takamagahara | Test Drive #32

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Test Drive #32

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!

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Blue Blues

[If combat is involved, Bakugou's going to be in the thick of it. He can't Rend ayakashi without a shinki, but with his quirk, he can certainly put them to inconvenience. Not to mention that while Bakugou himself may go rather unnoticed, his explosions definitely don't; anywhere he engages with ayakashi, their victims clear out fast. So, the way he sees it, he's killing two birds with one stone, even if he's killing zero ayakashi - they don't have the freedom to victimize anyone, and even if they did, Bakugou's driving everyone they could prey on away.

Granted, this means he's pissing off a lot of ayakashi at once, and he may be getting surrounded by them, but he'd be a piss-poor excuse for a hero if he couldn't handle what amounts to a mob of low-level mooks. He has to play keepaway if he doesn't want to get blighted, but with the maneuverability his quirk gives him, that's not gonna be hard.

He grins wolfishly at the horde, explosions crackling in his palms, eyes darting around as he tries to keep track of the ones in his periphery.] Come and get some, you ugly fucks!

[If you're anywhere in the vicinity, it's impossible to miss the noisy show Bakugou is putting on. In fact, it may be the only show in the area, because the club he's blowing things up in front of has probably cleared out entirely. Do you want to criticize Bakugou's methods? Help the clearly surrounded teenager? Bakugou won't thank you for either, but you're welcome to try.]

The Case Case

[The only reason Bakugou took this particular prayer was because it sounded sketchy as hell. There was no way it was going to go smoothly; hell, there's no way the whole thing isn't criminal in nature in some way. He'd only been following the directions of the prayer because he'd figured that whoever wanted them to protect the stupid briefcase would show up once they'd finished looking after it to collect it, and then he'll be able to grab them and find out just what the fuck they're up to.

He hadn't really counted on company - he sure as hell hadn't wanted it - but apparently he's not the only one who got messaged this particular prayer. And, well, what can you fucking do. So, whoever you are, you've been hanging out with a rather bored and characteristically surly Bakugou for the past two hours.

Honestly, the knife-wielding assailants might be something of a relief.

Bakugou certainly thinks so; he grins, rising to his feet and rolling a shoulder.] About fucking time. [He's clearly ready to throw down with the attackers, whether you are or not.]

[Mid-range attacks are the best, aren't they? They're so great. Goku thinks so anyway.]

Watch out! [Goku leaps into the fray, swinging his extended staff widely and catching an ayakashi in the midsection. There's no rending with Nyoi-bo, but getting hit with an iron bar is going to hurt anyway. The swing sends the ayakashi flying down the street. Goku lands next to Bakugou and grins.]

Hey, hey, were those explosions you? That's so awesome!

[Bakugou's spent enough time doing combat training that someone abruptly jumping into the fight to provide assistance doesn't catch him off-guard; he hadn't been expecting it, sure, but he doesn't let it distract him from an ayakashi suddenly lunging from his other side. He blasts it back a few meters with an AP Shot; the concentrated force of it does better at shoving the bastards around than his regular explosions.]

I can see them just fucking fine! I've already got this shit under control! [Honestly, 'watch out'. Like he's even in any danger right now. If the guy wants to get his knocks in, there's plenty of ayakashi to beat the shit out of, but Bakugou would rather face twice as many of them than have this guy think he couldn't handle it.

Still...at least he appreciates explosions. This is not, currently, the most annoying interruption to a fight Bakugou's ever had, although it is only the first few seconds of meeting this guy.

He glances sidelong at Goku, one visible eye narrowed.] These damn things aren't nice enough to blow themselves up yet. Of course it was me.

[Goku, meanwhile, is more than used to fighting alongside other people. He's even used to fighting alongside people who cause explosions and mass-destruction. He's perfectly at home, jumping between blasts of shrapnel and fire, swinging his staff at ayakashi to knock them back and disable them.]

It'd probably be way grosser if they did it. [Smack- an ayakashi's skull caves in under Nyoi-bo.] Bits and pieces of 'em flying everywhere! What a mess!

[Okay, maybe whacking ayakashi with a staff isn't the most effective technique ever(although, if Bakugou is being honest with himself, neither is what he's doing no matter how satisfying it is), but he has to acknowledge that this guy's got skill. Not just in fighting, but in working around Bakugou and what he's doing. Bakugou's literally been taught how to work with others in a combat environment, and he recognizes that Goku is - for whatever reasons - familiar with the same principles.

Also, he's playing along with Bakugou's snarky joke rather than chiding him for it, which earns him points. Bakugou grins as he turns his attention to another ayakashi.] What's wrong with some spectral goop? Heaven ought to know all about spiritual cleansing.

[Without any shinki, all they can really do against ayakashi is go on the defensive. An incredibly aggressive defense, admittedly, but they're driving ayakashi away more than they're killing them. But that will have to do for now.]

Bleh- [Goku sticks his tongue out, even as he leaps over the head of an ayakashi trying to rush him, letting it run straight into Bakugou's next explosion.] That sounds gross! I don't wanna deal with that!

How's it any grosser than me blowing them into chunks? [Not that Bakugou is actually doing that; they're quite resistant to damage, or they're recovering from the damage incredibly quickly; honestly, when your main weapon is explosions, it can be hard to make out the immediate aftermath. But he and this other - kid? Really fresh-faced adult? It's kind of hard to tell, Goku exists in a perpetual state of having an age that's very hard to visually place and Bakugou hasn't had much of a chance to get a good look anyway - are basically just playing out a hypothetical scenario in any case.

It's fun, in a weird way. There's an energy and playfulness to Goku that brings Kaminari or Kirishima to mind.]

Shouldn't jump into fights if you're worried they'll get messy!

[Ren immediately stops reading his book and takes another look around his surroundings. All that loud noise is enough to catch his commotion. That's when he notices Bakugou nearby. ]

"Ugly fucks?" That's a new one.

[He's never heard an insult like that before. Does their appearance really matter that much? They're ayakashi, but maybe Bakugou doesn't care about details. ]

I don't think they're listening to you at all.

[Well, at this point Ren should lend a hand. He doesn't want to let Bakugou deal with this dangerous situation alone.]

Hah? [Bakugou shoots a sidelong look at the guy who's chipped in. Who's been...reading a fucking book??

He can see the ayakashi, and he was just kicking back with a relaxing novel? What, was the guy on his lunch break? At 10 PM?]

It's not like I'm trying to reason with these see-through shitholes. I don't care if they hear shit.

Well, that makes sense. I was watching you for a bit. [He shrugs once and bites the lower end of his lip in contemplation. ]

You looked fine on your own earlier. [So that's why he took his time coming here. Clearly things aren't fine now!! ]

Are you used to fighting?

[That would explain a lot, honestly. Ren isn't sure where to start with this one. The ayakashi are still running around and need to be dealt with as they speak.]

[This is one weird asshole, Bakugou concludes. That's all the assessment he cares to make, or really has time for; he's got ayakashi to worry about.]

Hell yeah I'm used to fighting. [He cups a circle in one hand, holds it up against the outstretched palm of the other...and a concentrated explosion blasts out, knocking an ayakashi back as though someone just turned a high-pressure fire hose on it.] You think I learned how to do this at chess club?

That seems unlikely.

[Hey man. You won't learn any of this at a chessclub. Ren punches one of the ayakashi but it doesn't seem to do much. He lets out a low irritated sigh.]

Aren't you a god or something?

[He's just making speculations here and he could be completely off mark. ]

[Bakugou, meanwhile, stops dead, looking over at Ren in shock and consternation.] What the fuck are you doing punching them? You wanna get blighted?!

[ Yep, someone didn't think this through very well. Ren stops what he's doing before he turns and looks at Bakugou. ]

Not really. I didn't have any other plans. [And so the truth comes out.]

What a mess. Hope I don't get anything weird from this.

[He's only got himself to blame. ]

Why the hell'd you jump into a fight if you don't know what the fuck you're doing?!

[Bakugou's not one to mince words; sorry, Ren. But his next blast is aimed at blowing ayakashi away from the other boy.]

Do you even know how to fight?!

Can't say for certain. I don't have any memories?

[He looks down at himself. Hm, yeah nope. Still drawing blanks. Ren's got more of a vacant expression on his face.]

Helping you out seemed like the right thing to do.

[Even if it was reckless and almost stupid. Woops.]

[This was not how she had been planning to spend her day when she got up this morning. Two hours of dealing with a surly Bakugou was not something she had prepared for, to put it diplomatically. And now there were people with knives!

But...well. The case still needed to be protected. Not only that, but they were both going to be heroes, right? They were probably going to need to work together at some point, so why not start now?

That being said...]

Why are there so many of them?

[Seriously, just what was in this thing? Well, either way she was edging closer to the briefcase in case she needed to touch it.]

[Nobody deserves getting stuck with Bakugou for extended periods of time, except perhaps for confirmed masochists like Kirishima and Kaminari who seem to enjoy it for some reason.]

'Cause if there were fewer, it'd be boring.

[Bakugou's not a bad combat partner, even if he's terrible company. Even as he steps forward, keeping Uraraka behind him - not because he doesn't trust her to be competent, he had faith in that much even before the sports festival confirmed it, but because it makes it easier for him to fire off explosions without worrying about her proximity to them - he's considering how to combine their quirks for maximum effectiveness in the inevitable fight they're facing. He concludes pretty quickly that applying her strategy from the sports festival in a cooperative setting would be best; it was a good strategy she used, after all, one he overcame only by having the raw power to blast through her coup de grace. If he aims his explosions at the ground, he'll make it hard for the thugs to approach them with any speed, and it'll throw up smoke and debris as cover as well; between the visual cover and slow-moving opponents, that'll give Uraraka plenty of leeway if she wants to rush in and hit any of them with her quirk.

He plots this all out within seconds. (Granted, recycling someone else's strategy doesn't take long.)

As the nearest thugs begin to charge forward, Bakugou aims an explosion at the ground in front of them, shocking the whole group and peppering the frontrunners with shrapnel.] Oi, Roundface! You remember the sports festival?

[He doesn't have the time or the inclination to lay out his plan for her, and spelling it out in front of their enemies wouldn't be the most tactical move anyway. But if she picks up on his reference, she ought to be able to work out the plan.

The hardest part of all of it will be that the same pitfall that was used against him in the sports festival still applies here. If Uraraka goes into the smoke, he won't be able to see her any more than their enemies can. That'll definitely limit how free he can be with his explosions if he wants to avoid friendly fire. And, on top of that, if she gets involved in the fight then she can't be focusing on the case, so he'll have to keep an awareness of it too...

It's going to be a balancing act. His and Uraraka's quirks don't synergize as well as, say, his and Kirishima's.]

I remember!

[How could she forget? She'd given her best effort but still come up short. The memory still stung despite all the hard work she'd done trying to improve since then. Maybe she wasn't a particularly prideful person, but that didn't make losing any easier to handle. Not when so much was on the line.

Nevertheless, she crouched close to the ground just like she had back then. Now she just had to worry about whether Bakugou would send up so much debris that her weight limit couldn't handle it. Or that the ones further back wouldn't try to disperse and surround them at the sides, which as it turned out, was a much more immediate problem.]

There's at the sides too!

[There were only one or two on her side though, so maybe she could handle this--no, she had to! At the very least, she had to try! She was close to the case and she didn't look as threatening as Bakugou, so it was entirely likely that the thugs didn't see her as much of a threat, but she was about to prove her own strength right then and there. Her heart was pounding as the thug with the knife came at her, but she stood up on her feet at repeated the steps in her head. First pivot, disappear, grab...and this time, throw! With that, she sent her attacker careening into another, knocking them over like errant bowling pins.

Ochaco put her fingertips together and let herself breathe. She really would have been in trouble if she couldn't throw him otherwise.]

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Test Drive #32

Bakugou Katsuki | Boku no Hero Academia | God

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