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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:

Comment with the journal of a character you want to test; put their name and canon in the subject line for added sparkles.
Tag around with everyone!
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!

A Chance Meeting at the Turtle's Head.
Remember, being here causes a great sense of-- well, shall we say inner peace.
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!
Hey, I Just Met You, and This is Crazy...
First impressions are always the most important, right?
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!

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[Arthur walks the streets with ease. Atop Tu Vishan may not be where he truly belongs, but he's at ease here, more so than most. The ocean is always near enough and the people of some parts of Keeliai remind him of home in a lot of ways. He's strolling through the city, wearing his usual glittering orange scalemail, trident on his back, occasionally stopping to greet a merchant or a passerby...

Until he catches sight of a nightmare. It catches him off guard simply because he never expected it; why would the Emperor bring someone here who would rather see Tu Vishan die and the world descend into chaos? Why him?

The last time he saw Black Manta, he'd sent him back to Xebel with the invaders. Remember that hand you cut off? It's back now, and grasping the Trident of Neptune.]

You.

[ Seeing his handiwork vanish is enough of a frustration. Seeing Aquaman, however, is something worse. Far worse.

Anger is a sharp and biting thing. Even worse is the pure fury and hate that would take his expression, but all that's there is the sharp red of his eyes.

His voice echoes in his helmet. ]

Aquaman. How's the family?

[ Maybe his hand was back, but there was a gaping hole he would always rub salt into. ]

[The anger is mutual of course, but Arthur's is colored with disgust. Why would they bring him here, why now? Garth and Mera are here and Kaldur- Oh, Neptune, Black Manta is on the same turtle as Kaldur. Remembering how he tried to kill Jackson has him moving closer, all tightly controlled fury.

The barb gets under his skin, like it always does.]

Say another word about my family. I dare you. You're outnumbered and out of luck here, Manta.

[ If he knew about Jackson, his demeanor may have changed from the almost mocking way he tipped the massive helmet to the way he stepped back slightly, pulling from his pockets a sharp knife. A part of his arsenal attached to his side.

He'd never been unprepared for this, and his heart thudded in his chest, excitement and adrenaline flowing and pumping. A heady drug. ]

Are they even here? How many of them do I get to kill while I stick around?

[He doesn't really want to cause a scene, but he can he really just let Manta walk off? Who knows how many kedan children there are here, and who knows what Manta will do to get to Arthur? There's a prison here, he knows; no doubt a better place for him than free among these people. Than free among his family.

He doesn't worry about Mera, he doesn't have to (honestly Manta is the one with cause to worry there, Mera is a lot less inhibited about killing), but he does worry about Garth and Kaldur. He won't lose them.]

You won't kill anyone here. This is between us.

[ He doesn't fear Aquaman, or who of his family may or may not show so much restraint. He never really cared about them, unless they were an avenue to hurt Aquaman. Perhaps Jackson, but there was something about fathers and sons that maybe Aquaman would understand, but Manta's obsession with his son was something altogether different.

He chuckled, mocking the sea king. ]

Finally. Let's see how long that spine holds.

[ He wanted to kill him. Even while he pulled free a large, wicked and dark blade from his side, where it'd been strapped. ]

[Arthur would be quick to say that Manta doesn't understand a thing about fathers and sons, not when he tried to kill his own flesh and blood just to get under Arthur's skin, but he won't let that happen here. Though some part of him would like to see Manta go up against Kaldur, Atlantean born and Atlantean trained all his life, when he's expecting Jackson, new to his powers and his name, but he won't let it go that far. Maybe he won't even have to answer some awkward questions about Kaldur's real parentage.]

A good deal longer than yours will, I don't doubt. [Dark clouds are starting to swirl overhead, the trident's expression of Arthur's anger.] You're starting a fight you can't win. You have no allies here, no ship, no henchmen.

[ His head tips up, to the sky, only momentarily. He doesn't let it settle long, focusing back on Aquaman. It always comes back to Aquaman.

It always had, it always will. ]

I don't need those.

[ He never had, or so he thought. They made it convenient, but he was resourceful. He'd started with nothing too many times to be unable to do it again. ]

You crumple much easier, Aquaman. Every time.

TEST DRIVE

OH MY GOD YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL...

heh heh heh, I try! c:

the fact that anybody plays Black Manta is p much amazing omg

I've had him for a bit, but he's fun to pop out, and I couldn't help but see that request in atp

man I never expect anything from those ads but clearly it pays off 8D

Well I do try to make dreams come true!

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