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TEST DRIVE MEME

TEST DRIVE MEME: MAY

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 of the natives are trying to get on your good side with 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? 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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[Crap! Have we met before?! I don't remember her!

He doesn't lower his hands, keeping them in the air as if that might somehow calm her down. She's the one with the shotgun, after all, and without his weird... intangibility (is this what it's like having feet again? it's heavier than he remembers), he doesn't exactly want to go toe-to-toe with her.]

Y-yeah, I'm Hinata, but...

[Think. Think think think think think. She looks kind of familiar...]

Have we met before?

[There's a split second of confusion on her face - what do you mean have we met before asshole, how could you forget me?! - before it's followed with a look of realization.]

Must've hit you pretty hard when they grabbed you or something! It's Kuzuryu, remember? We're classmates? Haven't known each other for too long but with the way you reacted to meeting me I figured you wouldn't forget someone from the yakuza. Is that ringin' any bells yet?

[It's said with a teasing tone. Poor Hajime. Got hit so hard he's having a hard time remembering things. Must be his first time being kidnapped or something! Not that she's an expert or anything, her brother was the winning target of the two of them, but second-hand experience totally counts for something. Totally.]

Well no worries. Even if you don't remember me yet, you'll have plenty of time to. We've gotta figure out where we are and where to go from there. You talked to anyone useful yet?

Kuzuryu... ah!!

[He bites his own tongue at the realization, eyes going wide. She does have the same babyface as Fuyuhiko, but even he isn't stupid enough to say it aloud at this point.

More importantly, classmates...? Them? Wouldn't that make her Reserve Course? How could that be, when Monokuma had implied that she was in the same class as Mahiru and the other girls?

After a long few seconds, he realizes he's gaping open-mouthed at her and closes it, shaking his head as if to try to mentally force himself back on track.]

Uh... look, it's a long story, but, uh... maybe it's best to talk about it somewhere that's a little safer? Away from the guys with guns?

[Luckily she'd probably be more offended if he insinuated her brother had one than her...but there's the lightbulb she was looking for! She knew you couldn't forget her. No way.

Natsumi chuckles a little, patting the shotgun in her hand.]

We can do that, sure. Though seriously, you're safe with me. No guys with guns are going to get you. I take it you've got an idea of where "safer" is?

Don't underestimate them... They're right to be afraid of us, you know.

[He stares down at his own hands, turning them over and over again, flexing his fingers as if it's the first time he's used them. As if he's not used to having skin. Or bones, for that matter.]

We need to get to a city... and find a laptop. I don't think Vandare's too far from here, but we probably shouldn't stay there too long. Bavan's the safer city. A friend of mine has a car we can use, if I can get in touch with her.

[Assuming Vietnam is still here. He isn't even sure if he wants to mention Fuyuhiko until he knows for certain the other is still alive.]

This way, c'mon.

Tch, I don't underestimate them. I just know I'm better. You already forget who you're talking to? I was raised to survive this kind of environment.

[A guy with a gun isn't going to scare her. A mob with guns isn't either.]

Alright, sounds good to me. Pisses me off that they took my phone if you've got someone you can call. Then again, I've got people I can call too, so it's bullshit all around.

[This is said as she follows after him, keeping an eye on their surroundings as they go. She's not going to let anyone jump them when they aren't paying attention.]

So...where are we then? You obviously know, and I've never heard of Vandare and Bavan before. Are we out in the country or something?

[Then again, neither of those names sound very Japanese. They weren't flown out of the country, were they...?]

Right...

[She does sound like Fuyuhiko... they're similar enough that it brings a hint of a smile to Hajime's face.

The smile fades quickly, though, and he shakes his head.]

Your phone wouldn't work. We're... out of the country is one way to put it, yeah. We're in Ryslig. The, uh, Ryslig Peninsula, I think they call it. It's... well, I don't think we're on Earth. It's like... it's own place out of time or something. There's not a lot of modern technology, not to mention that monsters are definitely real. I can't remember...

[How did I end up on that beach...? Why aren't I a shade...?]

Wh-what?

[Hold on. Back up. She reaches out and grabs him by the sleeve of her shirt, a snarl already on her face.]

Not on Earth? What, so you're saying we're like...we were abducted by aliens or something? Are you kidding me? I'm not gonna believe some kind of bullshit like that, what kind of idiot to you take me for, huh?!

[There's no way. Aliens aren't real.]

Joking around in a situation like this isn't funny, asshole!

Wh- hey!

[He yelps when she grabs his sleeve, holding up both hands again. He's not used to being grabbed, and it's because of that that he doesn't try to yank away.]

I'm not messing with you, I promise! You had to have seen stuff on the beach, right?! Stuff you couldn't explain? I wouldn't joke about this, you've got to believe me!!

Yeah, I saw it, but there's shit like costumes you know? Movie theater make up! Hell, I'd even believe I could suddenly see and talk to youkai before fucking aliens, if you really wanna press the "they're real" bullshit with me!

[Hajime, you've gotta remember, she's operating on the idea that you arrived here same as her. But at least she's let go of his sleeve, she's just...yelling at him now instead.]

Did you see any aliens pick us up? Some big stupid space ship? We've gotta still be on Earth somewhere! Ryslig is probably just...in another country or something, obviously!

I don't think it's aliens!

[He keeps his hands up, because she does still have the shotgun. And while he thinks (hopes?) she wouldn't actually shoot him with it, there's nothing stopping her from clubbing him with it. And he's in enough pain from the scratches and weird bites covering his skin already, thanks.]

It's... look, I'm having a hard time remembering stuff, okay? But there're these two gods, and I think the Fog God was bringing us here for some reason? And turning us into monsters! I wouldn't lie about this, it happened to me!!

[His voice goes up in pitch, and he shakes his head, staring down at his hands again.]

I've been here before! I can't remember if something happened, or if I got killed, or if someone's just... messing with my memories again, but I'm not lying! You know me, right?

[I don't think I would have been a liar at school... not about something like this, anyway! That's Tanaka's stuff!]

I wouldn't make this up.

["You know me, right?" That has her squinting some, really scrutinizing him. She does know him and, no, he wasn't a liar. Definitely not about this kind of stuff. He was way to boring and plain to be this into aliens or monsters or gods or whatever. It would have been an obvious "haha what if it's aliens" thing, not a "yeah definitely aliens."

Some of the tension in her shoulders leaves, though not nearly enough. But she's relaxing a little, at least. Which is good because she absolutely would have clubbed him.]

...you wouldn't, but...maybe you're wrong or something. If someone messed with your memories, maybe you're just...remembering things wrong...I don't know. This feels wrong.

[This kind of stuff is straight out of a fiction novel.]

...but alright. I'll believe you for now. Don't think you can pull my leg or anything though, got it? I won't give you a hard time about all this but that doesn't give you free reign to try and take advantage of me. I'll tell my oniichan if you do and he'll make sure no one will ever find you.

[She could just threaten him herself but with boys, especially ones that know the family name (and who doesn't), the older brother threat is always more effective.]

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[A drop of sweat trickles down the back of his neck at her stare, and he swallows hard. If only he knew just what Fuyuhiko had thought so harmless about his face. He could have practiced it or something!!

Then again, it's just weird having a face. He'd never really stopped using facial expressions even when they were largely invisible, but suddenly he's hyper-conscious of the fact that other people can see them again.

He breathes an audible sigh of relief when she seems to accept it, finally lowering his hands.]

I'm getting really tired of people messing around in my head, believe me, [he answers, trying for another smile that doesn't quite make it.] Kuzuryu's one of my best friends, I wouldn't mess around with his sister like that. So let's just... try to get as much info as we can, okay?

...what?

[Again we're putting a pause on the info gathering, though at least not for any threatening this time. This time she just looks...beyond confused. She's looking at him as if he just grew tentacles out of his neck or something.]

You know my oniichan? You're best friends? When the hell did that happen?

Huh? Oh, it's, uh--

[Crap...

He sighs again and rakes a hand through his hair, dislodging some sand.]

It's kind of complicated. Long story short, some things happened. I got mixed up with my-- with the Super High School Levels in your brother's class.

But... you said we were classmates, right? You mean... Hope's Peak Academy's Reserve Course...?

Everything's a long story with you.

[This is the second time he's said that. But she nods.]

Yeah. Same class as you, like I said.

A lot of stuff's happened, and it's all pretty hard to explain... sorry.

[And there's still so much I can't remember.

He stops walking, closes his eyes, and rubs his palm over his face, wincing as some of the dried salt from the water gets into a cut. He owes her some kind of answer, especially if she can shed light on his school memories.]

But how I met Kuzuryu doesn't have anything to do with this place. Before I was here, uh, before... me and your brother, and his classmates... we were all sent to an island. And they used a computer program to erase... our memories of school. I still haven't gotten those memories back.

[.........................what. Is this guy seriously-- He's fucking with her, right? He has to be, what the hell kind of story is that? But deep breath, Natsumi, you said you'd believe him for now. So you have to at least entertain that this might be true.]

...so you're sayin' Hope's Peak -- The Hope's Peak Academy -- sent you to an island and erased your memories? With a computer program?

[Okay, nope, apparently she can't believe that as easily as she thought. Her expression darkens a little, much more different than before when she was threatening him about aliens.]

You better be careful about what you say, Hinata, because you're mixing Fuyuhiko in there now. Fucking with me is one thing but let me warn you now. Don't you dare screw around when it comes to my brother, got it?

[But, despite the threat, she eases up. Because...well.]

...if you know him even a little though, you know lyin' about something like that'll get you killed if he finds out. Just because you say you're friends and he looks soft doesn't mean he'll let you get away with that kind of shit. So I'll take your word for it. So where's this Vandare place?

It wasn't Hope's Peak, but... listen, Kuzuryu will confirm it if you ask him, I promise! I mean, if we're here, he has to be...

[Right...? Please don't have left him bro. Not with your sister of all people.

He groans and shakes his head again, staring up at the sky. How long has he been gone? It feels like waking up after a particularly long nap, but...]

It's this way. See those lights in the distance?

[Not exactly lit up like a proper Japanese city, of course, but it's still visible.]

It shouldn't take too long to walk there. Other people will start heading that way, too. The locals can be pretty nice to people who've, uh, just arrived. Kind of like... if they're nice to us now, maybe we'll remember that and not eat them later.

[He winces, and from his tone of voice, it doesn't sound like he's making a joke.]

It doesn't last long. Not once the fog rolls in.

He'd better be here or I'll kick his ass otherwise!

[Abandoning his little sister in a strange place like this. That'd just be rude. But she turns to where he's pointing, nodding her confirmation. Yes, she sees it. But then he says something about eating people.]

It's like everything that's coming out of your mouth gets weirder and weirder! Eat them? I'm not eating anyone!

Aah...

[He sighs uncomfortably. What a conversationalist he is, full of sighs. He's going to run out of oxygen at this rate.]

You've got... bites and scratches on you, right? [he says finally, glancing back toward her. More than anything else, he looks tired. He doesn't want to go through this again. Not if it means the kind of transformation he'd already undergone.]

[Don't pass out on her due to a lack of oxygen, Hajime. She's not gonna be very sympathetic!]

...yeah, so? We washed up from the sea, we probably got bitten up by some fish or something. Scratched on coral or shells.

[It's not uncommon or anything.]

[He shakes his head again.]

That's not it. Or if it is... that's how it starts. The Fog God brings us here, and then she... changes us. They weren't pointing guns at us because they're bad people, Kuzuryu. They're scared of what we'll become.

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okay /3 sorry

there done

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