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TDM: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

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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[There's a simulated murder and lazer tag building, Harley's heard. So of course she has to explore. She flings open the door only to interrupt Cathy at her work.]

Geez Louise! Are you gonna talk your prey to death? Why not just eat 'em already?

[Cathy doesn't initially acknowledge Harley's presence, her focus trained on the cowering man on the floor in front of her. When Harley speaks, however, Cathy turns her head, and her swift-footed victim immediately bolts for the door, leaving the two women alone in the room.

Cathy stares. Her entire body is rigid.]

It's about more than just p̶̓r̵͉͐e̷da̵̦͘ț̸͝or̸͗ ̷an̵d̷̟͛ p̵͔̾r̸e̵̛̹ÿ̴̡.

I punish si̴nn̶̾e̵͗r̶̗͌s̴̥̆. A short and sweet death would b̵e̶ ̴̓u̷n̵͎͝fit̶̛̹ṫ̵̠i̴n̴͔̾g̶͛ f̷͈͑or most.

Who might you be?

[Harley pauses.]

I guess maybe. You got a history with the guy? I'm definitely not tryin' to be all judg-y here. Sometimes you gotta unleash a little righteous fury.

[But she doesn't feel great about this.]

Call me Harley.

[To the victim:]

You do something to hurt her?

[The man is long gone by now, though Cathy doesn't seem terribly irritated. There will be another time for him to face judgement. For now, she takes a soft breath and lets herself relax onto the floor. Her voice is more restrained when she speaks again.]

I don't, but I don't need it. I had watched him for a great deal of time to assess his crimes. I have served as a condemner for what feels like my entire life; this is simply another job for me.

[She hums.]

Harley? My name is Cathy.

Ah, I get it. You're some kinda caped avenger here.

[She's not sure how she feels about that. Probably bad? In her experience they're nosy and way too judgemental.]

Sorry about scaring that dude away for you. So, Cathy what do you do when you're not stalking people?

TEST DRIVE MEME: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

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