TEST DRIVE.

[futurologists]

test drive Firstly, thank you for your interest! Secondly, since the game hasn't begun and therefore characters haven't actually gone to a world yet, this test drive is going to be a little different. It's intended to be presented as a mini-mission of sorts, on a much smaller scale and timeframe than a real mission in-game but with a somewhat similar feel. Because of this, if you join the game, you're allowed to count this as game canon, so make sure you make choices you want to follow your character into the game! You know how this works, so go forth and have fun, and don't forget to reserve! BASICS Anwick might have been a beautiful town once. It's hard to tell now, since most of the buildings are scorched and crumbling, but they do resemble some rural modern-day buildings. Likewise, the people don't appear to be living too much in the past; several are carrying intimidating guns. For years, Anwick has been terrorized by dragons, living in fear of the next attack. Not anymore. The people have just ended a bloody battle. Several people limp towards the outskirts of town, holding their bleeding wounds or new burns. In the center of town lies a slain dragon, the last full-grown one left in the world. To be honest, it looks like they've already taken care of their own problem. A monotonous voice comes through your communication device to explain. You aren't here to help the townspeople; you're here for the dragons. The one motionless on the ground may have been the last adult, but it certainly wasn't the last dragon. Her children are located in a nearby cave, alone and orphaned. They're the ones you need to protect. WYRMLINGS The wyrmlings are still growing up, only the size of a small dog. Each has a slightly different appearance, but all of them have at least a few bright copper scales. They're beautiful, and they look a little bit harmless... at least, until they notice you. These dragons have never been exposed to humans before. Or anyone outside of their family, for that matter. They're small and scared, and they don't know any other way to protect themselves than to attack. Luckily, because of their tiny size, they can't do much more than small burns at a time — but make no mistake, it still hurts like hell. The cave they're located in is pitch-black and labyrinthine. Every footstep echoes throughout it if you aren't light enough on your feet. It'll be difficult to navigate if you don't MacGyver yourself a torch or other form of lighting. Cell phones will work decently, at least until their battery dies, but you don't want to get stuck deep within the cave with no light. If you do manage to get through the cave and rescue some without getting burned to a crisp, the trouble's not over yet. You'll have to find a safe place to stash them until they can be relocated; the townspeople aren't done with their dragon-slaying yet, after all. Walk into town with one in tow, and you're putting a target on your back. (Of course, this doesn't mean you can't do it.) PROMPTS ONE ✗ GOING ROGUE Not feeling too obedient? Maybe you're ignoring the orders and helping the wounded people in town instead... or just coming to gawk. Maybe you're coming to slay the wyrmlings yourself. Whatever it is, at least try to be sneaky about it. TWO ✗ THE DRAGON'S CAVE Try to navigate the cave, fail to navigate the cave and get lost, or try to take the wyrmlings without getting barbecued. Somehow, you get the feeling that you aren't alone. Those footsteps are probably just your imagination... or they could be townspeople coming to kill you and the dragons. Of course, they could also be an ally, but you'd better hope you don't find out. THREE ✗ HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON You've gotten the dragon(s) to a secure campsite out of town, but the fun's not over yet. They're kind of freaking out a little. Some of them are still spitting fire. Even the less aggressive ones are crying shrilly, bound to attract townspeople or at least annoy everyone nearby. It can't be too hard to calm them down; they're basically scaly, fire-breathing babies, right? FOUR ✗ NIGHT TIME It's been a long day, and now it's time for the crew to sleep. Get to know your tentmates, try to ignore them, pray that they don't want to bring along a wyrmling to cuddle... or maybe you've been put on night watch with a few others, in which case you'd better find a way to pass the time until your shift's over. FIVE ✗ CHIT CHAT Network option! Maybe you've got a little downtime and you're bored. Or maybe you're frantically asking the rest of the team how bad a dragon bite is. Maybe you're just trying to figure out how the hell this magical jewelry thing works. No matter what, you get one username to identify you and one only — if you don't enter one, it will default to your real name (for example, Voldemort's would be tomriddle.) Choose wisely... or make it assfarts69, if that's your thing. More information on the network is here! SIX ✗ WILDCARD Do whatever the hell you want. Explore the ashes of the burned city, try to run as far away from this crap as possible, or try to teach a wyrmling tricks. The world is your oyster.

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Ranmaru Rindou | Good Luck Girl!

[unoradinary]

(Well, someone had to do it - 1)

[Unfortunately, not helping people isn't really a concept she's familiar with. While many of them seemed to be getting along just fine(or at least enough that she could ignore them, which was difficult in itself), one person who she almost passed by seemed in pretty bad shape, attempting to limp somewhere they could get more help. Ranmaru stops for a moment, barely considering what she'd been told as she loops his arm around her shoulders and starts trying to support him as he walks.]

Oi, c'mon. Which way you off to?

[Stop her, help her, reprimand or commiserate with her after she's done? Whatever floats your boat.]

(Training dragons - 3)

[Well...there was only one way she could approach this, right? An animal is an animal, even if it's not an animal she's ever seen before.

So Ranmaru starts playing keep away with her dragon with an appropriately sized branch, and while it didn't seem to catch on at first, eventually it starts attempting to bite it out of her hands.]

Haha, that's it! C'mon, little more!

[And then when it finally does latch on with it's fangs, she's playing...tug-o-war with it. She's far beyond a regular human in terms of strength, fortunately, so she's still handling it like it's a dog or something.]

...heh! You're a tough little guy, ain'tcha? But I ain't gonna hold back!

[It seems to be going good, at least. Her jacket is neatly folded to the side with her hat resting on it at this point.]

(Night - 4)

[Unfortunately, she's definitely the kind of person who's sleeping with her Wyrmling by her side.

She's also snoring.

And moving a lot in her sleep.

Hopefully noone's too disturbed.]

(Network option - username is 1hitko)

so uh any1 not seen dragons b4
cuz i havent
shit's crazy
cool little dudes tho

night;

[hardtohandle]

[On top of all this nonsense, being spirited from home, and performing impossible tasks... was there to be no such thing as a good night's beauty sleep?]

[On top of that, he couldn't simply kick the source of noise. This wasn't one of his comrades, where he would have done it easily. A manly girl was still a girl. And worse, she had one of those annoying little firestarters by her. He'd already lost a piece of his scarf, he refused to scuff his shoes! Still, the noise was unbearable on Kashuu's already frayed nerves.]

[After some rummaging, he managed to find a good-sized spare blanket, folded to just the right size...]

[And plops it on her face. There! Problem muffled!]

[unoradinary]

[Well, at least it's sort of working. The muffled snoring is probably a lot easier to deal with...

But it isn't even the potentially suffocating part that wakes her. After a while she snorts, half-awake, and throws the blanket to the ground...

...because her face is so damn hot. She's sweating a little.]

Gh...lousy, no good...

[After a second or two, she drifts back to sleep.

Which can only mean one thing...ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz...]

[hardtohandle]

[............... time to see how wyrmlings deal with water. It's a decent walk to fetch a bucket but there were some things in life that you had to do!]

[Like attempting to wake up a rude snorer with a cold splash of water.]

[unoradinary]

[It's questionable what's more dangerous here; her or the wyrmling.

Either way, they're both screeching. It shakes itself off and hisses at nothing in particular, wings spread and flapping as its tail lashes about wildly, while Ranmaru stands up and shakes her head to get the excess water out of her hair, and yells...at nothing in particular. They're two balls of anger and made for each other.]

ALRIGHT, JUST WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?

[Was it worth it.]

[hardtohandle]

[Sometimes you do crazy things for love of your own beauty sleep.]

Ah, sorry, sorry. There was such a loud noise, I figured it was some kind of emergency. I acted without thinking~♥

[unoradinary]

Ungh...what the heeeellllll maaaaannnn...

[She's tired, she's not fully awake yet, she's groaning. Whine whine whine.]

What loud noise, anyway? I didn't hear any loud noise.

[hardtohandle]

Something like a bear mixed with a demon, I think.

[unoradinary]

A demon bear, huh? Sounds like a challenge.

[Suddenly very, very awake.]

Where'd you hear it? I'll go fight it for you.

[hardtohandle]

[......... this works. This absolutely works.] Out way past the edge of camp. It sounds reeeeee~ally scary, though.

[unoradinary]

Alright!

[She throws on her jacket, fixes her hat onto her head and she's ready to go!

...then firmly plants a hand on his shoulder.]

Lead the way.

network.

[stitchworks]

[ the username on display is talltale. ]

» They are pretty cool! They're so young but already they already have a pretty good control over their fire breathing.

» Yay for us, definitely.

[unoradinary]

right
dragons dnt rly exist where im from but im lucky theyre like in manga an stuff so i know like the uh. idk. typical stuff. wings and scales and fangs and fire
i figured it might be a little jumpy about burnin stuff so i took off my clothes before i started playin w/ the lil guy

[Clothes meaning just her jacket and hat, but hey.]

[stitchworks]

[ what.

she's kind of-- okay. she's not going to judge people's actions on how to get things done. not after what she's done or seen others done back home. besides, she knows some tales who've done that in their stories. ]

» Not gonna lie, I have a lot of questions now but I think the most important one to ask is:

» Did it work? Did he no longer try to use you for literal fire practice?

[unoradinary]

no he did
i just didnt want my jacket or my hat gettin damaged
itd probs be indecent if i took my pants off so i didnt but
maybe if someone got totally undressed theyd be less tempted?? i cant say sry

[stitchworks]

» Ouch. If you need someone to look up any burns, let me know? I can help you out with that.

» I have some experience with dealing with dragon burns. And dragons in general. They generally got weirded out if people took off their clothes in front of them but, then again, the dragons I knew could talk too.

option 1 ;)

[30aa]

Hey, heeeey.
_{[ There's a voice from above— looks like familiar face and sounds like a familiar voice at that. ]}

Just what do you think you're doing?
_{[ Momiji looks down at Ranmaru from what seems to be a tree. You know, hanging out. Living on the edge. All of the leaves seem to be burnt; the tree looks like it would fall any second. Knowing Momiji's luck, it's going to. ]}

Isn't that counter-productive? If you were in school, I'd give you an F.

her grossest bff..........

[unoradinary]

[She stops in her tracks like she's been caught stealing or something, but then realizes she recognizes that voice...so she clears her throat and straightens up. Hands on hips, standing tall. Totally defiant of your judging!!!]

What was I supposed to do, leave 'em to die?

[Yes.]

I couldn't. I'd never forgive myself.

u mean the better bff.....

[30aa]

Don't you listen to instructions? That isn't what we're here to do.
.. This place isn't so bad. _{[ MOMIJI, IT'S IN ASHES. ]}

These people will learn. Leave them alone.
_{[ on the other hand, Momiji hasn't accomplished anything yet. What else is new? ]}

she's not picking favorites it isn't fair. gross bff and b(oob)ff

[unoradinary]

[...yeah, she knows.

About the instructions part anyway; this place is a mess and Momiji just won the understatement of the year award.]

I know, I know. We gotta save the dragons and ignore the people...but...what's the harm in helping out a few people along the way?

Re: she's not picking favorites it isn't fair. gross bff and b(oob)ff

[30aa]

You'll get an F.
That's what the harm is.

_{[ why is she so stuck on the school theme. ]}

[unoradinary]

We're not in school right now!!

[SHE DOESN'T DO WELL AT SCHOOL ANYWAY BIG DEAL.]

I don't care. So long as we save what they want us to save it should be alright! I'll take as many Fs as I gotta.

[30aa]

I wouldn't be too sure about that... there's a reason, and they tell us the reason why we're supposed to be here, and if you're going against what they want—

Well. That "F" could stand for many things and not just "failure."
.. Like "fatality" for example. I'm especially fond of that one. But I mean, what do I know. It's not like I'm a god who is used to watching people succeed and people fail all day long.

_{[ .. ]}

Oh, wait. I am. Right.

[unoradinary]

[...]

I thought you said you were a detective.

From space.

From the future.

[SHE BELIEVED YOU MOMO.]

[30aa]

—What chapter did I say that in again?

Clearly I meant to say I'm a straw hat pirate with the life long dream of wanting to be the Pirate King. ..
_{[ no but seriously.. ]}

I think under these circumstances that we've both been put in, my identity should be revealed.
So are you going to finally fess up and say you're a Jojo rip off or— .. ?