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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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[Too bad.]

So, what brings you here then, Zero?

You like asking a lot of questions.

I'm afraid being curious is simply part of my nature.

[The smile shifts; it doesn't look as genuine now. In fact, it even appears wary.]

Then again, you seem like such a broody guy that I can't help but want to make conversation.

[ Zero stares at him that answer doing little to persuade him to answer anything unless- ]

What are you?

Shinki or god?

[Lavi raises an eyebrow.]

Shinki.

[ There's a sigh at that answer as if he finds the whole thing annoying, and yet he turns to fully face him. ]

I needed a place to stay for while.

[ And its hot outside and this place offered cold water though his ice has almost melted completely. ]

Edited 2017-01-11 20:20 (UTC)

[He's not sure whether or not he should be offended by that sigh.

Would the other guy's reaction be different if he had answered with being a god?

Too late now.]

So you come into a bar. [Strange-] Are you a god?

[ The one memory he was able to keep of his time as a shinki was the feeling of being abandoned. It was why he was uncharacteristically ~~tolerant~~ open to their questions. Zero didn't want to make a shinki feel more alone than they already were without their memories for comfort. ]

Hades.

Edited 2017-01-11 23:46 (UTC)

[How considerate.

The God of the Underworld, huh...]

Does that mean you have a Persephone on the side, too?

[It's a joke. Don't kill him.]

[ An unamused look. ]

Don't be an idiot.

[Unapologetic shrug.]

It's just amusing to me how the gods here are based off of other gods.

We're poor imitations, nothing more.

It's what makes me confused about the rules in this place.

[ A pause. ]

What about them?

[There's a quick glance, a quirk of the lips into a half-smile, and a vague gesture.]

Shinki and gods - it's a partnership, servitude, whatever you want to call it. I'm fine with the vague details and all, but it makes you wonder if there are any hidden rules around here.

[Then the grin slips into ease.]

Might just me poking my nose in the wrong business, though.