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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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The idea sounded like a splendid one to Alice. She nodded and then grabbed his sleeve again.

"Put it near the kitchen but not in the kitchen," she grinned. "I'm ready when you are!"

"I'm all ready! I'm actually quite excited to pretend to be a poltergeist!" Takuma set off to make mischief.

First, he had to start small! He started flicking the lights on and off. That was sure to rattle a few people, especially if they were believers in otherworldly spirits. Next, he went over to the pots and pans hanging upside down and began to tap on them with a serving spoon. The restaurant staff was really starting to get shaken up at this point.

He led the mischief around the kitchen, playing with the faucets, tipping over cans of food (who uses canned food in a restaurant and wants to call themselves good? Honestly!), and as the kithen staff became more and more unsettled, it was time to run them out with The Ghost Fire.

He picked up a lighter, cooking alcohol and a ceramic plate then moved it outside of the kitchen, but near it. He placed it down onto the wait station, poured the alcohol in the shape of a smiley face, then lit it on fire with the lighter.

That was Alice's cue to run them out with the alarm!

Fire made and people starting to get nervous, Alice pulled the fire alarm. The few customers wasted no time in abandoning their seats and meals, many if not all of them on their cellphones either calling in the emergency.... or recording it.

The staff were gone too, several of them saying "This isn't worth the pay!"

Alice didn't quite understand what that meant but didn't question it, instead, she came out from where she was hiding and smiled.

"You did it! Splendid! Now let's find out what's making everyone sick!" She grabbed Takuma's hand and pulled him into the kitchen. It looked relatively clean, as clean as a kitchen abandoned in the middle of meals could be, in any case. The walls were white, the tables were stainless steel.

Alice went over to one of the food dishes and examined it.

"It doesn't smell or look rotten," she set it down, not willing to taste it, even if it wouldn't kill her. "Does anything seem amiss to you?"

Takuma followed Alice along hand-in-hand. He picked up a fork and prodded the food.

"Maybe it tastes very badly. I'd rather not taste it, though" Though he can't remember he came from a high place in society, his tastes certainly haven't changed.

"If it were just a bad tastes, I don't think it would be making people sick. No, I do think it must be more than that. Something is making people sick and we must find the answer!" She pulled his hand towards the fridge where all the food was stored and practically gagged at the rank smell coming from it.

She quickly covered her nose and mouth.

"I don't think I need to say that this must be our culprit!"

As soon as the seal on the fridge was opened, his vampire senses were able to catch it and his hands also flew to his nose and mouth.

"That is awful!" he said under tightly clasped hands. "Who in good conscience would use these ingredients?"

He took a step away from the fridge.

"What would you like to do about this now? Are we going to help them?"

"Do they not realize how rotten it all is? How could someone not notice rotten food! We are going to help them. We'll throw all this out. Burn it, if you must," she nearly gagged again as she held her nose. "And we'll make sure to come back and have them get clean fresh food. You don't think magic is preventing them from not seeing or smelling the decay, do you?"

Takuma tapped the side of his face with a finger in thought. "Maybe it's an ayakashi. Those things can make humans do some terrible things if they are frustrated enough"

Takuma looked over at the refrigerator again. It was probably in there but he really didn't want to open it up again. He didn't want to make his goddess do it either. He was here for her for a reason.

"I'm going to look in the fridge. Please take cover"

Alice moved behind a counter, peeking out and wondering if it was an ayakashi and if she would need to rend the spirit.

As Takuma opened the refrigerator, it was, indeed, an ayakashi. A rat sat atop the rotten, putrid food, multiple eyes gazing at Takuma as it hissed at the Shinki, all of its eyes turned on him. Alice nearly gagged at the smell the fridge emitted, like that of a corpse as the ayakashi came forward.

"IT IS AN AYAKASHI!"

Takuma slammed the fridge door closed once more and held it shut as the ayakashi began to slam itself against the fridge door to get to them. It was a strong little thing as the door started pushing against Takuma's back.

"You know what we have to do now. We can't leave it here to get stronger and make more people sick"