TDM: SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

[ryslighelpers]

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

(CW: Human remains)

When you awaken, you are hit with an immediate feeling of motion. A bobbing, if you will, or perhaps more of a rocking. You take a deep breath through your nose and take note of salt, along with the pungent scent of rotting wood. Creaking sounds echo all around you. Sitting up, you find yourself locking eyes with a skull.

An entire human skeleton is positioned across from you, resting limply against a pillar. Surveying the rest of your surroundings, you soon realize that you're below deck on an old, dilapidated ship. A ship that's on the move. The crew must have suffered a terrible fate, strewn as they all are across the floor. With their ripped poofy shirts, sheathed cutlasses and jaunty feathered hats, they seem to scream one word at you. "Pirates". ...Ooh, is that an abandoned bottle of rum? And a treasure chest? Surely they won't mind if you help yourself. They're dead, after all!

Once you've ascended the creaky steps, you find yourself on the deck of this vast, once proud vessel. A tattered Jolly Roger flaps overhead. Thick fog obscures most of the ocean surrounding you, but what's that straight ahead? Land ho! The ship's about to make port, and a crowd of curious onlookers has already gathered on the docks to stare up at this spooky new arrival. They appear apprehensive, perhaps even fearful, as if they haven't seen a ship come in for a long time. Will they hold you accountable for what happened to the skeleton crew? Will they praise you for 'ridding' them of pirates and allow you to keep the booty? There's no way to know just yet. Perhaps you'd best hide and find a way to disembark without being seen. Or perhaps there's someone else to be found here on this ship who suffered the same fate; someone who has a better idea of what to do.

SCENARIO TWO

You've stumbled your way into a city, and you're promptly besieged by the overwhelming sights and sounds. Cars honk at you to get out of the street, and strangers try not to look in your direction for too long. They see your lost expression and your clothes- so different from their own- and pretend to busy themselves with something else. Rarely, a look of pity is cast your way.

But some people try to reach out. Enterprising citizens and those that hope to curry favor with the newcomers pass out new clothes and bundles of food, asking if you have a place to stay the night, wondering about the details of the world you came from. A hefty laptop may be handed to you, with words of a ‘network’ used for communication. Wonder what that’s about? Then there’s the very confusing pamphlet stuffed within: "What To Expect When You're Expecting (To Turn Into A Monster)”. They may direct you to an organisation known as the Lighthouse, their members most prominently found at the 38-8 apartments and the Lighthouse Church. Or perhaps, if you're injured, they'll refer you to the Crowe Clinic instead. Unfortunately, the directions you're given are so very complicated that you lose your way in the streets after two left turns, a right and a left at the soup kitchen.

Take care when asking for more help. 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

Now that you've found a moment of peace, you open up the mysterious device that's been handed to you. Perhaps you'll recognize it as some sort of laptop, albeit an old and clunky one. Or perhaps you'll be astounded by this curious feat of technology, which is unlike anything you've ever seen before. Regardless, the moment the lid is propped open to reveal the screen and the keyboard within, you gain your first glimpse of the network.

Perhaps you'll want to choose a username and write your very first message, posing the pressing question that's on your mind at this very moment. The lettered buttons click and clack awkwardly beneath your fingertips as you type.

However, you may instead want to respond to today's most popular message.

WELCOME TO RSDOS. PRESS F1 TO COMPOSE POST. *** TODAY’S TOP POST *** 018.07.154.55 <JUSTSOMEGUY> Let's play Two Truths, One Lie! It's real easy! You just post three statements about yourself, and the rest of us have to guess the lie. It'll be fun! And you get to be a liar liar without your pants catching fire for a bit.

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? Does it fit you, or does it feel incongruous with your nature? Feel free to pick any monster type for this prompt, but note that you may not get the same one in game.

Comments

[roseheartz]

If Ryunosuke thought Sholmes was a menace, one might argue the Great Detective's finally met his match. Rose guffaws for a moment longer, then peers down at Ryunosuke with a wide smile and a tilt of the head.

"I arrived here just today. It is a very curious world, so much like Earth and yet... The details appear to be a little different," she says, before leaning in a little closer. "Have you seen others like me? My Crystal Gems? Well, I suppose they must be human now also. Their names are Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst."

[locumstudentesquire]

Well... At least Rose isn't grabbing his neck yet. Or using sleight of hand to keep putting him in/out of handcuffs when he isn't looking. Or leaving confusing fruit-seed based death threats under his office door.

Ryunosuke almost asks-- more incredulously than genuinely inquiring-- if all that is meant to imply that she isn't human, but. Well, he doesn't feel like getting another round of loud guffawing at his expense, so he keeps his mouth shut.

"Crystal Gems?" he repeats, frowning thoughtfully. "No, I'm sorry, I... I can't say that I have." He scratches the back of his neck awkwardly, brow furrowed slightly. "What do they look like?"

[roseheartz]

Oh, there's still time to grab Ryunosuke by the neck or leave confusing seeds by his door. Or shout "fire" when there isn't one. Rose likes to have fun! Thankfully, her thoughts are mostly on other matters right now. She stands up a bit straighter, her gaze straying towards the sky as she taps a finger against her cheek.

"Weeell... I would assume they look like themselves, but human, so..." What a curious image that makes. Let's see if she can explain. "Pearl is tall and slender. She's very graceful. Her nose is long and sharp, her hair is short... And she is always very polite and withdrawn. Amethyst is the exact opposite! She's very short and likes to run around on her hands and legs for fun. She also likes to play, and always speaks her mind very loudly. Garnet is tall as well, but she isn't as slender as Pearl. Her hair is very poofy and wide, like this." She pauses and basically indicates an invisible box around her head with both hands. "Garnet does not speak as much, but when she does, her words are wise and to the point."

[locumstudentesquire]

Ryunosuke's brow remains thoroughly furrowed as Rose goes on, maintaining his focus on committing all these details to memory, thumb and forefinger resting contemplatively at his chin. Without Susato around to record things down for him, it's going to fall entirely to him to remember all of this...

It's all very strange, this talk of 'turning human'. Rose Quartz certainly has some 'peculiarities', he'd say, about her physical appearance... But she doesn't look particularly non-human to him, either. Especially not compared to, say, those illustrations of monsters in all the informational pamphlets.

He shakes his head sadly when she's finished. "I definitely haven't seen anyone like that," he says apologetically. "Like any of those descriptions, actually..."