NOVEMBER 2019 TEST DRIVE MEME

Welcome to November's Test Drive Meme! This month's Test Drive's theme is: DEATH/ZOMBIE HORROR.

All Test Drive Memes contain at least one clue to the Deerington's upcoming in-game events for the month! Keep your eyes peeled! But...not literally.

Characters may die during TDMs, but you do not need to count it towards a game-canonical death unless you want to. Consider it a freebie. All TDMs can be considered game canon as TDMs introduce minor aspects about the world of Deerington that can be revisited by characters later on in the game. You may also use TDMs for your application writing sample as well as AC.

CW: Possible mild cannibalism, organs (including pictures of fake food that looks like organs), mutant insect in linked picture, blood, sensations of starvation, possible binge eating, possible binge drinking.
Don't forget to tag content whenever necessary. Have fun!

Prompt One
Prompt Two
Character Arrival
Master Navigation

NOT BEAST NOR KIN

The blood and organs that have been festering in the ground and walls of Deerington seem to not only be attracting rats at this point, but something far more dangerous and... just plain gross. These deadly looking maggots are roughly the size of an average human. They’re slithering in an out of the ground, filling up holes where some organs seem to have burst open, or writhing around in the wake of the red waves that have left bloody puddles in the street. If you keep your distance, they’re mostly just disgusting to watch, adding to the feeling of utter decay that the town has gone into.

But those who wander too close or who are unfortunate enough to go by a nest of these maggots without noticing could end up swarmed. They can leap farther than something that large should physically be capable of and the sharp teeth on the end of their bodies will pierce through even the toughest of skin and bone. Once they latch on, they won’t let go; not until they’ve finished their meal. If you aren’t quick, the blood loss will be, and you could end up an evening snack for a whole group of these creatures.

They are fairly easy to kill, luckily. Average weapons seem to take them down or you can smash their heads (if you can call it that) with a few good stomps from a boot. The only trouble is how quick they move and how strong they are; you might need to call for help to get away from them when you get cornered by too many of these monsters.

ALL YOU CAN EAT

Maggots aren’t the only things that want to eat, though! And it seems that the community center is aware of that as well. Advertisements are strewn all over town for an all you can eat buffet that will be set up, not even an entrance fee required (though donations are welcome at the door if you’re feeling generous). No one in their right mind would want to go and get food from a party into Deerington at this point though, right? Of course not. You’re way too clever for that.

Except that as the party draws closer, anyone who saw the advertisements will find themselves slowly feeling like they’re starving. There’s a hallow belly feeling that no amount of food you consume will ever be able to fill. It feels like you might go crazy from how bad the hunger gets, craving something to fill your stomach, anything... And in the back of your mind, you might remember the buffet. You might start to feel a strange realization that the food they’re offering will actually help get rid of your cravings and you’ll be drawn to the party no matter how adamant you’ve been that it’s not a good idea.

The spread they offer isn’t something that should be appetizing to most on a regular basis; raw, very clearly human organs are laid out across the table on fairly decorative plates. A fountain of what looks like blood is put up in place of chocolate for you to dip your food into. No matter how disgusted you might normally feel, you find yourself practically drooling at the mouth and you’re quick to grab a plate and dive in.

At least the drinks look like they’re normal; sodas, beer, wine, champagne, and liquors ready to create your favorite cocktails. A menu will give you an idea of what pairs best with each organ, so make sure you select something that goes perfectly with your plate of intestines.

What would a Deerington party be without something tricky attached to all this. Even the smallest bites of any of the organs will offer sudden changes to the consumer, each power growing stronger the more that you eat.

Eating BRAINS will make it so that you are able to hear another person’s thoughts. Anyone standing near by, really. They’ll trickle in slowly at first, but the more that you eat, the more you’ll hear, and eventually it could become overwhelming. Sometimes you can focus in on just one person if you stare at them intently, but that could make you look like a creep. Maybe you should just go somewhere quiet until it passes.

Eating a HEART will make you feel compelled to confess your emotions to someone. Maybe a specific person or maybe it’s towards a complete stranger, but you just want to get everything out onto the table. You’re overcome with feelings so strong you don’t know how to contain them anymore and you’ve just got to get them out somehow.

Eating LIVER will cause you to want to drink. A lot. You might find that you’re not able to get enough, even. It doesn’t make you immune to the alcohol though, so it’s got the potential to lead some pretty nasty alcohol poisoning if you aren’t careful. Characters who usually can’t get drunk will find that consuming liver makes them a total lightweight. Woops. Better have someone help you walk home.

Eating the STOMACH will make you want to eat everything. You’ll no longer feel starving, but you just want to taste any food that’s near you, and you won’t stop no matter how full you feel. It’s not just organs, but any food consumed outside of the buffet. It might be a bad time to go to Peter’s Pizza for a late night meal.

Eating INTESTINES will give you an abundance of courage. You’ll find that you’ve got guts you never knew you had and it might make you willing to go tell your crush how you feel about them, or tell off that one guy who’s been pissing you off for weeks, or maybe you might start to think it’s cool to go scale a building or fight a monster when you don’t have any skill sets to actually take one down. Hopefully you don’t do anything you’ll regret in the morning— assuming you don’t get yourself killed doing something stupid, of course.

Eating EYEBALLS will allow you to obtain the memory of the first person that you touch. Depending on how much you’ve eaten, you may just see a small snippet or you could get sucked in to a full and heavy flashback. The memory will feel like it takes place in real time, but by the time that it’s over, you’ll find that whoever you touched is only just starting to ask you what’s wrong — or tell you to watch where you’re going, buster.

Character Arrival

You can read how all characters arrive in Deerington here.

There is not a collective "all these characters showed up at the exact same moment" occurrence in Deerington. Since characters fall asleep, die, or pass out at various times throughout all their worlds, it wouldn't make too much sense if they arrived in game all at the exact same time. There should be some discrepancy between character arrival, whether by a couple minutes, hours, or even days up to a week.

The players are entirely in control of how/when they want to play their characters arriving in Deerington. For TDMs, you can play it like your character has just arrived and that can be maintained as your game canon, or you can wait until game events for that moment. Or you don't need to acknowledge it at all. The flexibility for character allows a bit more of an organic feel to the character arrival situation, so please play it to whatever feels right for you.

If you are interested in having an "arrival" introduction for one of your TDM prompts, you are more than welcome to explore that option.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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un: beetlejuice
Hi
Are all the deer like that
here?
And i guess, out of curiosity, if you’re still reading this
What animal are you?
Thanks .

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[ community centers are a good place to meet people, right? legosi was far too new to ignore any warning signs, and a tad too pure to believe anything could go wrong at a public community center. for starters— the, what were they? primates with skin conditions? the majority of those who live here are “human” and a six foot tall anthropomorphic wolf from vore zootopia is not particularly . . . accustomed! he’s almost the only animal here! if not the only animal.

he sticks out like a sore thumb and looks absolutely out of place. feels it too, even with a dastardly appetite building up inside him. when was the last time he ate? oh, his tail droops. i hope they have eggs— do humans eat eggs? what do humans eat? they don’t look carnivorous, so maybe that’s a plus. wait, it isn’t if they’ll all be afraid of me, that’ll be nuts . . . those are all thoughts legosi has as he bounds up to the party’s entrance, and, ah.

the stench hits his snout before he steps in. he knows the smell of raw meat. he’s trained his body to cease reacting so strongly after his first (and only) withdrawal, and yet. why did it make his mouth water? why was he very literally, drooling? it frightens him, to say the least, but deafening curiosity and steeled resolve forces his legs to move and enter. organs, perfect. raw organs for everyone to get their paws on ohhh god why is his stomach moaning and why can he not turn around and walk away?

this young, freakishly tall wolf in his hoodie and sweatpants refrains completely from taking a plate, but one may see just how much he seems to suffer with his trembling and panting and— god, he thought he was through this. his claws are hidden away in his palms, but the drool . . . the drool lands right on you. ]

W-what kind of meat is that–?

[ he’s never smelt it in the black market, though something deep inside him already speaks the answer, he internally wishes it’s not that. ]

Edited 2019-11-01 09:11 (UTC)

yeah dude the deer are always like this
you know
like deer
maybe kinda spooky deer
but deer
and to answer your slightly weird question
i'm a human
i'm guessing you probably aren't
please don't be a giant bird :[

It’s kind of freaky how they walk around like that ....... They don’t even have fingers

But I’m a grey wolf
pretty big but not a bird? Um,
What’s wrong with birds?

Nope they do not
that's what animals are like in most places sorry to say

and of course you are
cool just gonna tick 'wolf' on my list of beings i never thought i'd have a conversation with
coolio
i knew a giant person-sized bird once
it was fucking weird

[ this is so fucked up ]

I’ve never heard of a human until here either .......
That’s the norm where I’m from
One of my neighbors is a Steller’s Sea Eagle

well you're in for a RIDE
this place is chock-full of humans
we're everywhere!

i'm gonna pretend i know what the looks like but sure okay
why not i guess
so there's just animals where you're from?

[Similar woes have befallen the ~~Prince-Regent~~ KING of England. Not only has John faced the issue of these primitive primates being the dominant species, he has also his reign questioned by them. Something about England of the future, England of the past, yada yada...he doesn't bother to terribly bog himself down in the details at the moment. His primary concern is the hunger that has perpetually followed him since he dared to enter this event.

As a species with predatory instincts, the spread is natural. Tempting. But as regent, the idea of eating something with so little dignity causes him to stick to his wine. For now. The saliva that gets brushed away with a paw indicates that he might soon break.

...The sight of the wolf offers him a strange sense of comfort in this most trying time, if only for the idea of seeing someone who is vaguely similar to the world he knows. Even if that thought seems to internalize, thanks to John's own personal thought bubble, as someone who might recognize his sovereignty and reign. Yes! Another subject! There can be no time to lose, and he approaches only to-

He visibly cringes, shaking around his paw in a foppish fashion before settling on brushing the drool off his paw and onto the clothing of a nearby passerby. His tone becomes stern as he ignores the question, simply inserting himself into the conversation.]

Do mind your salivating. The royal robe is not to be desecrated.

NOVEMBER TEST DRIVE MEME

NOVEMBER 2019 TEST DRIVE MEME

NOT BEAST NOR KIN

ALL YOU CAN EAT

Character Arrival

legosi ⭐️ beastars

network un: be-lou-ga

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all you can eat