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TEST DRIVE # 09

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.

Old Officials

There's a business that is desperately wishing the older members of their workforce would bow out. They've been sitting on death's door for so long and are doing little to help the company. The younger managers only want to step up and take their place! Help convince these ancient businessmen to step down.

Peanut Party

A celebration for peanuts is sweeping through the city. Peanut butter, peanut cookies, even just plain peanuts are being sold, thrown, and praised all over. It's your job to help spread the peanut love, either by helping to make the tasty treats or by buying more peanuts from the next town over.

Quiet Quail

Oddly enough, a request has come in from a quail, of all creatures. It thinks very highly of itself and knows that it's super mega important, but it has such a hard time being anything but quiet. Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to draw attention to this quail - make it stand out like not other quail has done before.

Roaring Riders

A rowdy motorcycle gang has been plaguing the streets for a few weeks. Every night, at midnight, they make their engines roar out in unison, waking everybody in town. The riders themselves are good guys, they just have this one nasty habit that they refuse to give up because it pays tribute to their patron god. Do you have the heart to get them to quiet down?

Slick Sevens

The newest tourist stop is a large casino. It's said that everyone who enters the casino has their luck stolen from them at the door. That might just be silly superstitions and bad gamblers talking, but there is definitely an ayakashi there who seems to feed on people's luck. Maybe that's what's causing everyone to lose so much.

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

[... Sharak raises her eyebrow at Hazel.] You think a bird in a high place is going to attract attention? That's the sort of thing people would expect to see.

[Granted, they might be surprised if they noticed it was a quail on someone's roof but people are dumb.]

Bird-watchin's popular. [Sort of... Anyway,] Pop him somewhere up high that no one's expectin', then.

[Up high is non-negotiable. Let's see...] Some fella's head.

... Someone's head, huh?

[Sharak looks at the quail. The quail looks back. Sharak looks back up at Hazel.] Yeah, that's not bad.

[Well done, Hazel! You made a useful contribution! Sharak holds her hand out for the quail and it happily walks on to her palm. Then Sharak stands up and deposits the bird carefully on top of Hazel's hat.] This should work.

[Oh.

Oh, he literally asked for this, and yet he super didn't. That's his hat...]

This ain't exactly what I had in mind... [he did say high up—] No one's gonna notice me, either, ya realize. That's how it goes.

[Please get this bird off his head????]

[Better his hat than her hair.]

Ah, thank you for your help. [She is the Kind and Polite Sanzo.] You can attract attention to each other. The humans here should notice even you, if you're walking around like this, so it will benefit you both.

[The bird is getting comfy and preening from her new vantage point.]

[Okay, come on, is there really such thing as a kind and polite Sanzo?? He has doubts.]

I'm just fine— [don't nest on his hat, bird!! He pauses to reach up and poke at her, which just makes the bird move an inch away and keep preening.] I'm doin' fine without the help, thanks. Kindly. This ain't a nest—

[Ah, now another priest is talking to a bird.]

[Sanzang seems nice???

Sharak watches this with the satisfaction of a job well done. This quail is getting so much attention, she is the best goddess.] You look like the kind of man who likes to attract attention- [says the woman dressed like... herself...] so the two of you should get along.

Perhaps it's destiny.

[She's kind of menacing when you squint...]

I wouldn't say it's somethin' like tryin' to attract attention. [he lies, lyingly.] Or destiny— what's this thing doin'?

[He'll just take his hat off!!]

It's making itself comfortable.

[The quail pauses in it's pecking the hat into a nest-like configuration to cluck happily up at Hazel, now he's taken the hat off. She feels like the belle of the ball.]

[His... his hat...]

Well, it ain't high up anymore. [was it a moment ago] Got any more brilliant ideas besides makin' a mess of my personal property?

[This is a real feather in your cap, Hazel.]

You could try flattering it. [Why is this suddenly Hazel's job] You look like a charming guy.

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youkai HATE them...

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