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

[guard]

[Yeah sorry Brandon, you happened to run into a child soldier. Bad luck there. Her eyes sharpen into a glare, but she doesn't have time to shoot it his way when she has to watch of the path ahead of her.]

Why would you do such a thing? Of course they're angry with you.

[sharpes]

It's not like it was on purpose, Jesus! You think I go around setting religious artifacts on fire? I watch Maury, okay? People have been straight up shanked for less!

[He vaults over a low stand of (wait for it) cabbages and knocks only a few askew.]

[guard]

[Mukuro approaches the stand of cabbages after him, now slightly behind Brandon because of his boost, and rather than gracefully vaults she instead jumps onto the stand and jumps off it, using the added momentum of the jump to get up to his side. In the wake of her jump the cabbages are desecrated and destroyed.

There is only a faint scream of a poor salesman destroyed cabbages, drowned out by the crowd chasing after them.]

Forget it - we need to lose them, or you need to stop and apologize for burning their idol. Running from your problem won't solve it.

[(Also who is Maury? Some guy this man knows? He sounds dangerous if he "shanks" people.)]

[sharpes]

[Well, apologizing really isn't in his budding supervillain vocabulary, so losing them it is. Brandon nods, and points to a fire escape at the end of an alley just to their left.]

C'mon, that way. They can't follow us if we're on the roof, right?

[.... Wait, he should warn her first--]

You're not allergic to electromagnetic flight, right?

[guard]

[She opens her mouth to respond to the roof comment - it's logical but flawed if they're tenacious enough - but the second comment catches her by surprise too quickly.]

Electromagnetic -- what? [She shakes her head.] Forget I asked, just do it if gets us out.

[sharpes]

[LIKE HE NEEDS ANY MORE IMPETUS. Also, pay attention. He's been practicing this trick for a while now, and he conjures a little... well, it kind of looks like a shield, and it crackles with energy as he tugs her onto it and he doesn't even care that it doesn't look half as cool as when Magneto does it, because it has the desired effect of bringing them a few meters into the air. Which is about all the juice he's got, because although he can deflect bullets, 'flying' usually means 'jetplanes' where he's from. So he ushers her off the platform and onto the fire escape.]

Okay, so unless they can fly, I think we're good.

[guard]

[She makes a gasp when she's suddenly lifted into the air on the platform, stepping off of it as soon as he gives signal to usher her off. She is not an "airborne" person and it's hard to get use to the idea of people having these magical powers that go beyond her understanding.]

I think we are. [She says quietly, taking some time to catch her breath now that they aren't running for their lives. The group is still below them, but now they just seem to be angrily yelling and waving weapons at them from below.] But you should still apologize, if it really was an accident.