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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!

Comments

[lovemguns]

If ya talk of the Far Shore then we all who ain't originally from there are foreigners, ain't we? But I ain't lookin' for praise, I'm too old t' be a'lookin' for that anywhere I go.

[ Or at all. Looking for praise is for people who have high life-expectancy, not for supposedly-dead cowboys. ]

I figure you seem foreign considerin' where I'm from an' where I been after.

[ Not even the people in the other world had pink hair, though he supposes it's not the weirdest thing he's seen, what with the dog and cat people he met around the Japanese man in the flying metal tube. But since it appears she's a shinki, he won't try to figure out her origins. ]

Cassidy. The surname's Cassidy. You can jus' call me Butch.

[ But it's not like he doesn't get that she's not trying to incriminate him. It's nothing he's not used to, and it's true that he was a thief before. Going down the straight and narrow in some place called Heaven will be interesting. ]

[nohorn]

This Shore or the other.

[ As in... nothing here is familiar to her. Even without her memory she doesn't know what a Japan is, what a car is, what Shinto is, or anything like that. After all, that's what you get for being from another world entirely. ]

Then I guess I am foreign. Or maybe everyone else is foreign to me.

[ She's going to go that route apparently. ]

Master Thief Butch Cassidy-san.

[ And NEVER giving that up. After all, those snakes have now dispersed and she's completely alone now with him. ]

[lovemguns]

I see, then there's always the possibility you ain't native to the world at all. But you don't need to worry about that, you'll eventually learn your ways round the place and that matters more. You're just some more foreign than I am.

[ He's from America after all, not Japan.

HE shakes his head out of amusement. Cheeky girl, ain't she? Deadpan but cheeky. ]

You ain't a master thief if you ever been to the pokey, miss.

[nohorn]

I think that much is clear. I may not have memories of my own life, but what I know does not match up to anything here.

[ Basically she's from a fantasy world, and stuff like electricity is 100% a foreign concept. However, petty theft is not. ]

"Pokey"? [ She tilts her head, her eyes squinting slightly. It takes her a moment before she realizes what he means and apologetically bows to him. ]

I apologize but you are too old for me to consider in that way. I am sorry I cannot accept your confession.

[lovemguns]

That sounds rough on you. I've been in another world 'fore this but least I'm rememberin' it.

[ That was also a fantasy world, but pretty different from her world. ]

What you on about? [ Being called old is not what makes him confused, it's about the confession. But he quickly catches on what went wrong. ] Ah. No, miss, ya misunderstand. The pokey's the jailhouse.

[nohorn]

[ That just makes her more annoyed. Not really at him, just in her own missing memories. She doesn't even know why she dresses the way she does, she just knows that she is a maid.

But annoyance aside, she can never stop teasing. Or else she might die. She thinks that must be true too. ]

Oh, I see. Then I am not to your liking then? I apologize for being an eyesore.

[lovemguns]

[ One of his eyebrows goes up. If she's trying to fluster him or rile him up or react in some way except amusement with the attitudes of young people these days, she's not getting what she wants. ]

You're awful young for this ol' cowboy, lass. I think you said that first. An' then I ain't all much interested in confessions an' them sorts.

sorry for the delay, was on hiatus! no pressure if it's too late to continue!

[nohorn]

[ That's 100% of what she's trying to do here. It makes her happy when she can bully other people, pretty much, so it's what she does. ]

Good, then you remembered. Keeping your wits about you at an advanced age is a commendable trait.

[ Even now she can't give it up. She's confused though: ]

What is a "cowboy"?

[lovemguns]

[ It’s not that easy to bully outlaws. And if she chose one of the worse to bully, she’d be in a lot of trouble. ]

It’s probably one ‘a the few things I still got bout me these days.

[ And at home it’s common knowledge, what a cowboy is. ]

A man who herds cattle, many long hours on horseback, for them big folks who owns a lot a’ spread an’ animal. Mostly drifters who take jobs where they can get ‘em, less they’re permanently hired by a rancher.