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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]

[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.

[looksfine]

There is a Sector designated to your home world? Or do you refer to the elemental property also known as dirt, soil, and ground, among other similar titles?

[imaginate]

The latter.

[looksfine]

A most interesting pattern. What is the significance of these assigned designations?

[imaginate]

I think they might be the five elements in the local culture, but otherwise, I have no idea.

[looksfine]

So they are more symbolic in nature than significant.

[This is the interpretation she takes away from Kyle's lack of 'idea']

I would be most interested in witnessing the native culture first hand. Thus far, it has proven oddly unique in comparison to many of the worlds I have already traveled.

and then they had all the kooky adventures.

[imaginate]

Oh, you have no idea. Wait til you see what's around here. [Excitedly, he starts to briskwalk.]