Test Drive #32

[godsoffortune]

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

The Case Case

[mithrarin]

I'm not a fan of hiding.

[But Dust has yet to draw his weapon. He's also not a fan of cutting people down unless he absolutely has to, and he doesn't know enough about this case or what the heck is going on to put any confident in that choice here. So. Rrr. Maybe she has the right of it.]

Let's get somewhere high up, where they won't expect us to go.

[wingsofaid]

[Petra's no coward or slouch in a fight but in her gut, she knows that unnecessary fights lead to equally unnecessary casualties and if a fight can be avoided, it's better to do that instead. She points to a fire escape snaking up the side of a building.]

Up there, then?

[mithrarin]

A little too obvious for my tastes, but it'll do. At the least we'll have the advantage.

[Putting on a burst of speed, Dust springs up to grab the ladder of the fire escape and haul it down. He's guessing Petra can't leap quite the way he can. Once they're on it they can pull it back up.]

[wingsofaid]

[In life, Petra wouldn't have been able to make that leap but with how light spirit bodies of shinki are and her past training and experience in moving in three dimensions, it's easy enough to figure out a path to the spot using the surrounding buildings. By the time he's got the ladder down, Petra's already wall jumping her way onto the fire escape, landing on her feet with a metallic thud. She looks up to the roof for another access point or fire escape to try to reach.]

There might be a path to somewhere higher up.

[Really, she's not trying to show anyone up and much of a proponent of teamwork she is, this is one area she doesn't need as much help in.]

Do you want me to see if I can find one?

[mithrarin]

[Dust pauses in mid-ladder wrestle, then sheepishly yanks it back up. He'd underestimated her, and now he feels remarkably foolish. His own fault, though. He's got to learn.]

We can both jump better than they can. If we just get across a gap they can't...

[wingsofaid]

[Petra smiles, unoffended. His intentions were good and it was thoughftul of him, that's all that matters to her.]

I'm sure there's some pretty wide gaps up top they won't be able to cross even if they make a running leap.

[While Petra's got a fairly good gauge of how far and high she can jump from a standing position, she's yet to really test the limits of her running leaps just yet but she's confident they'll be much farther than any mortal can manage.]

[mithrarin]

[She'd have the right, honestly, and though he's glad she didn't take it, his mistake still rankles him because he expects better of himself.]

[But this makes things a lot easier.] Right. That way.

[As they scramble up the steel steps, he points to a building across the street -- the narrow street, to be sure, but definitely not a leap one would ask of a normal human.]