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

[shadowrevenger]

[Unfortunately for Ren, that's where his luck runs out for the moment. He can't manage to pull his arm back fast enough, so Hibari grabs it and down he goes. He's gotten pretty good at not staying down, though, and he immediately flips himself back up so he's crouching instead.]

[disciplineking]

[Hibari grins, not unlike a wild wolf chasing its prey, and doesn't wait for Ren to recover himself fully. He turned, driving his elbow down towards the god's neck, and following it up with a kick to the side.

He liked this. As time went on, Hibari was getting more and more used to his fighting style and his movements became smoother and faster.]

[shadowrevenger]

[Nope, nooope, that is one of Shun's favorite moves, so Ren can see that coming from a mile away and he does not want to let it hit. He throws up an arm to either block Hibari's or try to grab it and block it--which leaves him wide open to being kicked, so down he goes again.

This time, though, as he's rolling back onto his feet, he teleports backward a few feet to give himself a fraction of a second more to actually be on his feet before he has to deal with Hibari again. It's giving away one of his trump cards a little earlier than he wanted, but he could have given it away by stabbing Hibari in the back, so this was probably the safer option for both of them.

Then he stands there with his hands on his axe, ready to go again...and waits. Hibari's weakness has always been his impulsiveness, and his side is already throbbing and burning and making a very good argument for not moving, so Hibari can just come to him. If his little teleportation trick hasn't made him too cautious...but it's Hibari so. He doubts that.]