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

[inhumanity]

[There is a vampiric monster who is so okay with overenthusiastic shopping? (Friendship!)]

Vacations shouldn't be wasted. Like the rain in a desert, they're the sudden and rare event that brings life to the soul of dead workers!

I don't see why we should pay, though. We could just rob everyone.

[anomia]

What?! We can't just rob people! [She lets go of his arm to give him a light swat on the shoulder.]

You're part of human society now! Hu-man! Or... the kedan, but... it's close enough! You have to play by our rules!

[inhumanity]

[It's basically like dealing with a sulky dog. He makes a face.] There are any number of humans who don't play by human rules. It isn't fair if they get to and I, who never agreed to any of that in the first place, have to play along. Come, Raimei! It could be fun!

[anomia]

[Her own sense of morality is skewed from growing up in an incredibly violent culture, but this part of it she's certain of. She's a Shimizu, she can't steal.]

Am I supposed to buy that excuse?! [But her indignance seems to veer wildly into the other direction as she laughs it off.] Don't worry about things like that while we're out having fun. That's too philosophical!

I'll buy you something, okay? As long as it's not too expensive.

[inhumanity]

[He instantly warms up to this, offering his arm to be dragged along again.] I want baking sheets and saucepans.

[anomia]

[Raimei actually loves making desserts, herself. She takes his arm and starts marching off again.]

Ohhh, what are you going to make with it? I'm going to have some, right?

[inhumanity]

[He is happy march off with her, in part because a large portion of his life has been spent trying to convince his more taciturn partner to come along with him.]

Of course! How could that be a question? Ah, have I failed you as a friend that you would doubt that? No, it must be an uncertainty that comes from manners. Yes, I know you've never doubted me in your heart. Do you like madeleines?

[anomia]

[She grins, steering them toward a department store.] I just didn't want to seem too pushy so you'd agree! [That's actually the truth. Raimei is a lot craftier than she seems, when she puts her mind to it.]

Madeleines... you mean the little cakes? Could you show me how to make them?! I've only had them in pastry shops before!

[inhumanity]

[He accepts the craftiness easily. That's also a thing that happens between friends!]

We can make them together. I think that would be an excellent thing to do. And then we can share some with all our fellows. That would be marvellous.

[anomia]

[She's so glad you speak her language. Craftiness is definitely a thing that happens between friends in Nabari.]

Yeah! Everyone gets so gloomy about how dire things are here. [There's a flicker of seriousness beneath her regular airheaded cheer, that shows that she isn't as immune to that herself as she puts across.] But obstacles like this are part of being alive! We have to keep pressing forward relentlessly! We can cheer them up with some cakes.

[Doop doop entering the store now...]

[inhumanity]

That's right. If life wasn't difficult, how could we go strong? That's just a natural part of the world.

[Christopher stills inside the store. He looks around. He carefully assesses quality from this distance. And then he takes the lead in heading towards the middle of the store and sorting through various pans and moulds along the way.]

No, no, no, no, noooo! Ahah! This one—isn't good enough!

This will do. [He tugs a mould free.]

[anomia]

Not living up to your high standards, Mr. Professional Chef? [she teases slyly. She has no clue what he does, she's just saying that to be funny.

Raimei pokes through the displays herself with visible interest. She does like making pastries, she just doesn't have much chance to. But here she picks out a metal whisk.]

What else are we looking for? I'll help!

[inhumanity]

[He gives her a serious look. (It's probably serious. It's hard to tell.)] Good food is the core of good life.

[And then he springs back into action.] We need a a pastry brush and a sieve.

[anomia]

Good food and training, you mean!

Got it. Mission accepted! I'll get everything found for you! [And sure enough she's looking for her assigned items with all the determination she has for any real mission.

... After a second, there's a flicker of sincerity, though, as she speaks with her back turned, ostensibly rifling through a pile of cookware.] You know, I'm glad there's someone here to do these things with. I usually know what I'm doing, but it's a little direction-less here, isn't it?

[inhumanity]

[He hums a moment as she speaks more in earnest. And he treats it lightly, as all such things must be treated.] It is. I'm used to a whimsical lifestyle, but . . . well, honestly, I've had some kind of purpose ever since I was first created. This is a little strange for me, too.

[anomia]

[However lightly he means to treat it, Raimei is much more direct with her feelings. They're a little overpowering to her.

She grips her whisk and holds it up in the air as she answers, turning around to face him, tone strident.] Then we'll just have to make our own purpose! Even if it's something silly like making cakes for everyone, people should have something that makes them determined!

[inhumanity]

[That sounds like someone stubbornly insanely charging forth in the face of overwhelmingly terrible odds.

He respects it.]

That's right! And what's more important than food? Let's make our purpose be in making cakes!