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godsoffortune) wrote in takamagahara2018-11-01 10:38 pm
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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!
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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.
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.
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?
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?
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!
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After we kill it.
[There is no judgement passed on dropping of ancient Greek curses from his swear prone shinki as the cat bolts and they give chase to where it will be ultimately cornered. Waver fires off a 'fuck' as his own as he takes point, ultimately not surprised. He planned for this, after all, and he's ready.
This is going to be the most dangerous part; the cat is going to be furious, terrified, and desperate when it finally realizes it has nowhere to go but through them if it wants to keep its malignant life.]
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Come to me, Ninki!
[Red flashes in the semi darkness of the empty corridor as sword materializes in Iskandar's hand. Not just any sword. The guard carved in red jade, magical symbols flow down the blade in black and gold. This is as much a weapon as an artifact of the arcane. The beast cat hisses. It knows. It can well sense this is it's end coming.
As soon as he's able to get a good grip on the sword Iskandar charges closing the distance between him and the beast in mere seconds. Yet the cat scrambles back, hunched low, as low as it can, barely above the ground, belly sweeping the floor. It lets out dissatisfied growl as it's tail hits the wall at the end of the corridor. A dead end.
The beast swings it's tail left and right, watching Iskandar approaching, looking for an opening and finding none. So it lounges forward almost at the very moment that Iskandar was going to strike it. Yet the hit still connects wounding it. Iskandar doesn't intend to wait for the monster cat to shake off the impact and lands another blow. With wall behind it, it has nowhere to run.]
Rend.
[That's it. Monster cat's form dissipates in a cloud of black smoke. Iskandar is finally able to exhale. He wasn't holding his breath intentionally. He just needs to guard himself more closely with Waver. The connection between him and any of his shinki is stronger when they are in vessel form. Emotions and intentions flow freely. This is a boon in many situations but when they fight there is so much Iskandar must keep hidden from Waver. It makes focusing on breathing properly just a little difficult.]
Return Waver.
[There is one more thing Iskandar failed to notice. A trickle of blood is dripping down his left hand from three, longs scratches and their edges start to turn slightly purple. The beast managed to get to him eventually. Not good.]
I think we should be heading back now. Unless you have a bottle of holy water with you by some chance.
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... and Iskandar keeps himself in reserve, as always. There are things Waver sees and doesn't comment on. A shinki's duty is to protect their god and respect their privacy and keep them from harm. He does not ask Satya if Iskandar is more open with her when they are like this.
Honestly, he does not want to know.
... if Iskandar ever chose to really hide something, discerning it would be... tricky. Waver sees and knows this is ground where he cannot go. Accepts it, as long as it doesn't bring Iskandar harm, he will live beside the truth and not hunt it down. Preserve the Mystery.]
Breathe.
[Iskandar is not at his best in this fight. It would be difficult to tell from the outside, but Waver hisses as he sees the bright lines of blood appear down Iskandar's left hand. This should have been ended in one blow and one blow only.
... and then the cat disperses into black fog which progresses to clear air as Iskandar uses him to rend. Which means Iskandar will be rushing to return him to human form and he doesn't disappoint.]
... I keep some on me as a back-up, always. [Waver's head is bent, long black hair falling in front of his face like a curtain as he reaches inside his red coat.] Never know when it might be needed against an ayakashi.
Give me your hand. I'm no healer, but... [He withdraws a drinking flask... one normally used for spirits. Waver has a few smaller capsules on hand too, but it is better to be prepared.] At least I can take care of any blight.
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[Iskandar smiles while he allows Waver take care of the blighted area on his arm but he still a bit rattled. The fight left him with something more than a couple of scratches and a purple mark. It made him realize something.
This is wrong. It has to stop. He just can't continue hiding like this.
It's not only that he was sloppy with the cat. That happens. Though it shouldn't. Sloppy was never vice he possessed. It's that he left Waver out of the fight. It's that he, Iskandar, elected to withdraw from the conversation. To hide how he enjoys the fact that they're in this battle together. To the point that he stopped enjoying it himself. And in doing so hurt him.
Iskandar told Satya when they first met that for them to they achieve anything there must be unity of purpose. A clarity of intent. They should be of one mind. Otherwise it just won't work.
He still believes it. Yet he got it so easy with her. They have no common memories, nothing to worry about that he could accidentally spill and cause trouble. It's doubly cruel then to shut Waver off. Even if to protect him, even if to shield him from the past they share. Glorious past, yes, but ultimately dangerous past that could send him spiralling into despair. Because in all truth as long as Iskandar won't be stupid enough to mention something specific he should cause no mayhem with Waver either.
So no more hiding. His people are his greater treasure, the bond he has with them his source of pride and joy. He can't keep them, keep him, at arms length.
Iskandar flexes his arm. Water had additional effect of helping the wounds seal. They're pretty shallow so now that the blighting is gone they too will be gone in no time.]
Oh? I am quite confident in your healing abilities. They seem to be working just fine.
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[Waver's ears have turned scarlet, and he's definitely using his hair as a shield to hide how red his face has become as he points out a Servant's healing factor. Idiot. It's just the properties of the water.
(please continue, though... he doesn't want to admit how he's lapping up the praise, especially right now when he kind of needs the reassurance)
He reaches again into his coat, looking for something to wrap the wound until is fully heals. A cloth handkerchief will just have to do.]
But until you do, I want to keep this clean. I don't want to find out if gods can get infections.
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[Iskandar observes as Waver ties the handkerchief on his arm trying not to look up, not to meet his gaze.]
Left to myself I would probably ignore it to my own detriment. Then we would know if gods can get infections. Not exactly the knowledge I'm eager to acquire.
[Iskandar catches Waver's hand before he's able to withdraw. Oh, no. You're not running away from me now. Not before I am certain you understand what I'm saying here.]
I think you dismiss the blight too early. You came prepared more than I did. You brought holy water even if nothing indicated you might need it. Or that I would be here and I would need it. And you're quick to improvise.
See then it has everything to do with you. And I'm grateful for that.