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Test Drive Meme #36
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!
Feel free to come up with your own ideas if these don't strike your fancy, though.
Welcome to being part of the test market! Here, in this small room filled with other volunteers, you will be asked your honest and unfiltered opinion on any number of products. Potato chips made only from the peel (clearly the best part), candy themed after the latest fashion trend (zippers), gloves made from 100% recycled paper (just because we can)... the list of odd and fabulous items goes on.
Conversation brings out more opinions, so you’re free to discuss your thoughts with other testers, but just don’t get in a fight over it, okay?
(Real-world inspiration for items can be found here!)
Recently, one baseball umpire has been making headlines for an unfortunate reason. His calls at the plate have been getting progressively worse, calling obvious balls strikes and vice versa, to the point where the fans are livid and ready to riot.
Protect this umpire and get to the root of his problem? Join the side of the raging fans? Or maybe dig a little deeper and find out that someone stands to benefit from this umpire’s fall from grace.
After the disastrous earthquake and tsunami in East Japan, a violin maker made a violin from the driftwood. The sound of that violin is incredibly beautiful and soothing, touching the hearts of all who hear it.
Turns out, the power of the “tsunami violin” extends to the Far Shore as well.
At this concert, a grouping of small chick-like spirits that resonate with positive wishes have gathered. Unfortunately, that group attracts a pack of snake-like ayakashi that would love to devour those positive spirits.
It’s an unseen battle that will hopefully go unnoticed by the concert-goers and performers, if you do your job of dispatching the ayakashi well!
Traditionally, the Whippoorwill bird isn’t found outside of the Southeastern United States, but now astute birdwatchers are reporting seeing them in the vicinity of temples and shrines to Amenohiwashi-no-kami. Nature professors, veterinarians, auguries, and many others curious about the event have flocked (!) to the area to see for themselves if this is true.
The congestion around such a minor god’s temples and shrines is a little much for the caretakers to handle, though - from birds and people both - if you’d care to help out. For starters, there’s garbage collection, crowd control, rinsing off the sidewalks, or restocking some of the temple and shrine supplies that visitors want to take with them.
There are plenty of Chinese restaurants all over the globe, and they draw in crowds for many reasons. A less common one growing in popularity is young students trying to practice their language skills by reading the menu and ordering in their clipped Mandarin.
At the threshold of some Chinese restaurants, small pig-faced ayakashi are loitering, waiting to catch a ride in on a student’s shoulder. Then, no matter the student’s natural personality, they become progressively more brash and insulting as the ayakashi affects them.
The ayakashi are nimble despite their pig-like look, and if threatened will run around between people’s feet, making them difficult to catch.
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!
Violence vs. Violin
[ Dokugakuji reaches forward to pull her back by her shoulder, so that hopefully it doesn't wrench her arm, just stops her before she can hurt self. ]
Never touch an ayakashi with your bare hands. This is where the shinki come in.
[ He's holding a lantern in his other hand and lifts it by way of explanation. ]
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Is it? Are they the ones that handle matters like this?
[She'd listened very diligently to the shinki's lecture about the roles of gods and shinki and how they all fit into Heaven but hasn't had time to completely absorb the information just yet. The thought of risking personal injury doesn't seem to enter her mind at all but she trusts Dokugakuji's word more than anyone's in this place. If he says she should never touch an ayakashi barehanded then she won't.]
How do you propose we handle it then? If there are no shinki...
[The snakes are continuing to slither in as they speak. They haven't reached the chicks yet but it's evident they'll be devoured quickly if they fail to act soon. It's also clear from the underlying steel in Yaone's tone that not handling it is not going to be an option.]
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[ He appreciates Yaone so much, especially now that she's here, but if her primary concern is the ayakashi NOT getting to its victims, then he'll "explain" to her by way of demonstration. ]
Kanki - Rend!
[ And he slams the lantern hard, down on top of the head of an ayakashi snake. The white light explodes for a few seconds, but Dokugakuji is very familiar at this point. He realizes she didn't know that one of his two Soulless shinki was the lantern.
It doesn't destroy more than one of them, it makes the rest retreat several feet, but that gives Doku enough time to give Yaone some more details. ]
It's a joint effort. Gods use their power to start the Rend spell, but need a shinki to receive that power and finish the spell when their vessel hits the ayakashi target.
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[Yaone's not sure how she feels about depending on someone that isn't Dokugakuji in a combat situation but if neither of them are shinki, she's going to have to, isn't she? If neither of them can kill an ayakashi without a shinki, then they'll need to rely on outside assistance.
However, since Yaone is without a shinki at present, her mind races quickly to figure out what she can do in this situation. After a second or two, Yaone reaches down again only this time she's reaching down to scoop up the chicks instead. They're not ayakashi so this should be safe enough, right?]
You seem experienced at this, Dokugaku.
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I'll take that as a compliment.
[ Then he rubs at his neck. ]
I've had... 6 shinki in the time I've been here.
[ Since he's not trying to distinguish between the Soulless and the ones like Shinji. ]
Had to learn a lot about what I could do for them.
[ 'Since I'm never going back,' he thinks as he watches her move the chicks out of the way. ]
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Six? That is so many!
[At least, it seems that way to a fledgeling goddess who has never really had servants of her own. It's still a very strange prospect, having a title and attendants. The idea alone just seems very wrong to her.]
You must have a very busy temple, Dokugaku.
[At the moment, she's picturing Dokugakuji trying to manage that many shinki all at once. The realization that her best friend is dead and that the Far Shore is his final stop hasn't set in yet either. Why would it? After all, when Yaone had seen him last, he'd been standing right next to her, just as alive as she had been.]
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Unfortunately they're not all around anymore. A couple of them were nice kids too - didn't deserve to be shinki at all.
[ She'll note the downturn in his voice on the latter half of those comments. ]
And I'm actually on temple #2 as well - the first one was overrun by molten lava. It's been a lot of upheaval and moving around by comparison to our years at Houtou. At least that was the base, right? We'd always have a place to return to.
[ He shakes his head. ]
It's not like that here, Yaone. My current three shinki are dependable as subordinates go... but they were still human in their past lives. I can only push them so far.
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But as she frequently does when she disagrees with someone unless it's a clear issue of life or death, Yaone keeps quiet. Especially now when she is the junior in this situation and Dokugakuji has more wisdom and experience in matters of the Far Shore than she. She has not met his shinki and therefore doesn't know them well enough to have a truly well-informed opinion about their capabilities.]
Can they not be tempered or trained?
[Once the spirits are safely deposited out of reach, Yaone turns her attention back to the ayakashi, filing the rest of the information away for the time being. Even if she cannot fight them herself at the moment, observing how Dokugakuji handles them is still a valuable learning opportunity.]