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

[hypomeneo]

[Waver slams shut his eyes in the face of incoming headlights and begins to mutter frantically to himself. Perhaps it's a prayer of his own or more, more probable, an incantation for a barrier to shield themselves from what seems to be a certain crash.

Then he cracks open one eye. Breathes.]

Comforting. [So reassured. Really. Look--- no don't look at him, keep your eyes on the road, Iri.] When we wrap ourselves around a pole, or something, there will be nothing to fear.

[...]

You sure this thing has enough petrol to make it? [All this driving like a demon burns the gas, you know.] The place is in the middle of the sticks, and you've already used two thirds of the tank.

[holygrailed]

[Good Waver, doing his job as support. Unfortunately, Irisviel isn't considering her role as healer as she puts them both at risk with her recklessly defensive style of driving out of place with their current situation.

A small 'oh?' escapes as she glances at the fuel gauge, a small frown forming.]

Hmm... I'm certain there's a gas station out here somewhere. The locals have to stop somewhere, right? And if not, our gods can find us.

[hypomeneo]

Right. [Sighing.] Maybe one of the road signs can give us a clue where to go. Or my smartphone.

[Not... that Waver's been paying close attention most of the time to the signs so far. Not with gibbering panic eating up most of his attention... and probably getting his god's attention.]

Otherwise... that's the last resort.

[And it'd be terribly embarrassing.]