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

[priforprince]

A genius never disappoints.

[ Hibiki pulls the trigger. A stream of water, glittering in the air, arcs out of the pistol and splatters all over the ayakashi. It writhes, its grip on Ciel loosening.

Hibiki smirks and keeps up the pressure. Let it henceforth be known: squirt guns, as a pastime, are silly and beneath her.

But holy water pistols, for when one's shinki isn't at hand and inconveniences present themselves? Why, such an object is not only dashing, but necessary. ]

[cieled]

(The entire display - speech included - leaves Ciel disgruntled. He breaks free of the ayakashi the moment the grip loosens and falls the short distance to the floor. Landing as gracefully as he can manage, he brushes off his sleeves.)

What sort of water is in that pistol?

[priforprince]

Holy water.

[ Hibiki blows across the top of the pistol despite it not emitting any steam, then conceals it in the folds of her costume. ] Invoking a shinki is preferable, but this deals with the immediate issue.

[ The ayakashi, figuring it'll go prey on something that doesn't splash it with PAIN INCARNATE, wriggles away. Thereby proving her point. Maybe. ]

[cieled]

(Of course. Ciel knows from experience that holy water doesn't do much to powerful demons, but if it's enough for this situation, he isn't going to complain.)

Where did you find it? (She doesn't look like a priest unless - as gods - can they bless the water themselves?)

[priforprince]

There's some on my temple grounds. [ A...sparkling spring thereof, in fact. ] Are you a god or a shinki?

[ Seeing as you could see the ayakashi, etc. ]

[cieled]

A god. (He would make a pitifully bad shinki, though that might be funny to watch.) I have not encountered my shinki yet. Will I know them when I see them?

[priforprince]

[ Flashback to meeting her shinki, and the fact that this is always accompanied by seeing their death, whether you want to or not. Hibiki averts her eyes, looking unwell. ]

...You shall.