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Test Drive Meme.





Wall-flowers, wall-flowers
Growing up so high,
We are all young maidens
And we shall all die





Prompt 1:

t happens in a flash. One second you're wandering the Town, living your casual, day-to-day life, and the next? You're suddenly face to face with a sweet fairy godmother. She's beautiful, and kind, and warm-hearted, tutting at you gently and encouraging you to just "answer a few questions for me, dearie".

If you don't, she'll just keep following you around, so maybe you should just get it over with...?

The questions she asks, are, well... a little personal. Have you ever killed someone? Have you ever had sex? Have you ever been jealous of someone else? Have you ever stolen? Have you ever been unkind?

The questions go on and on in that vein, growing increasingly unfair, until there's one you just can't answer -- and then she sighs, shaking her head, and declares you "not pure of heart at all". And then she'll cast a curse on you, before disappearing in a poof of nothingness.

The curse can do any of the following things:
1. Force you to only speak the truth, no matter how you try.
2. Make your powers run amuck, no matter how competent you are with them otherwise.
3. Just generally remove your inhibitions, so that you'll do things you'd normally be convinced are a bad idea.

Of course, if you're totally pure of heart and can answer everything yes a la Disney princesses, you won't get cursed at all. She'll pat you on the head before disappearing, you lucky duck, you.


Prompt 2:

t comes upon you like an absolutely ridiculous urge, one that's surely the Town's doing -- one moment you're walking, the next, the moment you see someone else, you feel the urge to intensely, fiercely engage in an insults battle.

This can take the form of flowery Shakespearean insults, or a rap battle, or who knows what else -- all your character knows is that they desperately have to win this battle of insults with this total stranger. Get to it!


Prompt 3:

he quest sits proudly and clearly on the quest post on the forum. It seems simple, too:

Quest 87
Beautify the Kraken
Requirements: Any two colors.

Surely you can manage that much! So off to the harbor you go to find a kraken. That's actually the easy part; the kraken will emerge to anyone wading into the woods.

The much harder part is...beautifying it. Good luck trying to put some lipstick on it as it tries to drag you down into the depths! How much eyeshadow would a kraken even need? Do you even have any make-up on you from this desolated Town?


Prompt 4:

here's something weird about the Town today. It's foggy, and dark, and gloomy, which is a far cry from the typical summer warmth... and oddly silent too, as if the fog is muffling all sound. It gets quieter the closer you get to the well, too... and it feels like something is watching you.

Which is because, quiet simply, something is. It's a small, white porcelain doll, without a face. It just appears wherever you walk, staring you down as you go. It won't move while you're watching it, but as soon as you turn around...

It's suddenly right there next to you.

It doesn't actually want to hurt you. It's just there, following you, constantly... how obnoxious, this isn't a horror film!


Extra:

Got something in mind? Want to play with the setting more? The sky's the limit, so feel free and make up your own prompts to play with!



Welcome to Awash's fifth Test Drive Meme! Please check out the FAQ and rules as you test your characters out. The setting is yours to play with, so be creative and have a good time with it!

An important date to remember is July 1st, 9 PM EST, when Applications will open. There will be no reserves for this app round or any future app rounds, so it will be first come, first served applications. As a side note, TDM threads are not canon, so please feel free to assume established CR for the sake of the TDM if it will make threading or showing off your character's voice easier.

If you have any questions about the TDM, feel free to ask us here. If there are any other questions, you can catch us via PM, the FAQ or the contact page. You are of course welcome to use prompts from the previous test drives as well. Thank you for your interest in Awash!

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Katsura Kotarou | Gintama

[personal profile] zuraaaaaa 2019-06-23 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Spray Paint
[ Any good delinquent terrorist rebel has some cans of spray paint up their sleeves! Catch him:

1) About to tag your house.
2) Finished tagging the town hall and/or church with FUCK THE POLICE written all across its walls. ]


Ruga: Where Dem Hookers At?
Hello, ah, yes, pardon me. [ Whoever you are, this samurai will be beckoning you over politely. ]

This is the, ah, red district, no? [ He has to establish that first part, it seems, because he is new here, after all. Then without further ado, shame, or even so much as lowering his voice, he asks: ] Which subsection of these streets is dedicated to being the red light district?

[ Can a man find some lovin' tonight? ]

Porcelain Doll
[ Hair spray? Check. Lighter? Also check. Porcelain doll creeping on him? Check, check, check, fuck it's right behind you. ]

Stand back.

[ He raises the two items, prepared to make an impromptu flamethrower even if you're standing right there. Don't worry, he is an expert in all things fire and hair products, he's got this. ]

Kraken
[ It would make sense to subdue the monster with a sword, wouldn't it? It would be smart if he used his own perfectly capable sword too. But nooooo, no, instead of drawing his blade, he's going to be.... whipping out a copy of the Japanese Constitution, declaring: ] The age of swords and kings is over!

Our prowess in battle will be decided in debate! And... [ Wait for it. ] Twitter posts!

[ He is 100% serious. ]

Wildcard
[ HMU, yo. This wandering samurai idiot will be wandering idiotically around town.]
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[personal profile] wooden_one 2019-06-23 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
What would happen if someone tried to attack the fairy godmother? Or the doll? And does the doll let off any malevolent energy?
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Lan SiZhui | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

[personal profile] alwaysfacepalming 2019-06-23 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Fairy God Mother

[SiZhui had been minding his own business, walking through town on his own when suddenly there was a rather attractive looking lady making an appearance to him. Being the rather polite person that he was, he agreed to answer the questions, not seeing any issue with that. Little did he know what she was going to be asking.

Had he ever killed? No.

Had he ever had sex? A very improper question to ask someone, especially a stranger, but after he attempted to not answer, she eventually did get him to answer he had never been with a woman.

Had he ever stolen? No.

Had he even been jealous? Again he hesitated, but did admit that he had been jealous of someone. It was kind of hard not to be, of course, no matter how much one tried. Right?

Well, then the lady deemed him "not pure of heart at all". A surprisingly odd insult to say to a GusuLan sect disciple, who literally followed over four thousand rules. But with a few choice words he is now cursed.

He no longer had the same inhibitions as normal. For most people, this might seem completely inane, but now he was going to run! Running was not proper for a GusuLan sect disciples and anyone who has known him for a time will know that he most definitely does not run unless there is a problem]



Kraken

[Beautify the Kraken.

SiZhui had gone to the quest post, curious to see what had been posted. When he read it, he could really only just stand and stare at it for a long time. He had become familiar with what a "kraken" was so he was not confused about when that was.

But as far as he was aware, it was a water-dwelling creature. How did one beautify a water-dwelling creature? Especially one that was going to try and kill anyone who got close.

He put his chin in his hand as he stared at the post, different ideas running through his mind. Was there a talisman charm that could work for this?]


How would someone achieve this?

[He said out loud to himself]


Porcelain Doll

[Foggy didn't bother SiZhui. He normally lived in the Cloud Recesses; if the weather was right, the clouds would get heavier and thus fog. Dark and gloomy normally wasn't either. Night hunts usually stopped disciples from being concerned about such things, even though JingYi was still afraid of ghosts though that was not something that SiZhui would go around telling people about.

But the sound being muffled was disconcerting. It was almost enough to want to make him want to turn around.

Almost.

As he walked, he pulled out one of his remaining spirit talismans, knowing it would activate if there was any evil spirit around.

Well, it didn't activate (so he didn't lose his talisman), but he did turn around at the eerie feeling of being watched to see... a doll. Staring right at him even though it clearly didn't have any eyes. He could just tell it was watching him. He frowned, backing away from it. It didn't follow him, but when he turned and walked for a bit, it was suddenly right behind him again!

SiZhui stood there for a long time, not sure of the best course of action. It hadn't attacked him, but it was following him. Was it trying to tell him something...?]
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[personal profile] alittlespicy 2019-06-23 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Just out of curiosity. What if someone is satisfactorily pure of heart?
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Ruga

[personal profile] wooden_one 2019-06-23 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Chu Wanning nods because, yes this is the red district indeed. But at the mention of a red light district there's a crease between his brow, something like confusion on a fairly impassive face. On this person it looks a little bit like annoyance though.

Unfortunately, they weren't called that where he's from so he assumes it must have something to do with actual lights.]


I don't think there's anything like that. [That he knows of? Then again, maybe this person means lanterns? But who dedicates an entire subection of a place to lanterns or lights?] Is there a reason you wanted to go to such a place?

[Maybe he needed a light? Was this person afraid of the dark...?]
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Kraken; assuming not first encounter so we can write that later maybe

[personal profile] alittlespicy 2019-06-23 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ WangJi considered the question for a moment, eyes still slightly curious on the face of the junior. The revelation of who he was had been... interesting. ]

Flowers. Wreath.

[ If on top of the head would not work, there was the difficult option of getting it around the creature's girth. ]
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Kraken

[personal profile] queenofminiskirts 2019-06-23 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Watch this girl just casually lean into your personal space.]

Well, first we'd have to figure out what audience we're trying to appeal to. Different people have different tastes, after all. If someone's ideal is middle aged, bald and fat then what we'd need to do is different from someone who's into maids.
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Chu Wanning | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun

[personal profile] wooden_one 2019-06-23 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
i: Getting Angry Is Definitely Not A Disney Princess Trait

[As someone who's always been quick to anger, having someone follow him around, constantly asking him personal (and often embarrassing) questions was really an accident waiting to happen.

So it isn't long before the fairy godmother asked a question that made him whirl around, a deep scowl twisting his features and a golden glow between his fingers.]


Tianwen, come forth!

[And then there's a willow branch in his hand, except it has a handle and he's definitely holding it like a whip.

Yes, he is totally about to whip that fairy godmother. Stop him? Or maybe cheer him on? Whatever you decide, it better be quick because you won't have long to decide as he's already pulling his arm back.]


iiia: He Has No Idea How to Do This

[Since he barely cared about making himself beautiful (it was a lost cause, as far as he was concerned), he had no idea what to do about beautifying a kraken. Could he create something that could do that? A spell or something? But what kind? Something to improve its complexion? Make it sleep better so it didn't have bags beneath his eyes? What made a kraken beautiful...?

But after sitting and thinking about it (for a long time but no one needs to know that part), he left to go gather some flowers. Because...people always liked flowers, right...?

He feels stupid though. No matter how he looked at this it seemed so...stupid. Ridiculous. It felt like he was playing along with a joke where he's the punchline.

But since he's decided to do this, he couldn't make himself give up so he approaches the first person he spots with a bunch of flowers in his hands, all of them cut neatly at the stem and held carefully. Not a single one of them were bruised and every petal was perfect. (He may have spent too long picking them.) He was frowning as he said curtly,]
Come with me. [And then turned to leave without giving you a chance to respond. He's listening for footsteps though, and if you don't follow he'll stop and look back, the frown now having become a glare.]

iiib: This Is Actually More Up His Alley

[If you did follow this rather pretty if angry looking man to the waters, you'll get to witness him summoning what appears the be a willow branch from a flash of golden light that he held like a whip.

Then it glowed briefly before a multitude of similar branches snapped out from the ground, winding around the kraken tightly until it's complete trussed up and couldn't move. He nods at his handiwork before holding the flowers out to you.]


You deal with the rest.

[It doesn't sound like a request. After all, he certainly has no idea how to beautify anything...let alone a kraken. He can be the muscle here. He can do that easily.]
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Impey Barbicane | Code: Realize

[personal profile] geniusinventor 2019-06-23 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
What’s kraken?
[ If you happen to get to the quest post after Impey had gotten his hands on his laptop, (and after dis- and re-assembling it several times) then you’ll have the honor of seeing the quest spammed with post after post after post after post of Impey attempting to ask questions. ]

Where do we find a Kraken/

Can it be more colors/

On second thought, what if I don’t want to do this Quest/

How do I use question marks/

Hey, dollface
[ After about three times of dealing with this doll’s shenanigans, Impey swipes it up a little too dramatically so he can stare it down as if he were about to scold it for trying to follow him... only for that resolve to melt almost instantly when he comes face to face with the doll. ] You’re... creepy. [ Thanks, Impey. ] You’d be much more approachable if you had a face. Then someone would take you home and you could— [ Pause. ] Wait, wait, wait, is that what you’re doing?! Look, maybe we can make a deal. If I get you a face, you can find someone else, deal? [ Yeah he’s. Just going to compromise with a doll and carry on this conversation. Help... him???

Otherwise, you’ll later find him digging around for what few options they had for colored paint and old, worn brushes to do his Best to try and paint a face on the doll. Of course, he’s no artist, and these brushes were basically just fancy sticks with how old they were, so the best the doll was going to get was two uneven dots for eyes and a curved line for a smile. He’s probably open to constructive criticism. Probably. ]
Edited 2019-06-23 05:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] alittlespicy 2019-06-23 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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i

[personal profile] alittlespicy 2019-06-23 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
If you destroy one of the town's constructs, that will not do much.

[ Whether there will show up another, or the effects will still be the same, is rather irrelevant. It's useless either way. ]
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Irina Akulov ; Xenoblade Chronicles X

[personal profile] psycorruptor 2019-06-23 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
i.

Where'd she go?!

[oh, jeez, someone sure sounds mad. to be more specific, it's this person here who's mad— and she's brandishing what looks like an assault rifle, too! how fun.

long story short, she was told she's not pure of heart, and that... made her mad, for some reason. so here she comes, striding right towards whoever happens to be unfortunate enough to be within her line of vision. hey, at least she's aiming that assault rifle up at the sky, and not at anyone.]


That flying old lady— where is she?! I'll show her pure of heart!

[wow!!]

ii.

[the task is uh. hm. ok. she's no stranger to taking on (literal) odd jobs, from gathering plants for a scheming Nopon or delivering pizzas to hungry xenoforms, but this kinda takes the cake.

Irina can be found loitering around the harbor. she quickly approaches anyone who's around.]


Hey, you, got some time to spare? It's about the kraken.

[she pauses.]

The instructions didn't specify whether it needs to be alive or dead for it's makeover, huh?

[a smile flickers over her face.]

iii.

[Irina reacts about as gracefully as any sane person would when mysteriously haunted by a creepy doll.

she shouts in frustration, grabs it, and yeets it into the air.

hopefully it doesn't land on someone's head.]
Edited 2019-06-23 05:27 (UTC)
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iiia

[personal profile] espritdecorpse 2019-06-23 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
Come with you?

[ He catches up easily, walking with a bouncy jaunt in his step, making his ponytail bob and swish side-to-side. ]

Are those for me? If this is your idea of courting, I must say you're refreshingly direct!
Edited 2019-06-23 06:00 (UTC)
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[personal profile] zuraaaaaa 2019-06-23 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ .....Is this guy...... for real......

((Blinking. Slowly.)) ]


Aa. [ He nods to the other man, taking his hands out of his sleeves to bring one to his chin, thoughtful. ]

The red light district,
a beatific pleasure,
where one meets heaven.

[ HAIKU, YO. That will be 10000 yen. ]

It is where one finds the company of experienced women of the night. [ OLDER women, too! ] If you do not know either, we may search together.
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II

[personal profile] mythratastic 2019-06-23 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ WEll, she has a point. ]

Maybe not, but do you have any makeup with you? That's the more important question.

[ MYTHRA DOESN'T, does this mean she fails at being a woman, oh the horror.



An y w a y, walking past her, Mythra steps into the forest's domain, looking fairly at ease beneath the shadow of the trees. ]
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[personal profile] psycorruptor 2019-06-23 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Why would I carry makeup with me? ... Oh, I guess that means you don't, either.

[wonderful, they're both unprepared (but prepared to KILL IT ok no hopefully it won't come to that. maybe). while Mythra seems at ease, Irina keeps a tight grip on her assault rifle. this place is so weird— it... reminds her of Earth. but it can't be Earth.

she grumbles to herself as she follows Mythra.]


Wouldn't it just wash off in the water anyway...? Ugh.
Edited 2019-06-23 06:52 (UTC)
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GURLLLL ICONS WAT

[personal profile] mythratastic 2019-06-23 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ If it heads back into the water, maybe, she thinks.... but the woods encroaches onto the shores as well, which makes for a decent enough cover to wait for it to emerge from the water itself.

That's the plan, anyway. ]


It'll wash off with its tears, for all I care. [ Can it even cry tho? Whatever, Mythra will try to make it weep. ]

Maybe we can tie its tentacles into bows. [ THAT COUNTS, RIGHT. ]
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WAT

[personal profile] psycorruptor 2019-06-23 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, I like your attitude.

[oh no, she said The Line.]

So. You're down for some calamari too, then? I was thinking it'll be easier to slather its face with paint if it's dead.
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y does ur icon have furry in its text I DONT UNDERSTAND

[personal profile] mythratastic 2019-06-23 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
...Huh. You're right. If we use its own ink, it'd be even more efficient.

[ Mythra has two concerns.

1. Fulfill quest.

2. Food. ]


We can smoke the rest of it into jerky for the fall.
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because i refuse to crop it out!!!!

[personal profile] psycorruptor 2019-06-23 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
Squid jerky... mm, sounds great. [a sigh. cool, now she can't get her mind off of food. no! focus! there's a kraken somewhere out here to hunt.

and eat.

—and also beautify, that too.]


It's been way too long since I've had proper squid. Trying to give it a makeover just seems like a waste of time and effort now.
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luo binghe | scum villain's self-saving system

[personal profile] whitelotus 2019-06-23 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
(fairy godwhat?)
[ In theory, due to protagonist powers and shielding, one would assume that Luo Binghe passes the fairy godmother test with flying colours. Those who have spoken to Binghe would instantly know better; it's a fact that when faced with a lot of questions he eventually gets bored, soon becoming fed up and irate when they start to sound like stupid and pointless questions being asked.

Which is what is happening here, the look on Luo Binghe's face beginning to reflect his souring mood.

Has he ever killed anyone? Yes. Has he ever had sex? Not yet (cue the sound of many wives from another life crying). Jealousy? Of course. But the questions don't seem to end and Binghe is struggling to see the point of it all. There doesn't seem to be a theme he can see, no light at the end of this tunnel and it's only after a question about giving his life for someone he loves that Binghe reaches the end of his rope, clicking his tongue in disdain. This isn't even interesting! This time being wasted could be spent following his Shizun!]


Who are you to be asking these questions? Why do you even want to know? This one doesn't have a godmother and didn't ask for one either! Tsk, get lost.


(beautify or beatify?)
[ Make a kraken beautiful? What kind of a quest is that? Luo Binghe has an idea of what a Kraken is but it's only truly solidified when he claps eyes on the beast. Many would look upon that thing and despair, some would look at it and wonder how many people it would feed and Binghe simply stares at it and sees nothing but a challenge. It wouldn't take much to defeat such a thing and —

Oh. Wait. The job isn't to defeat it, it's to make it beautiful. Binghe kicks out at a tentacle that is creeping along the ground towards his ankle, taking note of how intent the thing seems at pulling someone into the water. If a quest doesn't say anything about not killing the creature does that mean it would be wrong to? Even then what exactly counted as beauty? If the quest was talking a woman's beauty then Binghe is in a whole world of trouble. He's been surrounded by countless beauties all his life but the only one coming to mind is a particularly strong young woman who keeps her face covered.

He kicks hard at the approaching tentacle again, brow furrowed as he tries to puzzle his way through this mystery, head tilted as he wonders if he's misread the quest itself.]


Who will look at this thing and consider it's beauty?

[ No really, Binghe wants to know. Who is judging this stuff???]


(kraken round 1)
[ Binghe doesn't know how it happened and there's a chance no-one nearby does either. Whatever it was it was quick and before the demon lord can yell his teacher's name he's hoisted up into the air by an ankle and flung through the air only to suddenly wind up clinging to the kraken's face. Look, he's been called sticky but this is simply too much!! If he didn't have to make this thing pretty it would be in pieces by now and Luo Binghe looks over at the nearest person as he holds on for now.]

Find something and throw it over!

[ Or leave him there. Both are viable options really and it's only a matter of time before either the Kraken ends the day belly up or Binghe simply becomes a dish of the day.]


(finders keepers, doll for sale)
[ In the midst of all the fog and sitting on a nearby low wall is a smooth, pale skinned figure staring intently at anyone nearby. And then there's the doll. Binghe has no idea where the thing has come from; it isn't truly horrific to him (not after a jaunt in the abyss) but it's enough to pique his curiosity. Every time he looks away it is suddenly there and it's only a matter of time before Binghe picks it up by the ankle, turning it this way and that to get an idea on what it is.

Nope. Not a clue. This place could be a dreamscape but the idea of one being in this village and not of his own creation is far fetched. The atmosphere almost lends the thought some credit though.

When someone walks nearby Binghe scoops the doll back up under the arms, holding it outwards to the passerby, not at all concerned about how terrifying it (or he is) to others as he suddenly emerges from the mist.]


Lose this?


(wildcard)
[ ooc: down for anything, feel free to make something up or send a PM.]
Edited 2019-06-23 08:42 (UTC)
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fairy godwhat

[personal profile] alittlespicy 2019-06-23 09:08 am (UTC)(link)
Many questions have no answers here.

[ Congratulations, BingHe, you actually got a whole six words out of him. ]

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