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

[ofthefuture]

[No argument's here.]

You know, I gotta ask... How do you deal with everything being so shocking bright all the time?

[nerdylilspidey]

Uh... I just do? Why, is it permanight in 2099?

[ofthefuture]

[Rubs his eyes, and when he drops his hand his eyes are almost pure red.] That wasn't what I meant.

[nerdylilspidey]

[Blink. Stare.]

... Okay, see, I don't have that.

[ofthefuture]

[Pulls a pair of sunglasses out of his inside pocket and puts them on.] You don't have accelerated vision?

[nerdylilspidey]

Uhhh... No.

What's accelerated vision?

[ofthefuture]

It's what I call this--[motions to his eyes.]--for lack of a better term. I can see things perfectly from far away, in the dark, and if it's moving too quickly for others to make out.

[nerdylilspidey]

Oh.... Wow.

I swear all the other Spider-Men have way cooler powers than me.

[ofthefuture]

Oh yeah, the migraine's are the best part of being genetically half spider.

[Shut up, Miguel, they aren't really migraine's and you know it.]

Wait--There's other Spider-Men?

[nerdylilspidey]

Really? I always thought the best part was the crazy costumed super villains coming after your life.

And, uh- Yeah. I've met a couple of them here.

[ofthefuture]

The super villains, the corporations, the public eye...

This must be another multiverse thing, because our records indicated there was only one Spider-Man.

[nerdylilspidey]

Nice to see that some things never change.

Yeah, it seems... different from place to place. Where I'm from, there's- Well, I guess there's three of us. Two Spider-Men, one Spider-Woman. In other places there's Scarlet Spider, and Spider-Girl, as well a Spider-Man and I bet you anything there's another Spider-Woman.

[ofthefuture]

Yeah well, no one likes it when someone on their level challenges the status quo.

What the hell kind of name is Scarlet Spider?

[nerdylilspidey]

Don't ask me, I didn't name him.

...I do think there were two of them, actually. I'm not sure.

[ofthefuture]

Two? Seriously? More than one person thought it was a good idea?!

[nerdylilspidey]

I... don't actually think it's that bad. They've got spider-costumes and they're, y'know, red.

[ofthefuture]

Oh well that makes everything better.

[nerdylilspidey]

You say that like "Spider-Man" is revolutionary.

[ofthefuture]

Trust me, the only reason I went with "Spider-Man" is because everyone was already comparing me to you. Not that I blame them. My Day of the Dead costume does sort of look like a spider on the chest.

[nerdylilspidey]

You mean the spider DNA thing didn't influence you at all?

[ofthefuture]

I was just trying to get away from Venture at the time, I really wasn't thinking about helping New York.

[nerdylilspidey]

"Venture"?

[ofthefuture]

One of Alchemax's cyborg goons. He was trying to track me.

[nerdylilspidey]

Venture. Alchemax. These are definitely future-things that are flying clear over my head.

[ofthefuture]

How about Allan Chemical or Oscorp? That's what it used to be called before the merger.

And Venture was just the guy's name. I know you had a whole slew of costumed idiots to fight.