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[usedlaserbeam]

Seeing as how it's been about seven months since the last time we did this, it's high time for another...


TEST DRIVE MEME!

Post with the characters you're thinking of apping in to see how they do! Either they've been here a while, are just arriving, or anything you want!

Have fun!

Comments

[shslasshat]

How convenient.

[He doesn't sound like he actually cares. Which he doesn't, he was gauging Ishimaru's reaction. Satisfied that this was in fact an Ishimaru who may have been filled in in the details of the second trial, and not one revived from catatonia by his precious kyoudai, Togami lets the subject drop there.]

What sort of creatures did the rest of you receive?

[throw_stone]

[The Fates? Hm. Ramza approaches - watch out, he's actually a believer in gods!]
Can you truly speak with the... Fates?
[You don't seem the sort - you don't look like a priest, or anything like that. Plus powers got taken, so...]

[ardent]

That's the goal, yes - there are five of us here already, and of course we want you here with us as well!

[maddyragequits]

Answers. [He echoes with a nod, picking up another stone and tossing it it over to the waters.]

That would be pretty nice, if it did... but I'm not really going to hold my breath. Adults govern the world, and we won't have weight, not unless we're strong and hold onto our ideals.

[shslasshat]

[The Sableye tilts her head curiously, and then her jagged mouth splits into an unnerving grin as she waves one clawed hand at Ramza.]

Hardly. It was the companion I received on my arrival.

Does it unsettle you?

[throw_stone]

[Ramza nods again, skipping another rocks.]
And even if we could get answers - the truth may be distorted, blurred by their own twisted ideals. Or, perhaps, we would not listen to the truth because of our own.
[...This person... he thinks he can tell him. Something tells him he can trust him.]
That is what happened to me, just before I came to this land.

[shslasshat]

[Not as popular as Harmony.]

Yes - I remember. The two of you came back reeking of garbage.

[ardent]

[...he still has his sanity on, Togami, yes. Lack of white hair and eyeflames are probably a good indication of that.]

Mine is currently in storage because it keeps trying to kill me; I'm raising some other things, for the time being! Oowada-kun's is evil, I'm fairly sure; the rest all got things that I didn't recognize and am still not familiar with!

[throw_stone]

[Urgh, yeah, that is unnerving to the max. Ramza stays still for a moment, before grabbing a Pokeball from his belt.]
A little. But it seems a more fitting companion then my first.
[And out comes the Stunfisk.]

of course she comes up with this idea on a test drive meme instead of in game canon

[tentacletrainer]

Not necessarily. Perhaps it just takes...a game entity.

[[...if she really thought about it. Pokemon is a game. Sburb was able to take people from across the universe, no matter the places or time or time period...it could influence everyone. Past selves, future selves, doomed selves, alternative selves...on Earth, in the game, in the furthest ring, in a different universe, on a different planet..........]]

[cluesandploys]

But the case isn't resolved yet. Not...not to my satisfaction! I can't be satisfied with that!

[cluesandploys]

Then your testimony confirms my conclusions as well.

[BEAT.]

As usual.

[shslasshat]

[...That's why he said catatonia, not bugfuck insanity. If he had been brought here immediately after the trial and found Oowada here, he might've had time to recover from his muteness before Togami was dragged along.

Also his hair went back to normal after he died.]

They seem to be classified by "type". When you say Oowada's is evil, do you mean it's of the "dark" type?

[maddyragequits]

[The next rock is a huge miss, because what he head... it sounds so much like--]
You can't become allies with anyone... cause there's no way to even know what they're thinking deep inside. All they have is lies and deceit.

[So then, this person, Ramza...]
So you got betrayed? [He asks, eyes narrowing, because betrayal was disgusting to think of.]

[cluesandploys]

[That sure is a massive chicken covered in razor blades, all right.

Nope, that staring ain't stopping anytime soon.]

[cluesandploys]

A game entity?

[POSSIBLY THE WRONG CHOICE OF WORDS, THERE.]

[tentacletrainer]

[[Oops...]]

A game entity, yes. See, in my home world, my life was practically controlled by a video game of destiny called SBURB. Earth was destroyed, we were transported to these different planets, and we had to play the game. And this game affected people from different universes in different timelines. It affected versions of ourselves in the future, in the past, who were doomed to die...

It controlled everything.

Also in my home world?

Pokemon was a video game.

[throw_stone]

I was a noble... but my brother, alongside a man I assisted both betrayed me...
[A bit of a sigh, as Ramza grabs... a blade of grass? He remembers when him and Delita last played a grasswhistle... when they were going to save Tietra.]
And my best friend, alongside his sister, both ended up dead. I don't know why, still. Sure, they were both commoners, but they were like family to me.
[His voice is quiet, his hands have gripped to themselves so tightly. He hates it.]
They spoke as if our friendship was but a ploy for my own gain - nobles and commoners couldn't be like that. But because of them, both Delita and Tietra are dead!

[throw_stone]

[It's the most Chocobo-like creature he could get okay.

But after a bit more of that staring, Ramza speaks up.]
...Is something wrong, my lady?

[cluesandploys]

[...So basically this person is batshit crazy, then. Probably not a reliable source of information, as a result.

Gently caress.]

And you think something like that is at play here.

[tentacletrainer]

[[If you think she's crazy, just you wait until you meet some of the other people who are around here.

Then we'll see who is crazy.]]

It's a theory at least. May or may not be possible, but at this point, with how many odd things happen here, nothing can really be counted as impossible.

[cluesandploys]

[...sir are you really going to ask her that while you're riding around on a razor-armored deathchicken. you see nothing wrong with that.

OKAY.]

I suppose I'm lost. Do you know where this is?

[cluesandploys]

When you say "odd things", what do you mean by that?

[Because let's be real, if that were a text box, "odd things" would have been underlined and waiting to be followed-up upon.]

[throw_stone]

[Nope! Ivalicians are weird. Why don't you have a murderchicken, he could ask?
Ramza gets out his map, though - he's been marking his map, it looks rather worn already.]
This is about one day out of Violet City - if you walk west from here, you would be there a few hours after sundown.
[...]
But, there is safety in numbers. I could escort you, if you desired.

[tentacletrainer]

Beyond the fact that you now find yourself in possession of a handful of powerful, might as well be 'magical' creatures, you can't die no matter how badly you injured you become? A handful of these Pokemon are telepaths, able to speak directly to your mind as well as read it if they wish. Most Pokemon that should be able to be ridden while flying can't until you teach them Fly. Team Rocket were able to create a mutagen that spread through the air, infecting people with the power of Pokemon and appropriate physical changes. The world was almost brought to an end by giant rock and ice creatures. The list goes on, really.