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takamagahara2018-04-02 09:16 pm
godsoffortune) wrote in takamagahara2018-04-02 09:16 pm
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Test Drive #27
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!
Feel free to come up with your own ideas if these don't strike your fancy, though.
Following the ups and downs of their business after the whole Zodiac affair, the fortune tellers of Ginza have searched for another fad to bring in the customers. The old and cheesy is making a revival, and so the fortune tellers have latched onto seances as the next big thing. Trembling tables, knocks on the wall, creepy voices from beyond the grave- all performance art that people will pay big yen for. Or… is it all performance?
At the perpetually bustling intersection of Shibuya, someone’s precious bead bracelet has fallen apart. Answer this sudden but intense prayer to recover all the beads and return them to their owner.
Hope you have a bird-like affinity for small, shiny objects, because they’re certain to be thoroughly scattered under the feet of hundreds of pedestrians.
It is part of the cycle of commerce: cattle are bred to become beef. One farmer has been struck with melancholy for the fate of the poor beasts, and has asked for divine intervention in choosing which cattle are to die. Be a cattle whisperer and try to divine which beasts are accepting of their fate? Maybe, if it’s all the same to you, at least try to choose the fatty-looking ones.
For some reason, a singing telegram business is getting more orders than their small staff can handle! Good for business, so long as the messages can be delivered on time! Button up into your bellhop uniform of choice and head out in pairs on this urgent task to sing messages of all kinds, from silly to serious, to their unwitting recipients. (Just don’t get shot, ok? That’d be unfortunate.)
There has been a rash of ayakashi activity in an affluent region of Tokyo. The victims will, out of envy of those around them, start spending money way above their means in order to enjoy grade-A epicurean delights- everything from entertainment to food. Then once the victim starts getting frustrated with their “sudden” lack of money to keep enjoying said delights, the small worm-like ayakashi feeds off that discontent, copies itself, and splits off onto another human.
On the plus side, the copies seem to like staying near each other. On the negative side, over a dozen people have been infected already. Hope you can find and exterminate them all.
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[ If he'd known how much time he'd end up spending tailing low-lifes around downtown Tokyo, Gojyo might have reconsidered his vengeance plan. Or at least invested in a pair of boots with better soles. Today's low-life is no slouch, though. Gojyo's got to give him that. Living people aren't supposed to notice them, but this guy's apparently feeling Gojyo's gaze, because he's broken off his previous course and made a beeline for the busiest intersection Gojyo's ever seen.
Cursing under his breath, Gojyo follows, nearly losing the man a dozen times in the crowd. But just as he's beginning to make up the distance between them, he trips over some kid kneeling on the pavement, and nearly takes a header into the sidewalk. ]
What the...?!
[ He barely spares the kid more than a glance, though. He's fine, there's no blood, that's what he gets for playing speed bump. With a huff, Gojyo turns back, scanning the street for any sign of the man he's been following. In another second, he'll vanish into the crowd. ]
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Ow- hey, jerk!
[Said kid springs to his feet, fists clenched and glaring at whoever just fucking stepped on him without a word. He runs forward, jostling Gojyo's shoulder without really meaning to in his haste to demand an apology.]
Why don't ya watch where you're goin'?
[Geez, he's not even looking at Goku, what an asshole with a terrible haircut-]
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Gojyo pauses, shooting the kid an annoyed glance over his shoulder. ]
Oi, if you don't want to get tripped over, don't lie down in the middle of the road!
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Goku's been prepared for a lot since he first arrived at The Far Shore. Hakkai had very politely but also very firmly explained the situation, explained Gojyo's situation, to him and made sure Goku was prepared to deal with a shinki version of their friend. He'd explained the risks and also what he believed was the best course of action. Goku had agreed, however dumb keeping their distance sounded to him, because Hakkai is smart and usually knows best. Usually. He did, however, leave one crucial detail out.]
... Oi, what happened to your hair?!
[Goku can't leave his friends alone for five minutes without them making horrific life choices.]
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What's wrong with my hair?
[ It feels fine? There's nothing sticky there, and it hasn't...
...waaaaait a second, the kid is still paying attention to him? Dammit, he's a shinki, isn't he? Gojyo's hand falls to his side and he folds his arms, like they're having a chat in a park instead of in the middle of one of the pushiest crowds in the world. ]
Are you a god or a shinki?
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... I'm Goku. [Like that's an answer to Gojyo's question. He's not going around calling himself a god, that's weird] My name's Goku.
[Right. And this is still Gojyo. He was still Goku and so Gojyo was still Gojyo. He can do this. Goku grins brightly.]
What's yours?
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But he can't keep glaring at that idiotic grin forever, and after a long moment he signs, and rubs one hand over his stubble. ]
I'm Gojyo. And you're gonna be a pancake if you keep sittin' down in crowds like this! [ He jabs his slightly larger, slightly darker thumb over his shoulder, back toward the storefronts and the promise of a little more peace and quiet. ] If you have to tie your shoe, do it over there, dummy.
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Hey, Gojyo! [It's good Gojyo's remembered his name, Goku thinks. It'd suck to forget your name as well as everything else. He knows that.] But I wasn't- oh, shit, right!
[He forgot! With two handfuls of beads, he forgot! Goku spins around to look back at the despairing bracelet owner, but he's rather awkwardly caught between them and Gojyo, not wanting to let him out of his sight.]
Um, just wait a minute, okay? Don't go anywhere! I'll be right back! [Quickly rushes back to the person to push the beads into their hands. Did he get all of them, do they need to check-] Gojyo, wait up, okay?!
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Yeah. [ His hand's back in his hair again, this time rubbing it sheepishly. ] Yeah, whatever kid. [ He hadn't noticed the beads before -- so that's what Goku was doing on the ground? Did he ever know that other person? What a sucker. ]
Look, if you're lost, just, y'know. Grab some old guy and ask where the temple is. Any temple will work.
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[Goku grins, the person is flustered, and he spins back around to run back towards Gojyo. Yes, he didn't leave! Goku can totally do this!]
Huh? ... So I can just ask you, right? [Gojyo's some old guy!] Hey, hey, what are you doin' around here? Are you gettin' lunch?
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And when Goku opens his mouth, Gojyo has even less idea why he'd stick around for such an annoying brat. ]
You can just...? [ And then the two bits of conversation sync in his head, and he recoils angrily back. ] An old guy, old! With white hair, an' wrinkles! How old do you think I am, anyway?
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But you're all bald! So you're an old, baldy kappa. [Snickers. That's funny, apparently. Okay, maybe he's not innocent.]
And ya got wrinkles there and there- [Pointing at random spots on Gojyo's face. ] You got real old, Gojyo! Do ya need help walkin'?