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TEST DRIVE # 07

Whether you're trying to figure out how your character would fare in this setting, trying to get some samples together, or just dipping your toes in the water, you've come to the right place! The Test Drive is here to make your life easy by letting you see what the game is like without actually joining it first. So here is how it works:

1: Post a starter with your character, including whether they are a god or shinki in the subject line.
2: Act like your character is established enough in the setting to allow your thread to go places.
3: Take on any god/shinki of your choosing, as long as they're not already in the game!
4: Comment around to the other people on the meme.
5: Have lots of fun!

To get you started, here are some ideas for thread-starters! Feel free to come up with your own ideas if these don't strike your fancy, though.

Echoing Endlessly

Many people in the area are complaining about a strange echo following them around. It never seems to go away and, in fact, collects more and more echoes with each passing moment, creating a cacophony of sound. There have been reports of a few people slowly going crazy because of this echoing. It's your job to find what's causing it and put an end to the echoes!

French Frenzy

The new craze has swept over the city! Everything French is so in right now, and everyone wants something newer and Frenchier to make them stand out from the crowd. Just your luck, you happen to have something very French you can peddle - or maybe you can convince someone just how French your very Japanese things are!

Gateway Guardians

A very strange old shinki has left you with a very simple request: guard this door and don't let anyone through. It looks like a totally normal door on a totally normal house! You might be curious to peek through it, but it's locked and you were told not to go through yourself either...

Helping Hands

There's an ayakashi roaming around that is literally just hundreds of hands that randomly grab people and things and move them around before disappearing. The odd thing is that they are... actually doing good things? Maybe it's a scheme to suck people into a plagued afterlife without being caught, or maybe they just really want to help people out.

Irksome Illusions

There's a certain street in the downtown area that has some of the craziest rumors being spread about it. Apparently going down this street will just bring you back to the entrance, but when you turn around to head back you'll only find yourself at the entrance again. Moreover, there are a lot of creepy things that whisper and appear as you walk, more with each turn you make...

If you're uncertain about anything, feel free to check out the Premise, Rules, and FAQ posts. And don't hesitate to ask any questions you might have on the FAQ!
When and if you're ready to join the game, check out the Taken Characters before throwing in a Reserve and starting on your Application
Have fun!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Hmm... It won't do. This man seems too strong to mess with directly. Jae-Ha's been watching from afar for the most part, as person after person were urged away, or fought away. Impressive— but he's rather curious about that house.

He uses now as a chance to jump down behind the house, slipping around the corner to... try and slip behind Hak while he deals with that stranger, over there. This isn't working very well at all, so when their eyes meet and his hand meets the doorknob, he can only spread a thin smile.]

Ah, I was caught.

[Nothing makes people want something like the impression they can't have it. The best way to protect this stupid house from snoopers, of course, would have been to not signal there was something valuable inside with a sentry. It was a perfectly ordinary-looking house. No one would have given it a second look if it didn't have a guard. But it wasn't his job to be brains for the shinki; he was just here to be muscle.

He finishes dispelling one hopeful investigator only to turn around and find another hoping to use the distraction to slip past him.

Green Dragon.

It's only the briefest flicker of surprise and recognition in Hak's eyes. As yet, he doesn't know whether the pervert recognizes him or not. Either way, the response is the same. Hak lifts his eyebrows and tips his head.]

Ahh? What do you think you're doing?

Don't mind me!

[It should be clear from his reaction that there's no recognition from Jae-Ha. There's no joking jab at Hak for letting him get this far, and no comments to distract him with Yona. There's just a desperate grab at the handle to see if it's simple and unlocked or not—]

I just want to slip inside.