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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_ooc2016-01-17 10:17 pm
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Test Drive Meme | #35


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.

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  1. 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!

  2. Dramatic Chase Sequence!
    You're running away from something! It could be anything, from a rampaging kirin to a gaggle of overly enthusiastic children! 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...?

  3. Where There's A Will, There's A...?
    The Life and Dreaming Planes have been merged, and sometimes what starts out as wishful thinking becomes lured into reality. That slick new motorcycle or pile of kingly treasure you were just daydreaming about? Surprise! It's just appeared in front of you. Though, it may only stay for a short while before it disappears again, so make it count. Hopefully you're not the type to daydream about terrible things befalling people you don't like...

  4. SECRET UNDERCOVER MODE ACTIVATE!
    The three major kedan families all have their own agendas, and you've chosen to entangle yourselves with one (or more!) of them. Are you hoping to shift the balance of power? Gain some favours? Perhaps you're on a mission to bring a criminal to justice, or maybe you just want to get the cream of the crop from the black market. Maybe you haven't been hired by them at all, but are using their name for your own goals... as long as no one discovers the lie!

  5. Wait... you want my what now?!
    The kedan are a curious folk, and the Foreigners are entertainment in conveniently arriving packages, especially when they come along with unique items that the kedan might not have seen before. Maybe it's your cellphone... or maybe it's your knickers! How badly do you want to keep your stuff from some overeager native shapeshifters who want to buy, bribe, or burglarize it right off your person?

  6. Sea prunes, get your sea prunes right here!
    Life in Keeliai can take a little getting used to: the chickens have scales, the cows have feathers, and the fruits come in more colour and pattern combinations than your average tye-dye shirt. Not to mention that meal you just ordered from the food vendor? Has arrived on the plate, and you're pretty sure you just saw it move.

  7. Everybody needs a little darkness...
    The Great Enemy may have been defeated over two years ago, and people are even willing to speak Malicant's name aloud now, but there remains a taint in the city never fully purged. Those who consider Malicant a dark god whose end was unjust are the cultists of Keeliai, and they aren't always so easy to identify as one might think. Sometimes their presence is felt in the growing urge to give into one's darker instincts, especially in such a foreign place...

  8. Illicit substances, anyone?
    Every city has its vices, and Keeliai is no different. Perhaps you actively sought it out, or perhaps an opportunistic dealer saw you as a potential customer needing a free sample, but you're now in possession of a packet of Lucid, an emotion-enhancing drug. Interested in finding out what happens when you crush that colourful crystal and ingest it?

  9. Incoming!
    Tu Vishan's latest landfall stop has brought an unwelcome problem to its residents: enormous, toothy creatures who look more like pterosaurs than most people are comfortable with! With a twenty-foot wingspan, these aren't exactly harmless local wildlife, and they have a nasty habit of swooping down on targets both Foreigner and kedan! How are you going to fend them off, or help someone who might have been injured by the latest dive bombing??

  10. 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? Anything goes!
androit: (✻ Who d'you think you're kidding?)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
wait... you want my what now?!

I told you, you're not getting it!

[ Although he's got height on the kedan right now, this foreigner probably won't last long holding some kind of solar-powered flashlight/rechargable battery combo away like a game of keep away. Maybe some assistance would be useful. ]

wildcard.

[ There's a new face at the local bakery! Where did he come from? He's quite clearly not kedan but it looks like he's been working here for a while already... oh well, whatever. Whether he's new and good at hiding it or you just didn't notice, it looks like a lot of people have been dropping into this bakery more than usual.

Why don't you check it out too? ]
deathwalk: (Haughty)

wait... you want my what now?!

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
[For a while, Wilde just watches the exchange with waning interest.]

[Eventually he takes pity on the human, and approaches, lightly tapping the Kedan on the shoulder with the butt of his shepherd's crook.]


I thought there were laws against theft in most places.

[His poise is relaxed, but his hand is resting on the carved bone hilt of a short sword. He radiates a strong smell of goats.]
androit: (✻ You can't conceal it)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Theoretically, theft isn't happening. He just wants to "see" it.

[ By the scowl, he does not believe the excuse. Junior is usually easy-going, but paranoid when people show an interest in him. The kedan's insistence in reaching for it doesn't help.

The kedan jumps back and scowls at Wilde, but it also looks like this isn't going to go so well. There's some unhelpful stuttering from the kedan. ]


... uh-huh. Very convincing.
deathwalk: (Contemplative)

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He gives the Kedan an irritated look.]

Ah. My mistake. Shall I let this robbery that theoretically isn't taking place continue then?
androit: (✻ 'Least out loud‚ won't say I'm in love)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ The kedan gives one last attempt at something that sounds like shut up! before he runs off. Junior waits, then slowly lowers the hand that had been saving his lighter. ]

Well... now that that's over. Thanks for the save. Do people here not have a sense of boundaries at all or is it just me?
deathwalk: (For ceremonial purposes only)

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
[This earns a shrug from the elf.]

They haven't come near me like that.

[Probably because he smells like particularly pungent goat.]

What is it anyway?

[He gestures to the device.]
androit: (✻ We saw you hit the ceiling)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Junior's too polite to mention the stank. It certainly... helps clear the sinuses... ]

This? It's just a chargelight.

[ He holds it out by one end, turns it over and back. Not quite ready to let go of it after that whole thing. ]

Leave it in the sun when you're not on the go, use it as an extra battery when you're busy.
deathwalk: (Haughty)

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
It looks like something they'd make in the Tower of Obsidian.

[He gives it one last look-over, before shrugging.]

Is that why the thief was after it? He needed it's power?
androit: (✻ Face it like a grown-up)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
No idea. I was just trying to top-up my phone.

[ He tilts his head. He wasn't going to say anything about the whole... being an elf... thing... but— ]

Tower of Obsidian?
deathwalk: (Contemplative)

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
It's a tower far to the East of my homeland, on one of the isles. Strange machines are born from that place. Has your world some manner of equivalent?

[Wilde fixes his yellow-green stare at the man.]

Phone. I assume that's something that makes some kind of sound?
androit: (✻ Girl‚ don't be proud)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Depends on if you count the conglomerate skyscrapers or not. Those are usually right the middle of cities, though.

Makes and receives. Communication. Like a radio?
deathwalk: (Fanny flustered)

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
...Skyscrapers.

[He knew enough not to take the term literally. You couldn't 'scrape the sky'. Anything that wasn't ground or subterranean could conceivably be considered 'sky'. But he was still giving the man that Look.]

I'm not sure about radios. But I've seen machines that allow communication over vast distances. Usually in code.
androit: (✻ Baby‚ we're not buying)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
Incredibly tall buildings. Surplus of forty floors or more.

[ He nods. ]

It's like that, but further along. Like the terminals they've got here but portable.
deathwalk: (Just breathe)

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
That's ridiculous. They'd collapse under their own weight.

[Spoken like a true goatherder who had a basic knowledge of physics. On the other hand, he was approaching his third century. He needed something to do with that time.]

Should I be suspicious of these machines?
androit: (✻ Who d'you think you're kidding?)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
It's a miracle of modern architecture. Isn't uncommon to have buildings over a hundred floors, either.

[ Clearly picking up some new skills is the way to go. ]

No, of course not. Machines are made for our convenience. Just don't rely on them and you're fine.
deathwalk: (Contemplative)

[personal profile] deathwalk 2016-01-18 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
I doubt it's that simple.

[He still looks skeptical.]

Of course they are. [Is that sarcasm? It's hard to tell.] Because nothing created to serve has ever turned on their masters.
androit: (✻ 'Least out loud‚ won't say I'm in love)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
It is. I mean, the discovery and invention of better building materials helps, too.

[ Skepticism cannot change facts! ]

Such as?
ambibionic: (☠ And you would do it again)

wait...you want my what now?

[personal profile] ambibionic 2016-01-18 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you should pick on someone your own size, huh?

[A mechanical hand reaches to grab the kedan's shoulder from behind and slams them backwards onto the ground. The perpetrator looks up at Will and appears to be amused by the situation.]

Why is it that I'm always getting you out of trouble? Big guy like you should be able to get out of scrapes like this no problem.
androit: (✻ Girl‚ don't be proud)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's not even worth saying anything by now. Junior just tilts his head, slowly lowers his hand. He's pleased to see him even if he's not as animated as his friend here. ]

If I did that, then you wouldn't have anything to do. Hi, Felix.
ambibionic: (☠ You'll do it for him)

[personal profile] ambibionic 2016-01-18 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Aren't you sweet, thinking about me like that. You know I'd hang around just for those little pastries you make for me.

[He comes over and pulls him into a big friendly hug.]

Heya, Will. I see you're making friends as usual.
androit: (✻ Who d'you think you're kidding?)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You're such a glutton. You'll be happy to know I've found equivalent ingredients here for just those muffins.

[ Junior obediently leans forward to return the hug, shaking his head in amusement. Never change, Felix. ]

What is it that draws all the weirdos to me, huh?
ambibionic: (☠ You do it for her)

[personal profile] ambibionic 2016-01-18 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You are a saint, even if you mock me for my love of your wonderful muffins.

[Don't worry, he's never changing.]

Don't ask me, I'm the normal one here. Maybe it's your face. Or someone tattooed "weirdos welcome" somewhere on your body.
androit: (✻ We saw you hit the ceiling)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
They're just pastry. You know I could show you how to make them, up to a point.

[ Good. Junior would hate that; Felix is just right as he is. even if he's a secret-hitman. ]

Is that what you saw on me?
ambibionic: (☠ And you would do it again)

[personal profile] ambibionic 2016-01-18 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Why learn to make them if I can get my best friend the baker to make them at an even higher quality than I could ever dream of doing?

[A secretly flirty awesome hitman, am I right? (yes I'm right)]

Ouch, you wound me in whatever human squishy bits I have left. What I saw was this little runt of a kid getting picked on by bigger kids for being a runt. I set them straight and my parents thought you'd be a good influence on me.
androit: (✻ 'Least out loud‚ won't say I'm in love)

[personal profile] androit 2016-01-18 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe just so you can appreciate my talent even more. Give me some credit once you have the comparison.

[ Don't forget super handsome. Senpai is so cool. Now if only he would notice Junior... ]

Which is now a very debatable sentiment, I'm sure. Either way, you've spoiled me for not having to fight off all the weirdos.

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