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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

[Oh her god. That is a mighty BIG beastie.

Honestly, Rise wasn't looking for danger in particular. She had actually been tailing Hope because, well... can she help it if she thinks he's cute?

Plus, he seemed to have something of a clue as to what was going on. Or that's how it looked to her. This whole not being able to remember thing really didn't sit well with her at all, and judging from those magical swirls, he seemed to at least know herself.

Being put on the spot like that is a little disconcerting and she glances multiple times between the boy and the ayakashi. She's just a Shinki without a master.]

I-I'm not sure what I can do...

Of course you can do something!

[That she can see the monster-- ayakashi, he has to remind himself-- is already something. Is she another god or a shinki? Whichever she is, she can definitely do something about it.]

If you have fighting powers, I can back you up. If you don't...

[He's not good at being front and center, when he's used to being the long-ranged support, but he will certainly do his best.]

You can back me up.

[The sudden outcry makes her shake her head, but it's not because she disagrees with him. Okay, so it's a giant monster and she can... should (might?) be able to do something about it.

She has no clue if she's used to fighting monsters or not, but she can always try. Try and help somehow.]

...R-right. [Taking a more focused stance, her eyes trail back to Hope.]

I'm one of those... ["Dead people" was on the tip of her tongue but she holds it back. Being dead scares her about as much as her missing memories.] ...shinki weapons. And... and I can back you up!

[Even with her missing memories, attacking this thing head on doesn't feel normal or natural to Rise. But support is definitely something she can do.]

[At least they've now come to an agreement. True, Hope still has no concrete ideas about what to do, but that doesn't mean he's going to give up. It just means he wont charge in blindly and hope for the best.]

If you're a shinki, you can put up barriers, cant you?

[And already he has something forming in his mind.]

Can you cut out the smaller monsters from joining with the big one?