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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] takamagahara2019-03-01 04:52 pm
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Test Drive Meme #38

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!
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!
kagenonadeshiko: (hmmmm; so that's how it goes)

ginger

[personal profile] kagenonadeshiko 2019-04-15 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[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: (PARTY TIME TOGETHER)

[personal profile] kokonaprince 2019-04-15 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[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?
kagenonadeshiko: (a little unsure)

[personal profile] kagenonadeshiko 2019-04-15 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm.

[Ayumu listens with a noncommittal expression as she eyes the drink, still dubious, but a little less so. She's sensible enough to realize that the product's probably nowhere near as as magical as he's making it sound but she has to give him some credit for the effort. After all, she knows how hard it can be to be crack a tough nut from her own experience. So she'll relent and play along just a little bit to be nice.]

So what's in it exactly? And how much does it cost?
kokonaprince: (Sakura Message)

[personal profile] kokonaprince 2019-04-15 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Holding up both hands, Nagi shakes his head.]

No, no. I don't know what's in it. My kanji isn't very good! But it tastes like ginger, yes!

[He holds a can out to her, bowing low.]

And for one as beautiful as you, it's free!

[Bad business practice, but... uh... okay.]
kagenonadeshiko: (friendly; cheerful)

[personal profile] kagenonadeshiko 2019-04-15 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Very bad business practice but Ayumu doesn't have nearly enough scruples to resist an opportunity to try a product for free. Of course, she still doesn't know what's actually in it besides ginger so she'll have to carefully inspect it before drinking too much of it.]

Sure. I'll give it a try then.

[And look! Now she's smiling. So there's a success in that department, at least!]

Thanks.

[She holds out her hand to receive it.]
kokonaprince: (THE FUNKY UNIVERSE)

[personal profile] kokonaprince 2019-04-15 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! What a beautiful smile!

[Nagi claps his hands together, a little like a delighted child.]

Yes! That's what I wanted to see. Your smile could light up a room, my lady.