TEST DRIVE [SMASH RONPA]

[monoguests]

Smash Ronpa Test Drive

Smash Life of Mutual Killing

Guidelines
Welcome to Smash Ronpa's test drive! In lieu of a Mock Trial, due to this round's length, we'll be keeping this test drive open until the opening of the game on September 28th. Reserves will be happening on September 18th, and you can use 20 comments (from your character) on the game's application! Otherwise, this TDM is here to help you figure out how/who you might want to play, and can help you get to know some of the players in the upcoming round. Don't feel like you have to apply just because you play on the TDM!

This post is, however, exclusively open to characters who fit the round's character guidelines. In other words - Nintendo characters and other video game characters who have appeared on a Nintendo consoles. Please check out our FAQ for more detail on this, or hit up smashronpa if you have any questions about character choices or anything else!

1) ARRIVAL
You wake up comfortably enough in a nice-looking, despite the overabundance of pink everywhere. It's well-furnished and decently roomy - there's even a little fireplace in there! The only problem is that even despite the sense of familiarity some might feel, this clearly wasn't the room you went to sleep in the night before.

Welcome the Monobear Training Camp! It may take a few minutes to gather your bearings, but you'll eventually stumble into the wide open world of the camp. If you look hard enough, you might find an odd electronic device somewhere on your person - giving you access to 15 different "student profiles". It's time to figure out just where you've ended up, now isn't it?

2) LIFE IS QUITE ABSURD
By now, you're acquainted with everybody here and you're sloooowlllyyyy growing bored. Bored enough to kill? No. Bored enough to actually try and entertain yourselves in this place? Yes. Yes, you are. Thankfully, this place has plenty of ways to entertain! You might just try to cook something up in the kitchen, play around in the well-stocked arcade, and even a neat little library! There's even a large movie theater, but your enjoyment of that might be hampered by the fact that there's only one movie playing on repeat. At all times. Remember, we're trying to cause despair here.

What some might find creepy, however, is that all the rooms are far bigger than they should be. The layout of this place is...it doesn't make any sense. There are windows and pathways where there shouldn't be, and it seems as though the rooms are almost overlapping each other. Don't think about it for too long.

3) WHAT'S MY MOTIVATION
IT'S MOTIVE DAY! What's going to drive you to kill? Drive you to end of the chain? CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S HAPPENING TODAY. Either nab a motive from any of the previous rounds or invent your own!

4) AND DEATH'S THE FINAL WORD
It was bound to happen eventually. Either you're dying, or someone close to you is about to make it up the great big Warp Pipe in the sky. Either try to get a few last words out before you go, or go off and investigate in the wake of their death.

5) WILDCARD
Who even knows- do whatever you want, man! Unless it's pissing off the headmaster. Don't do that.

Comments

Clair | Pokemon

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Arrival:

[Waking up in a bed? Totally normal. Waking up in a bed that's no your own? Weird and worthy of concern. Factor in a gaudily furnished room (Seriously, pink? This room should be blue!) and it's just plain creepy. Luckily Gym Leaders don't get their position by being easy to get a rise out of. Being the most powerful Gym Leader in the Johto region, Clair is of course no exception. Which is exactly why the first thing she does it stomp out of the room without even investigating it and marching straight out into the so-called camp.

As calmly as can be, of course.

The new item in her pocket (do biketards even have pockets???) is left largely unnoticed. Probably because she's too busy being angry. She can't believe someone actually managed to get the drop on her. Who could be behind this? Team Rocket? But they disbanded quite a while ago...again. She supposes it's possible they reformed again, but the fact that she's clearly able to roam around without anyone stopping her seems odd. Maybe it's just some kind of prank? Perhaps, but it's still too early to tell.

Her thoughts fade from her mind quickly once she spots another person. Doesn't matter what they look like or how they're acting; suddenly they will have one obviously irritated young woman with a cape calling out to them.]

Stop!

[Closing the distance quickly, Clair calls out once more.]

Who are you?! Why are you here?!

[green_mario]

[Oh god people yelling at Luigi. There is no way he's awake or not-confused enough for this.

Forgive him if he is instantly flustered by those questions.]

I-I don't know. Am I-a supposed to be here?

[Please say he isn't and that this is a mistake.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Unfortunately, Luigi's response serves to do little other than irk Clair even more. But at least she's dropped her volume down a smidge.]

You don't know what. Your name? Or why you're here?

[Perhaps a smarter nother person might guess that Luigi's obviously a little too shook up to be answering those questions right now, but unfortunately Clair is not that person.]

[green_mario]

Why I'm here.

[Luigi is at least trying to sound more calm now. It's failing, but there's an attempt.]

I'm-a Luigi.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[And she appreciates...well no, she doesn't, because Clair is having a very bad day and probably just expects people to maintain calm and totally rational while she yells at them blindly.

At least she's calmed down a bit more, though it's solid irritation now as opposed to any real anger.]

Well if you don't know why you're here, Luigi, then obvious it's safe to assume you don't belong here. Which likely means, if you're telling the truth, that you're in a similar position to myself.

[green_mario]

[Luckily knowing that he's not alone in this situation, does help a lot in calming Luigi down.

Looks like it.

I wish I knew who-a did this though. Or at least why they took the Princess's room.

[Seriously this doesn't look anything that Bowser, King Boo, or really any bad guy he knows would do. And this all seems to elaborate to be an accidental kidnapping.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[The Princess' room... Wait, what?]

Are you saying you know where we are right now?

[Being in a castle wouldn't be too bad, honestly. She's practically a queen already. Ha.]

[green_mario]

[Luigi slowly shakes his head.]

Not... really. I know the room where I woke up in but that's-a it.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

But you're sure it's an exact replica?

[totaldrag]

You first.

[Congratulations, Clair. You've just run across the bitchiest child in existence. This is going to be a fun one.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[In all honesty, that's a logical thing and Ashley is well within her right to question the person yelling her head off. Thankfully she seems to (begrudgingly) agree.]

I am Clair, the world's best Dragon-type master. And you are?

[totaldrag]

Ashley.

[There's a burning temptation to add "the best at everything" after that, but really, there's no need to repeat what she already knows.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Well, that was surprisingly simple. One question down, one to go.]

Well then, Ashley, the reason I am here is because I was brought her against my will. Are you in a similar situation? Or should I assume you are the culprit?

[She doubts it's the latter, but who knows with kids these days.]

[totaldrag]

If I knew why we were here, I would have told you. Doi.

[So..."similar situation" then?]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[And there goes her temper again. She tries to keep it down, but the results are...mixed.]

Am I supposed to believe that with how difficult you're being? A simple "no" would have be fine.

[totaldrag]

My reply sufficed, did it not?

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Yes, it did. Frankly she doesn't like this girl's attitude, but...whatever. It doesn't matter. They've got more important things to do. She's not going to be caught arguing with a child. Last time she did that it didn't turn out so well.]

I suppose.

[Clair sighs, placing a hand on her hip and turning away.]

And even if it wasn't, there are more productive things we could be doing. Like finding away out of here. Wherever "here" is.

[perfect21]

[Irritated people with capes, why is this so familiar? Nevermind.

Grimsley is also lost, and has only just left his room. When he hears someone else's voice, he slips the new electronic thing into his shirt, and pats it to keep it in place. Someone is calling out to him to stop, and he'll do just that. He's that sort of person, and he'd never ignore a call for help.

...Unless it was, like, super inconvenient. But he's right here.]

My name's Grimsley. And just like you, I'm not sure why I'm here. But if we go looking, we may find the answer.

[He's screaming internally.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Clair's pace slows down considerably once Grimsley stops, though it still doesn't take her long to reach him. Her eyebrows are still knit together in irritation, but at least he's making things simple. That name, though. It rings a bell, but she's not quite sure where she's heard it.]

You took the words right out of my mouth. [Her scowl deepens.] Though it was quite a good guess for someone who's supposedly in the same boat as me.

[For a few seconds she eyes the main suspiciously, unsure how to proceed. Finally she scoffs and drums her fingers against her side out of sheer annoyance.]

...my name is Clair. I am the world's best Dragon-type master. As suspicious as you are, I suppose it's only right I return your courtesy in kind.

[perfect21]

I took a lucky guess. I had a 50/50 chance of being correct.

[He's still cheerful, no matter how she's reacting. She's not a very happy person, is she? He can work with that. He'll fake happiness for the both of them.]

Ah. I've heard of you.

[Heard enough to know if he mentions Lance, he's in trouble.]

I am a Dark-type trainer from Unova. The pleasure is mine.

[A hand in front of his stomach, he bows towards her.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Yes, let's just...not mention her cousin. Ever.

...wait. He said his name was Grimsley, that he's a Dark-type trainer, and that he's from Unova. Now Clair might not be the most knowledgeable when it comes to celebs, but this is definitely ringing bells. Especially since she's been to Unova for the Pokémon World Tournament.]

Likewise.

[She straightens up her back, while her arms, shoulders, and legs relax a bit.]

At first I didn't recognize your name, but I've heard of you as well. Grimsley of Unova's Elite Four, correct?

[perfect21]

[Don't worry, he'll be kind.

When he hears how quickly she connects the few words he's said, it brings a smile to his face. Although he was well aware that she was certainly not stupid, it would take people often much longer than that if he only said a few simple words.]

Correct.

[He tilts his head to the side.]

I don't like to make it easy for people to figure out my identity. I've had far too many men ask me to give love notes to Shauntal and Caitlin.

[Love notes that he promptly destroys after they leave. He's not your cupid.]

Of course... it's just fun to see if someone can connect the dots. And take a chance on guessing who I really am.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Just as she thought. Clair doesn't even bother to hide the smirk upon the confirmation, though her good mood is somewhat diminished by his mention of such pathetic men. She's not sure if he's completely serious, but she knows people like that exist.

Also why don't people send HER love letters to reject. It's not fair. >:c]

I suppose that's fair. All things considered, I'm just grateful to have someone who's at least mildly competent to aid in my investigation of this place.

[...]

But before we begin... I believe I owe you an apology. I'm sorry for being suspicious of you. It would seem this place has set me on edge.

[perfect21]

[It's best not to ask questions about that. As personal lives are personal even though Grimsley, for the right price, will share certain aspects.

because your brother is hotter sorry to say]

Well, I'm glad I could meet your standards, Clair.

[They seem very high, after all.]

Ah, apology accepted. However, it's a familiar problem. Suspicion and dark trainers are quite the combination. Perhaps that's why we've never had a gym leader who specializes in them.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[He's her cousin and a massive dweeb.]

I'm doubtful of that. It's likely I would have been suspicious of anyone I came in contact with, save for those I recognize... Although I suppose your appearance is a bit shady.

[Not that she's one to talk about fashion. I mean, it looks good on her, but seriously. A biketard?]