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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!

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[Goodbye, phone. Hazel puts his name and number in completely normally, without a heart, before swapping the phones back.

There sure is a heart... he's never met someone more desperate than himself, wow.]

Well, I'll give ya a ring when I've got a cravin' for wine and storytellin'.

[Hooray, making friends. Nevermind that he seems desperate, he's just eager to speak to people. Especially if they're beautiful or strong! Hazel meets one of those, so it's good enough.]

I'll look forward to it.

[The bus screeches to a halt for the third time, and Jae-Ha hops to his feet.] Here we are! Let's see where I've taken us...

[Because he sure doesn't know. Off the bus they step, he eats another cookie, and... There's a huge, closed furniture store.]

[That little heart... He's stuck on this, even as he tucks his phone away and follows Jae-Ha off the bus.

That's a closed store. What are they going to do with a closed store?]

Well, since we came all this way... Let's check it for ayakashi.

[BREAK IN]

[What's wrong with it??? There's nothing wrong with it. Jae-Ha eats another friend bakery cookie before passing off the rest of the package to Hazel. He can do with it what he pleases.]

Now, that doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. [Breaking and entering? Well, he probably shouldn't, but this is exciting. Where's the harm? They won't steal, no one can see them... It's a very large store, and it should be protected!]

What do you think? Should we be subtle and go through a side entrance, or is the front just as well?

[He's going to leave it somewhere, but not yet. Gotta build up to the moment, or: when Jae-Ha isn't looking.]

We're just a couple of fine-lookin' and deeply concerned men checkin' up on this place to see if it's got a nasty infestation problem.

[Sooo that makes them - fake janitors!] Side entrance's for that kinda maintenance, I'd say.

Just as I thought!

[The main entrance is too obvious! Someone will notice them, and then they wouldn't be harmless janitors. They'd be breaking and entering. But from the side, it's no problem at all! Thinking like this is how he doesn't harm Yona, so it's fine in the end, surely...

He practically floats along to the side of the building in his eagerness, leaving Hazel to do what he will with the cookie box as he finds the side door.]

Here we are! [It only takes a few seconds to wave Hazel over.] Hmm, but I'm no good at picking locks. Should I kick the door down?

[Does Hazel know how to pick a lock? No. He would probably have someone kick the door down for him in ordinary circumstances if he really needed to get inside, anyway. Jae-Ha is pretty convenient!]

Do your worst, friend. I'll just be stayin' outta the way, shall I?

[Over here... not in leggie range.]

[He takes his time sizing the door up before he takes a careful step back and then elegantly kicks the door with his right leg.

It flies off the hinges and inside the building, a clean break.]

Ah... I was trying to avoid that. [Woops. A for effort, right? It's not like he remembers using this power, so sometimes strength management is a little tricky. He'll go ahead and grandly wave his arm towards the door for Hazel to enter first.]

[Well at least they weren't trying to be subtle or anything. That would have ruined it. Hazel comes back over, eyebrows raised as he peers at what was once a door.]

Huh. That ain't gonna be cheap to fix. [but WHATEVER, he'll walk right past it as he enters the store and looks around.]

So, how are we feelin'?

[Look, it was an accident. They'll repair it. He drops a few yen by the door like some sort of apology before heading inside with his arms outstretched. What a big store!!]

How, indeed? I hear ayakashi love couches. We should check, just to be sure.

[He does a little spin as he walks forward... He's having fun.] Is that really the reasoning we're going for? I can draw barriers all day, but we'd have trouble working together as we are. [Just saying, can't they just hang out on a couch.]

[Jae-Ha, that's unnecessary. Hazel drops the rest of the cookies in their little package, which is definitely not unnecessary. It's a tribute.

He waves a hand as he quickens his step to move past Jae-Ha, looking for the nicest couch.]

Wanna have a stakeout? Maybe some'll come along and require us hightailin' it outta here. I reckon we've got that one down as a pair.

[So. They can hang out on a couch.]

[why is Hazel so into roleplay]

A stakeout, yes! [He stops his spinning to clap his hands together excitedly, like this does a much better job of explaining the whole thing.] For that, we're quite the team, I'd say. I can draw barriers for days, probably. It's good practice.

[SHUT]

Here's hopin' anythin' that stumbles in here ain't as big and ugly as our friend from earlier. [That gross thing... Anyway, look at this particularly nice couch! He gestures at it proudly, like it's his or something.] Y'know what suede is, don't ya?

Most of the ones I've run into have been much smaller, but none of them too pretty.

[He still can't deal with them without Yona, so he feels especially dumb running away, but... you know. Jae-Ha comes to a stop at this couch, eyes sliding over to Hazel.]

When you ask like that, I feel I have to say "yes." [But from the way he moves forward and smooths his hand over the arm of the couch in amazement... probably not. At least not a suede couch.]

[He would still call them hideous even if they were pretty, don't worry about that. Just some old fashioned demon racism, or whatever.

More importantly: the nice couch. Hazel takes a seat first this time, decides it is comfortable enough for him, and pats the cushion beside him.]

Here, get familiar with somethin' luxurious.

Don't mind if I do.

[He falls elegantly into the cushion, leaning back on the couch as he contemplates the comfort. It is nice. Fine silks and the like are one thing, but... He runs his hand over the small bit of cushion between them.]

Some type of leather? [He assumes...] It is comfortable, isn't it? Somehow, it's even better than the bed I was given in my own temple...

[Why did they end up with a cheap beach house, he still wonders.]

[How the hell do you make suede? Maybe he should know that as a country boy, but nope, he never read a nerdy textbook about this. So.]

It's a fine quality, that's for sure.

[Hmm...]

Your temple gotta some kinda problem?

[That question just opens up all of Jae-Ha's inner drama about his temple. That is to say, he clutches his chest dramatically and turns away like it physically hurts to think about that fun time sun hut.]

It's hideous. [That's the main offense.] I'm too tall for the bed, but aside from that, it seems... broken.

[Mattresses are weird, so he can't be sure.]

[Okay, for about half a second he was almost concerned there was something actually wrong with this house, but it's just ugly...]

How do ya figure? Rollin' off at night a problem for ya?

Actually, there's just one spot where I can feel something poking at me, and it's bad on my back.

[Hazel's sympathy was touching, even if Jae-Ha doesn't deserve it right now.]

Try sleepin' on a different spot.

[Look, he can keep it up for only so long.]

Coming from someone who could fit on a bed of any size, I suppose that would seem like an easy solution.

[In his case, not so much!! Just saying.]

[YOU WANNA GO...........somewhere with candlelight?? Or meet him in the pit, if it's closer.]

There's always the floor, if ya can't manage to roll over.

I'll come sleep on your floor.

[No he won't. Fight him, tiny man!! He enjoys the thrill of these jabs.]

[This leggie weirdo!!]

Now that's just unseemly. I've got a spare pillow I can loan ya.