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

[aloadeddie]

[She surprises him a little, but he's not offended or anything. He just raises his eyebrows slightly and turns to the merchant, offers five more juulan and a bottle of (contraband) wine.

The wine usually seals the deal.]

[thenormalsquint]

[Oh. That's just dirty pool. But that's okay. One thing Angela doesn't have is shame. This buttoned-up guy has no idea what he just got into.]

Wine is good... [She pulls her shirt open, showing all and sundry her breasts in her nice lace bra.] ...but these are better. Eight juulan.

[aloadeddie]

[Okay, well that's - unexpected. Arthur's eyebrows go up nearly to his hairline, and then he looks away because he might be a criminal and a tough negotiator, but he's also a gentleman, okay?

Also, it loses him the art supplies, but he's not one to hold a grudge.]

That was... unorthodox. [He comments that to her lightly as he shoulders his satchel and prepares to exit the shop.]

[thenormalsquint]

[Unorthodox wins every time. The guy's only going to get to look and not touch, so Angela buttons up before handing over the coins and packing up the supplies under her arm. Really, she could have gone down to six or seven, but a gambling woman always lives on the wild side.]

Yep. [She grins at him, still friendly and not even rubbing his loss in his face.] Sometimes you just have to use what you got.

[aloadeddie]

I can't argue with that. [Arthur's not one to throw stones, given his profession and some of the things he's done in the course of it.]

But I've got a colleague who will be pissed if I don't come back with at least some charcoals in hand. [Colleague, and lover, and likely to put him on the couch for a couple of nights.]

[thenormalsquint]

[She raises an eyebrow, clearly amused.]

Is that a ploy to make me feel sorry for you? Because you've got to do better.

[Hope your back likes that couch, Arthur.]

[aloadeddie]

No, it was the prelude to a trade offer. [Arthur doesn't do charity, giving or receiving, for the most part.]

You seem kinda new around here. [At least, he's never seen her around, and he comes to this part of town pretty often to do business.] I've got some things you might have use for, in exchange for, say, half the box of charcoals?

[thenormalsquint]

[Angela's not going to confirm whether she's new or not; that'll make it far too easy for someone to get one over on her. Or get revenge, anyway. But there are things she does need, things other than art supplies, so she crosses her arms across her chest and narrows her eyes in thought.]

Go on.

[aloadeddie]

[He's actually one of the more trustworthy people she could confide in - he's (mostly) a businessman, no reason to use any information against her. Not when she's a potential customer.]

Mostly stuff that's hard to find because of rationing. I've got a few decent lines of business going, meat, cheese, booze, chocolate. Other luxury goods. Cigarettes, if that's your thing. I try to keep prices fair for the foreigners. The kedan like to price gouge.

[thenormalsquint]

[Some of those things aren't her bag, but chocolate? Cheese? Booze? Now this guy's talking.]

I don't smoke, but I do like chocolate. Keep going.