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

Jessica "J.B." Fletcher ⟡ Murder, She Wrote

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[...oh, dear...]

3!

[shorttempered]

[Invincible might have been flying just a smidge too low and too fast when he sees Mrs. Fletcher. He manages to stop in time, but it's not graceful in the slightest, and he winds up near her feet on his back with his feet in the air.]

Are you all right...?

Ow.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[She jumped, nearly falling over in shock at the near-collision. Hand flying to her chest, it took several heartbeats before Jessica was able to catch her breath enough to bend down before the poor boy.]

I could ask you the same thing.

What just happened?

[shorttempered]

I'm really sorry! I didn't realize how low I was flying and then you just sort of appeared!

[Finally stands up and dusts himself off like it's no big deal to just fall from the sky.] I didn't actually hit you, did I?

[deus_ex_typewriter]

...flying?

[No, that's silly. She must have heard him wrong. Better focus on making sure the young man didn't have a concussion; she tried to help him rise to a stand, but he seemed fairly balanced on his own.]

Oh, no, I'm fine. Really. I'm not the one that just swan-dived right into the ground.

Is there a local doctor nearby? Maybe we should get you checked out, just to be absolutely sure.

[shorttempered]

Ma'am I appreciate your concern but I'm fine, really. I'm Invincible. [That's both an introduction and a statement of fact.]

[deus_ex_typewriter]

So was the Titanic, they claimed.

[One does not squash the worried Aunt instincts so easily.]

Are you sure?

[shorttempered]

[Hovers off the ground to show he's uninjured.] Positive.

And I mean I really am Invincible. That's my name. Nice to meet you.

[deus_ex_typewriter]

[Eyebrows. Up.]

Thanks an...unusual name.

[Nevertheless, she forces a smile in introductions.]

Jessica Fletcher.

[shorttempered]

So I've been told.

Nice to meet you, Ms. Fletcher. New around here?

[deus_ex_typewriter]

In more ways than one, yes.

And while we're on that subject, I don't suppose you could tell me precisely where 'here' is?

[shorttempered]

This is Tu Vishan. It's, uh... a really big turtle. Well, technically the city is Keelai, but the turtle's name is Tu Vishan.