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TEST DRIVE # 12



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.



Daring Drinks

A couple of local bars are going out of their way to make new and interesting drinks for their customers to try, in a long-standing war between the two bars. Of course, they're going a little off the rails, so there are some very interesting - and somewhat scary - combinations popping out of the woodworks. And they want everyone passing by to try them.

Electric Eels

An odd ayakashi is causing some of the eels at the local aquarium to become literally electric, causing the eels to shock the other inhabitants in their tanks. This is causing a pretty big uproar and if it isn't fixed soon, someone could die or the aquarium might even just shut down entirely.

Frog Friend

Large frogs are popping up all over the place and following people around. They don't seem malicious in any way, but they are kind of creepy to look at, brightly colored, and leave trails of slippery goo wherever they stand. Oh, and they like to jump at people and knock them over, just for fun.

Gaseous Grandpas

A local home for older men is having a problem with a number of their inhabitants where they literally cannot stop farting and belching. It turns out this is the work of an ayakashi that just thinks farts and burps are funny and knows it's easier to get those sorts of things out of old people. Help the poor old guys out, would you?

Horrifying Hentai

Many known otaku in the area are dealing with a rather terrifying problem - every hentai they watch lately comes into reality very suddenly. Sometimes this means cute, begging girls, sure, but it also means tentacles and aliens and a whole rash of other things too. You'll have to stop the ayakashi that is bringing these 'fantasies' to life in order to save these guys.



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!
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Have fun!

Comments

[leapingchuu]

But frogs need hugs too!!

[Yes, he was very insistent about this matter! They were just slimy dogs and only wanted to be friends!

And really, he hadn't given any thought to getting goo in or on the temple. Whoops.]

[darkhorrse]

[ Otabek doesn't expect the Russian skater to remember him, even if they did share the podium at World's last year, so his behavior does little to answer his question, which by the looks of it will have to wait till they've dealt with the matter at hand. ]

I'll do it.

[ He picks up the net and quickly moves over to the tank to scoop out first eel. The net is made from plastic so the zaps that skim across the water don't harm him. When he scoops up the first eel, he tuns to Viktor ready to set it in the bucket filled with water. ]

We'll move them to a separate tank one at a time.

[ He doesn't want to risk them injuring each other in such close quarters. ]

[concasse]

Aa... yeah. [That was close. Just what Sanji was about to say.

Or that'll be the excuse he uses when his mouth dries up and he can't scratch another word any higher than his Adam's apple. In hindsight, at least the shitty tentacles gave him something else to think about, and he can't help the glance over his shoulder to gauge the monster's progress.

-- Yeah, it's gonna take a while for it to get anywhere. Chances are high the damned thing'll get bored and wonder off to find a new damsel.]

Neh... Miss, have we met before? [Right to the point. Sanji's losing ground in every area of pleasantries, but this is important]

[wadoichimonji]

[What a weird chick, this one. He raises an eyebrow, questioning, but then shrugs. No point on waisting time when there's giant slimy animals around.]

Nah, it's just weird to hear my name from someone I don't know. What's yours by the way? Don't think you'd like being called Woman all the time.

[plight_of_the_navigator]

[There it is, the inevitable question. Of course he's asking that, and of course she's got to play this the only way she can. She casts a curious look at him from the corner of her eye.]

Hm? No, I don't think so...

[Really, what a lucky thing she's an experienced actress/con artist.]

[plight_of_the_navigator]

[That's right Zoro, just take the excuse and let it go, because it's only going to spell doom for you if you don't. She shifts her expression to one of confidence.]

Nami!

[Woop! Here comes another frog. Nami smoothly ducks so that it jumps over her rather than into her.]

Hey, hey, I hear you're super strong! Will you show me how you fight against these slimy things? I'm next to useless...!

[concasse]

[Probably his fault for thinking he'd get anywhere trying the direct approach, and Sanji's shoulders slump - not in defeat, he's not ready to give up after a question, but his expression twists into polite disagreement. He smells bullshit.]

... Well. [Pausing, and then he rubs idly at his chin. He mutters under his breath.]

Hard to think I'd forget such a beautiful lady...

[The thought barely has time to simmer before he straightens, eyes wide, and he slams a fist into his open palm]

I got it! A forbidden love, right? Of course you can't speak of it! [He's looking so excited he might literally catch on fire. That is to say nothing of the hearts.] Aaaaaah, but what a lucky guy I am~! To be caught in the midst of love's violent torrent~!

[revolutionfalcon]

[Watching her rather intently as if expecting a stronger averse reaction, Shun's eyes follow the movement of the cup as she sips it, then move to her face to check for too sudden or harsh a change of expression. Luckily, it looks like she's more confused than anything, and he raises an eyebrow himself until she explains and he gives an almost understanding sigh.]

Figures. I know the smell even if I don't drink myself, so if there's not alcohol in it I'd be very surprised. Only so much of that could be the dying fumes of whatever the hell they put in there to make that flavour rather than the alcohol content.

[He'd never thought watching people drink as a coping mechanism would come in handy in this particular way, but obviously he has to reconsider that now.]

[plight_of_the_navigator]

[A younger her would have punched him right about now.

Let it go, she tells herself, one because this is better than the line of questioning continuing, two because how heartbreaking is it to listen and talk with him here and now and like this? Would you really punch a dead guy, Nami?

...Brook doesn't count.]

Right, right! [She says, half-dismissive and half-resigned. Whatever you say, blondie.] In any case, let's get out of this alley, okay? It's dirty.

[And since he's a shinki and can't teleport the same way gods can, that puts the onus on her. She takes hold of his arm and focuses on the rooftop, and a moment later there they are. Let those tentacles figure out where they are now.]

[gentilitea]

[ She was definitely accusing, and the hard set of his face shows well enough that she doesn’t convince him—not one bit. ]

I had meant to catch a frog before you got in my way, if you recall. [ So obviously she should be the one who gets blamed here. ]

And now I have to destroy a perfectly good net in order to free the both of us from your blunder.

[lostinshadows]

[Lavi smile a bit wider.]

Lavi. And yours?

[mithrarin]

[...Who let her out, anyway? She's just going to get hurt this way.]

...I can get the eels out of the water without getting shocked, if you can find something to put them in.

[lostinshadows]

[He takes a second to think about it.]

'Cosplayers', I believe? [He takes a brief scan of the surroundings.] Alright, which one do you want to tackle first?

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki stirs, then pops back to life with a gasp. Putting a hand to her head, she sits up and looks around. ]

Where...

[ They ran? ]

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki sits back to let the waiter wait upon them. This...still doesn't look up to the standards she's used to, but she doubts complaining will change anything.

She also waits until the waiter is finished waiting to continue their conversation. ] So you must be settling in.

[ The fact she's even newer goes unmentioned. Not because she's hiding it, but because Hibiki honestly believes how long she's done something is irrelevant. As soon as she attempts it, she's mastered it.

So clearly she's got this godhood thing down. ]

[priforprince]

I would suggest escaping before their attention is diverted again.

[ Backing up more quickly now. She's Got This, okay? It's under control. Just like her temper.

But since one of her eyebrows has started to twitch, draw whatever conclusions you want from that. ]

[rev13_3]

[ He hesitates just the barest moment when Omi turns and walks away. The angel had said that they were here to defeat a demon plaguing the pet store, hadn't he? But no matter -- his god is not to be questioned.

He finds himself automatically matching pace with Omi, just a step behind him and to his left, right in his most vulnerable blind spot. From here he can protect his god... not that his god needs protecting, of course. Still, he falls into a familiar-feeling stride, swinging his head slightly back and forth as he walks so as to best scan the surrounding crowd for threats. ]

You are the god I am to serve. [ That's really about it. ] If I am worthy, you may choose to use me as a tool to fight demons. This is my redemption.

[ Okay, the angel didn't tell him that last bit, but it's obvious, isn't it? He wasn't a good person -- no good person would look the way he does, think the things he's been thinking -- and fighting demons is a good thing to do. Ergo, he is here to redeem himself.

If his god permits. ]

[rev13_3]

[ Here? Is that judgment in the little god's voice? Does he think that Farfarello's god was wrong to meet him here?

His hands clench into fists, twisting against each other as though unscrewing a bottle. ]

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

[ The face. If the little god persists in insulting his god, he'll go for the face. Silence that mouth. ]

[moonlitknight]

[ He doesn't like that smile. -_- ]

Zero.

I couldn't resist

[rev13_3]

[ There are no answers here -- only more questions. Farfarello emerges from the other end of the building dripping in several different colors of goo, his makeshift weapon (a length of copper gas pipe that looks to have been ripped right out of the wall, now somewhat bent and just as slimy as its owner) held at the ready. He relaxes when he spies Crawford -- just a person, hardly as much fun as a ten-tentacled beast -- and offers the other man a conspiratorial grin. ]

The spotted ones bleed strawberry.

[ Well... it's strawberry flavored, at any rate. ]

[divine_braid]

[Once free of the illusory eel, Duo sighed.

As much as he hadn't wanted to just be a weapon earlier... he knew that was where this was going to end up. So, time to tap into that.

He'd only recently gotten the hang of it. Ignoring the growing electric ball as best he could, the shadows around him in the darkened aquarium thickened and grew darker before he shifted into his vessel form.

Congrats, Hibiki. There was a scythe on the ground next to you. It wasn't very fancy, sorry. But it could make the wielder invisible...]

[lostinshadows]

[Too bad.]

So, what brings you here then, Zero?

[priforprince]

[ Ah, well. "In storms, any port", as a former teammate of Hibiki's might say.

Not that Hibiki is here at present. Phantom Thief Genius is. Of course.

Keeping her eyes on that growing lightning cluster, Genius kneels to pick up the scythe. Whether or not she was expecting the invisibility, it's a convenient perk. She'll take it.

The lightning begins to rise off the surface of the water, headed for the eel now coiled around the ceiling. Genius slides one foot back, preparing to jump.

Anything she should know about using this thing? ]

[adventurology]

[She's in a small bar in downtown Tokyo. If she wanted class, she should've hit up Seoul instead, and let her Gangnam flag fly.

Lara sips her beer and nibbles a cracker she's wrapped in a piece of salami, considering the statement and opting to not poke at the ego there.]

I'm used to winding up in new places. Going from one expedition to another gets you used to that. [A laugh, another sip, and she leans back, looking up at the ceiling.]

What do you do, Hibiki? A student? or...?

[shotgun_phoenix]

[ Oh! Well thats neat. He grinned and jumped, darting up towards the rooms. ]

Don't get caught!

[ Way too cheerful about all of this.. but Well. Other then the rapey vibe he was used to this stuff now and it felt... fun. ]

Oi! Come at me you creepy asshats!