test drive

[ironwood]

TEST DRIVE MEME - TU SHANSHU EDITION!

Itching to try out writing a character? Then rev up your engines, grab your accounts, and slam your way into this meme! Here is a venue for you to try out whatever character there might be tickling your fancy, from fandom to OC, for as few as one and as many as MANY. Seriously, there's no limit.

How do you partake in this fantastic congregation of character testing? Why, by following these simple steps:

1. Comment with the journal of a character you want to test; put their name and canon in the subject line for added sparkles.
2. Tag around with everyone!
3. Profit like you live on a the back of a turtle!

But wait, there's more! For the low, low price of $9,999.99, you can even use one of our handy prompts when you tag someone. You could even pick one with a Random Number Generator to help decide which prompt to go with!

1. A Chance Meeting at the Turtle's Head.
   Remember, being here causes a great sense of-- well, shall we say inner peace.
2. Haggling Over Something in the Marketplace!
   Maybe someone else saw the exact same shiny thing you did at the exact same moment! However shall this be resolved? Remember: blood is extremely hard to scrub off of turtleshell!
3. Hey, I Just Met You, and This is Crazy...
   First impressions are always the most important, right?
4. WILDCARD!
   Go nuts. Suddenly your character is fighting dragons! Good God, they've found the Millennium Falcon drifting in the ocean! Do you really feel the need to polish every paving stone in the Earth Sector? Please note, Wildcard options are also what you can choose to do if you aren't yet comfortable in the Tu Shanshu setting and would prefer a more 'dear-mun' esque experience. Please specify in your post!

The first comment/thread on this test drive is going to be titled ENABLE ME and it's where you post character accounts/muselists, etc and others (members, passerbys, shoulder demons) can enable you to apply to Tu Shanshu! Come, let us enable you to the turtletastic madness!

Comments

Galadriel | Master of the Magical Maguffins

[goldenwoodlady]

[She's drawn first to the head, a place of quiet, of peace, of communion with Tu Vishan. There is pain, and grief here as well, but Galadriel knows there is no escape from such things in the circles of the world - even in this world.]

[bindsthedead]

[Sabriel had not expected to meet another soul out here. Sitting cross legged, with her sword and bells set in a neat pile beside her.

She doesn't speak, but she regards Galadriel with something close to wonderment.]

[goldenwoodlady]

[It's not a sight that discomfits Galadriel overmuch. She's seen her share of weaponry over the millenia, and she offers Sabriel a small, reassuring smile.]

Have I intruded upon your solitude?

[bindsthedead]

No, not at all!

[The overwhelming sensation of peace near the head has loosened Sabriel's tongue enough that her next words are rather unguarded.]

This place- it helps me forget the things I worry about.

[goldenwoodlady]

Even the Wisest among us must seek rest, on occasion. [She's definitely including herself in that statement.] This creature has seen much - and like all creatures, it must grow weary.

Re: Galadriel | Master of the Magical Maguffins

[fearlessherosheart]

[The woman approaching might have a superficial elven look to her -- tall (over a head taller than Galadriel, even), slender, with pointed ears -- but she is mortal (and not too far from humanity as Galadriel would know it).]

Ah, my pardon. I seem to have become quite lost.

[goldenwoodlady]

That would seem to be the way of things. [A slight smile - it's rare for Galadriel to encounter a woman taller than her. She's tall for an elf, so this woman is very tall, no matter what her species. But she makes no comment.]

Everyone brought here is lost, I suspect. What is your realm called?

[fearlessherosheart]

I am from the Empire of Dragaera, on the world of the same name. My Lady.

Though I should have passed into the Paths of the Dead, not to this place.

[goldenwoodlady]

Many here would claim the same, I understand. [She glances towards the turtle's head, appearing to stare off into the distance for a moment.]

It must be a great power, to work such a change. To bring people from the circles of other worlds.

[fearlessherosheart]

How, to have been pulled from the Paths? But I have seen no other humans here, and, if Easterners have their own place for the souls of the dead to wait for rebirth, I know not what it is called.

[goldenwoodlady]

Whatever it may be called, I have seen many humans here. Many who believe their lives are now ended.

And yet, mine has not. A curious situation.

[fearlessherosheart]

[ignoring the contradiction -- because Tazendra's definition of 'humanity' excludes a lot of people who ID as human -- for now]

Yes, most curious. If I may, perhaps your life did end and you had not realized?

[goldenwoodlady]

[The smile Galadriel gives the woman is serene.]

I have lived long, and seen much. My time is not yet ended. Soon, perhaps, even by mortal count of years. The West calls me. But not yet.

[fearlessherosheart]

We do not always chose the time of our demise. If we are fortunate, we may choose the manner.