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

[squidsisterpink]

[Yes good enthusiastic participants are exactly what she needs.]

Oooh, it looks like we have a fresh one! Introduce yourself to the crowd, you styling shine-master!

[It's a mostly-empty theater but just roll with it, the name of today's game is imagination!]

[thejusticewagon]

[hey, doing a cool pose in front of an audience of 13 people is better than some audiences she's gotten!]

I am Cynthia of Ylisse, the --- oh, man, shine-master is good! I'll have to keep that in mind!

[...OH WAIT]

...er, anyway, the Pegasus Knight that'll stomp out your nightmares!

[squidsisterpink]

Shine-master Pegasus Knight does have a nice ring to it, doesn't it? And since you're a knight, you must go into battles, hmm? So tell us, what is your favorite weapon for the battlefield?

[She's imagining a very different kind of battle, but details.]

[thejusticewagon]

Well, it's a lance, of course! Every Pegasus Knight has to be a lance master, because... uh... otherwise, it'd be really hard to hit your foes!

[squidsisterpink]

Sooo true! Lances have good range, but as a trade-off they can be a bit bulky to carry.

[The next part is said to the 'audience']

To our splat-happy friends out there, lances are kinda like my favorite weapon, the rollers! But lances aren't for turf wars, so don't go dragging one along to any of our favorite stages, got it?

[And ZOOM back to Cynthia.]

So we're all dying to know, what's your pegasus like? Is it a true companion?

[thejusticewagon]

Uh, yeah! If that's a non-violent sport type thing, don't bring a lance to it unless it's... like... a safety lance!

[come on Cynthia, we can lance if you want to.]

And she is the TRUEST companion! We've been together through thick and thin and the roughest of stuff!

[squidsisterpink]

Ooo, here's an idea! What if we attached some bristles to the end of a lance and made it like a giant paintbrush? Then you could take it to a turf war with no problems at all!

['Cause if they don't lance then they're no friends of mine.]

[thejusticewagon]

...

Holy cheese, that's genius! I'd dazzle everyone with my artistic paintstrokes and... win however you win things!

[squidsisterpink]

That's exactly how you win, too! Whichever team covers up more ground in their color is the winner.

So you can splat your opponents AND cover your turf, all in one! That's why rollers and brushes are the best.

[thejusticewagon]

Oh, wow! That sounds really awesome and a lot of fun! So like... if you win, do you go down in song and legend?

[squidsisterpink]

You get bragging rights, that's for sure! And if it's during a splatfest, it can help your side win.

But if you want to go down in song and legend, then you've found just the right person for that.

[thejusticewagon]

Aw yeah, going down in song and legend is what I'm all about! I am great at picking 'em! They will invoke my name when they need an extra shot of bravery!

[squidsisterpink]

'The Song of Cynthia!' Or if we want to get super-fancy it can be a Sestina.

[thejusticewagon]

I like fancy. Though... is that too fancy? I mean, I wanna be the people's champion and all.

[squidsisterpink]

If you want 'fancy', but more of a 'people's' kind of fancy, then maybe a sonnet would be better. It has a nice style without seeming too snobbish.

[thejusticewagon]

Oh, yeah, that would be good! Sonnets are all the rage back home, so I'm sure people would love that!