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[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:

1. Comment with the journal of a character you want to test; put their name and canon in the subject line for added sparkles.
2. Tag around with everyone!
3. Profit like you live on a 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. A Chance Meeting at the Turtle's Head.
   Remember, being here causes a great sense of-- well, shall we say inner peace.
2. 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 turtleshell!
3. Hey, I Just Met You, and This is Crazy...
   First impressions are always the most important, right?
4. 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? Please note, Wildcard options are also what you can choose to do if you aren't yet comfortable in the Tu Shanshu setting and would prefer a more 'dear-mun' esque experience. Please specify in your post!

This marks the official start of the monthly test drive meme and, to celebrate, we're giving a new feature a shot. The first comment/thread on this test drive is going to be titled ENABLE ME and it's where you post character accounts/muselists, etc and others (members, passerbys, shoulder demons) can enable you to apply to Tu Shanshu! Come, let us enable you to the turtletastic madness!

Comments

[imaginate]

[Eyebrow raise. That's new.] Hal got reassigned? Where to?

[looksfine]

The Green Lantern Honor Guard.

[imaginate]

[Low whistle. Kyle's just glad Hal was finally recognised as the awesome GL he is.] My sector number is 2814.4. Hal's been reassigned to Earth, and Guy and I are on Honour Guard duty.

[looksfine]

A third Green Lantern on Earth?

[No, wait. That designation.]

My mistake. You are implying you are the fourth.

Interesting. It is not often that a single planet can boast so many Green Lanterns in such rapid succession of one another. Though, I must ask...what do you mean Hal Jordan has been reassigned to Earth? We are still in the middle of a mission.

[imaginate]

Initially I thought this might be time travel, but I think it's an alternate universe, seeing as the Interceptor isn't flight-ready yet where I'm from. We've had four Lanterns over a much longer period of time. [Beat.] Are you familiar with protocol in these situations or no?

[looksfine]

[She takes a moment to scan her systems]

No records affiliated with the theory of alternate universes located.

[imaginate]

[Kyle holds up his ring.] I can update them.

[looksfine]

[A slight tilt of the head in curiosity.]

If you can.

[imaginate]

[RING STUFF HAPPENS.] Did that work?

[looksfine]

[BEST KIND OF STUFF]

Processing...processing...

Affirmative. Protocalls updated and ready for immediate access.

[imaginate]

Cool. You probably won't need them unless another Lantern shows up. [And anyway, he's on hand for those situations. Responsibilities, after all.] So, Aya. What mission were you on?

[He's asking as a new friend, not as a superior officer, but he's curious to see how she'll interpret it.]

[looksfine]

[And her answer is calm, but with her usual degree of formal tonality that one receives, regardless of status.]

We are currently venturing through Frontier Space in search of a means to destroy the Anti-Monitor.

[imaginate]

[And he laughs because that's such a Hal thing to do.] Any luck?

[looksfine]

[Aya does not recognize the humor in her statement. Perhaps this is some sort of Earth custom, or culturally-specific joke. Hal Jordan was often referencing one of those.]

No.

The constant encounters with Manhunters have proven a strong hinderance to any progress we might make.

[imaginate]

Manhunters huh? Nasty business. You'll make it through.

[looksfine]

That is what Hal Jordan continues to declare.

However, I believe my sudden, unexpected transfer to...where are we, precisely? My scanners are having difficulty identifying our exact coordinates.

[imaginate]

Time stops on the outside - there's someone here from my future and apparently I wasn't missing at all. [He's slightly saddened by this.] As far as I can figure, we're in a pocket dimension. Dominant force here is magic of some kind, but I haven't learnt all the rules.

[looksfine]

I have encountered this anomaly once before. It required a great deal of force to open a tear between worlds to bring Hal Jordan back.

However, I also do not recall slipping through a dimensional rift.

[imaginate]

[Shrugs.] Magic.

[looksfine]

[INSUFFICIENT DATA]

Define 'Magic'.

so ironic

[imaginate]

I'm not the expert. I can introduce you to someone who is.

tell me about it

[looksfine]

I would be very interested in meeting this individual, yes.

[imaginate]

Soon. Have you got the lay of land or do you want me to show you around?

[looksfine]

So far, I have been able to assess approximately 43% of the Sector we are currently located in. I believe its designation is...Metal? Is that correct?

[Information was significantly more difficult to acquire here than what she was used to.]

[imaginate]

Yeah. The others are Water, Wood, Earth, and Fire. I have a couple of maps, you can scan and upload.