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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!
peacekeeping: (pic#5043395)

Louise Halevy |Gundam 00

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-23 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
B;

[ Louise is a knight, and takes her duty very seriously. In fact, the entire night you've been on guard with her, she seems to have not said a word to you. Is she giving you the stiff? Just plain uninterested? Well, it's boring, and she doesn't seem to be a good partner to indulge on this tedious assignment. The task is really dragging on and on and on...

COME ON GIRL, TALK TO YOUR PARTNER. Oh wait, is she finally going to say something? ]


Are you getting tired?
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.
peacekeeping: (pic#5043416)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
I have a mission to focus on. [ The usual flatness in her tone is betrayed by the slight edge to her words right now. Her eyes narrow; Louise had truthfully been ignoring him because she knew she'd lose her temper with him. She could tell it wasn't a good match. ]

And I'd much rather be tired than annoyed.
warmonger: <user name="seraphita"> (pic#6066058)

[personal profile] warmonger 2013-04-24 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ well, excuse him. except don't. he's not the type to take that kind of tone sitting down, so he's aggressively heading right back over to her side. ]

Is that right? Your mission's coming up empty. Don't get too tired.

[ she probably doesn't need to ask why. the grin on his face is dangerous enough. ]
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?
peacekeeping: (horizon)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
I was hoping for something more eventful. [ She says sternly, though there's a hint of disappointment in her tone. It's not lingering on anything whiny, though. ]

A chance to prove myself. It feels like it's been hours.
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?
peacekeeping: (pic#5043457)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Guildmates 4ever. Louise is glad to know it, because she's trying to prove something to herself, and she's found something to admire in Gwendolyn's ambition. Especially since she's another woman. ]

I prefer it quiet. [ It's easier to concentrate when she's not reminded of how she doesn't "get" many people anymore. ]

But not this quiet.
urdr: (surprise。)

[personal profile] urdr 2013-04-24 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ She nods in agreement, even allowing herself a small and quiet sigh. ]

I am inclined to agree. 'Tis but a step to something more, I know, and yet I cannot help but to hope for something to break the monotony...

[ Gwendolyn pauses, since similarly, she's not really used to talking to people who aren't Valkyries, then asks a bit awkwardly, ] If it is not too invasive to ask, did you have duties such as this from whence you came?
dappster: (pic#5460963)

[personal profile] dappster 2013-04-24 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aoi had just been purposefully walking toward the tree. ]

Kind of... Maybe some exercise should wake us up. Let's stretch our legs! [ He hadn't been too put off by how quiet she was. He just gave up after multiple attempts to initiate conversation with her. He's understanding, so he doesn't push.

Anyway, he's grabbing onto the tree and trying to climb it now. ]
peacekeeping: (demands)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ She furrows her brow as he begins to climb it, then shakes her head disapprovingly. Walking over to him, Louise gives the tail of his coat a tug. ]

No.
dappster: (pic#5385466)

[personal profile] dappster 2013-04-24 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Looking over his shoulder, ] But we can see better from up high, right?
peacekeeping: (pic#5043419)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
... [ She seems to consider this for a moment. ]

You can go up there. I'll stand guard. Some of the creatures here fly.
Edited 2013-04-24 05:12 (UTC)
dappster: (pic#5372579)

[personal profile] dappster 2013-04-24 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen any since coming here. [ Climbing the tree, he's pretty flexible and agile. But he's going to struggle somewhat trying to reach a branch. ] Ugh...
peacekeeping: (pic#5043381)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
... Be careful... [ It tries to sound like a command, but there might be a bit of genuine concern in there as she positions herself beneath Aoi. She wants to be able to catch him if he falls! ]
dappster: (pic#5658744)

[personal profile] dappster 2013-04-24 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
I got it! [ HE CLIMBS TREES ALL THE TIME OK!! He finally hooks his hand over the branch, hauling himself up... he's so not graceful and obviously not a body builder. He manages to finally sit up!! Taking a breath for air. DAMN. WINDED A LITTLE. He glances down past his dangling feet. It's high up. ]
peacekeeping: (pic#5043431)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ She just looks up at him, body tense and braced for something bad to happen. She's used to seeing horrible things happen, okay? Even to well-meaning people who seem to be doing something banal. ]

Is everything steady up there?
dappster: (pic#5372468)

[personal profile] dappster 2013-04-24 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! It's a pretty healthy tree! Why don't you come up here with me?
solbrave: (embracing this distorted era)

louiiise *w*

[personal profile] solbrave 2013-04-24 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
[It's strange to see the warrant officer again after all this time. Though he never knew her that well, she doesn't seem a day different from when he'd last seen her in the A-LAWS: just as all-business as ever. Still, he can appreciate the seriousness with which she takes her mission here.

He's given her some space and hasn't tried to force a conversation, so finds himself pleasantly surprised when she speaks to him.]


Not at all. Are you?

[He's had plenty of boring shifts in his life. They're never much fun and not really his style, but even impatient Graham has learned to make do.

He wonders why the cucumbers are so important, though.]
peacekeeping: (pic#5043381)

omgggg

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
No. [ The seriousness in which she states it almost sounds defensive, but it's because she's a bit secretly preoccupied with proving herself around people like him. ]

This mission... [ She pauses to survey the cucumbers. ] It's a test of patience, right?
solbrave: (even the two of us who made a)

[personal profile] solbrave 2013-04-25 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Most likely. If we should prove unreliable, they would have little reason to trust us with greater tasks in the future.

[He follows her gaze.]

Though it could also be that guarding the fields is just a pretense for something else entirely.
splendour: (06)

[personal profile] splendour 2013-04-24 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 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?
peacekeeping: (pic#5043385)

[personal profile] peacekeeping 2013-04-24 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Louise shakes her head. Honestly, she didn't mind the silence, but paired with the boredom? She was beginning to feel restless. Her mind was heading to darker places, and her body felt cravings now that it wasn't distracted.

She smooths her hands over her uniform. ]


Should we go venturing? I don't think we're going to find anything this way. [ She's good at making this mission seem a lot more important than it really is... ]
splendour: (01)

[personal profile] splendour 2013-04-25 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ contrasting with louise's restlessness is al's calmness. it doesn't take her more than a second to consider it before she's hopped to her feet and has a hand stretched out. ]

Let's look around! We might spot something.