Test Drive #34

[godsoffortune]

TEST DRIVE # 34



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.



Jingle Jeans
The fresh new spring fashion trend is accessorized denim. Super-accessorized! Bells, chains, beads, zippers, belts and more drip from every inch of this season's hot styles, and the stores need someone to model their new stock -- and bring in the buyers. It's your job to convince the fashion-savvy residents of Tokyo that these new jeans are exactly what their wardrobe needs, without getting your five chain belts tangled.


Kitty Kibble
A huge, panther-shaped ayakashi is haunting the streets of Asakusa, and the pigeons at the local pigeon shrine have disappeared! Take care of this feline predator so the surviving sacred birds won't end up as dinner on the wing.


Lagging Laundry
The residents of an Ikebukuro high-rise have an unusual problem: no matter how sunny the day or how long it's been hanging, their laundry just won't dry! Do they have a moist microclimate? An ayakashi of mold and despair? Or do they just need someone to get all that wet laundry to the nearest laundromat with a dryer until the weather warms up?


Melon Mania
A gardener in Ueno has planted a brand-new strain of muskmelon in his window boxes, and this plant is going wild! Vines have taken over the exterior of his apartment building, and beach-ball-sized fruit are popping up all over. He needs help bringing in the harvest… but his neighbors are begging for this plant to wind up in the compost heap so their lives can go back to normal. Whose side will you take?


Nice & Neat
A community art project is being hosted at the Tokyo Art Museum! Jigsaw-shaped pieces of wood about the size of a hand have been handed out to artists and crafters throughout Japan, and the pieces have just been shipped back. Now, they have to be assembled into one giant jigsaw puzzle for display. There's just one problem: someone forgot to number the pieces before they were shipped! Now they've got a 20,000 piece puzzle whose pieces don't match, and it has to be finished this weekend for the grand opening. Help!



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

Jingle Jeans

[trustheart]

[Oh boy, if you want someone to admonish him for slacking, you're going to get it. Chris walks up, looking like a rhinestone nightmare, a rather cross look on her face.] Hey! [She snaps a finger in Noctis's face.] Wake up! If the rest of us have to suffer through this so do you!

[eluci]

[He's suffering just fine, thank you.

He jumps when she snaps her fingers, the chains decorating one side of his pants jingling loudly for several seconds.]

I'm here, that has to count for something?

[Though to his credit, he does open his eyes and move away from the window.]

[trustheart]

You're sleeping on the job. You're a model, not a mannequin. And besides, if you're not awake you can't be embarassed like everyone else. [Chris huffs, her fringe flopping about.] Though I guess you look a little bit less stupid than I do.

[eluci]

Yeah, until my pants fall off because they're too heavy.

['Less stupid' is subjective.

The one pant leg is covered from waist to hem in crisscrossing chains, and the other leg has a zipper running down the length of it and more sequins than is necessary on anything. Part of said sequin mess also spells out 'LOVE' for no discernable reason.]

I'm not really good at the modeling thing. I make a better mannequin...no one ever remembers my face anyway.

[trustheart]

[Chris makes a face.] Wear a belt if you're worried about that! And I'm no good at modeling either! That doesn't mean I want to be humiliated on my own!

[eluci]

I am. It's not helping.

[He lifts his t-shirt to show that there is indeed a belt.]

But fine, no more naps, I promise.

[trustheart]

... Thinking maybe you chose jeans that were too big for you then. They didn't want you modeling anything skinnier? And thanks, I guess. I appreciate that.

[eluci]

They fit fine, they're just heavy because of the chains on one side.

[He could've worn something skinnier, but he didn't want to.]

[trustheart]

They're that heavy?! [Chris shakes her head.] The designers at this store are a stone cold trainwreck.

I'm sorry this man is a brat

[eluci]

Heavy enough.

...I guess it could always be worse. Like underwear modeling.

it's okay so is Chris

[trustheart]

... Yeah, I don't even want to think about the kind of weirdos we'd get with that!