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takamagahara2019-01-04 12:15 pm
godsoffortune) wrote in takamagahara2019-01-04 12:15 pm
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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!
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Have fun!
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The old fashion way it's rather messy.
「Slurping noodles? Him? No way. Although, if hungry enough...」
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Well, I mean, I guess you could just use a fork like some foreigners do? But it's really not all that messy if you know what you're doing.
[Slurping was the only way to do it! Besides, the noodles don't go flying if you do it right.]
Just make sure you got the noodles within the chopsticks space, or bite into it if you don't think you can slurp up the whole thing. See?
[He gave his a go... and then stopped halfway to stare at his bowl disapprovingly, biting and using the chopsticks to put the noodles back without splashing. He swallowed and frowned.]
That was the plainest bowl of ramen I've ever tasted.
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That bad?
「Maybe it was good he hadn't tasted his to begin with.」
Wanna go get real food? Maybe you can keep telling me how to chopsticks.
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[With a sigh, he pushed the bowl a way. Plain ramen was even worse than bad ramen. But he perked up at the invitation to go elsewhere. He grinned.]
Sure! What did you have in mind? We don't have to go to a place with chopsticks.
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「It's not like he finds them familiar or anything, he just seemed to have gained certain degree of likeness towards that food.」
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[Burgers were great, a good alternative to ramen! It was still something warm in the somewhat cooler weather.]
You want to hit a fast food place or a restaurant type? I could go for either.
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「He'd rather save his allowance to get booster packs, obviously He finally stands from the table and waits for the other.」
Got any preference? 「Please don't say McDonald's.」