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

[thetopofthefoodchain]

Likewise. [That's a mouthful of a name you have there. He shook his head. Not too long. A few weeks. How about you? [Clearly long enough to know where the good food places are.]

[holygrailed]

[Thankfully, she's happy to go simply by Irisviel or even Iri.]

Oh, about the same. It's nice how we all arrive at once. Are you a shinki or a god? I'm a shinki.

[thetopofthefoodchain]

[Ah she's just good at finding god food places. A good friend to make!] Me too. I guess it's good to know there are others who know just as little as we do.

[They move forward again.] Hey we're almost at the doors now. What flavours are you thinking?

[holygrailed]

[Very good. When the rest of your temple doesn't have to eat and her own cooking skills aren't quite up to par, finding local eateries is very important. One can't survive on convenience store food alone, even if the food is very good.

One probably shouldn't survive on crepes alone either, but to each their own!]

I'm not sure! The fresh berries with ice cream and cheesecake sound good, but so does peaches and ice cream. But it'd be remiss to skip out on their seasonal menu... [Irisviel giggles.] It's so hard deciding when everything sounds so good.

[thetopofthefoodchain]

Well we can have more than one, right?

[He's close enough to see the menu now and he peers at it reading through the list, so many options. However underneath the list of sweet crepes were the list of savoury ones and... His face lights up and he points excitedly.]

They have a tuna one!

[holygrailed]

That's true, we don't ever get full...

{Irisviel's words trail into a thoughtful hum as she pulls her coin purse out of her pocket and picks through the remaining coins. There's enough for two, but she should save some for later.

The excitement in his voice is unmistakable.]

Are you fond of tuna?

[thetopofthefoodchain]

[Oh yes. Money. Da Qing pulls some change out of his pocket and checks the prices on the wall.

He is still grinning though.] Yes, fish is the most superior food. [He'd discovered that pretty quickly on arrival in the heavens.] Whoever decided to put it on the crepe menu was clearly a genius.