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graveyardsmash2020-09-11 10:03 am
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TEST DRIVE MEME: 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.
i am also here for this disaster!!
That's a shame! I find it's easier to study something that's broken, myself!
[Said with a big smile, for some reason?? She's even just. Letting him break in like this.
In fact, she stops for a second to rifle through her pocket and hands him a bobby pin.]
Here! This'll work way better; twist it so it's just got one leg sticking out, and it's a veritable lockpick all on its own!
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I prefer to take something like this apart when it's in it's best condition.
[He pauses from his job, pulling his tools back and looks at the pin held out to him.]
....what is that?
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[All that really gets is a tilt of her head to match for a second -
Before that smile actually, finally drops a bit. Just enough to convey some confusion and bewilderment, here.]
... You don't know what a bobby pin is.
You know enough about machines to take apart a television, but you don't know what a bobby pin is?
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[Sorry, but his attention.. is back on the flickering screens in the window.]
I've never heard of a bobby pin, but I know what hair-pins are.
[He snatches the pin from her hand quickly, and gets back to lock picking, following her instructions to try and get it open.]
This city is entirely... [click!] ...foreign to me.
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The Hatsume Classic, basically.]
A tinkerer who doesn't even know what a television is... no wonder you're so set on working with something in top condition!
You've never even seen one of these before!
[Her attention's on the TVs for just a second herself, before turning it back on Appare as she fully expects him to just, you know.
Bust into the shop. Now that he's got it open.]
I guess I should warn you, then, that shops like these often have alarms and cameras set up! There's a very good chance you'll get caught for this, you know.
It's not usually all that high tech, especially in a place like this... but it's enough to thwart a robbery this casual.
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[But, even though he says that.. he hesitates, his palm placed against the cool wooden door.]
Do you know how to get past the alarms?
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[That... was WAY too peppy. It didn't even sound sarcastic.
(Actually, it almost sounds like she's saying that purely out of scientific, uh, experience.)
But she takes a second, here, to rub her chin in thought.]
I suppose there's a chance they might not have anything set up at the back door... with how old-timey everything is around here, it's easy to assume people were more lackadaisical about setting things up the right way!
Not only that, but most shops want cameras on the front door and front window, too. They may not have a wide-range camera, either; the kind that keep a three-sixty eye on everything hasn't been invented yet, if I'm right about the time period we're in right now!
So that's what I'd suggest. But if you'd like a better suggestion from a peer... I could always get one of the ones they tossed to working order?
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Wait. What do you mean by "three-sixty eye on everything"? Cameras don't have an eye on anything to begin with. They just take photographs.
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Sorry!
[Again, way too peppy.]
Video cameras are how people manage to get moving pictures like on these televisions, however.
Where I come from, they can take hundreds and hundreds of photos a second! Though, really, screens to display them don't refresh fast enough for motion at that high a frame rate...
But that means they're essential for keeping security tight. No security system is complete without cameras to record what happens while people are away!
Or even better, live feeds to keep an eye on everything even when everyone's around!
[Look. Support gear is just one of the many things she can do - she's made a few security systems in her time, too!!]
... Basically, it means the owners of the shop can watch a recording of what happened on a television like these - so if you're in the building while the camera's going, there's no way you won't get caught.
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So the way these "televisions" work is that a "video" camera takes photos so fast that when shown one after another, it can relay motion? That's incredible!
[He moves towards Mei, disregarding her personal space entirely with his eyes twinkling in excitement.]
And you mention a "live feed".. does that mean these televisions can show the photos that video cameras take in real time as they're being taken? Is that what's happening now?
[He points to the screens playing advertisements next to them.]
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[Personal space??? She's never heard of it. In fact, she is completely and utterly unphased by how close he's gotten - all it does is get her own smile to pick up even bigger.]
Televisions like these are on display so people know what the shop has to offer; they're probably tuned in to a news station which are often live feeds, but right now it's playing prerecorded advertisements!
If you watch and wait, you might get to see something live, though?
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[This is just. So Much to take in, his mind is practically spinning. All this stuff about things being "old-timey" and in "another time period".. all the technology he's never seen or even dreamed of before... it's daunting, to say in the least. But it makes him excited to explore this new world of technology, and he backs up a little to look back towards the door, staring at it silently for a few seconds before he finally moves towards it.]
I'm going inside.
[Alarm, shalarm. He's going to crack a TV open like an egg and he's gonna do it right now.]
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I'm sorry, but I can't let you. I understand wanting to do anything for the sake of science, but something like that is a little too far for my tastes!
But I've got good news for you... cities like these usually have hundreds of electronics shops, and a fair amount of them run all night for emergency repairs!
[So, basically, there's a veritable JACKPOT of things he can take apart, provided he's got the patience to look.]
Even better - I have a pretty good amount of money, so I'm confident I could buy you something to work on instead!
It'd be yours for keeps!
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But at the same time, he can tell she's not going to back off, and he's dealt enough with people stubborn as her that it's just tiring thinking of arguing. And... well. She did offer to buy him something for free. So he can't really be all that upset.. right?]
Fine.
[He tugs his arm out of her grasp, and turns his back to the door.]
...but I wasn't going to rob the place.
[It's mumbled, with a small pout on his face.]
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[She's happy to let him go when he agrees, that smile of hers not dropping or growing in size - in fact, she's quick to just... start walking, expecting him to follow.
And she only stops to look over her shoulder when she notices she doesn't hear him walking just yet.
Look, at least he's with a fellow inventor?? He COULD be stuck with one of the nerds from 1-A or something...]
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[But, he follows right after her. It is, to say in the least, really refreshing to be with a fellow inventor honestly. He has friends who love the things he makes but.. none of them are inventors. They think it's cool, they appreciate what he does, but they don't understand.
So this is turning out to be a very interesting experience.]
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[Said with just the air of curiosity. Mostly because, you know. Man, she still gets it.
The itch to study something so you can learn how to replicate it is strong!
But, like, she doesn't go to UA to learn math. Sure, her main drive and goal is to get contracts with support gear groups and make hella fucking cash, but you gotta have SOME heroic instincts to wanna invent things to make everyone's lives better like that.
So. You know. She's spending what little money she's got on him instead...]
It's very brave, but even that's just breaking and entering... I'd be pretty disappointed to hear you got stuck in the slammer over a television.
Maybe if it was something bigger and more exciting, though... like a robot...
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[He was planning on asking later if he could take one apart but this probably works out better in the end, honestly.]
And even if I was thrown in jail, I would have left before sunrise.
[speaking from actual experience here]
And.. what's a robot?
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[She hums thoughtfully, before flashing a big smile over her shoulder again as she walks.]
Do you know what an automaton is? Or a wind-up doll, even!
Those are a lot more primitive compared to a robot, but that should give you a rough idea of what a robot's like!
They work with electricity and are usually made for specific purposes - like carrying around stuff too heavy for people, or for exploring places too dangerous!
I prefer making things like robotic suits, things that can predict your movements and move with you to supplement your own strength and motion!