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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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[Kairi is close to understanding, and yet so far. Even so, Celty nods emphatically at Kairi considering she's close enough to the point and steps aside to let her into the conversation.

The man, for his part, keeps going on about his underwear sales and asking for help.]

Uhh... Okay, how about this!

[She claps her hands together.]

I appreciate that you want some help! So let me just... take this nice stranger outside and then I'll come back in and try to help you out, okay?

[Which is when she tries to encourage the woman to follow her just outside the front of the store and smiles pleasantly up at her.]

Sorry about that. It's probably weird talking to a guy about underwear, right?

[Sadly Celty is not in a state that she can recall those men she knew who would talk about underwear, but she recalls it being troublesome. But more importantly she appreciates the earnest help that this girl offered her.

Her helmet bobs in a nod and then she slips her phone from her sleeve. It's a bit odd but instead of answering her straight away she types something into her phone and then holds it out for Kairi to read.]

It's fine. He just wouldn't stop talking long enough for me to turn him down. Thank you for stepping in but you don't need to help him just for my sake. Not if you don't want to.

[.... Huh. She has not seen anyone use the phone that way before. But she's met a walking, talking princess pony and two bipedal cats and a ghost-bird boy with a sword in his gut and a snake tail, so really this isn't actually the strangest thing by far that she's seen. She looks visibly confused before reading the text, getting a little closer so she can, then pulls back.]

I guess you prefer texting, huh? I'll give you my direct number so you don't have to show me instead, alright?

[Kairi does so, but then continues on with the original topic.]

I don't mind if you're from the Far Shore. You're probably doing a prayer, right?

[Celty nods as she's given the number. She doesn't mind showing it, she's used to it, but she appreciates the gesture of trust in giving the contact.]

Talking isn't really my thing.

[And boy howdy, Kairi, won't Celty be a nice addition to your menagerie of friends.

She tenses briefly at the mention of the Far Shore, but her shoulders then visibly relax as she puts things together.]

I'm
not sure
this is all new to me.

I feel like I'm used to doing odd jobs but something feels like its missing.

(ooc: Application pending, there's a decent chance that missing thing is her horse.)

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