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DYSPROS MODS ([personal profile] powergamer) wrote in [community profile] dysprosooc2013-04-22 11:00 pm
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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!
warmonger: <user name="seraphita">, dns. (Default)

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-23 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Pleasant, maybe. Not so exciting.

[ granted, he could care less about the sights, but that would sound pretty negative. ]

Shouldn't you be feeling a little more confused right now?
storybooks: <lj user="papermoon_icons"> (pic#3463433)

[personal profile] storybooks 2013-04-23 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
We could play a game, if you'd like. [ He offers, setting his papers aside and giving a final surveying glance to the field. Nope. Nothing is happening. Still. ]
warmonger: <user name="seraphita">, dns. (Default)

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-23 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a game? is he about to suggest they play tic-tac-toe? he'll bite. ]

What kind of game?
chord: (slumber)

[personal profile] chord 2013-04-23 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
B

[ in her opinion, Kururu doesn't really mind guarding a field of cucumbers. and being an acolyte isn't so bad either— it's distinctly different from being a tuner, but if she gets to help her teammates just as much as she used to as back when she was a tuner, then it's all good.

however, she's only a teenager, and Kururu here might be nodding a bit while trying to wake herself up. ]
ourparadise: (Depends on only me)

D

[personal profile] ourparadise 2013-04-24 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Koharu gives him a quick bow, then smiles gratefully] Thank you. I'm afraid I'll just go in circles for days out here.
colress: 【best wishes】 (pic#5963526)

[personal profile] colress 2013-04-24 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[spoilers: he barely lost it when it came to colress]

And? If it's to rid the garden of a few pests in comparison to its near-infinitesimal population, what's fending off a few dozen critters VIA chemical means going to hurt?

[he crosses his arms with a shrug, letting out a hum in thought. even though he has (sort of) reformed, the crankiness from being stuck in this position is showing through, and he basically reverts to when he was part of Team Plasma.]

Traps are just as effective for the larger sort-- even ones that do not cause any harm to the animal, and are far more inexpensive than hiring a couple of new recruits for guarding!

[okay, not quite: he definitely would have recommended far more lethal means otherwise.]
warmonger: <user name="seraphita"> (pic#6066119)

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-24 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ dragging on and on is right. nothing's happened, he's mad that he's even here, and the only viable entertainment for the night has clammed up. he tries talking to her a few times, angrily giving up when she doesn't reply and stalking off to the opposite end of the garden's perimeter. what a damn shame. and then when he least expects it, she's talking. ]

So you finally have something to say. Are you? If you're tired, maybe you should have thought about that before you turned up your nose at me, little lady.
forgetforgive: (Glance)

[personal profile] forgetforgive 2013-04-24 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ She raises a brow, too polite to talk back for the moment. Hello there, Mr. Tall, Dark, and Moody. ]

And why not?
lucena: (vroooooooom)

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-24 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Stoicism is not even a problem for Dio; indeed, he hasn't given any indication all night that he's bothered at all. Getting her to smile is a kind of private victory and he sits up again, looking through his finger-frame at her instead of the sky.]

Think so? Wait for another one, then. You can have one too.

[Dio that's not how space works... It's the thought that counts.]
imhome: (Sad Smile)

[personal profile] imhome 2013-04-24 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nina turns her head, surprised that her partner's actually speaking to her. It's unexpected, but welcomed. ]

Ah, no. I'm fine. Are you?
punchesgoats: (Woah ( :o ))

B!

[personal profile] punchesgoats 2013-04-24 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yotsuba ignores his question for now; she's preoccupied with trying to look at what he's drawing in the dirt.

She pushes him out of the way to gaze at his "masterpiece" before glancing back at him. ]


You really suck. [ SORRY, AOI ]
urdr: (valkyrie。)

[personal profile] urdr 2013-04-24 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ And now she finally lets go of the spear so that she can take the box of matches, but she pauses, carefully taking out a match. It's a foreign object to her, and though she doesn't want to admit it at first, she's also not quite sure what to do to light it. It doesn't seem to be like alchemy...

Though she's a bit embarrassed, she doesn't look it, and just shakes her head slightly. ]


I would be glad to, but I am not familiar. Is it lit with magic?
urdr: (neutral。)

[personal profile] urdr 2013-04-24 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps.

[ After the glance to him, she looks up, half wishing to see one too, since it would be an odd comfort. ]

Where I am from, the sky constantly swirls, and the stars are never as still as this. You can see shooting stars often, if not constantly. [ She shakes her head lightly, but she's still smiling, since it's oddly nostalgic. ] It is odd, how even such basic things seem to stray from what is expected in this place.
colress: 【pixiv id: 28914655】 (☣ ɪɴᴅɪᴜᴍ)

A

[personal profile] colress 2013-04-24 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
--Ah!

[a little more often than not, colress is usually the one to sneak up on the other party(rosa could attest to this were she here), so when it happens to be the other way around, it's quite the surprise. thankfully he wasn't holding anything, like the mountain of books he was carrying to his own dorm moments earlier, so the bump only catches him a little off-guard.

still, he manages to recover quickly and offers the other party a quick smile. it was just a small bump, nothing to get worked up about...! :)
]

No, please, I'm the one who should be sorry! [except not because she was the offender in this situation, but whatever.] And I am, actually! I've just been sworn in as a scholar today.
lucena: (SPIIIIIN)

well hey there, also B, also emotions

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-24 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[He's late. The first mission, and he's already decided to take the scenic route, because really, it's - it's vegetables. They'll be fine if he turns up five minutes late, which he does, and flaps his hands and apologizes to his partner for being late, which he starts to do, but--

Well, he stops, and stands there with his hands in the air and stares. It's dark, could he be seeing things? Could it be a trick of the (moon)light that has seemingly produced the one thing that had the potential to render him speechless? His hands droop a little and he makes a face, twisted somewhere between beaming and wanting to cry.

There's one more agonizing second he just stands there before he throws his hands up again, properly, and all but leaps the last steps between them.

Did you want a hug, Lucciola, because you are getting one hell of a hug.]


Lucciola!
urdr: (valkyrie。)

[personal profile] urdr 2013-04-24 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ aww yiis guildmates!! Which is why Gwendolyn is hardly bothered by the lack of conversation, since she takes the mission just as seriously as Louise does... But when she does speak up, Gwendolyn glances towards her, giving a gentle shake of her head. ]

Not terribly. It is... uneventful, but I suppose that's not a terrible thing in itself.

[ Well, no, she would really rather fight something, but she won't complain!! ] And how do you fare?
lucena: (do we even have cats)

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-24 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Dio hums and looks up, too. A swirling sky... truthfully, stars are beyond his concern, as skies go. Adjusting to a new world, as well - he's experienced, and he sympathizes, but--]

Constantly? [He almost doesn't believe it, it sounds so unreal.] Then you must have all the luck you need!
tsunderekun: (pic#)

Gareki | Karneval

[personal profile] tsunderekun 2013-04-24 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
B;

[There was nothing more boring than watching over somebody's vegetable garden. Gareki didn't particularly care about it, so having to guard over it was a complete bummer. On the other hand... apparently these vegetables attract animals. Well, that's the main reason why he's being put here... but that's not important right now.

What is important is the fact that these animals could be rare meat. So don't mind some suspicious kid going around and picking up a bunch of those cucumbers. He's harvesting them so he can catch those animals and make them into stew tonight.]


D;

[Aw crap! Gareki might have wandered a little too close into the Steelmount area and now he's being chased by the authorities. He didn't do anything wrong. Yet. But apparently he just looks pretty damn shady, so that must mean he's up to no good.

He'll duck into a corner or something just to give himself a chance to take a breather. Incidentally, the boy will end up running into you. You'll feel bad for this pitiful kid and help him hide, right?

Or you can be rude and turn him in. He'll certainly remember your face for this though.]
ourparadise: (Depends on only me)

A

[personal profile] ourparadise 2013-04-24 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Koharu nods, giving a little bow out of habit and smiles.] Merchant myself. I'm glad I'm not the only one here who's new at least. I should really pay more attention to where I'm going though.
vereinsamt: (What you think it's gona be)

[personal profile] vereinsamt 2013-04-24 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
No, the technology here seems to be a few centuries behind my own. Although I suppose society here must have developed quite differently with magic so prevalent.
lucena: (BAD FASHION)

A!

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-24 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[The warrior's guild is not a guild Dio is expressly interested in. He could fight, but he doesn't want to, and that makes enough difference to send him walking by with just a glance.

Buuut he turns back a moment later, to look at the kid standing there - is that a notebook? precious - looking unsure of himself. He hmms and turns back, sidling up to stand next to the boy and looking at the guild entrance.]


If you want to go in, you have to look happier about it.
castling: (Out there? With that bitch?)

i was sent on a mission from god to join here also roxy's player

[personal profile] castling 2013-04-24 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ He almost doesn't pay attention to the swatch of white hair he sees out of the corner of his eye as Dio approaches - it is commonplace in his mind and the image doesn't click in his head. Every day of his short, young life he'd seen that hair passing him by. He breathes, mouth parting to respond, but then he stops.

Things piece together in a heartbeat and his pale blue eyes widen. His knees feel weak and he grips his lance with both fists to keep himself upright. It's all he can do against the unexpected weight launched against him. He swallows, fingers quivering as they clutched the handle of the lance for stability. His mouth is dry and his tone barely above a whisper when he speaks. ]


My lord...?
beastlier: (a surefire method of choking)

B

[personal profile] beastlier 2013-04-24 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Or you know, if you're a dick, you'll steal the vegetables for yourself.

guess who.

Now, Apollo is a nice kid, and he's really great at finding wild animals! He can catch their scent from pretty far off. However, when it comes to guard duty, he's not so great. Patience is not a major virtue of his, and when he's basically supposed to stay up all night guarding food, he's even less competent.

So only about an hour has passed before he just sits down and starts plucking some cucumbers and munching them for himself. ]
Edited 2013-04-24 01:55 (UTC)
lucena: (does he tie it himself)

welcomes you into my waiting arms

[personal profile] lucena 2013-04-24 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[There are logics and impossibilities here that, reasonably, he should think about. But first he'd have to care about anything, anything at all, besides squeezing hard and saying Lucciola!! a few more times. It's too much and not enough and he feels like his heart is about to burst, and that is what gets him to finally take a step back.

He slaps both of his palms to his cheeks very suddenly, and then flinches--alright, he's awake. If Lucciola didn't have a lance to hold Dio would grab him by the hands and twirl them around, but as it stands he bounces there on the balls of his feet, instead.]


Lucciola. [His throat burns. Don't cry don't cry-] What am I supposed to say when I'm late?
ourparadise: (But where it ends)

[personal profile] ourparadise 2013-04-24 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
We don't...Is there magic at home? I've never seen magic. Technology surely, that looked like it almost, but not real magic. Not like they seem to have here. Unless this is all a hologram as well.

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