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graveyardsmash2022-12-11 04:18 pm
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TDM: December/January
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: imprisonment)
You wake up in a dark, windowless room. Your hands are tied behind your back, the cold concrete solid against your cheek where you lie on the floor.
As your eyes adjust to the lack of light, you can see your prison in more detail. It appears to be an unfinished basement, the walls made of the same featureless concrete as the ceiling and floor. There is a bucket in the corner, a locked metal door, a single cot with a ragged blanket, a few jagged pieces of metal tossed aside in the corner, and… is that another person?
That’s right. You’re not alone in this prison. Someone else has woken up here too, in just the same state - confused, lost, tied up.
You may as well get to know your new friend. Maybe you could even cook up an escape plan together? You might be here for a while, and, after all… there’s only one bed.
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> Happy Nattensfest everyone!!! If you could have any gift you wanted for Nattensfest, what would it be? It doesn't have to be a thing you can hold, it can be a magical spell or a cool new monster feature too. Or you can wish for world peace I guess... But there's way more imaginative gifts out there! Live your dreams! |
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.
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[ And taking a slightly different tack than Saint-Germain, which is optimal. If Elfnein is researching this pertinent matter, Saint-Germain can remain focused on the disabling of the suffering mechanism. ]
Researchers are examining these issues in a city called Haftesal. They're human, and possess no heretical or other overtechnologies, but their work has led to useful side-products in the past. Their resources may be of use.
[ Saint-Germain is still getting used to the process of coming up to someone and asking to use whatever they created that would be handy for her own purposes. In the Illuminati, per Adam Weishaupt's orders, they threw money at people who wanted to solve the same problems they did, then swept in and stole the stuff after completion.
It occurs to her now that Adam Weishaupt was not merely a seeker of control but also incredibly lazy. ]
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[ Even if she just arrived if the trip isn't too much it would be worth going right away to try and gather what she can and take it back with for future research uses. ]
Has anyone met this Fog God or is it more of a passed down through the ages to explain how the body changes?
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[ Especially after one's changes. ]
On both counts. I've never had a need, but apparently any monster who wishes to can speak with the Fog God.
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[ That would be an issue, she doesn't know how long it takes for one to turn and even what happens during that time frame. It would be dangerous to go into it all without any sort of knowledge. ]
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[ From the way Saint-Germain gets a bad case of Code Geass Mouth about this, that rankles. ]
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Would they even want to meet me if I asked?
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[ There's an entire post on the navigation page for the game about talking to the Fog God! You can get a brief conversation out of it, and sometimes also some slightly patronizing mothering!
Alas, such things can't be properly used until accepted into the game, but Saint-Germain doesn't know she's on a TDM. ]
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Do you have any questions you want to ask them?
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An oppressor's words don't interest me.