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TEST DRIVE MEME

Unsure of who to send to Hinoto-Ri? Want to have written samples for your application or just do a little bit of testing out? This is the meme for you!

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▼ A city like no other...

Ahh Hinoto-Ri. City of lights, questionable Wards, the 13th Hour and Personas. A city that requires your aid in saving it, but sometimes in the strangest of ways...

▼ SCENARIO 1: A note to remember

Japanese school may be rather different for you, but you've been adjusting! However, something unexpected gets dropped desk (or foot locker) today.

Hmmm. This might be, well it would depend what type of person you are, actually. But the question is, how do you react? And most importantly, who do you accuse?

▼ SCENARIO 2: Teenbeat Magazine!

Today, you're browsing through the recently received news when you see the following message pop up on the screen:

LIKE OMG we've got the sexiest of the Visitors and who's totally dateable this Valentine's month!!! THE RESULTS ARE IN AND---

Naturally, upon scrolling down, you see a picture of yourself in nothing but your swimwear. And almost immediately, it seems there are people on the street beginning to glance in your direction...

▼ SCENARIO 3: Dolphins in the sky with diamonds

You've heard the rumors, but never seen them before.

Hinoto-Ri's fabled flying dolphins: are they friend or foe? Do you want to try riding one? Or will you just let the majestic creatures continue past undaunted? Whatever happens, be prepared for your life to be changed forever!!!

▼ SCENARIO 4: What do all these buttons do?!

They told you about Q's . Truth be told, you didn't expect him to ask you for this, but he needs a ~~guinea pig~~ no seriously guinea pig to test out his newest vehicle. It's the 13th Hour, and the night sky above is stained red. He looks at you before you start driving.

"Now do be careful. I've installed all sorts of weapons inside the old girl. If you could bring it back in one piece?"

No problem, you think, before you realize you have no idea what all these buttons do. Now what?

...Wait.

...Do you even have a driving license......?

▼ SCENARIO 5: A Night in Hinoto-Ri

The 13th hour. Although technically the 25th hour of each day, it is the time when the world seems to change - the entire city turns a shade of dark red, demons emerge from the shadows, buildings shift and dangers lurk in every corner.

But it's your job to make this safer. Just be careful of what you run into --

...oookay. This might be a little trickier than normal.

▼ SCENARIO 6: Arrival

It's getting colder with each passing day. The nights are getting longer, which the demons seem to like, but it makes the city that more dangerous. Of course you wouldn't exactly know that because you just got here.

Maybe if you can find someone who knows exactly what is happening, you'll be able to confirm that it wasn't just a dream. Remember, the man you talked with (butterfly-mask guy?) said you were here as a Special Guest. If this is the city you're supposed to save, maybe he should have given you a map or something. Time to start exploring on your own...

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T-that's true. I still got a few million years on me...

[He'd probably be older than her for a very long time, huh? Though how old she could get was up to question...]

Good for you. So, why come back here, then? To say hello to your friends?

BEAMING.

"Desco has no idea!"

...yup, she hasn't really changed all that much.

[Hope of Desco ever maturing just went down to zero.]

I...see.

[A pause.] So, um, you...look nice.

[HOW DOES ONE DO THESE CONVERSATIONS IT'S NOT LIKE HE HAD TO DEAL WITH SARAH GROWING UP IN THE SPAN OF ONE DAY]

She spins in place at that, setting her capelet flaring up. The eyes embedded in the underside of it blink at Sam in passing.

"Do you think We could pass Ourselves off as a wanton temptress yet?"

[He stares back at those eyes, a part of him almost wanting to just blink back at them with his myriad of eyes hidden under his facade...but the urge passes, and he looks back up at her.]

Yeah. I think you could do that, er, quite well. Don't know why you would want to. You think that's a part of being a big final boss, do you?

Siiiigh.

"We are not sure. The only place were We could ever get straight answers was here, and even then there was no one that would tell Us what a 'wanton temptress' is. When We ask Our servants, they simply stare Us in the eye and stammer."

The tip of a massive claw traces the air around the topmost of the golden eyes set in her torso to indicate which one she means.

[Thank god Sam Erstwhile hasn't considered getting together with any women in that way or else things would be really uncomfortable. Not that they aren't a little already, but this is more like "older brother seeing his younger sister dress scandalously" than anything else..]

It's somebody who seduces someone. Sexually. I mean, you know what, erm, "sex" is, do you? Did you learn that, in your seven decades of wandering?

[ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE BIRDS AND BEES HERE]

Desco nods, slipping back into falsetto.

"Of course! Sex is when the girl sticks her ovipositor into the boy and fills him with eggs! The resulting children absorb their father's genetic information and burrow out of his soft and yielding flesh, to launch themselves teeth-first at the throats of a terrified and helpless galaxy!"

BEAMING.

"Hmhmhmhm! Desco personally conquered the Planet of Birds And Bees to learn that information!"

...I...you know what? Close enough. Let's not go into it.

[She should never become a wanton temptress if he can help it, GOOD LORD.]

How many planets have you conquered, exactly?

Blink blink.

"Desco said, didn't she? All the stars in the sky are her slaves."

All of them.

Even Hinoto-Ri?

[Because that's great and all but you know, he thought there might be news if this place was taken over by Older!Desco.]

"Desco has been Queen here since she was four, Big Bro."

[Oh. Right. But, those were like, fantasies. Not actual Queendom or however you called it. He almost wants to say that, but he's learned getting her mad wasn't the best idea. He still remembers that destroyed apartment.]

[He scratches the back of his neck, glancing to the side.]

So, what are you going to do now, since you've conquered everything? What's there left to do?

Hmm.

"...We have been hoping for a video game deal, or perhaps an anime. 'The Legend of The Galaxy's End Conquerer, Final Weapon Desco'! It would, naturally, be broadcast throughout all planets in Our dominion!"

You want fame?

[That seems really...miniscule compared to RULER OF THE UNIVERSE AS WE KNOW IT.]

Have you gone to TV studios for that kind of stuff?

"Why...would We need to? All We need do is continue to pursue the path of conquest, and eventually an influential director will appear before Us, begging to capture Our glory in long-running series! We are confident that it will happen soon."

Slight pause to shift back to child speech patterns.

"Oh! Also, Big Bro could star in his own spin-off series!"

I, um, think they might be too terrified for that. Intimidated, if you will.

[He shrugs as he shakes his head.] Eh, me, in a TV series? I don't really think I'm made for fame, Desco...

"Awww...Desco would have watched a nature series where you talked about the fascinating undersea world!"

Slight pause.

"...or would it have been a cooking show?"

I don't think it would have been either, to be honest.

[Because everyone needs to watch him eat raw fish, yes.]

You would be better at it than I would ever be, heh.

GRIN

...oh hey, her teeth are still a mass of jagged, shark-like fangs.

"Desco's sundae-crafting skills are multiverse-level now! Ordinary humans can't even eat them without going into diabetic shock!"

Yikes. I'm sure the price of insulin would be skyrocketing after events like that.

[Because the most important thing here is how this will affect the insulin market.]

Why don't you open an ice cream shop or something, Desco?

A shake of the head.

"Our skills are not to be used for the common rabble! They shall be employed only in the pursuit of those causes that interest Us."

[He quirks an eyebrow.]

And pursuing a TV series isn't for the common rabble?

"As a celebrity, We would be receiving the rabble's money. As a professional chef, We would be requesting it. The Conquerer of Galaxy's End has no need to request things!"

But for an ice cream shop, aren't you doing the same thing? You're receiving their money for what you're making.

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