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

[boneofsword]

Beats me. [Archer grimaces with disgust. He's seriously offended with others culinary tastes.]

Try checking the shopping mall from time to time, you'll find worse things.

[futhark]

Rats, really. [ He's still sighing heavily, almost ignoring the escaping ayakashi--

oh, right, escaping ayakashi. He stares at Archer ]

Uhh, couldn't you stop them? With that boundary thing, or something?

[ goddammit, what a fail-team they are ]

[boneofsword]

As you wish, Master. [That's a friendly jab reminder of duties. Archer simply draws a line, mutters something, and the ayakashi bumps against the barrier.]

[futhark]

Tch, I am not your Master-!

[ Way to send shivers down his spine, ugh. Why does shinki still keep knowledge of weirdest of things ]

[boneofsword]

My apologies. [That's the exact reason why. Archer uses the honorific rarely, mostly for moments like these.] Shouldn't you invoke my vessel name? [just saying, with enough sarcasm to burn the holes in the pavement.]

[futhark]

[ Caster raises his hand as if to interrupt him- ]

Just for these small fries? Let's observe some more.

[ That's a careless decision, as ayakashi are dangerous no matter their size- or maybe it's a rare hint of the druid knowledge... even if he's not a real druid. The barrier does not last forever, and the ayakashi eventually escape. They do run somewhere but what Caster pays attention to is... the unlikely orderly fashion they do it in. ]

Interesting.

[boneofsword]

[Interesting indeed. The behavior suggest some kind of a hivemind. Then there's the fact that food is infused with ayakashi, though it's hard to say if it happened when the rats were alive or much later.] You think something is controlling them.

[futhark]

That's a possibility. I've been also wondered if it's possible for one ayakashi to have multiple bodies.

[ So the small fries being just part of the bigger one. Wouldn't matter if they destroyed them now, as it would just be a small, probably unnoticeable wound to the main body. He follows them, not caring if he attracts their attention and gets attacked instead ]

They do move as one, after all...

[boneofsword]

[As if Archer would ever allow any ayakashi to come close to his idiot of a god. If any of these try to attack he's going to smack them away with a blade like a pingpong ball, while following Caster.]

There's only one way to find out.

[futhark]

As long as we can follow them.

[ The buggers gain speed, and this will be the fail of the day if they happen to lose them.... ]

[boneofsword]

Aren't you faster than them? [the innocent question is ruined by the underlying sarcasm. Oh well.]

[futhark]

[ Wow, rude ]

I'm holding back only so you can keep up! [ he yells right back

Okay now, that hit a nerve. Because he WOULD be the fastest if he would be in his Lancer manifestation that is. With this goddamn fluttery attire, and all hindrances that Caster-class have he's still fast. Just not as fast as he would like to. ]

[boneofsword]

Then don't. Keep up with them so you won't hold me back.

[That's Archer for you. He's not going to even try being nice, for once. And he still watches Caster's back. Literaly.]

[futhark]

[ Caster just groans, shoots his shinki a nasty glare, and, well... gathers that damned druid robe, at least up his knees, and runs forward even faster.

As the beach ends and the ayakashi jump into the bush, he jumps right behind them, expecting them to continue their run--

But unfortunately, he drops right into a middle of them gathering into one slightly bigger ones. ]


---SHIIIITT!!!

[ His rank might no longer be level E, but it's not much higher, staying on the level D... ]

[boneofsword]

[Good thing Archer is right behind him, he can catch Caster and pull him away, immediately casting a borderline between them and ayakashi.] Are you okay?

[futhark]

Tch, yes..!

[ Not true. Blight here, blight there, there is no denying that he did get in contact with this stuff. And while the borderline is good in protecting them from any more harm, the ayakashi chooses it as a chance to disappear in nearest bushes ]

[boneofsword]

[Not that Archer cares much about that kind of blight, even if it ends on his own skin from the touch. That ayakashi gets the brunt of his annoyance, ending almost cut in two by another borderline. He's not going to let that thing get away.]

[futhark]

[ It's still off in the bushes, no longer visible

As much as the blight stings, Caster just jumps right after it but- ]

Gh--- damn it! I can't see it.

[boneofsword]

[Archer pulls him out of the bushes, deciding to try a different tactics.]

It can still see you.

[Time to set borderline around the bushes, leaving only one side open. And him and Caster as the bait. Archer summons his bow and shoots a volley of arrows into the bush. Sure, he can't kill the ayakashi, but annoying them is his plan.]