TEST DRIVE # 17

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TEST DRIVE # 17



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Courtly Cadavers

Several dead bodies have very suddenly returned to life. Not only that, but they seem to be possessed by very courteous and polite spirits. So there are reports of half-rotten beings bowing down to young ladies and kissing their hands or holding open doors for other passersby. It's really nice, sure, but also really disturbing.

Dark Deeds

In the middle of the night, there is a spirit that keeps turning off all of the street lamps. Fortunately, there aren't many cars on the roads at this time. Unfortunately, the spirit is also putting out all of the cars' headlights as well. And no cell phone lights or flashlights work during that time either and it's starting to cause a lot of accidents.

Endless Eight

There are eight blocks in downtown Tokyo that have taken to repeating endlessly. As you reach the end of the eight block, you find yourself stepping onto the first block again. No amount of turning or redirecting yourself will allow you to leave the eight blocks - until you stop by a cafe with a couple of bunny girls out front and make a purchase, that is.

Further Forward

Many in Tokyo want nothing more than to be on the cutting edge of technology! And there are some wealthy people who want to be even further ahead than everyone else. That's why they've sent out a general call for new types of technology to be brought to them. And if what you bring is impressive enough, you might get yourself a nice reward~

Giant Goats

Several farms on the outskirts of the city have reported a very sudden and tremendous growth in their goats. That's right, there are two-story tall goats hanging out with the other farm animals. Other than being very large, they seem mostly the same. But since goats will eat anything, well... Let's just say a couple of farmers are going to need new barns soon.



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Toushirou Hitsugaya | Bleach | God

[freezetheheavens]

Courtly Cadavers

[Seeing dead bodies coming to life hardly registers to Toushirou. It’s something that isn’t particularly out of the norm for the shinigami, especially since after everything that has happened.

Nonetheless, he can’t really allow half-rotten corpses to walk around, so he prevents one of the corpses from getting close to a young lady, forcing them back.]

Go and rest in peace already. There’s nothing left for you here.

[He’s not sure if he’s able to send these spirits to peace, so talking to them is one way of going at it.]

Dark Deeds

[Toushirou pauses when he hears the accidents occurring, a soft sigh escaping from him as he leisurely jumps across rooftops to survey the damage.

His eyes narrows the moment he notices the spirit.

It’s enough for him to draw his zanpakuto, lowering his reiatsu enough to start to freeze the spirit in its tracks.]

Wildcard

[Make up your own prompt!]

Courtly

[cruelspider]

[That young lady happens to be Machi. Her eyes shift from the half-rotten corpses to the short white haired kid man in front of her. There's the faintest bit of tension in her hands but its gone as quickly as it came. From behind, Toushirou looks like someone fimilar, but only for brief moment.]

It's useless.

[freezetheheavens]

[He sighs, feeling a little irritated.]

With the way this is going, they're going to run rampant through the city.

[Honestly, he's a little tempted to see if he can cut them down, but might risk hurting the humans instead.]

[cruelspider]

If that bothers you then why are you just standing there talking to it?

[She looks less then impress with Toushirou, not understanding what he thinks he will accomplish by trying. Machi moves to step around him.]

Is your sword just for show?

[freezetheheavens]

If it were normal souls, at least I'd be able to send them away.

[A glance at her.]

You standing here and talking to me does nothing either.

[Excuse him as he just jumps up to the nearest rooftop.]

Courtly Cadavers

[oopsiedaisy]

[Merrill was no stranger to the undead herself, however she was more familiar with the cranky variety. This one had caught her so off guard she just found herself staring as it approached, until the young boy came to her rescue.

And oh wasn't he just precious? Not very understanding though, the dead man was being rather nice, and she didn't want him to get all cranky and bitey and stabby like the ones back home.]

Oh um, but thank you anyway. You were very nice...[She struggled to find something kind to say to the undead in return. He probably was having a hard time being dead and all, so he probably needed some encouragement!] I hope you find the rest of your face, I'm sure it will look very nice all... back.. together...again.

[She trailed of as a shiver ran up her spine, because thinking about it, she realized he was really quite icky.]

[freezetheheavens]

[The undead seems to look as if he was about to argue, but Toushirou raises an eyebrow at it.

It seems to get the undead to look sheepish enough to finally back off, even though it seems to want to try and get closer again.]

Leave.

[His tone is cold, chilling even that it has the undead scrambling away before it gets frozen.]

[oopsiedaisy]

[Something about this angry small child reminded him of Keeper Marethari, except smaller and cuter and not as scary.

Oh and he was a mage too! Didn't look dressed warm enough to be using winter magic though. didn't his ears get cold? Well, she should probably thank him, even if she couldn't give him a hat. Patting him on the head was a good encouraging gesture for children, right? Right.]

Ma serannas da'len, that was very thoughtful of you!

[freezetheheavens]

[.....

He quickly ducks away from the head pat, looking far from amused at being treated like a child. Instead, he simply gives her a look, vaguely curious at the language she was speaking in.

Toushirou instead sighs.]

There's still more, so be careful.

cadavers

[dragonflood]

They can't be reasoned with. [In her experience with these kinds of things, anyway. She hasn't actually tried with these ones, but there's no reason to when she can spend her time searching for the root of the problem instead.]

They're not making much trouble yet. If you're done here, let's look around for what's doing this.

[freezetheheavens]

You think there is anything?

[But either way, he'll start moving.]

[dragonflood]

There has to be. [No explanation forthcoming for why she thinks that...]

[She glances up as a fish-like creature zooms to their location, swims up to Rekka for a second, and then takes off again.] This way.

["This way" being through a line of polite cadavers. Good work, fish.]

...What's your specialty? [If she'd thought about it more carefully, she would've worded that differently, but being a member of a secretive order makes her take certain things for granted, and Makai Priests tend to have specialties.]

[freezetheheavens]

[A curious glance at the fish-like creature.]

How are you so sure about this way?

[But given how it's the only lead they got, he won't argue too much.

A slow blink.]

You'll need to elaborate on what you mean by 'specialty'.

Why more zombies though

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako had frozen at the sight of the corpse shambling towards her because it was so much like her first day here that for a moment she could only stare in horror. But then someone is speaking nearby and as that wasn't a voice she recognized, she's going to assume it's not another evil spirit trying to trick her. For once strangers meant the opposite of danger!

Which is why she's quick to duck behind him, peering out around his side at the corpse, fingers clutching the dark fabric of his robes. ]

I don't think he's listening to you.

because it's zombies

[freezetheheavens]

[Toushirou doesn't react much as the young girl ducks behind him. He can feel those fingers clutching his robes, earning a backwards glance at her.

However, he soon returns his attention back to the corpse as it shifts its course to head in his direction.

He sighs.]

The stubborn ones usually never do.

[Would it be too much to strike it down? No, not with the young girl currently clinging onto him, so he turns in her hold to grab her before he jumps up into the air.]

she didn't ask for this

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako gives a soft yelp as they're suddenly airborne and well, that's enough to distract her from the corpse they're currently leaving behind on the ground. ]

Whoa! You can fly, too?!

poor nanako. she doesn't deserve the zombies

[freezetheheavens]

Something like that.

[He stands in the air as he would if he was standing on solid ground, though he continues to keep a hold of Nanako.

Toushirou peers down at the corpse before he shifts his attention to her.]

Can you fly?

1/2 cadavers!

[likethelight]

[ Go rest in peace...?

It's not the answer Allen is used to hearing from other gods and shinki. Not against so unsightly an undead; what everyone would see as a monster even if these are so well-mannered it's a little unsettling.

The other boy-god drops down beside him, expression clear and a bit curious. Don't mind him.

Or his black and blood red left eye and how he seems to be looking through the cadaver. ]

These aren't their normal bodies. [ It's said so conversationally, as if by means of explanation. 'sup ]

2/2

[likethelight]

[ Although he sweats a bit when the woman who had been approached initially is spurred into reacting finally when a third weird person shows up... and runs away with a scream. First that thing and then two of those strange boys came out of nowhere!! "M-monsters!!"

Oh. ]

Ah. . . .

[freezetheheavens]

It's not, but we can't have spirits possessing bodies on a whim.

[If there were Hollows around, it'd be like a feeding ground to them, especially with this much spiritual energy coming around.

But he stares blankly when the woman is spurred into action, running away.]

.......

[He sighs, glancing at the corpse as it seems to be sulking.]

let the bodies hit the floor

[genkireaper]

You know, I've tried reasoning with them...

[ This isn't the first of the charming undead to have cornered her today, unfortunately. It certainly wasn't the worst they could be doing, not by a long shot, but last time one of those creatures left a bit of their lip on her hand. ]

The only thing that seemed to work was a swift smack to the head. Not that I stuck around to see if they stayed down.

[ Not that the girl seemed to have anything to smack them with at the time. ]

that song--

[freezetheheavens]

[Toushirou doesn't say anything for a moment, forcing the undead away.

A chilling glare has it scrambling away.]

Probably not. They're spirits, so it's easy for them to simply take possession of another corpse.

So apt?

[genkireaper]

Shouldn't the question be where so many bodies came from for them to wandering around so easily?

[ Many didn't seem to be in any condition to be tearing themselves out of the ground or anything like that. Though the blue-haired girl pulls on a smile, barely containing the laughter with what she says next. ]

I suppose we should be grateful that they're not possessing living bodies.

very apt

[freezetheheavens]

There should be a cemetery close by for so many of these bodies to come forth.

[He doesn't seem to share the same delight, though he doesn't choose to say anything to her about it.]

It'd be more of a pain in the ass if they end up possessing any living bodies. Either way, it'd be a good idea to prevent more from spawning somehow.

Courtly Cadavers

[fortunesmiles]

That seems like a bit of an arbitrary order, doesn't it? [Komaeda had been wandering bemusedly among the corpses when he'd heard the stranger - another god, he senses - speak. It's enough to make him stop for at least a passing conversation.] Most shinki are just as dead as them. And I died before coming here as well. They're certainly less...well-preserved, but I don't know if we're in any position to tell the dead to stop wandering around...