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TEST DRIVE # 01

What's that? You're interested in testing out what it would be like to join the wonderful world that is The Far Shore? Well then you have come to the right place! The Test Drive is here to make your life easy by letting you see how you would fare in our game 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.

Alleviating Ayakashi
The age-old quest of destroying ayakashi is something that most gods and shinki participate in at some point or another. Lucky for you, there are a lot of the nasty things around. Unlucky for you, they kind of think that eating you would be a lot of fun. So let's hope you're experienced enough at combat to kill them! Or at least avoid them long enough for someone else to…

Broken Bonds
A request has come in from someone who is missing a person who was in their life a long time ago. They want you to find that person and bring them back, no matter what it takes! Unfortunately, the only description you're getting of the person is from when they were seven, and they're likely in their fifties now. But that little picture the requester gave you might help you in your search if you ask enough people! That is, if you can get their attention long enough to ask…

Couple Complaining
There are a lot of couples around lately and certain followers are so jealous of them that they are praying for certain couples to be torn apart. That might not be your cup of tea, but then again it might be, who knows! All you know is that the lovers you're following around are a couple of the most nauseatingly cute people you've ever seen in a relationship. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to break them up after all, just for the sanity of everyone around them…

Darling Dearest
Of course, with Valentine's Day just around the corner, there are plenty of young Japanese boys praying that they will receive chocolates from the girls that they like. Are you willing to play a little game of match-making? And how exactly are you supposed to push two people together when neither of them tends to notice you for long? Ah well, love is in the air and you might as well help it along!

Exchanging Endowments
Valentine's Day isn't only celebrated by the people of the Near Shore, though. Those of the Far Shore are often placed in positions where they have to exchange chocolates. So what exactly are you going to do? This can be obligation chocolate, friendship chocolate, chocolate to express your love, or anything else you can think of.

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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[~~A weak attack like that can't compare to 2500 ATK-- or...well...make that 2300 ATK now.~~

Yuya really should be watching his surroundings, buuut he's also been good with taking blows in his previous life. The bolt hits its target, and the dragon squawks in surprise before turning towards the teen. However, instead of making a counterattack, the monster lowers its head and waves its ~~tiny Trex~~ arms in surrender.]

Whoa, wait! I'm friendly, I'm a shinki! Don't attack! [The telepathic voice that echoes from the dragon sounds like a kid in distress. Yuya's not one for picking fights, after all.]

[ Whatever he'd been expecting- it hadn't been that. ]

Wait- yer a shinki? Dude, badass!

[ Kanji grins and makes his way up to the rooftops to get a better look at his fellow shinki, the faint blue glow around his hands vanishing altogether. ]

I didn't know there were dragon shinki!

Uhh...wha? [Well, this is his first time hearing that sort of compliment. While he would normally be pretty happy about it, he's still partially caught off guard.

At least Yuya calms down enough to raise his head, now towering over the older teen. He still can't get over the new height of his dragon form gives him since...he's a little under average height for his age. (ALTHOUGH HE'LL NEVER ADMIT IT!)]

Er, I'm actually human. [Dead...but still human.] My...master [oh so begrudgingly said] forgot to turn me back.

[More like purposely ditched him in this form, probably.] So I'm kind of stuck like this till he returns.

So, what, you're some kinda shape-shifter?

[ Kanji rocks back on his heels, looking the giant red dragon over with something like admiration. Damn, that's badass. ]

Yer master- you mean your god? This your shinki form?

[ Because damn, he wanted a form change if that's the case.

Could they get form changes? Either way, that was a badass other form. ]

...Yeah. That person. [IF HE WERE HUMAN, he'd be rolling his eyes. Not at Kanji but mainly because he's not exactly comfortable referring to Vector as either master or god....Although he's not sure if he's allowed to mention the god's name. Guy's sort of unpredictable and Yuya doesn't want to be stuck as a dragon forever.]

I guess I am sort of a shape-shifter, huh? I got this form and a weapon one, but I figured it's better to be in this one 'cause I can still move around.

[Although he's mainly kept to the rooftops as to not attract attention while on the streets below.]

Are you a god or shinki? [The dragon moves its head about to survey Kanji, looking for the tell-tale sign of a shinki name.]

[ Kanji's wearing a black and oddly magenta hoodie, and if there is a shinki mark, it's not on his face or hands, the only uncovered parts of his body. ]

I'm a shinki, yeah. Onna the new ones.

[ He shoves his hands into his pockets, slouching slightly. ]

So yer just stuck like this until yer god turns you back? That's shit luck.