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

[lucena]

[Oh nooo, but it's so interesting...]

Don't be shy! [He leans down a little, the very picture of encouraging.] It's something you're proud of, right? Why don't you show off?

[peachbaths]

But it doesn't work— [ BUT SHE'S EASILY INFLUENCED, so she gets into position and raises her hairpin. ] Ooh, okay. But don't expect anything great.

O spirit of Sorrow and Isolation, in the name of my magoi and my will to grant me a greater power, I order you and your members... dwell in me, Vinea!

[ ...Nothing's happening... ]

Well, it would be better if I could use it right now.

[lucena]

[What's a magoi?? How weird.

Well, that sure doesn't work (is she delusional or is it broken, the big questions), but she looks like she could use some moral support SO HE APPLAUDS.]

That sounded very good! Maybe the vessel is the shy one, after all.

[peachbaths]

Oh, please don't... [ She clasps her hands together and places them close to her chest. Gosh it's so embarrassing when it doesn't work! ]

... Are you a magic user of some sort? Is that why you asked?

[lucena]

[No? Okay, he quits clapping and holds his hands up.]

Me? No - I'm a pilot! [Which he could talk about for days, but he controls himself and makes a wooshing noise while he swan dives his hands around in a very accurate representation of flying machines, yeah.] But I've seen powerful machines, so I was curious about yours.

[Not that a hairpin is a machine, but details...]

[peachbaths]

It is very powerful, that is true. But like I said, it doesn't work here. It's supposed to give me a great amount of magical power, though...

[ But after getting so caught up with her canon magic problems, there's one thing she's been meaning to ask. ]

What is that? That woosh. I have not seen such a machine — much less one you can pilot.

[lucena]

[No one knows what he's talking about...! His hands droop glumly and he frowns.]

A Vanship... It's not exactly like that. [The. The hand motions. But it's close.]

You really don't know?

[peachbaths]

No. Ships do not travel that fast on water. [ Dio, your future is weird. ]

[lucena]

[On... water... He's only ever heard of one ship that goes anywhere near the water. You kind of have to have large enough bodies of water in the first place for that kind of thing.]

Of course not. Vanships fly. [pshhh get with it girl] Why would you travel on water when the sky is so much bigger?

[peachbaths]

[ Kougyoku's eyes widen at his statement. She's used flying carpets herself, but— ]

A ship in the sky? That's absurd! [ dio pls!!! ] I am aware humans capable of flight with the help of magic tools. I think the Reim Empire also has balloons with baskets that carry people in the air. But for a vessel so large to do the same...

[lucena]

[No??? What kind of backwards world doesn't have flying ships!!]

It's not absurd! I've lived on plenty of ships.

[He's spent more time on huge ships than on land, is that strange? No way, it's totally cool.]

But- balloons? Really? [lame...]