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

[girlproblems]

[The honesty is appreciated. He's not much into lying, there isn't much point to it really, considering who his Sidekick is. At least he's not into lying when it counts, when it comes to personal matters. He manages a slight, sad smile when she says she still loves him, because it doesn't really matter but it's still nice to hear.

And then he promptly chokes a little.] "Too young for"- Of course she's too young, that's why I came crawling back to you to partner up. I needed the money to get her off Sextillion. Keeping a kid there... That's fucked up. Gwendolyn, the Wreath girl, helped me get her off after you- [Waves a hand.] You know. Kicked it.

[arachno]

[This is the man she loves. This is it. And this is her looking at her life, looking at her choices.]

You're the one who told me she was too young over the phone, I was just agreeing with it. And you didn't plan ahead on what to do with her, I'm guessing?

[girlproblems]

[Stalk come on, look at this handsome, sheepish, dumb bald man with a stupid cape. You can't say you don't still want him.]

... [He really has no retort for that.] I thought I'd just- you know, drop her off with her folks or at a shelter but- Neither of those turned out to be options. And then it turned out she could track the targets down. From that Wreath job. And keeping her around seemed like a good idea because, y'know, find them, find the drone who offed you, shove my lance up his ass and out the other end.

[arachno]

[The cape is nice.

She has to hold back a hum of approval because yes, that kind of talk is more like it, more like him. The Will deserves many things in life because he is, despite their jobs, a good man and the Stalk isn't going to deny him that from beyond the grave- but the Stalk is many things and 'selfless' isn't one of left. Vengeance first, keep The Will out of trouble later.]

You did always have the ability of being at the right place at the right time... and the wrong place at the wrong time. Apparently that involves this place- wherever this is.

Are they with you? The Wreath girl and Sophie? Are they with the Lying Cat?

[girlproblems]

[They're both pretty far from good, it's more that The Will just has lines he won't cross. Everybody has to have a line. Some monsters are just worse than others.

But he does want vengeance for The Stalk. A part of him will probably always love her.]

Yeah, I guess so. I don't know where this is, some backwater shit of a planet in the middle of fucking nowhere I guess.

...No, they- they were with me, but I can't find any of them. Not even Cat.