Test Drive #27

[godsoffortune]

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!

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.

Apparition Apparent

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?

Bead Bustle

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.

Cattle Cull

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.


Delivery Dash

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.)


Epicurean Epidemic

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.




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

[chibisu]

Somewhere?

[Definitely a vague answer. Then again, it seems like he might be one of the newer shinki or reincarnations to the Far Shore, and there are a lot of strange things they seem to know.]

[Well, he's willing to let it go. He's still not sure if this is a shinki, in which case it'd be bad to pry, or if this is a god, in which case it'd be rude to not know his name beforehand.]

Does the business it's from do limericks a lot, or did you add that on your own?

[corvidiocy]

[He was new-- not that he was going to go and say so. Some business just wasn't important for first meetings-- especially ones between a drunk and a tiny person.]

I added it myself [He said, raking a hand through his shorn hair as he spoke.] Not quite part of the job description, but there's a little something called Being Creative that always makes people happy.

[chibisu]

I agree! That sort of innovation is what allows competition to flourish between businesses, and allows people to have a wider variety of services to choose from.

[You totally wanted to talk business with a small child, right, Qrow...? While wasted?]

Besides, I think a lot can be learned from foreign markets! So adding things unique to other places can be really smart.

[corvidiocy]

[Oho. The kid was a smart one! Another chuckle rumbled up from his chest as he watched on with drunken amusement.

Yes, he did want to talk economics while wasted.]

You've got a big brain for someone so tiny. [He said, reaching out to ruffle the kid's hair despite the severe looking man that stood by his side.]

My only advice? Don't make Kilts part of the uniform. They're cold in the winter!

[chibisu]

[Said severe looking man seems to raise his hands a bit in protest, but there's none coming from Ebisu himself. Rather, he just looks bemused. Hair ruffles are not things which particularly happen to him often.]

So what would you recommend that would be just as eye-catching during colder weather?

[corvidiocy]

[Kids should be treated like kids. It was a natural law that even this man with his muddled memory knew. Offering a fond smile, Qrow scratched his chin and made a show of thinking the question over.]

Maybe you could try something with a cool hat instead of a kilt?

[chibisu]

[Mimicking the gesture, Ebisu considers the proposal with all the due carefulness it deserves.]

That would mean coming up with something that would be able to compete with the other winter holidays...

[corvidiocy]

['Christmas' his brain provided. 'New Year's.'

Qrow let out a considering hum as he mulled this over, thinking of the various different kinds of hats that the different holidays could have. There were too many-- and, that was fine.]

Okay, scrap the hat idea. Maybe a vest, or a coat. Anything but a kilt.

[chibisu]

[Seeing the idea get scrapped so immediately has Ebisu laugh a little bit, although not unkindly. He's not that kind of kid.]

It's not easy, is it?

[corvidiocy]

[Such a good kid. Qrow chuckled as well, glad to have at least made the kid smile.]

Most things worth a damn aren't easy, kid. At least, that's what I keep hearing.

[chibisu]

Yeah.... but that makes it more satisfying when you manage to do it. At least, that's what I keep hearing.

[If nothing else, Ebisu seems to be cheerfully enjoying himself and, despite the amount of alcohol in the air, the shinki by him seems to be slowly relaxing as well. Whatever makes the young master happy.]

[corvidiocy]

[And the severe looking man next to the kid shook his head in obvious disapproval when Qrow settled in and pulled out this flask. The alcohol was heavy in the air, but the smile on the his face was nothing but sincere.]

It does, kiddo. It really does.

[chibisu]

[For fucks sake, Qrow, you were so close to making a vaguely positive impression on the Adults in the room.]

[At least Ebisu will do more than disapproving stares as he blinks up at the flask.]

Should you be drinking on the job?

[corvidiocy]

[He just shrugged and took a draw from it.]

What's it matter?

[They were going to forget about him anyway once he was gone.]

1/2

[chibisu]

Alcohol negatively affects work performance.

[chibisu]

....and does other things, but no one's told me what yet.

[No one has had the heart to really talk to the small child god about all the bad life choices that can come out of too much booze.]

[corvidiocy]

[Aaand he slipped the flask away.]

That's for the best. You'll have plenty of time to learn when you're bigger.

[chibisu]

So it's bigger that matters more than older...

[Because he's technically very old you know.]

[corvidiocy]

That's right. You've gotta be at least as tall as me before you can try.

[He didn't know how the kid saw himself, but he knew one thing for sure: No alcohol for children.]