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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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Things that go round tend to be fun when they're not violent! [Mjolnir, after all, is usually moved in circles and it's probably considered fun and violent by his brother.] But indeed, this one is more haunted and sharper than your average house appliance.

Long distance and range seem to be wiser, right?

Hmmm. I suppose that is true. [ This is probably not the time or the place to be pondering that, but he's right, that does sound rather fun, in a way. She might even want to try it, were the circumstances not so dangerous.

His suggestion has her expression brightening, because at least that's something she can assist with. ]

I have my bow! But I'm not sure if my arrows can pierce their armor...

[ They looked very sturdy. ]

[Loki sighs.]

Unless these roombas happen to have a secret flaw in the form of a tiny hole where, if shot at a certain angle, makes them explode in a spectacular fashion... not likely.

How about if we add explosives to the arrow?

They explode?

[ What terrible monsters!

But his suggestion has her glancing at him in surprised interest, because she's never heard of such a thing. ]

Can we do that?

I know not. I was thinking of a famous story with a different round object. It was much larger, like castle-sized, so the crevice was more visible.

[He hasn't watched the first Star Wars movies, but he's read the Wikipedia summary. That counts, right? Like a bard retelling an epic.]

Oh, but we can try! Or get explosives if just shooting doesn't work. It'll be most certainly lit, like people say.