takamagahara | Test Drive #24

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Test Drive #24

TEST DRIVE # 24

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.

Lying Lyricist

"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!"
The “lyricist” Sato Sano didn’t get the memo about this famous saying, and now is thoroughly ensnared in his own lies. His shadow writer under duress is leaving him, threatening to expose him for the fraud he is! Which would basically be the linchpin to make his whole (rich and comfortable) life come crashing down. But the shadow writer conceded that if Sano can write one decent song on his own, she wouldn’t completely ruin his life. He desperately needs some divine inspiration to save his hide…
Or perhaps he should get what he deserves?

Macabre Makeup

A hobby that has been exploding recently has been extreme makeup. The makeup artists create incredibly real illusions using just a palette of colours.
Recently, a rumour has been circulating about people taking on the traits of the character they paint on their face to an unusual level- dolls become completely carefree, vampires have a sudden and serious aversion to sunlight, and most concerning of all, skeletons have reportedly been getting into accidents. Nothing life-threatening… yet.
Is it coincidence, internet fiction, or is something more going on?

Noxious Nobodies

There are many difficult and dirty jobs that go uncelebrated in our modern cities filled with convenience. Recently the folks who skillfully gut fish day after day, up to their elbows in blood and foul entrails, have been feeling dissatisfaction over their job. Those feelings have been attracting ayakashi, which in turn have amplified the ire of the workers to intense levels.
Needless to say, anything affecting production will soon affect fish-loving Japan, so the call has gone out to banish the ayakashi. (And mediating the worker’s issues would certainly be a bonus.)

On-season Offering

Although the Christmas season is far more low-key in Japan than other countries, many families have founded their own traditions. And the whole country has bought into a tradition based on one simple message: “Chicken for Christmas.”
It’s no wonder that every KFC employee across the country will start praying to any god who will listen, “Please help me get through December 25th in one piece.”
Come lend these people a hand! (How hard could it be to work a fryer?) Come be awed by the sheer volume of Christmas set buckets being sold. Come be staggered by the lines snaking around the block of people who didn’t pre-order. (Come try to lure some of them away with off-brand fried chicken? Or stand in line yourself?)
Do try to keep up a cheerful spirit! It’s the holidays, after all!

Pleasurable Puns

People could use a little more happiness in their lives, right? A chocolate company trying to boost their appeal is wanting to spread smiles by printing a variety of happy puns on their chocolate and nut bar wrappers.
Help them come up with a variety of good ones, or give a hand test-marketing some that have been already printed. (Let’s hope there’s more smiles than groans…)

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!

Threaded | Flat

[lying lyricist]

[She's very tempted to let the singer be taken down a few pegs. It would serve him right, she thinks! Nobody should be claiming the work of another as their own, it's dishonest and doesn't sit well with her.

On the other hand, if the writer is willing to give him one last shot, she supposes she can't argue it.

So she's at least watching out, sighing softly and giving occasional encouragement. A lot of it vague though, things like 'there must be some moving point in your life you can make a song from' or 'there are so many beautiful things around you to write about'.]

[Noxious Nobodies]

[Elizabeth is plenty capable of handling ayakashi, and handling the dissatisfied workers isn't too much harder. She's soft-hearted enough to sympathize with them but clever enough to think up solutions.

One man had seemed like he was ready to kill over how thankless his job seemed, or that was how it looked to her, so she'd found a few people, parents and their children, who could afford his goods and brought them over, introducing them and explaining that, even if he got no direct thanks, he kept their bellies full enough to stay healthy and grow.]

[wildcard?]

[I'm up for anything.]

Lying Lyricist

Sato, Sato, Sato~

[At present, the raven-haired woman is lounging on the sofa of one Sato Sano. The dilemma is an entertaining one. On the one hand, she's tempted to do nothing and allow this fraudulent fiend to get what he deserves. But on the other, she's also marginally curious to see whether or not he can manage to do one simple thing for himself. What's a shinki to do?]

Surely there has to be something you feel strongly enough about to inspire you!

[Yes, that's suitably motivational.]

Pleasurable Puns

[To be honest, the only reason she'd taken an interest in this at all was the chocolate. Her sweet tooth wasn't exactly a secret, but she did enjoy the occasional pun, even if she rarely bothered coming up with them herself.

At present, she's happily munching on a chocolatey, nutty bar and chuckling at the one-liner on the wrapper.]

Choose Your Own Adventure

[Surprise me~]

I. Noxious Nobodies

[Now this was more like it. Fighting obnoxious enemies was right up Piccolo's usual alley and much more enjoyable than attempting to answer some silly little prayer that a pathetic human made on a whim. He didn't care if his god was here or not, he could easily handle a few disgusting ayakashi on his own.

Although something about the fact that he was helping out with fish related duties kinda rubbed his antenna the wrong way. Weird.

He didn't dwell on that particular oddity for long as a group of small but annoyingly persistent ayakashi darted towards him in attack formation. Well, it was less a formation and more a random jumble of movement with no strategy to it at all, but beggars couldn't be choosers unfortunately. So the enemy was weak and pathetic, at least the Shinki had something to practice his moves on. Piccolo easily hop-dodged out of the way of the various attacks, landing gracefully a few meters back each time. Nothing to it.

Of course nothing ever liked to stay small and easy for long. With so much negative energy hanging about the area right now, the Shinki should have figured that something larger would have shown up too. And yet he was surprised when a rather large ayakashi suddenly slammed down in front of him with entirely too many limbs and--were those tentacles? oh god, those were tentacles--glaring hate-filled eyes pinned directly on his smaller form.

Piccolo glared back up at his new assailant with defiance in his eyes.] So you want a piece of me, too, huh? Well, let me give you a taste!

[Never mind the small glow coming from his hands, that was just his ki building up for a blast. Totally natural when Piccolo was readying his next attack for a more worthwhile opponent.]

II. On-season Offering

[Piccolo didn't even HAVE to eat to survive. Even when he was alive. So how the heck did he end up here? At a food chain? Attempting to--?

What exactly was he doing here?

Piccolo didn't have the first clue about social etiquette, much less public forums of any variety. Standing in a far corner out of the way was about all Piccolo had managed so far, watching the crowds of people move about their insane business (well he thought it was insane anyway) with wariness and disgust in his eyes. It was a good thing that most people didn't, or couldn't he supposed, see him. His glare probably wouldn't have helped settle the atmosphere any.

He would have much rather been fighting ayakashi, but while he could sense plenty of negative energy for the spirits to feed on, he hadn't quite spotted any to physically fight yet. More the pity he was beginning to feel crowded and inadequate as the crowds squeezed further and further in. He wasn't claustrophobic or afraid of crowds of people but he sure was beginning to put out a little too much negative energy himself crowded in like this. He probably should have left to find a more suitable prayer to answer a long time ago...

Help. Before he reverts back to his evil ways.]

III. Wildcard!

[Hit me with your best shot! Fire away~]

[ Lousy Lyricist ]

Yeesh, this is the best you can do on your own...?

[ Kanade scratches her mane of hair as she pages through the lyrics Sano has scribbled on stray pieces of paper. ] You ever thought about, like, just makin' noise instead? This ain't gonna move anybody's heart.

Oi. [ She calls to the person helping her out. ] You play any instruments?

[ Noshing on Nobodies ]

[ Kanade is your shinki! Kanade is an enormous red floofy bird, big enough to ride!

Kanade is rending fish ayakashi by eating them. ]

Mmf. Sorry. [ She swallows. ] Birdbrain, amirite? But...

[ She fluffs up to look fiercer as she looks at the greasier ayakashi drifting across the dock. ] I guess the feast's over!

[ Overbooked Offering ]

Hey, welcome! [ Kanade is shaking a fryer to a rhythm she just made up. Letting it fall back into the oil, she strips off her plastic gloves and hurries up to the register.

She is signed up to do all the jobs. ] What can I do ya for?

[ Pathetic Puns ]

[ Kanade is hunched over a notebook. She has graphite smears on her cheek from where she's been poking it with the eraser on her mechanical pencil.

Her brow furrows. Then, without warning -

She bursts out laughing. ]

Fit for the master sweet! That'll work great for the fancyass bonbon things!

[ Furious scribbling commences. Please help the help. ]

Edited 2018-01-06 15:39 (UTC)

christmas chicken
[ There could be worse things to help out with, he supposes... The smell is a little much, but it isn't terrible. There are a lot of people lining up, too, and Akechi can't in good conscience leave the workers to their doom. Probably. Regardless, he's here--whether he's in the back frying up quite a lot of chicken or working the cash register, after a while, the cheer starts to wear off. He could use a hand to keep his spirits up...

Or catch him on break. He offers a smile. ]

Busy, isn't it? We have our work cut out for us, it seems.

tiresome ticklers
[ Puns? Oh, he's here for this. Probably. At least, he's here to offer some hard criticisms. His talents rest in deductions and figuring things out, it seems; wordplay is better reserved for others. Still... he's more than happy to look over what people have come up with. He looks pretty nice, so it can't be that scathing... right?

Alternately, he grudgingly offers one of his own. If someone asks-- ]

... Absolutely not.

[ Or maybe not. ]

[lying lyricist]

[Yeah the guy probably does deserve to be taken down a peg, but he's actually trying to change and write a song himself. And he asked for help.

Why he prayed to this particular god is anyone's guess.]

There's lots of things to write songs about! What's your favorite food? You could write a song about that.

[And he may be regretting that choice about now. But at least he's full of ideas?]

Do you have any pets? Write a song about them! People love songs about animals.

[On Season Offering]

Wow, this is so tasty! I guess that's why the line is so long.

[Yumoto readily agreed to help out the over worked employees at one of the KFCs but would probably be more help if he stopped snacking on the product.]

[Wildcard!]

[Hit me up with whatever!]

Macabre Makeup
[Saori decided to stake out the entrance of a popular train station. This time around, she was carrying a rather large leather tote bag. She waves to her partner.]

I figured we can try to pull someone wearing that sort of make-up to the side. I wonder if it's a specific brand of makeup they're using or something they do while applying the makeup to cause these things. Also if all else fails, I brought back up.

[She pulls out from her tote a large bottle of makeup remover and a pack of cotton pads to elaborate.]

On-Season Offering
[While running the front is important, getting the orders out is just as vital during the insane holiday rush. Saori took a shine to working away in the kitchen. It's going to take a long while to get the smell of frying oil out of her clothes but she hoped it would be worth it. While the hacked up and marinated chicken parts are dropped into the fryer, the redhead takes stock of what's available on hand.

If she can't get to the walk-in fridge, she sends one of them to go get the next batch. The rush of workers returning home begins to trickle away and Saori steals the opportunity to take a breather in the back. She offers a water bottle to whoever's with her.]

Hey, thanks for your hard work. Be sure to stay hydrated.

Wild Card
[Hit me up with whatever you like!]

Edited 2018-01-09 07:50 (UTC)

Macabre Makeup

[Perhaps a tad surprising to all but those who know her best, Namine seems to have taken an interest in something a little out there; extreme makeup. She's rationalized it by noticing that's really just painting, at its heart. Sure the canvas is different, and the paint is washable, but it's ultimately the same. Right?

Only, there were rumors now, of things happening to the painted ones. They were supposedly changing, acting more and more like their facades. Was it a hoax? Was someone or something playing a trick?]

It has to be a trick.

[That was what she was here to find out, in any case. The only problem with that would have to be that she had no idea where to start looking. She supposed she could wander around until she spotted one of the models. That would work... right?]

Noxious Nobodies

I'm sorry that you're not feeling appreciated. I'd just like to say that I think you're doing an amazing job at what you do. I also think that sometimes people forget that the ones who do the less glitzy jobs are just as important - if not more so - than the ones who work in an office, or the ones who forecast the weather or deliver the news on television.

[She's smiling kindly, her hands clasped in front of her as she delivers what she hopes is an encouraging speech.]

You're performing a vital service, and I know there are others out there who feel the same way I do.

On-Season Offering

Chicken?

[Okay, so in her defense, she hadn't really had much experience with Christmas, or holidays in general. But something told her that buckets of chicken were probably not the first thing people thought of when they pictured the holiday.]

I don't get it...

Choose Your Own

[Got a better idea? Spring it on me~]

Threaded | Flat

Elizabeth Midford | Kuroshitsuji (shinki)

Kou Seiya | Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (StarS arc) | Shinki

Piccolo | DBZ | Shinki

Kanade Amou | Senki Zesshou Symphogear | Shinki (birb)

Goro Akechi | Persona 5 | shinki

Yumoto Hakone | Cute High Earth Defense Club Love | God

Saori Nakagawa | OC | Shinki

Namine | Kingdom Hearts | Shinki