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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

Yeah, yeah.

[ Kanade tenses up her muscles against that guidance, but it's more a surly registration of her own reluctance than an outright refusal. They relax soon enough, and she lets herself be led away from the fight. This isn't right. It's smart, but it isn't - it isn't right. She doesn't want to leave anything to other people that she could do herself. Or is he saying that she couldn't do it herself?

...Is he right about that?

Aaah, no more thinking about difficult stuff. Kanade sighs, mostly mentally (bird lungs), and flaps down onto the rooftop. ] Ahhh.....now I'm hungry. You got bird feed in those wonder pockets?

[ In addition to the lighter, like, dude, why do you carry a lighter, is that a stupid question. ]

[In this state, Shun doesn't think she could do it herself, not without some major damage. While he can respect the desire to take all of this into her own hands, that's backfired on him regularly enough that he can see when it's a bad idea. Usually. Moreso when it doesn't involve him.

As they land, Shun hops off her back, dusting himself off. It seems like his coat has saved him from most of what would've otherwise blighted him - there's a scattering of the distinctive dark bruising around his jaw and a worse patch on the leading edge of the hand that was holding the lighter, but he can deal with it when they get back to the temple. It doesn't hurt enough to bother him too much, and as long as he doesn't touch Kanade with that part of his hand once she changes back, it should be fine.

On that note and with Kanade's question, Shun lets out a slight huff that could be frustrated or amused.]

I doubt it'd do you as much good as real food right now... [He casts one last glance across the sky to ensure they're not about to bear some kind of follow-up attack before settling on bringing her back out of the bird's form.] ...Amou Kanade.

[Nope, still hasn't quite hit first name basis yet.]