powergamer: (christy.)
DYSPROS MODS ([personal profile] powergamer) wrote in [community profile] dysprosooc2013-04-22 11:00 pm
Entry tags:

TEST DRIVE ; no. 1

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!
derpiest: (an ugly fact of life)

rion lyon • original character

[personal profile] derpiest 2013-04-23 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
A;
[the young boy looks out of place here. the whole 'thin and not very muscular', the whole '5'0"', the whole... well, there's a lot of things that lead one to believe that perhaps he's mistaken. because this is not the scholar's guild; this is the warrior's guild that he is standing in front of, looking like he's trying to make up his mind. looking like he ... really badly wants to go in but can't work up the courage to make his feet move.

he's got a notebook and pen in hand, too. maybe he's really trying to decide on something else - such a small teenager can't possibly be looking into being a warrior, can he?]


C;
[one tiny paladin looking for group. of course, most people have not taken him up on this offer because he looks a little silly in the armor that's just a bit too big for him, a sword it's not clear if he can totally wield correctly...

but he's trying, bless his heart. do you want him to tag along?]
heedmywords: (pic#6064528)

[personal profile] heedmywords 2013-04-23 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed.

[Always the leading type, Maximilian walks past Sion and down the corridor. Let it never be said that pride always gets you far in life. He stops just at the corner of a winding passage heading upwards to the right. The choice is to either continue going forward or taking a risk at what may or may not be the entrance to the next floor. Either way, he isn't making his choice too easily.]

So, girl, how would you say you fare in hand to hand combat?
heedmywords: (pic#6064570)

[personal profile] heedmywords 2013-04-23 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Two birds. Yes.

[Yes, that's right. And they're heading towards the group. There's no choice but to fight now. Maximilian grips his blade, confident with his own survival instincts.]

I trust that you have a stone at the ready?

[haha nobody's laughing maxy]
lucena: (that is a cat noise!)

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-23 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dio does laugh, actually, but only for a second. This is fun, right? They are having fun.]

None left unturned.

[Swords aren't his thing, but he does have a nice, compact little dagger. He isn't worried about low level creatures.]

Do you want to go first? I don't mind.
medeina: (i'll be right here waiting for you.)

[personal profile] medeina 2013-04-23 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ being referred to as a girl makes her sulk for a moment. it's very easily gone, replaced with the same cheerful smile she'd greeted him with.

her tone, when she replies, is almost sing-song, slightly playful. ]


You could say I'm pretty experienced. [ --half a lie, she's had plenty of experience, if the comfortable way she walks with her daggers sheathed at her side doesn't give it all away yet. ( honesty isn't very fun; she has to amuse herself somehow. ) ]
lucena: (that is a cat noise!)

dio eraclea ♦ last exile

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-23 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
B.
[The mission is one of tedium, but that can't be helped. Being of low rank is still new and exciting to Dio, and yes: he did sign up for this specific mission intentionally. It gives him liberty to do whatever he wants, for the most part, which he's probably said to whoever's with him at least once on the way out here.

Currently he is lying in the grass, looking for all the world like he was born to lie in the grass next to a cucumber patch. He isn't tired, though, and after a spot of idle humming he sits up suddenly, with an excited Oh! and a point up into the sky.]


Shooting star!

[He laughs, then flops back down with both his arms raised, making a frame with his hands around some more stationary stars. The next time he speaks it's most definitely to his favorite new partner:]

Don't you love a clear sky?


D.
[Check out Ironwall, they said. It's fantastic, they said. But somehow Dio's wandered into Nickelhollow and, wow, it's pretty rough around the edges here. He isn't exactly worried for his safety as he wanders the streets, occasionally stopping to get very excited about something strange being peddled by a nearby seller and then moving on without buying anything.

Tiring of that, he finds a tall wooden something, presumably a something that transports something else, to climb on top of and perch there, watching the crowd below. The market is starting to lose its charm already, and he's thinking about maybe making his way back to Ironwall to properly judge just how fantastic it is when he spots some shady behavior out of the corner of his eye.

Which is why you, the passerby, are suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and when you turn around you'll meet Dio, hanging upside down from the top of his crate-thing, holding something that's decidedly yours and pointing at someone else's retreating back.]


That guy just robbed you!
tophat: ☆ ANIME (to the tepid bahamas)

[personal profile] tophat 2013-04-23 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ somehow, he can't help but feel like he's taken on an awful lot of babysitting both at home and here. while he is confident in his own strength even without the usual enhancements at his disposal and well aware of how strong children can be (he had to do it himself), he can't say that the idea of people like this having to fight pleases him. but maybe hirato is biased in that regard.

in fact, he becomes absorbed enough in his current line of thought that he's just a little startled by the sudden clamoring for his attention. whoa there little buddy!! ]


Catching fireflies, huh? [ typical kid stuff. he's done that himself. ] You'll want to be careful not to crush it, though.
tophat: ☆ ANIME (break on through)

c!!!!!!

[personal profile] tophat 2013-04-23 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ bless his young heart indeed. while many would scorn at letting a young lad like this tag along, hirato quite firmly believes that's what makes so many people the sad fools that they are. he knows that the most amazing things can come from something small and insignificant. and maybe he sees himself there to a certain degree, when he was still growing and learning the basics of being a soldier.

but he also decides to approach because of a selfish desire; this could be interesting, and lord knows hirato is just a little bored here--

hehe. :) fellow paladins ought to stick together, yes? ]


Looking for a group? [ wow look at how cool and tall he is!!!!!! ]
lucena: (vroooooooom)

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-23 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's capable enough to know this isn't a mission worth taking seriously, in his defense. What he is taking seriously is this firefly, which he draws back a little and holds close to his chest. He is positively affronted at the implication that he isn't careful enough with it, for more than a few reasons. His excitement about catching it fades into something a little melancholy and he looks down at his hands, quieter.]

I won't hurt it. It's safe here.

[Indeed, he is pretty good at -- at bug holding. Dio watches the firefly glow for a brief moment, then looks up again. His cheer is back!!]

You were yawning. [He swears he heard a yawnlike sound, don't deny it.] Be careful not to sleep on the job!
asstate: (pic#5955556)

[personal profile] asstate 2013-04-23 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh god he's gonna barf ]

[ No seriously, he gets pale pretty quickly, and the greenish tint to his skin may be half from memory and half from the "why" of right now. ]


It's not as if you give me a choice in the matter!

[ Which sounded rather alarmed instead of his usual cool, suave self. So he coughs as if to reorganize his thoughts, giving a charming smile. He's never been able to charm his way out of this in the past, but at the same time, he's desperate every time. ]

Your poetry is truly remarkable, and it would be ungentlemanly of me to refuse a lady's cooking, especially when she's put so much, er, effort into it, but... But dear Ossidia, your hard work also tends to conflict with me, to not fault of your own! It's simply my weak stomach...
warmonger: <user name="seraphita"> (pic#6066089)

ali al-saachez ● gundam 00

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-23 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
A
[ the choice was screamingly obvious. he'd gotten sick of playing nice fast. the mercenary life was made for him—never getting chided for killing in excess or for not bothering to take a razor to his face—he'd be a fool to bypass it. there's no talk of much that's familiar but he dares to stay optimistic. you could find opportunity in the strangest of places if you looked hard enough.

what he has bypassed is a few moments of relaxation. instead, he heads back out to the city to take a gander around. occasionally, he stops someone with a friendly smile.
]

'Scuse me, are you new around here?

B
[ look, there were only so many things he was willing to do for the sake of a client. he could usually avoid working with riffraff by demonstration of his skill alone, thus avoiding a stupid job like guarding a field of cucumbers, but the sad truth is that he doesn't have the precedent of reputation here. so sad. except even if you looked closely, this guy just looks rightly pissed off. the only thing that would turn the tables was if he'd get a chance to see some action. he paces in agitation, rattling the sword sheathed at his side, and squints at the other person on this job with him. ]

Fall asleep in unfamiliar company and you might not get the chance to wake up. Catch my drift?

[ it's not an explicit threat, okay? just a reminder to stay focused. ]
Edited 2013-04-23 19:31 (UTC)
vereinsamt: (Bury me in satin)

D

[personal profile] vereinsamt 2013-04-23 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mami was in roughly the same situation as Koharu, wandering the town and trying to get a handle on her bearings. It was important to know your surroundings. She turns when the young woman taps her on the shoulder, smiling softly when she realizes she must be another newcomer like herself.]

I can't say that I know for sure, but I believe I remember passing it. Are you in a hurry?
colress: 【pixiv id: 28914655】 (☣ ᴄᴜʀɪᴜᴍ)

[personal profile] colress 2013-04-23 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[is this kid for real.

colress has no flipping idea why, but he's felt some pretty hostile vibes coming from the other since they received the assignment, which was Quite a while ago. more confusing is that he has no idea where the hostility is coming from: he's pretty sure he doesn't look off-putting or menacing, to most people at least, so...

well whatever. it may be for an entire night, but he supposes he could put up with this gay baby next to him for the rest of the mission-- he dealt with ghetsis's attitude for longer, after all. he scoffs.
]

Please! Magnificent as it is, why leave this job to us when an effective, bio-friendly pesticide can do the job just as easily? There are other small jobs we new recruits can do, after all!
ourparadise: (Depends on only me)

D

[personal profile] ourparadise 2013-04-23 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. [The other girl seems just as out of place as herself and she finds herself relaxing. Though this probably won't help her get back to her guild.] Oh well I'm not particularly, it's just a little...[Alarming? Upsetting?] Unsettingly to get lost. So easily I mean.
gentle: (♡excadrill)

[personal profile] gentle 2013-04-23 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[jesus fuck he hates this guy already, how father managed to put up with his smarmy ass for however long is beyond him.]

Of course your solution would entail hurting innocent members of this biome... Obviously, they do not want harm to come to the smaller creatures here, but someone still needs to protect the defenseless plants.

[he gives a shy flower another gentle poke-- awawawawawa it does its little shy flower thing and closes up, how kawaii.]

When it comes to matters of other living things, there is usually never one simple solution.
drunkenfist: <user name="neophytecherryglare" site="tumblr.com"> (pic#5418865)

A!

[personal profile] drunkenfist 2013-04-23 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ guess who's weak to a friendly smile!

that's right, this girl.

actually, roxy's just weak to talking to people in general, so when she's drawn to a stop she gives this guy her own brand of charming and friendly. squaring her shoulders back, roxy crosses her arms over her chest in a relaxed fashion. ]


The newest of the newbies, that's me. Sup, bro?
bishoujo: (∑(O_O;))

b

[personal profile] bishoujo 2013-04-23 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[seiko, on the other hand, was totally excited to do this mission because a girl's gotta have cute clothes to survive in an unfamiliar environment like this, but being a plucky little whatever the fuck class she is i haven't decided yet isn't going as swimmingly as it does in her video games. she can't even throw a frisbee without fucking it up somehow, so why she thought hitting things with a sword or w/e she does would work out, she has no idea. protecting helpless vegetables though-- she could do that, right?

so she's playing with the cucumbers...trying to make a cucumber tower...and starts with a high-pitched squeak when she's regarded by her superior (is this guy her superior? he looks like he is)...]


S-Sorry!

[well, now that he's talking to her, she springs up from her seat and sidles on up to him, seemingly oblivious to his shitty mood.]

Seiko-chan was just keeping the vegetables company. Hey, don't you think it's weird they'd make us guard them like this? It's an easy job, but asking pretty girls and big muscly guys to watch over a garden is a little...
warmonger: <user name="seraphita">, dns. (Default)

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-23 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you know, now that he really gets a look at her, this is a pretty young girl. she's just a kid. there's no telling why they're here, but considering the immediate push to join up with a guild, he's got to assume that fighting's going to be involved. that's where his optimism has come in anyway. if they're recruiting kids though, how exactly did that bode?

anyway, he's no less friendly as a result. there was always room for exceptions but he'd rather not get off on the wrong foot if at all possible.
]

Oh, great, me too. I'm just looking for a second opinion. How do you like the place?
warmonger: <user name="seraphita"> (pic#6066115)

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-23 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ you're damn straight he's her superior. maybe not in rank, you know, but he'd wager there was obvious difference between the two of them (and between him and just about everyone else here, for that matter). but frankly speaking, she's looking like an incompetent mess, so he'll be nice for now. there's not much to do out here and he's definitely not going to get a good fight out of her. ]

Stupid? I know. It's a test.

[ not that he likes it, but he has to assume that's what it is. why else would they be sent out here to guard a bunch of shitty vegetables? he can also only think of one reason why Seiko would be keeping the cucumbers company. ]

Eat any and you'll fail.
vereinsamt: (She'll know I'm safe with you)

[personal profile] vereinsamt 2013-04-23 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You're new here as well, aren't you? And this place is so different than where I came from... it's going to take quite a bit of getting used to.
drunkenfist: <user name="duedlyfirearms" site="tumblr.com"> (( just a girl. ))

[personal profile] drunkenfist 2013-04-23 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's true, roxy's not a lot older than sixteen, but she's definitely not one to be underestimated. she didn't exactly grow up in a normal world, after all, and as such she doesn't seem that phased at her new surroundings. hell, if you ask her, this is better than—actually she was just asked, wasn't she? ]

Meh, can't complain. [ she shrugs a little, then takes a look around the marketplace. ] I been in worse places, but 'tween you'n me? This shit looks like somethin out of an RPG and that? That's pretty effin' awesome.
dappster: (pic#5372511)

Aoi Miyoshi | Senkou no Night Raid

[personal profile] dappster 2013-04-23 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
B;
[ Aoi is a scholar, though at first glance he might not look it. With his messy brown hair and his friendly smile, he looks like the furthest thing from some pretentious academic. But that's what he is...

Sitting along the border of the field with his partner (were they scouting? boredly sitting with him?), Aoi is drawing really bad pictures of cats in the dirt with a stick. It isn't until he thinks he hears rustling in the stocks that he lifts his head and mutters, ]


Did you hear that?

D;
[ Aoi has invited you to check out his swag scholar room because for some reason you didn't believe he WASN'T living in a shitty bedroom space like everyone else.

As you step in, he'll follow behind, laughing to himself somewhat. ]


Even I thought it was a bit much.
Edited 2013-04-23 21:19 (UTC)
castling: (Hm that's interesting)

Lucciola | Last Exile

[personal profile] castling 2013-04-23 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
A;

[ The choice for him was simple. While he had training in several fields, all in the interest of protecting a certain scion, the lancer class was a given. Being on the front lines was a new idea for a mere bodyguard like him, but he didn't lack in skill and just needed to adapt to the heavier weaponry.

The most difficult part of this was likely the idea of sharing a room with a stranger. No part of him had ever truly felt like it was entirely his own. His other half was missing and the look of the mattress in front of him made his stomach sink. He deserved this lonely feeling, but lonely it was.

He sighed, frowning ever so carefully and debating whether he should flop onto the bed and rest in the darkness of the pillow or move on to explore the location on his own. ]


B;

[ Guarding is second nature to Lucciola. It is in his blood, almost literally speaking, and it is no bother to him if the task is menial. He doesn't look much for conversation, standing at attention the way he is, but he will respond if his accompanying party will stay awake more easily because of it.

And... maybe he's a little curious about bonding with new people, too. It wasn't so bad on the Silvana, after all. ]
bishoujo: ((。◕ˇ0ˇ◕。))

[personal profile] bishoujo 2013-04-23 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Waaai--! A test?!

[she looks like someone poisoned the waterhole or something.]

Maybe, maybe this means they want to see if they can trust us... And if we pass, we'll get promotions!

[please give her a moment to clutch her cheeks and sparkle as she imagines all the cute jrpg outfits waiting for her. maybe if she guards enough vegetables, she can equip princess clothes! how cute!

--but her totally chic daydreams are interrupted by her pouting up at her partner. gosh what a meanie!!!]


I wasn't going to eat them! I was just playing around, that's all! Look, I didn't even bruise them, see?

[POINTS TO HER BEAUTIFUL CUCUMBER TOWER!!!!]
Edited 2013-04-23 21:21 (UTC)
warmonger: <user name="seraphita"> (pic#6066059)

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-23 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, there's no telling that kids can be tough. they're easy to manipulate too, so grow them up right and you've got yourself a functional army. not that he'd... do anything like that, of course (not here and now), but he knows it's worth giving the younger ones a second glance if they can prove themselves.

he follows her gaze and then directs it back to her, his smile seemingly reinforced. video games? not quite, but close enough to what he'd been wanting to hear.
]

But it's fishy, right? I'm no technology expert, but you don't wander into a video game every day. And speaking of tech, it doesn't look like there's much of it.

Page 2 of 37