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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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Nah, I can keep going.

[ Here comes the waiter. ] Hey, can we get spice or somethin'? No offense. Just for, like, variety, you know?

Wasabi or, I dunno, Tabasco. You're the food guy. You pick.

[ The crowd stands on tiptoes. They seem to be waiting. Terrified. ]

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?

[ Kanade shakes her head, liberally applying both sources of spice. ] Still kinda new. Sheesh, though, you'd think people would give a girl some elbow roo--

[ And then. Her elbow freezes. Lifted in midair. As she holds her utensils. ]

[Corrin looks up in surprise at the way that she freezes up, quickly dropping her fork to tend to her.] Can you move any other part of your body? [She didn't stop moving, until she ate both of the hot spices. Does that mean that the spices has something to do with it, then which one? The crowd doesn't help her think, by the way it's growing louder and louder.]

Can you hear me?

Ugghgh.

[ Looks like her arm can move! Both of them!

And they're now clutching her stomach as Kanade pitches sideways off her chair. ]

[Corrin moves quickly to catch her before she hits the ground. She eases her down to rest against her lap before she turns to the crowd.]

Get me something to rest her head!

[She has to make sure she's alright before she storms into the kitchen.]

Did somebody....get the name 'a that truck....

[ Kanade balls up, clutching her stomach, as a seat cushion is placed underneath her head (and her hair, and her hair, and her hair.) This might not have been the best decision she's ever had.

What's worse, though, is that she got somebody else mixed up in it. So she flashes Corrin as cocky a smile as she can manage. ]

...My bad.