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

[frenchfried]

[ Avenger simply gestures expectantly at the girl. go on then. out with it. ]

[trustheart]

... Bottling up when you want something, only trying to be practical... I can't tell you how to live your life, but I had a friend who tried to live that way, and she didn't seem very happy like that. [She does her best to smile at Avenger, still looking nervous, but is at least a bit more confident than when she was talking about herself.] But, more important than any of that, I think you'd look fucking awesome like this. I still think you should go for it.

[frenchfried]

Perhaps you have a point. [ and appealing to Avenger's ego is one way to help make said point. ] I'll consider it.

I suppose, first, we have to complete this request. [ but how to attract attention to the store creatively... Avenger has no experience doing something like this, and it's obvious, but there is an idea that comes to her mind.

she steps away from the wall, directly into the path of pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk, and stands firm. when a man and a woman holding hands come close to her, she leans out and collides her shoulder with the man with enough force to daze him, shock his "date", and then drops her magazine.

Avenger might have attempted to look wounded, but she's just not able to make the proper expression for it. rather, she looks as intimidating as normal, gazing down at him. ]

You should watch where you are going. [ he seems to be surprised, and the woman with him is more apologetic than anything. she turns to her. ] If you wish to make amends, go into this store and peruse these wares. Then I won't complain to the manager about your companion's poor conduct.

[ well that's... one way to get people to go inside? ]

[trustheart]

[... Chris isn't certain that's the best way to get someone to go along with all this, but she can't say she dislikes the results. Avenger is definitely someone a bit like herself, for all the good and bad that entails. It'll be interesting to see how they bounce off each other, she thinks to herself, before getting back to "work".]