Welcome to Ryslig's test drive meme! If you're considering apping here, this is where you can try your characters out in the game's setting. A few things to note:
Lots of people have asked good questions on the FAQ, so do take a look.
You can only app ONE character per round so choose wisely.
Test drive meme threads can be used for your roleplay sample!
NEW! Players with characters already in the game can earn up to a maximum of 3 coins by replying to potential character threads! You will need to have your normal 20 comment AC in the game. You cannot use this to go over the bonus 10 coins per month total, but you can use it if you are missing some threads to reach that coin total. Same rules as normal bonuses apply.
Sample scenarios:
SCENARIO ONE: So you've just arrived, fresh out of the hospital, and already the natives are trying to get on your good side. 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 great pamphlets. There's even some detailing certain monsters, and the changes they go through.
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.
SCENARIO TWO: You've become hopelessly lost in Lager Woods. Paths don't seem to lead where you remember them leading, and you feel as if you're going around in circles. Childlike giggling can be heard from no direction in particular. Suddenly, you stumble upon another character, who seems to be just as lost as you! Perhaps you can find a way out together.
SCENARIO THREE: You've heard about the fog, but you've never seen it before. Now, the mist surrounds you. Barely able to see before you, you need to get home - and fast. It's far too dangerous in this situation.
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? NOTE: Feel free to pick any monster type for this prompt, but note that you may not get the same one in game.
[Heat sees the way the light seems to be bothering Serph, and with a huff he reluctantly dispelled the flames. He still didn't stand up though. He hadn't tried standing since his feet had reshaped themselves and he wasn't sure how well he could on the first try. Didn't help the transformation had left him weak and exhausted. He didn't want to embarrass himself in front of Leader...]
That this transformation doesn't feel right, the way Agni did. It feels too much like turning into something else. [He shudders a bit before pushing that thought away. If Serph was that bloody from it too, then it was clearly "normal" for these transformations and not residual effects of having been twisted into Vritra.]
Don't know about the rest yet. Having an extra set of limbs is kind of damned weird. The fire feels almost the same though. What about you?
[Privately, Serph agreed with Heat; it had felt like his body had been fighting against the transformation. He, too, felt tired, as if he'd thrown up everything, including his insides. But he gave little sign of his exhaustion other than to remain stiller than usual... So still that it could look like he wasn't breathing.
Serph didn't answer Heat immediately; there was something... something that didn't seem right. And it wasn't just the change in shape, or the persistent hunger as if he had an Atma again... Serph mentally shook off his unease.]
I don't feel any elemental power...
[Serph's deer-like ears twitched, as some kind of small animal skittered along the ground behind him. His head turned as he spoke, tracking its movements by sound.]
That's too bad. Maybe it'll come in later. Heh, if not I guess that just means you can't cast Bufu at me when you get annoyed.
[Not that Serph ever would cast Bufu at Heat seriously. But it would mean Serph couldn't retaliate against Heat's perpetual, well, heat by frosting his skin or similar anymore.]
[But... Joking aside, there was something wrong. Something odd in the way Serph carried himself. Something that pulled hard at Heat's instincts in a way that forced him onto his new feet, using the wall as a brace as he pulled himself up and found his balance. It looked like Serph wasn't even breathing- no, no, that must surely just be his own exhaustion leaving his imagination to play tricks on him?]
[Perhaps it was a small blessing that Serph's next statement stole his attention utterly.] Worse!? Shit. We'd better find you some food then, and fast.
[The only indication of Serph's amusement at Heat's comment was an upwards twitch at the corner of his mouth and a quick exhale, though it's half hidden as Seprh turned his head to look for that animal. Unfortunately, whatever it was seemed to have scuttled into hiding.]
I'm fine.
[Heat's kind of the most readily available food right now, but it's not like Serph truly considered that an option. And he'd weathered worse hunger before, he could hold this one off for a while.
His gaze abruptly snapped back to Heat.]
There's something else here.
[Serph tilted his head in the direction of where he could hear the animal moving again, rustling in the bushes some distance away. Seprh's ears twitch. Was Heat able to hear it?]
...Huh? How the hell can you tell? I haven't noticed shit.
[He tries to stand and walk over to Serph... only to start to fall backwards from the change in his center of gravity. He overcompensated to correct himself, pitching forward, landing unceremoniously on his face. His tail lashed in anger as there were many profanities said, pushing himself back up. This time he stood slowly, able to find the proper way to balance himself.]
[...Ah. Heat's additional limbs seem to be rather troublesome. They must be significantly heavier than the horns on Serph's head and spikes at his back if it's throwing off Heat's balance so much. Serph offered a hand up for Heat, shifting his weight to brace himself when Heat grabbed on.]
I can hear it.
[It's a short explanation, but it's not like he needed to elaborate; their Atma had sharper senses than their human forms, after all.
Hey Heat you like to set things on fire, right? Right. Serph pointed at the bush before walking away.]
Scare it out.
[When he's in position, that is.
The creature had sounded on the large side for a small animal. Serph still felt like he was at human strength, but if they could get it to flee in the direction Serph expected it to be, he was certain he could catch it; he was getting pretty hungry, after all. He was dying for a snack.]
[Heat only glared at him, trying to get up and move properly on his own... Only to nearly fall again, and grab onto Serph's hand for balance as he flapped his large new wings on reflex. Don't. Say. Anything. Or think it. He knows you're thinking it Serph, and giving you an appropriate glare.
It was no wonder the wings were throwing his balance off so much though. They folded nicely against his back and while they seemed large, they were actually deceptively small. Stretching them out like that revealed a wingspan of more than 20 feet.]
I can't hear it... but I think I see it. Everything's way sharper and brighter than before. [He glances as Serph. Was he the same? Or were his eyes as unaltered as Heat's ears?]
[Whatever the case though, he was more than happy to help Serph out by setting shit on fire. Because he really liked setting shit on fire. After Serph got into position Heat created another fireball in his hands, one probably larger than he strictly needed to, and launched it to flush the small creature out.]
[Serph didn't say anything about Heat's stumbling -- does he look like the kind of guy to say things? Exactly -- but there was the tiniest of upward twitches of the corners of his lips at Heat's glare.
In response to Heat's unasked question, Serph shook his head; the creature was hard to make out from this distance.
Once Serph was in position -- a location that would most likely put him in the direct path of the creature once it was scared out, due to the gap in the bush's thick underbrush pointing in this direction -- he waited for Heat's lead in a crouch, legs coiled beneath him, ready to spring at any moment.
But... when the bush was set aflame in a flare of light, Serph wasn't expecting his vision to be so sensitive that bright spots would painfully lance through his vision, momentarily blinding him.
When the creature, long eared and long legged, darted out of the bush in terror, having only sound to navigate by and none of the extra sensory perception his Atma had afforded him, Serph leaped... and barely missed his intended target. At the sudden appearance of another threat, the rabbit swerved and tore off in the opposite direction of Serph out of fear... not realising it was running towards Heat.]
Damn it Serph! [He tries to lunge, but his balance is still too far off for that to actually work, and he misses by a mile.]
[...What does miss is that on instinct her twisted and breathed fire on it. A much more powerful Fire Breath, rather than a typical Agi. Hope you like your meat well done, Serph.]
[He turns to look at Serph, not quite getting up yet.] You sure we can't just go grab someone that's dumb enough to still be out? People are easier to hunt and are a damned lot more satisfying.
[Despite his exhaustion, Serph is back on his feet in an instant, ready to chase down the creature. Thankfully it turns out to be completely unnecessary -- the creature lets out a shrill shriek when it's enveloped in flame -- so Serph takes his sweet time to walk over to Heat.]
Later.
[Aside from the fact he's hungry now -- not that Heat needs to know that -- in their state of post-transformation exhaustion and Heat's... remarkable lack of control over his own body, hunting even an untrained human would be unnecessarily risky right; an improvised weapon can still injure them, after all.
Plucking the very much dead rabbit from the ground by its ears, Serph plops himself onto the ground next to Heat and, digging his claws deep into the animal's flesh, tears it in half -- the cooked meat somehow doesn't seem as appealing than if it had been raw -- before offering one half to Heat. Devouring had helped them recover in the past, and even if this is much, much smaller than a human, they can both do with a pick-me-up.]
[Heat eyes him and the offered food fora brief moment, internally wondering if Serph should really be sharing if he was that hungry already. But... he just couldn't say no to free meat.]
Thanks.
[He takes the offered half of rabbit and tears into it with Heat's typical enthusiasm. ...Only to nearly choke a bit. Apparently he could no longer crunch and eat the bones like Agni could.
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That this transformation doesn't feel right, the way Agni did. It feels too much like turning into something else. [He shudders a bit before pushing that thought away. If Serph was that bloody from it too, then it was clearly "normal" for these transformations and not residual effects of having been twisted into Vritra.]
Don't know about the rest yet. Having an extra set of limbs is kind of damned weird. The fire feels almost the same though. What about you?
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Serph didn't answer Heat immediately; there was something... something that didn't seem right. And it wasn't just the change in shape, or the persistent hunger as if he had an Atma again... Serph mentally shook off his unease.]
I don't feel any elemental power...
[Serph's deer-like ears twitched, as some kind of small animal skittered along the ground behind him. His head turned as he spoke, tracking its movements by sound.]
...only hunger. More than our Atma.
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[Not that Serph ever would cast Bufu at Heat seriously. But it would mean Serph couldn't retaliate against Heat's perpetual, well, heat by frosting his skin or similar anymore.]
[But... Joking aside, there was something wrong. Something odd in the way Serph carried himself. Something that pulled hard at Heat's instincts in a way that forced him onto his new feet, using the wall as a brace as he pulled himself up and found his balance. It looked like Serph wasn't even breathing- no, no, that must surely just be his own exhaustion leaving his imagination to play tricks on him?]
[Perhaps it was a small blessing that Serph's next statement stole his attention utterly.] Worse!? Shit. We'd better find you some food then, and fast.
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I'm fine.
[Heat's kind of the most readily available food right now, but it's not like Serph truly considered that an option. And he'd weathered worse hunger before, he could hold this one off for a while.
His gaze abruptly snapped back to Heat.]
There's something else here.
[Serph tilted his head in the direction of where he could hear the animal moving again, rustling in the bushes some distance away. Seprh's ears twitch. Was Heat able to hear it?]
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[He tries to stand and walk over to Serph... only to start to fall backwards from the change in his center of gravity. He overcompensated to correct himself, pitching forward, landing unceremoniously on his face. His tail lashed in anger as there were many profanities said, pushing himself back up. This time he stood slowly, able to find the proper way to balance himself.]
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I can hear it.
[It's a short explanation, but it's not like he needed to elaborate; their Atma had sharper senses than their human forms, after all.
Hey Heat you like to set things on fire, right? Right. Serph pointed at the bush before walking away.]
Scare it out.
[When he's in position, that is.
The creature had sounded on the large side for a small animal. Serph still felt like he was at human strength, but if they could get it to flee in the direction Serph expected it to be, he was certain he could catch it; he was getting pretty hungry, after all. He was dying for a snack.]
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It was no wonder the wings were throwing his balance off so much though. They folded nicely against his back and while they seemed large, they were actually deceptively small. Stretching them out like that revealed a wingspan of more than 20 feet.]
I can't hear it... but I think I see it. Everything's way sharper and brighter than before. [He glances as Serph. Was he the same? Or were his eyes as unaltered as Heat's ears?]
[Whatever the case though, he was more than happy to help Serph out by setting shit on fire. Because he really liked setting shit on fire. After Serph got into position Heat created another fireball in his hands, one probably larger than he strictly needed to, and launched it to flush the small creature out.]
[...He also caught the bush on fire.]
expert hunters right here
In response to Heat's unasked question, Serph shook his head; the creature was hard to make out from this distance.
Once Serph was in position -- a location that would most likely put him in the direct path of the creature once it was scared out, due to the gap in the bush's thick underbrush pointing in this direction -- he waited for Heat's lead in a crouch, legs coiled beneath him, ready to spring at any moment.
But... when the bush was set aflame in a flare of light, Serph wasn't expecting his vision to be so sensitive that bright spots would painfully lance through his vision, momentarily blinding him.
When the creature, long eared and long legged, darted out of the bush in terror, having only sound to navigate by and none of the extra sensory perception his Atma had afforded him, Serph leaped... and barely missed his intended target. At the sudden appearance of another threat, the rabbit swerved and tore off in the opposite direction of Serph out of fear... not realising it was running towards Heat.]
Watching them work is like watching art happen
[...What does miss is that on instinct her twisted and breathed fire on it. A much more powerful Fire Breath, rather than a typical Agi. Hope you like your meat well done, Serph.]
[He turns to look at Serph, not quite getting up yet.] You sure we can't just go grab someone that's dumb enough to still be out? People are easier to hunt and are a damned lot more satisfying.
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Later.
[Aside from the fact he's hungry now -- not that Heat needs to know that -- in their state of post-transformation exhaustion and Heat's... remarkable lack of control over his own body, hunting even an untrained human would be unnecessarily risky right; an improvised weapon can still injure them, after all.
Plucking the very much dead rabbit from the ground by its ears, Serph plops himself onto the ground next to Heat and, digging his claws deep into the animal's flesh, tears it in half -- the cooked meat somehow doesn't seem as appealing than if it had been raw -- before offering one half to Heat. Devouring had helped them recover in the past, and even if this is much, much smaller than a human, they can both do with a pick-me-up.]
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Thanks.
[He takes the offered half of rabbit and tears into it with Heat's typical enthusiasm. ...Only to nearly choke a bit. Apparently he could no longer crunch and eat the bones like Agni could.