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takamagahara2017-06-01 06:30 pm
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TEST DRIVE # 17
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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!
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.
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.
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.
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~
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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Ryuji Sakamoto | Persona 5 | God
[As if this place was at any shortage of weird, more and more surprises seem to be popping up like tulips in the spring. On one hand, it's kinda cool in that he'll never get bored, but on the other hand?
Well, the other hand is currently being held and gently caressed in the palm of some half-dead freak, or a really good cosplayer... he can't tell anymore. Ryuji is so caught up in his own shock and if he's at all honest with himself, the fact that he's almost shitting his pants at this, that it takes a moment to react. It's when he feels the dry, scaly lips press against the soft, delicate skin of his hands that his reaction comes out in such a physically exaggerated manner that he could almost take out anyone who might be within reach of him.]
YO!! [He's going to be really loud about this too, apparently.] The hell man!? Prank gone too far. So not appreciatin' the gesture. You can hold a door open for me, but I draw the line at a dead man's lips on my hand!
[Help...?]
Endless Eight
[Alright. He's pretty sure he hasn't been looking at his phone upside-down, so when he finds himself right back at the start again, Ryuji's feet come to a screaming halt and he whips around to check behind him. For what? He's not really sure but something feels off about all of this and it's giving him the heebie jeebies. He can definitely count and he's up to three times now where the cute girls in the bunny outfits are calling out to him and beckoning him over.
Don't get him wrong - if it weren't for him being so damn confused right now, he'd take them up on the offer. He's more angry about the fact that he can't find his way around which prompts him to turn to the nearest person - you - and does what only the bravest of men do... the manliest of men. For he is a man's man.]
Uh, hey. [Sheepish smile as he half-turns his phone to show the map.] I'm tryin' to get to this bakery... any idea how to get there?
[He asks for directions.]
Giant Goats
[Give him a second. He's gotta rub his eyes for this one because either he hasn't been getting enough sleep since he got here and he's lost his damn mind or... no, there's no other explanation for it. He's definitely losing it. There is no way in hell those are goats the size of two story buildings grazing around on these farms. All he can really do is stand there for now, watching them with a dead look in his eyes.]
Guess that explains where all my protein powder went.
Wildcard!
[Got something else? Slam it down!]
goats
[She initiates a stare-down with the nearest goat, but it doesn't pay any attention to her.]
How long have you been here?
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[Pardon his rudeness.]
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[She looks over.] Where was it, then?
[This question is very important to figuring out what's up with the goats, you see.]
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[Cue awkward laughter. Very awkward laughter as he rubs at the back of his neck.]
Was a figure of speech or whatever they're called. I don't actually have... any protein powder. I was jokin'.
[Because you know, that's what people use to buff up and... the goats are...yeah.]
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What type of powder is it?
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[What kind of powder? What kind of question is that?]
It's... white? And powdery. I dunno! Think baby powder 'cept you don't eat baby powder! You put it in your food and shakes and stuff.
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Why were you nervous earlier?
[She doesn't really believe that he doesn't have any like he'd claimed, but if he's this forthcoming about what it is, then...she has no idea. She's not cunning enough in interacting with other people to not ask directly.]
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[He motions to the goats as if that'll answer everything. In his mind, it should. It has absolutely nothing to do with white powdery substances.]
Don't tell me you ain't feelin' at least a little scared of what these things might do!? They're eatin' barns!
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[But it's true that they don't have time for the questions when the goats are in fact eating barns, so she shelves that away and turns back to the goats.]
Is there anything you can do? I can stop their movement, but these guys are victims, too. [Unless they're actually goat
Horrorsayakashi, but...it doesn't look like that's the case.](no subject)
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no not bunny girls save him
Because that's obviously the logical conclusion to reach here. Never trust scantily-clad females, Ryuji. It won't end well for anyone.
Which is why he comes tearing down the street on his skateboard and doesn't even slow as he grabs the unfamiliar blond guy by the collar and drags him away with determined intent. Because anime physics make anything possible, shut up. ]
Don't trust the bunny girls! They're suspicious!
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[Uh okay, one second he's asking someone for directions and the next... that someone isn't there anymore and he's being dragged away by the collar.]
The hell is going on!?
[It's a damn good thing he's so good on his feet because he breaks into a bit of a run to keep up rather than fumbling along like an idiot. Eventually though, he manages to wriggle his collar free of the person's grip and whips around, his face red with anger.]
I wasn't even lookin' at the girls!
[And the lie detector test determined: that was a lie.]
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That's obviously a lie. But I don't care. Dude, there's something weird with them! Didn't you notice?
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Yeah man, I did. They're like, wavin' at me and stuff... one blew a kiss at me earlier. Girls never do that.
[He might have missed the point entirely. That, or he hit the nail right on the head. Is there really any in between?]
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[ Probably not, but he still doesn't want to hear about your weird dating stuff, alright. ]
Look, everything keeps looping back to this one damn spot. It doesn't matter how far you try and go or how fast, or even how high. It always dumps you right back here.
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He stares at Yata like he's grown another head. Or three.]
Huh? You sure you're not losin' it, man? I'm sure it's got somethin' to do with my GPS, it's been messed up since this morning when I got here.
apparently our tdms involve niles hitting on your character; cadavers
Sorry, dead man. This guy's mine.
[And with a knife he's pulled from somewhere on his body, he forces the man off and away from Ryuji. He'd like to stab him, but seeing as the man is already dead, that's not going to do a damn thing.]
Come, we're late.
[And if you want to fight him, you can enjoy being a zombie's 'bride'.]
sfghjfgkjg oh my freakin god niles
[Hold on just a hot second here.
He stops mid-sentence because nope. Nope. NOPE. First, there's some stranger holding him by the other hand and next thing he knows, he's got a knife and is forcing the other guy off of him. All Ryuji can do is stand there watching all of this go down in disbelief with him in the middle of it all.]
W-Wait, what's the knife for, man!?
[This is sketchy and he wants NO PART IN THIS.]
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Oh, my apologies, I thought you wanted help. I guess I'll just leave you for the undead.
[He slips the knife away to where there are a large number more hidden. More than Ryuji may want to see on any given day.]
I'll be sure to attend your wedding slash funeral.
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[He'll thank you in a second; he's just... motioning to where the knife gets tucked away as if it explains everything. That panicked hand is rubbing at the back of his neck now and he kicks at the ground with his toe.]
Thanks man, I owe you, yadda yadda, but maybe a warning before pullin' a knife out next time?
[He's about to go on about how he could've been some crazy bum, but he pauses at the sound of a scraping coming from behind them – looks like someone's grown lonely and decided to follow.]
For real...?
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[The whole point of the knife is the element of surprise. That's why he has it. And also, a bow and arrow that he pulls out and nails the undead directly in the forehead.]
Surprise is the name of the game.
[And that's all there is to it.]
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Did ya get 'im?
[He's just gonna... kick it with his foot to make sure before he asks anymore questions.]
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[He carries a bow around with him. If he missed such a worthless target, what kind of man would he be? Worthless.]
I am specialized in death, of course.
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[Not like he hasn't had exposure to weird shit like this before, what with the Shadows and all, but he doesn't look like much of a shadow to him.]
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[He chuckles. He's a Shinki anyways. Not a god of anything. But... this guy doesn't know that.]
I'm a much better god of something else...