Test Drive #26

[godsoffortune]

TEST DRIVE # 26



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.

Volatile Vagrant

Ayakashi generally have a particular method by which to hurt humans. But an ayakashi has appeared that seems to be completely random in its methods, and anyone merely being near it becomes a target of its malevolence in a variety of ways. Dispatch this vagrant ayakashi before it harms far too many people.

Warm Wanderlust

Hitchhiking in Japan is rare. A friendly but lost-looking foreigner on the side of the road will attract fascination, concern and compassion. But a Japanese person doing the same likely won’t attract the same positive attention. Yet here is one Japanese person praying for a way to experience the adventure of the hitchhike. What to do for your follower? Well, going as a group of three sounds good, doesn’t it? Just be sure to attract sufficient attention to yourselves so that the drivers will properly notice you!

X-Games X-out


The X-Games, popular overseas, has suddenly become a hot topic with Japanese competitors taking top spots in skateboarding events. Burning to follow in their wake, young teens have taken to the streets, parks and basically anywhere with a strip of pavement to hone their skateboarding skills (which may or may not exist in the first place). While it’s good to see kids getting away from the computer screen, they’re also becoming a public nuisance: damaging handrails, narrowly missing pedestrians, and making noise right up to sunset. Answer the prayers of the kids yearning for glory? Answer the prayers of those wishing for peace in their neighbourhoods again? (...What’s a ‘skateboard’ anyway?)


Youthful Yente

An enthusiastic grade-schooler has started a new career helping people find love! She's hooked up teachers, classmates' parents, even random strangers… but it seems like all the matches she's trying to make this month have gone horribly wrong! Is she being stalked by an ayakashi or is this just bad luck? Either way, she needs help getting her mojo back.


Zodiac Zenith

In the trendy Ginza area, a mall has set up an elaborate indoor display of lights set to represent the real night sky. The key feature is the evening illumination show, where the various zodiac constellations are lit up to music. Strangely, there are growing rumours that those who view the show become even more focused on their horoscopes (much to the benefit of local fortune tellers). It’s even said that people’s personalities shift to become more stereotypical to their respective signs. Take in the show for yourself and see what happens?




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

[lightninglobster]

[Ryoma thinks--while walking away would certainly be so much easier, it would also be disappointing the follower they're trying to help... and Ryoma himself has never been one to truly back down once he's committed to a cause. Step back, reevaluate, and launch a new plan of attack, certainly, but just to give up? Unthinkable.

... and then Kaden makes a suggestion which is, on one hand, incredibly undignified, but on the other... just crazy enough it might work. Ryoma's eyes open as he looked up to Kaden, studying the kitsune for a long moment as he weighed his pride over completing the task he'd been charged with.

The task, of course, wins out.]

That... may be just enough to work. We'd certainly be hard to miss from a great distance--though are you certain it's best with you on my shoulders?

[Not that it's not going to look ridiculous stacking two grown-ass men on top of each other anyway, but... Ryoma can delay the somewhat inevitable for at least a minute or two, right?]

[foxrightsactivist]

[The question makes Kaden pause, and with his ears lifting again, he turns to look back at Ryoma. He'd just been complaining about it in his own way, but the fact that his suggestion is being taken seriously...]

... do you want to be on my shoulders?

[lightninglobster]

[... well. Unless Kaden had a flag or a sign hiding in his tail, Ryoma certainly didn't pack anything in his hair the morning before they set off. He takes a long moment to study Kaden very, very seriously, arms folding over his chest.]

... then again, would you be able to lift me?

[Kaden is a bit of a pretty boy. Ryoma has a lot of muscles. Perhaps it was best not to upset the natural order.]

[foxrightsactivist]

... probably not.

[Calling that out would have been rude, but the fact of the matter is that Ryoma has a lot more overall bulk than he does. It's not a bad thing to be muscular! Kaden is just... very much not.

Oh, but speaking of flags--]

Do you think if I tied my scarf to a stick, we could maybe wave it around while I'm up there?

[lightninglobster]

[He could bend you like pretzel dough, fox boy. Watch it.

Just as Ryoma begins to resign himself to being the stepping stool that propels their supplicant to their dreams of hitch-hiking, Kaden comes up with an idea that's even less offensive to the dignity. What a dream team.

Look, it seemed rude to suggest that someone use their clothing in such a manner. Kaden seemed very fond of his scarf--almost as fond as he was of his tail, or his hair. The man liked his appearances, even though he never built the muscles to back it up.]

Maybe we could do the scarf-flag first, and if that fails, construct a... tower.

[He was going to look for a stick now.]

[foxrightsactivist]

[Kaden's scarf is very important! But if they're just waving it in the air, it shouldn't be in any more danger of getting dirty than if he was still wearing it. He's not too worried, especially if he doubles it up when tying it to the stick.]

Yeah, that sounds good. If this doesn't work, at least we have a back-up!

[He'll just go ahead and remove his scarf for the time being. There's probably a stick around here somewhere.]

[lightninglobster]

[Ryoma retreats from the roadside, glad to put some distance between himself and the cars as he harasses the foliage in search of a sturdy stick. All of this fuss, just to ride in a metal deathtrap waiting to happen with a stranger of all things. The mind boggled.

Still. A request was a request... and while Ryoma might not understand in detail, he would still support the follower as best as he could. After a moment of comparing sticks by eye, looking for a long, sturdy specimen, he managed to find something that would suffice--and returned with it triumphant at his side.]

This should give us a few more lengths of area to work with.

[He held the stick out for examination, and would hold it steady for tying if Kaden liked.]