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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!

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[ He looks down at her, ignoring the bartender who seems rather offended at the no "taste bud" comment directed at his drink. ]

Who do I ask?

[ Because he doesn't see any volunteers lining up. Still, he has no problem taking her approach when she seems so adamant about it.]

Anyone?

[But that would probably seem a little mean... Sighing, she reaches up to twist a finger through her hair.]

Maybe... Oh! [Perking up she starts to tug her ribbon out of her hair.] Stay right here, I have an idea.

[ His frown depends as she takes off, but he stays put nonetheless, ignoring the bartender who tried to engage him into drinking his new "work of art". ]

[It doesn't take long before Wendy is coming back, tugging along some poor hapless soul she's pulled from right outside the bar. Her ribbon has been tied around his eyes.]

Ta da! Here's a volunteer willing to try our best drink guessing game! So, it's just like I told you, Mister: try three drinks, and if you can guess which one belongs to this bar, it's on the house!

[Yes, she knows there's only one drink, but the pointed look she gives the bartender says he better hustle and put on two more. But this way it all works out, right? It's good publicity, fun, still gets feedback on the drinks, no one actually loses, no one has to realize they're drinking boozed up eggs... and Otabek doesn't make a questionable life choice.]

[Still, she's glancing up at him, trying to gauge his reaction.]

[ His frown deepens. He doesn't like it. It's too deceitful for his taste. ]

There's an egg in one of them.

[ He tells him. If he's still okay with it, then he won't interfere. ]

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Egg?

[For that, she gives a sulky look Otabek's way.]

Well, it wouldn't be a fun game if there wasn't a twist, right? But that should just make it easier for you, honestly!

[There's a bit of hesitation, but after a second the blindfolded snagged pedestrian gives a nod, and from there Wendy lets the bartender do the rest of the work. Her attention is back on Otabek as she speaks up quietly.]

You didn't have to say anything, you know... It wasn't like it was going to hurt, right?

It's a lie.

[ By omission, and Otabek doesn't like lies. ]

The drink was meant for me.

[ Meaning it directly involved him. So, if he'd gone along with it, then that would have made him a liar. ]

I don't push things off on other people.

Technically, I pushed it onto other people.

[She's honest in that respect, at least.]

I like to think I was at least a little more honest than the bartenders were... I mean, they didn't even say anything about what you'd have to do, right?

No.

[ They just seemed desperate and Otabek wasn't someone who turned his back on people like that, which reminds him. ]

Why were you following me?

[ Was she lost? ]

Huh?

[Oh, right- she’d sort of just invited herself along, hadn’t she? Wendy laces her fingers behind her back.]

Well… The person I’m supposed to be with is busy, you could say… And you looked like the type who could be taken advantage of easily. It’s enough to make a girl worry, you know.

[ A look. ]

What do you say?

[In return, there’s just an amused smile.]

Are you worried?

[ Yes. ]

They shouldn't have let you in here.

[ He's pegging you for a 12 yr old. ]

[Frankly, that’s as good a guess as anything for an amnesiac, so Wendy has yet to really protest it, although being treated as a child is annoying. Still, for now, she shrugs.]

They probably assumed that I was with you.

[If they noticed her at all. Being from the Far Shore is handy like that.]

[ He watches for a moment, turning those words over in his mind, before shifting in his seat to reach for the menu, sparse in its offerings. ]

Do you want something?

[ Non-alcoholic is a given. ]

[This is an unexpected turn, but not one she’s going to complain about! Standing on her toes again, she looks at the list. A lot of it is unfamiliar to her, but, well, that’s been her entire stay in Japan.]

Um… Have you ever had hummus? What’s that?

[ He nods. ]

It's made from chickpeas, and is high in protein.

[ B/c of course, an athlete would know all the protein-rich foods. ]

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I wonder if protein really matters for someone like me…

[After all, as a shinki, she’s dead. Does healthy food do anything for her? Well, the most important thing is how it tastes, so, after a moment, she nods.]

Well, let’s try it, then. Oh-! [She almost forgot. Stretching out her hand to him, she smiles again.] I’m Wendy.