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

The Kid | Bastion

[buildsthatwall]

Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley) | DC Comics

[chlorophyllum]

The Stalk | Saga

[arachno]

[CW: Spider... also naked lady?]

Balfour Vallet | Havemercy

[steelhands]

Kaine | MC2

[mellowedwithage]

Tallant Wayne | DC Elseworlds

[batmullet]

Gavril Ivanovich (Rocket Red) | DC (preboot)

[hypocriteonjl]

Raven | Teen Titans

[titansno]

Riley Abel | The Last of Us

[000129]

[Be patient with me as I get used to the premise!]

#2!

[mightythinice]

[Ellie had never been so mad in her life. Normally, they were willing to play ball in the marketplace. Normally, she brought something, they'd try to undersell her, and then they'd work to something agreeable. At least, they would after she wisened up to what stuff was worth.

But this guy. This asshole. Well, he wasn't working with her at all, trying to claim that there was an overabundance of dead lizard carcass out there, and after having had her arm broken for a week and a half, Ellie was having none of it. She needed some cash, damn it]

Hey, fuck you, I know this thing's worth at least 3 juulan more! Don't try to bullshit me!

[it wasn't like there were other redhead 14 year olds in the dead lizard business. He should know she knew enough about this to not try to rip her off.

But one more angry sound and then he was shooing her off.]

Fine. I don't need your fucking juulan anyway, asshole.

[she flipped him off before turning away, dead lizards on a stick in tow]

6

[honestcat]

[The scent is familiar, one she who's called Lying Cat has smelled many times before. It shouldn't be here, though. It shouldn't be anywhere. Yet here it is just the same.

On silent paws, Lying Cat threads her way between the passersby on the street, moving ever closer to her quarry. If the Stalk is here, does that mean that the Will is too? She cannot smell her partner, but she will have answers from this ghost who is no ghost if she can.

She turns the corner, spying the woman up ahead, and more curious than alarmed, Lying Cat moves forward into her line of sight. Her ears prick and she looks at her, head tipping ever so slightly to the side in inquiry. ]

this is like a 6

[nowthatsfunny]

[Don't mind Tess as she's wandering around followed by a turtle the size of a van. It's still a baby, so it's very curious about, well, everything. Including people, which it frequently stops to headbutt.

So, you know. Curious, large baby turtle might be all up in your grill, Riley.]

Hector, how many times do I have to tell you not to go poking your nose around strangers?

[000129]

[How were you supposed to feel? One minute you were feeling your mind slipping away, your mouth doing dry, your limbs going stiff... the taste of blood and carnage all the more appealing with each passing second... and then nothing.

And now? Some weird place. And it sure is far from any pearly gates or any brimstone. It was nothing she ever would have expecting, nothing even remotely familiar.

All she knew was to walk forward.

Where was Ellie, anyway? They were in this together, right? She couldn't have gotten very...

And that's when she heard it. There's that familiar voice. That cadence that showed just how much the bite wanted to match the bark-- because in a tough situation? It sure as hell did.]

...Ellie?

[mightythinice]

[Ellie paused.

That was a voice she only remembered in her dreams, now. And she was definitely awake then. But she knew how this place worked, that sometimes, sometimes the dead came there. How else would she be in this place? But at the same time she never expected that. It was like...

She glanced around, looking slightly to her left, and saw what she was looking for]

Riley...!

[her voice sounded squeaky, and she fucking hated it. Of all the times for her to lose it, and she definitely felt like she was going to lose it, everything suddenly felt so much heavier. There, not even 15 feet away, was her best friend. Hell, they almost were something more. They would have been, if not for fucking life.

What was she even waiting for?

The sticks clattered to the ground, she didn't even care what happened to them at this point, all she wanted to do was run forward and throw her arms around Riley]

Shit, I thought I'd never see you again-- When did you get here-- you know what it doesn't even fucking matter! You're here!

[000129]

[WHOA.

She's stumbling back, but after a few less than graceful moves, she's keeping her feet planted in the ground.]

Hey! Wh--

[Yeah, she's going to stand there, completely dazed. Honestly, this place was starting to get trippier and trippier. This had to be some imaginary shit that deluded her once deteriorating mind. Even if it did feel oh so very real.]

...Whoa.

[nowthatsfunny]

Eh, don't mind Hector, he's a big pushover. And by that I mean he'll push you over. But only by accident.

You new around here?

[The surprise on her face suggests she's pretty new - most people around here are used to the babies by now.]

idwiw

[girlproblems]

[The Will has just found himself in quite the situation. Stranded on the back of a giant turtle with no ship and no communications, no Sophie, no Gwendolyn, and no Lying Cat. And of course nobody has heard of anywhere in the whole civilized universe here on this backwater planet.

He's weaving through the marketplace, biting into a native fruit he nicked off a cart, trying to formulate a plan of action that isn't 'take Evandau hostage until he coughs up a ship to get out of here'.

And that's about when, in the clearing of a crowd, he spots a very familiar eight-eyed face. He just kind of glances from The Stalk, to the fruit in his hand, back to The Stalk, and then throws the thing over his shoulder unceremoniously.]

Some day I'll learn not to eat strange food on strange planets.

The Will | Saga

[girlproblems]

[CW for Saga in general, canon is very much M+.]

[000129]

I might be.

[How could her dumbfounded expression say anything but the fact that she was new here? You know, wherever here was. But she'll play it cool, of course.]

What's with the giant turtle?

[000129]

[There she was. It wasn't it an illusion, or a dream, or a delusion. It was real. It... felt real.

She's standing in a daze for what feels like an hour, but really, only a few fleeting seconds pass before she's following through with her half of the embrace. Why in the hell would she let go of this opportunity?]

You're not dead. We're... [She fights a heaving breath. Or was it some tears?] What's going on?

6

[honestcat]

[She doesn’t get taken to a suit and given directions on how to use the console. Why would she? She’s a cat. Cats don’t know how to use communications equipment. Cats can’t talk either. At least, that’s what most people think.

So when she’s escorted out the palace, she sets out into the street, wending her way through the crowd and trying to resist the urge to take out some of her irritation on the more obnoxious passersby. When she unexpectedly catches the scent of her partner, her mood lifts and her pace quickens. Along the way, her desire to be reunited turns into something a little more playful, a little more honest in an expression of her irritation at being separated, and she stalks him as she might particularly large prey.

She gains a little height as she nears him, getting up on a wall and inching ever closer. Once in range, when she’s so close she can practically reach out a paw and touch him, she springs, pouncing toward his back.]

Exile | Road Rovers

[russkiehusky]

[dear everyone: I am so very sorry. this is six feet of anthro painfully stereotypically Russian husky, heading your way.]

[nowthatsfunny]

His name's Hector. There's a bunch of 'em around here. In case you haven't been given the spiel yet, this whole place is the back of one huge turtle. These are babies.

Hector just likes to follow me around.

[She pulls a carrot-like thing from her pocket and offers it to the turtle, which he crunches happily.]

[naughtyornice]

[[ooc: ...I'm not.]]

[North stroked his beard for a very long moment as he contemplated the Siberian Husky.]

...is official; now, I truly have seen everything.

Spider-Man | The Spectacular Spider-Man (animated)

[wallcrawler]

[Guess who's back
back again
Spidey's back
tell a friend

...to bring a first aid kit, because holy hell does he look like he's in bad shape. Like, fought a 500lb bomb and lost kind of bad. Probably why he's sticking to the rooftops for now]