Test Drive #20

[godsoffortune]

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

[cieled]

(How kind of her. He steps back, wary for several reasons (and none of them have to do with her potentially being a malicious human). For now, she is a puzzle that needs solving.)

Did I complain about you annihilating them, my lady? I think not. I know the nature of beasts far too well.

(At least he knows that they can be extinguished now. That is...comforting?)

I am a god. I have not met my shinki nor do I see how I could trust them so intimately right off the bat.

(But if he must...)

[demonsheath]

It's important to be properly informed.

[ Before you try convincing other ayakashi in the future that you're not as edible as you likely are. Hannah neither increases or decreases the distance between them, leaving that to be under the boy's control.

Of course being a god meant he was alive, but how rash and reckless. He seemed to need looking after for his own protection. ]

Yet you so earnestly run to your duties without that important step. For they are the only way you can exterminate...

[ She pauses, looking off to the side for a moment. With a swipe of her hand, saying 'line,' the barrier of light comes up and illuminates parts of the ayakashi that were plaguing the theater. ]

And keep such dangers at bay. It would be recommended that you teleport back to the Far Shore.

[ But is the boy the type to retreat for his own safety, leaving a job behind? She's curious to find out. ]

[cieled]

There has been much information to digest. (Not that he isn't equal to the task. He crosses his arms over his chest, expression stern, unyielding.)

I am a god. How is it that a god cannot fight as he or she deems fit? (Having a weapon is nice, but shouldn't he be...useful? Powerful? He glances at the display, lips tightening in a stubborn line.

What she suggests makes sense, but now his pride has been wounded...

However, this is not the first time he has suffered such.)

I shall return with my shinki. Then we will demolish the ayakashi swiftly and leave this performance free of unnecessary clutter.

[demonsheath]

[ Wishing to fight, the very expression on his face, and determination to return as quickly as possible... Hannah couldn't help but see, and propose, an alternative. Partially to see what this boy is like, perhaps. ]

If the young god is offended to the idea of retreat, there is an alternative.

[ Make a deal. Well, a temporary connection, if that's what he wished. Oh, but what does the poor boy wish, aside from completing his duties. ]

You're not bound or forced to use only the shinki you were assigned to. If one is present, you can name them for the occasion. Then, if you so wish, you may simply release them afterwards. The choice is yours to make.

[cieled]

(This may not be a war he has chosen - this may not be a war he fully understands - but he will not lose. Ciel takes his games very seriously and if he is a god, he has the power to conquer; to grab victory for himself.)

I'm listening. (This is eerily familiar, but he is not in a cage. He is not desperate and despairing. He is stronger.)

Are you offering yourself - ? (Is she a shinki? How does one tell? His blue gaze looks over her curiously, sharply assessing.)

If we can, temporarily, work together, I am not against the idea. (For a victory - no matter how small. He will learn how the bonds work in the process. Hands on learning cannot be beat.)

[demonsheath]

[ It seems that the alternative, where he did not have to turn back, was more appealing. However, as hard as Ciel may look, her shinki mark was nowhere in sight. Even if she were in more scant clothing, it would have been difficult.

Still, she is standing properly and calm. There's at least no predatory desire in her eyes, nor a cruel amusement. ]

That's correct. You should have been told the spell for naming a shinki, as well as the one for rend, before you had left for this Shore.

I'm always willing to assist a god in need, after all.

[cieled]

(He does not hesitate - he does not falter or seem unsure of himself - as he steps up to her. The spell is uttered as a command - an order for Hannah to align herself with him in the pursuit of exterminating the pests. "Ciel" Phantomhive does nothing halfway and the light that follows the spell is blinding.

Hannah is also given a temporary name, etched onto her skin.)

I order you to exterminate the ayakashi in this building!

[demonsheath]

[ After Ciel does his part of the spell, there's the effects which happen after the name brands itself onto Hannah's body. Her entire being turns to light, quickly reforming into the shape of a pistol in the boy's hand as he received the vision of Hannah's death.

She would not be worth her salt as a shinki, however, if she was unable to maintain a borderline in this entire transaction.

She really does need to guide the boy, doesn't she? With a hint of amusement and patience, Hannah's voice goes through his head. ]

Of course, my lord. You simply need to cast the rend spell now, and strike the creature. Your spell will act through me and permanently remove the ayakashi from this existence.

[cieled]

(This is entirely too odd and tiresome. When he gives Sebastian an order, it is done without him needing to lift a finger! Usually. Sometimes his dear demonic butler makes a situation difficult for him on purpose or, forgive the irony, for the hell of it.)

...very well. (He grasps the pistol, focusing on the nearest ayakashi. "Rend" in this case is a bullet that pierces a vital part of the foul spirit. He has remarkable aim - for a human - and he seems to enjoy himself as he hunts down first one ayakashi...and then another...)

[demonsheath]

[ The arrangement has changed, young lord. For a shinki is a tool instead of a butler that can take all the actions on your part. What Hannah is capable of doing, however, is recasting the borderlines to keep the young god safe from other preying creatures. ]

You're doing very well, my lord. It seems you may be a natural for this aspect of acting as a god.

[ You could almost hear the warmth and smile as she says that, aware as they manage to destroy ayakashi after ayakashi. Until- and it's weird that her senses still worked here- ]

I believe you have finished clearing the inside of the building. The people will be able to continue their shows without supernatural problems.

[cieled]

(It will do, he supposes. There is something empowering about this method too, though he will never admit it. He can, in part, rely on himself and settle into the role of 'god'. Interesting.)

I do enjoy hunting! (Her voice is pleasing and he feels...encouraged. Of course his first reaction to said warm feeling is to immediately feel suspicious. He puts down the pistol once the last ayakashi diminishes, watching.)

We have our victory. I am Earl Ciel Phantomhive; forgive me for not introducing myself sooner.

[demonsheath]

Hannah Annafellows, young lord. My apologies if my speech or actions were too forward or impolite earlier.

[ Given there had to be some respect to that level of nobility. Memories or not, she knew there was decorum and 'rules' to follow. It didn't change the genuine nature of how she spoke, however. The boy was pleased, which she could tell enough by his shots and that earlier declaration. ]

To return me to my normal form, simply tell me to do so, using the name you had given me. Then I'll be standing before you once again.

[cieled]

There was a job to do and you made the danger clear. (So being too forward - or even impolite - is acceptable. Heaven and Hell know he has been curt when in distress!)

Return to your original form, (He speaks her name clearly, pushing a box out of the way with his foot.) If you do not, I may mistake you for my pistol.

[demonsheath]

[ A little more long-winded than necessary, but it still functioned as a proper Return. Which has the pistol leaving Ciel's hand and taking the form of the tall woman, who was already partially curtseyed with her head bowed down. Straightening up, her hands remained resting, lightly clasped in front of her. ]

It sounds as though I've turned into a fortunate vessel form. Sometimes one takes the shape of clothing items or accessories.

[cieled]

(He tends to be long-winded unless he is tired or especially aggravated. Her curtsy is noted with a small nod of approval and he crosses his arms over his chest.)

I do not know how one attacks anything with a shirt or a hair tie.

(How ridiculous and yet it is amusing.)

You seem comfortable with the transition and with serving another.

[demonsheath]

With apt creativity, or by collecting shinki until you receive one with an offensive form.

[ One could probably get away with tackling an ayakashi with rend, if their shinki were the right sort of item for it, like shirts and helmets. Just as most things could be made deadly with the right application. ]

I suppose I am. It was a simple enough adjustment, even when I arrived and received my first god. Speaking of; you're free to either revoke or keep the name you've given me in case my services will be needed again. However my primary god, Mister Spears, has ultimate command should any orders conflict.