TEST DRIVE ; no. 1

[powergamer]

TEST DRIVE MEME

So first of all, welcome to Dyspros' very first test drive meme! We're happy that you're interested in the game, and we hope that you have some fun playing with the setting, regardless of whether you decide to join or not.

As a general reminder, we recommend that you look over the game information before jumping in. In addition, if you decide you're ready to join, you're welcome to put in a reserve, and applications will open on May 4th at 12:01 AM (EST). Finally, if you have any questions or concerns, please send us a message!

So now, without further ado, let's get to playing:

A ; NEW RECRUIT

Well then, welcome to the guild, Initiate! After some thought (or maybe the choice was obvious), you've finally settled on a guild, and you're ready to get started. You're welcome to check out your accommodations and see what kind of people you'll be living with for the foreseeable future. This is your home now, so hopefully you get alone with them. If not, then you can just spend all of your time sharpening your skills!

Whether you're just claiming your bed or you're jumping right into the thick of things to practice or sign up for a mission, a new recruit is unlikely to go unnoticed.

B ; MISSION TIME

It's your first mission, which is pretty exciting, right? You have all these pictures in your head of going off to fight a dragon, to come home with great riches and valor...

Too bad those missions are for the higher ups.

No, it's the middle of the night, and you're out guarding the small fields just outside of town from wild animals. Right now you're standing by the cucumbers, which are considered especially important to guard, for some reason. You have to fight off sleepiness somehow, so maybe an animal will come out for you to scare off, or maybe you'll just end up chatting with whoever is stuck doing this with you.

Or you know, if you're a dick, you'll steal the vegetables for yourself.

C ; STORM THE CASTLE

Okay, the missions for initiates are pretty lame, and you're ready for some real fighting. You can go alone, or you can go with some other people, but it's off to Castle Dyspros! You'll find a variety of creatures to fight, and the power of teamwork will help you make progress through the castle!

Or you'll die. There's that too. Good thing it's fairly inconsequential, if weird!

Either way, have fun fighting to your heart's content!

D ; PICK YOUR OWN

Just like it says, if none of the others appeal to you, feel free to make up your own prompt!

Comments

[tsunderekun]

[Nope, this is his spot now, Kougyoku. Beat it.

Nah, just kidding. Gareki is going to borrow it for a bit. So even though she's already occupying this spot, he's going to scoot himself in.]

Ever learned to share?

[/EQUALLY LOUD WHISPER.

P.S. that's something you do with friends— oh wait...]

[peachbaths]

[ yeah she has no friends again it's really sad... uwoh... Kougyoku is appalled by how he doesn't plan on leaving, but she doesn't complain—not when she can hear the authorities coming this way. Once the commotion is over, she speaks up. ]

You were running away from them? I've never seen a criminal up close before...

[ ... She's not scared. She's excited. HAHA ]

[mascots]

[ ALL THE CREDIT IS WELL DESERVED WAATCHAAA.

O-oh. So it really was a game, afterall! Besides, the only reason Gareki would be hiding and trying to keep quiet in a place like this was if he was playing a game, right?

... R-right? ]

You don't have to worry, I won't tell anyone where you are. [ Ahhh but... who was he playing with? A quick scan around the area before his face falls briefly with confusion. ]

So, um, who are you hiding from? Oh oh! Can I hide, too?

B

[lasttrumpcard]

[ To be quite honest, Ace didn't expect to be partnered with such a... cautious guy. Not that he minded. Ace himself always preferred that kind of method, and thus why Tieria's movement didn't come out as weird as it was to Ace than how it would come out to random people. In short, there was an unsaid aptness between the two. Thus why he said nothing much even until his seventh patrol. Ace would let his assigned partner to do things his way, just like how he would do his own.

After some time, things indeed got bored quickly and that prompted him to find a spot to relax for a bit. Sitting comfortably just right next to Tieria, Ace merely tilted his head a little, a sigh coming out from his mouth no sooner. ]

Again?

[ Not that he would do any attempt to actually stop Tieria, but this guy's such a busybody, even more than himself. ]

C

[lasttrumpcard]

[ Pro tip: This happened so much in this game if you're not pro enough And then we Bahamut-0 shits up. BUT goddamn, things went haywire so bad, mind you. Ace himself was pretty close to mortally injured as well from the absurd ambush just now, but the whisper of the death was still yet to reach him. He even still could be able to stand with his two legs.

Obviously, the condition of his partner pinged his steps to make a quick work to her side. Just as soon as he reached her, Ace quickly crouched down to her level and scooped her body closer to him. A very quick scanning on her current condition and he immediately pulled the potion from his personal backpack that he once used to hold his cards. Guess sub-classing as a Merchant paid off handsomely, huh?

Without further ado, Ace opened the lid and politely brushed the tip of the bottle against Deuce's lips. Dear Etro, please be on time. He couldn't afford to lose her of all people. ]

[buildyourworld]

[Not knowing who his partner was until the mission started, he came prepared for the worse but Ace was proving to be someone he wouldn't mind working alongside with. As far as he could observe, Ace was calm and alert, both traits he valued in a person. Their lack of words however, was proving to be a hindrance to keeping wake, at least for himself. To be honest, he missed the laughters and chatters of his comrades as well as the mechanical chime of the Haros whenever he worked in the hangar. Being alone in a foreign world and having only his own thoughts for company, he was beginning to feel the weight of loneliness. However, none of that had anything to do with his mission, neither were they helpful in any manner so he pushed his thoughts to the back of his mind.

Pausing in his steps, he looked down to his partner and asked in a slightly exasperated tone.] I am not going to risk falling asleep and fail the mission for both of us.

[lasttrumpcard]

[ The tone in Tieria's words were already more than enough for him to guess what was on his mind, and the meaning of the words that he said in that said tone proved it even further. Ace, though, wouldn't disagree to Tieria's point. Staying like that would only pull the trigger of his eyes to close. ]

Your concern is most appreciated. [ He sighs, before he rises from his seat. ] But to be quite honest, I am not sure whether I am going to be able to keep my eyes open if I were to reside like how I was just now further.

[ Read: He's coming with you. And he's not taking 'no' as an answer. ]

[splendour]

[ guard duty is one she's used to; it's the same everywhere regardless of the person -- or field in this case -- under protection. no matter what kind of mission she's given, she's determined to see it through to the end. become stronger, as she must.

al looks towards the man as he speaks. to answer his question, she smiles. ]

I'm alright. It's been all quiet, hasn't it? We must be lucky...

[splendour]

[ and she trails off, looking up at him curiously... ]

[splendour]

How about you? If you're tired, you ought to take a nap. I can keep watch.

B

[lasttrumpcard]

[ Not that Ace could ever hate those studious type (he's pretty much one himself), but even he knows where and when to do that.

So yeah. Sorry, Leon. But you just got 'Just. This. Face.' from your partner. ]

[gehste]

[ Leon's ears perk up when he senses that his partner may be looking somewhere else other than the cucumbers - at him, in particular. He glances up from his book, making sure to memorize his place first in case he's made to put it down. ]

Is there something the matter?

[gehste]

[ twenty deer testicles.... yeah, Leon is no longer going to question the extremes that women will go through for love. ]

I don't need anyone dead. [ not here at least ] I only want to learn about the workings of the magic of this world, especially that of necromancy.

c!

[splendour]

[ even in the somewhat crowded castle, it's easy for al to notice a quiet boy in oversized armour. holding her sheathed sword in one hand, she approaches the boy curiously. ]

Greetings! Are you looking to head inside?

[lasttrumpcard]

[ Ah, it seems that his partner is just like Trey. Too focused in his own world. Just his favorite. ]

I thought reading that is not a part of our mission.

[buildyourworld]

Fine with me. [Picking up the shield from the ground, he buckled it to his arm securely and set out for their patrol. Unused to lunging heavy lance and shield around, he grimaced internally to himself. Only the fact that he had to get used to them in order to master them kept him from abandoning his weapons. He was actually thankful that as a newcomer, he hadn't been given real armor yet because he wasn't sure if he would be able to move in decent speed otherwise.

Making small chatter was no specialty of his but the last thing he needed was to bore himself and possibly Ace to sleep on patrol. Not to mention, some noise could be good deterrent as they warned trespassers of guards stationed on the field.] Have you explored the city?

[His eyes darted across the field, alert and watching for any sign of movement while they make their round together.]

[gehste]

It isn't.

[ he sighs and takes another moment to glance at his place in the book before closing it for good. ]

However, I don't think anything will happen to these cucumbers even if we are not the most diligent.

B...

[soarloser]

[There is merit in having years of training in the military. For one, standing at attention all night comes second nature. The downside is having reached the rank of major and being thrust back into grunt work with no warning. But his serious nature won't let him slack off, like some, even though it was just a cucumber patch.

Mahmut can't really blame the other guard for slacking off but that doesn't mean he has to like it. Which is why he has been throwing annoyed looks at his partner all night long.

He glances at the sky after Dio's outburst. He ponders the question for a second, debating whether to make small talk at all, but there was no reason not to.]

I prefer it, yes. It provides good light and you can tell time and direction as well.

[He has probably never sat around star gazing in his life.]

alyona | original

[splendour]

D1

[ are you holding a sword?
if no, are you at least holding a weapon of some kind?

if you answer yes to either question, al -- dancer, holding an ornate sheathed sword -- will be approaching with a smile on her lips. ]

Greetings! I'm Alyona. Will you spar with me?

D2

[ a harmless looking mission: I am looking for two people to act out my written script turns out not-so-harmless when the script is delivered and it turns out to be a mesh of plots and tropes into something that is barely coherent.

she reads a line directly out of the script, looking sort of impressed ]

Dar-Darling, I've become a star! [ raising her head, al breaks character and murmurs, curious: ] ...A star?

[splendour]

[ sitting in silence is something she's used to.

looking wide awake despite the long night, this dancer shakes her head, both hands holding to her sheathed ornate sword. she readily starts talking now that it seems her partner wants to. ]

I'm alright. [ she's stayed up longer, after all. ] Are you?

[vereinsamt]

How else would you explain it?

1

[peachbaths]

O-oh? You will spar? With me? [ Kougyoku points at herself. Oh gosh, she's so happy. She has never sparred with a girl before! ] Of course I would, Lady Alyona!

[ She draws her sword and gets into position. Are we moving a little too fast here? Only fast enough for Kougyoku to consider normal. ]

Would you like me to go all out!?

sidel blanchet┊original

[needlecraft]

option A

[ And he'll be lurking around The Spider & Herb, Sidel doesn't look all too impressed. If not, he looks... jaded. ]

What is this supposed to be...? It's like part fifties apartment building and part witch crap shack. [ Despite how he seems to be critical about the arrangements, he'll go ahead and hog the bed... or a chair... Anything just to sit and stare into the abyss. ]

Here it looked pretty from the outside. [ Exasperated siiigh. ]

option D

Hey, you with the weird haircut. Come over here. [ This call is also complemented with a hand gesture--well more like his finger gesturing the subject to come closer. Either way, you find yourself being called by this random guy here in Ironwall.

What could he possibly want with you anyway? Also... Is your haircut really that weird?! Doesn't he understand you're trying to window shop because you're poor as hell!? ]

[splendour]

[ this excitement is contagious. al beams in response, nodding.

too fast? there's no such thing! on her end she draws her sword but still retains the sheath in her left hand. ]

Yes, please do! [ the smile and cheer is bright on her face as she slips into a battle position with her sword held in front of her, the tip of the blade pointing downwards. ] I'm ready!

D

[peachbaths]

W-what? My haircut's not weird!

[ It is... weird... by modern standards. Despite how offended she looks, she follows him anyway. Because she's Kougyoku and no responsible adults are here to keep her in check. ]