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TEST DRIVE # 13



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.



Illegal Irritations

Nothing supernatural about this one, there are just some guys sell illegal drugs and weaponry in some of the back alleys of Tokyo. They might solicit you to try and get your business or you might just happen upon them targeting someone else. Either way, are you really okay with letting this go on in your city?

Jumping Jellyfish

For some strange reason, a bunch of jellyfish have taken to literally jumping out of the ocean and all over the beaches. They seem to be scared of something in the water, but be that as it may, they're scaring away all the beach tourism! Quick, figure out how to get them back in the water!

Kooky Kickoff

A brand new store is opening up and, as part of their grand opening, they want people to perform for their potential customers! And they're just dragging people off of the streets and shoving them into ridiculous, off-brand character costumes to do it. Whether you're part of the show or watching others make fools of themselves, it promises to be a good time.

Lovely Lingerie

There's a great, new brand of lingerie being sold in Akihabara that is all the rage right now. They're stylish and sexy and come in all shapes, sizes, and colors! There's even some that are themed after popular shows. But people who are buying them keep winding up missing. Coincidence?

Manic Molting

So many birds are molting on the spot for no reason, shedding feathers all over the streets, on peoples' cars, and in any space they can get into. It's really not their fault, but darn if it's not making things difficult to do with all these feathers around! Either help clean up or figure out how to stop the mass molting!



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!

Comments

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako eyes it with very obvious skepticism. It looks like one of the results of the rare time Souji's cooking experiments failed horribly and that was never safe to eat.

Not that she wants to hurt his feelings about it either so she gives him a hopeful smile as she shakes her head. ]

No, I already ate, thanks. Are you hungry? I have some cookies.

[shutsdoors]

M- maintain?

[Progressively higher pitched until the final vowel is all-but a squeak. Elsa is half a step away from full-blown panic.]

I can't-- I should-- I mean--

[She hesitates, and skims her fingers across the water again.]

I don't know how to stop it, does that count?

kick this off

[staystraught]

[Mr. Dark Glasses here is going to have a red mark on the bridge of his nose.]

I-- I can't. Dude. Dude. The Macy's Thanksgiving parade already did it, that's where pop culture goes to die.

[pathofheaven]

Very well. To battle monsters beneath the horizon is also the work of the sun god. Perhaps it was inevitable.

[ Tendou raises his hand, and a red robotic beetle flies into it. It is, unfortunately, not a scarab but a rhinoceros beetle. He slips the device into his belt buckle, (where did the belt even come from,) and it clicks in place. ]

Transform.

[ Armour forms over him, and the first layer is quickly expunged as the belt narrates "Change Beetle", leaving behind an armoured red bug man. ]

Grandma said this: "The sun shines so flowers can bloom." If that's the case, I can hardly leave a lady in distress, can I?

[ He points dramatically upwards at the sky, and a jellyfish bounces off his helmet rather ruining the moment. ]

jellyfish!

[pathofheaven]

These are beautiful flowers you drew on the ocean, but you'll need to freeze the entire lagoon to keep the jellyfish from leaping out.

[ Here's a dude, who's just right over here, casually sidestepping flying jellyfish as he observes the water and the flying seafood snacks. ]

I suppose it can be done, but then it wouldn't be much of a beach after that, would it?

[ He nods sagely, still dodging jellyfish, seemingly unperturbed by the storm of invertebrates with a fondness for stinging. ]

[lionhearrt]

[ There's a faint smile. Even without his memories, he was still the same. ]

Come talk to me when you learn to control it.

[ Because Mikoto isn't a babysitter. ]

[lionhearrt]

[ He shrugs. He doesn't really care, less work for him. Talking about work. He's getting sleepy. His pants are folded below the knee, so when walks out of the water he's not dripping wet. Seemingly ignoring her, Mikoto walks past her to a towel laid out on the sand. His back hits the towel and he uses his arms as a makeshift pillow before closing his eyes for a nap. ]

[changeanddie]

Aye, 'tis an old meme, but we're in Japan. They have their own culture of the Internet, so I know not if Rickroll has been a mainstream thing in here as it has in America.

Of course, I can always go with something more modern and obscure, yet it's considered particularly annoying in this location.

[He makes a quick search on his phone, and changes the song to this. And indeed, he mimicks the imaginary objects.]

♫ I have a pen
I have an apple
Uuuuuh
Apple pen! ♬

[royaltyloyalty]

[Doku takes a chance on the way normal people forget about them in time.]

Sorry, but you're only human. This is something a bit out of your league.

[He has no idea the boy is a god at all. Or shinki, for that matter.]

[thevanguard]

Control it? How am I supposed to do that when I don't even know what it is? I thought there was something wrong with me or something, I kept doing it by accident!

[ There's a hint of frustration in Yata's tone as he takes a step forward again, hand curled into a fist against his chest, unconsciously bumping against the spot where his HOMRA brand still marked his collarbone. ]

That doesn't tell me anything!

heehee

[volksdaemon]

[Lots of kids younger than him, that's for sure. ... But already a reincarnation? Pan-pantheon. Hoo boy he wants to pick this kid's brain something fierce.]

Oh no that's pretty much the story here too. Gods don't get reincarnated unless people pray to them. If the god's name is lost to the sands of time, usually because they're the type not to answer prayers, then death is permanent. Stories will remain stories unless someone actually starts following that god and pray to them.

[That's the party line, anyway. He's not 100% sold on it himself.]

Hermes, huh? That guy used to be around here too, you know. I'm another god, actually. Shinki are usually quite sour their first week or so. Not nearly as outgoing as you and I.

[hackberrydragon]

[ Fortunately for Mikoto (or unfortunately), Eno comes from a time (and an alternate universe) where he did lose some men.

Not that the blue remembers in the first place... or that he remembers that the person standing in front of him should be dead. ]

Goddess, actually. Euterpe. But her real name's Sheryl Nome. Are... you a god?

[priforprince]

[ A transforming hero? They have those in the lands of the gods?

....Well, Hibiki supposes for some definitions of godhood, it's appropriate. And if he's following genre conventions properly, even with that jellyfish ruining the transformation sequence, he should have no problems dispatching this inconvenience. They're more small-fry monsters for padding episode time than any actual threat.

So, all right. Not her problem. ]

...Carry on, then.

[ And she'll keep just. Trying to leave. "Trying" being the operative word. ]

1/2

[likethelight]

[ Don't sound so formal.... ]

2/2

[likethelight]

[ Heh.

(It still hurts, but Allen can't help but crack a smile at that. A relieved and genuinely glad one.)

If only you knew, Lavi. If only you knew. ]

I think I'd like that.

[priforprince]

"I have come," Phantom Thief Genius proclaims, completely ignoring that outstretched hand - even ignoring what sounds almost like Prench, a language they hadn't thought anyone here would have the class or cosmopolitanism to speak - "to steal the prayers of those troubled by these ruffians! You."

An accusatory, dramatic finger is leveled at Tristepan. He could probably shake it instead of Genius's hand if he really wanted, but that's not why it's being offered. "Are you here on a divine mission?"

[lostinshadows]

[Is it completely breaking your heart yet, Allen?

Lavi nods, gesturing for Allen to follow him.]

Then come on. There're still a lot of things here to see than being here all day.

[pathofheaven]

[ It's certainly true that in his Rider Form, ordinary jellyfish pose no threat to Tendou Souji. Even jumping jellyfish aren't liable to do much better. In fact, by the time Hibiki has completed her sentence, she might find most of the jellyfish already cleared into a big bucket that was produced seemingly out of nowhere.

Unfortunately, there's a slight problem with moving that fast on a beach. Sand gets absolutely everywhere, every one of the steps Kabuto took at his ridiculous speeds throwing up a clod of sand, and the hundreds to thousands taken within the space of a second all seemingly kicking in at once.

It's like an explosion. Of sand. That doesn't really bother the transforming hero because he has a full faced helmet, but y'know. Not everyone is Kabuto. ]

Well then, perhaps we should go look for the source now.

[ Tendou contemplates his options, seemingly oblivious to the mineral rain he's caused.

Because while Ra has always fought monsters beneath the horizon, Kamen Riders have never fared well after being tossed into the drink. Not that he would tell anyone that. ]

jellyfish

[pathofheaven]

[ There's a guy just standing there, looking at Shadow, a rather amused expression on his face. ]

They're coming out faster than you can collect them like this, you know.

[ Sure, you can really savour each stab, or whatever it is Shadow is doing, but in the grand scheme of things he's probably not being very helpful. ]

[nibelungvalesti]

That will certainly suffice. Solid ground will making dealing with whatever is causing the difficult out there that much easier. You can provide that better than I.

[Without hesitation, Lenneth steps out onto the frozen water, heading out to sea to find said source of the chaos. She assumes Elsa is coming.]

[tearitup]

[ She shakes her head, giving her a smile. ]

I didn't assume so--rather, I thought you were just as concerned as I about the young ladies who have gone missing.

[chaoscontrol]

[he's quite fast, but there are... lots and lots of jellyfish. He pauses, giving the human a look]

If you wish to enter the water and find the source, knock yourself out. [a very deliberate stab] I don't swim. I especially do not swim in water swarming with stinging invertebrates.

[priforprince]

[ When the explosion clears, a pillar of salt is left standing on the beach like the blasphemer it is.

Oh, wait, sorry, it's Hibiki. Covered head to toe in sand. This universe took her hammerspace sword from her but it couldn't do a blasted thing about the cartoon physics. That stuff is stuck fast.

She shakes the sand off her person after a few incredulous moments - a single shake, accompanied by another flash and outpouring of glitter to go with the sand - and pulls out a handkerchief to take care of any residue on her face or in her hair. While she attends to these ministrations, something the masked hero had said strikes a chord. She frowns. ]

...."we"?

[put_a_ring_on_it]

[Whoops. She sure gave that one away. Smiling a bit sheepishly, Luna nods back.]

Ah... yes. That's right. I'm here to investigate the disappearances, just as you said.

The Illegal one

[zenithguard]

Someone had prayed to Leona to deal with these gentlemen, and so here she was, finding that her work had been done already. And in such an indirect manner. What a cheeky boy.

She stood next to Allen and watched the two men brawling in the street with an air of barely concealed irritation, looming over him without actually looking at him.

"It seems that I'm not needed here after all."