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Test Drive #33

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!
Feel free to come up with your own ideas if these don't strike your fancy, though.

A small town recently changed its sorting rules for trash, and the residents have been slow on the uptake. The result has been that many bags need to be sorted at the collection centre. Wading through piles of trash to sort the plastics from the pet bottles is probably one of the least pleasant prayers you're going to get, but you're going to answer, right? It's for the sake of the earth, after all!
For anyone not used to it, it can become the most intimidating and frustrating things about eating in Japan: chopsticks. How on earth can you get the food into your mouth using two thin sticks?
A human’s desperate, hungry prayer leads you into trying to teach them how to use chopsticks. But do you even know how to use them yourself? Or maybe you are as master-level as it gets. Either way, better grab some help and get this done before anyone starves.
Finding the perfect gift is always a challenge. And when Christmas, a birthday, and Valentine's day all fall in quick succession, what three gifts can one give? Even worse, this is for the person who seems to have everything already. You can see why your follower was praying for help, can’t you? Good luck finding the perfect gift, times three.
All that there is to this prayer is being happy! Go out on the street and show everyone how happy you are! Of course, it’s even easier being happy with someone else, right? Grab a friend (or stranger), get out there with a spring in your step and your best smiles, and spread some happiness!
Keep in mind you’ll have to work extra hard for your efforts to be noticed by humans of the Near Shore. Attract attention in the best ways possible!
Everyone has thoughts that they don’t speak aloud. About the person you passed on the street, about the people at work, about people at home. Sometimes, things are better left unsaid. Sometimes, words are held back although they should be spoken.
There is a flamingo-like ayakashi going around that likes to whisper in ears and entice humans into saying whatever is on their mind, for better or worse.
And although ayakashi usually like to try and eat Far Shore residents, this one gets a kick out of getting gods and shinki to spill their inner monologue first.
Help humans, and yourself, from falling prey to this ayakashi.

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!
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Have fun!
Midoriya Izuku | My Hero Academia | Shinki
[For some reason, this isn't so odd for Izuku. In fact, of the different wishes he could have been sent to go help fulfill, this is the one he'd sort of instinctively gone for. It's to help the earth, right? Right!
[This is why he assumes he enjoys it.
[Something about sorting through things, about organizing and cleaning up, makes him feel at ease. He's doing the work at a very fine pace, and if anyone is around, he doesn't actually notice; he's completely absorbed in the task.]
[Happy Happy!]
[He just needs to spread happiness, right? Show it off, make other people feel similarly! Izuku thinks he can maybe do that, though he is a little nervous. He's not great at standing out with an entertainer's flair, but he can at least do something with a smile on his face...
[...like hand out flowers.]
Here! For you!
[Izuku might not be good at attempting to make a scene, but he can reach the individual. He's got a bright, colorful assortment of flowers in his hands, and he's picking a color that looks like it'll go well with the nearest passerby's look before trying to hand it to them.]
happy happy
[ pyrrha can't hide the surprise in her voice. it's not everyday someone comes up to you with flowers. this is really, really sweet, and a grin forms on her lips. this is such a kind gesture, and pyrrha takes the flower with a wide smile on her face. ]
Thank you! This was really sweet of you to do.
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Y--yes! I mean, no, not at all!! I'm just--I thought it would look nice!
[Smooth.]
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It's a very nice flower. [ and she appreciates it! but it was a pretty random act of kindness, which is cool, but she's curious: ] Is there a special occasion?
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[He tries his best to smile right, but he's all nerves.]
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[ huh. she notices that, and pyrrha raises an eyebrow. ] Are you alright...?
Eco
Bakugou is a lot less happy about it than his shinki, though. And while a big part of that is preferring more direct challenges, more combat and danger...that isn't the whole reason. Not even the primary one here; Bakugou is willing to put in the lesser work of being a hero, even if he's not necessarily enthused by it.
No, his objection is very clear, and he's not afraid to snarl it aloud.]
We ought to drag every one of these lazy fucks out here to sort their own damn trash!
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It's not so bad, Bakugou-san. We're making up for the people who don't care, for the sake of the people who do, right? [He's cheerful with Bakugou; his god is kinder than he lets on.]
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I told you to drop the formal shit. Bakugou's fine. [The honorific is just a bridge too far. Being called his actual name is bad enough.
The sheer fucking black irony of Deku finally dropping the cutesy nickname for him - something Bakugou had wanted - but in a way that feels equivalent to running his hand along a cheese grater. He'd take a Deku with all his memories, calling him 'Kacchan' again, any day of the week.
Especially since that would mean Deku wasn't dead.]
All we're fucking doing is letting the people who don't care stay lazy shitheads. They'll keep not pulling their own goddamn weight 'cause people like us pull their weight for them. If we sort this shit, then they don't have to worry about it and they'll keep making more bags of unsorted garbage. Make 'em dig through this trash themselves, and they'll never fucking pull this shit again.
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Maybe, but... I still think we're doing some real good, here, don't you? And it's kinda fun...
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I don't know. It's just really satisfying to see the organization, and to see things being cleaned up.
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[He's... really, really getting into this. It might be a problem. He might just impulsively clean this whole damn place.]
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Happy Happy
[Nope, no helping it, there's a flower in his hands now. Zhao Yunlan blinks at it, and then looks back up at the grinning boy who'd just handed it to him... and then narrows his eyes thoughtfully.
Funny, the crowd doesn't seem to be noticing him, mostly. And Zhao's out here with a stack of 50% off drink coupons for a nice local karaoke joint, because he's supposed to be spreading happiness and what better way to do that than with cheap booze?]
-- wait just a minute, are you out here answering some prayer about making everyone happy too?
[He tucks the flower, with a flourish, into the top buttonhole on his coat.]
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Ah! Yes! I didn't notice someone else was doing it here... Are you giving something out, too?
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[Whatever five-year-old left it (because, honestly, they've got to be five) had better appreciate all this work.]
I guess there's worse ways to spend an afternoon. So what's your name, kid?
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[But the doubt over his actions can wait; he's being asked a question.]
I'm Midoriya Izuku! It's nice to meet you! [He nods his head in a polite little bow.]
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Zhao Yunlan. Nice to meet you too -- is it Izuku or Midoriya?
i'm so sorry
[About a third of the way into this, he gets this intense look of concentration on his face. He's starting to mutter about the subject.]
But does that mean that I need to make a decision about the naming process with other people that I meet here? Is it rude to call people by their god names instead of their given names? Is it worse to make a blanket decision in this case, or should I just let people choose? If I do that, I should get a notebook and write it down, I think, or maybe...
[This is going to take a while if Zhao doesn't interject.]
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Izuku it is. That was a preference question, kid. See, I'm a little shaky on local etiquette, and I've had my head bitten off a time or two, so.
[He claps his free hand encouragingly on Izuku's shoulder, which he's also had his head bitten off for, but he's fairly sure that was a personal problem on the part of the recipient, and not his being ruder than he'd intended.]
We've got people here from all over, but if you ask first you'll be fine. There's no rules.
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[And just like that, he's completely settled. Good work, stranger.]
So do you go by Zhao, then..?
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