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

[alpha_squad_leader]

Victor glanced at the box and nodded. "That's probably why, yeah," he replied. "Well, I advise reminding the shopkeeper that they're breaking the law by trying to cheat you out of your juulan like that and that you could always go get one of the police to come see what they have to say about the price of things," he replied.

[zinthosmantra]

She made a wry noise, shaking her head. "Usually it's the police coming to us for help."

Nonetheless when the shopkeeper returned she followed his advice and with two Foreigners standing there, the price was reluctantly backed down to normal rates and Raven paid for her purchase before turning back to Victor.

"Thank you," she said while tucking the bagged tea leaves into the box. "You're...?"

[alpha_squad_leader]

"That must be nice," Victor remarked wryly himself.

He smiled when everything was sorted out, glad to have helped. He'd been cheated before by some of the shopkeepers so he'd been keeping a closer eye on them than when he first arrived.

"You're welcome but you don't need to thank me," he replied. "I'm Victor," he replied, offering his normal hand.

[zinthosmantra]

You didn't have to help me, she thought

"Raven," she returned, taking his hand; her grip was firm, the shake perfunctory in its shortness. "You must have been here for a while to spot something like that happening."

[alpha_squad_leader]

"Nice meeting you, Raven," Victor replied. He then gave a nod. "I've been here almost half a year if I've gotten the dates right."

[zinthosmantra]

"Half a year..." Raven echoed. "So what they said was true about time not passing here? I know several dimensions where time flows differently but none where it's stopped completely."

[alpha_squad_leader]

"I don't think time is stopped here," Victor replied, rubbing the back of his neck. "But I think time doesn't really move where we all game from. Or whenever we get sent back it's to that same instant so it looks like no time passed."

[zinthosmantra]

"Yet if everyone brought here is from a different dimension," Raven speculated thoughtfully, "it would make more sense to stop -- or at least affect -- time in this dimension rather than try to manipulate it in countless multiple others. Not to mention take far less magical energy."

[alpha_squad_leader]

Victor just game a single-shouldered shrug. "I never claimed it made sense. That's just how it seems like it's happening."

[zinthosmantra]

One didn't need to be an empath to sense the disinterest Victor had in the subject, so Raven only nodded and let the topic rest.

"Are there any other shops you can recommend who treat non-natives more fairly?" she asked instead.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Vic had just given up on trying to figure out how the turtle's stuff worked. He tended to be more interested when there were actually ways to get answers.

"Most of them won't try to cheat you but generally you'll do better closer to the palace and closer to the guards," he replies with a little smile. "Looking for anything specific?'

[zinthosmantra]

"Just my luck that I happened to pick one who thought he could get away with it?" she returned dryly.

"A replacement for my usual herbal teas," Raven answered as they moved away from the market stall. "The housing I was assigned didn't have any in the included supplies."

Not that she probably wouldn't have gone out to get her own anyway.

[alpha_squad_leader]

"It's just because you're new. He probably would have tried it on any new arrival," he replied.

"If it's teas and herbs you're after, the Fire Sector is your best bet. It's got all sorts of places that sells stuff like that. Just need to be careful of the uh...red light district type places," he replied with an awkward little laugh.

[zinthosmantra]

Raven raised a single eyebrow at him. "Thanks for the advice," she replied. "But I don't really think they'll give me any trouble. I'm not really the type."

Plus she can put them through a concrete wall at 100 paces.

[alpha_squad_leader]

"Alright," Victor was a little skeptical, knowing shapeshifting Kedan had many types.

"There's also a shop or two in the Water Sector that does teas and stuff so you can try there if the ones in the Fire Sector don't have anything you want."