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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!
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Have fun!

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[She seems pretty convinced by that statement. Maybe a little let down because she thought maybe the other knew her more than she knew herself (not hard when she can't remember how she got to this point).]

The only pattern...is... [She taps a few so that they can all start floating. God she hopes they're clean...] pbhhthtttt! They're all really ugly undies.

[Why did anybody buy them in the first place?

He hopes they were cheap- he also hopes they're clean...]

That's not a lot to go on.

Are the localized in a specific area of town?

[Dawg, at least you didn't touch them. She's kinda regretting it, but she can't use zero gravity without touching them first...]

Look at these ones though! This one has an animal head on the front! [Oh man, these are unfortunate. That's an elephant trunk on these underwear... These undergarments are embarrassing, but she can't help but laugh. How unfortunate to lose these and have them strewn publicly...]

I haven't made enough ground yet to say, but I think we should assume its around the entire town for now. It doesn't seem that the thief is dangerous since all they're doing is stealing underwear and there aren't any reports of real injuries tied to it.

We just have to do the best with what we have, right?

[Who bought these willingly? He hopes they were cheap or... something...

He laughs a little at the underwear, he can't quite help it.]

The whole town- that's still kind of localized. It's good that nobody's been harmed, but whoever's doing this is still a thief and they should be stopped. I haven't heard of any underwear related super villains so hopefully they'll keep not harming anybody until their stopped...

Right! It's not a lot to go on, but maybe if we keep going we'll manage to learn more.

I think it's focused in the town. Any bigger, and I feel like there would be a more obvious trail. Right now it feels dispersed more evenly.

Yes. If people are harmed, I want to protect them. [She knows deep down she does. She has these unique powers, so she should use them proper.] But that isn't to say that someone won't eventually be harmed. We don't know if they'd get hostile if they're caught.

Ah! How about we collect them as we go! If new ones appears, we'll be able to know because we've already collected the older ones! I don't know if I have a bag big enough and these are really embarrassing to own...