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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!
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

[The shameless pass off earns some laughter nearby, and Wendy grins up at Lavi if he looks over to her.]

Not much of a fan of the look or the smell of it?

[The shameless pass off is accompanied by a shameless grin.]

Not at all. Perhaps a dear lady such as you might want to give it a try.

Well, I don't mind, but should you really be giving alcohol to a little girl?

[...At least, she doesn't know otherwise]

[That gets Lavi to blink, his single eye studying the little girl.]

Good point. Wanna help me pawn this drink off to someone else then?

Definitely!

[Hopping up to her feet- and definitely making it clear that she's small, not even reaching four feet probably- she grins up at him.]

If you let me up on your shoulders, I bet I could see more people.

[A laugh escapes from him, and he crouches down a bit.]

Sounds like a plan.

[Not a child, not from the way she talks, though he's not sure how old this girl was either.

Best not to accidentally offend the girl.]

You're free to climb up on my shoulders then.

[To be fair- she's not sure how old she is either, but this is definitely the body of a kid, right? Unfortunately, it's not something she can afford to think too hard about as a shinki.]

[The good news is that this looks much more amusing instead, and thus is great to distract herself. With a small laugh, she hops up onto his shoulders like she's done this a hundred times before, making sure she isn't positioned in a way that might accidentally break his neck or throw him off balance.]

Alright, I'm good! You?

[He doesn't answer yet as he gets to his feet, steadying himself carefully just in case she falls off.

For a little one, she's light, so he peers up at her.]

Fine down here. Let's get going then?

Let’s go! And I’ll let you know if I spot anyone who looks like it’d be fun to tease.

[Like they aren’t just trying to give away a very questionable cup of alcohol with who knows what kind of effects. But hey, it’ll give someone an interesting story to tell later, right?]

Alright, just hang on.

[And he'll start walking.]

Before I forget, my name is Lavi. What's yours?

Oh-

[Right, she should say that, especially since she’s on his shoulders now.]

I’m Wendy. So you’re from the Far Shore too, right?

Nice to meet you, Wendy.

[He blinks once, keeping his gaze forward.]

I am. [Far as he knows, anyway.]

[Well, it’s the only other place there really is around here, although Wendy recognizes enough to know she’s not Japanese and so at least not from this country. For now, she peers through the crowd, searching out an appropriate target.]

Okay! So I see one super exhausted looking guy in a suit, one super prissy old lady, and… what do you call the people who dress up like fictional characters again?

[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?

Yeah, that’s right! Cosplayers.

[It’s still kind of a funny thing to her, but, at the same time, it’s fun to see. People get so into it, and usually the costumes are so interesting… Tapping her chin, she thinks.]

Let’s go with the salaryman. I bet his night could use a little bit of livening up.

[Lavi gives a brief nod, grinning.]

Then let's make the salaryman's day a bit brighter. [Or worse, but who cares.]

Which way, Wendy?

[He’s a salaryman- this can’t be that much worse.]

This way!

[And she points him in the direction, until the poor exhausted sap comes into view a little clearer so she can point him out.]

[Once they approach the poor salaryman, Lavi is quick to work his magic - charms and all.

He smiles brightly, invitingly.]

Hello, good sir. You look as if you're in need of a drink. Why not try this?

[The salaryman is right to look suspicious, but he does eventually cave and takes the drink from Lavi.]

[Not one to leave a fellow troublemaker on his own, Wendy cheerfully pipes up from her seat on Lavi’s shoulders.]

It’s guaranteed to perk anyone right up!

[...Well. It’ll probably do something.]

[He nods in agreement.]

Give it a try, good sir!

[There's hesitance before the salaryman drinks it.

At first, it doesn't seem like anything's changed before he slowly starts to turn green.]