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TEST DRIVE # 15

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.

Sneaky Snakes

There are a number of snakes that have become possessed by a bunch of very sneaky ayakashi. They are slithering around, silently, snaring unsuspecting passersby into their trap - their trap to steal money. That's right, these snakes are busy snatching bills and coins from whoever they can. Try to put a stop to their thieving ways, or perhaps get thieved by them yourself.

Tummy Troubles

Many of the customers of a certain restaurant are complaining of the fact that their stomachs hurt after eating there. It could just be food poisoning, but many of these people are winding up in critical condition after a couple of days. It's time to figure out what the heck this cook is actually putting in the food.

Underwhelming Underwear

A family run business has been selling underwear for generations, but the underwear they sell is super boring and bland. Nobody wants to buy from them when cooler underwear is just around the corner. They've asked you to help them bring customers back in - by making their boring underwear seem as cool and hip as possible! How you do that is up to you.

Vividly Violet

There are so many ayakashi making their way through the air that at sunset the sky is turning an absolutely gorgeous shade of purple. Near Shore residents are reacting to this in varying ways. Many are delighted by the beautiful sky, but just as many are terrified that it's a sign of the end of times. Try to take down some ayakashi to make the sky less purple. Or just sit back and watch the beauty.

Wonder Wall

Anyways, there's this college boy who won't stop playing his acoustic guitar. He's from the US and is trying to pick up Japanese chicks. By now he should've somehow realized that they're totally not interested in him. But the song just keeps getting louder and louder and all that the people near the campus can hope is that today is gonna be the day that he stops playing. Maybe you're gonna be the one that saves them.

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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[Maria still isn't entirely sure whether she'll end up buying anything, but she gives a gracious enough smile at Kanade's remark on it. It can't hurt to at least look around at what they have, after all.

As Kanade heads into the stacks, Maria lingers briefly to look at what they have nearer the front. It's a little on the dull side, honestly, but sometimes that can come in handy. Especially for people who prefer not to show off.

...She wonders if Natsuru might appreciate a shop like this more.

When she's addressed, Maria's attention turns back to Kanade, though that makes it very obvious the amount of trouble she's having finding anything to offer Maria. After a few moments of watching the conundrum unfold, Maria smiles slightly and heads over to take a look herself.]

Don't feel obliged to find anything too fancy.

Ah-ahhaha....haha...ha...

[ Caught in the act, Kanade tries to laugh off her predicament. ] I only know...how to size sports bras....

[ They're not all she owns, but putting on bras in the store to see how they fit seems like a waste of time, so the one time Kanade loaded herself up on clothing that she remembers, she played it by ear. (This explains much about the general state of Kanade's dress.)

She turns to Maria and offers a smile that's supposed to be contrite, except she's also cracking up because wow, is she bad at this. Or maybe wow, underwear is inherently hilarious.

Or both. ] My bad.

Just make sure it stays that way.

[If there's one thing Shun can say for Kanade's methods, it's that they're the kind of thing he'd probably be doing in her place as well. A few of the ayakashi are battered out of the way by the flying body of their fellow before the rend is completed, and Shun simply flattens himself against Kanade's back for the moment to avoid any unnecessary skin contact with the ayakashi, shifting his weight as he needs to with her aerial motioins.

That anger comes through their bond to him, though, and for a moment, one of his hands rests on her flank. Fueling combat with fury is more than familiar to him, and he's not going to pretend it isn't effective, but he also knows that without something to ground you, it can be dangerous to yourself and everyone around you. He's not interested in losing himself to it again, and not interested in losing anyone else to it either.]

Combat is never that easy. But this is as efficient as we're going to get. [There's something approving about his tone there - for now, she is handling it well.]

[That...isn't quite the problem Maria was expecting, though after a moment, she lets out a bit of a laugh as well, because it's also possibly not as much of a problem as Kanade seems to think.]

I suppose that's what happens when all kinds of businesses pray for help and there's only so many experienced people to take them. [Her smile lingering, she shakes her head a little.] It's fine. Actually, I think I could use another sports bra more than I could use anything fancier right now.

[It's not like she doesn't use them often enough to validate owning a few different options.]

That makes it sound boring.

[ You're boring, boss man. Boring boring booo-ring.

She'll just have to keep this up, then, one ayakashi at a time - and if her breast is afire with the desire to get them all now, to finish this, every moment counts, she'll just use that fire to keep her moving till they're all gone!

So Kanade presses on, heedless of whether Shun will start being able to feel her muscles straining to keep up this level of energy, feel her body expanding and contracting as her breath comes shorter. Till they're all gone! Till this sky - is clear - again - and whatever - they're planning - is just as dead -

She's so focused on the ayakashi in front of her she doesn't notice there's a clump of them gearing up to attack from behind. ]

[ Kanade blinks. ] You work out?

I mean, you've got the muscles. But I figured that was like, a. [ She wiggles her fingers. ] Supermodel power or somethin'.

[ The very picture of discretion with the customers, this. ]

It's not my problem if having lives on the line can be boring to you. [He fights because he has to, and because he's good at it, but in terms of actually enjoying a fight, that comes much more easily when there aren't lives resting on the outcome.

Some of the strain in her motions can be felt under Shun's hands, though - the way her breath is coming so sharply, the labour of her movements. Shun grits his teeth, catching the movements of the pack behind them out of the corner of his eye, but he lets Kanade keep going just long enough to reach the one in front of her and do what she likes to it.

And then he pushes himself up just enough from her back to redistribute his weight, leaning a hard knee into her right side in an attempt to dip her down to somewhere she can respond better to the attack.]

Behind you! [There's no time to alert her to any more than that. He just has to hope the severity of the situation comes through.]

[Leo is just.

Facepalming so hard right now at his sister...]

Corrin, that won't work.

Okay, let me know if you feel bad or anything.

[Corrin spies the tobacco and wasabi, she probably shouldn't try it when she's trying to figure out the problem with the food, especially with the way the crowd looks so scared. She tries some more food and doesn't feel anything yet, but there has to be something wrong with it.]

Have you eaten here before?

[At least Maria doesn't seem to mind, though she does look a little flattered at the supermodel remark, since it's not quite accurate yet also rather high praise.]

Celebrities have to work for it as well, however unfortunate it might be sometimes. [There's a somewhat knowing smile, because really, with the kind of appetite Maria can get sometimes, she'd be in trouble if she wasn't willing to work for it.] You seem to be in good shape yourself, so I'm sure you know how it is.

[Of course, there's no mention of the fact that to Maria's knowledge, Kanade was in the same industry herself once upon a time.]

[What? It looked like a good idea, the snake hasn't come back either. She turns to Leo with the wallet in her hand. ]

It won't? Why not? Oh, have you find other snakes? Or know how we can return this?

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They're an ayakashi, Corrin. We need to Rend them...though we do need our shinki for that.

[He takes the wallet and opens it to show Corrin the ID]

We can take it to the local authorities and turn it in. They'll find the owner.

Oh, that's right we do. [She keeps forgetting about the ayakashi, she'll remember soon. ]

That's good. The person who lost it must be looking for it by now. We should find some more snakes, in case they took some more things.

[She knows she's seen some more snakes nearby. ]

Perhaps we should find our shinki first? So we can actually do something about the snakes?

[He loves you, big sister, but really now.]

[Corrin gives a sheepish smile.]

Oh, right! Let's go find them first.

[She can't help it! When she gets in the mood to help she tends to forget about everything else.

...She still gives the snake a disapproving look before joining Leo.]

[He laughs, offering her his arm as they walk]

I thought you hated snakes.

[She giggles as she takes his arm. ]

I did, until I read about them, now they don't seem too bad. I'm still not their biggest fan, but I can tolerate them now.

A: Sneaky Snakes

She was... admittedly still not sure how she of all people could be a god.... goddess. Would she be a little girl forever then? Or could she change her shape? However, for all her confusion she did want to help. She wasn't quite sure how she, of all people, could be a goddess, but here she was. Alice... or... Iduna? She wasn't sure what to call herself, honestly, but she much rather be Alice, at least for the moment.

In any case, Alice had heard about tricky snakes and their tricky ways. She wondered if she could talk to snakes! She hoped so! She was sure they had wonderfully interesting things to talk about. What did a snake see, so low to the ground as it was. Did they ever hurt their tummies, slithering like that? After all, a person walking barefoot could and did stub their toes on things, stepped on sharp rocks. Or did being so low to the ground mean they could see such things and just move to the side?

Was it true they smelled with their tongues?

So many questions.

"I beg your pardon!" she said to the snakes who merely looked at her before continuing on with it's latest bounty. Being ignored, Alice put her hands on her hips. "I said I BEG YOUR PARDON!" in her ire for being ignored, her ability to control plants wrapped around the offending creatures... except, new to the whole... cosmic powers as she was, those same vines that snapped out of the ground wrapped around... everything. Rocks, snakes, little ladybugs minding their own... and any passerby who had been minding their own business.

B. Tummy Troubles:

Alice looked all the restaurant and her nose scrunched up at the smell. It smelt dreadful and yet people are here eating? Well, not many people, actually. There seemed to be very few customers, to be quite honest. She looked around and felt like she was solving a mystery. A mystery was just a big riddle, after all, and she was terribly fond of riddles!

"Now then," she whispered as she looked about trying to find the kitchen. "If I were a kitchen, where would I be? I mean, obviously in the kitchen, but whereabouts in a building? Somewhere out of sight but easy to get to..." she peeked around corners and tried to find a waiter or waitress to follow.

Several minutes went by and the impatient little goddess frowned.

"Well, it's a wonder how anyone could get sick when there isn't anyone serving anything. Are they all in the kitchen?"

C. Wonder Wall:

Dreadifying, absolutely dreadifying! Which was a portmanteau of dreadful and horrifying to make a much grander sort of awful. She frowned, her ears covered as she watched the boy.

"I do feel sorry for him," she said aloud to no one in particular. "I don't think he realizes just how terrible it sounds. But an artist shouldn't be discouraged!" she tapped her lips. "Perhaps if we can convince him to practice at home and try something else? Perhaps we can ask Cupid to make him fall in love with the harp. The harp never sounds awful, after all!"

There’s that miscreant! [ he calls out as he storms on over toward the offending musician. The noise was becoming nothing short of unbearable, which did little to abate his growing temper when he spots Corrin with the guitarist. ]

And you! How dare you help him make all that racket?

[ There might be a misunderstanding here… ]

[ A – Tummy Troubles ]

[With so many people getting seriously sick, it's actually a miracle that the restaurant is still open, Riku thinks – or maybe something far more sinister. At this point it's clear that someone needs to step up and do something about it, so he has taken it upon himself to be that guy.

However, due to previous complains the staff are less than receptive to his attempts to take the diplomatic route through this debacle, which is how he's found himself spending the last five minutes on arguing with the waiter. Clearly he should have just tried to sneaking through the backdoor… it's too late for that now though.]

Look, I'm not here to complain. [Not exactly anyway.] I'd just like to have a quick word with your cook, please.

[ B – Wonderwall ]

[Having spent enough time traveling through an actual musical score to find a sound idea and gaining some appreciation for classical music on the way, Riku can't help but cringe a bit as the song continues to get louder and off-tune. He hadn't planned to stay around and keep an eye on this menace to the ear, but he can't help wonder aloud.]

Say, would putting him to sleep be an abuse of power or a favor to society?

[He's leaning towards first, which is why he hasn't tried a Sleepga spell yet.]

[ C – The World Of Wild Cards! ]

[Need another prompt/got another idea? Go Wild or give me a call through PM or plurk (iceyly)! :D]

[ He's napping on the edge of a roof when he senses it. Twin auras. Blue and-- Golden eyes suddenly snap open and in one clean move, he sits up, gaze landing on Munakata's man below. ]

........

[ Two seconds later, Mikoto falls on his back, carelessly throwing a hand over his eyes. He tries to go back to sleep but the continued sound of knives being thrown finally pushes him to check on it. With a sigh, the Red King rises from his slumber. He steps over the edge of the roof and without a second thought jumps down, landing on a easy crouch meters behind his clansmen. ]

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[ There's confusion on Butch's face, because he's not understanding what exactly this kid is on about. ]

Them're supposed'a keep things in place an' help against cold some, what more are there to be askin' of it?

[ Function is the important thing with underwear, because you wear it under the clothes. That's why there's an "under" in there. ]

He's a rather dense one, isn't he?

[Izumo himself looks slightly irritated as he continues to listen to the college student play the guitar.

It wasn't that he was too terrible, but rather that—

Nope. He was just terrible.]

A) Sneaky Snakes

[Celty doesn't remember much about her previous life, but she's pretty sure that there shouldn't be snakes slithering around in a subway station. The woman walks through the crowd, the lights overhead glinting on her motorcycle helmet as she follows one of the snakes slithering along between the feet of the mass of humanity.

She nearly loses it a few times until the room opens up to a bank of ticket machines. The snake slithers up to a foreign tourist trying to make sense of the subway map, and in his confusion it's busy sliding up his leg in search of his wallet.

Celty raises her hand, a swirl of black shadow forming around her wrist as she takes aim at the slithering sneakthief.]

B) Underwear

[While others might be a bit more willing to help out this earnest shopkeep, anyone seeing this man try to convince her to help might take it a different way. The man seems intense as he waves around a bra and panty set in front of her helmeted face. The woman in black biker garb on the other hand has her hands raised, waving them frantically for him to stop.]

C) Wonder Wall

[Even in life Celty tried to keep out of other peoples' business but there were a few exceptions. Obnoxious wannabe suitors was one such thing. The man's continued wailing and strumming is suddenly interrupted by a motorcycle boot to the back of the head. Not enough to hurt him, but certainly enough to send him tumbling forward.

He and his guitar both seem unharmed, but now he seems angry and is busy cursing at Celty as he tries to get back to his feet.]

Takuma also loved a good mystery and sticking his nose in places they didn't belong. It was in a helpful sense of course! He followed Alice around to the kitchen and noticed the disarray and the lack of quality in ingredients.

His nose wrinkled at the state of everything.

"I think we should take over, don't you?" He looked down at his fellow blond. "What do you think we should do, my little goddess?"

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Snakes | CORRIN OMG

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:D LEO!

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Alice Liddell || Alice in Wonderland || God

HELLO I'M SORRY JAKOB DOESN'T REMEMBER HER BUT wonder wall!

Riku | Kingdom Hearts | God

Sneaky Snakes - Mikoto's version of gentle is breaking shit unintentionally.... So he'll try?

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Wonder Wall

Celty Sturluson | Durarara!! | Shinki

B Tummy Troubles