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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_ooc2016-02-10 05:00 pm
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Test Drive Meme | #36


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:

→ Comment with the journal of a character you want to test; put their name and canon in the subject line for added sparkles.
→ Tag around with everyone!
→ Profit like you live on a the back of a turtle!
→ 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. 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!
forcefilled: (you can't hold me)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for noticing!

[Her tone is impatient but it's only because catching her breath while trying to think and feeling guilty for hitting a bystander is incredibly difficult to do all at once. She drops her hold on his wrist and looks around. The creature is close enough that running isn't going to do them any good.

She has a broom stick. She's going to fight. She turns to face the direction they've run from, taking on a defensive pose. It's good timing, as the creature swoops down into sight.
]

If that's a weapon under your coat, feel free to show me how to go about doing this the right way!

irishthor: (sniping)

[personal profile] irishthor 2016-02-23 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
[A bystander... That's a nice notion, but Shay shifts, pulling his air rifle from his back. He starts moving backwards, loading darts into the rifle.

The pterosaur seems mostly fixed on Rey. This gives Shay the oppertunity to stop and aim, firing a dart across it's muzzle. The projectile embeds itself in a tree trunk and starts sparkling and crackling away.]
forcefilled: (boy don't even try to touch me)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
[She's impressed.

Her head turns when he pulls out the weapon, eyes widening as he loads and fires it.
]

That will do. Keep at it!

[She's grinning as she motions for him to keep going. She moves quickly but on quiet feet toward the target. While he's firing at it she fully intends on attempting to strike through the chest to reach the heart. And if that fails, going through the eye to stop the brain from functioning.]
irishthor: (take aim)

[personal profile] irishthor 2016-02-23 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
Don't kill it!

[This is yelled out as Shay fires another dart to keep the creature's attention focused on the firecracker darts.]

Distract it.
forcefilled: (you can't hold me)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
[The look she gives him as she turns her head is very clearly a what in the hell do you mean sort of look. But he clearly knows what he's doing and she grits her teeth and nods. Her hands tighten around the broom stick and she leaps into action once again.

This time she simply smacks it upside the head. A warning that ends with her being knocked back and away. She's nimble enough to hop right back up on her feet but keeps her distance.
]

It's a little too aggressive to not be killing it!
irishthor: (rearview)

[personal profile] irishthor 2016-02-23 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
Two minutes!

[His hand is already reaching for the pouch containing the other darts for his rifle, feeling for the sleeping darts. He takes out a couple, loading them into the rifle.]
forcefilled: (don't be scared to run this back)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
[She realizes at that moment that she's missing key components about this man's plan. She scuffles with the thing for another minute and whacks it's face in the direction of the firecracker. Assuming there's not much time left she runs back toward her partner in crime.]

I think we can consider it distracted.

[She's just going to be jamming the broom stick into the ground and leaning up against it to catch her breath.]
irishthor: (say g'bye)

[personal profile] irishthor 2016-02-23 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Fancy moves. Shay would be impressed, were he not concentrating on aiming the air rifle square onto the beast's chest.

He fires. One, two, three darts into the chest, before lowering the weapon to sling it back over his shoulder. A hand strays to the pommel of the sword sheathed at his side as the creature screeches in pain, flapping it's wings, before the sedative starts to take effect.]
forcefilled: (our love can devour)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
[She's still very concerned that they're not killing it. That concern starts to ebb when she thinks he's killed it but returns quickly once she realizes it's only being sedated.]

How long do we have before it gets back up again?
irishthor: (uknowhaturdealinwith)

[personal profile] irishthor 2016-02-23 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure. Past experience... we have 30 minutes, and it'll wake up and fly away.

[He's done this before. Once. And it almost cost him all of his stock of darts.]

We'd best get out of here. I've never been around one when it wakes up.
forcefilled: (my persuasion can build a nation)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She turns her head to stare at the sleeping creature. Her head slowly nods and she pulls her stick out of the ground before walking away.]

I think we can save being around when one wakes up for another day.

[Her pace becomes faster. All she wants to do now is get somewhere safe. She's seen enough violence recently to last her a lifetime. Once they're a good distance away she relaxes and stops walking so she can look up at him.]

Thank you. For your help.

irishthor: (uknowhaturdealinwith)

[personal profile] irishthor 2016-02-23 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Shay is following, mostly because he thinks this girl is going to get into more trouble if he lets her out of his sight for long enough. He slows as she does, letting out a huff of breath in relief.]

My pleasure. [Then a hand extends.] Shay Cormac.
forcefilled: (Default)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Trouble has been following her around lately...]

I'm Rey.

[She takes hold of his hand and firmly shakes it, smiling as she does.]

I just arrived here today. Have you been here for long?
irishthor: (wossat)

[personal profile] irishthor 2016-02-23 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
About a year.

[He shakes her hand back equally as firmly, before letting his hand fall to his side.]

You been to the Welcome Centre yet? They usually tell you to avoid messing with the local wildlife.
forcefilled: (my persuasion can build a nation)

[personal profile] forcefilled 2016-02-23 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It was the one that messed with me.

[Rey doesn't ever enjoy feeling foolish, so she protests that it wasn't her fault trouble had found her yet again.]

I haven't been by the Welcome Centre yet though. I wanted to explore on my own before I did.