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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!

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Yaah—!

[ Of all the things that Lux expected to happen, having something like a jellyfish suddenly soaring through the air at her head was certainly not on her short list. Admittedly, after laboring for some time herself, trying to get them back into the sea from whence they came, with the aid of a rather large stick (okay but who actually wants to touch these), she likely should have. Troublesome things.

But seeing the wriggling creature float through the air like a thing of horror and beauty, the slight blond let out a scream and did perhaps the only thing she could think to do other than scream—

Take that giant stick of hers, wind up and swing as hard as she could.

Hey Prompto, that jellyfish is flying right back in your direction, better duck! ]

[ Uh-oh. Any kind of screaming is bad screaming, and he should know this, considering how he's pretty much mastered the art of it. If screaming could be mastered, at least. His own eyes go wide when he hears it, because that sounds like a girl doing the screaming (Or it could be him, he doesn't know!) when— ]

Huh?

[ How did it do that?! These jellyfish are getting more and more aware of things if they're screaming... oh. A girl. A girl with a huge stick. A very pretty girl who... is swinging that stick almost in slow-mo for him because gosh she's pretty and...

Tentacles... girls don't- oh, crap. ]

Yikes!! [ That's all he has time for before the jellyfish goes splat on his face, the delightful creature ready to pucker up with stinging love, and now Prompto's the one screaming with his mouth closed as he struggles to get it off him, having fallen quite gracelessly to the sand and kicking himself about.

This is definitely not the hitting on he wants, that's for sure, but his pained sounds might be a cry for help somewhere... ]

[ Her arms still held up in post-swing, Lux blinked once, twice, still caught up by the quick act of self-defense. Because when something like that is flying at your head (WHY WERE THERE TENTACLE-LIKE THINGS FLYING AT HER HEAD?!), sometimes you react without truly realizing what you have done.

Like launching a gelatinous blob of stinging hatred at someone's face. ]

...

[ And for a moment, she stood frozen, staring as the creature flew in what felt like extreme slow motion. Meeting eyes with the blond stranger in front of her, her mind parsing what was about to take place.

Oh.

Oh shoot.

THIS ISN'T WHAT SHE WANTED AT ALL. ]

I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!

[ Something else to add to her short list of things she did not expect to do: help pull a very tenacious jellyfish off of someone else's face. Dropping the stick, she quickly made her way over, crouching down and—

Okay so how exactly is she supposed to extricate this thing without getting stung herself. Also he was kind of screaming? A lot??? Also thrashing about isn't exactly going to make this easy.

Gods, she's so sorry! ]

Just—just hold still for a moment!

[ Time to grip this wannabe face hugger and throw it back out to the sea where it belongs! ]

Edited 2017-02-07 03:19 (UTC)

[ Remember him as he was, cruel world, for he was beautiful once and had a face that charmed the world!! Or so he would wish for it, if he could, but at this moment, any chances of that his face will not be destroyed are slim. He can only see darkness, it's coming for him and he wants to cry, for he never even got to fall in love or take the best picture and—

Oh, the light. He can see it.

Only when he finally has his vision clear, the sting of the jellyfish's latch onto his nose fading into his memory, or perhaps he's just becoming delirious, does he see the angels coming for him.

This one is particularly pretty and Prompto's eyes are wide as he blinks a few times and stares. ]

... you.

[ He murmurs, staring slack-jawed at the lovely girl he can now see. ]

Are you an angel? Wait, have I died?!

[ CAN he die again? He doesn't know, but if he's getting to see someone this cute, maybe it's not so bad. ]

[ "Are you an angel?"

Slow blink once, twice— ]

[ Don't worry Prompto you aren't dead. There are plenty of other ~~booties~~ things you can take pictures of. ]

I'm pretty sure that something like that would be highly improbable, if not entirely impossible.

[ There is a bit of a giggle in her voice as she curled a hand at her lips. Hopefully this wasn't just him being delusional from the jellyfish stings, because otherwise she would feel terrible about the whole thing.

But really, an angel? While he doesn't get any sort of blush from that, there is something of a bashful flush that brushes over her features. ]

I'm Lux. No angel, just a lowly shinki. And before you ask, I'm pretty sure you're going to be okay. Mostly. Here.

[ Just. Don't look in the mirror right away. Your face is probably going to be a mess for a day or two.

Standing up, she bent down slightly, offering a hand to him. ]

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why hello stranger (jumping jellies)

HI PRETTY LADY

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