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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

[The frog gives an indignant croak, staring straight back at Noctis, but mercifully doesn't follow them inside the temple.]

It's important to know when to be gentle instead of forceful.

[Another lesson she learned from her time as the Oracle. She's certainly capable of both, but a light touch can be useful.]

Yes, of course. The bath is right through here.

[She doesn't seem to mind the slime being tracked into the temple, at least, as she leads him through the pure white passageways and toward a large and opulent bath chamber.]

( noctis on the other hand, seems to be pretty aware of the mess he's making, and trying to minimize it by unsuccessfully tip-toeing behind her, standing up upright and at attention when she denotes the direction of the bath. )

Thanks, I'll... ( a hand through his hair has a trail of sticky grossness from head to hand. yeuch. ) I'll be quick.

( and with that, he ducks inside, trying to avoid any more embarrassment.
which apparently seems impossible, because only a few moments later there's a bellow from the room. )

Ugh!! No, don't—!

( do you dare venture inside, luna... )

Edited 2017-01-29 19:14 (UTC)

Take your time.

[Okay, that is a little gross, but Luna keeps her polite smile right where it is. Her lips do quiver just a bit, though. She turns to leave, but stops short as she hears that cry.]

Noctis...? Is everything all right in there?

[She isn't opening the door just yet - just leaning against it and raising her voice so he can hear her.]

Lunbwaaaaagh! Everything's—! ( comes a garbled reply.
there sounds to be quite a commotion coming from within, which is finally followed up with a— ) How do you even— gwahhh!

( if she braves it inside, she'll find noctis, fully dressed still from the waist down, flailing in front of a heavy stream of water. it's pelting him in the face as he tries to shield himself from the coming onslaught, a broken off faucet gripped in his hand. )

[After hearing all of that, Luna does venture inside, half expecting to find Noctis covered in a dozen of those frogs from earlier. But the sight she does find is so much more hilarious that she bursts into laughter right there in the doorway.]

Ahahaha... oh! Oh, I'm sorry, Noctis!