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Ryslig Helpers ([personal profile] ryslighelpers) wrote in [community profile] graveyardsmash2023-08-13 07:44 pm
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TDM: AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

TDM: AUGUST/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 unpleasant taste and texture. The salt water is making all the cuts and scrapes on your skin sting and the sand isn't helping; it's coarse and rough. The air is slightly humid, thick and heavy, ruining any feeling of refreshment you might have gotten from your dip in the ocean. Your muscles ache with exhaustion. How did you get here? You don't remember.

There are lights in the distance, a city twinkling reassuringly on the horizon. Perhaps there is help there. Perhaps someone can tell you where you are, and how you got there. Perhaps, if you stumble to your feet, clothes heavy with seawater, and stagger in that direction, you might find clues to just what is going on.

Or, perhaps, you might walk directly into one of the many bear traps that are scattered around this beach, hidden beneath sand and seaweed, waiting for an unwary monster-to-be. Not everyone in this peninsula wants you in their home.


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> I HAVE RUN OUT OF FUN PROMPTS, PLEASE ADVISE 


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.


polarvoid: (❀ Cornlily)

Text | un: daisy

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-13 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Who's there?
overnightoaks: (leaf print shirt)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-13 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hoo, boy! This knock knock joke thing is really taking off! ]

Tree!
polarvoid: (❀ Buzy Lizzie)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-14 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, tree? Is that a coincidence or deliberate? Hmm.]

Tree who?
overnightoaks: (dorky wave)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-14 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ c'mon man, your username is "daisy" ]

I hope you have a TREE-rific day!
polarvoid: (Default)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-14 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay that DOES make him giggle a little on his end.]

Hehe, you too! Does that really count as a joke, though...?
overnightoaks: (plant smile)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-14 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
Well, sure! Why wouldn't it count as a joke?

[ It made daisy laugh, didn't it? Although, Henry would say even his jokes that don't make people laugh— the dad jokes, the real groaners— are still jokes! ]
polarvoid: (❀ Brazillian Plume)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-15 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Probably because it's more of a pun than a joke, but Basil isn't here to split hairs. Knock-knock jokes are inherently weird like that, so it's fine.]

It's a pun! But puns can be funny, so it's okay.
overnightoaks: (shining)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-15 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I hope that brightened your day a bit, pun or joke or whatever else. Like sunlight through a tree's leaves!
polarvoid: (❀ Gorse)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-15 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It really did, thank you.

Um...do you want to hear one from me? I don't know many jokes, but...my friends and I used to read jokebooks a lot. I can probably think of one...I think.
overnightoaks: (casual wave)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-15 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Go for it! Hit me with your best shot.
polarvoid: (❀ Poppy)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, um!

Somebody put extra soil in my flowerbed.

The plot thickens.
overnightoaks: (try these)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-17 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, that's a good one!
I really DIG it!
polarvoid: (❀ Plantain)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-18 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[AYYY]

Thank you! I can't take credit for it though, since I read it in a book...
overnightoaks: (rocks rock!)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-19 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey now, don't go discrediting books!
All the knowledge you have came from somewhere. But once you learn it, it's fully yours.
polarvoid: (❀ Quince)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-20 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? That's not...plagiarising?

[Well, it only is if you SAY you came up with it.]
overnightoaks: (sweating)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-23 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it is if you copy it word for word and try to pass it off as your own. But that's not what you did. You told me you learned it from a book. So, you cited your sources!
polarvoid: (❀ Bear Grass)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-25 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess you're right...maybe next time though I'll try to come up with my own. It can't be that hard, right?
overnightoaks: (fanny pack)

[personal profile] overnightoaks 2023-08-27 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
If you ever want an audience to workshop your joke ideas off of, you're always welcome to email me!
polarvoid: (❀ Zinnia)

[personal profile] polarvoid 2023-08-28 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I will! Thank you. :)