Test Drive #22

[godsoffortune]

TEST DRIVE # 22



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.



Buttered Buns

Things are tough for small bakeries in huge cities. It seems like there’s always a bigger chain offering less expensive breads around the corner. To compete, “Four Clover” bakery has gone all-in with a campaign to attract customers, and you’re here to help. They’ve put together a mascot costume for you (degree of cuteness up to player’s imagination), printed a zillion flyers, blown up bunches of balloons… and in praying for the success and prosperity of their store, they’ll certainly go along with whatever heaven-sent ideas come along.

Copious Copies

Outdoor art exhibitions take advantage of the best days of the start of fall. In one large park, a multitude of unique bronze and ceramic statues are on display. However, there’s way more of them than there actually should be. The artist and organizers are stumped by a plethora of near-perfect copies standing alongside the originals. Should a god or shinki get close enough they’ll be able to tell which are ayakashi pretending to be statues, but don’t get your nose bitten off. And don’t break an actual statue while hunting the ayakashi. Please.

Debt Diversion

Formula car races are huge draws for those who love speed, and those who love betting. Snake skeleton ayakashi are twining themselves around the necks of betters, whispering in their ears to seduce the humans into crippling debt.
While gods and shinki are in a human’s blind spot and generally go unnoticed, trying to remove an ayakashi from someone might draw attention, depending on how you go about it. And in a crowd this large, there just might be a human who will notice a strange pair trying to do something to someone else’s neck...

ESP and Extraterrestrials

A group approaches you. Some of them look relatively normal, if a bit on edge. Some of them look the very image of a nerd. And all of them are looking at you intently. This group of searchers of the paranormal have somehow (accurately) honed in on you, and are intent to find out everything about you. What planet are you from? What’s up with those clothes? That hair? Do you have any special powers?!
While they welcome you in peace, they are also very unwilling to let this interview end with your escape… Might need a friend to help you out (or throw you to the wolves).


Fashionable Frills

Fashion runway. Frills. Shirts, pants, dresses, underwear; the changing room is full of variety.
Go strut your stuff.
It’s for a good cause, honest.





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

[slightlysaggy]

[ Congratulations Edge! You get a very distrustful sidelong glance from Bulma. Sure, he's stopped her raging, at least momentarily, but this isn't the first time someone's tried this on her. ]

Hmmph. It's true that I'm a natural beauty who looks good in anything, [ Ok, she ended up taking the bait despite knowing better. ] but I don't want to be seen in this! Are you the designer? Can't you fix it?

[onehandsomeslickninja]

No, no! [Avert THAT thought, as he hurriedly holds up his hands.] I'm just here to help with this show, same as you!

...You think we could actually fix it and get away with it, though?

[slightlysaggy]

We?

[ She scoffs at that. Just who does he think she is? ]

No. No. No. I am not breaking a nail on something that probably can't be saved.

[ Breaking a nail on some sewing but not on all the machinery she normally works on? Ok. Sure. But still, she does somehow come to the conclusion that the work is beneath her. She's actually going to slide the dress off because she has absolutely no issues wearing just a dress slip in a room full of people.

She tosses the garment at Edge. And suddenly takes on a more saccharine tone. ]

How about you do it, and I supervise?

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[The dress bounces off him, leaving him scrambling to catch it before it can drag, because he'd been otherwise distracted. She did just... kind of take it off.]

Uh!

[What had she just said -- whoa, danger alert!] Then if it looks bad it WILL be my fault! I'm not that easy to fool!

[slightlysaggy]

[ What's that Edge? You need an even sweeter voice to coax you into doing her bidding? Done! ]

Awwww, come on~ There's no way a fashionable guy like you could make it any worse, right? [ It's doubtful anyone could make it worse. ] Can't you just try? For me? ♥

[onehandsomeslickninja]

That is a totally unfair tone to take when you're standing there half-naked! [Edge is totally aware he's being manipulated, but frankly it's kind of hard to argue that any of this.] A-all right, but you owe me if I manage to pull this off!

LMAO I was so dead when I opened my inbox

[slightlysaggy]

[ Bulma pauses, and gives a disgusted shudder. There was just a trace of some familiar and disgusting feeling, but it was gone almost as quickly as it had arrived. What was that?

She shakes it off quickly. She's gotta get back into the seductive headspace. ]

Of course of course, whateveryournameis, I'll owe you something really good if you can do it~

[ Not that she has anything in mind yet... Especially without all her money here, but she'll cross that bridge if he can actually deliver. ]

Glad to be of service. :)

[onehandsomeslickninja]

I'd say salvaging this dress is good for a dinner date at least! [At least he's going to be up-front with his terms. And fairly simply terms they are.]

[slightlysaggy]

[ Aside from the slight twitch of her brow and the tone of her voice, there's no outward sign of her aggravation. Internally though, she's lamenting how hard it is to be such a beautiful woman. Even though her tactics are what caused this. ]

Fine. One dinner. But you'd better not try anything funny, alright?!

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Hmph. I'm the sort of man who brings justice to those who'd try to take advantage of a woman, not the sort of man who counts myself among their number.

[Edge draws a knife -- but not to make a point. Instead, he steps on the hem of the dress, tugs it straight, then begins cutting at it.]

[slightlysaggy]

Says the guy trading a favor for a date.

[ She drops her haughty expression when he starts hacking away the dress with a knife though. Maybe this wasn't the greatest idea... But it's too late now, she supposes. ]

What did you say your name was? I should probably at least know that before we have dinner.

[ And know who to blame if someone gets mad about the dress... ]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Hey, that's a reward. And the name's Edge!

[Really, Edge has decided that the bottom of the dress is beyond hope. Too many weirdass frills. It'll look better as a cute short thing!]

[slightlysaggy]

[ She just rolls her eyes at that. Some reward. He's lucky her husband isn't around. ]

Well, you might as well know my name is Bulma Brief. I don't know how often you ask for dates as payment, but it might help you keep track.

[ She'll just sit down behind him, and rest her chin in her hand as she watches. Of course the skirt had to go, but she's not going to encourage him in any way. ]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[She could just MENTION the husband thing and solve all her problems right there. He's not going to exactly be pleased to find out about it later!]

Hmm, I need something to press down the last of these ruffles.

[slightlysaggy]

[ Then she wouldn't be able to seduce anyone into doing her bidding! She'll just keep it under wraps for now. ]

Like an iron?

[ Of course, she doesn't move to find him one or anything though. ]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Sure, that sort of thing, yeah. You think they have one around here? [He looks around, though it must be admitted, his view of what an iron must look like is a little different from the modern vision. Different times and all, y'know.]

[slightlysaggy]

Ugh, do I have to do everything?

[ Bulma gets to her feet to do the ONE THING she's done since putting the dress on, and starts rummaging around the various things piled around the edges of the room.

She finally finds one with the cord wound neatly around it, and she returns to Edge, thrusting the appliance at him. ]

There you go, don't say I never helped.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

What the hell's with this wire? [Edge accepts the iron with one hand, already tugging at the cord like he's trying to yank it off.] This is just going to catch on fire!

[slightlysaggy]

[ She's so torn. She could sit here and watch him struggle with the cord, which is amusing to her for some reason... Or she could actually tell him how to use it.

She settles for the middle, and silently points to the plug at the end of the cord, then to the outlet on the wall. Let's see how his problem solving skills measure up here. ]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[This is cruelty to people of different time zones! Bulma is lucky she's not in a different work featuring Toriyama art, or she'd be Lavos food by now!]

[Still, he's not stupid. He can see that the two parallel, and with that, he sticks the cord into the socket.]

Weird way to heat an iron...

[slightlysaggy]

Yeah, just try it out. You won't know what to do without modern conveniences after a couple uses.

[ She almost sounds kind of nice for a moment. Until she opens her mouth a second time. ]

If you're not familiar with a normal clothes iron, then at least tell me your from a time that uses soap.

[ If they're going on a date someday, she needs to know. ]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

I have no idea what time I'm from, but I know what soap is.

[He may be regretting his life choices at this point.]