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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

[The black clad biker hasn't been much conversation up to this point and she doesn't seem to be now either. All she offers is a faint incline of her helmet and a shrug as she watches the wailing man.

But her shadow seems to be writhing a bit oddly beneath her feet, like it's waiting to be unleashed.]

[Riku can't fault her, he isn't one for a lot of conversation either. He sighs at the shrug, then nods.]

Yea, I thought so too.

[Honestly, it was more of a joke really anyway. He blinks when he sees her shadow moving though, uneasy. He knows all about the Darkness, makes use of it himself, so he knows better than to judge immediately, but still. Those that usually make use of that kind of power… he's met too many that abuse it.]

[The man keeps up his singing, but besides being obnoxious and perhaps a bit too aggressive in his attempts at courting he's at least not crossing any lines past public nuisance. Of course, the minute he'd try to lay hands on someone Celty would step in but for the moment...

She slips her phone from her sleeve, types a short message into it and then holds it over for Riku to read.]

He seems harmless. Just noisy.

[As would Riku, so they seem to feel similar in this regard… Good.

He leans over to read what she typed out, then nods in reply.]

Yea. It's just a question of what kind of trouble that noisiness will get him into at some point.

[There's only so much false singing the people around him will be able to bear, probably.]