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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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[Of course he has actual business here! Why else would he come to a house with a tentacle monster infestation? And speaking of that business, he would really like to get down to it so kindly bug off.

Except Crawford isn't moving and now Omi has to make a decision: go do what he came here to do which means taking his eyes off of Crawford, or stay to make sure Crawford doesn't do anything and sacrifice precious seconds for the sake of-- oh, what?

Did Crawford just suggest Omi had come to help him? The question is so out-in-left-field that it throws Omi completely off his mission game, leaving him staring dumbly.]

Help you...?

[Why the hell would the Schwarz leader think something like that?]

Isn't that what gods do?

[His sneer melts into a look of scrutiny before he blinks once, no twice, for good measure. Okay, maybe Bombay hadn't shown up to help him directly, but the result would be the same. Crawford shrugs.]

Things seem to be getting out of control out there.

[Right on schedule, something crashes upstairs. Crawford casually sips at his coffee.]

And me without a Shinki.

[An exaggerated sigh.]

Good thing you showed up.

[Well that answers that question, at least. If Crawford is without a shinki that means he's a God. Shit.

Still, this begs quite a critical question:]

What are you doing here then? Aren't there better places to get coffee?

[Someone upstairs screeches. Omi's expression tightens. He really needs to go but how can he turn his back here?!]

Undoubtedly.

[At the sound of that screech, he takes an obvious, lengthy glance at his watch before he looks back to Omi with a parody of a smile.]

But life's all about timing, isn't it? And not to tell you how to do your job but...

[He points to the ceiling as another screech can be heard.]

Don't you have something to rend?

Maybe you haven't noticed but my shinki isn't here either!

[The reply is rushed, Omi's pitch just a bit higher than usual, giving away his rising panic.]

[With a little more than a half smile, Crawford shrugs.]

Then call him.

[Suddenly, this starts making a lot more sense. Why Crawford is really here despite no shinki. Despite no intention at all of helping. Despite there being a million other better places to get coffee. Of course that's why he's here, Omi. Did you forget what he could do even before he came here and got another power? (What is his other power now? Could this possibly get worse?)

Omi's posture shifts again: more tightly guarded, and he's definitely watching Crawford as the main adversary.]

You're not taking him.

Rather assumptive, aren't you? It's not the time for that.

[Finally, Crawford places his coffee mug on the counter, but shows no tension. This is just a casual conversation amongst acquaintances, after all. He shrugs again.]

Should I call time of death then?

[He glances back to the ceiling; to the sounds of whatever horrors are happening upstairs.]

Or would you prefer a countdown?

[There's a strike of panic in Omi's eyes as Crawford suggests the imminent death of the upstairs resident. For one and a half seconds, he's stuck there in mental debate, and then abandons the idea of standing off against Crawford and teleports to the upstairs room.

Screams, wild knocks and crashes. Omi yelps, followed by an alien howl of pain. Heavy footfalls thudding quickly down the upstairs hall, halfway down the stairs until a yell and the distinct sound of a tumble and crash. Two different voices groaning.

Omi, sprawled on his stomach under the resident and in a world of pain, isn't sure if he's glad he broke the other's fall or not.]