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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] takamagahara2019-01-04 12:15 pm
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Test Drive Meme #36

TEST DRIVE # 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!

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.



Testy Testers

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!)


Umpire Usurp

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.


Violence vs. Violin

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!


Wandering Whippoorwills

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.


Xièxie

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!
snowywolf: ({ 14 })

[personal profile] snowywolf 2019-01-04 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Gralat finishes the last of his mayo-bread and even licks the crumbs off his fingers. ]

I'll finish anything as long as it's not poisoned, even if it taste like horse shit smells. Wasting any food is idiotic.

[ Which is a chilly tone and withering look aimed at anyone not about to eat up. If people were picky eaters in Ellvaldez, they would drop dead in even larger numbers than they already were. ]
oobaka: (混乱)

[personal profile] oobaka 2019-01-04 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ On the contrary, Kaburagi used to live a pretty spoiled life, pretty much making a fuss whenever something doesn't go his way. And being spoiled also comes with another thing: a sense of fearlessness, one that makes him not feel the chill in the air as the other participants quickly eat their mayo bread. ]

Making this kind of food is wasting food in the first place!! You can't even call this food!!

[ Hey do you realize the one making this is probably nearby (but then again they did ask for 'honest opinions'...) ]
snowywolf: ({ 2 })

[personal profile] snowywolf 2019-01-04 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Spoiled children of rich countries. He loathes them. ]

But it has been made. Then you eat it.

[ He won't deny that it was a waste to make it, it's foul. But that does not change facts that once it's been made it should be eaten no matter flavor. ]
oobaka: (はあ?)

[personal profile] oobaka 2019-01-05 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kaburagi frowns, pushing the tray away from him then folding his arms. ]

I can't eat this!! Next product!!!

[ CHILD... ]
snowywolf: ({ 7 })

i...apologize for him

[personal profile] snowywolf 2019-01-10 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Child who does not know what is best for him. Gralat stands, unfolding to his full height of 195 cm.

Kaburagi will find himself grabbed by the face, with a one-handed iron grip. And bread pressed into his mouth, and the other hand covering his mouth so he can't spit it back up. There is no way he can get out of this elite soldier's grip.

Gralat is..not the most impatient person but he is also definitely not the most patient, either. Particularly when it comes to wasting food. ]


Eat.