Test Drive Meme | February 2014

[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!
4. Maybe even reserve so you CAN live on 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. Have Met Before? Because I Could've Sworn I've Seen You In My Dreams.
   Have you wandered into the realm of Dreaming via an archway in Keeliai? Here, everything is shaped to your character's individual mind. Dreams can be shared between characters and will result in a meshing of minds. These dreams can be positive or negative, depending on your character.
4. Dramatic Chase Sequence!
   You're running away from something! It could be anything, from a rampaging kirin to a gaggle of overly enthusiastic children, or even one of the newest editions to Keeliai's menagerie, an incredibly affectionate turtle the size of a minivan! One way or another, you can't stop, and much like a katamari ball, you feel obligated to grab everyone in your path along the way to keep them out of danger! Or perhaps you're more the sort to try and knock them into it as a distraction...?
5. Shapeshifting Shenanigans
   The native kedan are shapeshifters and it seems like something's gotten into the water supply, because you suddenly find yourself able to duplicate that particular skill! Whether you're any good at it or not remains to be seen...
6. 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

Jason Todd | Robin II | DC Pre-boot

[stealstires]

[backwordscompatible]

[She saw the back of his head from a distance, and that...told her absolutely nothing. Lots of people had black hair. She had black hair. His clothing and stance said boy, but again, that wasn't really much to go on. Honestly, even by the time she made it to his actual face, there were no signs of familiarity to be found.]

So...come here often?

Travis Touchdown | No More Heroes

[crownless]

wildcard!

[sully]

[Well. That's not something you see every day, so don't mind Sully as he puffs away on his cigar and gives Travis - and his sword - a skeptical look.]

Hell of a weapon you've got there, kid.

Allison Mann | Y: The Last Man

[mann]

2

[draculette]

[ Have a pale teenage girl under a wide black parasol that puts her entire slender frame in shadow, looking like she got a little too carried away with the goth makeup. She flashes Allison a smile as the woman is looking through some thick books and there are two petite fangs obvious in the grin. ]

Do you like to read too?

[drmomotron]

[At first, Caroline was absolutely convinced this had to be Kitty's doing. A ridiculously elaborate one for a teenaged girl whose attention span could often be measured in minutes, but still. Her daughter's attempted more bizarre schemes for any given reason.

It's been several hours now and she's beginning to be pretty sure this is actually real. That, or her daughter somehow got a hold of powerful hallucinogens, in which case a bad trip was the least of her problems.]

This can't be real.

Dick Grayson | Batman Beyond

[painetched]

2!

[notavirtue]

[The marketplace was entirely too crowded for Javik's tastes, with all the yelling and elbowing and jostling about. In his time, open markets were a thing of the past. When you needed food or rations, you applied for and received what was available in a war shattered galaxy. There was no profit or bargaining involved, and seeing all this, he missed the simplicity of what he’d left behind.

He preferred to purchase his provisions when fewer people would see him, but he had long since learned that now was when the freshest seafood was sold. With a specific vendor in mind, he cut through the crowd with ruthless determination, avoiding physical contact as much as possible. Despite his measured steps, moving past one overburdened kedan set him into the path of an older human.

Javik turned sharply, but the pauldron of his armor caught the man’s shoulder. It stopped him in his tracks, even if it hadn’t been hard enough to topple either of them. No apology was forthcoming, and the usual look of disdain on his face could easily be interpreted as blame.]

Lara Lor-Van | MoS

[ofher]

wildcard!

[problematical]

[ The outdoor cafe is crowded today, as one of the nicest days yet this year after a cold winter. So crowded in fact that River doesn't have anywhere to sit and so, rather than stand with her steaming mug clasped between both hands, she takes a seat in the empty chair across from Lara without even bothering to ask permission. WHAT NOW. ]

Milo Thatch | Atlantis: The Lost Empire

[linguist]

3!

[polyhistor]

[This is the first time Reid's been in the Dreaming since arriving in Keeliai, and it's just about the most incredible thing at all time. He is in fact nerding out over it in a big way.]

This is-- I can't even believe, this, scientifically it shouldn't be possible to transpose a, a physical reality over a metaphysical idea, but that's exactly what they've done here--

[HAPPY EXCITED SCIENCE DORK BABBLE THY NAME IS. Also this the story of how he backs right up into Milo, completely by accident. He wasn't expecting anyone else to be in his subconscious, shh.]

Garcian Smith | Killer7

[dissociative]

wildcard

[causalities]

[He'd been in Keeliai a month, and the suspicions had yet to ease off. Sure, he'd stopped sleeping in alleyways, stealing clothes off the lines, and that knife he'd lifted from a local butcher shop was now spending as much of his time tucked into his stolen jacket as it was in his hand when he slept.

Most of what he did was observation. Recon. The machines were fucking with him somehow. Maybe they'd brought him back from the dead, or back through time, or something. But he remembered dying, for Sarah, and not knowing whether or not she's okay is killing him.

She has to survive. She does survive, she goes on to have John, and John saves the world, right? Humanity wins. That's it. Game over.

It's why everything that happened was necessary. And it's why, eventually, Kyle stops giving a fuck. For what's probably the first time since his arrival, he steps out onto the street in broad daylight, jacket turned up against the spring chill (and god, seeing a city in spring is about the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. He's never seen anything so green--) and walks down the street. Running into the guy is an accident, really. In that way where he maybe put his shoulder into it a little to try and discern whether or not the guy was made out of anything... synthetic.]

Sorry, man.

[Except he doesn't look particularly sorry, he looks suspicious as hell. Because what the hell else can the machines do to him now?]

Mukuro Ikusaba | Dangan Ronpa

[guard]

4

[sharpes]

[The million dollar question. How the hell was he supposed to know that was a sacred pile of hay? Really? They worship hay now? It's not exactly his fault he torched it, lightning powers can be kind of unpredictable, okay!

They can put the pitchforks down seriously any moment now!

But at least he's fast, which is how he rounds a corner and smacks right into-- whoever this newbie is he's never seen before. Brandon strongly considers just leaving her for the wolves, but whatever sense of chivalry Steph's managed to instill in him kicks in, and he holds out a hand to haul her up.]

Come on, get moving!

The Warden (Surana) | Dragon Age: Origins

[unabatedly]

2

[sully]

[Well hello there, pretty lady bartering with the locals about the price of tea in China. Or tea in wherever. Or maybe just tea. But the important part is that she's gorgeous, she's legal, and Sully is an incorrigible old flirt. So he slides up next to her, pulls his cigar out of his mouth (politely blowing the smoke the other way, sometimes he pretends a gentlemanly nature) and offers her a rogueish grin.]

There's a vendor down the street, has this same thing three times cheaper. Why waste your time on this yahoo?

Dante | DmC: Devil May Cry

[fuckchild]

3

[alphatar]

Be careful.

Why the ground, both sidewalk and street, suddenly had cracks that seemed to creep apart; why the buildings were slowly decaying from the thin, black fog that covered both city and sky; why the canals in the Water Sector were black and gave no reflection; and why there seemed to be no one else around was simple enough.

The archway led to the Dreaming. Except Dante wasn’t the first one to walk through it.

No one else being the kedan that populated Keeliai. There was movement in the gloom and it was a black mass that was cross hatched with shadows moving in random directions, each changing size from thin to wide. Humanoid shape, flat and looking as if it was hand drawn onto reality itself, the mass was actually moving closer to Dante. The only times that it paused is when the darkness was lit from within by a dull orange light. Like coals atop an ember.

Before it could get within thirty feet of him, the light came again and a section of the mass was pushed outwards until the shadows were punctured and a bright orange flame shot out into the black fog. A gloved hand reached through and grabbed the edge of the tear, a girl’s face barely able to appear. Her cheek was cut and bleeding and her brown hair was frayed from however long she had been there.

Wild blue eyes that stood out against the darkness darted about before finding Dante. She frantically yelled at him as another orange light dimly illuminated the roaming shadows she was trapped in.

"The city's already evacuated, go to the others! There's more of them here! Run whi-" but her hoarse voice was cut off as thousands of tiny black tethers latched onto her face, covered her eyes and mouth to pull her back in.

Her declaration of there being more was like a call, and parts of the black fog coalesced into being. Shadows that had sketches of faces briefly pass over them, unfamiliar ones to Dante, were different shapes and sizes, all looking to do to him what they had done to her. Formless hands took shape and formed pointed fingers, razor sharps claws.

Be careful. The Dreaming isn't safe when you're not the only dreamer.

Oliver Queen | Arrow

[queenoftherock]

4

[arrow_it]

[ Gangs. How are there gangs no matter what city she goes to? Even in another universe, there are gangs. And they seem to think that Felicity has money. Or something else. Which... they're actually kind of right about that. She knows where one of their hide-outs is. And who their leader is.

So yes, she understands why they're chasing her, but that doesn't mean she has to like it. ]

María Aracely Josefina Penalba de las Heras | Marvel 616

[huitzilopochtli]

( before new warriors )

[unobtainableredemption]

[To say the day had been uneventful is an understatement. It's days like these that make Kaine wonder (more than usual) why he bothers to put the damn costume on at all. There are more than enough actual superheroes here, and yet he has to keep getting involved. One of these days he's going to figure out why. Today is not that day.

So he's swinging back home when a familiar blue hoodie catches his attention. It has to be a coincidence... didn't it? He crawls down the closest wall to get a closer look.]

...Aracely?

Javik | Mass Effect

[notavirtue]

wild card

[sealord]

[ There are many factors contributing to Namor's disgruntlement. Not only has he been unceremoniously from his home, he's been removed from his world, shoved in along a bunch of humans, and has been told - these fools have dared to order the king of Atlantis about like a common peasant - that he's supposed to fight someone else's war. All told, he is greatly displeased. He's also sick of seeing humans everywhere and, upon spying the appearance of someone clearly not human in the marketplace, he approaches. ]

You there.

[ This extraordinary politeness - for Namor, anyway - is largely because the individual looks vaguely like some of the denizens of Atlantis and Namor misses his people. ]

I require a moment of your time.

The Midnighter | The Authority

[grouchinleather]

Obadiah Archer | Archer & Armstrong

[prodigalarcher]

Tallant Wayne | DC Elseworlds

[batmullet]

I am horrible.

[painetched]

[ There's a one-eyed man with silver in his hair, body still very much fit and muscular, perching behind this... Batman. It's a costume design that he hasn't seen in decades, and the man inside... ]

[ It's neither Bruce nor Terry, as far as Dick can tell. Definitely not himself, either. ]

That's some big shoes you're fillin' in, kid.

Zhaan | Farscape

[intotomorrow]

5

[iwannabeadragon]

[Hawke wanders through the streets looking utterly unimpressed. The morning started off well enough. A quick shower followed by a simple breakfast and he was ready to head out. That's when noticed his reflection in a window. He wasn't sure when his face turned dark blue and his ears became large fin-like frills on the side of his head, but it's not a change he's happy with. Five visits to five different healers later, and his face has only turned a darker shade of blue. At least the tail's gone though.

Eventually Hawke takes a break at a nearby cafe, looking miserable and sighing loudly. When he looks over and spies Zhaan about to sip from a glass of water he speaks, trying to save her from the fate he suffers from.]

Trust me, you don't want to drink that.

[He pauses for a moment, briefly considering her.]

Unless you already have and you're trying to fight fire with more fire.

[It's so hard to tell anymore.]

Namor » Marvel 616

[sealord]

Keiki | The Twelve Kingdoms

[tsunicorn]

[selfgovernance]

[Don't mind this charming gentleman, Keiki, Charles is nearby hitting on a very groovy kedan lady. At least he was, until he managed to somehow say something that was the equivalent to dissing on her every ancestor, and she throws her drink at him. Which, coincidentally, also hits Keiki.

Charles grimaces a bit, leans back and politely excuses himself from her company, only to note the misfortunate bishounen man.]

Ah, I do apologize for that. Are you quite all right?

kira yukimura ♥ teen wolf

[electromagnetics]

Kaine | Marvel MC2

[mellowedwithage]