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

[corvidiocy]

N o p e.

[Qrow shrugged, wholeheartedly agreeding with the kid's sentiments even if he wasn't going to verbalize that much. Cherished possessions usually did receive better treatment than this one did-- at least, Qrow suspected as much. His own memory didn't supply him with anything, but he understood this on a viceral level.

Instead he angled his head and waited for the stop light to change, and once more his gaze flickered toward the storm drain.]

...I think some went down there. How do you wanna get them?

[revolutionfalcon]

[The passing look of faintly disgusted exasperation that crosses Shun's face from that answer probably says plenty enough about what he thinks of this person's lack of forethought. Shun has a rather strong idea of how treasured possessions should be handled, and this doesn't line up with it.

When Qrow looks towards the storm drain, Shun follows his gaze before sighing quietly and heading over to take a look.]

Depends how deep it is. [Storm drains aren't usually shallow, but the sizes can vary widely. He crouches down by it, checking it out a bit more closely.]

It's not that big a drain. [That's said somewhat musingly, since it's a good thing and a bad thing - neither of them is likely to fit down it, but they might be able to reach down it.]

[corvidiocy]

[Qrow joined him, crouching down casually as if he had simply lost his keys.]

Not that big, but looks like the bottom is just outta reach.

[He scratched his chin thoughtfully as he peered down, eyes lighting on the shiny beads that stood out in the grime at the bottom of the drain.]

Damn. This is gonna be awkward.

[revolutionfalcon]

Probably. [Shun, while not impressed with the prospect, isn't naive enough to say it isn't going to be awkward.] If they were bigger, we'd have a shot at being able to pick them up with something else, but beads aren't going to going to work for that.

[If they had a long bottle or something, they could possibly get them into there - Shun has a metal canteen on his belt, but it's not really the right shape for chasing beads around.]

[corvidiocy]

And they don't seem like they're metal, either...

[He mused aloud, scratching his chin as he thought of the other beads they had collected. If the beads had been metal, then all they would need to do was go purchase a magnet of some kind to grab them.

No. This was going to take a different kind if ingenuity.]