TEST DRIVE MEME: SEPTEMBER

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TDM: SEPTEMBER

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

[switchrage]

[ The more this girl -- Yuzu -- spoke, the less Offmon felt as if he would start crying. He sniffled one more time, bringing up a hand to rub at his face with his sleeves, before holding his hands up to his chest. One thing's for sure: he'll keep an eye out for his friends, and he'll do his best in the mean time. He nods at that. And to Yuzu’s question about his name, he perks up a bit. ]

Eh? Um… I’m Offmon, offu. I’m an Appmon… erm. I was one?

[ He looks down at his hands and kneads his hands together. No orb of magic came up when he did, but the gesture still helped him to keep calm. This girl was kind, just like the App Drivers he knew. That’s why… ]

I… I’ll help you find your friends, too, Yuzu…! [ She was still a human, though. Humanity, which he promised he'd do his best to live and fight for. So... ] Um, but, I don’t think it’s safe to stay here. It smells like something bad could happen here, offu…

[songstressedout]

[ She didn't understand what he meant by "Appmon"... but she felt like her heart was going to burst out of her chest from the way Offmon spoke alone. God, what was this feeling? She didn't think she had any parental instincts like this but she thinks she might cry if Offmon started crying. ]

Then it's decided then! Let's try and find a house... or any kind of civilization, for that matter. Maybe they'll give us the answers we're looking for, and we might find our friends as well.

[ Besides, Offmon was right. She didn't notice it at first but she could smell... gunpowder? Either way, not something to be around. Yuzu extended her hand to Offmon, a kind smile on her face. ]

[switchrage]

[ Offmon’s gaze goes from Yuzu’s hand to her smiling face. It takes a moment for him to react properly -- it hasn’t been long at all since he’s seen Eri and his friends; but being separated from them and feeling scared like he was made it feel like he’d been afraid for a while. And now… now, for the first time, the vice grip fear on him eased. He nods up to her, a hopeful glimmer in his eyes. ]

Offu!

[ Offmon reaches up and places a sleeve-covered hand into Yuzu’s, a small smile finally forming on his own face. ]

Um…! There’re lights over there, [ he says, pointing his free hand in the direction of said lights. ] Maybe something or someone can help us there, offu…!