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TEST DRIVE # 14



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.



Noxious Neurotoxins

There's a few blocks of Tokyo that have been closed off completely and quarantined. It seems there's a deadly neurotoxin that's been detected in the area. But authorities claim there's no way that could have happened! Looks like this might be the work of an ayakashi. Try not to get infected.

Omnipresent Obituary

The same obituary has been showing up in the papers for the last three weeks. It's for a young boy who died in a car accident. Thing is, this accident happened more than twenty years ago. A little ghost boy is just looking for some attention by printing his own death announcement over and over again. Spend a little time with him, would you?

Pretentious Partner

A detective hailed as the greatest in his field has one heck of a time keeping a partner. But he needs one bad, so he's calling on random strangers to help him out. Unfortunately, he's very full of himself and not even that good at his job. Maybe that's why all his partners leave. It's up to you to help or hurt him!

Quick Quips

Time to step up to the mic and make some jokes. A local bar needs performers - specifically comedic ones. You'd better be quick with your jokes or the audience is going to boo you off the stage, and then you won't get the payment you've been promised for doing a good job! Oh, and this is a request from a devote follower, so you'll lose that support too.

Radical Roombas

Some off-the-wall ayakashi have possessed a number of Roombas and are busily terrorizing people on the streets. That's right - small, round, automated vacuum cleaners are bothering the people of Tokyo. What's more, some kid thought it would be funny to tape knives to some of them. Watch out for Stabby and try to take out the spirit possessing it.



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

InuYasha | InuYasha | Shinki

[hardedge]

{ I : Omnipresent Obituary }

Would you cut that out?!

[ InuYasha double took the first time it happened, and then it continued to happen. Then it continued some more. Then some more, until finally InuYasha was done watching the scenario recycle itself in an endless loop. The angered teen stomped over to the kid, glaring fiercely. Maybe some should intervene? ]

{ II: Radical Roombas }

[ Even if InuYasha did have his memories, he wouldn't have handled this any better than he's handling it now. All his time spent in Kagome's world may have regressed, but nothing would have ever prepared him for this. The annoyed half demon had about enough of these strange things going around with sharp daggers taped to them.

How would a barbaric half demon handle this situation you ask? Simple. By stomping on them, crushing the small roombas to smithereens. InuYasha growled subtly when one nicked his leg, and he retaliated by lunging over for it. InuYasha grasped it firmly and chucked to what's supposed to be a nearby wall so it will break. Hopefully no one walks into the crossfire. ]

Stupid thing!

II

[mithrarin]

[Dust's reflexes have him hitting the deck in a roll just moments before the roomba can bean him straight in the face. He flips up to his feet in a slight crouch, free hand lifted and his sword held slightly out from his side in readiness.]

Hey! What's the big idea?

[hardedge]

[ It's not like he was trying to hit anyone. InuYasha merely lost sight of what he was doing when the menacing roombas assaulted him. Nevertheless, InuYasha was relentless, even when he was at fault. ]

Maybe if you stayed outta-- [ STOMP ] Okay! I'm tired of this!

[ Out comes Testsusaiga, transitioning into its more threatening appearance.]

[mithrarin]

Whoa, hold on! [Oh yes. Combat readiness is definitely a good thing here.] You can't swing something like that around, you're going to wreck something. Or hurt someone.

I

[rainbowmaster]

[Angry half-demon aiming for a little kid.

A ghost kid, but that was beside the point.

Johan is quick to step in, blocking the little kid from facing this angered shinki. If InuYasha is able to see it, this little creature will appear on Johan's shoulder.]

Hey now, no need to aim for the kid.

[hardedge]

[ The creature was noticed, but it wasn't his focus. ]

I'm just gonna teach the brat a lesson.

[ He explained as he clenched his fist. You know, nothing serious. ]

[rainbowmaster]

He just wants to play around. [The little creature mewls in agreement, and the little kid peers around Johan in order to look at InuYasha.]

He didn't mean any harm.

Roombas!

[thevanguard]

[ Well. He didn't walk into the crossfire. But Yata rarely walks anywhere when he can skateboard instead. And by the time he realizes that there's something flying right for his head it's almost too late. There's a skid and a curse as he flings himself out of the way, going flying while his skateboard shoots the other direction.

Although the smashed Roomba never makes impact with the wall, because Yata's own Aura flares up in instinctive defensive reaction and the mechanical menace explodes into flames mid-air. ]

What the hell?!

[hardedge]

[ The dramatic reaction garnered InuYasha's reaction as his golden hues glanced in the direction of the complaint. It's not like he purposely threw it at Yata. With that in mind, his first retort: ] Watch where you're goin'!

[ STOMP! Another one bites the dust. ]

[thevanguard]

[ Aaaaand that's going to get the redhead really riled now as he turns to glare at the....

Wait, what the hell are you?

Momentarily distracted, he can only blink at the white-haired stranger stomping on a Roomba (because that's something you see every day) in wordless stupefaction before remembering. Oh, right. He's pissed at you.

Yata jabs an accusing finger in the stranger's direction. ]

Then don't go around throwing shit, asshole!

II

[minogame]

( Someone was definitely in the crossfire and he only barely manages to dodge it, dropping down on the ground, hands over his head and shrieking. )

Uuu! ( He isn't the type to get mad easily but he's definitely a bit of a whiner, ) What was that for?!

( He wasn't doing anything wrong! )

[hardedge]

[ Just great! Now he frightened someone. At least it appeared like they were frightened to him. ]

It's not like I threw it at you!

[ Not on purpose anyway. ]

Quit your whinin'!

[minogame]

( Frightened is a little strong but it's close enough. )

You should have been more careful, though! ( It's like a whiney little brother trying to scold another one-- honest, straight to the point, and not very effective. ) You could have hurt someone!

( Like him but he's not going to make this about him. Also h e's 500% still whining. )

I

[falsexistence]

Halt, Inuyasha.

[Kikyo stepped in front of him.]

Unleashing your strength upon this child is a bit like taking a fire spell to an ordinary fly, don't you think?

Save your strength for something that only you can handle. I'll take care of this.

[hardedge]

[ HALTED! ]

You callin' me weak?

[ Tch, his God was such a pain sometimes. ]

[falsexistence]

On the contrary. Your strength would be wasted on a task so asinine.

I

[water_meebo]

I-Inuyasha?

[ Mikleo almost gets hit when the half demon stomped pass him to the kid, in which Mikleo steps between the both of them almost instantly. ]

You need to calm down. We're not here to fight him.

[ Even though knowing the the other was a dog demon, Mikleo was brave enough to do this much. The whole idea that dog demons actually exist makes him feel antsy, but at least he looks like a person so the fear isn't so innate as an actual animal. ]

[hardedge]

[ Oh great. Not Mikleo again.

InuYasha wasn't going to hit anyone. His first instinct isn't to hit a small child, but hey! At least he came off threatening. Not that he even needed to try. The dog demon halted, preventing himself from colliding into Mikleo. ]

I'm just gonna teach the brat a lesson.

[ By teach, InuYasha meant becoming menacing and chew him out. Probably make the kid cry in the process. InuYasha wasn't very good at being sensitive or gentle, so this wasn't anything new. ]

[water_meebo]

[ Sorry Inuyasha he doesn't condone your violence, especially with little kids and he's not moving out of the other's way. ]

With what? You know that yelling him isn't going to make him do what you want.

[ Mikleo's not having it yeah. He's going to stay right there even though the other person was-- well of canine breed. He never actually met demons before so this was way new. ]

II

[bartenderizing]

[ Of course he walked into it. Shizuo rarely pays attention to what's around him, unless he's supposed to or his attention was grabbed already.

Luckily, even in getting the knife side of the little robot into his shoulder when the roomba smacks him in the side of the head, there doesn't seem to be more than a little scratch. As it falls, the tall blond bends over to pick it up before looking at the cosplay cat guy who threw it. ]

Oi, the hell're you doing? You wanted someone to die?

[ Without really thinking about it, Shizuo's hand squeezed the roomba- shattering it into several pieces and sparks. So ultimately, Inuyasha's plan on breaking the robot worked. ]

[hardedge]

[ Wow. Not a cosplay cat guy, okay! That's beside the point though. ]

Ya sure don't look dead to me.

[ Guess blondie over there should feel lucky!

STOMP, roomba carcas everywhere. ]

[bartenderizing]

[ Even without memories, he can tell enough by looks that it has to be a weird cosplay thing. Shizuo doesn't know how, but clearly it can't be anything else.

Especially in Tokyo. ]

Well I ain't anyone. You ready to take responsibility if it was someone else?

[ Counter-stomping another roomba, as if that enhances his point. Or shows off his temper better. Really, this is turning out to be an effective way of dealing with the dangerous roomba. ]

Option Two;

[fangedjudgement]

Tch. [The older brother could certainly lose no more love for Inuyasha, but for someone whom his father's blood ran through his veins this was embarrassing on a level he refused to stoop to. From his perch on the wall lining the street, he watched the sordid display with narrowed eyes.]

You can't even do away with mindless vermin scurrying around on the ground?

[hardedge]

[ Just goes to show Sesshomaru didn't leave any of the good genes behind, now did he? ]

No one asked you!

[ Seriously. All this bastard did was come around and throw insults at him. ]

[fangedjudgement]

[But who had asked you? Obviously even this simple task was beyond you. Of course, that didn't stop Sesshomaru from enjoying the show.

... Can you feel those eyes on you? They're judging every move you make.]