin's brow furrows. HE'S still lost, after all.]

...you know how to get back?

[pinevestigator]

[Dipper stays seated, watching Rin as he gets up. He's not all that confident on his new hooves, yet.

He shakes his head a little, his ears falling back.]

Not...not from here. I just....ran....I wasn't looking where I was going.

[shark_pup]

Shit.

[Logically they should stay put. Once full night falls the trees will eat even the moonlight. It'd be like trying to walk in a cave. And Dipper now has untested hooves. All they'd need would be one rolled ankle and a wandering monster and it was over]

Okay, nevermind. I'll get a fire going. Or something.

[BECAUSE HE'S DONE SO MUCH CAMPING IN HIS LIFE YEEEEP]

[pinevestigator]

...You...you're going to stay? ...with me?

[Dipper sounded surprised by Rin even suggesting such. He could very easily just leave, go find the town somehow on his own...it would be safer for him that way if he did.]

[shark_pup]

[He arches a brow at the kid for even suggesting otherwise]

Walking in the dark would be just as dangerous.

[He leans down a bit and gently flicks an antler.]

And deer or not, I think I can take you.

[Or he has plenty of false bravo]

[pinevestigator]

[Dipper smiles a little, leaning his head back so he can just barely see the tips of his antlers out of the corner of his vision.]

Y-yeah....probably could.

[...]

Don't really feel like fighting or whatever anyway, if it helps.

[He lets out a weak laugh, the tip of his tail flicking. Even as he says that, an aching pain rolls through his stomach, causing him to seize up for a moment.]

[shark_pup]

[He sees that tension, and purses his lips in worry.

'Looks like I'm not sleeping tonight.'

Not that he distrusts the kid, but he sure as hell doesn't trust what's happening to him.

(What will happen to HIM too)]

Okay, I'm gonna get wood while I can still see. Don't move.

[pinevestigator]

Don't worry...I'm not going anywhere even if I wanted to.

[And that was the truth. If nothing else, the jacket he's wearing is giving him some small comfort, like he can...almost pretend these changes aren't happening. If the pain wasn't so prevalent, he could.]

[shark_pup]

Right.

[He doesn't go far: these woods like to play tricks, something he learned first hand earlier. But he has to get enough to last the night- he's sure as hell not leaving once the fire's going.

Once he returns he gets to it, setting up a circle of stone and building a leaning of sticks. If nothing else he's *read* about how to set up a camp fire. Thankfully he has a old flint lighter he bought pretty soon after showing up here. Practical.

Still, with no real kindling it's taking awhile to get the sparks to really stick]

[pinevestigator]

[While Rin works to get the fire going, Dipper reaches his arms around and pulls his knees close to his chest, trying to keep himself as far back from the fire as he can manage. His body is so cold that he feels certain that if he doesn't move, the fire won't ever light, even if he had the proper kindling to get it started.

He tightens his grip around his legs as he feels the pain well up inside again, his stomach hollow as he stares blankly at the side of Rin's head while he works, eventually having to force his gaze back down to the ground.]

[shark_pup]

[Eventually he gathers up some dry leaves which seem to be doing the trick, though they are a bit smokey. Rin doesn't look up as he suddenly speaks]

Oi. Stop looking like I have steaks tied to my head.

[It's... not exactly accusatory, but not exactly joking either. Just a firm statement]

We both know what happens here, no point pretending we don't. I'm depending on you to be stronger then that for tonight, understand? I WILL clock you with one of these logs if I have to. But I don't want to.

[pinevestigator]

[Dipper flinches back a little and quickly averts his gaze, digging his claws a bit into his knees.]

I...I know. I'm sorry.

[He just hopes that he'll be able to hold out, like Rin says. He's made it this long...but the more his body dies, the hungrier he becomes.]

[shark_pup]

Sorry. I know it's harsh, but...

[He awkwardly rubs his necks, popping it a little and rubbing and rotating his shoulder]

...sorry.

[Oh, that's a fire going thank god]