takamagahara | Test Drive #28

TEST DRIVE # 28

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.

Fish Face

An ayakashi has taken to attaching itself to people’s faces. Other than just making the person gloomy, it has another, more odd, side-effect. Humans who can perceive things of the Far Shore take one look at someone affected by the ayakashi and can’t stop laughing uproariously. Even gods and shinki will get at least a case of the giggles. Sure, the ayakashi makes the person look like they have a fish face, puckered lips and all, but it’s not that funny, is it? Save people from the ayakashi, in more ways than one.

God-speed, Gnome

The travelling gnome is a cute trend that many people follow, watching where their little porcelain garden friend will end up next in the world as volunteers take him along on their travels. However the gnome has stalled somewhere, and the outcry on the internet is quickly reaching a fever pitch. Is it foul play? Or did the gnome simply get lost?
Hopefully you can help him resume his journey.

Homing Hen

Mr. Motoi's landlady has asked him to sell the chicken he was keeping on the building roof. He sent the hen to his daughter in the suburbs… but two days later, she was back on the roof trying to get back into her coop. He's tried three times now to find her a new home, but she keeps coming back! Something needs to be done. Will you help the hen accept her new owner, or try to convince the landlady to have pity?

Icy Idyll

In an effort to promote the beauty and simplicity of the idyll, a poetry society is hitting the streets of Tokyo, offering free ice cream to whomever can compose a (half-decent) idyll on the spot.
What is an idyll, you ask? Simply “a short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, especially in rustic life”.
What do you say? Want to give it a go? No one will judge you too harshly. (Except maybe that person beside you.)

Jujube joy

A new jujube specialty shop has opened, with their key item being “emotion infused” jujubes. With a “secret blend of extracts and essences from exotic, organic herbs and plants”, the company claims that anyone eating their candy will have their mood shifted and uplifted!
Red for bravery. Yellow for happiness. Blue for calmness and relaxation. Green for refreshing energy!
Try a sample (strictly one per person, do not eat two at once) and see for yourself!
The only problem is that that secret blend of herbs and plants seems to be more potent on the physiology of someone from the Far Shore. (If the company knew, they would certainly apologize for the oversight.)

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Do you want me to climb up there, miss? [Two stories didn't seem that far. Romeo thought he could climb it and get the gnome. Because people on the internet were said that it was missing.

He didn't think his god was powerless, or that it was a lesson at all. The gnome was just stuck and people wanted it back]

No. [Mòrag shakes her head decisively, clarity and focus returned to her gaze as the question snaps her out of her contemplation.] I took on the job, so it falls to me to complete it. I will climb up there.

Okay miss! [He looks at the building again and the gnome that had somehow gotten stuck up there. He's still pretty sure it would be better he climbed up, he's small and it's easier to climb when you are small.]

Be really careful!

[Better perhaps, but she hadn't taken on this duty simply to delegate it to others. Leaving this task to him would set a poor example.]

[She flexes her fingers, then gives a little hop that helps boost her up onto the nearby fence. She really does move quite easily, in exquisite shape despite the lack of a Blade for support.] 'Careful' is a subjective matter. If we were being really and truly 'careful' we would not take on this prayer to begin with.

But then people would be sad miss! [And the job of a god was to make people happy. Among other things. But primarily it was to help people fulfill their dreams.]

Precisely. Sometimes we must take risks.

[Morgan lowers herself slightly, then springs upwards again, this time catching for the windowsill where the gnome sits. The fence crumbles slightly under the powerful force of her legs, but her fingers lock onto the sill.]

[Romeo nods, it is good advice! Taking risks was often the only way things got done! You had to be brave, always!

That said he's watching, cheering her on as she reaches for the gnome] You almost got it!

Yes. Keep an eye out for whoever might have put it up here.

[Just in case it is an ayakashi, or at the very least, someone who wants it to stay up here.]

[Hauling herself up, she frees one hand from the ledge to snatch the gnome off the sill.]

Yes miss! [Looking around carefully, looking out for any people that look like they might just be gnome thieves waiting for an opportunity to strike again. He has complete faith that Morag will get the gnome, it's his job to be a lookout!]

[Well that he does. Whether it was responsible for manipulating the statue or simply drawn by the emotions surrounding it, a scuttling ayakashi noses its way out of a window nearby.]

[Romeo's spots the ayakashi and points] Miss Morag! Careful right there!

[He's ready to climb up and help! That thieving ayakashi will not steal the gnome back!]

Well then. Now we have our culprit. Or at least, another problem for us to deal with.

[So much for delicacy. Snatching the gnome with one hand, she allows herself to fall backwards with the motion, only to turn in midair so that she lands on her feet, one hand dipped down to keep her from tumbling.]

[Truth be told, it hurts a little. Moves like this aren't as easy without a Blade's energy supporting her. But she ignores that at she rises.]

Are you prepared to take it down?

[Romeo nodded, keeping his eyes on the ayakashi as Morag jumps down from the roof. He nods again at her question, face serious. They have an ayakashi to take down, to make sure it steals no more gnomes or hurts anybody]

Yes miss!

Very well!

[Shifting the gnome to her left hand, Mòrag turns to glare up at the creature -- then with purpose, pronounces Romeo's vessel name to invoke his transformation. They will meet this foe as god and shinki!]

[He's ready! Romeo disappears in a blur of silver and a small weasel appears on Morag's shoulder.

Romeo can see everything like this and so he keeps an eye on the ayakashi]

It's climbing to the roof!

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