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TDM: JANUARY/FEBRUARY

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

(Johanna is one of those assholes who are only assholes to other adults. Being forced to fight other children at a young age caused her to grow a little spot for them in her heart. But she doesn't like to show that. No way, man. However, Toph makes her feel super bad, as she's also soaked, scraped, and on the ground.)

Jesus kid, it's a two way street, maybe you should watch where you're going, what are you, blind?

(Ha.)

[ Toph's fine. She picks herself up and gives herself a cursory dusting, sticking her lower lips out and puffing her hair out the way habitually. It sure makes seeing her pale green eyes a lot easier. ]

Yeeeah- I'll 'watch' out for people turning suddenly!

[ The huff in her voice is pretty clear, but her body language doesn't show much more than frustration. Mostly with herself. She should have been able to avoid it. ]

Thanks for the advice, it's about as useful as those 'pamphlets'.

[ Oh which she has a couple stuffed into her belt, because the locals shoved them at her anyway. ]

(Johanna spots the eyes and smacks herself in the face. Ow. She's rude and unfriendly, sure, but she's not a monster (not yet hahaha))

Wait! Hey! You got this shit stickin' out of your belt, dummy! (She bends and grabs for the pamphlets, which are soggy from touching Toph's clothes.) Don't take this as pity. I don't pity anyone, okay? I don't pity anyone.

(She's never really been around someone who's blind before, especially not a kid who seems to be scared, angry, and apparently pretty independent. So ... where does she go from here?) Hey, you wanna try an alliance? (Worked for her in the Quarter Quell. Only not really.)

[ Tch- She liked her better when she didn't know. Somehow this felt worse. ]

I know! Leave em there. Otherwise they'll come running up to me with more-
And good. I don't need your pity, I'm just trying to get back to the Earth Kingdom... Wherever this is.

[ Yes, she's using the pamphlets as a decoy just to keep people from handing her more. This is fine. Toph takes a few steps away, about ready to leave before an offer comes her way that makes her pause. It can take a while to get used to the way she kind-of looks in someone's direction as if looking through them.]

Al- Why? Are you at war or something?

[ There are other reasons to have an alliance, but this is the one she's used to. ]

(Johanna tilts her head like a thoughtful dog and finally figures out what she wants to say about war.)

I was at war. A big one. Before that, we had little ones every year. The one year I made an alliance was the one that started something.

(Sure, it got her captured and tortured, but in the end, she got to go home and never watch children murder each other again.)

[ The subtly of her gestures are mostly lost, unfortunately. But the pause in her voice gives a similar effect. ]

Seems we have that in common, at least. The big war.
An alliance sounds fine, it'd be nice to know someone here, at least.

[ Now it's her turn to pause, realizing they kindof skipped a step. ]

I'm Toph, by the way.

(Johanna nods and realizes, yeah, Toph won't see that. Okay, speaking up. Not like she was one of those people that were always quiet. Johanna hated the sound of silence and loved the sound of her own voice.)

I'm Johanna. Toph. Like Toffee? (They had FANCY candies and FANCY CANDY NAMES in the Capitol.)

[ She turns in an almost uncanny way, twisting to face Johanna properly but not tilting her head, resulting in it looking like she's just staring through the others torso.

One hand holds out, offering a shake. ]

Nope, Toph as in tough! Nice to meet ya.

(Aha! Johanna is delighted! The little shit was a tough kid! Yes! She liked when they were feisty. Not going out without a fight.

She looks at the hand and quickly graps Toph's hand. She shakes firmly! Grrr!)

Wonderful to meet you, Tough Shit.

[ Yes, Grrr! She gives a firm squeeze back and shakes, grinning from ear to ear. ]

Awesome! Now... I don't suppose you've had any better luck figuring out where we are?

No idea. An island, maybe? I ... where I came from, they had these arenas that looked like islands sometimes. They could make them look like anything. But I don't think I'm there...

(Johanna tries to sound like she doesn't care but she gets a little nervous sounding near the end.)

A big arena?...

[ The idea itself seems foreign to her. There's no way, right? How could an arena be THIS big? ]

What about those pamphlets they've been shoving at us? What do those say?

Uh, they say ... how to deal with changes.

(Johanna didn't want to lie to the kid. She was going to find out soon enough.)

Great... Uh... Just, changes? What kind of changes?

[ It's super not clear. ]

I'll tell you later, let's get away from the crowds.

(And Johanna stands close enough to Toph that she can feel her elbow and starts walking. Away. From all 'o this!)

Sounds good. Lead the way

[ And off they, a brand new alliance! ]

JANUARY/FEBRUARY TEST DRIVE

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sry friend

this is her life now

cw torture and child murder (THAT'S THE HUNGER GAMES BABEY)

that's just hunger games!

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Did you wanna wrap/cut for March stuff?

yes! wrap up here.

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