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

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[eye_of_isis]

[Sadie doesn't even notice. She's too busy yelling at the turtle]

--so why don't you talk to you Emperor or whatever and send me home? I do not have the patience to deal with more gods or whatever it is you are.

[depicted]

[What is this sight.]

Uh, hate to interrupt, but I don't think Asti can manage that.

[eye_of_isis]

["This sight" is an angry (American) British schoolgirl getting pissed at the turtle. She whirls around to face Dorian, still pissed]

And why can't he? These kedan fellows seem to think he's some sort of god.

[depicted]

[he stays calm] As a rule, there's usually a pretty big gap between belief and reality.

[eye_of_isis]

As a rule, getting kidnapped pisses me off.

[She gestures to the turtles head]

Especially by giant turtle gods.

[depicted]

That must be a relief to you, what with the Asti having absolutely nothing to do with it.

[eye_of_isis]

Then who did?

[She is not taking Dorian's calm tone very well at all. Oops]

[depicted]

The Emperor? You know, the one whose palace you appeared in, who said she had a purpose for us all? That one.

[eye_of_isis]

Oh, her. She didn't seem powerful enough to pull all these people here.

[Sadie also wasn't listening to her all that much but what else is new.]

[depicted]

[Dorian has a headache. WAS HE EVER THIS MUCH TROUBLE AS A TEENAGER?

(He is still this much trouble.)]

She packs more bite than she looks.

[eye_of_isis]

[So unimpressed]

And? Is that supposed to scare me? I know kindergarteners who pack more bite than you'd think just by looking at them.

[depicted]

It isn't supposed to do anything, except point out that the turtle isn't to blame.

[eye_of_isis]

Right.

[She still doubts that, but]

How do I get back to the palace from here?

[Time to see if she can get some real answers from that lady, and maybe sent back home]

[depicted]

Uh, roughly... that way. [He points. But he has a good sense of direction, so it is at least the right way.] Bit of a long walk.

[eye_of_isis]

I grew up in London and live in Brooklyn. That's nothing.

[A pause before--oh right. Manners.]

Thanks, by the way. I'm Sadie.

[depicted]

Dorian. No underground here, I'm afraid. [He wants the London Underground back so much...]

[eye_of_isis]

[She gives him a look. She hadn't even thought there would be one since, well...]

How would that even work on the back of a turtle?

[depicted]

It was a joke?

[Sometimes, Dorian adapts his attitude to meld with the person he is speaking with.

Other times, he gets grumpily defensive over a giant turtle and ends up irritable for the rest of a conversation.]