TEST DRIVE MEME

[ultrapenumbramods]

This is the Test Drive Meme for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Ultra Penumbra's Mock Exploration. This is mostly to voicetest, play around with being a Pokemon, and have fun with the setting. Signups will happen on Friday, March 1, so have fun figuring who you might want to bring!

We have a few prompts for you, but you can do basically anything as long as it fits with the FAQ guidelines.

1. Hiya! I'm a Pokemon! ...No I'm not!

After a weird, hazy, half-remembered dream, you wake up in a clearing in the forest surrounded by a bunch of strange creatures who appear to be as groggy and disoriented as you are. Whether you take the creatures' presence as a threat or just an oddity, you quickly find out that your body's a little... different now. In fact, you are also a weird creature! Well, have fun with that.

2. Out on the Town

Well, you've come to terms with the fact that you're a Pokemon now, but fortunately, you're not alone... both in terms of people in your situation and the fact that you're near civilization. Sure, everyone's some kind of weird critter, but you can go out and participate in society. Why not spend some time exploring? Maybe you should meet up with your fellow new arrivals, too, just to see what they're making of things.

3. Pokemon Battle!

The convenient dojo to the south of Pokemon Square is a great place to try out any weird new powers you might have. After all, even though you're in a different body, you've got cool new powers! Or you can just tackle things really hard, but hey. That's still cool. But it might be worth trying to figure your powers out, because...

4. Dungeon Diving!

You've heard some rumors about town that you might be able to find the answer to your situation in one of those Mystery Dungeons that keep popping up everywhere... and even if they don't, success in those means you might attract the attention of someone who will be able to find the answer to your situation. And hey, exploring dungeon is lucrative, and it's a favor to the friendly locals who've been hosting you. Why not give it a shot?

Comments

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[whereswalder]

[...oh, yeah, he was kind of looking for more space too, and this seemed like a good space... well, the Sentret tries to cover for it, though it's pretty obvious that he wasn't expecting anyone.]

Oh! Yes, actually. I wasn't expecting anyone to be here, haha...

[promiselisting]

[ Ah. Wasn't expecting = hoping? It made some sort of sense to her, at least. ]

Um... [ ... ] I guess we could just keep ignoring each other?

[ It'd... make things simple at least? Maybe? She's winging this whole thing. ]

[whereswalder]

Oh... well, if that's what you'd like!

[LIKE... he's a lot better at one-on-one than big crowds, but if someone wants to be alone, he'll respect that unless something seems really wrong.]

I'll just be over here looking at plants, then.

[promiselisting]

[ Honestly it's probably more that she's somewhat like a stray cat - it tends to go a lot better when they approach you on their own terms.

Which in this case, means Futaba sort of sighing to herself after a few minutes. She may have been the one to present the whole "ignore each other" idea but it's... not really working. Not enough, at least. It's impossible to not notice that someone else is there. So instead she inches closer. Trying to take a look at whatever he seems to be looking at. ]

Are there really that many to look at?

[whereswalder]

[ha ha. well. he's happy to show off his RANGER KNOWLEDGE.]

Of course! There are so many plants, and I'm very well versed in the ones back home!

[...he looks a little thoughtful.]

I should probably talk to the locals about the ones here, though. A lot of them don't look familiar, and some of the ones that do are fairly different than what I'm used to!