meme | test drive!

[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

[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.