TDM #19

[godsoffortune]

TEST DRIVE # 19



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.



Marriage Mystery

A brand-new wedding chapel in an upscale Tokyo neighborhood has a problem: both brides and grooms keep getting stood up at the altar! Help find one of the fleeing spouses, and figure out if it's just wedding jitters or whether there's an ayakashi scaring off would-be newlyweds.

Nervous Neighbors

This quiet suburb has been rocked by the arrival of a new family... or is it a rock band? They've painted their house purple with blue LEDs under the eaves, they loudly practice electric guitar and trumpet late into the night, and they put their garbage and recycling out on the wrong days. And now, they've invited the whole neighborhood to a barbecue. One way or another, this is going to be a party to remember.

Outrageous Owls

Something's gotten into the owls at Kamakura beach. Not only are they showing up during the day, but they're fighting off the seagulls and dive-bombing surprised beachgoers to steal their bentos... and are they a little bigger than usual, too? Could some of these angry owls be angry spirits instead? Oh no! Duck!

Putrid Piles

Performance art or gross prank? That's the question in Ginza this week, where giant heaps of household garbage are appearing on the sidewalks and even in the street overnight. For some reason, no one's been able to catch a glimpse of the prankster. Maybe what they need is a little divine assistance, or at least some help power-washing the sidewalk before the upscale shoppers arrive.

Quilt Quandary

A fiber art exhibit at the Tokyo Art Museum is having some very strange problems. At first the labels just seemed to be out of order, but now it seems like the dozens of gorgeously sewed antique quilts in the exhibit have a mind of their own. They fall off the walls, they drape over display cases and swaddle priceless statues, and sometimes they even tangle up visitors or security guards. The museum needs someone to deal with whatever's gotten into their quilts in a hurry, but be careful and don't break anything!



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

putrid piles!

[gentilitea]

I should like to know myself. [ He’s already way ahead of her with several bags full of garbage heaped in a corner to his name, and he’s currently hauling yet another filled bag and tossing it to the side where it’ll get picked up later on.

This is really the worst, and he’s cleaned up a lot of messes in his afterlifetime as it is. When he reaches over to grab the nearest indiscernible lump of refuse, it immediately springs out with a squeak and dashes into a nearby trash heap, upsetting the pile and causing it to roll over to the clean side of the street. ]

[challengesfate]

[There is a very curious part of her that's still not used to all the things she keeps coming across when she comes to the world of the living, so forgive her if finding a broken set of headphones has kept her from properly filling bags like she should be - but they are immediately dropped at the sound of that squeak, Lucina's gaze snapping up as the trash lump scurries off.]

- !

[Should she be approaching the mystery lump's new hiding place? Probably not, but she's going to anyway.]

What in the world? Refuse can't come to life...

[gentilitea]

[ It’s okay Lucina, not everyone can be as obsessively tidy as he is. ]

It might just be a rat. I’ve seen plenty of them hereabouts. [ He’s completely disregarding the possibility of ayakashi lurking hereabouts. He doesn’t seem all too concerned about it at this point—not when there’s even more to clean up now. ]

And don’t try to catch it, please. I’ll not be cleaning up after you if you make a mess as well.

[challengesfate]

If there are many of them...they must have been lured here by all of this.

[Probably sniffing out food and the like. She gives the toppled trash another curious look before she goes back to retrieve her bag, picking up what's been scattered on the street.

Lucina prickles, just slightly - just enough to be a touch irritated.] Thank you, but, I can clean up after myself just fine.

[gentilitea]

I’m sure you can. [ /sarcasm. He’d act toward a god with far more courtesy had he not been utterly irritated by this latest chore of his. ]

But can you clean up after others as well? The task before us is quite formidable.

[challengesfate]

I believe so, yes.

[Gosh, wow, that is some thickly spread sarcasm alright. But that's fine. Lucina keeps at her cleaning attempt, making sure to pick up whatever tiny bits of trash she sees along with the big ones. It's almost like Frederick and his habit of picking up stones - though not done with the same intent, it's a metholodical process.]

It will take more than a pile of garbage to deter me.