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TEST DRIVE # 05



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.



Ugly Underthings

Someone or something has been stealing underwear from various women and men. The weirdest thing about it, though, is the fact that every piece of underwear stolen and strewn about the town is absolutely hideous to look at. Maybe it's just someone with a fetish for ugly underpants? Or maybe it's something else entirely.

Validated Villain

There's talk about some masked ayakashi wandering around, led by a young girl wearing a paper crown and covered in tattoos. In fact, if you look for her hard enough, you might just come across the nora, singing to herself as she plays with the masked wolves. Otherwise, you might just encounter the wolves. It's hard to tell which is worse.

Weeaboo Weirdos

A much larger amount of American tourists are crashing down on Japan now that the summer is near, and a significant number of them are what the people back in their home country would term a 'weeaboo' - 13- to 17-year-olds who are desperate to blend in with Japanese culture and fail miserably at their attempts. You can either make fun of them or help them out, your choice.

Xeroxing Xenophobes

Of course, that means that there are a large number of Japanese locals who are very put off and angry about these Americans. A fact that is becoming all the more prevalent because there is an ayakashi cloning itself and attaching to only Japanese people, turning them against the foreigners and causing a massive amount of hate, which is leading to a lot of shoving, nasty words, and a couple of impromptu, awful haircuts...

Yummy Yakitori

With so much going on, isn't it just nice to sit back, relax, and eat some delicious yakitori? This yakitori might possibly be the best you have ever eaten in your entire life! And that's not at all because it was made by a couple of Far Shore residents who have charmed it with varying results, definitely not. Hopefully the charm doesn't backfire and make you hate all other food!



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

[doestheickyjobs]

Maybe to start a fire with. Or use as a hot pad.

[Axel leaned in. Is that crochet? Someone made those? Wow.]

Or as a birthday present for that one friend they really hate.

[uneased]

I don't think it would be nice to start a fire with them... It looks like someone worked very hard on them.

[ Hmm. ]

... Maybe a large dog would find them comfortable in the wintertime.

[doestheickyjobs]

You'd put these on an innocent animal?

[With a snort, Axel straightened back up and turned in a slow, thoughtful circle. Man, they're really everywhere.]

So, the real question is how these got here?

[uneased]

... That would be cruel, wouldn't it?

[ She's not totally sure, actually, but who actually is? ]

Maybe... someone did this just to give us something to do?

[ look she doesn't know ]

[doestheickyjobs]

They raided the collective underwear drawers of Bad Taste Anonymous?

Ugh. If we've got to put them all back, I do not want to meet the lady who wears something like this.

[That sure is a fuchsia thong with "EAT ME" on the crotch right there. Axel darts a glance at the little girl -- yeah she's definitely too young to see those -- and scoots it under a pair of Hawaiian flower print boxers.]

[uneased]

[ It's too late, Axel, she's seen it. And she looks absolutely horrified. ]

I'm sure... someone is missing all of these, so, um...

[doestheickyjobs]

Uh.

[Oh shit, she totally saw it, going by the look on her face. This isn't kid appropriate stuff out here.]

Maybe if we just drop the police department a note they'll stuff them in a lost-and-found!

[uneased]

... Do you really think that'll work?

[doestheickyjobs]

Yeah, sure!

[He has no idea. Police do that kind of thing, right? They keep lost items? And stuff?]

It's their job. Plus, who knows if we'll be able to figure out who all this belongs to?

[uneased]

[ Don't ask her, she doesn't know what the heck police do. ]

Um.... let's start gathering them up?

[ They have to touch them now. Oh, god. ]

[doestheickyjobs]

Leeeeet's get a bag first.

[Okay, he doesn't know how many of those are clean and how many aren't. That's just gross.]

[uneased]

[ Bless you, Axel. Naminé at least looks pretty relieved at that. ]

Okay. I'll go find one.

[doestheickyjobs]

Come on, I know where to find some. They stick extra clean bags under the full ones in public garbage cans.

[He turns on his heel. There's a park a block away and he knows he saw some garbage cans there.]

This way.

[uneased]

Oh! Okay.

[ Well, that's convenient. Naminé trails behind him, looking around. ]

It's so beautiful here... other than the undergarments.

[doestheickyjobs]

[Useful knowledge! He's not sure where he learned that, but as he wrestles the lid off a big can to the ground, makes a face, and lifts out the full bag, he discovers that -- sure enough -- there's a couple of empty ones down there.

Cool.

He would've looked really dumb standing there holding a bag of trash otherwise.

He nods at them.]

Grab those for me, would you?

[uneased]

[ Amazing! Naminé nods, gathering up several of the bags. Who knows how many they'll need? May as well grab a bunch. ]

I think this is enough.

[doestheickyjobs]

Great. Hands out of the way!

[He hefts the half-full bag back into the container and puts the lid back on, a little askew. Good enough. Brushing his hands together, he starts back towards the underwear street.]

Ugh, this is the worst job.

[uneased]

[ She stands up, carrying the bags close to her chest as she follows. ]

... I think we could have much worse jobs.

[doestheickyjobs]

You think?

I mean, sure, it's easy. But it could be more exciting.

[And it could involve fewer gross strangers' underwear.]

[uneased]

[ ... Axel, are you feeling okay. ]

Exciting? ... What do you think is exciting?

[doestheickyjobs]

Say, maybe if we found whoever grabbed these? I could do with a fight.

[He smirks, and reaches over to take one of the bags from Namine.]

[uneased]

... But, my shinki isn't around here, and neither is your god... right?

[ Don't get yourself killed, Axel. ]

[doestheickyjobs]

Come on, I fight better without her anyway.

Nothing against Pippa! She's nice. But she's not the combat type, you know?

[He flips one hand out in a casual shrug and starts shoveling underwear into their makeshift laundry bag.]

[uneased]

[ Looks like she and this Pippa person have something in common. ]

I still wouldn't want to, um... drag you down by having you watch out for me, too.

[doestheickyjobs]

Hey, it's hypothetical anyway, right?

[Axel waves off the thought, grabbing a hideous pair of boxers with green hearts on them and stuffing them in the bag.]

So you're not a fighter either, huh? What's your power?