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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.
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!
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[Goku doesn't bother putting the beads in his pockets, that's an extra step too many for him. He just uses one hand to pick them up and place them safely in the other.]
It's for her! [Gestures over his shoulder at the young woman with a smile.] It just broke, so I'm helping her.
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Are you answering a prayer?
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[He was just passing by. Some other god probably got the prayer and is possibly very annoyed at Goku cutting in on their turf.]
She just seemed real upset, so I figured I'd help.
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Then you'll surely be a kind god.
[...Unless he's a shinki in which case whups! But he's definitely of the Far Shore.]
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I'm not tryin' to be kind or nothing. I just wanted to help. [Goku's a simple monkey.] My name's Goku.
[Which is far more important than whether he's a god or a shinki.]
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Isn't that kind anyway? Oh, and I'm Ebisu. It's nice to meet you.
[Here, have more beads. His hands and pockets are too tiny.]
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[Ebisu is helping too! Luckily, Goku's hands are bigger than a little kid's, but they're still getting overwhelmed. If this keeps up, he might have to focus more energy on holding the beads than finding them.]
Nice to meet ya!
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[Is that all of them? Tilting his head to the side, he tries to get a good look at the area around them in case any have rolled under something or stepped on.]
At least, if I can be that kind of god at the same time of my duty.
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You care about all that stuff?