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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.



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Have fun!

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Kisuke Urahara | Bleach | God

[makinuscream]

I: Peanut Party
[ It's mid-afternoon and Urahara has tucked himself on the roof of building among a startling and perhaps frightening array of machinery upon which he currently works. Muttering to himself about gears and timing and catastrophic failures, the man in the funny, striped hat diligently tunes finicky mechanisms. Looking up at the sky he frowns, just a little, and muses. ]

Three hours until dusk. Welp, we've got some work to do!

[ And there you are. Did this god of overdoing it rope you into helping? It's possible. Or maybe you just stumbled upon what could either be a party extravaganza or the end of society as we know it. With Urahara, it's hard to tell sometimes. ]

II: Slick Sevens

Well now, this looks like fun. [ A tilted smile forms and Urahara waves his fan lazily through the air. Leaning against the door of the casino, the sharpness of his gaze contradicts the ease of his pose. ] Let's take a look around.

[ Pushing away from the wall, Urahara steps inside to the clack-clack of his geta. Bright lights flicker, but there are no happy faces as the losses pile up. With a sigh, Kisuke looks at his partner. ]

We'll split up for now. Send up a flare if you see our naughty friend.

Peanut Party

[skyleopardess]

[Yoruichi has nothing against peanuts, but she's pretty sure this town has overdone it. The dust has made her sneeze one time too many, so she's taken to traveling by rooftop in search of anything interesting.

His reiatsu hits her before she sees him, and her heart leaps in her chest. What the hell is he doing here? This place is steadily bringing in people from their world, and Yoruichi's not at all sure how to take it.

But regardless, it's good to see him, even if he's already managed to build something stupid and unnecessary. Her own reiatsu is banked, so he may or may not be surprised to find her appearing at his feet in her cat form, tail lazily curling at the tip.]

Is this really the best use of your time?

[Her voice is dry, with the built-in gruffness of her scratchy old-man voice. BUt he knows her well enough to know there's no venom in her words.]

[makinuscream]

[ Between her hiding her reiatsu ad Kisuke's involvement with his contraption, she does 'sneak' up on him. So much so that the feeling of something rubbing against his leg startles him enough for him to end up bonking his head on a complicated armature. ]

Ow! [ But pained expression turns into pleasant surprise quickly. Leaning down and scooping her up Kisuke grins wide from underneath hat. ] Well, well look who also got dragged way out here to whatever alternate reality we're in.

[ No one should say 'whatever alternate reality we're in' both calmly and seriously, but he does and completes it with a scratch right between her ears. At least there's no audience or his attention would probably be more grand and embarrassing. ]

The name of the game is answering prayers, right? By the time I'm finished, this is a Peanut Festival that will go down in the history books. If I'm lucky, someone will write a hymn or two. What brings you to the celebration of this most illustrious legume? I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're not just here to stuff yourself free peanuts.

[skyleopardess]

[She'd respond in kind, with a loving headbutt]

Your head is big enough without people writing songs about you. [With the ease of long habit, Yoruichi settles quite comfortably in the crook of his arm, briefly nosing his chest in greeting.]

No, but I guess I get to watch you launch them at people now. [She pauses] How long have you been here?

[makinuscream]

[ Scratching behind her ears, Urahara laughs and tsks. ]

Not launch. It'll be a shower. A bountiful rain of peanuts amid fireworks that spell out 'Peanut Festival'.

[ Holding her in one arm and petting with the other hand as he inspects all the wiring, Kisuke shrugs. ]

Couple of days. I came here after the grand introduction just to see what was and wasn't in the Japan I remember. Then this prayer came through and I thought I'd test it out. I'm gonna guess you've been here longer.

[skyleopardess]

[ Two days??

Wow that is neglect of the highest caliber and now you have am armful of naked, scowling woman instead of a cat. ]

Two days and I still had to come find you? Am I less important than blowing up peanuts now?

[ If the weight overbalances him and knocks him on his ass, all the better. ]

[makinuscream]

[ Most days - say 9 out of 10 - having an armful of a naked woman instead of cat would be a good thing. A welcome thing. Not when it's Yoruichi scowling at him, though. Plus the sudden change in weight knocks him off balance enough to stagger a step or two.

He meets the scowl with a pout.]

You were with Ichigo's inner world. Well, half of it. [ Kisuke is still trying to figure out how that happened. ] So, I thought I'd take a look around before crashing the party.

[ He wasn't hiding at all! It's not like upon waking here and feeling Yoruichi, Zangetsu, and Mugurama here that he had a complete 'oh shit' moment and felt the need to get his bearings back before facing the music. Especially after having to make nice with person telling him that he's a god and 'oh by the way, you have a shinki who is under your care'.

Yeah, he'd needed a little time.

Kisuke clears his throat and flashes his best smile. ]

Aww, you missed me.

[skyleopardess]

[ Have a punch to the shoulder, albeit one barely hard enough to hurt. ]

So you hid while I was busy corralling an amnesiac Hollow and trying to keep him and Kensei from each other's throats.

[ Lips still pursed in a frown, she drops to the ground, imperiously (and impatiently) holding her hand out for his jacket. ]

You didn't need two days to look around. [ Petulant theatrics aside, there's a little part of her that's miffed he'd hide from her along with everything else. Especially when she had missed him, here and there. ]

[makinuscream]

[ Because he is - sometimes - a good friend, Kisuke slides of his haori and hands it over with a sheepish look. ]

Ichigo's Hollow wasn't pleasant to feel. [ Not out of fear, but for what it meant that he'd been separated from Ichigo. ] I came here to see if -

[ Kisuke waves a hand. ]

- it doesn't matter. You're right. I should've found you sooner.

[skyleopardess]

[ There's very little she enjoys more than hearing him say she was right and he was wrong. So she comes up on her toes, tugging him down to rest her forehead against his. ]

Mm~ Say that again.

[makinuscream]

[ Pulled down until they are face to face, Kisuke huffs a little. Then he smiles, chuckling quietly. ]

Weren't we talking not too long ago about people not needing their ego's stroked? [ There's no heat in the words though, just a light tease and he hooks one hand behind the back of her neck. ] How are you holding up?

[skyleopardess]

Not people, just you. [She knows her ego is healthy, but it's perfectly under control, thank you.

She takes a moment before answering to simply close her eyes, relishing the feel of him against her skin and spiritual senses.] Not bad. Meeting Zangetsu was a shock, but he usually listens to me. I've got him working on his control.

[And it's a good thing too--his other god sounds like he couldn't care less, indulging all of the Hollow's baser instincts.]

[makinuscream]

Everyone listens to you. You do have that way about you.

[ His fingers rub the back of her neck and Kisuke chides himself for not seeking her out sooner. No matter what mess he's ever been in, Yoruichi has always been in the thick of it with him and has pulled his ass out of the fire more than once. He's always at his best when he's with her. ]

So are we looking at another potentially cataclysmic set-up, or something a little tamer?

['Tame' with Zangetsu and Kensei around is probably a touch subjective. ]

[skyleopardess]

[After another moment to indulge, she drops onto her heels, letting her fingers brush the stubble on his jaw before pulling back.

A frown creases her forehead, and she pulls his haori more tightly around herself.]

His hunger's getting worse. He says the loose souls--this world's Pluses--are starting to look tempting, so we need to figure something out for him.

[Hunting live animals and gorging himself on regular food have done well enough for a while, but Yoruichi doesn't want to take any chances.]

[makinuscream]

[ Well, that's bad news. Not unexpected since Zangetsu is separated from Ichigo, but still bad news. Picking up a wrench - he tends to think best when he's working - Kisuke crouches down in front of one his contraptions and begins tuning the gears. ]

And the ayakashi can cause Blight just by touch. Has he tried to eat one of the smaller ones?

[ Hollows, strong ones, tended to eat other Hollows. While the ayakashi are not exactly the same, they share some similarities. ]

Slick Sevens

[kissthegoddamncook]

Your idea of fun is shit.

[But, whatever. Kensei agreed to go along with this for whatever reason. He shakes his head as he looks towards everyone losing all of their money.

It's not long before he hits Urahara with his elbow and points to a creature starting to move towards leaving the Casino entirely.]

No need. Let's go.

Re: Slick Sevens

[makinuscream]

You need more of a sense of humor.

[ The fan snaps open, hiding the shopkeep's grin. Meandering through the walkways, Urahara feigns indignance when he's elbowed. ]

A simple 'hey over there' would have worked.

[ Upon seeing the ayakashi, Kisuke goes to spin his cane only to frown. Right. Benihime didn't make the trip. ]

Well, without a shinki, we're going to have to this the hard way. Stay on it but don't go after it yet. When I give the signal, try to drive it towards the back doors. We need to get it away from all these people.

[ And just like that, Kisuke is gone, moving into flash step and through the casino with blinding speed. He sets up barriers but doesn't activate them yet. Once they're ready, he motions to Kensei. ]

[kissthegoddamncook]

The hell I do.

[What good is a sense of humor anyways? He doesn't need that shit.

When he sees the ayakashi, he grabs his knife, thankful that this made the trip. Nodding at Urahara's orders, he follows them directly, going after the creature, holding his weapon tightly in his hand.

Just incase.

The barriers are up, and begins to storm after the akayashi, following it's patterns and pushing it towards where Kisuke is.]

Now!

[makinuscream]

[ Kisuke waits, patient as always. If they can catch the damn thing and maybe weaken it, they can contact a shinki to come and help deal with the problem. It's not unlike the duties of a shinigami when he thought about it.

Once the ayakashi is close enough, Urahara snaps up the barrier around the creature. Six golden walls form quickly around the multi-eyed, multi-toothed creature. Tapping on the wall (Urahara you aren't supposed to be teasing caged animals), he looks Kensei. ]

Well, that's part of the problem solved.

peanut party

[moonfang]

[he was press-ganged into "helping", but the amnesic Hollow-slash-Zanpakutou-now-Shinki is doing the exact opposite; he has found a particularly interesting looking cog and is trying to work it out of the machine. He has his talons worked into the cracks and edges, and has his feet against the contraption for extra leverage]

I-- Want-- THIS--!

[nope. the shiny thing is good and stuck. Zangetsu pulls the enormous sword from his back. Maybe he just needed a different tool...]

[makinuscream]

Mess up my work and I'll make you light each firework individually~

[ That psuedo threat comes with Kisuke preparing a barrier kidou just in case his very assistant decides the risk is worth it. ]

You can take anything you want once we're done. For now, could you hand me that last sack of peanuts?

[ Kisuke has emptied about three hundred pounds of peanuts into his devices so far, but one more surely won't hurt. ]

[moonfang]

[he gives Urahara a petulant look that puts even Ichigo's best pouts to shame. The sword-spirit uses his previous master's facial features well] That's not hard to do. [as long as you don't mind them all exploding at ground level from a surge of spirit energy, since... that's how he would probably try and "light" them.

But, he's already encountered Urahara's barriers a few times tonight, and some of them have even delivered a nasty shock. Getting the gear RIGHT NOW isn't worth it.

Probably.

He huffs and lays his sword down to go and grab the other sack of peanuts]

What does this machine even DO?

[makinuscream]

[ Never ask Urahara those types questions because depending on his mood, he might not even answer seriously. And honestly? A serious answer isn't necessarily a good thing as the Hollow is about to find out. Why?

Because the answer is long and details. Urahara pours over the inner workings of his devices with a quick tongue that flows smoothly over explanations of gear ratios, timing, and the proper amount of fireworks to use.

It all translates into two really simple tasks: make fireworks go off and shower the crowd in a bountiful rainfall of peanuts. ]

So, make sense?

[ The grin tugging at the corner's of his mouth bodes no good for anyone. ]

[moonfang]

[it only takes about thirty seconds of overly detailed explanation before the Hollow's eyes start to glaze over, and his thoughts drift elsewhere. As is most common, his thoughts drift to his stomach and its status as a bottomless pit. He rips into the bag of peanuts with his talons and starts shoving whole, unshelled peanuts into his mouth as Urahara just. Keeps. Talking.

He misses the simple tasks entirely, buried as they are in a bunch of data he does not comprehend. All he knows is that peanuts and fireworks are involved, and he knew that before he asked about it.

Ok. Lesson learned. Don't ask. ]

Clear as mud, Sandal-hat. Whatever. The sooner this is done the sooner you can work on the thing for me, right?

[Yoruichi had said that if anyone could figure out a solution to his growing problem, it would be this guy. But honestly, Zangetsu isn't holding his breath. This guy is just weird.]

[makinuscream]

[ Well, you can ask, but it's typically best to ask very specific questions. ]

I'm already working on the 'thing for you'. [ A small frown forms when Kisuke remembers his conversation with Yoruichi over the Hollow's - ah - problem here. ] I've got a couple of ideas about it, but I've got to find or build the equipment that I'm going to need.

[ Right now that might be the longest part. The idea he has is fairly simple, the tech behind it isn't. ]

Unfortunately, this world doesn't have spiritual transference equipment.