Test Drive Meme #38

[godsoffortune]

TEST DRIVE # 38



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.



Deadbeat Dads
Eel-like ayakashi have taken a liking to hanging out with deadbeat dads, luring them into even worse ways to be distracted from spending time with their family, and ways to spend their money other than on child support. The resulting drinking, gambling and womanizing is a downward spiral that draws in the mother and child as well, creating a wealth of negativity for the ayakashi to revel in.
Track down the dads, wherever they’re hanging out, and dispatch the ayakashi.


Exciting Excavator
There is hardly a child out there who hasn’t longingly dreamed of driving an excavator. It looks so exciting, to move huge piles of dirt around like that! Big construction machines are so cool!
Now, even if that longing is forgotten (sorry, shinki) or long-buried as a childish dream, it has a chance to be revived. Prayers really do take one everywhere, don’t they.
Lend your Jack-Of-All-Trades skills to the construction site, and get behind the wheel of an excavator. You totally know how to run this thing, right? As always, there will be another god or shinki on hand to back you up (or tear you down).


Fans and Fence
Fans of the romantic drama “Snow in Summer” have descended in droves on a distant, sleepy neighbourhood that was a filming location. In paying homage to their favourite show, the tourists have carelessly left behind litter like plastic bottles and empty bento boxes, and the trash is irking the residents.
The worst point of contention is the fence. The backdrop of the drama’s pivotal confession scene, it draws the most visitors. However, in the drama it was marked with graffiti, and now it is back to being a normal drab grey. So some, perhaps well-meaning?, visitors have taken the liberty of recreating the elaborate graffiti, true to the scene.
Now the residents are livid, and they’ve called in anyone who would listen, including gods, to their side, demanding reprisal, or at the very least for these damn kids to get off their lawns.
Good luck mediating this dispute.


Ginger Gulp
Going out for drinks after work is a salaryman’s lot in life. Particularly Friday and Saturday night, the alcohol gets flowing and the workers get stumbling.
The market for remedies against the ills of drinking is bursting, and now comes one drink hoping to outshine them all. Ginger Gulp says that it will soothe the bloated stomach, ease the cramped kidneys, whisk away headaches, and even freshen your breath.
Too good to be true? Although tiny, the free sample being offered to you (or by you) should prove that actions speak louder than words. But one needs to be staggering drunk, first. How else will you know if it really works?


Hunter Hippos
Contrary to their dawdling and somewhat dopy appearance, hippos are in truth fierce animals. They can, and do, occasionally hunt to eat meat, and are powerfully aggressive when provoked.
The herd of hippopotamus-like ayakashi that have taken over the Tokyo Dome baseball stadium are quite like the natural animal they’ve taken after. Most of the time they are content to simply wallow about the grassy field, and during baseball games they seem almost sedate as they ‘graze’ upon the fan’s fervour.
However, should anyone come along and threaten them, you can count on having a real fight on your hands. They are huge, way faster than they look, and will have no qualms about doing as much damage to their attackers as possible by biting with their long, sharp incisor teeth and by straight-up ramming with their bodies. You’ll probably need more power than finesse in this fight to clear the famous stadium of ayakashi.



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!

Comments

lance | voltron | shinki

[thegoofball]

dadbeat;

[So it's time to track down some bad dads, it seems. Lance is all about it - he can track people! It's not that hard! All he has to do is follow them, and he doesn't even have to do it alone.

Which is good, because he doesn't super want to fight monsters right now. But it's also bad, because just following people is boring, and anyone stuck with him has to listen to him.]

Ugh. How much longer do you think this is gonna take?

excaviting;

Right. [Wrong. Lance pushes at one of the levers, which stubbornly stays still.] All I need to do is...

[Nope. Still wrong.]

Oh, come on!

[Someone please stop him before he accidentally hurts someone or something.]

wildcard;

[Feel free to throw anything you want at me!]

excaviting

[galrarm]

[ Lance might not be his shinki, but for obvious reasons, he's keeping an eye on him.

And, uh.

He's glad he is. ]

You sure you don't want me to take over?

[thegoofball]

It's fine!

[It Is Not Fine.

After wrenching uselessly at the levers a bit more, though, he sighs gustily and looks up at Shiro.]

...Maybe you could take over for a little bit. But I had it!

[galrarm]

Don't worry. I believe you.

[ He smiles and gestures to the controls and seat so he can take over.

But he doesn't want Lance to feel useless-- ]

It's been kind of a long day, and prayers can get stressful if you haven't done a lot of them. Right?

excaviting

[xfactored]

[X is sitting besides him, wearing a hard-hat in lieu of his normal helmet. Yes, it's one of those yellow ones with the plus sign on it.]

Uhm. Are you sure you don't want me to take over?

[thegoofball]

It's fiiiine. [At the very least he hasn't destroyed anything.] I just need to figure out the controls and then it'll be all good.

[You might just want to push him out of the seat.]

dadbeat

[incinerators]

I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure.

[ pyrrha, why are you apologizing. smh. but it's cool, she knows what it's like to be on missions that are tedious. she's walking beside lance, keeping an eye on the bad dad in their sights. ]

We can always...chat, to pass time? Maybe play some sort of game?

[thegoofball]

[Now, that sounds infinitely more exciting than just following around some jerk.]

What kind of game are you thinking?

dadbeat

[overtwohundred]

[ Nisha's bored. Boredom is a dangerous thing for Nisha Kadam to be, and right now, she's got her arm propped up on her knee, a pistol dangling loosely from one hand. ]

Could take care of it right now. Just killing those bastards would be a lot quicker.

[ no? ]

[thegoofball]

[Nisha.

Please.

Please.]

Mmm, no, don't think that would actually help at all.

[He's begging you.]

Aku | Samurai Jack | God

[unspeakablyevil]

flawed fathers

[You're Aku's shinki (you poor thing) or perhaps you aren't and he's just using someone to help him gain god cred for himself. In any case, the 9-foot-tall and perpetually grumpy demon god approaches to get a report on the whereabouts of those accursed ayakashi.]

Well, have you found any yet?

[Speak of the devil, there appears to be an eel-like ayakashi behind him right now... and it seems to be following him.]


hip-hop-opotamus

[The stadium was empty and dark under the night sky and the herd of ayakashi was dozing peacefully in the field. Until a boulder the size of a car comes careening over the side of the stadium into the ball field and lands right in the midst of the herd. One or two ayakashi may have been injured by the falling boulder, but now the herd is very much awake and angry and out for blood.

From over the side of the stadium (the side the boulder came from), Aku peeks his horned, fire-browed head to see what chaos has erupted inside. Naturally, he'd rather attack the ayakashi from afar with a blunt object than deal with them in a more sensible way. Once he's had a look, he turns to the unlucky soul tasked with helping him clean up this mess.]

What? You think you can do better?


wildcard

[Anything goes!]

Ruby Rose | RWBY | Shinki

[clickclickbloom]

[Exciting Excavator!]

Awww yeah! Who's the best digger? I'm the best digger!

[Ruby Rose, Shinki extraordinaire is on the job. She's actually managed to get the hang of the excavator controls with ease.

...Unfortunately following the exact instructions she was given is another story entirely. She has dug maybe three or four additional holes than she was supposed to and has piled all that dirt into a little hill.]

Just a little more on the top and we should be good...

[Hunter Hippos]

[A handful of harmful hippos? Ruby was up for the challenge! She had even brought back up with her to make sure thing went down without a hitch. She was perched high up in the bleachers observing the Hippo's through the scope or her trusty sniper rifle.]

...And here we see the ayakashi, grazing in it's unnatural habitat. Unaware and not expecting it's natural predator.

[She takes her eye off the scope and glances over.]

Okay. So here's the plan. We march down there and tell them to leave. If they don't. We beat 'em up.

[trustheart]

[Chris sighs as she listens to Ruby's whole nature documentary bit.]

... Yeah, uh, you're new here kid, but those things don't freaking respond to being asked nicely to leave. You take care of them like you take care of pests.

[clickclickbloom]

[Jeez, Ruby was just trying to lighten the mood. What is with all the sass?]

I know, I know. It's just my first time seeing these things up close-ish and personal. I'm a little nervous here!

Besides if I was a pest I would hope someone would talk to me before they went in guns-a-blazing.

EE

[incinerators]

Um, Ruby?

[ that was her name, right? it's hard to forget since pyrrha's matched it to her personality. she likes her! but uh. why are there four holes... ]

Iiii think we can finish up after this last mound of dirt, don't you think?

[clickclickbloom]

Yeah, what's up?

[Ruby was pretty focused on her task. She just has to move the dirt from one spot to another. It was easy!

She drops that last mound and looks over to her new friend.

Pyrrha was pretty darn swell for agreeing to show her ropes like this.]

Are you sure? It's not even lunch time yet. I don't want them to think we're slacking.

[She considers what she just said then adds in.]

I could go for a snack.

exciting excavator

[galrarm]

[ Oh... wow, she's really gone all out. Shiro appreciates her enthusiasm, but-- ]

We should probably wrap this up before it gets too late, Ruby.

[clickclickbloom]

[Ruby may have spent the entire day in the excavator. She just really likes to excavate things, okay?

She places that mound of dirt on top of her little mountain and gives little fist pump.]

Are you kidding? We're just getting started!

[She glances back to Shiro and then out the window. When did the sun get all the way over to that side of the sky? Where were the other workers that they were helping?]

Uh-

...Do you think we're going to get payed overtime for this?

Nagi Rokuya | Idolish7 | shinki

[kokonaprince]

Excavator

[While Nagi might not know how to run this thing, that does not mean he is going to let anyone see him worrying about it! Oh no, he has all the confidence of a pro as he takes the controls in hand.]

You know, it's a very easy thing!

[He will... "teach" anyone who happens to be in earshot, speaking quite loudly.]

You just push these and-- OH NO!

[Whoops, a freshly constructed wall is gone and Nagi's hands fly to his face in horror. Well, they didn't need it THAT badly, right?]

Ginger Gulp

[In Nagi's mind, there's no reason for someone to be drunk for him to try and sell a product! That would simply be a handicap. Of course, he's only calling out to women, so... maybe he missed the point?]

Oh yes! If you drink this, I promise you will feel better in NO TIME!

[He grabs the hand of a young lady (could be you! or maybe you're just watching~), bending over in a bow and bringing the back of her hand to his lips.]

You have my word, my lady.

Excavate

[21kingpuddings]

[Of course the idea of getting to run these big machines is appealing!! So exciting! Amazing!

Completely out of his skill set, and obviously out of this guys', too.

Oh, no.]

They're... they're definitely gonna notice that.

[Whoops??]

[kokonaprince]

[Lowering his hands, Nagi spots the one witness to his disaster. Oh, what to do!! His options are so limited. He doesn't want to get in trouble, but the many ways to keep this guy silent seem like such a crime!! And he's not really down for that either!

In a spur of the moment, Nagi rises to his feet (yes, still atop the beast) and makes a peace sign at the observer!]

And that is how you don't do it! Oh, what a way for a pointless wall to go, but it made for a good demonstration, yeeeees?

[PLEASE BUY IT PLEASE BUY IT PLEASE BUY IT.]

G

[ymt0_0]

"Right, right." Yamato gives Nagi his best placating tone as he takes the guy's shoulders and deftly steers him away from the befuddled, and blushing, young woman.

"Results may vary, but have that drink on us, okay?" he says with a smile over his shoulder to the lady, who is of course has eyes only for the blonde. (sigh.)

"Hey, how many times have you been told to watch it with that stuff? Mitsu's gonna lose it on you again."

[kokonaprince]

A pout immediately forms on Nagi's lips as he's pulled away from the lovely young lady. "Ohhhh, but Yamato! They love when I shower them with compliments."

He actually looks confused as he turns to face the older boy.

"Don't we want them to feel special so they'll buy the drink?"

That's how marketing works. Right?

ginger

[kagenonadeshiko]

[So this is happening now, is it?

Ayumu's dressed up for a night of drinks herself in a little black dress, a matching eyepatch obscuring her left eye. Her other eye is boring into the young man with a distinctly skeptical look. However, she allows him to take her hand and kiss the back of it without trying to do something extreme like break his arm and that's certainly a positive sign in these circumstances, even if she's not exactly smiling.]

Really. Is that so?

[That's certainly one flat tone.]

[kokonaprince]

[Nagi stays bowed in front of the lovely lady as he sweeps an arm out to the side dramatically.]

Oh yes! It's perfect for refreshing your spirit and revitalizing your lovely skin~

[He finally straightens, giving her a wink.]

And it hydrates as well. Which is very good when you're not feeling good. Right?