graveyardsmash | Test drive meme: January

TEST DRIVE MEME: ~~NOVEMBER~~ 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 is making all the cuts and scrapes on your skin 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 on the more informative end of the scale. 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 readers saying they're lies, or pointing out good "jokes."

Then there are 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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Wow. How do you trip over something that's sitting in plain view?

[ This snarky comment from one apparently very normal-looking 19-year-old who has just come into the arcade's communal area from one of the corridors at the back. Kaito stands easily with his hands in his pockets, a half-smile (half-smirk, really) lingering as he looks down at the other boy.

Besides the wayward hair and Bavan-style clothing, he looks disturbingly familiar... ]

"I'm unlucky, that's all. It happens to me a lot." [Not necessarily the tripping over things in plain view, but just general klutziness. In any case, the fall didn't seem to have injured Eisuke any, as he looked up from where he was sitting to see-

-Someone who looked an awful lot like Shinichi, or at least the pictures he'd seen online? Which should have been impossible, given last he checked Shinichi had not resolved his height problem, and should have known about him and his clumsiness, and this guy didn't seem quite right, since the hair seemed off...]

Maybe it would be best to speak up rather than wonder. Just thinking about it wasn't helping any.] "Who exactly are you?"

[(And maybe there was an edge of annoyance in Eisuke's tone in response to the snark at his fall. He didn't really appreciate it much.)]

[ The guy extended a hand to help Eisuke up. As he did, he introduced himself: ]

Kaito. You?

[ Even if he did ~~sometimes occasionally~~ - okay, maybe regularly - checked up on a certain bratty detective to make sure he'd survived the latest bombing/murder/arsonist/(continue ad nauseum), he didn't stalk the guy. Kaito genuinely doesn't know who Eisuke was. ]

"I'm Eisuke." [Accepting the help up, Eisuke gave himself one last look over to make sure he was okay before doing anything else.]

"...Sorry about that, I'm just clumsy." [Obviously enough, and maybe it would be a good idea to move on.] "Do you know anything about this place? I'm pretty new here."

[Whether his question was interpreted as 'anything about the arcade', or 'anything about Ryslig', Eisuke didn't really care. He just wanted explanations, not random pamphlets about how he was apparently doomed to turn into a monster and stares from the townsfolk.]

[ Kaito flashed his teeth in what he intended to be a friendly smile. Was it just Eisuke's imagination or did the canines seem a tiny bit more pointed than normal? With a flourish, he gestured at the arcade. ]

This is Elias' arcade. Which you really shouldn't be in unless you intend to stay. He might think you want to join up.

[ He turned and pointed at a door, the one Eisuke would have come through. ] Soooo unless you wanna prostrate yourself before the mighty god of this place, we might wanna talk outside.

[Yeah, Eisuke noticed those teeth, but neglected to comment, mainly because they weren't that obvious, but also because he was distracted by the reveal of what was up with the arcade.]

"...Oh. We should get out of here then." [He turned to head for the door, clearly thrown off by the god thing. It was probably a good idea to take anything here seriously, unless he wanted to end up in even worse of a situation.]

[ Kaito nodded. His arm dropped back to his side as he trailed after Eisuke. Seemed that they weren't going to question that Kaito had clearly come from further inside the arcade than the same door Eisuke had come through.

Which was for the best in the circumstances, perhaps.

He let the other boy step outside first, on to whatever street or room Eisuke had come from. Kaito followed suit and shut the door behind them. ]

How'd you even get in there anyway? Someone lure you? [ he asked humourously. ]

[He'd noticed that Kaito had not come from the door, but had chosen to not talk about it right away out of a need to get out of the arcade first.

On getting out, Eisuke took a moment to look around, maybe notice that he was at least back where he came from, before responding to the questions about how he'd gotten in there at all.]

"I'm not sure, I know I heard someone saying to 'seek us out'..." [Was 'us' referring to this god? Probably, and it wasn't exactly a comforting thought. Eisuke would prefer to not have this mess on top of everything else to do with Ryslig.]

[ Kaito's eyes darted around, identifying where they were before settling back on Eisuke. It was a bit of a risk following someone else out. At best, he'd simply be in another part of Bavan. At worst, he'd be stuck in the next city over, several hours' travel away.

Well, in any case, he'd gotten this guy out and that was what was important. If someone had to pick a side, he felt they ought to do it while knowing what they were getting into. ]

So being the smart guy that you are, you decided to follow that voice through the nearest doorway. [ He crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at Eisuke. ] That's a really unhealthy habit you got there.

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