Test Drive #31

[godsoffortune]

TEST DRIVE # 31



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.



Underdog Upgrade
It is a hard world out there for gods. Countless numbers of minor gods are born from the wishes of humans, and an equally countless number of those minor gods disappear once they are no longer being prayed to. While some are accepting of their fate, some will “never say die!”
One such minor god is looking to up their popularity, by any means. Door to door solicitation, graffiti, street performance, skywriting - anything goes. Can you offer them advice, or join them on an (ill-conceived?) quest for glory? The more outgoing the better, since those of the Far Shore go as unnoticed as background noise until they draw sufficient attention to themselves.

Vodka Voters
In an attempt to raise the popularity, and therefore sales, of vodka in Japan, a company is holding a very classy event in Ginza. Adults are welcome to come to the pavilion and mix their own vodka cocktails, which will then be served to a panel of discerning judges. The best-voted drink will become the flagship cocktail for the company’s Japan launch. Come make your vodka drink the next big hit!
Or... you know, a couple of those judges are looking a little woozy. Maybe you could take their place for a bit.


Walnut Wallop
All Mr. Inui wants is a peaceful life running his walnut orchard, but lately, things haven't been peaceful at all. A horde of hungry squirrels have moved into the grove, and besides eating up his harvest, they're throwing the ripe nuts down at him and his workers! Those walnuts hit hard, and the squirrels have great aim.
Help Mr. Inui and his employees chase off the angry squirrels, or help pick the crop before the furry little thieves can get their paws on all of it.

Xerox-Xerox
Nothing draws hate like a photocopy machine that won’t work. Especially when it jams when you’re in a hurry!
A weasel-like ayakashi has taken to hanging out in xerox machines, purposefully sabotaging them, and basking in the resulting frustration. One government building in particular has broken out with a plague of the things, and the ayakashi are gleefully feeding off the harried machine technicians as well.
Quell this storm of ayakashi and clear out every one of the troublemakers.
Don’t mind that the building has 46 floors, with at least two machines per floor.


Yeti Yodel
In Hiroshima prefecture, near Mt. Hiba, there are tales that a Yeti-like creature exists. It is called Hibagon, and has been a topic of mystery since the 70s.
Figuring that its lifespan, no matter what manner of creature it is, is nearing its end, a small group of people have dedicated themselves to finding Hibagon and making peace with it before it dies.
Respond to their fervent prayers to call out the creature with your best yodel, and ...keep an open mind?



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

pyrrha nikos | rwby | shinki

[incinerators]

xerox-xerox

[ 46 floors, two machines per floor. this is definitely fine. it's pyrrha's mission, and she's not one to back out of responsibility, even if it'll take forever to complete. she looks up at how tall the building is, frowns just the tiniest bit, and then turns to the nearest person who's also working on the mission: you! ]

I think we'd better get started.

[ looks like there's a lot of work cut out for them. ]

walnut wallop

[ pyrrha is here to help out poor mr. inui with his squirrel problem, and she gasps with a hand over her mouth as she looks at all the walnuts being thrown at him and his workers. it's raining walnuts, and it all looks extremely painful--the workers are yelping left and right, and pyrrha frowns. she hums pensively, thinking of some sort of way she can help with all these walnuts being flung around...

she sees a piece of cardboard lying on the sidewalk. it's rather large, and it'd make for a good shield, at least. she picks it up, then turns to whoever else is here to help: ]

If you don't mind, you can help with picking the crop and I can shield you from the walnuts. Does that sound alright?

[ what pyrrha doesn't notice is that a squirrel is throwing a walnut right at her, aiming for the side of her head. better think fast! ]

wildcard

[ hit me with anything! ]

X-X

[yousaytron]

[They definitely have their work cut out for them with this task, as tall and insurmountable as the building that's become home to these pesky ayakashi. But, you know, what better way to work on building up teamwork than tossing a pair of shinki at it?]

If we don't want to be here all day, then yeah. [Maybe they should come up with a plan first, at least.] Want to start from the top and flush 'em all out the bottom, or chase them all up to the top and deal with them there?

[incinerators]

[ hell yes. shiro would be proud to know they're working together! pyrrha grins; while she isn't bad at strategy herself, she definitely prefers letting someone else with more experience take the lead. ]

Chasing them to the top would give them less means to escape. Let's go with that?

[yousaytron]

Sounds like a plan.

[Either way, he figures, could work well enough - two shinki won't be able to finish off any ayakashi without a god to wield them no matter what, but they can herd the troublemakers into one spot to take care of when backup arrives.]

Let's get going, then. This should be a cinch with two of us clearing them out. [Or, uh, twice as fast as just one of them working on it. Probably. This will be fine.]

[incinerators]

[ hopefully others will come soon, because with only two shinki on the scene, pyrrha isn't sure how long they'll be able to keep them all contained in one area. still, it's worth a try, and if they can make everyone else's jobs easier then it'll be worth it.

if there's a small chance that they can help someone, pyrrha will take it. ]

Right.

[ she follows keith in, scanning the area for the nearest xerox machine. it takes a little bit of wandering around, even with her eyes peeled. eventually, she comes across one in the back room at the end of a hallway. ]

Keith! Over here!

[yousaytron]

[Lo and behold, scurrying around the machine itself, chittering away in a manner that almost sounds like gleeful snickering, is one of the ayakashi they're after. Neither it nor the pair of shinki who have come to investigate seem to be noticed at all by the technician who's currently sorting through his tools, frustration and fatigue clear on his face as he tries to think of a solution to what is very likely the umpteenth time he's had to fix this copier, the rest of the copiers, and many copiers to come.

Keith comes to her call quickly, and takes a short moment to assess the situation.] Okay, this shouldn't be too hard. [One of them isn't an issue - that'll probably change once they start growing in numbers, but just one to start with isn't bad.]

If we can chase it out of here, maybe to a stairwell or something, I can hold it there with a borderline while you scout out any more that might be on this floor.

[incinerators]

Okay. I believe there should only be one more machine on this floor--let me see if I can find it from here.

[ she turns her back to him momentarily, trying to scope out the other end of the hallway to see if there's another copy machine nearby. she can't quite see anything, and she's hoping that she won't need to cover a large distance to herd the ayakashi together. ]

Hm... I'll leave this one to you and see if I can find the other ayakashi. I'll lead it towards you in the meantime so we can move together and cover all sides to make sure they don't escape. Does that sound doable?

[yousaytron]

[As Pyrrha looks out across the floor, Keith turns his attention to the ayakashi, now trying to creep its way over to the technician. Frowning, he casts a quick and quiet-]

Line.

[-borderline to stop it in its tracks. The creatures squeaks in surprise before letting out an angry, sustained hiss and backing off once more to the relative safety of the xerox machine.]

That should work. I'll leave that to you, then. Just holler when you find something, and we can go from there.

walnut wallop

[revolutionfalcon]

[Almost before Pyrrha can quite finish that sentence, Shun pulls something from his belt and throws it at the flying walnut in the blink of an eye. It's much more recognisable as a throwing knife when it stabs into the nut mid-air and both knife and nut fall ungracefully to the ground.]

I'd work on shielding yourself first. [Shun's tone is straightforward and neutral in saying that, and he heads around her to pick up his knife, crouching down just as another walnut goes flying over his head. Despite the lacking expression on his face, what is there looks faintly exasperated, as if this definitely isn't the most absurd thing he's had to deal with here.]

It'd be easier if we could just chase them out.

[incinerators]

Oh-!

[ she certainly didn't see that one coming, but she's impressed with how quickly he throws that knife at the walnut. he seems very skilled, and pyrrha gets a little meek, embarrassed that she let her guard down so easily. ]

I'm so sorry, I wasn't being careful-- [ she frowns, but shun seems like he doesn't want to waste any time. she looks up at the squirrels, and there's another walnut coming their way--this time, pyrrha is ready, and she holds up the cardboard to deflect it. ]

What's the plan?

[revolutionfalcon]

[She's right in that observation - Shun even holds up a hand almost as soon as she starts apologising as a direction to stop. And then sideslips another flying walnut, because this is going to be a very interrupted conversation at this rate.]

How are you with borderlines? I've got another idea already, but it'll be easier if we can scare them down to ground level first.

[Hazing the tops of the trees to force them down a bit further would hopefully make them more vulnerable to being funneled out of the area by something less bothered by getting repeatedly hit by walnuts.]

[incinerators]

[ the hand gesture gets her to frown deeper, but pyrrha says nothing of it. instead, she deflects another walnut flying their way, switching between looking at the squirrel who seems to be hellbent on pelting them and shun. ]

I'm not too great at them just yet, but I can give it a shot.

[ she's still relatively new, so she hasn't gotten as much practice time in with her borderlines just yet. ]

[revolutionfalcon]

It's nothing that hard, just attacking the tops of the trees with a few of them. [Shun points to the upper branches, where most of the walnuts are coming from. His point is readily proven when another walnut comes flying out of that general area.]

It'll be easier to get them somewhere else if they're lower to the ground - and easier to avoid what they're throwing.

[Or at least, easier to shrug it off. Getting beaned in the side of the head is a lot harder to ignore than getting it in the ankle or something.]

[incinerators]

[ she appreciates the vote of confidence. pyrrha nods, looking at the branches, remembering the techniques she's learned and how she can finally apply them to a real situation. ]

I can do that.

[ she turns to shun, putting the cardboard aside. it'll only get in the way, most likely. ]

Ready?

walnut wallop

[sassywelshcatgirl]

Line.

[Nia almost lazily sketches a slash across the ground, bringing a Borderline up to intercept the walnut before it can strike. Then she smiles wryly at the other girl, waving her hand to indicate her shinki spell.]

If you're not good with these, I'm thinking maybe we do it the other way around.

[incinerators]

[ pyrrha turns towards the borderline in surprise and sees it slice the walnut in half. she gasps in surprise, not having realized what was coming her way. to think a squirrel could throw a walnut such a far distance... ]

I'm sorry! [ she wasn't being careful enough, and she feels a little embarrassed at her moment of weakness. ] I promise I'm usually better than this. But...if you think switching would be better, then I'd be more than happy to do so.

[sassywelshcatgirl]

Don't worry about it. I just happen to be a natural with Borderlines. [Her ego might be showing, though in her case it may be justified. Nia's heritage means they're child's play to her. Though her eyes flick over to the trees, showing a little less certainty.] And I don't know a thing about picking walnuts, honestly. D'you?

[incinerators]

[ pyrrha hasn't quite mastered the art of borderlines yet, so she can't say anything. but she will acknowledge that this girl is quite skilled. as for picking walnuts... ]

I...don't, either. But I can give it a try.

[ she gives the other girl a small smile. ] Thank you for your help, by the way. I'm Pyrrha.

[sassywelshcatgirl]

[Well, that's what comes when the technique for Borderlines is basically the same as a skill she already knows for raising barriers and just never talks about. Manipulate aether, get a wall. But hey, it's good to have a skill she can flaunt without raising all sorts of questions.]

The name's Nia. And hey, no problem. You ready to do this thing?

[incinerators]

Ready as I'll ever be, Nia.

[ pyrrha grins, more than grateful for nia's help, and turns back to the squirrels. she steps to the side, figuring it's smartest if the "shielder" goes first. ]

After you?

Xerox adventures

[notatyrant]

Yes, we should!

[Except, there's a small problem.]

What's a copy machine though?

[incinerators]

[ he doesn't--ah. he must be from another world without this sort of technology. ]

Let's see... It's around this big [ she makes a rather large rectangle shape with her hands ], and like the name says, it makes copies of documents.

[ she hums pensively, trying to think of a better way to illustrate this. ] Say you had a page from a book you wanted to duplicate. All you'd need to do is scan it through the copy machine, and it'd print out a copy of the page. They'd look exactly alike!

[notatyrant]

[Terra nods, not really understanding how the machine works, but copying things sounds cool.]

That's pretty interesting, but maybe you should show me one and then we can go our separate ways?

[incinerators]

[ she nods. ] Yes, of course. Though...are you sure splitting up is a good idea?

[notatyrant]

[He frowns, sh ad a good point.]

Let's fight the first ayakashi and see if it's too hard for one person only, then we'll decide if we should separate or not.