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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.



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Have fun!

Comments

Fushimi Saruhiko | K | Shinki | be gentle he's a new muse

[monkeyblue]

Sneaky Snakes

[Fushimi has no idea where his god's gone and frankly, he doesn't care. If they're going to go off and not help when he needs it, he'll just handle these snake ayakashi himself. Clearly, his god can't be relied on.

He's flinging knives at the snakes, pinning them in place and not really making a move to Rend them or anything. (Mostly because he really needs his god for that.)]

Tch.

Wonder Wall

[Not far out of sight of the idiot with the guitar is Fushimi, plugging his ears as he tries to decide just what they want him to do about an idiot like this. Someone this stubborn isn't going to listen to him when he tells them to stop, and frankly? Why can't the humans handle this idiot on their own?]

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

[lionhearrt]

[ 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. ]

XD

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi hears the other man but doesn't turn around.]

Are you a god?

[lionhearrt]

[ Mikoto rises to his feet, paying little attention to the snakes and their aggressor. ]

Something like that.

[monkeyblue]

Name me.

[Fushimi holds out a hand, turning to face the other man.]

I can't rend these snakes on my own.

1/2 | /spits out drink

[lionhearrt]

.........

[ Mikoto blinks. Eyes shifting to him at that statement with more than a little concern.

Congratulations. You've stumped him. ]

2/2

[lionhearrt]

[ After a moment, he shakes his head. Heaven really was screwed up. ]

I don't really think you want that.

sorry Mikoto?

[monkeyblue]

I'm asking. My god's nowhere to be found. Name me.

Don't lie to his face -_-

[lionhearrt]

[ Where's Izumo when he needs him? He'd know how to take care of this even without his memories. But... that's exactly why he told himself to stop relying on him. He didn't want to burden him with his problems anymore.

With a sigh, Mikoto steps forward, walking past him. ]

You don't need to rend them to stop them.

[ His aura flares to life, sliding across his skin like a warm embrace, burning anything that touches it. ]

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi steps back, somehow managing not to look as scared of the fire aura as he really is. Ugh.]

I only have so many knives.

Wonder Wall

[toremainbehind]

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.]

[monkeyblue]

He's probably tone deaf, which makes me why anyone'd give him a guitar in the first place. Or let him into the country.

[Maybe he's an ayakashi in disguise?]

[toremainbehind]

An easy enough solution is to take the guitar away.

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi rolls his eyes]

How? He won't let it go, they've tried.

[toremainbehind]

No one said he'd have to be conscious for it.

[Or in one piece.

But:]

Have you tried?

[monkeyblue]

[...he was trying to avoid violence but hey, if someone else is encouraging it Fushimi still has his knives]

He's heavier than I am.

[Or: no, because he'll just lose if he goes for the physical approach]

[toremainbehind]

[Izumo has no qualms with violence, as long as it's good taste.

A soft hum.]

He may be heavier but you can be faster.

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi side-eyes the older man before shrugging and letting two of his knives fall from his sleeves into his hands and walking forward, close enough to run up and grab the guitar once the idiot drops it.

Because really, anyone who doesn't drop their guitar when random throwing knives embed themselves between your feet and behind you after being through over your shoulder (which also cuts the shoulderstrap) is probably dumber than they look.

He does not drop it. Fushimi scoffs and prepares two more]

Idiot...

[thevanguard]

[ The humans really should have handled the idiot on their own.

Instead, the Heavens have dispatched their own version of 'assistance' even though the pair that shows up doesn't arrive together. Mostly because Yata's running late, so he bursts onto the scene in a shower of fiery sparks from the wheels of his skateboard as he skids to a stop not far away.

He doesn't look any happier about being here either. ]

Oi! [ A finger is jabbed at the human, the objection issued in an irritated tone. ] Shut up already! You're a menace!

[ Of course, the human pays no attention to him, either unable to see him at all or maybe he's just... really immersed in his terrible music, who knows? ]

[monkeyblue]

Tch.

[What an idiot. Why did the Heavens send him along, too?]

If he cared about being a menace, he would have stopped when that redhead threatened to call the police.

[Fushimi flips out a knife and starts tossing it. One way to handle it, he supposes.]

Out of the way.

[thevanguard]

What?

[ The voice comes from behind him and Yata turns with an automatic scowl already in place. Only to have his gaze narrow as he spots the knife.

Shit, he really has the worst luck with those. He suppresses a shudder and hides his unease behind a glare directed at the other guy instead. ]

We're not supposed to kill him!

[monkeyblue]

Who said anything about killing him? I'm going to scare him or destroy his guitar.

[thevanguard]

He can't see you!

[ That's sorta necessary for scaring, right?

Although the latter option has him turning back towards the really annoying human with a speculating gaze. ]

Do you think breaking his guitar will actually get him to stop?

[monkeyblue]

He can't play music if his instrument has daggers in it.

[thevanguard]

It's the singing that's the annoying part. [ Although his guitar playing is pretty terrible too. ] What, are you going to gag him, too?