testing_the_box | TEST DRIVE MEME

And here's the opening for our first Test Drive Meme! Pick from the following scenarios, or feel free to create your own setup!

1. The Future of the 80s
What is this, an episode of the Jetsons? Buildings are shaped like flying saucers, foods can be found in little nutrient pills of various flavors, and holograms have replaced most forms of entertainment-related technology. Be wary of any glowing beverages, and the Management apologizes if you find yourself with any cybernetic body parts. Sometimes the surgery records get mixed up.

2. Rotten apple
Someone ate something they shouldn't have. The world is such a strange place, it's hard to say what's safe and what isn't. But that fruit looked so good, you just couldn't resist, could you? Too bad nobody warned you that side-effects may include odd behavior, hallucinations, temporary physical changes, or queasiness.

3. Are you afraid of the dark?
It's well past your curfew, shouldn't you go home? Even the moon and stars are hiding at this hour. There's nothing out here but you and the luna moths hovering by the street lamps. So who said that? Did you see something move out of the corner of your eye? That's your friend you just bumped into, right? ...Right?

4. It's a dog's life
Or a duck's, or a snake's, or a bat's. Pandora is a safari and you are now a critter. Better hope you're high on the food chain or that your friends can ignore the urge to eat you. While this place is such a zoo, you can bet someone will be up to fowl play.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Who's an ugly duckling? Miss El-Melloi is an ugly duckling. An ugly, awkward duckling.]

This is absolutely ridiculous! Why a bird?!

*... The hell is this and why is it giving a magical presence.*

Someone's failed transmutation experiment. *Only mortals show confusion. Lord and masters of the universe state facts.*

[HI FATHER]

A photograph would last longer! Or are you so stupid that it takes you this long to process anything you look at?

*...oh. really.*

... Waver-kun. Somehow, this does not surprise me. What a...sensation to see you among the still-functioning. I'm sure the origins of this prank have some meritorious details, as well the reasons why you are not yet alternated.

*Implying anything this dropout thieving failure could do would be worth any merit at all.*

...Did you just call me a boy? If you're going to pretend you speak Japanese, at least try not to muck up something so basic that even I know it.

[Yeah, that's all she paid attention to.]

...On top of your list of recent bumbles, you wish to add gender identity among them? So be it. Who am I to argue with your delusions. You must know there are more important issues at hand.

I don't have gender identity issues!

...

Unless it means you'll stop trying to marry me off. In which case, yes, boy, of course.

Do you wish me to pluck you bald, brat? I specifically said there are other concerns at hand. The least of which would be who would be wed to your still-thin bloodline.

...Have you hit your head recently?

The one taken leave of their senses would be yourself, wouldn't it? Perhaps there is a pond nearby where you can acquire your center.

*And is totally going to try to pick the brat up with intent to...glare at possibly throw we haven't decided yet.*

If you insist. I don't know what's happening, but if it means you'll leave me alone then I'm perfectly content with it.

[CANNOT GET AWAY OH NO disgruntled quacking!]

Hmph. So great is your opinion of me even in this situation. You can at least inform me as to how, with your tutelage, you managed to fall victim to this malady.

*Not that he intends to reverse it. Also his grip is firm but push him not, duck. There's still an issue of artifact theft to consider.*

My hate for you springs eternal.

[She almost sounds chipper about it, as if it's common and well-understood knowledge between them.]

I'm not certain what happened, but it wasn't magecraft, and I wasn't the only casualty.