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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!
agoodwoman: (06)

gonna get so dramatic up in here!!!

[personal profile] agoodwoman 2016-02-23 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her eyebrows lift momentarily at the address. French? Here? It's a very welcome sound, and it shows in the faint smile she sports while wrapping the scarf the rest of the way around her head and shoulders, pulling some of it forward to cast a shadow on her face.] Merci beaucoup. [The merchant, too, gets a brief but polite apology. She's not normally in the habit of interrupting conversation, but, well. This is somewhat important.]

Well, it's quite a noisy street, from what I've seen. [Very matter-of-factly, she glances back down the street. You are, of course, correct, sir -- this is entirely her fault, and she briefly flicks her eyes back to his face, as if confirming that fact.

The street is not, in fact, as busy as she says, so the heavy footfalls of two local thug-looking characters are hard to miss. Phryne watches them from beneath dark glasses, for a moment, before moving so that her back is turned to them. From the side, Monsieur Poirot blocks their view of her as they search the streets.]


If you don't mind, [She keeps her voice quiet, polite, and very, very calm.] I might need you to not move, just for a moment.

[Now. Let's see if this works.]
thetruthwithin: (( 05 ))

[personal profile] thetruthwithin 2016-02-23 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ French, indeed, but please don't make the mistake of thinking him French, he will not be pleased. He is more than so, however, at the thank-you, his smile quirking up into something both surprised but incredibly pleased at the same time. ]

De rien.

[ The way she looks at him is all the confirmation he needs, a wordless agreement that they both know exactly what is happening here; and though he doesn't know why the locals would be chasing such a lovely young woman, it hardly matters. ]

Do not worry, my dear lady. I am in no hurry.

[ His smile holds as he inclines his head just a little, very carefully staying just where he is. ]

Please excuse me... [ With that, he moves his hand to shift the scarf that's wrapped around her shoulders, where it was falling down against her arm-- it would look suspicious, the two of them standing there like that, doing nothing at all. ] There. It would not do to have that displaced much more, no?
agoodwoman: (04)

[personal profile] agoodwoman 2016-02-26 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nor her, in fact -- while her French is quite good, her English is notably Australian-accented. A flicker of smile is her response as she helps to adjust her scarf, tilting her head so she can hear their footsteps more readily. It should be easy, really, to keep this up for a few minutes. Let the two ne'er-do-wells move along and find a new target. "Easy," however, is also not her forte, especially not when dealing with a pair of thugs, thieves no less, one of whom has managed to pilfer her gun, and almost more than that.

So, slowly, she turns to watch as they continue their search, seemingly ill-fated now that they've passed their targeted witness. A few paces away, and Phryne is breathing a faint sigh of relief.]


Your help was very much appreciated, sir. [Said with a small but chipper smile as she puts a hand out for her hat.] Not very dedicated, are they? I was expecting that to be a bit more difficult.

[That part is said quite critically...and maybe with a slight amount of disappointment. Nonetheless, she has subtly shifted her position, so she can watch them search the rest of the street. Why? Because she is, in a moment, planning to go after them. Of course.]