Test Drive Meme | April 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 turtle shell!
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. Darker Days
   Malicant's flexing his chaos muscle and causing havoc on the shell! You could run into some evil cultists in a dark alley, try to infiltrate the possessed palace, or work on hacking the console function back from the technopathic baddie.
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

[unobtainableredemption]

[Boy is he glad you can't see the look on his face right now.]

I have no idea what you're talking about. How do you Ar--Hummingbird? Are you one of Wolverine's mutant kids?

[permissionslip]

How--Dude, did you hit your head? [He's stuck up in a tree with Not-Spider-man and he's suffering some kind of brain damage.] We were just there. Secret base, captured by the High Evolutionary? Crazy guy hates mutants and supers and wants to kill us all?

[Is none of this ringing a bell?]

[unobtainableredemption]

You clearly have me mixed up with someone else. I've never--[Unless he's from his future. Fuck.

Mumbles to himself:] Why did I put on this costume again?

[permissionslip]

[Sam is giving him all the weird looks. Maybe he's crazier than Sam first thought. Not like he knows him very well. They'd just met.]

How should I know? You're the guy who put on a spidey suit and then gets mad when people mistake you for Spider-Man. Try a different brand if you're not affiliated.

[unobtainableredemption]

I wasn't talking to you.

Speaking of which... who the hell are you, anyway?

[permissionslip]

Uh... [It finally hits him that he's been having this conversation without his helmet and Scarlet Arachnid can see what he looks like. Crap. He is terrible at this secret identity thing.]

I'm Nova. [He puts as much confidence into his voice as he can.] You know, superhero, helped save the world from the Phoenix Force? Yeah that's me.

[unobtainableredemption]

[Blank stare.

He's got nothing, kid.]

[permissionslip]

[Mask, bro. You always look like a blank stare.]

Oh come on, I know I'm not Thor, but I've totally been on TV before! [That should be enough to get some recognition, right?]

[unobtainableredemption]

I'm sure you are. [But he doesn't exactly catch much news at night, between the "crime fighting" and Netflix marathons.]

[permissionslip]

[This is weird and kind of depressing. He's still new to superheroing, he hasn't run into time-warp shenanigans just yet.] You seriously don't recognize me at all? Man.

[Whatever he can't let that get to him, he's got stuff to do.] So...can you get me down from here?

[unobtainableredemption]

Kid I try to get away from superheroes, I don't keep track of them all.

[Kaine grabs him around the waist and jumps down to the ground below. And he doesn't kill himself or break his legs doing it. Yay spider agility!]

So how exactly do you know me again?