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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_ooc2016-07-06 11:18 pm
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Test Drive Meme | #43


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??

    (Please note: This scenario isn't applicable to becoming game canon if you choose to app your character, as an alien pterosaur attack is a major event.)

  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 uncontrollable urge to polish every paving stone in the Earth Sector? Anything goes!
witchcrap: (Hey come on // chatvert)

[personal profile] witchcrap 2016-07-08 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Y-yeah, [Avery says, still looking shaken.] what, don't you recognize me?

[Avery's beginning to tremble; it's a little much, seeing your boss and mentor acting perfectly fine after they were a Rust statue.] Are...are you okay? You look like you're hurt!
catcursed: (maybe you're my last love)

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-08 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
You do look a bit different than you did several days ago.

[ the length of the hair, the frame, even the skin-tone is slightly off. avery's eyes are still very familiar, at least.

but.. ah. yes. about that. ]
I.. [ his fingers tighten over the head of the cane. ] I'm certain I'll manage, Avery. You needn't be concerned.
witchcrap: (Angry // chatvert)

[personal profile] witchcrap 2016-07-08 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
...different? [Avery blinks. The only thing that's different about them are the local, East Asian-like clothes.

But when Graves tries to give them the brush-off, their eyes harden.]
No. No way. You're coming back to the cafe with me and telling me what the hell is going on! Last time I saw you, Nacht had turned you into a Rust statue in an alley! You're not getting rid of me that easy!

[They sound angry, but frightened, too, and there are tears in their eyes. What the hell is going on?]
catcursed: (everything must go away)

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-08 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Different.

[ a mild, feline blink follows that outburst, and graves' brows arch. ]

And it seems as if that isn't the only thing. Oh dear. [ he hesitates, then reaches to gently brush a knuckle beneath avery's eye, mouth quirking up faintly. ] As you can see, I am not a statue of rust. However.. [ he trails off uncertainly, hand drawing back. ] I fear that Nacht is still at the center of my troubles.
witchcrap: (welp. // chatvert)

[personal profile] witchcrap 2016-07-08 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Graves brushing away their tear proves to Avery that this is real, that Graves is really here. And they're completely flummoxed by that.] I thought you were dead, [they mumble.

Then they shake their head, trying to dispel the tears.]
You can tell me at the cafe. All about Nacht and the rest of it, and why you're hurt, or...whatever. I can't work Hayes' fancy machine, but I can still make regular coffee. Only cat we have now is Mochi, though...I've been looking for the Countess, but I haven't found her.
catcursed: (track record like a maniac)

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-08 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ dead. .. well. not yet, at least. he's not even certain that nacht wants him dead so much as he wants him to suffer. but nacht is a complicated issue even at the best of times. ]

The cafe. [ between the mention of mochi and dracula, it isn't hard to sort out just which cafe avery means. ] You mean my cafe? Good heavens, what is it doing here of all places? [ and where is his countess, if the cafe itself--and presumably his apartment--is here? concern twists his mouth into a small frown. ] Lead the way. --Have you been leaving food out for her, just in case?
witchcrap: (Talking // chatvert)

[personal profile] witchcrap 2016-07-08 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Avery nods.] It came with me. Mr. Shudder - he had the same thing happen with the Midnight Hotel. I think it's because you Gave me the cafe before dueling Nacht.

I've been leaving food out, just in case. None of the other cats have shown up. I only found Mochi last week, but the food hadn't been touched and he didn't look like he'd been on the streets.
catcursed: (bit of light in a touch of dark)

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-08 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
I.. beg your pardon? [ he did what? he remembers going downstairs to speak to nacht, of course, but he certainly doesn't remember giving the cafe away beforehand. but then, he's already established that there are differences in what they've experienced, so perhaps he shouldn't be surprised. giving his property away was certainly an option, given a different set of circumstances.

still, hearing that the food hasn't been touched brings his attention back to the present. he lifts fingers to touch his lips as they walk, worried. .. she wouldn't just wander off. but then, being away from him for what sounds like weeks would have been difficult for her, and she's already so old-- ]


I can only pray that wherever she is, she's safe and dry and well-fed. [ the idea of losing dracula is often in the back of his mind, but.. it's difficult, so very difficult. she's managed to get him through some of the worst times in his life. ]
witchcrap: (Hey come on // chatvert)

[personal profile] witchcrap 2016-07-08 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Avery nods.] Nacht had stalked me to my apartment...I was running to get you and he rusted my ankle to the ground. You came and saved me, and...before you dueled him, you Gave me the cafe. Don't you remember?

I bet she is, if she's here. The people here are really nice. And I told them to bring any cats they find to me, so if she's found, she'll be brought to the cafe. Apparently sometimes things come through the Dreaming plane...I think that's what happened to Mochi. Some kedan children were trying to play with him.
catcursed: (everything must go away)

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-09 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Certainly not. But then, I believe that events transpired quite differently for the two of us.

[ he hesitates, frowning thoughtfully as he stares down the street. ] I'm uncertain how to say this, Avery, but the you that I know is quite clearly a young man. He's perhaps a bit taller, his hair is shorter, even his skin-tone is different.

[ and that's certainly not all. he's not entirely sure that he wants to address it, though, all things considered. he's still not certain what it is going on between he and the other avery, anyway, and the notion that there's anything at all leaves him a bit flustered. ]
witchcrap: (welp. // chatvert)

[personal profile] witchcrap 2016-07-09 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Avery's not certain which part unnerves them most - that things went differently for them, or that the Avery that Graves knows is...different.

Nope. Nope. That last part.]


Wh-- you're serious? But...I'm me. And I like having my hair long, and...

[Yep. Definitely unnerved.]
catcursed: (maybe you're my last love)

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-10 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ for a moment more, graves is quiet, glance flicking avery's way. eventually, though, a hand lifts, gently pressing the other figure's shoulder before dropping away again. ]

Avery, that another 'you' exists elsewhere makes you no less yourself. You are still Avery Grey. [ a pause, mouth quirking up faintly. ] You are still my employee and friend. At least, I hope that still stands true.