Test drive meme: January

[ryslighelpers]

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.

Comments

[hellsrighthand]

[He stops, the demon's eyes quickly scanning over the figure before him to take in the... hooo boy that's a lot to take in. If anything surprises him, it sure doesn't show. One of the pamphlets is pulled out, briefly flicked through until the pages on undead appear. Ghoul? Possibly. Wendigo? Maybe. Shade? Unlikely... Some of him was still flesh... Perhaps Lich?

These pamphlets aren't super helpful, it turns out.]

I am? Perhaps you could correct me then.

[There's no change to his tone, practically matching the other's. One might call it rather coolheaded. His yukata is still a bit sandy, and damp in some places from waking up on the beach. The horn staring doesn't seem to bother him, at least. It hardly stands out, for now.]

Not at all. Though I'm not sure how I got here. Is there someone I could speak to about returning? I have a lot of work to do and haven't booked this time off.

[Yeah, cause that's your biggest problem.]

[justpure]

[Lich was correct, but unless the horned fellow brings it up Kiyo is going to focus on more relevant topics.]

Certianly. The natives of Ryslig are both intrigued and afraid of us due to the circumstances of our existence and the diet we are forced to partake in.

[He takes not of the sandy yukata, as well as the other man's pointed ears. Perhaps this fellow is a yokai? Some sort of oni to be exact? What sort of oni, it's hard to tell, since the red accents of his clothes contrast with that coolheaded demeanour.]

As for returning... [A bemused little scoff escapes his covered lips.] I'm afraid that's not possible. The Fog God who brought us here has no intention of letting us go that easily.

[hellsrighthand]

[His head bobs, blinking down to the pamphlets once more and then back up at the stranger.]

So they hand these out to give a good impression? How many of them are actually informative?

[It's hard to tell whether he's upset by this, or if he just has a resting scowl on his lips. Either way, it hasn't gone away yet, and when he talks the fangs are noticeable. Even his eyelids have a streak of red off to the side of each eye, apparently either part of his face or just really sturdy makeup.

The news, however, does earn a soft 'Tch-', barely audible. He didn't book any time off, and that lazy Enma isn't going to get any work done without him.]

The god of the fog?... Can I go speak to them? I have a lot to do when I get back.

[His face hasn't changed one bit, but one hand is stretching as if preparing to punch something.]

[justpure]

I'm assuming so. I would reccomend "How To Deal With Changes" and the like, but keep in mind the humans might not understand everything that is to come...

[Hm... Red Oni, perhaps. Not that it matters now, since... Oh. Kiyo's noticed the hand. He glances back up at the oni's face, seemingly unaffected. Seemingly.]

You may. It's best if you go somewhere quiet and call her out.

[hellsrighthand]

I'll give it a look. Though I don't intend to stick around long enough for these changes to take place.

[His body turns, ready to head off... Then turns back to the lich, yet another thing striking his thoughts.]

Quiet, like where? Does she not answer messages through a certain medium?

[Damn lazy, goofing off gods. They're probably all together getting drunk again!]