Test Drive Meme | March 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. Spring Fling!
   Apparently the kedan take the "starting anew" aspect of spring very seriously and have started showing their appreciation for flowers and lovely weather by kissing everyone they across! Neither age nor gender seem to play a factor (though the children will instead get kisses atop their heads, because they're not that weird) but you might find yourself liplocked with a random stranger just for walking down the street.
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

[wallcrawler]

"Not exactly something I went rummaging around for."

[Plus, Uncle Ben was, understandably, sort of a sore subject with him. He had only one picture he ever looked at regularly, and Uncle Ben was definitely older than he was when he married Aunt May.]

"Are you going to tell me who you are, or not? Because whoever you are, believe me, I have got plenty of pent-up frustration I am totally willing to misplace, here."

[And feel bad about later, more than likely.]

[unobtainableredemption]

Don't even try it, Parker. I haven't lost a fight to you yet, and trust me you've tried.

[This is officially more annoying than meeting the first tiny Parker.]

What do you know about cloning?

[wallcrawler]

[That warning's enough to stave off any immediate plans to attack the guy, if only because it meant he'd have to start evaluating him a little differently.]

"Enough to know that unless you grow a wooly coat and start hopping over fences, you're not one of the ones pulled off in my time, lambchop."

[unobtainableredemption]

[Groans.]

Do I look like a fucking sheep to you? I'm you, you goddamn idiot!

[wallcrawler]

[Great, apparently some version of him was also cloned. Hopefully, anyway. He really wanted that particular problem to stay out of his universe.]

"Really? Wow, somebody cared more than they were letting on."

[Hopefully he wasn't the evil kind of clone. No trademark-evil goatee, which was a plus, but the guy certainly seemed a bit more...'on edge' than Pete ever was. Without having the symbiote attached, anyway.]

"Please tell me it wasn't Normy, the guy's messed up my life enough as it is."

[unobtainableredemption]

[He's so done here.]

Of course it was Osborn! Who else hates you that much!?

[Even if... technically it was the Jackal, Osborn still funded the damn thing.]

[wallcrawler]

"...seriously? This is me we're talking about."

[It's a long list. A lot of his little rogues gallery has serious vendetta issues.]

"I mean, Osborn, sure, but he...well, the Osborn I know couldn't have done it. Doc's still on the loose, but since you've got four limbs, it doesn't seem like his style. Rhino's up there, but even dumber than the name implies, Vulture can only tolerate one of me, and Kraven...actually, Kraven did mess around with genetics..."

[Don't mind him, you've just got him curious. And oblivious to the fact that Kraven's little splicing episode was thanks to someone else spoiler: it wasn't Osborn.]

[unobtainableredemption]

The Osborn I know spent a considerable fortune on a madman called the Jackal to make your life a living hell. He got his money's worth.

And... don't talk to me about Kraven. [He can still feel the spear in his chest.]

[wallcrawler]

"So...there's a universe out there where he's still alive?"

[Why does he sound relieved]

"Normy, I mean. None of the other Spiders ever mentioned Kraven biting the big one."

[Or the were-cat thing, but one universal revelation at a time.]

"White Tiger didn't either, but boy, do you two have something in common to growl about."

[unobtainableredemption]

Death doesn't like Norman Osborn, it seems.

[Because really, they were all pretty convinced he was dead before Ben died.]

Sergei Kravinoff blew his brains out years ago after he couldn't defeat you. Then last year his family of psychopaths decided to resurrect him. [With Kaine as the sacrifice.] From what I can gather from his deranged daughter, they succeeded.

And what's this about White Tiger?

[wallcrawler]

"Oookay yeah, I'm sensing some pretty big differences here. Kraven stopped calling himself Kravenoff a while ago, and I'm not even sure if there's a gun made he can operate now. The guy was pretty much a combination of Wolf Man and Lion King, last I checked."

[And some sort of Hollywood cliché, given how often he referred to himself in the third person.]

"Plus, I really don't see him giving up anytime soon. He's still pretty determined to make me his favorite head on the wall. The one White Tiger knows is still human though, and prefers her head over mine. It's sort of a family grudge-match thing."

[unobtainableredemption]

[...Didn't he start this conversation by saying "Don't talk to me about Kraven?" How did this become all about this guy?]

Man-Wolf is someone else.

[wallcrawler]

[When has the webhead ever been good at listening, Kaine? Really :|]

"Great, there's more of those guys running around? Can't I just stick to one genetic experiment trying to kill me?"

[unobtainableredemption]

[He can only hope.]

I'm pretty sure Man-Wolf hasn't been around in years.

[wallcrawler]

"...okay, kind of a mixed blessing on that one."

[Aaand now the smugness is just radiating off of him. On the plus side, that defensive posture's gone- for now- and he's taken up a more casual stance. He's even actually walking toward Kaine.]

"So, on the plus side, if I ever get sent back home again, I may not have to deal with him. On the down side...well...if you ask real nice, I can tell you. And by the way? My idea of 'nice' involves the word 'please,' with or without the optional cherry on top."

[See? Smugness. And/or a fondness for pushing people's buttons. Though in reality, well...he's kinda new to the whole 'cape and spandex' social scene. Kid kinda likes it when he's actually got some answers.]

[unobtainableredemption]

[He's officially entered his own personal hell.]

Trust me, I'm more than aware of Parker luck. [Mainly because he inherited it.]

And from what I can remember Man-Wolf was less of your enemy and more of an experiment gone awry that you had to help.