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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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[ Zero catches sight of her and rushes in to block the frog before it can leap on top of her. The amphibian gets tossed back but somehow manages to twist itself mid-air and land on its hind legs. ]

[Cardia scrambles back to her feet and backs up a few steps to put some distance between her and the now irate frog.]

Thank you...

[Her voice is quiet, but full of sincere gratitude. The frog croaks in a way that it hopes is very menacing. It's a frog though, so.... not really.]

Go play somewhere else.

[ Yup, he's talking to the frog. Give him a moment while he stares it down until it finally hops away from them. He turns then, his eyes on her. ]

Next time run away.

[ He tells her as he offers her a hand. ]

I was trying to...

[The guarded look in her eyes and hesitation might seem like mistrust, but really it's not. She doesn't want to be rude, but Cardia has an understandable reluctance to get physically close to anyone. She's wearing gloves though. It's fine as long as she's careful. That's what she keeps telling herself.

After a moment, she reaches out and accepts his hand.]

Um... are you...?

[How does one even ask if someone is part of the 'far shore?']

[ Unfortunately, Zero is used to the mistrust which he easily picks up from her, so he knows how to deal with it. He stays his hand a moment longer, if she doesn't take it he'll pull away. But, the extra moment proves to be enough and she's letting him help her up.

Once she's back on her feet he lets her go but not without giving her a look at that half-formed question. ]

[Well, she can't keep hesitating. She has to be more assertive or she'll never get the hang of this god thing.]

Sorry, but are you... from the far shore?

[She all but whispered the last part. If she's wrong this is going to be awfully embarrassing.]

[ He's silent for a moment, his eyes on her, before answering. ]

Hades.

[ And if she knows that name, she should be worried now. ]

God of the Underworld.

[ Most knew the stories of the god he incarnated here. ]

[She is familiar with those myths but it actually encourages her. They have something in common!]

Oh! So am I.

[There's a cautious smile spreading across her face now.]

That is, I'm a goddess of the underworld. Um, Hel. It's nice to meet you.

....

[ There's a moment of silence as he takes that in along with her cautious smile. ]

Nordic Pantheon.

Yes.

[A pause.]

Is that important? Which pantheon you're from?

[Perhaps there's some rivalries going on? She supposes gods probably aren't all that different from humans, so it would make sense if there were tensions between groups.]

[ He shakes his head. ]

It's not.

[ There were no rivalries between pantheons. It'd be stupid. But the very question gives her away. ]

You're new, aren't you?

I'm afraid so.

[Just slightly apologetic.]

It's been... quite an adjustment. But I suppose that must be true for everyone.

[Understatement.]

It takes awhile to get used to it.

How long have you been a god?

[The absurdity of the question only hits her a moment after it leaves her mouth. As if people becoming gods was normal instead of horrifyingly ridiculous.]

[ It seemed like months now, but when he thought about it... ]

A few weeks.

[ Almost a month. ]

I see....

[She shakes her head, and there's a hint of wry humor in her voice.]

I don't think I'll ever get used to the thought of people.... praying to me. It doesn't seem right.

[She's a monster. You don't pray to monsters.]

[ It seems there's a common theme among Gods of the Underworld. Who else to guard that place but monsters? Their very own embodiment of Cerberus. ]

They don't pray to us too often.

[ "us" as in gods of the underworld. ]

We remind them of their own mortality.

[ At best, the prayers he received were more appeasement not to slot them for Hell. He was used to it by now. ]

[Well that's a relief.]

I'm not very good at helping people anyway.

[She seems to do nothing but cause problems for anyone who gets close to her.]

But that may not be a bad thing to remind people of...

[Death is frightening for anyone, but it makes life more precious by contrast.]

[ There's a long stare he gives her at that confession. ]

That's a better way to think about it.

[ Whatever his thoughts on it, they'll remain with him. ]

So long as you do your job no one will complain.

[ And by no one, he means the Heaven's.]

I'll keep that in mind.

[Still not sure she'll be any good at this 'job' but she can at least try.]

But if your work isn't satisfactory can they actually fire you?

They can turn you into a shinki.

[ He himself had arrived as a shinki and well... things happened. ]

[A small gasp.]

I thought only the dead became shinki? Do you mean they'd actually kill you?

[ A shrug. ]

No one's immortal.

[ Even the Purebloods from his world who could live for a thousand years died eventually. ]

Yes. That's true...

[She says that while trying not to think of Finis. He certainly turned out to be less immortal than he thought.]

But there's quite a difference between that and being killed over a poor performance.

[ Hunters didn't live long lives, and a poor performance on the field meant death for most of them. ]

Then don't give one.

[ Though, he doubts the Heaven's would ever take such drastic measures. ]

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