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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] takamagahara2017-12-01 05:00 pm
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TEST DRIVE # 23

TEST DRIVE # 23



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.


Gross Garbage


Waste removal has become an intense process in many cities in Japan. Because the sorting of different trash can be very complicated, some residents just end up saying to heck with it. However, the neighbours are vigilant, and heap curses upon those who break the rules. Putting out the wrong thing on the wrong day, mixing plastics with the burnables, putting out the biodegradables the night before, which attracts crows that scatter the rotting food all over the place… the infractions are many.
Will you join in cursing the ones who can’t follow the rules, or perhaps instead gracefully try to mend their ways?


Honoured Helper


For the last 20 years, Hanako has worked faithfully at her cleaning job, 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, without a single day off.
The momentous achievement was celebrated with her coworkers, but it was unanimous among them that Hanako really should take some time off! But the woman is stubborn, and is completely unwilling to take the time offered. (What would she do with herself, even?)
All her friends and coworkers can do is pray that someone can convince her to take a well-earned rest… It might take some heavenly intervention.


Ingenious Insects


While crows are famous for being clever, there seems to be an insect following in their footsteps. Rhinoceros beetles have been getting in everywhere. It’s late in their lifespan and people are generally hoping the lot of them die off soon, but in the meantime people have been coming home to find the large beetles getting into every room, even when they’re carefully closed up. Probably the only ones thrilled with this are kids who like to collect the bugs for fighting matches.
Residents of the Far Shore will be able to see that there are beetle-like ayakashi running with the mundane ones, and they seem to be on the hunt for something.
Try to figure it out, protect the kids who might mistake an ayakashi for a real rhinoceros beetle, or kill every bug with fire?


Jilted John


John’s girlfriend Julie says she loves him, but she’s up and left for another guy named Gordon. Julie is cruel, heartless, a slut and a bitch! Gordon thinks he’s tough (so what if he’s bigger, better looking and more trendy than John) but he’s actually a moron, a cheap creep and a puff!
John is now desperately wanting someone to deck Gordon the moron good. Preferably smashing his face in. Help Jilted John out?


King’s Keeper


King Koopa, a stout, shorthaired two-year-old tabby, is headed straight for YouTube fame as a video-game-playing cat. Or he was, until, just last week, he completely lost interest in the keyboard. His desperate owner has been trying everything: bird screensavers, a catnip mouse, even treats hidden in the keys... but nothing brings back Koopa's love of the game. Is he just camera shy? Feeling blue? His owner needs divine intervention to help teach a young cat his old trick!





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!
priforprince: (calm down)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-12-07 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Except then Hanako-san speaks. And...pats Hibiki companionably on the upper arm.

"Why, aren't you a well-brought up young man! You'll make great contributions to society one day."

Hibiki's one eyebrow quirks of its own accord. ]


[[ ooc: also, there's a little bit of borked coding in your last alan tag to hibiki. i didn't want to reply to it before you had a chance to edit! ]]
purr_ince: (Adrien | One Last Kiss)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2017-12-08 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Your Allure... Right. Okay then.

[Can you hear his disbelief? Then he's pressing a knuckle to his mouth holding back a polite laugh and hiding his grin.

But at the look on Hibiki's face, he's smoothly stepping in before anything might happen to cause either of them distress.]


I'm afraid you'll have to forgive my friend. Your kind words have moved her very deeply you see. You've gone and made her speechless.

[He's glancing up to Hibiki silently willing her to go along with it. Even if it isn't true. The notion of Hibiki truly being speechless seems impossible to him.]
priforprince: (hibiki-chan 1)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-12-09 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Hardly.

[ Yeah, she bounces back well. ]

Such compliments are like lapping waves on a storm-tossed shore.

[ She can salvage this. There isn't a single problem that can't be solved by her flirting with it.

She's Shikyoin Hibiki. ]
purr_ince: (Adrien | You got this.)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2017-12-09 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He's sticking a pin in this because clearly it's given him a lot to think about. What does that even mean, Hibiki?]

At any rate you should rest. Your friends are all concerned about you and it wouldn't do for you to become ill from working to hard.

[His words are soft and sincere, his expression concerned and caring.]

After all your health is extremely important.
priforprince: (genre)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-12-09 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hanako seems unconvinced, but touched. My, are you boys doing this all for her.....? You really don't need to do that, dearies. She likes putting everything back in its place.

Here, she'll go get you both something nice and you can go on that break for her. She'll be right back.

Hibiki sighs and drops the Prince act once the "Princess" has headed offscreen for the moment. The sparkles drop and physically...shatter...on the floor. ]
What unbelievable obstinacy. Doesn't she know what she's being offered?!

[ NO ONE WHO REALLY UNDERSTOOD WOULD TURN DOWN THE CHANCE TO HANG OUT WITH SHIKYOIN HIBIKI ]
purr_ince: (Adrien | A cage is still a cage)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2017-12-09 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adrien blinks and he's cringing hearing all that glass shattering noise. Gritting his teeth he's pressing a hand over his ears for a moment til the sound stops. Curling he draws a knee to his chest before sighing softly, wrapping his arms around it.]

I tried to tell you that kind of trick won't work. We need to find something she cares about more than working and cleaning. There must be something or someone. Children? Grandchildren? Someone she can dote on.

[He's pushing to his feet and moving to take up the abandoned broom, idly sweeping as he tries to figure this all out.] Most women I know would leap at the chance to have a few days off for fun things - shopping, spa days, playing games spending time with boyfriends...
priforprince: (chin)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-12-10 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly.

[ Hibiki puts a hand to her chin, musing. ] Should I offer her a resort package in Monte Parlo....?

[ She's giving this Very Deep Thought. ]
purr_ince: (Adrien | How bittersweet)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2017-12-12 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe she doesn't have any of those things?

[It's a sad thought but why else would she throw herself into work like this? There's a spark of recognition - he knows a man just like this after all.]

Maybe there's something she's trying to keep her mind off of. Something deeper and hard to face. Work is a good method of avoidance.

[Boy, does he know all about that.]
priforprince: (pressure)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-12-12 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki, by contrast, cannot understand this line of reasoning at all. Working to avoid involves....involves working. Entertainment is superior. ]

In that case, relieving her stress will answer the prayer.

[ NOW MENTALLY CATALOGING EVERY SPA SHE HAS EVER BEEN TO

IT'S A LONG LIST ]
purr_ince: (Adrien | Find me in the dark)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2017-12-12 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think it's stress we have to be concerned with. If there's some kind of underlying issue that needs to be confronted and she needs closure with it before she can move on to bigger and better things.

[He pauses, rubbing at his shoulder; toying with his ring with his thumb.]

If a wound isn't cleaned, it festers - even if it may close it doesn't heal. Infection and sickness rest under the surface taking hold inside under the skin.
priforprince: (iced)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-12-13 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki does not look particularly impressed by this explanation. Surely it has nothing to do with her own, Shikyoin Hibiki's, life in any way, shape, or form.

She lowers her lashes. ]


It's a deep cleaning, either way.

[ What would fix it.....?

....More time with her? ]
purr_ince: (Adrien | Hold up.)

[personal profile] purr_ince 2017-12-14 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
... I guess you could call it that.

[It's a bit like dealing with an akuma though so - He's reaching into his pocket for his phone. He can just search her up can't he? He'd done that before - he knows he has even if it's hazy.]

We need to find the core issue though. We'd only be putting a band-aid on it if we didn't which is no real help.
priforprince: (chinhand)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-12-14 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm.

[ That's all you get out of Hibiki. Partly because she's being noncommittal about whether or not she approves of this approach, and partly because she's waiting for inspiration about what sort of treat would make a woman who's working to cover a hidden ache decide to enjoy a luxurious life instead.

They better think fast, though, because Hanako should be back soon. ]