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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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[ Genos collects himself from the ground, and from the remains of the stall. It's one scrap of junk now, but Genos is mostly undamaged. Oh few things in his hair, and his shirt ripped a bit, but nothing really worth attention to. ]

[ It might be good to start asking questions instead of charging head-on ] How many times did that happen to you? [ The teleportation, not suddenly-a-crashsite. ]

[Par the course for Genos to slowly be getting messed up... Nice that some things don't change.]

Just once... But I was stuck in there for probably 5 minutes!

[Maybe not that long, a couple minutes at least, but it sure felt like 5 minutes or maybe even longer, with all those whispers chasing him around in a street that seemed to never end until it suddenly did.]

You probably shouldn't try to do that thruster thing again, though.

[ Genos is still getting dust off himself, and woops, a bigger splinter lodged itself in his elbow joint. Isn't that absolutely great? ]

It returned you here, right? [ he starts attempting to take it out, but the only thing he manages to do is to break it in half ] Will it returns us here if we try to leave in opposite direction?

[He sweats on Genos' behalf when he broke the splinter in half. He asks in a small voice, pointing at his elbow:]
Need...help with that?

You mean if we just turn and leave? I don't know, haven't tried.

[God, he hoped they can just leave, that would suck if they were stuck here.]

[ He's not going to say no, because no matter how he tries, without mirror he can't really look for that damn splinter. So he just turns the elbow to King. ] I'd appreciate that. It's a minor inconvenience but I'd rather be battle-ready if something was to approach us.

[ Probably with enough bending of arm, the splinter would just shatter inside the joint and fall out? But there's also probability it could do more damage, or just prevent full range of movement ]

No prob.

[Despite his large hands his fingers aren't clumsy. The deftness of them are about the only thing he can say with confidence is physically apt about himself. So it wasn't difficult for him to get fingers between metal plates, pinch the broken piece of wood and yank it out.

He grimaced at the size of it.]

Inconvinient? Wish having something like this lodged in me was just inconvinient. Bet you're fine with paper cuts, too, huh?

[He throws the splinter over his shoulder.]

[ Yikes, that was a wise choice to not ignore that "minor" inconvenience ]

I do have some pain feedback, as I wouldn't be able to notice things like that otherwise, and risk damaging myself by omission. [ He has too much ways to get damaged already ] It's heavily dulled during combat-mode though.

[ Instead towards the street, where the phenomena was confirmed to happen, he heads in opposite direction, but it's not fat and he gets returned to their spot again. ]

So we are stuck here. [ Genos crosses his arms on his chest, and nods at the successful assessment of the situation. ]

Lucky... [He mutters. If he could turn up and down pain receptors he might not be so much of a coward.

Maybe.

He watches in disbelief as him trying to leave fails.]

No way! Maybe you didn't do it right!

[He speed walks in the opposite direction of the first street he had got lost in like Genos had, but at a slightly different angle. At least this time when he was returned to the original position it was quick and with less creepy whispers. He tried again and again, different speeds, different angles--all wound up back to the same place. He stares into the distance, dead-eyed.]

Why me...

[ This is the moment Genos starts to get worried. Again he's at his phone, not calling anyone, but checking the internet. ]

I'm putting address and assistance request on the BBS. [ Saitama is bound to get here eventually, but that eventually might mean a bit too long to their liking ]

[ If worst was to happen, they have a way out. If King is a god, he could just give him name, so they could defeat the ayakashi together. But then King is also an unknown, and Genos isn't sure if he can trust him to release that name afterwards. Especially since he already said he has no shinki of his own.

So while it's a solution, it's not a solution Genos would suggest, unless situation turns truly dire ]

[The thought of asking Genos to be his shinki hadn't crossed his mind. It seemed too...rude in the first place to do, plus, he was Saitama's shinki, a man he respected, and so the thought was even more rude. Rude like when your friend takes your gameboy and deletes your game data and breaks the buttons. (Saitama.)

But, at the same time, if Genos brought it up and they were in danger, he would most likely nod furiously yes.

But maybe they wouldn't be in danger! He leans against a wall, sighing.]

Well, maybe we'll be okay right here. I haven't heard any whispers or anything here yet.

[Was he just inviting danger by saying that? Like saying "What else could go wrong?" then it suddenly starts raining. Are those whispers he's hearing over his heartbeat, or an auditory hallucination he's working himself up to?]

[ It might not be a hallucination because Genos is hearing it too and looking around. ] I'm hearing them. Perhaps us trying to leave brought the ayakashi attention here.

[ But if the whispers are present here, what about the other end of the street? The ayakashi clearly can't influence entire length of it, based on the fact it was previously a safe spot.

Genos walks to the sad remains of the stall, and takes the small roof-thing, then hands it to King. A weak shield it is, but might protect from one or two first bites. ] No point in staying here, let's try the opposite end.

[He takes the "shield" and holds it in a way that suggests he isn't sure how to hold a real shield let alone a makeshift one. His heart beat is louder than ever, that King Engine revving up, both because he WAS hearing the whispers and because Genos was choosing to try to flee than fight. That can't be a good sign.

He follows close behind him as they head in that direction. Was the ayakashi's influence reaching further now that it had prey in its grasp? If they found themselves suddenly back at where they started he might die of a heart attack.]

Ye-yeah. It would be smart to retreat for now and return with a plan.

[Or retreat and hide out somewhere till someone else took care of this in King's case.]

[ Have some bad news... ]

Retreat? No, I want to lure it out. Make it show itself.

[ Genos is totally prepared to fight if the ayakashi shows itself. But as long as it manifests only as whispers, or random teleportation, there is nothing to raze with fire. ]

My god is powerful, but he stills needs a tangible enemy to punch.

[Yeah, that news his stomach feel like he just swallowed a boulder. He just sticks a little closer to Genos for safety.]

A-Ah...that sucks...
[Gods should be able to punch intangible things, shouldn't they?]

Maybe this thing doesn't have a body then, then we'll have to try harder to leave. Except you said you saw something move in that one street...

[He mutters that last bit as he looks over his shoulder, almost as if expecting to find a looming shadow of an ayakashi behind him. He's never actually seen one yet, so he's definitely not looking forward to it.]

It should manifest in more coherent form sooner or later. [ The whispers become more audible, but it's still impossible to tell what they're saying. The constant drumming has a different source. That's one powerful heartbeat there, King ]

I hear you're firing up for a fight.

[ ooc: I saw that you applied, I'm so excited! ]

Huh?

[Oh, right. His heart trying to thump out of his chest.]

Oh, yeah. It's no good to be caught unprepared.

[It's weird bluffing in front of Genos again, but it was habit to do so in front of someone ignorant to his true self....]

((Yes! I'm excited too B) Can't wait to play with everyone))

[ When they proceed further it's not just whispers that start showing up. Suddenly something runs past time. It's barely visible, just on the edge of vision. Genos turns immediately and shoots a blast in the direction where it should be. ]

Another illusion-

[ Of course nothing is there. Aside from hole in a ground and trash can catching fire. ]

Did you see that too?!

[Yes, yes he had seen it for the briefest part of a second and his heart rate spiked. But he just stared, stoic, at where Genos had fired and told a bald-faced lie:]

No.

[If he said no, then it totally hadn't happened, right? Except for whatever Genos had shot at was now looming over King's head, unnoticed by the man.]

[ Genos notices it. And does what Genos always do. Point his palm in that direction, practically in King's face... just wavering a little on the side. He's aiming at ayakashi after all. ]

Duck

[ At least he remembers to helpfully instruct that, while a flame shoots from his palm ]

[He yelps but he's proud that it didn't sound TOO much like a 5 year old boy was yelping instead of a grown man. Somehow, just somehow, he manages to drop down to the ground before the flame does more damage than singe a few stray ends of hair.

Despite his fear, he is morbidly curious, and cranes his neck to look up from his crouching position to see just what an ayakashi looks like in person, hoping it's not too spooky...]

[ It's looming shadow with long spindly legs, but it definitely moves too fast to see the details. Maybe for the better. Of course it dodges the flame easily, runs on a wall for a second, and hides inside the building. ]

Of course! That's why couldn't locate it.

[ It wasn't invisible, it was just hiding. And now suddenly the whole street starts to be filled with thick fog. ]

[If it's too fast for Genos to see properly it definitely is for King. But what vague shape and color he saw of it he did see he knew he wanted absolutely nothing to do with it. He scrambles to his feet and goes behind Genos, standing tall and keeping up the bluff, but standing behind him meant, one, better safety, and, two, he could grimace in utter fear without Genos seeing once in awhile.

If his heart beat was loud before, now it's almost overwhelming.]

What's this? The fog? Does this usually happen?

No. [ Genos switches his vision to heat reading. King is immediately highlighted as bright orange and red spot. It is unlikely that the ayakashi leaves a heat trace, but this way they won't get lost.

Or rather, it's Genos who won't lose track of King. Because he kind of forgets that not everyone can just switch vision mode.

He runs next to the building the ayakashi hid in and destroys the window with one hit, trying to get a look inside. ]

[It takes him a second to realize Genos has run off, he was so concerned with looking at the fog, trying to make sure creepy spider hands weren't going to appear out of it and grab their ankles.]

Hey! Don't go alone.

[Fortunately, Genos was still a vague figure in the fog so King could find him and dash for him, sticking close. Almost too close.]

You see anything?

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