Test Drive #28

[godsoffortune]

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!

Comments

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ It's quite disgusting- especially when an outside perspective could easily look at the two and think it's incestuous instead of two individuals that coincidentally have similar features and coloring.

Some would either give credit or be further disgusted by the fact that, despite Belial closing the distance more, Judar doesn't ease back or flinch away. Others would know better. ]

Sounds ambitious, to think you'd get that to happen. You're pretty sure of yourself.

[ Which is kind of hot, but he's playing it cool right now. ]

[varnish]

[They might as well be related. It’s kinda cute, really. He’s always wanted to fuck himself.

Anyway, he does admire the confidence, facing him head on unlike most others do. It might be stupid, but it’s showing him a good time he can’t possibly pass up. If he’s really going to be staying here, then he might as well make his time worth while.]

I was an escort before I came here, you know.

[Is he lying about that? Possibly. With how he simply he says it (and just by looking at him) it’s very likely. Not that he cares.]

I wouldn’t be a very good one if I wasn’t sure of myself.

[kuroi_taiyo]

I can believe that.

[ He might not know, but Judar can certainly look at the guy and think 'yeah, that sounds right.' Of course, Judar is also someone dressed pretty fashionably with no problem in wearing as much eye makeup as he had.

It's about the confidence.

Maybe he shouldn't be going about telling people that they could easily pass for escorts. Well, whatever. ]

Of course, saying you're an escort doesn't automatically mean you're good.

[ ... Later he should make sure that escort really is the modern way of saying prostitute and concubine. Just to be sure. ]

[varnish]

[He bites his lip, his eyes not breaking their contact a single millimeter. He does love it when people buy into his acting. Or at least play along.]

You could find out. But I can’t guarantee you’ll remember your own name afterwards.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ Judar's good at playing along. Especially if it puts a good kind of attention on him. Which this sort of counts as. For the most part, he thinks. It's going good enough so far. ]

Either you're that desperate, or you really want me. So many promises. Are you looking for a shinki or just someone to play with for a few hours?

[varnish]

What’s the difference?

[Shinki, someone to play with. Either way, he’ll be playing with someone.]

[kuroi_taiyo]

Time and level of control.

[ You'd have so much over him if you took him as a shinki. Being able to turn him into whatever vessel he'd become at the naming? ]

And one I'd be more willing to give than the other.

[varnish]

[A vibrating dildo would be the vessel to beat all vessels.

Belial scoffs as he sliiiides that same finger back down along Judar’s throat.]

In the industry we call you a cocktease. You should really loosen up more.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ That would be a vessel that'd never get used to actually rend ayakashi. Plenty of use, yes, but not for its actual purpose.

Figuring this was more of this guy's charming acts, he doesn't move away from the finger trailing around. Even if it kept going along him. ]

It's more of a nametease. Unless you want to guess it.

If you want some fun with my cock, I already said I'd be fine with that.

[varnish]

Perhaps you have a girly name. Or maybe~ No, it couldn’t be that, could it?

[Playing along, sliding lower past a bony clavicle and the edge of his shirt. A shame his chest has to be covered up.]

Hmm... Does Little Cocktease fool around with every new person he meets? Just like this~?

[kuroi_taiyo]

Wouldn't know until you say what that is supposed to be.

[ He doesn't know if his name is supposed to be girly either, but he won't be giving answers so easily.

And if you want his chest so much, there are perks to wearing shirts that are buttoned instead of pulled over. Not that he has much luck with shirts that get pulled over- not with all of that hair. ]

Not every- Just ones that are attractive and interesting enough. Do you just pick up and try to fool with every new person you meet?

[varnish]

Don’t know if I wanna say~

[He should try wearing just one button like Bel. Makes for easy access and two viewing windows. What’s not to love? With that in mind, does Judar even need to ask that question? Not just anyone acts like this. At least not any normal people.]

I do. Makes life more interesting. I can’t say everyone’s quite so amused as you though.

[Oops did he barely brush lips with you there? Yeah. Of course he did.]

Not so cute either.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ If it were warmer, the shirt would've probably been far more open. With it being November, Judar's been feeling the nip in the air. It's been a balance between fashion and comfort against the growing chill. Being human and mortal, he has to think about those things.

No matter how good a show his torso can give. ]

It is hard to find people with looks as high quality as mine...

[ Hey, if they're close enough for lips to barely brush, he'll let it keep happening. How gross of these two. ]

We can turn this into a game. Three guesses- if you get anywhere close to my name, I'll give you both things you seem to want.

[ Some would say that this is a bit of a cheat, given that he's a weirdo and doesn't have a name that matches him, but hey. He said it just had to be close. ]

[varnish]

[Very gross. Even grosser when he hops up onto the bench with surprising grace, situating himself to sit on the backrest so he’ll have his legs spread on either side of Judar’s body. You know, since he’s still so keen on floating there like a little bird. The plume of purple feathers at his shoulders almost does enough to block out the sun from behind. Almost.]

I love games.

[Spoken in a drawl, shoulders rounded, head tipped in that annoying, flirtatious quirk.]

How about~ Gabriel.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ Floating, but was also leaning down against the back. It's quite a position and arrangement to have set up between them, Belial. One would comment on how bold you're being. It's kind of hot, but he's not used to someone throwing themselves at him. Almost like you're ready to either swallow the sun or him, depending on how one would look at it.

But really, how is that your first guess? ]

Never even met one before. Strike one.

[varnish]

[He knows nothing of personal bubbles. Just let it happen.

As for guessing, he figured he start innocent. Boring. Some simple, pure name a goody-goody primarch would have. Never mind he used to be one, but, hey, at least his name is cool.]

Hmm... Lucius.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ Does he look goody-goody? Especially with how complicit he's obviously being with this invasion of personal space. Which could be considered an encouragement on its own to some people. ]

No? What's with all the weird names? You're nowhere near the right answer. Strike two.

[ Best make that last one a doozy. ]

[varnish]

[He looks far from goody goody. But why go for the obvious? It’s just a name, after all. Can it speak for who this guy truly is? Of course there’s always the chance he’ll guess correctly and this one will lie. Seems like something he’d try to pull. Hm. But it’s not like Belial has anything to lose anyway. Sure, the company and servitude of an attractive shinki might be at stake, but there’s always other fish in the sea, right?

He thinks again, studying Judar’s expression closely. Well, if he’s not goody goody and he’s badder than bad... Maybe he should reach into the lower pits of hell for a guess.]

Judas.

[kuroi_taiyo]

[ ... Huh. He didn't even know there were other names that were close to his. Given who he was around and where his god's followers were from, it just didn't seem like a thing. ]

Talk about a twist there. Yeah, that's actually really close.

[ Well, shit. Yata and Fushimi were always going on how weird it was that he had a non-asian name, despite his appearance and obvious heritage, so he was hoping the guy would go with those kinds of names. Especially with how many in the Far Shore had those kinds. It's the impression he got from being in this world, at least.

He's going to have to send a text apologizing to Izumo now. He put a wager up, so it's not like he could suddenly back out on it easily. ]

It's Judar.

[ And if Belial was familiar with Arabian Nights, there was a particular tale about a Judar. It could be argued that he was probably the most unlucky character in that collection of tales. The difference is that one kept working hard and being good, where as this Judar was practically the opposite, despite having that same kind of luck. ]

[varnish]

[He blinks softly, genuinely surprised for a second, before settling back into that shit eating grin, quite victorious and proud of himself really. Eastern sounding names aren't uncommon where he's from, but they don't exactly make up a vast majority. More likely you'll run into a Michael than a Mikasa and all that.

Besides, does Bel look like the type to judge based on appearances?

He can't say he's familiar with the name. Still, he enjoys how it rolls off the tongue, made evident in the way he repeats it back slowly, languidly, one long finger gently stroking Judar's jaw.]

Judar, huh.

[Hmm~]

How wicked. It suits you.