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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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[ You're not the only one enjoying the show, Wendy, lbr. ]

I'd say that's probably as adventurous as he'd be willing to get.

[ Vague hand-gesture over to some poor guy being rubbed on by at least five catgirls all at the same time. ]

Unlike that one over there. Clearly, he's gone in over his head.

[That just makes her laugh a little more, only superficially trying to hide it.]

I guess this is the kind of thing where "be careful what you wish for" applies, isn't it?

More often than not, people are quick to declare that they know exactly what they want... but no one hardly ever thinks of the consequences.

[ Nonchalant glance up at the poor thing fighting off a bunch of tentacles - and failing. ]

But I doubt one single wish would be responsible for all of this.

Another good example being that they want to be gods, but don’t think about all the work that has to go into it…

[Not that either of them are gods, shinki as they are, but, well, it still sort of counts, doesn’t it? If anyone else knows the work that has to be put into maintaining godhood, it’s their shinki.]

[Lowering her hand, she rests it on her hip as she looks over everything. As funny as all of this is to watch…]

Since it can’t be a wish, then there’s probably only one other thing responsible for all of this, huh…?

[ Heh. Funny thing when mortals play god... they want all the power and none of the responsibility... ]

There is a divide between the mortal and divine though this divide is more like a one way mirror. Though the gods may be aware of the workings of the every day human being, more often than not, humans aren't aware of what exactly being a god entails. Much like how the audience only sees what goes on on-stage, no one ever considers what happens backstage during a play.

[ There's a small smile though, her head tilting slightly as she glances at Wendy's sudden question. ]

What else would you blame for something as unnatural as someone's filthiest desires brought to life?

[Hm… That’s an interesting thing to consider, and it seems familiar to her like the way a handstand does. Humanity as the audience, and all of them working hard behind more curtains than can be imagined. How poetic.]

[Well, poetry can wait. Puffing out a sigh, she watches the otaku swarmed by catgirls with a little less mirth than she’d shown a moment ago.]

Someone with a bad sense of humor, maybe, but I’m not even sure ayakashi have those. That means this is our problem whether we like it or not… Although I guess we could always try to make some other shinki and their god look after things, but who knows when that could happen?