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

[stealstires]

If it gets the job done. [Let it never be said he'd back down from teasing.]

A dull Emperor ain't a surprise, but what's 'asking the turtle' supposed to be a metaphor about?

[backwordscompatible]

What a romantic.

[Eyeroll]

It's a metaphor for go ask the Turtle. His name's Asti. Nice guy. A little on the quiet side, but hey.

[batmullet]

[Tallant was all for people fighting their own battles. However, when people were too afraid to even leave their homes during the day, they needed something to inspire confidence first.

He fires his line at the nearest roof. If this boy really is Robin, he has no doubt he can follow just fine.]

I apologize if I don't recognize you, but which Robin are you? Richard or Jason? [The only reason he doesn't ask about Tim is because he knew through the journals that his outfit was different.]

[queenoftherock]

[He's listening to Felicity, and filing every piece of information away in his brain as best as he can while moving, trying to find the next place to go to hunker down for a moment before moving again. Starling City was one thing, this place he couldn't navigate half as well yet.

Oliver stops to face her.]

I'll find a way around this, Felicity. [The bait, he means. Oliver never liked it when she put herself on the line like this but he doesn't know where to turn or who to trust.] But I can't yet.

[queenoftherock]

[ . . . This is no one he knows. Definitely. But this man is convinced they know each other.

How could he even know about Dinah?

It's hard right now keeping Oliver Queen and The Arrow separate, given that all he wants to do give an incredulous look and react in a non-vigilante manner.]

I didn't hit my head, and I remember Dinah Lance.

[fuckchild]

Dante gasped hard for breath, crawling out towards more solid ground on all fours and choking.

"I am never sucking a dick," he concluded between coughs and spits. He would never know how any person could deep throat given that he was being suffocated by giant black shadow.

But he never answered he question. Blue-gray eyes fixed on the towering, masked form, a shape too eerily close to his twin's own mask, the front he put on for The Order.

"The fuck?" he asked, rising to his feet. Whatever that thing was, it's got the girl with him scared straight. He couldn't really blame her, that thing looks intimidating as fuck. It almost reminded him of Mundus, too, because of its sheer size.

Was it a demon? It looked a whole lot like a demon.

It didn't matter. The throwing stars had transformed back into Rebellion, and he was ready to fight.

[alphatar]

Had a gigantic, hulking silhouette bearing a darker resemblance to her greatest fear, Korra would have given her new fighting partner the oddest look at his statement. As it was, she was trying to keep herself focused on the present.

If she won against him before one way, it might work again.

Snapping out of her gaze on the monstrosity, Korra looked over to him. "The mask. We have to break it!" It sounded silly, but she was sure that was what needed to be done; the feeling sank into her very core.

Those millions of tendrils extended at an alarming rate from the beast and pierced the ground, shadows rising from the miniscule holes. Unlike the amorphous ones from before, they were humans covered in shadowstuff to look like clothing and a cloth mask that had black glass goggles that reflected grey. All bearing a red dot on their forehead.

"Your sword can cut through them, and maybe him." She spared a glance upward at the titan. "I can get you up there if you think you're up to it." When some of the Equalist shadows crept too close, she let out a sweep of her leg and the earth jutted out with multiple spikes in an arc that impaled a line of them.

Hahaha! This is really late and I will never apologize enough. Feel free to drop!

[arrow_it]

[ She will never admit how much she likes it when he looks at her like that. The look that says she's important. ]

It's fine. I like being important for you.

[ Wait. ]

To you.

[ Wait. ]

I mean, I like being important.

[ Way to go, Felicity. ]

I wonder if they have magic for whatever's wrong with my brain-mouth connection.

[ Deep breath. Okay. Move on. ]

So... what now? Want to go spy on them?

[ She's not actually sure how to do this without a computer. This is more Ollie's thing than hers. But she'll help him with whatever he does, because she can't not help him. ]