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TEST DRIVE MEME: MARCH

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.

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[And from his words, Fi is assuming that Dandy is human. She could be wrong, but she is aware of the margin of error, and like most things, it does not phase her. She stares blankly as she watches the man stroke his own locks, reminded a little of Groose. As her master would say, 'Nice hair'.]

I am not a child. I am 87% sure I am older than you by centuries. Please do not patronise me.

[She blinks (an unpracticed motion) before she shakes her head.] Usually I do not need to hear of people to know of them, but my traditional functions have been stripped away by the magic of this place. Having not heard of you prior, I can only conclude that there is a large deduction to the number of people talking about you to what you are used to.

Edited 2017-03-11 04:38 (UTC)

Right, sorry, you're literally blossoming into a young woman. I understand, it's a big time for you.

[A kid is a kid is a kid. He could probably clear up the misunderstanding, it's not like he meant to patronize anyone this time, buuuut that requires more work so he'll just roll with it. She's a centuries-old baby, got it.

...Hold on.]

Wait, seriously? You haven't heard one person bring up my name?

[Not even as a warning?!]

I am not a woman. I am a spirit. [This is as far as development as she goes, or she would go. Though now Fi has to wonder whether she actually is going to grow physically if she is stuck in a human form. The calculations she runs are quite... questionable.]

...

I have heard numerous reports, mostly pertaining to the nature of this place. None of them have at all brought up your name.

Edited 2017-03-11 11:51 (UTC)

[There's a small grumble under his breath, Dandy apparently can't accept a reality where he's not the talk of the town.

...Not that there was ever a reality like that to begin with.]

Well maybe you're just listening to the wrong reports.

[That must be it.]

...So, uh, this plant thing... How's that working out for ya?

[In which Dandy is desperate to talk about anything other than how unpopular he SUPPOSEDLY is.]

Perhaps. I am only trying to obtain reports that are relevant.

[Ouch.]

I require many other products to my diet that differs immensely from the one I have had during my time in which I have been human. For most part, my need to consume water is a lot higher, and I can only place my body parts in fire for a shorter amount of time from which I am used to. I am also able to hear voices everywhere I go, the strongest of which are in parks and in non-urban areas. As I have not had any urge to consume humans, I can say with 90% certainty that being a nymph is 'acceptable'. If we implement variables such as 'amount of enjoyment' and 'amount of pain experienced', I will change my rating to 'alright'.

You expressed prior joy to being referred to as 'merman' earlier. Has the experience been the same, if not greater, for you?

Edited 2017-03-12 11:24 (UTC)

[.............................rude.]

[But Dandy will take "alright," even if he can't understand why he cares after that. Maybe it's because the last time he met plant people, including a kid even, it Didn't Go So Well™.

...Wait, where were we? Oh right.]

Uh, yeah, chicks dig the mermaid thing. What's there to even be upset about, baby~?

[Fi fails to notice she's said anything unpleasant.]

From my observations, most people are deeply troubled by the fact that they become dependent and susceptible water and they hunger for drowning people, members of the species they used to be part of. In addition to that, the feelings of isolation associated with monsters and water-based monsters may be considered factors that people do not enjoy about being mermaids.

I do not understand human emotions completely though, so I will take your word for it.

Edited 2017-03-14 02:37 (UTC)

[Any and all concerns about how horrible his life is about to become are waved off.]

Pft, details. [What can he say, some people see their glass as half empty and Dandy sees his as overflowing and filled with mermaids.] See, that's the difference between them and me. I don't sweat the small stuff.

[There is nothing small about drowning people...]

[Fi just stares at Dandy in disbelief, wondering if he comprehends the situation or is the sort to just not care.]

Your interpretation of the word 'small' is incredibly different from most individuals, and your lack of empathy for killing humans is akin to my own. You are an interesting one, Dandy.

Yeah, I get that a lot.

[For...all the wrong reasons, but he's going to pretend otherwise.]

And you can keep that for your reports.

It is noted for my reports indeed, and will be kept in my log. As oral traditional is the most unreliable of human communication methods, when I write and compose a file for you, it will be noted.

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