Test Drive Meme | #38

[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: → 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! 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! 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...? 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... 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! 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? 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. 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... 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? 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?? 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 uncontrollable urge to polish every paving stone in the Earth Sector? Anything goes!

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wanijima akito/agito | air gear | crau | HEY GUYS ILU #yolo

[akito]

{ 9. }

...Since when did we have flying dino-things?

[ Akito and Agito definitely aren't 'most people' - not anymore, at least. Not for a long while. Becoming the adopted baby brother to one Portgas D. Ace meant becoming used to hunting down and either eating or taming random, weird, giant animals on a regular basis. So, if anything, enormous pterosaur-things make everything feel more like home.

And, of course, this means that the small teenage body containing two strong-willed pirates-in-training is having a grand old time taking down pterosaurs in a blitz of flame and blade. It helps take their mind off of the strange new city (that's what it is, right?) they've found themselves in... Though it only makes them more and more antsy the longer they go without Ace's Mera Mera powers coming to join them.

Their body turns from blue-violet flames back into their usual, solid self during a graceful landing alongside a smoking dino corpse. With their shining ko-wakizashi Akito slices a chunk of meat off the beast as easy as a warm knife through butter and samples it.

He pulls a face, tossing the rest of the now-cooked morsel back at the corpse before sheathing his blade. ]

Gross... Sanji-nii could probably make it taste good though, ne?


((ooc: CRAU from thewake, where the One Piece cast has basically adopted them! And taught them lots of useful skills...))

Jung Shi-hyun - The Doctor's Son | Cruel City/Heartless City

[willsurelylaugh]

[4/8 mashup?]

[This world was strange. Strange, and yet oddly familiar. Even here, so far from Seoul and any semblance of Earth, a criminal underworld had found it's way. It was the same no matter where he went; drugs and greed bringing most to their knees and few to their throne.

Familiar as it all was, what he needed most was information. The who, the what, the why. It was chance that brought a small packet of Lucid into his possession, and now it sat neatly in his pocket alongside the knife he never went without. Thus he sits at a bar in one of the shadier areas, not far from where he encountered the dealer and waits, listening to the world around him and just waiting for that first lead to get him what he wants.

Quiet as he is, it's a little hard not to notice the foreigner in the black hat and jacket. Nor the blood that's dried to his temple, or the cut on his cheek. By the look of things, he's had a rough day.]

teobaldo lionheart | lieat

[lionpants]

Scenario 1

I am telling you, that I've seen this cheaper a few stores down the block. You're cheating me out here. And I thought we were friends. [ though his dismay is true, the so called friendship was little more than superficial-- on Teo's end at least. Sure, the kedan had showed him a general amount of kindness, but the con artist did his best to keep his relationships at arm's length.

God forbid he gets friendly. ]

Ehh? Come on, old man. You know that you're the one that makes them the best [ cheapest ] here. I don't want to buy somewhere else, but if you can't-

[ and finally, the vendor budges, adjusting his price. A price that Teo could afford and one that brought a small smile on his face. Thank god he was able to get lunch. He needed a job. Fast. But who would hire a recently arrived informant? ]

Scenario 4 ( kind of )

[ It wasn't so much as undercover as it was getting information. It was, in his own opinion, one of the few things that he could truly pride himself on. After all, it was how he made a living: the gain, trade, and selling of information.

But to obtain information, one had to do some...less than pleasant things. Acting was his least favorite. ]

It's so hard to get used to this place. [ he sighs wistfully as he speaks to the stranger next to him, though absolutely fake. This act of innocence was ridiculous. ] I feel like everyone is just, you know, hiding stuff. I mean, have you seen that Tu Yunxu guy? He definitely looks sketchy to me.

[ God, the stupid accent was killing him. Hopefully this person had something good for him. ]

[landsonhisfeet]

[When Vic enters the bar there's nothing subtle about it. He nearly kicks the door down before he strides inside like he owns the place. Vic feels the eyes on him, some glaring and some just curious. It doesn't bother him for a second. The cocky grin on his face only grows a little wider.

The stained, wooden baseball bat in his hand spins a couple times before he rests it on his shoulder. Since he got here Vic almost never leaves without it. It's a good luck charm of sorts. Plus it serves double duty by cracking skulls. Vic is just innovative like that.

His eyes wander around the bar for a few seconds before settling on the foreigner at the bar. Without a word and barely a sound, Vic crosses to the bar and takes a seat beside him without even ordering a drink. It doesn't matter to Vic that the other man is a foreigner like himself. That's not what grabbed his attention. No, it's the blood on the other man's face that interested him.]

Looks like you've been having some fun.

[willsurelylaugh]

[Like everyone else in the room, Shi-hyun can't help but check who it is that's made such a bold entrance. His expression remains neutral, movements calm and steady and he glances back before turning back to the bar and the drink in his hand.

Outwardly he's content to ignore the newcomer, but already his interest is piqued enough to be listening to Vic's every movement. Thus he hears the approach and knows full well that the stranger has chosen him from the crowd. When Vic sits, Shi-hyun shoots him a glance and again, turns his attention back to his drink.

The question isn't answered right away. In fact, Shi-hyun takes his time to down the last of his glass before replying.]

I made some new friends on the way here.

[The words are cool and light. If he's feeling anything, he's sure as hell not showing it.]

[landsonhisfeet]

[If the silence bothers Vic it doesn't show. He still wears a wide grin as he looks at the stranger. In fact Vic almost nearly continues talking when he finally speaks up.]

Yeah they're a friendly bunch here aren't they?

[Vic looks around the room again and finds some eyes still glaring back at him. He gives them a wink in return.]

Don't think I've ever felt this welcome.

[willsurelylaugh]

[Somewhere out there, there's an alleyway riddled with bodies. They'll live, but they'll also of learned not to pick a fight with the lone Korean man. They'll also be bearing more than a few knife wounds.

At Vic's words there's a brief, very faint and very easy to miss smirk but it's gone in an instant. Whoever this newcomer is, there's something familiar about him. This is the kind of person he associates with back home, at least one some level.

Still, familiarity aside, Jung Shi-hyun doesn't reply. He raises a hand to motion for the barkeep to bring him another drink and leaves things at that.]

4

[banditjing]

I don't think there's a world out there where no one has secrets.

[ The comment from a smiling young man in an absurdly bright coat, having overheard the remark. ]

You must not travel much, if you're only used to places where people are truthful all the time.

[landsonhisfeet]

[Vic waits for a response. This time he gets nothing. He just chuckles.]

Don't worry, I get it. Going for the strong and silent approach. Got to show off for the crowd right? I mean when you walk in to a place with blood on your face you don't want to be a disgrace.

[Vic pauses for a moment.]

Look at that I made a rhyme.

[He wonders if this guy ever listened to Queen.]

[willsurelylaugh]

[He makes a sound caught somewhere between amusement and weariness and sits back a little in his seat. Again, Shi-hyun glances to Vic.]

How clever.

[Again, he's void of emotion. The words are neither a compliment or an insult. Shi-hyun sips again at his drink.]

If you insist on talking, I will ask; what business do you have that makes you carry a weapon in clear sight?

Makoto Konno | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

[leaptopudding]

[5]

No! No I need that! Give that back!

[She should of known better than to flash her cellphone about in such a strange place. Now some curious, and rather tall Kedan are in possession of the device and don't seem to be in any hurry to give it back. In fact, it's something of a game to them, watching the young girl dash about and try to snag it from their hands.]

Joke's over, c'mon!

[For someone so small, she's definitely got fight in her.]

[6]

[There's so much food. So. Much. Food. Makoto doesn't know where to start. Sure there are important things she should be dealing with and trying to figure out, but the constant growling in her stomach is all the reason she needs to call an intermission and grab a bite to eat.

Only the marketplace is filled with fresh smells and aromas and try as she might, she can't decide just what she wants to eat first. Or rather what she can afford.

And so there's a short, petite Japanese girl standing in the street between a bunch of food vendors trying to count the money she has in her pouch without making it too obvious what she's doing. She's failing miserably. Subtle isn't one of Makoto's skills.

Just the same, she's failing to have enough money for what she wants to buy. Why do the best things have the cost the most? Why is her life so hard. Realizing she's lacking in funds for that big, steaming leg of some kind of bird, Makoto breathes a somewhat overdone sigh.]

Whyyyy...

[Whine.]

6

[thirdprincess]

[ A young woman with long pink hair and a formal dress steps beside Makoto, discretely pressing a string of juulan coins into her hand, smiling gently. ]

They do look appetizing, don't they?

[lionpants]

Everyone hides stuff, yeah. But I'm not talking about personal stuff, you know?[ he crosses his arms, red eyes glancing to the side. ]

Everyone says that things are peaceful now but...is it really that way? [ Teo leans against the wall behind him. ] Or maybe it's just me being a bit of a worry-wart [ he chuckles lightheartedly-- on the outside at least. On the inside he's basically rolling his eyes. ]

[banditjing]

[ Jing seems pretty relaxed for a guy whose found himself in a strange turtle land. He's procured an apple -- or what would be an apple, probably, if not for the blue spots on it -- and is rolling it back and forth between his hands, and smiles at Teo's amusement. ]

It does sound like something pretty big went down here recently. It would be strange if everyone considered it all in the past... but some places need that, to just put it behind them and run headlong into the new way of doing things. Can't fault them for wanting the past to be past when it's not good memories.

How about you, friend? Prefer looking forward, or looking back?

5

[purrns]

[She sure has fight in her, but that doesn't stop Chat deciding to get involved. This is clearly bullying and he's not going to stand for that. His staff extends from the rooftop he's standing on, slamming into the ground between the guys. ]

Now, you guys should know by now that that's no way to treat a lady.

[landsonhisfeet]

[Vic decides that it's now his mission to break this guy's poker face. Either by making him laugh or pissing him off, it didn't matter. He just wants to do it.

He looks at the bat with mock surprise.]

Weapon? Maybe I'm just a big fan of baseball. Ever think of that?

[But those dark stains on the wood don't really look like mud or dirt.]

Vic Faraday | OC

[landsonhisfeet]

|5|
[Vic hasn't quite decided why he's in the market. Maybe he wants to pick some pockets. Maybe he's looking for target to mug or pick a fight. Maybe he just feels like taking a walk. When the whim hits him he'll know. For now he just strolls past stalls whistling a jaunty tune while he swings his bat in lazy circles.

Out of the corner of his eye he sees a hand make a grab for the bat. Some local, maybe a teenager it's hard to tell with these weirdos, tries to wrench the bat from his hand thinking he's not paying attention. Just like that, Vic decides what he feels like doing today.

His grip suddenly tenses around the bat keeping it from getting yanked from his hand. A swift, sudden jab with his free hand smashes the teen's nose staggering him. Vic follows with another jab, this time in the teen's gut, to knock the wind out of him. Finally, a sweeping kick knocks him off his feet to sprawl onto his back on the hard ground.

The teenager wheezes in pain but before he even begins catching his breath, Vic stomps a foot onto his chest and pins him to the ground. Vic settles the business end of his bat next to his head just in case he feels like struggling.

When Vic looks around he sees almost everyone's eyes on him. Some look horrified. Others look disgusted. A lot just try not to stare. Vic smiles back at them as he addresses the crowd.]

So! Anyone want to tell me what Fish Ear's biggest mistake was?

Roy Harper 2.0 (Red Arrow) | Young Justice| 8

[not_speedy]

Roy's not so sure his LIFE hasn't been some massive induced drug trip, or at least turned into one in the last day and a half since he turned up here, but...Hell with it. He could use something good for once, he thinks, eyeing the packet he's been given with more than a little bit of interest. Sure, Ollie would have killed him for touching the stuff at home, even if he's not exactly the Roy Ollie cares about anymore, and Dinah would be even more livid with him for thinking about it, but...

Fuck if Roy actually cares all that much right now. Sure, he's used to putting guys like this dealer away, but he'd like to forget a couple of things right now, really badly. Which means he's looking for an okay place to figure out how to USE the stuff in the first place. Crush and snort? Because he's NOT happy with the idea of popping something he doesn't exactly understand through his veins, thanks very much. It's not him, or anything. The need for a break though? Oh that's definitely him.

Turning a corner, into what he thought was a side street, he's instead finding things are busier than ever, the packet is very clearly sitting on his palm, visible to anyone, and there's what seems to be a guard heading toward him, gesturing to someone else. Really, the best thing he could do is throw it at them and vanish but...he might still want it, so the next best thing is reaching for one of his arrows, smoke bomb type, and launching it at the ground near the guards, right?

Of course, he's got to get a little more distance between them first, and so he's picking up and running fast as he can, moving to nock the arrow, and slamming backwards into someone heading his way, who he hopes isn't the guard.

"Holy FUCK!" He exclaims, elbows flailing all around the place, maybe hitting someone in the process. "Sorry, this is NOT what I had in mind."

Iroh | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Reapp

[whitelotustile]

[2]

[Iroh hadn't expected to find himself back in Keelai. Actually, it had taken him a bit to remember that he'd been here before. In that time, he managed to trip over a cart with a rather too-skittish kirin. The kirin (stiill attached to the cart) chased Iroh, and the farmer chased them both. Welcome back to the Turtle's Shell, Iroh.]

Hello! Nice to see you! Let's catch up later? Watch out!

[9]
[When the local wildlife is rampaging, sometimes the best thing to do is sit under shelter made from cafe tables and finish your tea and bowl of noodles. However, Iroh is quick to gesture to any fleeing passers-by to join him. Or maybe assist with a grab and a warning shot designed to startle the flying menace more than hurt anyone. Animals have to eat too; Iroh would just rather they find other things.]

2 - :D

[lordhotman]

[Zuko had just been minding his own business in the marketplace, selling his latest catches and kills from one of his hunting excursions. However, he looks up with several other Kedan as a commotion is coming their way.

For a moment, Zuko can only stare at what he sees.]

Uncle?!

5

[handmedownhero]

[Gabe makes no effort to hide his approach. People almost part around him as he moves towards the trio. Dented in some places and slightly scorched in others, the power armor still commands respect even in this place. He stops a few feet away from the commotion and crosses his arms.]

I believe the young lady wants you to stop boys.

[The command holds an electronic twang to his voice as it comes out of the helmet.]

So I suggest that you give her the phone back.

[It's not a threat but definitely a firm command.]

[thirdprincess]

[ A young woman who is very, extraordinarily, pink breaks away from the crowd and steps toward Vic and the pinned-down kedan. She's wearing an elaborate formal dress, but her expression is surprisingly compassionate. ]

I believe you've made your point, sir. Please, there's no need for further violence.

[landsonhisfeet]

[The bat whips upwards to point at her before he even looks her way. When he does the bat lowers slightly as head reels back like something slapped him.]

Holy crap lady you are almost blindingly pink.

[That alone almost makes him forget about the thief under his foot. Until he moans anyway. Vic looks back and chuckles, almost playfully.]

That's all up to my friend here Pinky. See, I don't have a lot of stuff but what I do have I'm pretty attached to. Fish Ears here decided to act as an example of what happens when people try to take my stuff.

[He looks back to the woman in pink, the smile still on his face.]

Now he just needs to say the magic words to make it all better.

Thatch | One Piece | CRAU

[thatched]

2 [the problem with an eat'n'run is that the running part is that much harder if you don't know the area. Still Thatch does his best to tear through the city streets with a small gaggle of cooks behind him, brandishing butcher knives. He has a bowl of rice in one hand steaming gently in the night air and the other is free--

That is until he encounters you in an alley that has room for you and a seven full tall bepompadoured pirate on the run, but not both. So be prepared to be scooped up for at least a little while. Unless you plan to get in his way or trip him up. Either way is up to you]


8 Hmm. [now this is interesting. Thatch peers at the free sample he was given, not sure what it is nor what it does other than the rather vague 'it'll give him a good time'. Though the question is will it give him a good time for an hour or so and bring him down again? Or will he be a shivering toothless wreck with no self control. He wonders if he should find out. What do you think?]


9 [incoming petrasaur attack? At Thatch's back? Do you warn him? Try to shove his rather large frame out of the way? Or popcorn gif on the side. Either way he seems oblivious.]


Wildcard [anything else goes here]

2 because duh

[fierybluebird]

My hero.

[Deadpan.]

[He doesn't know where they're going, where you're running from, or why he's being carried bridal style in your strong manly arms, but hey. It must be Thursday.]