ironwood: (LANTERNS / glowing)
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!
wizardplz: (henshin)

Souma Haruto | Kamen Rider Wizard | 9

[personal profile] wizardplz 2016-07-07 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
If there's one thing people might not expect it's someone jumpkicking a pterosaur-type thing right in the head.

The monster screeeches, falling to the ground, before managing to pull itself back up into the sky, letting out more ear-splitting noises. It doesn't sound happy. Meanwhile, the man who just extreme karate'd something from the sky rises from a crouch.

Turning to look behind him at the person he just saved, he flashes them a slight smile. "You okay?" He asks, before another loud screech sounds... and another. And another. Suddenly, there's a whole flock of them slowly making their way over.

"Uh... Looks like the bird brought a few friends." He raises his right hand, a ring catching the light. "I'll take care of this..." And he brings his hand down over the hand-shaped buckle of his belt. A voice rings out.

"Driver on, Please."
wolfishflame: (Nonplussed // hollow_art)

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2016-07-07 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Aly was aaaaall ready to give these dinosaurs what-for when someone else jump-kicked one in the head! Kill-stealer! I'm no damsel in distress or anything!

"Peachy," she says, "and if you think I'm gonna let you have all the fun, you've got another thing coming." She grins. There's the impression of wolf's teeth.

And then this happened.

It takes a lot to flummox Aly. She has Seen Some Shit. But this? Honestly? Goes a long way towards getting there.

"...y'okay." Well, hell - Annie did the mahou shoujo thing sometimes, so who was she to judge? "Ready to kick some ass?"
Edited 2016-07-07 15:15 (UTC)
wizardplz: (hurricane)

[personal profile] wizardplz 2016-07-07 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd rather not harm them." Haruto remarks, as he removes another ring from his belt. "We might be intruding on their terretory."

He slips the ring onto his right finger, swapping the driver back so the hand emblem is facing right.

"Lupachi Magic, touch to go!" begins being chanted by the belt again. "I mean, I think I'd be cranky, too, if I just got rudely woken up."

The ring is brought down over the emblem. "Connect, Please."

A green magic circle, not unlike the one Haruto just used to transform appears, and he sticks his hand into it, drawing out a fancy-looking sword. It then promptly vanishes.

"So, let's just try to scare them off, yeah?"
catcursed: (sometimes a cat is just a cat)

graves ( hustle cat )

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-07 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
( a )
[ so you were just minding your own business, maybe seated on a park bench or at an outdoor cafe.. reading the paper, or else someone left the paper there before you arrived. either way, suddenly there's a patter, and a black cat has jumped up next to said paper. with bright, surprisingly stunning mismatched eyes, he stares at you for a few moments before slinking closer, glancing down at the text in apparent interest.

ah... is he reading it..??? ]


( b )
[ this is a nice little cafe, isn't it? nice and sunny, and the pastries are to die for. .. ok but seriously where did this new cat come from? it looks like he just wandered in at some point during the morning rush, and now he's sunning in the window like he belongs there. still, for a cat, he's paying an awful lot of attention to the people working there and the various customers. his ears keep flicking back and forth as he listens to the conversations going on in the store.

.. well.. honestly, he's probably not the strangest thing you've ever seen here.. right? ]


( c )
[ there's a slender man in what appears to be his late thirties or early forties just inside the alley you're about to pass. he's slumped sideways a little against the wall, a cane hooked over the arm that's currently crossed over his chest. he looks like he might be having trouble breathing, or perhaps he's dizzy.

still, when he glances up, it's probably a little difficult not to do a double-take. he has the most stunning, jewel-bright heterochromia.. and it's might just be a little familiar, if you've encountered a certain black cat at any point in the last day or two.

he manages a small, slightly strained smile-- an obvious and vain attempt to pretend he's fine. er.. maybe he needs a doctor or something? ]
Edited 2016-07-07 23:58 (UTC)
witchcrap: (PANIC TIME // chatvert)

c! 0u0

[personal profile] witchcrap 2016-07-08 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Avery doesn't like to look in the alleys. They just like to get back to the cafe as fast as they can, when night is falling.

But something catches their eye, this time - some movement - and they look. A particular thin, gaunt frame that they never thought they'd see again meets their eyes...and so do those eyes, one blue, one gold.]


G...Graves...?
catcursed: (you don't know my kind)

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-08 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ for a moment, graves isn't quite certain he's seeing what he thinks he's seeing. it doesn't precisely make sense, at least in part because graves wasn't expecting to find anyone or anything familiar in this place. .. the rest of it, of course, is because avery looks somewhat different than the last time he saw the younger.. well. person.

he straightens with a little effort, attempting to look more presentable. he certainly doesn't want to worry someone he knows. ]


Good afternoon, Avery. [ he hesitates, stepping out of the alley, the hand not holding his cane brushing his sweater down. ] --At least, I presume that you are Avery, and not a sibling or an otherworld-almost-double.
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.
wolfishflame: (Bout to drag a bitch // hollow_art)

[personal profile] wolfishflame 2016-07-08 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure, sure," Aly says airily, and a ball of crimson flame appears in her hand. "But my way's more fun. Aim to startle, though, got it - but if one of those Flintstones rejects takes a snap at me I'm going to knock it into the ionosphere." And, so saying, she conjures another fireball in her opposite hand.

"Let's get dangerous."
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.
purrns: (If that's what you want)

B- aww yis

[personal profile] purrns 2016-07-08 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adrien has been bustling about, doing his work of bussing tables and the like. Once they hit a quiet spot, however, he finally spots the new cat, and wanders over with a small smile. ]

Well, hey there. I haven't seen you before. Did Avery bring you today? They didn't say anything about it.

[He wanders over to the window, crouching down and offering the back of his hand for the cat to sniff or ignore. At least he's well accustomed to dealing with the contrary nature of those of the feline bent. ]
catcursed: (sometimes a cat is just a cat)

points to eyes, points to u

[personal profile] catcursed 2016-07-09 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ the cat turns bright, mismatched eyes on adrien, tail thumping against the windowsill. for a few moments, he just stares, glance going from the boy's fingers to his face. at last, though, he rises to his feet, stretching luxuriously.. and then pushing his head into adrien's hand, purring loudly.

well.. he's apparently friendly? at least, when it suits 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.]
spiderforhire: (peering)

The Stalk | Saga (Image Comics) | CW: Arachnophobia, partial nudity

[personal profile] spiderforhire 2016-07-09 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
4. Intrigue-ing

The Stalk is stalking a snake - one particular one. Yuxnu has apparently been having some information flow problems, and a short list of suspects, and the need for an outsider to keep tabs on them.

She's an old hat at this game, and despite her particularly notable apperance, she's pretty sure she hasn't been spotted. She sees the Kedan enter a restaurant - the multi-service kind - and veers across the street to a small cafe. She orders something absentmindedly from the menu and then goes to sit down with the nearest person with an empty seat.

"You don't mind, do you?"


8. The Melancholy of The Stalk-chan

Wow, this crystal shit was hardcore, and apparently, the one she'd taken was 'sadness', although the label was pretty fucking insignificant for what The Stalk was feeling right now. Her chest ached as sob after sob wracked her torso, and there was little she could do besides grasp at things around her, upending tables and chairs in her lamentable helplessness.

She was causing a scene on the street, but honestly, she didn't care. Nothing mattered. Everything was broken and horrible. She was alone, in some foreign backwards rural town without her ship, even worse off then she'd been on Demimonde. No money, no prospects, no The Will (although she'd never tell him to his face that she missed him).

God, she was gonna die here, wasn't she?
wyldlifecontrol: (u srs bro?)

Connal Felwin | D&D OC

[personal profile] wyldlifecontrol 2016-07-10 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[On the Hunt]

[Most of the time when someone asks Connal to hunt a beast, it's a monstrous creature like a hook horror or a manticore. Being asked to track down a little girl's missing kitty is a refreshing change in that regard.

What worries him is the trail takes him to the very outskirts of the city. Connal doesn't know if there's predators this far out, or if there are any predators at all on the back of a giant turtles, but if there are a defenseless cat would be an easy snack for a hungry animal.]


Here King Biscuits. I only want to take you home.

[Time that animal handling check.]

[My Food is Watching Me]

[When you come from a small town your pallet tends to be pretty tame. Meat and veggies used to be Connal's entire diet until he ended up in the Underdark. He never knew they were so many ways to cook mushrooms until then. Strange as it was there, at least his food never actively watched him.

Connal stares back at the fishy thing on his plate. The more it looks at him the more guilt builds in the pit of his stomach. Food should not have eyes.]


So...I think my food is still alive.

[It blinks at him.]
Edited 2016-07-10 17:59 (UTC)
wyldlifecontrol: (just gonna stare at my feets)

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[personal profile] wyldlifecontrol 2016-07-10 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Connal hadn't been paying attention when the newcomer took a seat near him. He still read the menu in his hands as he absentmindedly replied to her. "Um, no it's fine don't-"

Then he looked up and actually saw the person sitting beside him. Connal jumped so hard that he nearly sent himself and the seat tumbling backwards. The fact she appeared to have eight red eyes he could overlook, even her missing arms didn't bother him. It was her exposed chest that really took him by surprise. Even tomatoes weren't as red as Connal's face right now.

"Do uhm...d-do you need to borrow a shirt?" He already started unclasping his cloak to offer to her.
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.
purrns: (And I felt empty)

this has made my day, no lie

[personal profile] purrns 2016-07-10 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Adrien's smile widens as he scratches the cat behind his ears. The mismatched eyes are interesting. He hasn't seen that before. ]

Well, nice to meet you, too. I'm Adrien.

[Because talking to cats like they're people is a normal way to behave. Yep. ]

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