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

[mightythinice]

"How about you fucking trust me?" Ellie says back, some of the spitfire coming back into her voice. Him asking her what he's supposed to think, that's something she can respond to, she can tell him what to think. She can do conviction, especially when she knows she's right.

Especially when she knows Sarah's going to want to see her Dad, again, and that Tess... Well, Tess had already started working on the smuggling ring. She'd want Joel to be part of that. And Ellie was just glad to see him there, underneath all the other feelings, so it didn't matter, in the end, what he thought of her.

"Jesus, Joel, we went through all that shit together, so I get it. Maybe I don't fucking know what that type of loss is like, but I sure as hell know what the fuck I'm talking about right now. Sarah is here, so's Tess."

Her hands clench and then she finally gestures towards him. "Please, Joel."

[shittybirthday]

Joel paces one way, then the other, throwing Ellie a look. But then he crosses his arms over his chest, lifts a hand to his face and presses his fingers against his eyes with a rub and pinches the bridge of his nose.

Okay. Okay. Get a grip, he thinks to himself. Get a fucking grip. This is Ellie talking here. Ellie. The girl who's seen and been through shit that Joel wished like all hell he'd been able to protect her from. The girl who nursed him back to health when he was on the brink of death. The girl who reminds him so damn much of Sarah, who Joel would go the ends of the fucking earth to protect even if it almost kills him.

Maybe she is telling the truth. Maybe-- Jesus, it makes no fucking sense, but...

He drops his hand from his face to his arm. Looks over at Ellie. Underneath his hardened face, under the heavy-set lines around his eyes and in the tired wrinkles lining his forehead, there's something almost indescribable, like he's not sure how much more of this he can take. And bringing Tess and Sarah into all of this - hell.

"Well, then, I guess I am just gonna have to trust you, ain't I?"

[mightythinice]

It takes a moment for the gravity of his words to sink in, but when they do, the tension in her face eases. She doesn't quite break into a wide grin as she might have once-- there was still too much stress, even so many months later. But Joel trusted her, even if she'd completely botched telling him. But that trust was enough.

"... Thanks," she finally breathes out. Her hands rub together for a minute. "There's lots of food here, more than I've ever seen. But it costs money. I've been trading these lizard things with the people here for the cash."

She rubs the edge of her sleeve, where it was still wet from her botched ice cream. So much for that last bit of cash-- but she knew who to go to if she really needed food, and she had that extra store of money that Jason had left her, but she didn't want to touch it, out of the hope that he'd come back.

"... There's probably room for smuggling, too."