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!

Comments

omgosh hi.

[apologiesmyking]

[Of all the people that Kaldur had thought it might be possible to see on the turtle, Black Manta most certainly was not one of them. Of all the people who would see nothing wrong with destroying their precarious existences there, he knows that Manta would have no such inhibition if he thought it would benefit him.

He sees him as is immediately on edge. To be walking so easily through the Sector was bold of him. He ducks behind a tree, eyes him and trying to remain out of his line of sight with just enough view of him. What might he be up to?]

oh my god hello there

[mantas]

[ There's a nagging feeling at the base of his neck. The feeling that he's being watched. Years of fighting off the sea creatures had honed his instincts, and crafted them perfectly. He was a predator of the ocean, these days. Perfect and lean, made for stalking.

So he didn't like the feeling that he was being stalked. He disliked it a great deal, if he were in fact honest.

He kept walking for a few moments, letting the feeling settle, in case it were just him reacting to the new environment. When it didn't settle, he pulled the sharp diving shiv from his boot. He stopped, and turned, examining the land behind him, searching.

His breath echoed in his helmet, loud, but not so loud that he couldn't hear the rest of the world around him. He almost laughed.

Someone wanted to hunt the sea predator, they would have a steep obstacle to overcome. The supposed prey themselves. ]

you are awesome and should feel awesome.

[apologiesmyking]

[He knows. Kaldur knew he could not stay hidden indefinitely. Black Manta had been a threat to Atlantis before Kaldur had known more than rumors of him. He is skilled and never one to be underestimated. But he has not yet found out what his intentions are.

He reminds silent, shifting slightly so as to reach up for one of his water-bearers. He cannot allow him to wander freely when Arthur, Queen Mera and Garth may not know of his presence. If Manta moves on he will not attack, but Kaldur is prepared that a fight may be unpreventable.]

u///u you're too kind!! I'm so excited to see a jackson omg

[mantas]

[ He catches movement. A sign that there's something to be found. It's not just his imagination, apparently, reassuring in its own right. With his shiv in one hand, he pulls from his thigh a rather formidable and wicked looking blade, black and dual-pronged.

A soft laugh echoed in the helmet, the sound eventually escaping, but it made it dark and sharp. He didn't fear much. ]

Come out, come out.

[ He obviously didn't fear whoever was trying -- and failing -- to stalk him. He spun a blade in his hand, as if to emphasize his point. ]

Let's see what you're made of.

taking advantage of alternate universe shenanigans is always a fave

[apologiesmyking]

[Kaldur knows then that trying to leave will only make him look like a coward. He would rather confront Manta directly than run away without assessing him. What does he know? Is he even the Black Manta Kaldur recalls?

His heart beats quicker and he takes a breath before stepping out into the open. His weapons are drawn.]

Black Manta, I see that whatever brings us here is not as selective as it first seemed.

um yes!!

[mantas]

[ It's a good thing he has a helmet like he does. He categorizes the look of the person, the boy. Gills, the cut of his skin, the look of his face. He looks different than the last time the Manta saw him.

That doesn't mean he doesn't recognize his own flesh and blood. How could he not?

He laughs, something that echoes loud in his helmet. ]

Or maybe just selective enough.

[ He steps forward, slowly, muscles tense and brandishing the dark blade in one hand. ]

[apologiesmyking]

[Kaldur is tense himself, weapons at the ready and more than willing to fight if it comes to it.]

This place is not our world. We have been brought here for a purpose. Should you try to disrupt this world, you will be stopped. Fighting here will only bring more trouble upon yourself than you are prepared to deal with.

[mantas]

[ He swings that blade, a little experimentally. He remembers quite a bit about these powers, but the way he moves is different. More experienced, maybe.

Black Manta doesn't fear it, either way. How long has he waited for this? Maybe he could get the attention of others, get the word to Aquaman, because that's all it's about.

It's only about legacy insomuch as he can take this, and use it. For his benefit. ]

You don't know enough to make that call. Heh-- I'll do what I wish.

[apologiesmyking]

[And that is when he swords come out. The water-blades for easily and he shifts his stance to one ready to attack.]

You have not been here long, to walk about as you do now. [If he had Kaldur does not think he would wear that helmet so blatantly. Arthur would spot him in an instant.] Or to think we would allow you do so. But if this is the path you wish to take I shall do what I must prevent you from doing harm here.

[And with that he brings the blades together to fire off a large fountain of water like that from a firehose.]

[mantas]

[ He's made to work in water. His suit is made for it, but even still, he doesn't chance the force of it. He'd been expecting something uncoordinated and clumsy, not like what the boy had just shot toward him. He'd been so much more inexperienced, the first time they met.

He laughed, more of a sharp bark than a full on cackle, but between the diver's shiv and the wicked blade, Black Manta was fearsome.

And he was fast, the red coming from his helmet leaving bright streaks to hang and dissipate in the air, before he strikes forward with a blade. The shiv, rather than the wicked, nasty looking one.

No need to step forward with too much, too quick. ]

[apologiesmyking]

[Fast and efficient, Kaldur knows that if he does not keep up, Manta will take control of this battle too easily. He switched as quickly as he can from the heavy flow back to normal weapons, in one hand a sword and the other a shield to block the shiv and then he pushes back, trying to force that hand out of reach while bringing his sword to strike in an upward slash.]

[mantas]

[ His shiv glanced off the shield, easily. But he used the momentum to direct himself, make himself move just as quickly, bringing his other weapon to stop the sword, catching it between the twin blades arcing from his fist.

He laughed, again, glancing the blade away from him this time, and letting his shiv aim for his arm.

Thematic and appropriate, really. ]