Test Drive #32

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TEST DRIVE # 32



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.



Zip Zippers
The popularity of a certain video game has led to a spike in clothing designs featuring a lot of zippers. A lot. Whether self-altered or bought, it seems like most every bit of casual clothing now has zippers from head to toe.
This has led to a viral competition among youth: unzip as many zippers on your unsuspecting target as possible. Bonus points if you get it on video for the world to see!
Become one of the trendy and show off your zippered up clothes, at the risk of being hit by a prankster. Defend innocent passers-by from said pranksters. Or you and your cameraperson can aim for internet glory by unzipping all the things. (Is going unnoticed by Near Shore people an unfair advantage? Careful about drawing too much attention to yourself!)


Amazing Apricot
Amazing Apricot is the nickname of a dwarf bunny that has become an internet sensation. Apricot’s owner has trained her to do all sorts of tricks like a dog - beg, shake a paw, play fetch, roll over, jump through a hoop… all made delightfully more adorable when performed by this tiny rabbit.
But owner Nakazawa is in a pinch- he’s hit a mental block about what to try getting Apricot to do next, and the internet is going to move on without her if he doesn’t do something fast.
Can you help teach this bunny a new trick and save her internet popularity? Or should you convince Nakazawa that it’s curtains for this show?


Blue Blues
In the night clubs of Shinjuku, blues music is the sweeping trend. Ever beings to make use of whatever humans are passionate about, ayakashi have been clustering around the clubs. The side-effect of this is that people have been becoming very depressed after listening to sad songs, and way too wound up after listening to the up-beat ones.
Help moderate the mood swings by getting rid of the loitering ayakashi.


The Case Case
You get a strange prayer over your phone: There is a briefcase at a specific, but remote, location. The request is simply for the case to be looked after for five hours.
Should you choose to accept the request, you’ll find everything as described.
The only trouble is that two hours in, you suddenly are assailed by a knife-wielding mob, intent on getting that case by any means! Since when did you become the unwitting star of an action movie?
(For the detail-oriented, the case can contain anything from gold bars to peanut butter, and the particulars behind the scenario anything you like. It’s not game canon, so go wild!)


Digital Dragons
The latest update to a popular fantasy MMO has players everywhere glued to their keyboards trying to defeat an epic dragon boss. The rewards are exclusive but the fight is almost unbeatable: some of the dedicated (and frustrated) players are praying for divine monster-killing assistance, some are praying for a good healer or tank, and some of their friends are praying that they remember to spend enough time off the computer to eat and sleep!




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

Keaton | Fire Emblem | god

[awoofskin]

Case

[ at first, the prayer almost seemed too good to be true? sit and watch a briefcase for some hours, do absolutely nothing but perhaps scan the area and keep and lookout for any kind of weird bugs that might fly by or crawl around? a giant, empty warehouse honestly seemed like the best place for him to keep an eye on the case while wandering around with his face down toward the ground.

but as soon as the mob of knife-wielding humans poured in, it became very clear to Keaton what was going on. ]

Are you looking for spiders too? [ he quietly digs into his pocket and pulls one out, holding it toward the closest man. ] We can share! This one seems pretty common, but man the hairs on it are really neat!

[ and he immediately has to dodge a knife thrust at him, which makes Keaton scowl in return. ]

You could've hurt me with that!

[ which is clearly the intent, but Keaton's not really catching what this mob is giving. ]


Dragons

[ sitting in an internet cafe, Keaton is stuck at the worst part of a MMO. it's not the long hours of grinding, farming materials for crafted gear or consumables, or even the arduous task of learning the epic dragon boss fight!

no. it's character creation.

he has too many options, and none of them are ones he likes? staring at the screen, his tail is twitching in general irritation. his ears are angled down, as he hums in contemplation while batting around the mouse from left to right on its pad next to the keyboard.

also his fingers are on the arrow keys and not WASD. ]

Hey... um. [ looking around, he's hoping to catch someone's eyes and beckon them over with a few shakes of his head. ] Help.

Dragons Keaton baby why

[brynwieldr]

[Leo has to do a double-take when he hears Keaton--he wasn't particularly familiar with the wolfskin but also....he's a wolfskin. It's really hard to miss that or mistake him for anyone other than Corrin's smelly friend. He takes one look at the computer, one look at Keaton's general disposition, and stands with a sigh, grabbing his e-reader.]

With what?

[awoofskin]

[ what's wrong with good doggo smell, Leo?! and obviously he recognizes that dour royal presence, not even bothering to hide his excitement in this case... if there's anyone he could trust to give him good advice, it's clearly him. ]

I don't know what to pick.

[ pointing at the screen with his finger, his ears, and even his tail which tries desperately to reach around his side only to fail, there's a list of classes to pick from! ]

Warrior? Mage? Priest? [ frown. ] Why isn't there a wolfskin option?

[brynwieldr]

[Wow rude he is much less dour now. Being engaged will do that to a person.

Leo takes a chair and leans over to look.]

Because those are classes. In these games, "wolfskin" might be a race.

[awoofskin]

[ he tilts his head at the screen, then at Leo with the tiniest and pettiest frowns. ]

But what if I want to be a wolfskin Wolfskin? Or a Wolfskin wolfskin?

[ still, it's pretty frustrating to not see his people being represented in a video game.

because. you know. why not more furries. hello, developers? HELLO, FEH??? ]

Ugh. I guess I could pick warrior. Mages are kind of squishy and weak.

[brynwieldr]

[. . .]

Only the acolytes are.

[Rude. Bad dog.

Glancing down the class list...]

There. That class has shapeshifting capabilities.

[awoofskin]

Druid.

[ well, that sounds pretty cool. man it's so great that he has Leo here to guide him through the potential pitfalls of picking the worst classes and the worst--- ]

Wait. [ it's a list of races now. ] What is an elf, and why is it the only thing I can choose? Where's the wolfskin option!

[ now his tail is twitching is still, barely twitching at the tip as he is definitely getting angrier at the concept of NO WOLFSKIN ALLOWED...



sad awoo. ]

[brynwieldr]

[Deep sigh and then Leo is gently nudging Keaton away from the computer so he can take over for a minute here.]

Let me see, maybe I can find something similar to it...

[awoofskin]

[ oh. okay. this is fine! he can look at other things. heck, he'll even look under the table while Leo searches for the best race for a shapeshifter. ]

Leo. [ he has to roughly brush past the prince to reach underneath and pull at something. ] Who'd waste something like this here?! It's still sticky!

[ it's gum! ABC gum. ]

[brynwieldr]

Because they are disgusting people who think putting their chewed up candy under a table is a good idea. Don't even think about it.

[awoofskin]

[ probably a good thing Leo says something with Keaton's fingers and said candy up at the same level of his open mouth... ]

Oh. [ stares into oblivion--- ] Um. Think about what?

[ and there goes the gum as he flicks it off into some direction, where someone will be super upset at getting it stuck in the hair. oops! ]

So! Did you find me? Am I in the game yet?

[brynwieldr]

....no.

[He sighs.]

Unfortunately, the only animal-like race they have is...well. Feline in design.

[awoofskin]

[ for a second, Keaton looks at the ground in disbelief... then, at the ceiling in disbelief...

then at Leo with extreme disbelief. ]

No way! There aren't any foxes either? I mean, I would rather have wolfskin but a kitsune would be okay, too!

[ with a huff, Keaton hangs his head low. ]

Fine... feline it is... a feline druid. [ but now he needs a name and he starts to whine in frustration. ]

[brynwieldr]

[It is like dealing with a small toddler.

This is why Leo is unsure about children (except Forrest, who he's certain was a sweet child most of the time).]

There is a race mentioned to be compared to wolves due to their ferocity, but they are human-looking. Would that be better?

[awoofskin]

... human-looking.

[ squints at the screen. ]

What're they called? Where can I find them? [ then, whispered:] Do they actually exist around here?

[brynwieldr]

They don't. Except for the gods and shinki in heaven and the ayakashi everywhere else, there's only humans here. It's incredibly unfortunate and a little boring.

[awoofskin]

Leo...

[ shrinking in his seat, he motions him to come close, suddenly looking very nervous and timid. ]

Come closer. I want to say something to you privately.

[brynwieldr]

[...he has a bad feeling about this.

But he bites back his sigh and leans in, waiting.]

[awoofskin]

[ WHY WOULD LEO THINK SOMETHING BAD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, look... even wolfskin have secrets! ]

... does that make me the only wolfskin here.

[ said while he slowly reaches out to touch Leo's hands with his sticky fingers. ]

[brynwieldr]

[Leo jumps, startled by the hand.]

Good gods--

[Deep breaths, Leo. Deep breaths. Don't scare the dog.]

Yes, unfortunately, it does.

[awoofskin]

[ and now he's... reaching up to grip Leo's shoulders, still very calm and quiet. ]

Is that why there's no wolfskin in this game that I'm supposed to help someone with?

[ his eyes, however, are very wide on his face right now. ]

Case NOT THE SPIDERS

[foxrightsactivist]

[A fight isn't really what Kaden expected to find when poking his head into a big abandoned warehouse, but it's what he's faced with nonetheless. But there's something else here, something weirdly familiar. Someone else with furry ears and a tail!

The familiarity makes him nervous, but there's more important things right now. Like helping a fellow shapeshifter! If he's a shapeshifter.]

Hey, playing with knives isn't a good idea. Someone's gonna get hurt.

[And not necessarily just the person being attacked with it, either!]

BUT THE SPIDERS!!!

[awoofskin]

[ stuck between crushing despair, a desire to save every spider, and the sudden urge to cover a kitsune in said spiders in hopes he'll love them one day, there's only one thing Keaton can do. ]

Hey! Uh, buddy! [ that's generic enough of a greeting. ] If you take one half, I'll take the other. Seem okay to you?

[ from one shapeshifter to another, may they both be able to not get stabbed SO THEY CAN LOVE THE SPIDERS TOGETHER ]

NO SPIDERS

[foxrightsactivist]

Fine by me!

[Good thing he figured out his beasts tone tbh, otherwise he'd be screwed. A huge fox form is a lot better against like five guys than just his humanoid form.

FANCY FLIPPIN ACROBATICS and he is said large fox and barreling into the cluster of people.]

Incoming!

BUT THERE ARE MANY WHICH MEANS MORE EIGHT LEGGED HUGS or something

[awoofskin]

[ for him, it's basically reaction--- he's done this a thousand or more times and for many reasons. but this time it feels surreal, to be doing it again with his favorite kitsune pal.

he hoists one of the knife wielders and throws him like a ragdoll into another group, bowling them over. easy peasy for the wolfskin who with big ol' paws can do almost anything!

except, well... for holding spiders. he's TOO BIG ]

Be careful! Don't hurt any of our future friends!

[ said as he quietly rolls over a man, who is also the unfortunate recipient of a lot of dust. ]