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Ryslig Helpers ([personal profile] ryslighelpers) wrote in [community profile] graveyardsmash2020-05-08 05:52 am
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TEST DRIVE MEME: MAY/JUNE

TDM: MAY/JUNE

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.


peccatore: (we may have much... to fear)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-13 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It's... complicated. He isn't exactly a natural-born god, you see.

[Marco frowns. As much as he enjoys talking to scientifically-minded folk, the more this edges into God Talk, the more uncertain he'll be about his own reliability.]
evilgrows: (hmph)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-13 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't see, but I'm sure you can enlighten me.

[Because uhhh that honestly sounds kind of fascinating. One can become a "god" here, eh?]
peccatore: (we may have much... to fear)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-15 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, okay. He didn't expect a scientifically-minded man to be so interested! Still, the way Marco tells it, there is none of the enthusiasm that he can show when discussing his passions.]

His father... He took power from that other god and forced his own son to take it.
evilgrows: (so)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-15 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
So these creatures-- these gods-- you can transfer their power?

[Just kinda gonna skip over the bad part there because, uh, interesting.

Sounds like they need more of the other "god"'s power.]
peccatore: (what do you mean YOU'RE the boss)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-17 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Er, well... In theory, I suppose. The Fog God does want the rest of her power back, so... so I assume it's possible to reverse the process, at least. I-- I'm not an expert, though.

[This conversation is dipping into ever more uncertain territory.]
evilgrows: (heh heh heh heh)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-17 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. [He spreads his arms out dramatically.] Shit, we'll just take it all, then! Easy. I'll get us out of here in no time.

[Ah, a shame these people had to wait this long until Dr. Robotnik came to town, but it's fine, he's here now!]
peccatore: (YOUAERE My FUCKIGN BO>YFREIONGD)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-18 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Take it-- Take it all? Marco feels an acute need to make this conversation slow down.]

I'm sorry, what-- What exactly are you proposing?
evilgrows: (well well welly well)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-18 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, my apologies, I think a little too fast for people sometimes.

[Grinning widely (and wildly), despite looking like he's in no condition to do anything, he crosses his arms.]

The god that's forcing us to stay here, yes? We just harness all of its power, utilize it to get us home. Why work with only some of it when you can work with all of it? It's simple, really. I just need to...

[He lifts up a hand, presses a few buttons on a glove, and... nothing.]

Shit.
peccatore: (who are you)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-19 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah. He's not sure what those buttons were supposed to do, but...]

The Fog God probably disabled your, ah... glove?
evilgrows: (what am i looking at)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-19 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Seething, he stares at Marco for a moment.]

Oh, this? This is personal.

[It was already personal, but it's even more personal now.]

Nobody messes with my technology. NOBODY.
peccatore: (EVERYTHING IS FINE)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-20 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It-- It might also just not work here. That's a possibility.

[As much as he dislikes the Fog God, uh, he's REALLY not supposed to incite confrontations.]
evilgrows: (ice ice baby)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-21 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He raises a finger.]

Still personal!

[This means WAR.]

I don't have any of my machines, the prototype's lost, and nobody's managed to get the hell out of here before I showed up. Could it get any worse?
peccatore: (EVERYTHING IS FINE)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-22 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Oh, yeah, there's that thing he hasn't mentioned yet. Like, THE important thing.]

You, uh... I should add... you will start turning into a monster within a month.
evilgrows: (hahaha)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-22 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stares at him blankly for a few moments, before he starts laughing.]

Funny! Can't say I've heard that one before.
peccatore: (would you let him drown you)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-24 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[The reaction confuses Marco, until he realises Robotnik must have been under the assumption that everyone here is some kind of fish person.]

The same thing happened to me.
evilgrows: (so)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-24 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look, as far as he knew, this guy came from a parallel world where everyone was a fish man.]

...I thought you just looked like that.

[WELL, EITHER WAY.]

I'll just have to avoid it.
peccatore: (excuse me i know my C++)

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-24 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Of course this would be an issue now.]

I'm afraid you can't.
evilgrows: (heh heh heh heh)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-24 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
And who are you to tell me what I can and can't do, hm?

[He tilts his head, holding his hands out to his sides.]

You really think you can tell the greatest scientific mind in the world that he can't avoid something so simple?
peccatore: ((dicks))

[personal profile] peccatore 2020-05-24 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[His expression turns a little... wry. He can appreciate the gusto, he thinks? But the implication that everyone here is just too dumb to figure these things out isn't exactly welcome.]

Well, if it's so simple, I'll be looking forward to seeing your breakthroughs, Doctor.
evilgrows: (let's get this shit done)

[personal profile] evilgrows 2020-05-24 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately, 'everybody's stupid except me' is Robotnik's default, and he doesn't seem to particularly care. Especially now that he seems to have a project.]

Don't expect to wait too long, I should have this figured out in no time. You're damn lucky I ended up here.