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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!

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Donna Troy * DC Comics*

[donna_troy]

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[imaginate]

Hey, stranger.

[Kyle has come up behind her with a friendly (and slightly flirtatious) smile.]

aww yeah

[donna_troy]

Kyle?

[She turned and took in the image of him in the..turtle city for a moment. Face it, she had been with him in stranger places. She smiled warmly though, as always.]

Please tell me know have some idea of where I am and what I'm supposed to be doing here, because this time around I have no idea.

[imaginate]

That makes two of us. Apparently we've been brought here for some.. heroic purpose or the other. I guess people forgot you could ask instead of kidnap.

[He is being more flippant than necessary; she's always been able to see right through him.]

[donna_troy]

And that has you worried. [She nodded, she could see as much as he was making light, his jaw was tensed and he wasn't the usual casual Kyle she knew. Donna moved forward and ran her hand down from his shoulder to his hand, giving it a squeeze.]

It isn't exactly the first time powers the be decided we needed to be somewhere. But now that I know you're here I can feel like someone I trust has my back.

[imaginate]

[He relaxes at the gesture. It's good to have her around.] Wish we knew for what. There's no outward hostility from the native populace, but we [meaning superheroes] aren't really allowed to interfere that much, either. I don't like it.

[donna_troy]

That almost sounds like frustration at not being able to work. [She chided gently and stepped forward. He looked like he could use some reassurance and so it came in the form of the patented Donna Troy hug, it was good for all that might ail you.]

The thing about playing by rules made by other people is that those rules tend to change. Don't let it get under your skin, maybe we can figure this out.

[imaginate]

[He laughs, and hugs her back, tightly.] You know me, never off-duty. [A beat.] Did you just get here?

[donna_troy]

Yeah, dried off and warmed up, I think someone even gave me a cup of coffee. These natives are very helpful.

[Which was nice, but a little unsettling for someone who was used to a less welcoming group of ambassadors when she arrived in alternate dimensions.]

[hackingyoursensors]

[Dick's in the water sector today, sitting on the edge of a fountain and eating the Keeliai equivalent of a bean bun. He's clearly a "foreigner" but doesn't stick out too much otherwise.

He's casually watching the crowd (except that Bats rarely "casually" watch anything). He sees Donna, but doesn't recognize her. All he can tell is that she's a "foreigner" like him. And she has a presence about her, in the good way.

If she happens to look his way, he'll smile at her.]

[donna_troy]

[Donna didn't have much else to do but look around, and she spotted the young dark haired boy as she looked across the crowd. He smiled and there was something familiar in it, she smiled in return and automatically raised her hand in a wave.

He looked like...no. But the similarity was startling.]

[hackingyoursensors]

[He waves back and takes that as a cue of "I'm not too busy so I won't rush off if you come to talk to me."

Because talking to everyone is a good way to get information. And make friends. And assess potential threats.]

[Dick dusts off his hands then sprigs from the edge of the fountain before making his way over to Donna.]

Hi. New here?

[donna_troy]

Uhh..yeah. I just got my bearings enough to find this area.

[She's squinting a big because he looks like Dick only younger, almost before she knew him, younger.]

I'm Donna, and you?

[hackingyoursensors]

[He's seen that look before. Well, only one way to find out.]

Dick Grayson. Nice to meet you.

[donna_troy]

[Ok, well..given her life stranger things have happened.]

I sort of thought you were. It's nice to meet you too, thought I sort of have the advantage of knowing, an older you anyway.

[hackingyoursensors]

[He tries not to look as awkward as he feels.]

I hear that a lot, but I've been here long enough to sorta get used to it.

[donna_troy]

You know I was exactly the same way on a few occasions.

[She smiled sympathetically to him.]

So how I about I get to know you for you, not the guy I knew.

[crossestheline]

No way. [Jason stares at Donna in disbelief when he spots her. Nothing in this place ever works out for him. It feels like it's always one problem after another. But there she is, one of the very few people he actually trusts and likes.]

Donna?

[Jogs over to her. He's not about to get his hopes up just yet, because with his luck she'll be from a different universe.[

[donna_troy]

Jason?

[She turned and smiled, you know the one. It was that expression that looked like starlight. She closed the distance there and wrapped arms around him. She didn't ask permission or wait for an invitation, she just hugged him because, well, just because.]

Nice to see a friendly face.

[crossestheline]

[Jason hasn't hugged anyone in a long time, so his natural reaction is too pull back. However, is Donna troy wants someone hugged, it's going to happen.

Tenses up for several seconds before he begins to relax.]

You're telling me. I'm guessing you just got here?

[donna_troy]

Yeah, less than a day the best I can narrow it down. I washed up I guess and these people helped me up and the next thing I knew I was waking up and my clothes were cleaned and dry and I could leave of my own free will.

It's a hospitable abduction, I'll give it that.

[Donna pulled back and looked at Jason carefully.]

How are you?

[crossestheline]

Don't get use to it. This place is a shithole and the people in charge couldn't give a damn about any of us.

[Jason has seen better days (although he has easily seen worse days). He has dark circles under his eyelids and anger is brewing inside of his eyes. Even though her hug helped him relax, his body language is still tense.]

[donna_troy]

Whoa, whoa...ok. Looks like I came in on bring a co-hero to work day. So take advantage of the break to ease down. Ok?

[Her hand reached to cup his jaw, her thumb grazed over his cheek bone.]

I'm here and we've taken on bigger and worse things than this, we've crashed an end of the multiverse party, remember?

[crossestheline]

[Jason's eyes go from being angry to conflicted, not sure what he should do about the gentle gesture. He wants her affection, but after everything that's happened recently he's having a hard time with it.

Pulls back and focuses on his anger instead.]

Yeah, I remember. Back then we at least had the freedom to move around. We're trapped in this fucking place, having out strings yanked around, and being used as fodder.

[donna_troy]

[Oooook Jason, she pulled back and she allowed it, she didn't press, just remained reassuringly close.]

So, tell me about this place, about what has happened. Open up to me Jason.