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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

[Somehow, the impotent rage just made that sight all the worse. He doesn't startle at the accusation and he probably should watch his tongue if this is a god but--]

I wouldn't waste my time with such a thing...

[--It's Difficult.] I'm only here to figure out what's causing the. [So very gross (why is the old man still on the floor?)] Problem.

[Master Roshi composes an eloquent and thorough reply which is completely lost in a huge belch.]

Ooogh, my stomach! Whatever it is -- find it! Take it out! I don't deserve to suffer like this!

Like I said, I'm only here to find it.

[And suffer from second hand humiliation but every day is an adventure, huh? Neji turns from the old master to continue the search. There's just so much... equipment around cluttering the space.] If a demon is doing this I'll call my goddess to dispose of it. If you're a god you'd need to call your shinki.

Sure, as soon as I get one! [The old man waves a feeble fist as he groans, slowly sitting up.] Can't I borrow you for a minute? No one would mind and it'd get the job done! One good disposal would be simple and easy!

[It's a good thing he's not close enough to accidentally knock something heavy into the delirious geezer.] --just what the hell do you think you're asking? [But maybe the snarl will be enough.

Forget embarrassing, Neji's turned to look at the guy like he's diseased, eyes narrowed, brows furrowed, hackles up if he'd have them.] You're hardly worth being in the same room with. Don't imply I'd let you get your hands on me so easily, old man.

[What he means is at all, but the ayakashi has finally slithered out of hiding-- literally slithered. It must be, what, 30 feet long at the least? Where the heck had it been hiding all this time? This is just perfect, because-- so much for just finding it. What a way to keep the adrenaline pumping etc] If you're going to continue to be useless then just stay out of the way.

Oh, well. [The change is slight, yet undeniable, as Roshi hops up to his feet. An undercurrent in his voice, a slight change of his posture, and -- he even looks slightly different, as his narrow-to-the-point-of-withered frame seems to flesh out.] I suppose now that the thing's appeared, I SHOULD be a little more serious.