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!



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Have fun!

Comments

[replicatedform]

[His eyes were on the couple, until he looks to Sakura at hearing her words.]

... I'm trying to look for anything suspicious on him. Like an ayakashi or a lead.

[He crosses his arms, thinking.]

If it's just one couple, I'd think they're nervous. But they're not the first to run away from this church's ceremony.

[Yamanbagiri looks back at where the bride and groom went to, staring at the door before he turn his gaze back towards the altar. Hm... seems normal so far?]

[festal]

( She nods because her thoughts are the same. If it was just one or two couples, she wouldn't think anything of it but there have been several incidents already. )

It is strange... I don't sense anything but whatever it was, it m-must be here or nearby if it was just working, right?

( She'll help looking. Is there anything in the room that was also in the bride's room? )

It... might not be an ayakashi. ( Wishful thinking? Are they ready to take one down if they encounter one?. ) It could be s-some other anomaly... A cursed charm or something.

[replicatedform]

A cursed charm? I doubt a church would carry one...

[But it's a worthy thought. He thought about it for a moment. How or why would a church have such an item? If it's recent...]

Let's say it is a cursed charm or object. Do you think someone left something here and the church keeps it?

[festal]

I-It could have been an accident...

( It appears to be a common enough problem in this world, )

Maybe... close to the altar? That's where the groom was standing, wasn't there?

( There doesn't appear to be much up there besides a bible and a bunch of flowers, though... Flowers which are absolutely everywhere in the church, mind you. )

[replicatedform]

[Walking over towards the altar, he looks at it. What nice flowers... In any other situation, he'd like to admire them.]

This book looks well used.

[How quaint. He looks back at the flowers. Who knows, maybe there's something hiding between the stems?]

[festal]

If I recall... they're used for the marriage ceremonies because it's one of the holy books in this world... That's probably why, even if so many people have run away...

( There doesn't appear to be anything in them-- at least, nothing obvious-- but getting too close will give Yamanbagiri a sense of strong anxiety. Sakura also comes over to investigate next to him and thankfully, she has a naturally calming presence that should help dispel most of what he's feeling. )

The same flowers were in the bride's room... she even had a bouquet. And the groom... didn't he have a flower pinned to his coat too...?

( And within the flowers, something rustles-- a small moth ayakashi. )