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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

It's all right! Not everyone is cut out for sales.

[He beams helpfully at her.]

I'm terrible at it myself, but I think that may be a personality problem. Let's see, why don't you tell them it's a genuine replica of medieval French weaponry?

Surely that's close enough to the truth?

[She frowns slightly, brow furrowing as she thinks on it, and then brightens, beaming right back]

Mm! That's a better way of looking at it, I suppose! You're pretty good at this! [She claps her hands--sleeves??--together and nods with a firmer resolution.]

I should find a different spot though, I've been here a little too long... [So the people would know she's trying a different tactic now.]

Oh, and there's a sweet shop we can go by! ['We' she says, as if Hakkai has no choice but to go with her. Which, in her mind, is obvious. Clearly they're working together here now!!]

I'm sorry, I'm not very fond of sweets myself, but if you'd like to get some you're certainly welcome to.

[They're not bad, but they're really just not his style.]

I think there was a spot up the street that looked empty!

You don't like sweets? [She looks bewildered, like she can't imagine such a thing. But sweets are so good??

She promptly goes to loop her arm around his and smiles] Maybe you just haven't found the right one? We could try all of them. And whatever you don't like, I'll take!

[You know. Out of the kindness of her heart.]

Ha ha, that sounds like an excuse to me! Thank you, but --

[He tries to politely disentangle his arm from hers.]

-- Ah, I'll walk you there if you like?