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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:

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!

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!

A Chance Meeting at the Turtle's Head.
Remember, being here causes a great sense of-- well, shall we say inner peace.
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!
Hey, I Just Met You, and This is Crazy...
First impressions are always the most important, right?
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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Do we know the cause?

The creatures who brought me here mentioned something of an Emperor. Claimed that there could potentially be others from my world here.

[Somehow, the thought was far more distressing than a relief.]

The kedan? You shouldn't call them "creatures". They may not be human but they're still people. If you get to know them you'll find that most of them are pretty nice.

The Emperor on the other hand, she's... she has her own way of doing things.

[ Of course the fact that he spoiled all their kids might have gotten him a disproportionately better reception by them than the average Foreigner. But Jack still objected to them being called by such a cold adjective. ]

But you know, it's strange because most people here do know someone from their world.

[He considered this part for a moment, then noded.]

My apologies. I did not mean to offend.

What of you? Are there others like yourself here?

It's all right, this is a lot to take in all at once.

Like me? No, there aren't any other spirits.

Oh hey, I didn't get your name.

Giovanni Zatara.

You may call me Zatara.

[It's what everyone else called him. Except Dinah. But that was fine, because it was Dinah.]

Zatara-- but that's Zatanna's last name! Are you--??

[Zatanna?]

You know of my daughter?

[ And wow you get the biggest happiest grin ever. ]

You're Zatanna's dad! She's my friend and we live together!

[ a pause ]

Uh, in the same group of trees, I mean.

[Oh, there was a pause, alright.]

[A very, very long pause.]

[In which the man did not blink.]

[Only stare.]

[...]

[...ever wonder if it was possible for a Winter Spirit to get a chill down his spine?]

[Well, now you know.]

You and she...what, now?

[ Earnest and adorable and completely harmless. REALLY. ]

We live in the same tree complex and she's my friend! She's going to be so happy to know you're here!

[You are a teenage boy...probably...and there is nothing harmless about a teenage boy. Really.]

May I ask how this arrangement came to be?

[ Most people really don't put give this much attention to the housing, of all things. ]

I think they just put us up in whatever buildings are available at the time. She was already living there and one of the other treehouses was empty, so they told me that one was for me.

[He has reasons.]

You make it sound as if she has been here a long time. But that simply cannot be. I saw my daughter not several hours ago, just before I was brought here.

Um, well... time doesn't exactly work the same way while you're here, Mr Zatara.

Both Zatanna and I been here for a few months, though she was here before I was.

[He was liking this less and less; none of this made any sense to him. Except...it was not impossible. What this boy was speaking of. Timelines and alternate dimension and--]

[No, he could not dwell. There would be time for that later. First things first.]

Zatanna.

Where is she? Is she alright?

[ quick to reassure: ] She's okay, I promise! Come on, we'll go to the Wood Sector right away.

Lead the way.

[ So Jack does, moving sure and nimble in the quickest path to Wood, calling out as soon as they're in earshot of the 3A trees, grin wide and happy. ]

Zatanna, come outside! You have a visitor!

[ Then for good measure, he manifests a snowball and throws it against the window he knows is her bedroom. ]

[This earns another speculative glance. It was a little too pebble-at-the-window for Giovanni's liking.]

Was that necessary?

[ cheerfully: ] She'll probably throw one back at my head, so yes.

[A little too cheerful for the potential promise of bodily harm. Hmm.]

And what precisely is your relationship?

[ Jack tilted his head curiously, looking up at Zatara. ]

I told you, we're neighbours and friends. She's my best friend here.

[He was all set to open his mouth for another comment, when a voice called out to them from above, accompanied by the sounds of a window opening.]

Really, Jack? Why can't you just--DAD?!

[His eyes went wide as he saw her. Even knowing she was here, there had always been that lingering hope of disbelief. That maybe this Jack boy had been mistaken.]

Zatanna!

[ Jack's mischevious grin softened into a kindly smile as he took a step back once father and daughter became the centers of each other's attention. ]

I'll let you two catch up.

[A wise decision.]

[There would be questions later. So many questions. But, right then, Giovanni could focus on nothing more than the young girl who dashed out her window and floated to the ground, running into his arms as if she had not seen him for quite some time. Holding him almost as tightly as he now held her.]

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