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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

Pretty damn sure.

[Those snakes are seriously cramping Nari's style. He's the pickpocket here. So as reckless as he can be when it comes to touching ayakashi, he's going to use a trick to pin those snakes down. Problem is that he doesn't have a stick. Solution? Taking an old mans cane.

So he's got a snake pinned down, watching as it wriggles in panic.]

Mind getting a bag, little rabbit?

[ ... ah. Mira feels her cheeks heat up a little bit, embarrassingly enough. Maybe it's the nickname--no, it's definitely the nickname. ]

How can you handle... N-nevermind, I'll be right back.

[ She leaves, and... she feels bad about just taking a bag, so she leaves some money. Soon, she returns and holds it out. ]

Do you... want me to hold it while you put it in?

[ She's cringing. Oh, god. ]

[Nari just grins at her as she leaves. When Mira comes back, well... He's holding the snake, its head wedged between his fingers. It's curled around his arm feebly and there's obvious blight burns slowly growing on his arm.]

If this little guy wasn't being a literal pain, I'd play with him more. And please.

[He untangles the damn thing and drops it into the bag, quickly grabbing it from Mira and tying the top closed.]

One down. Who knows how many to go.

You'd-- play with a snake?

[ ... look, she's not judging Nari, but that kind of makes her uncomfortable. The blight burns, she notices, and they make her panic a bit. She dials down that panic, though. No reason to blight Sora, right?

One slithers over her foot, and she gives a shriek before jumping back. ]

I-I don't know why they're interested in me--!

Yeah. Just think of a snake as a cat without legs or fur, and a hell of a bigger temper.

[If there's one thing Nari will never do, it's sting Sora unless he was being touched by blight. This redhead doesn't feel bad about much.]

Because they know you're afraid. They can smell fear so they gravitate towards it.

... Oh.

[ ... she doesn't believe him, but at the same time, he seems so earnest. She looks nervously from the snake to Nari. ]

I-it's a little difficult to not be afraid!

[It's okay. Sometimes he doesn't believe what he says himself.]

As long as it's not looking to bite you, you'll be fine.

[ She hesitates, but doesn't stop giving the snake one of Those looks. ]

Easier said than done....

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