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

[toohottohandle]

So we're fighting an alien? Is it just one or a whole invasion fleet?

[urbanmagic]

One spaceship and a truckload of bodyjumpers, actually. Took too long to get all of them out of people, that's for sure.

[toohottohandle]

[And a shudder at bodyjumpers.] How'd you get them out?

[urbanmagic]

Zapping people, unfortunately. I had to be really careful about not using too much energy or else I might fry something.

[toohottohandle]

I'm glad I missed that. I don't do well with zapping or being friend.

[urbanmagic]

Luckily enough. The threat seems to be gone too, or maybe in hiding. I haven't heard a peep out of them since that incident though.

[toohottohandle]

I hope they stay gone. Unless fire hurt them too, then I'm fine with them showing up to get fried.

[urbanmagic]

They hurt them in the same way most people get hurt by it. They take over the body almost immediately, so the only way to get rid of them is to drive them out first.

[toohottohandle]

Really glad I missed it since I'm pretty sure I'd end up possessed and coming after everyone now.

[urbanmagic]

You could try, but aside from the kedan, you gotta deal with a bunch of other superheroes.

[toohottohandle]

You don't think I'd be dangerous to the other heroes?

[urbanmagic]

Oh, I think you could be. Everyone can be, but it's all a matter of thinking of the best strategy.

[toohottohandle]

Then we just have to hope the ghost things aren't good at strategy.

[urbanmagic]

They aren't. [Wasn't that helpful?] But they have the ability to control any type of person. They kind of go crazy using the powers instead.

[toohottohandle]

You can cast spells to put out fires, right?

[urbanmagic]

Can't be much of a magician if I don't know the basics, right? I can make it rain if it occurs.

[toohottohandle]

Great. If I get possessed by evil spirits, you have full permission to kick my backside. I'd let Jaime do it but he's got laser cannons and sonic death beams and stuff.

[urbanmagic]

So compared to Jaime, I'm lesser of the two evils? I feel like I should take offense to this. [She is teasing, of course, but thread lightly anyway.]

[toohottohandle]

No, it's just that I trust you to not accidentally fry my buns while trying to stop me. [He's seen what that Scarab can do!]

[urbanmagic]

[Pfft. Well, point.] He tries. But sure, glad to know your faith in me then.

[toohottohandle]

I know. I'm more worried about his space-bug-pants than him though. And hey, if Beets trusts you then so do I.

[urbanmagic]

Beets. [That gets a cheerful grin.] Nice nickname.

Well, the scarab does like being very strange, that's for sure.

[toohottohandle]

It's one of many. Feel free to use it. [He grins too.]

I don't think it can be anything but strange. Not that I've got much room to talk.

[urbanmagic]

Nah, I'll let you keep it. I think I have enough pet names for him. [And there goes the sappy.]

We all don't have room to talk. I've got magic, you've got fire and he's got a sarcastic bug on his spine.

[toohottohandle]

[Eddie fights back that little jealous pang that rises in him, chuckling.] We should trade notes to make sure they don't overlap sometime.

Magic isn't nearly as weird as being me or Jaime's bug-butt.