test drive meme

[chims]

the test drive meme

It's a new day in The World, and a special quest is abound. But wait, the players cry! The game isn't open yet! Shush you, the GMs warned. This is only a test drive meme. The game is simple. You've woken up in a lush field of grass, soft to the touch and a little damp with dew. Spring has reached The World, and there's a randomized checklist in your hand. Your goal is to catch five of the Lucky Animals bounding about, and it's perfectly fine to work together. In fact, we encourage it! Collect them all and deposit them in a pen where the GMs await. There's plenty for everyone, but they will be watching closely for cheaters. Any items won in this pre-game minigame will carry over once holyrelic opens, so get your limited edition item set today! Magnificent prizes await you, so go forth! Just beware; some of the Lucky Animals aren't really so lucky and have their own side effects. (All participants who apply will receive a mochi hat of the player's choosing. They can be either small (think mini tophats) or large (like a harvest cleric's hat) and any of the three colors, with any variety of accessories. All participants who finish the quest will earn a spring-themed beginner item set! It will include one weapon and a bonus item set with five restoratives, five randomized buff spells, and five randomized food items.)

Comments

[inhearts]

Sorry! ...Hmm?

[ She turns when she hears that yell-- Oh, wait, is that? ]

Ah, the Chimera!

[uwawa]

Oh, oh! Leave it to me! [ as if she knows what's going on. ]

Ready, set, go! [ nothing happens. ] Huh?

...

...

[ there we go, there goes the Chimera again-- and possibly other things with it. Into pen number... five? That's not right, wasn't she just at the fifth one. Oh dear, where did it go? ]

Oh wait! I was supposed to feed it!

[antiside]

[ kfdjgkl t-trying to straighten himself out a bit-- ]

... Where's my--

[ Looking over at Viki accusingly. ]

What happened to my cape?!

[inhearts]

Feed--? [ Wait, what just happened...?

...as an answer to Leon's question, she'll point behind him to where an awesome pink cape is fluttering in the grass (on top of the Chimera, but she can't see it from here). ]

Over there, behind you!

[uwawa]

Oh wow, how did it get there?

[ wait. wait! you are a boy who appears to be in his teens.

...but that grouchy face isn't quite right. ]

I know you! [ except she doesn't, but you look kinda like Fred. ]

...huh, who's Fred?

[antiside]

We've never met. [ Or, well, if they did then you probably weren't important enough to remember. ]

But you are going to retrieve the cape you lost.

[inhearts]

[ The important question definitely was: ] How did it disappear?

[ Minako walks forward though and -- oh, look, the cloak is running away. ]

1/2

[uwawa]

That's mean! I didn't lose anything this time! I have my shoes and everything! [ Hey Leon, you and Viki are not communicating on the same level. She starts mumbling to herself completely oblivious to the waddling cape. ]

It wasn't me! I didn't do it, why do people always think I'm the one that breaks things and teleports things--

Hm? Oh wait...no? What was I supposed to be doing? [ she is forgetting something. ]

[uwawa]

U-uwaa! [ she finally notices the waddling cape! ]

It's a ghost!

[antiside]

[ Is this for real. ]

Don't just stand there!!

[ Fine, he'll do it. He's going to kill that thing. ]

[inhearts]

[ No, Viki, ghosts are scarier. But. Smiling encouragingly! ] Don't worry; it's not! That's just the Chimera again. [ Now that she can see it anyway...

& to Leon: ] I'll help you! Chase it towards me and I'll cut it off! [ ...Not literally. ]

[uwawa]

Chimera? [ is that like a gryphon? ]

Aren't they usually bigger? [ this may be the most sense she's made since... showing up. but it seems things are clicking into place! (finally) ]

Oh, oh! We're supposed to recruit it! But I still don't have the DoReMi rune...