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TEST DRIVE MEME: JANUARY

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[That's the Vergil we know and love.

Feelings are pretty gross, but Vergil's last visit ruined some of that edge for you in advance, brother.

Not that Dante's the type to let him in on the secret, so he'll just play it casual. As he does.]

Hey, hey, I put a lot of work into that place.

[Making it look abandoned, for instance. To prevent robbers of course. Because that's a logical way of preventing thieves you know.

Of course not zero cares here this is a no caring zone.]

I see. [Well. That puts a damper on things doesn't it? Not that he's going to let on that anything's amiss.]

Oh, well, it looks like I'm a little late to the party to be the first to welcome you to our fog-filled shit-hole but if you want a tip, here.

[He holds out only one of the discarded pamphlets. It's one of the ones written by the first monsters.]

This one's not a crock of shit, surprisingly enough.

[Dante is about as subtle as his fighting style. But some secrets are better kept.

At least until he's had more time to settle in.]

Work insinuates that you meant for it to look that way.

[In which case...that's unfortunate.

Especially for someone has flashy as Dante.]

Hmm. [He glances down at the offered pamphlet. There's a tiny bit of hesitation before he takes it.

After all, he only has Dante's opinion to judge on.

Not the most reliable source.]

What is stopping you from explaining it yourself? No time to spare to chat with your dear brother?

[Besides, digging anything out of Dante is often more trouble than it's worth.]

Who says I didn't?

[He did. Which. Yeah.
Look, he'd just got the place and hadn't settled on a style beyond "filthy" yet.]

[Is his opinion really that bad?]

As if you'd believe anything I've got to say on the matter.

[His tail flicks in annoyance, hooves scrape the pavement. Standing out in the open like this is starting to get on his nerves. Mostly because humans in Bavan enjoy gawking at monsters.]

If it weren't for the horns you'd probably think I was making the whole damned thing up anyway.

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