Test Drive #20

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TEST DRIVE # 20



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.



Rope bridge Rumble

An adventure park that features several scary-exciting climbs and crossings between trees using only ropes has a huge problem. The ropes are getting unexpectedly tangled up. Even worse, it sometimes happens when a customer is trying to make a crossing, tripping them up in the midst of their course! While the safety ropes have been doing their job at keeping customers uninjured, the employees are fervently praying that whatever is doing this will go away, before something worse happens.

Steady Shave

It's the height of summer, and even men that treasure their beards, mustaches and sideburns dearly are driven to get it shaved off in the name of heat reduction. Small barbershops are being overrun with customers who want it all shaved off- some even going so far as to want their head shaved bare.
Answer the barber's pleas for a couple extra hands. May they be steady.

Toil and Trouble

A performance of Macbeth is being haunted by an ayakashi causing bad luck. Props getting misplaced or needing repairs, color gels for the lights getting torn, the microphones keep kicking up feedback- The customary wish of 'break a leg' feels dangerously close to becoming real. Rescue the Scottish Play from its curse before the curtain rises!

Ubiquitous U-turns

Elementary school children go home in groups for safety. However that measure isn't helping against some children getting home very late. And none of the kids can bring themselves to say why they end up taking so many wrong turns on the way. Take up a traffic flag and your best teacher voice, and help the children find their proper way home, keeping an eye out for anything - mundane or supernatural - that might be leading the kids astray.

Violet Veranda

Cheerful violets grew unusually well this year on the college dorm veranda, to the point where the whole perimeter of the veranda is full of containers holding them. But now the flowers are nearing the end of their life, and something strange is happening to the students at the same time. As the flowers wilt and fade, so does the energy of the students living in the dorm. While it would normally be impossible to draw a connection between the two, residents of the Far Shore can see the truth- tiny ladybug-like energy-hungry ayakashi are moving from flowers to students. Take care of this however you can before the last petal falls!



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

[snowlillie]

Gosh... I don't know what to say... thank you so much!

[Her cheeks rosy red by now against her pale skin, Lilie was all nervous and fidgeted cutely.]

Can I ask for your name?

[priforprince]

Hibiki.

[ Given freely, with a smile. ]

And you?

[snowlillie]

Lilie. My name's Lilie.

[No last name, none she can remember, or where she was from.]

[priforprince]

Lilie...

[ Hibiki looks honestly thrilled to have learned this.

Mostly for this opening. ] So you are a flower.

[snowlillie]

Well um, kind of? I mean, my name is derived from the word lily which is synonymous in the flower language for virtue and um... chastity but uh... it's not like I adhere to that at all, I mean...!

[Stumble stumble fumble fumble. Oh Lilie please.]

[dragonflood]

I'd heard that, too. We'd need to find what's causing it...

[She glances along the bridge.] You'd be in danger if it shows up here. Can you teleport?

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki laughs. But only once. And in a charmed sort of way. ] It's been a while since I met someone else familiar with flower language.

[ She has an Idea. ] Is your evening free?

[snowlillie]

Well um... I think it is? My god doesn't need me for the rest of the evening so...

[Which is to say the least, considering Lilie was out there all alone, it was clear her god was hands off.]

Yes, yes I'm free.

[sageprincess]

[Flushing a little; wow, that was a simpler answer than she had been expecting, but also--]

... While that does seem as good an idea as any, I fear I am still rather new to all this. I am still not entirely certain what attracts ayakashi in the first place. [...] Aside from these flowers, and the students, anyway.

[waitingforhope]

[It certainly was...an answer.]

[Assessing the situation, Mai settled on a smile. There was no real immediate danger for the two of them, especially if Nanako was adept at flying, and little harm in allowing the young girl to offer a hand.]

That's right. The poor man up there got tangled in the ropes, so I'm on my way to get him free.

Is that what you were going to do?

[amongthethorns]

[Seeing the crimson has faded from her eye when he glances up at her again, Alan feels some of the tension seep out of his body. It's not all gone, of course. Demons are an unpredictable untrustworthy lot. Nothing will ever convince him otherwise even if Hannah has behaved admirably and the Phantomhive child's demon had been well-mannered. That didn't mean he would trust either of them.

His mouth opens as the child begins his protest only to close as Hannah speaks. Yes exactly what he was going to say. Hannah might actually be the second grudgingly tolerable demon he's ever met.]

Thank you, Miss Annafellows. I'll be certain to let my senior know you were helpful when I had need of assistance.

[And Alan is taking that child and getting him to settle into the line. Now he's got all his little ducklings in a row. Seeing she's distracted Alan is arching a brow in concern, shirt's cuff trying to seem nonchalant rather than deeply worried.]

Is something the matter?

[demonsheath]

It's a predator's nature to confuse and start singling out its prey...

[ She says it almost distantly, eyes scanning the area. The problem is that she seemed to have too many senses that worked at a high capacity. Sometimes she wasn't even sure what that 'other' feeling she picked up was. Yet this place stunk, and something pricked at her instincts.

Then the urge passes and she shakes her head back at Alan's earlier statement. ]

I'd rather you didn't. I don't want to risk him getting suspicious. This wasn't for praise or anything else.

[ And at that her eyes were towards the boy. Yet there wasn't anything devious or hungry about her look. There was something about the child in pain, feeling abandoned, that drew her in. ]

Steady Shave

[irishfriskey]

[Although Lancer was mostly fine with how his hair looked (it was hard to be displeased), he wouldn't mind getting it trimmed up a bit today. Plus, it gives him a chance to check for Ayakashi, something he was certain his god would be proud of.

When he sees the blue haired god, he just chuckles for a moment.]

Common problem?

[He did hear you, Caster. And he's still smiling and cheerful towards you.]

[priforprince]

Then, to celebrate our meeting, I'll give you a splendid present.

[ Hibiki places a hand over her heart. ]

I'll devote my evening to you. Will that please you?

[amongthethorns]

Which is why we watch over them and shepherd them to safety... It's our duty.

[His head tilts a faint smile tugging oh so slightly at the corners of his mouth.]

I understand and while it may not be for praise. I'd be remiss if I did not-

[His thought of 'call you out on the blatant lie in that statement' goes unspoken as he settles instead on -]

point out that there seems to be a slight smindgen of a falsehood in your claim of it not being for anything else, Miss Annafellows. Not that I don't understand completely.

[demonsheath]

[ Their duty, was it? Yet the only thought of was towards the unknown source. Of how easy it was for something hungry to be impatient.

It's the word 'falsehood' that shakes the woman out of her concentration to completely focus on the god that she ended up working with. Oh, she did not like that word, tor the implications, for all it was meant to be harmless and understanding. She will dance around with her words to take such a thing back from his tongue. ]

There is nothing to be had, sir. As beings of the Far Shore, our presence and impact will be forgotten. No matter how this goes, everything will be fleeting enough that it cannot be considered a gain.

You may understand why I was drawn to participate, but that is not a gain in this case.

[snowlillie]

A-ah, yes, of course I'll accept! Thank you so much!

[And Lilie bowed politely, blushing fiercely.]

[casbutt]

[ As Alan explains, the children already seem to be participating. There is a blue car, blue flowers. Even his tie is named among them.

This aids in his comprehension of the game, actually. ]

I see.

[ After his line of vision lowers from the sky above, brows pressed in concentration, Castiel nods. ]

Yes, I believe that I understand, now-- [ Oh, and there goes one of their littlest ones at the back. Apparently, she'd been distracted by looking around that she tripped on one of her laces.

Thankfully, Cas scoops her up so fluidly, that she's just left dangling over his arm in shock - forgetting that she was about to cry. ]

Earl Ciel Phantomhive - Kuroshitsuji - God

[cieled]

Toil and Trouble

(He is not someone who feels strongly for works of the theater - though they can be entertaining - and he wonders seriously if the gods are really as useless as Sebastian has always led him to believe. Here he is in a position humans would kill to obtain and yet he finds it, thus far, sorely lacking. Sighing, arms crossed, the little Earl notices that some nearby props are being moved by invisible hands.

Are these the ayakashi? He steps in the middle of the path the props are taking, stopping one with his foot.)

I must say, you are entirely unremarkable. (Famous last words, perhaps, as the ayakashi move to lifting him instead. Help? Can these things be charmed into good behavior like snakes? Not that he can play a pipe, but surely someone can...)

Violet Veranda

(From the stage to the garden! Ciel spies the tiny ayakashi, his uncovered eye narrowing suspiciously. If only his gardener were here - not that Finny has any experience with these vermin.)

No further. (He shuts a door that leads to the dorms, lashing out with his godly power to break the ayakashi apart. The power is new to him, however, and he holds his head, grimacing.) I should get paid for my troubles.

(Really. He is just being nice! And money should be useful in Heaven too? If not, he can negotiate some other form of payment. Do not let his age fool you: he has the mind of a noble businessman - even if, at the moment, he seems like a less than efficient gardener.)

[futhark]

[ Ah, here's the guy. Caster is jokingly convinced you're at fault for him being here as a "caster". You're hogging the Lancer spot for yourself! ]

More like "mild annoyance" at times. Not being noticed has its uses. [ No need for stealth for example ]

Like- we could brawl right here and right now, and it would take them whole four minutes to notice something is wrong.

[ Probably because the place would be totally trashed in those four minutes, and that would be hard to miss ]

[welcome_home]

I was patrolling over there, because someone fell earlier, so you saw him before I did. But I can help if you need it. [ She seems quite eager to be helpful, in fact. ] Although I'm not very good at untying knots, but I can try?

[priforprince]

First, let us guarantee a brilliant existence for this fleurage.

[ And Hibiki, without explanation, without hesitation, though not without flourish -

Whips out a golden flintlock pistol and points it at the ayakashi-afflicted violets. ]

One moment.

[ She looks like some kind of dashing swashbuckler!

Which is, of course, the point. ]

Toil and Trouble

[priforprince]

Stay still.

[ Appearing as if from nowhere (or perhaps having just waited for a good cue before moving in to dispatch the ayakashi), a figure dressed in a full theatrical costume steps in the ayakashi's path. Somebody has apparently fully infiltrated this production.

"Macbeth" is now pointing a golden flintlock pistol just below Ciel. ] I'll only miss if you move the target.

Violet Veranda

[reformedsinner]

I'm afraid those won't last the winter regardless. Perhaps we could replant them...

[He chuckles, plucking a leaf. There's a little purple blob on the end of it, and the leaf itself is already drooping and yellowing. As he lifts it, the blob perks up a pseudopod and begins oozing eagerly towards Hakkai's fingertips. He waits until it's almost reached him, and then turns the leaf in his hand, putting it at the furthest point from him again.]

Or perhaps we could find some other way to discourage the pests.

Toil and Trouble

[reformedsinner]

If that comes down it'll kill someone!

[There's a ladder nearby, steel and bolted to the wall, leading up to the high metal beams where the lights are attached across. Hakkai dashes for it, scrambling up.]

Warn the crew -- I'll scare it away....