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Test Drive Meme

Prompts Arrival: So you've just arrived in Nyoi-Cho. Congratulations! You must be so excited about having your wish granted. Or maybe you're upset that the result wasn't quite what you expected? If that's the case, then that's too bad! There are no take backs and no redoes, so you're stuck with what you have! Maybe you should have been more careful about how you worded that wish... Oh well. There's no use in dwelling on it. You're a magi now, and that means adjusting to a whole new lifestyle! Maybe one of the townspeople can help you out. Only... they're acting a bit strangely, aren't they? They're all too happy to show you around, but there's something unsettling about the way they're behaving. Almost cheerfully dissonant. Any questions about the history of the town are met with blank stares and brief silence, before they plaster a smile onto their faces and change the subject. Any attempts to tell them about your duties as a magi or anything else that relates to the magical will get similar reactions. Isn't there anyone normal here that you can talk to at all? Home Improvement: The houses that the magi are given access to really are something, aren't they? There's almost no limit to what they can do! Why don't you create the house of your dreams, or maybe recreate and relive your favorite childhood scenes? Invite some spectators over to marvel! A Corrupted Soul Gem: You neglected to take care of your soul gem, and now you don't feel quite yourself anymore. You feel like you're losing your sense of self - all you seem to be able to focus on is your old regrets and past failures. What's happening to you? A Day in the Life: Everyday hero by day, magician by night! You've got a busy day ahead of you and no time to waste! Maybe it's school, or maybe it's work, maybe it's both! Being magical doesn't make you exempt from paying those shopping bills! May Day: Uh-oh. This magical girl stuff looked easier on TV. You're in some serious trouble! Or maybe you see someone else who is! It's time to pull up your socks and show them what you have. Be the hero you've always wanted to be, or give in and be that damsel in distress. There's no shame in needing a little help now and then. A Successful Mission: Congratulations! You met up with your first Nightmare, and you fought valiantly. You even mastered that tricky power of yours! What sort of power did you get? Is it a useful one, or is it not so useful? Maybe you've mastered it beautifully, and now you're showing off to all of your friends. Maybe you're having a hard time keeping it under wraps, and now you're wreaking havoc across the town without meaning to! A Dreadful Nightmare: You had an absolutely horrid day. As you drift off to sleep, your mind dwells on all the injustices you've had to endure. In response, your bed swallows you up, and your room shifts into a horrific Nightmarescape. What sort of Nightmare are you? What kind of Nightmarescape do you create? Hopefully your fellow magi can stop you before you cause too much damage! Wildcard: Feel free to use any information from the FAQ or the World Info page to make your own prompt!

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Hiyoko Saionji | Dingle Rumpus 2: The Awakening

[inhighdemand]

[ May Day May Day May Day ]

KyaaaAAAAaaAAaAAAaaa!!!

[ A small girl zips past you in the Nightmarescape, screaming her poor little head off. In her hands are two bladed fans that were almost comically large in compared to her size, and her geta slapped noisily against the ground as she ran.

Three familiars, bodies twisting and changing, are in fast pursuit. She miiiiight just need a bit of help. ]

[ A Day in the Life ]

[ Hiyoko is out shopping for some groceries! Surely, a girl of such high social standings would also have impeccable taste in cuisine, wouldn't she?

Yeah, right.

She is planted very firmly in the candy isle, a basket on the floor next to her that is completely filled with all sorts of snacks and convenience food. Truth be told, she hated instant ramen... But it was as close to real ramen as she had the skills to make.

That doesn't excuse having five separate bags of gummies in her basket, and she was seemingly trying to decide between more traditionally flavored konpeito and a ~New and Improved Tropical Variety~. A frustrated huff, and she looks over. ]

Hey, hey~ Which one is your favorite?

[ Wildcard it~! ]

lord have mercy, this town sure as hell needs it

[dokkans]

[ A little girl in a red hood was cheerfully skipping out of place in the Nightmarescape, humming to herself before her ears picked up the sound of something clattering towards her, along with a shrill scream. She's almost bowled over by the girl, followed by the familiars.

Seriously? What were those weapons for? Well, whatever! The worse indignity here was being ignored by those damn familiars anyway. Right from where she's standing, she whistles loudly, trying to get the attention of those creatures before fastballing three apples right at their goddamn heads, having them explode right on contact. ]

Is that any way to treat a young lady?!

you edited your comment over a header...

[inhighdemand]

[ They were very beautiful fans with a very important purpose and that purpose was to be entirely useless in the hands of a dancer. Hiyoko skids to a stop at Bonnie's whistle, casting a glance over her shoulder just in time to see EXPLODING APPLES.

And the familiars too, I guess. ]

D-Did you do that?!

[ THAT WAS SO COOL. ]

listen. listen. i'm not saying anything that's not true.

[dokkans]

[ Of course, that worked. With a smile, the hunter skips right over to make sure they were dead. Oh, but she's being addressed! ]

Mm-hmm! Are you alright? That looked scary.

[ Two of them fade into dust, while one tries to pull itself together. Holding her arm to the side to summon her weapon, she stops before-- ]

Would you care to do the honors? Those look pretty sharp.

Seras Victoria || Hellsing

[died_a_virgin]

[It seemed like a lifetime ago that Seras was able to walk in the sunlight. It felt good to be out when normal people were. It hadn't been that long since she became a member of Hellsing, and she didn't regret her choice in joining them, she just regretted that she couldn't be stronger.

She was still learning how to get around town, she'd only been there a few days, but things were looking up for her. She was also still adjusting to moving around during the day. She covered a yawn and looked around.]

I wonder if there's a place where I can get some good tea.

instant ramen friends!! also i tagged u with the wrong acc SORRY

[scythersergeant]

[She had once tried to magically will herself to cook an actual dish; she had the power of instinctual cheat codes in her head, after all. Everything looked like it was going fine (even if she had no idea what she was actually grabbing off the grocery-store shelves) but she still managed to mess up somewhere in-between putting oil and weird powders into the pot and whatever the next step was. The pot caught fire again. It was a bad day.

Anyway, Shinoa's back in the familiar junk food aisle loading up on the instant ramen. She's not one for candy, but she hadn't ever said no to it when it was the only thing within reach, and so she moves closer and surveys the two packets very seriously. Planning what junk food you leave around for when you're desperate is not a joke.]

Uhmm..... I don't quite trust New and Improved flavors, myself. It's probably just full of more dubious chemical flavoring and won't taste like actual tropical things!

[inhighdemand]

I-I'm fine! I was gonna get them!

[ Don't diss her skills, Bonnie! She totally had a plan... Which is why she's practically tripping over her feet towards the hunter. ]

Me? [ This is her chance to prove herself! Her chance to show everyone that she wasn't completely useless! Her chance to, uh, run over and unceremoniously beat the familiar to dust with one of her fans. ]

Die! You stupid piece of shit monster! Worthless waste of space!

omg...

[inhighdemand]

[ Shinoa... How do you catch a pot on fire. You poor, poor girl.

Hiyoko purses her lips at Shinoa's response. That was a very good point. And even worse, what if it ruined konpeito for her forever? If she tried to branch out and taste something new, only to have them destroy something perfectly good and Japanese! ]

True, true... Eyuck, who would even like tropical fruits, anyway! I can't believe I thought it'd be a good idea.

[ Says the girl with tropical konpeito, though she is very quickly shoving it back onto the shelf... in the wrong spot, but y'know. ]

[dokkans]

[ Yuh-huh. Bonnie keeps her opinion to herself, knowing full well that this poor little egg girl was about to be cracked killed. How lucky that she came by when she did, this poor little girl would be finished!

It didn't look like she really knew how to use her weapon either, which made things even better. Still, B.B. stood idly by, gazing upon Hiyoko's work before clapping her hands together. ]

Good! You have the right attitude, dearie. ♪ But, if you would've hesitated any more, you would've ended up a familiar's lunch!

[ The tone in her voice indicated that she didn't really care if she did or not. Twirling, she threw a fist into the air. ]

It's just your luck that you came across me! I could use a little help seeking out this place's big boss.

[deadendchaos]

A Demon's Arrival

Well isn't this a giant drag. How do people really live in a dump like this? No one's even fighting or anything.

[ Compared to the Netherworld, this really is different. Everyone looks so creepily similar, everything is almost impeccably clean, and worst of all it's just so impossibly quiet! Honestly, how could anyone get any sleep with it as quiet as it is?!

Of course, to a human, this place might be not all that bad, but Etna can't stand it! It's so.... ]

BORING!! When it something exciting going to happen here?!

[ Whoever might be around might have to question why a young looking girl baring far more skin than probably is necessary for even the beach is exclaiming such things. But she doesn't seem to care. ]

Hey you! Fight or something! I'm bored here!

Magical Girl Etna To The Rescue!

Now this is what I'm talking about!

[ After spending a few days of boredom in Nyoi-Choi, she's actually glad to be fighting again. Her usual spear spins as she swipes at a giant stapler flying at her head. Who knows why a stationery themed Nightmare has appeared, she certainly has no interest in figuring out the why of anything, no, she's more than happy to swing her spear into the nearest scissor-monster, slicing it in half.

But helping other people... that she couldn't care less about. ]

If you can't fight then you might as well die, right? Or maybe just go grind a some levels against weaker enemies. But I guess if you pay me ten million hell, then maybe I'll think about helping.

[ That's a fair price right? Etna doesn't care either way though~. ]

But if you're gonna die, can you make sure you don't do it near me? That smell never goes away, you know?

Etna's Q&A Corner!

Hello there citizens of Earth and whatever other weird places you all are from who can hear this! It's me, the number one beauty and strongest demon in the Netherworld, Etna!

[ Winking into the mirror and blowing a kiss is one self-described beauty queen, apparently come to the other magical girls and boys today for some narcissistic ego boosting. ]

I know you've all been dying to ask me questions and stuff, so here it is, Etna's Q and A corner! Just hit me with whatever you got and I'll answer it! But just know if you ask me something stupid I'll have to end your life or make you my slave in retribution, just so you know!

[loafer]

[ This NEET here just happened to hear that, in the middle of walking around to find something to pass the time with. He had been reading a lot of manga, and while that's fun to an extent, sometimes you gotta get out and go find a pachinko parlor.

No one else was around to hear that, right? So... maybe. ]

You want to go get tea? I think I walked past a place earlier.

aaaaaarrival

[dokkans]

[ Of course she wouldn't question it. One of her dear, dear "friends" didn't wear that much. That dear dear friend of hers also happened to be a demon, and seeing another one just out in the open like this... she couldn't tell if she were getting lucky or if this were starting to turn into Hell.

Might be both. She hid her face momentarily with a soft snicker, before she glanced back at Etna with a sullen, worried look on her face. An innocent bystander, struck by the sight of a demon speaking to her. ]

F...Fight? Goodness, why ever would I want to do that? Do you really want a sweet young girl like me to get hurt for your amusement? How cruel!

[ Hilarious. ]

Q&A

[gunsnrozy]

[Rozalin is idly writing with lipstick on the mirror as she connects, and stops to give a self-satisfied little laugh as she finishes. The smear doesn't come through on the image, but judging from the motion she was probably drawing a mustache on Etna's face or something extremely sophisticated like that.]

To begin with... how many times does this make you've been reduced to level one? I believe I've lost count.

Re: omg...

[scythersergeant]

[She and another twintailed blonde have set their food on fire before. Never underestimate her capacity for destruction.

But anyway, this twintailed blonde is agreeing with her, which instantly puts the girl on Shinoa's approval list. She nods along. Who cares about the right placement of candy, anyway.]

It's okay, sometimes we all get silly ideas. You sound like a true expert on what's good for candy!

[deadendchaos]

[ A person who is less self-centered might have a reason to distrust this girl. To make look a little closer, check her stats and see they they are definitely not in the "normal human girl" range. Maybe check what class she is.

But Etna is not that person. She's just fingering the circular metal loop around her neck with a grin, with her other hand on her hip. ]

I won't deny that it would be more fun to see people fighting or at least being less boring in general, but I wouldn't say that makes me a sadist.

[ She waves her hand dismissively, a grim smirk firmly planted on her lips. ] I'd say the fact that I love to be the one to makes idiotic things feel pain is what makes me a sadist.

But if you're really that weak then you don't really matter to me, so you're safe for now.

[deadendchaos]

[ Oh god it's her. This big boobed obnoxious daddy's girl. Really. Couldn't someone else have shown up? What a giant pain. Worse.. is that she's right, and it doesn't take a genius to see that she's back at level one.

Again. ]

Haven't you fallen into a deep pit yet somewhere after being unable to look down?

[gunsnrozy]

[A condescending chuckle.] That's impossible. I've learned a special technique only used by the highest-class demons: if you use the tip of your nose as a focus, you can see the world as it truly is!

Konpeito!

[cyclicalconcept]

[Well, there is someone else standing next to her, her head tilting.]

Mm, I don't really have a favorite. I'd try them both, personally.

Q & A!

[cyclicalconcept]

S-so, if you're a demon, does that mean you're from hell?

[deadendchaos]

[ Another angel girl from Celestia? Looks it. ]

We call it the Netherworld, but to Angels or Humans you could probably just call it Hell. It's even better than you've heard though.

[deadendchaos]

That must be pretty easy for you, given how big your your nose is.

[ Is it really that big? Who knows, but no girl likes to hear that about herself! ]

[cyclicalconcept]

[Hahaha...if only she knew.]

How is it better?

[gunsnrozy]

[An indignant huff. She has her doubts, but appearance is one of those areas where her ironclad conviction in her own superiority has no weaknesses.]

My nose is perfect. The only reason it looks big to you is because you're used to seeing the world in miniature.

[She pointed a finger at Etna, indicating, well, all of her.]

Between you and that atrocious prince you're about as tall as one normal demon?

[dokkans]

[ How like a demon, to not look into these things that closely. Bonnie fiddles with her tie nervously, deer in the headlights expression stuck on her face until she's started to clarify. This was giving her so many flashbacks, she couldn't help but break character and let a smile start to creep through, fist clenched in front of her chest. ]

Is that how you talk to all humans, or just humans that look like me? [ A quick giggle, and she almost looks like she's sparkling. ]

Gee, miss. Only idiots would fight each other for someone else's amusement. If there's no stakes, there's no fun!

[deadendchaos]

[ Then again, the angels that she has met actually haven't been all that angelic deep down. ]

Well, it's less boring for one thing! Isn't it more exciting to live in a place that's full of people fighting and backstabbing and trying to take over the world?