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Ryslig Helpers ([personal profile] ryslighelpers) wrote in [community profile] graveyardsmash2017-11-10 09:27 pm
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TEST DRIVE MEME: NOVEMBER

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.

polkayoureyesout: (serious)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2017-11-11 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, here's what I got from everyone else:" Butters heaves a sigh.

"The Fog God brings people here to turn them into cannibalistic monsters. Nobody brought here can die permanently and no one's found a way around it yet.

There's another god, called the Fourth that's supposed to be against the Fog God, but apparently he's either incompetent or malicious.

That's it in a nutshell...but, Harry, you know I've been here almost a month. It's already started for me. Um, not the 'eating people' bit, though."

Waldo raises a hand. The black talons are filed, but they're obviously still talons. For a moment he's struck by the painful reminder that he was practically accusing Harry of being a monster the last time he saw him.

"So, yeah...pretty sure I'm a werewolf now. I'd hope it was Andi's kind of werewolf, but I don't know about that."
arcanesenses: A tired posture, with an expression somewhere between sadness & regret. (reserved)

[personal profile] arcanesenses 2017-11-12 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
It was a lot to take in, but he managed to keep his composure throughout the explanation. Afterwards he found a place to sit and lower his head.

"Hells Bells. So...what your saying is that i'm going to slowly change into a monster, eat people, and if I die it just begins all over again?"

He didn't wait for butters to respond because he trusted his description.

"Just when I thought I'd managed to get out of becoming Mab's monster..."
polkayoureyesout: (call murphy)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2017-11-12 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, you never became Mab's monster" Butters said firmly. "Not even after she brought you back. I was wrong. I said some things...I'm sorry. But you're not a monster, Harry."
arcanesenses: Looking ahead with quiet confidence. (searching)

[personal profile] arcanesenses 2017-11-13 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks Butters, but I never heard you say anything like that...

Harry's face went from somber to curious.

"And what do you mean by brought back? I was on the boat after Chichen Itza, then..."

Sudden realization dawning on his face.

"I got shot...I fell in Lake Michigan, then I wound up here."

Harry looked down his shirt, no bullet wound, no scarring, totally fine (but not really). However he wanted to break up the pace of the horryfying revelations, so he said.

*Sigh*

“I guess life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.”
polkayoureyesout: (call murphy)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2017-11-13 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
His brow furrowed.

"Oh crap Harry, did you hit your head on something? Or did Mab feed you something? Because head injuries are nothing to play around with. You came back as a ghost, then Mab brought you back for real, remember? You actually broke into my apartment, you hit Andi, you stole Bob back. I didn't know what to think, but later you seemed fine. Well, "fine" for a 'roided up version of yourself.

Do you have a bump on your head?
arcanesenses: Confused smiling while holding a book (bemused)

[personal profile] arcanesenses 2017-11-14 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Harry's fingers rustled through and across his hair, he didn't feel any bumps on his head. Although one could have mistaken his entire head for a bump (to be fair to harry), but he wasn't that dense.

"No. Maybe this place is messing with me, I honestly don't remember any of that. It wouldn't be the first time someones messed with my memories."

He paused for a moment. Possiblity running through his head. He didn't believe butters was lying, but he honestly didn't have a clue what he was talking about. Sure someone could've messed with his memories, but there was no way for him to test or confirm this theory. He decided he needed more information about their situation.

"Butters, you've been here longer than me. Have you met any of those other people who've turned into monsters, what're their stories?"


Edited 2017-11-14 18:29 (UTC)
polkayoureyesout: (call murphy)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2017-11-14 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Butters frowns harder.

"It's possible it could be this place doing that. I met a guy who claimed to have come here from the Korean war, a software executive, a paranormal investigator, and a woman who claims she never was human. I don't really know everyone else's story. But for the most part they seem normal. Maybe one or two psychos. But they all say that no one gets a choice about eating humans.
arcanesenses: A tired posture, with an expression somewhere between sadness & regret. (somber)

[personal profile] arcanesenses 2017-11-14 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Another paranormal investigator? Oh brother, well at least we know they don't sound any crazier than we sound back home. Now I guess we just need to find a way back to Chicago before either of us start eating people. If im really not dead, I need to get back Murphy and..."

He cut himself off.

"How is Murph, and Molly? And everyone else for that matter?"
polkayoureyesout: (look)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2017-11-14 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. We need to get out."

"Uh, Murph got really serious and grim while you were gone. It took her a while to believe you were really back but I think she's better now. Molly's got an apartment and she looks a lot healthier. Still kinda scary, but..." he shrugged.

"It's been...it's not been good because of the Fomorians. We all do what we can."
arcanesenses: Looking ahead with quiet confidence. (confident)

[personal profile] arcanesenses 2017-11-14 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like a lot of stuff we should talk about later, but it's good to know they're ok. Anyways, do you have a safe place or hideout that you or any of those other Cannimorphs use to lay low?"
Edited 2017-11-14 23:50 (UTC)
polkayoureyesout: (call murphy)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2017-11-15 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Cannimorphs? Seriously Harry?" He quirks an eyebrow.

"And yeah, there's a hotel.'
arcanesenses: Putting hand to chin, drinking & smiling. (enthusiastic)

[personal profile] arcanesenses 2017-11-15 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, Cannimorphs. I just combined the word cannibal with those Animorphs books from the late 90's and voila! Cannimorphs."

He manages to say it all while being as ironically ernest as possible.

"Look it's a work in progress all right? It's just easier to deal with something when you have a name for it."
polkayoureyesout: (smile)

[personal profile] polkayoureyesout 2017-11-15 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Fine, Harry. Cannimorphs it is." He's rolling his eyes. But smiling.

"Some guy wrote a book about them. I've got it back at the apartment."
Edited (how do punctuation) 2017-11-15 00:20 (UTC)