TEST DRIVE

[ironwood]

TEST DRIVE MEME - TU SHANSHU EDITION!

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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!

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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

[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. ]