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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!

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[ There's a moment's pause as she "listens" through the radio. Even after 80+ years, some things never change. ] The captain has called a mayday. A rescue ship will be here within ninety minutes.

[ She's aware of what's going on even as a giant ship with no physical eyes. And as she "looks" to the smaller vessel that's on fire, she can't help but think of why it remains silent. That's an odd thought, however, to believe that it would have a voice at all to ask her for help even as it begins to keel to port. Within the white soul realm she stands and shakes her head, pushing such thoughts from her mind.

In the end, he'll hear a small smile in her tone. ] I am sure that they will be fine. With your aid, there would have been more harm.

Oh no, I can't take the credit for today's good work! It was your astute observation at the gambling table that flushed the ayakashi out, and your strength that kept it at bay while the people evacuated.

I have one last favor to ask of you though. If you don't mind, could we wait until the rescue ship is here? [He just wants to make sure that these people are all safe.]

[ Oh there he goes again, giving her credit in return. She's not worthy...! And not to mention, it's quite the overkill for that little ayakashi compared to her true shinki form. Not that they had any choice in the matter; big or small, the ayakashi must be destroyed. She's only thankful that the hit was precise enough. Instead, the shockwave of the shot being fired caused more collateral! ]

Of course. [ She obliges, and then falls silent. She doesn't have a lot to say now that the battle is over, and she waits patiently for the arrival of the rescue ship. One by one, the phantoms manning her begin to fade from their posts. A few will salute Yamanami before they disappear, but the majority fade into the shadows of the night, very much the crew of a ghost ship. Although the Yamato only floats above the channel, she can't help but want to settle into the water itself. To feel the waves upon her hull once again, the tickle of the salty ocean and the spray of the sea. Her eyes move from the ship and the tiny life boats out towards the delta where it opens into the ocean, and that strange tug pulls at her heart as she sees the moonlight reflect upon the waves.

Another blast draws her attention back to the casino-ship. Something inside it has exploded, probably a faulty design rather than anything intentional. The ship tips towards its side, and Yamato has to "look" away as that longing in her heart is replaced by an unsettling feeling in her stomach. She feels... sick, seeing it begin to sink like that. ] My lord, I-- [ But before she can say anything, she hears two horns from an approaching vessel, illuminating its flood lights upon the water surface. Help has arrived, and Yamato breathes a sigh of relief. A distraction helps from this nauseating feeling. ] Modern ships are quite the marvel--... it arrived faster than I anticipated.

[And she's too humble...!

Yamanami remains on the deck, keeping a vigilant watch over the tiny boats bobbing in the ocean. The occasional ghost sailor that salutes him receives a small bow in return, and soon enough it's just him, Yamato and the waves.

It's a relief to see the life boats down there, but he can't help but wonder if there were some that he couldn't save. It's a terrible death. To die in the fire or drown in the waters below. He'd done a quick search of the main casino room before he'd gone up to help Yamato, and it certainly looked like no one had been left behind, but...He hopes no one was sleeping in their rooms. Should he have at least checked one floor, maybe he could jump back and do a quick look around--

--no. The explosion ensures that he will have to stay with his shinki. Yamanami watches the boat slowly tip over, thinking sadly to himself that it's such a waste, all of it is such a waste. But Yamato's unease hits him before she can breath a word.] Yamato-san...? What's wr--

[The horns blasting out from the rescue ship interrupts him, and both he and his shinki breath a sigh of relief. But as the casino ship finally, finally begins to sink, realization hits him on why she's feeling this much nausea. She may not have her memories, but her body and her heart remembers what her mind cannot.]

...thank goodness it's arrived. The people down there will be alright now.

[He doesn't know where his shinki's face is, or if she even has physical sight as a warship. But he knows she'll be able to see him bowing to her.]

Thank you for your patience, Yamato-san. Let's go home.

Edited 2016-10-04 07:03 (UTC)