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TEST DRIVE # 03

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.

Keening Karaoke
For some reason, karaoke clubs have suddenly popped up all over the Heavens. Not only that, but they are the big new hotspot for residents of the Far Shore to hang out at and everyone around you has been pressuring you to join them. Do you continue to fight back or give in to the peer pressure weighing you down?

Little Lies
Everyone believes that white lies do no harm, so the people of the Near Shore are happy to use small lies whenever they need to. Tiny ayakashi have been springing from these little lies and are now teaming up to form into a huge ayakashi, and it keeps getting bigger with every passing moment!

Marriage Madness
With spring in the air, the season of weddings is upon the Near Shore, and boy do the people of Japan seem eager to get married this year. In fact, it's so crazy trying to book anything that there are literally hundreds of prayers being sent up asking for monetary deals as well as luck with finding the right place to marry. Help some poor people out.

Necklace Nuisance
A cursed necklace has sprung up in the city and there are a lot of people dying because of it. The weird thing is that no one who has actually worn the necklace has died, just everyone around them. This cursed necklace has fallen into the hands of a depraved young man who is more than happy to use its bad luck in order to start 'taking out the trash' of the world...

Overt Ogling
As the temperature rises, so do the skirts of teenage girls. Unfortunately, there are a lot of pubescent boys who are more than happy to take a gander whenever they can. Catching some peeping toms, how is a resident of the Far Shore supposed to react? Or even warn the poor girl who's being spied on?

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

[He got the guy's attention, that's good!

And... ha ha, that sounds like indulgence rather than being super-interested, but he still appreciates being humored, and finding a stranger to be friendly is always nice! He perks up straight away, his smile bigger and brighter!]

Oh -- a -- all right! Hehh, thanks!

[He tails just a couple of steps behind the man as he heads over to fetch the song list, watches him take the book - and when he's come back over, he looks at it eagerly before... his expression starts to falter deer-in-the-headlights blank.

He can't... really read, though he's been trying to pick up what he can since he found himself here. It makes sense, he guesses - people don't usually teach dogs how to read, do they - but still. Not exactly smooth of him, here.

He'll stall for a moment while they - as much as "they" can - start to look through. Leans over the book the man's holding, his brow knitting with... what might look like interest; it's more self-conscious focus. His tone's a little absentmindedly quieted and flowing, inflection conversational. Starts to shake his head to himself partway through.]

Uhh -- have you recognized any of the songs everyone's been singing here? 'Cause I haven't.

[Little shake of his head on that last bit. And then he looks up from the book, dialing a sheepish little smile back up.]

Then again... I'm a shinki, right? [Smile goes wider; rubs the back of his head. Words come out fringed with a little of a laugh!] If -- if I knew a lot about music while I was alive, I... guess wouldn't remember any of it, anyway!

[Wide blink!]

Um -- my name's Toboe, by the way!

I'm Hakkai.

[There's something odd about the way the boy's searching the book: Hakkai stops looking at the song titles himself after a moment and considers his face instead. He's looking all around the page, isn't he? His eyes aren't tracking the letters right to left, or even up to down.]

I haven't recognized any of them, either! Look, this section is traditional songs. If we pick one of these, maybe it'll be easier to sing along.

[He flips to the new section, tapping his finger against the "TRADITIONAL" heading, and watches Toboe's eyes.]