DECEMBER TEST DRIVE

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THE TEST DRIVE MEME

• Got a character you're thinking of reserving/apping this round? PUT THEM HERE! • Threads here can count as your third person sample! • Comment with your character's name and canon! • This is open to everyone! Also, test drivers can tag other test drivers. :) • Make up your own scenario or have them walk into all the doors or leave it blank for others to do it for you! Reserves are here, and open on November 24th at 12:01AM CST. Application information (including the list of pending apps) is here, and they open on December 1st at 12:01AM CST. OPTIONAL SCENARIO: After your character receives his or her bracelet and the run-down from the faceless maids in the castle, they walk out to find the city blanketed with snow and in the middle of what seems to be a snowball war organized by the Native children! Be careful on your way to your Welcome House: snowballs are flying, and these groups of giggling kids don't seem to care who gets caught in the crossfire. Make sure to have fun, and as always, feel free to hit the mods or players up with any questions you might have! ♥

Comments

[not_sasuke]

If you want to fight me so badly, wouldn't it be better to go and figure out how you're going to achieve that?

[Not that Yusuke plans to give in at any point. Sorry Mikazuki, but he only picks fights with people who he knows he can beat.]

[crowover]

Getting to know you better helps that, too!

[So he knows how to push his buttons.

Or who to threaten until he gives in.]

[not_sasuke]

What, planning to blackmail me or something?

[He'd like to see him try.]

[crowover]

Blackmail is such an ugly word! Think about it as a friend convicing another friend.

[not_sasuke]

Convincing a person to fight through blackmail and coercion...

I feel bad for your friends. [Since Yusuke obviously isn't one of them.]

[crowover]

[Of course he is. He just doesn't know it yet.]

Don't be, we're doing great. Anyway, it's not like you don't have a choice. You can say "yes" and be done with it.

[not_sasuke]

[Wow, rude Mikazuki. He doesn't even get a say in this?]

So you're the type to force other people into it... That just sounds like the basis of some really unhealthy relationships. Sorry, but I don't think I want to commit to something like that.

[At any rate, he'll begin walking again - though there's nothing to stop Mikazuki from following, of course.]

[crowover]

[Not really, no. When Yusuke settles in he can expect Mikazuki to stop by uninvited and eat all his food.]

Ahh, are you one of these cold types who claim they don't need friends? Everyone knows they're actually marshmallow soft deep down.

[And follow he does.]

[not_sasuke]

[Where's a good, tall tree to hide in when you need one...]

Me? I'm a little insulted you would say such a thing!

For your information, I have plenty of friends!

[Lies and probably slander on those poor people critters? he calls friends.]

[crowover]

That sounded suspiciously insincere, Yu-chan. But even if I give you the benefit of the doubt, you can always make more friends! Wanna go get something to drink?

[not_sasuke]

What's so insincere about it? Even my senpai praised me for being the best incoming freshman in the club!

...Also, for your sake, I hope you don't mean to give alcohol to a minor.

[crowover]

Not if don't wanna! I wonder if this place has a drinking age, anyway.

What club are you in?

[not_sasuke]

Sorry, but I can't tell you. I'm pretty sure that defeats the entire purpose of the club.

[Even though there were definitely applications available to everyone in the entire school via pamphlet announcing the existence of a Ninja Club... It's probably best for him to just leave it at that.]

You could probably call it a sports club, though. And before you ask, it's not any kind of fighting, either. [Not that any school would let its students get away with carrying around knives...]

[crowover]

[...yeah, Mikazuki would go ballistic if he ever hears the words "Ninja Club".]

Ooooh, a secret sports club! Do you have a password and a secret handshake and secret matches on the school roof at night when no one's there?

[not_sasuke]

[Which is precisely why Yusuke doesn't say the thing.]

Of course, of course. What kind of a secret club would we be if we didn't?

[crowover]

Like manga! Do you have superpowers? Do you fight evil with sports?

[not_sasuke]

Nope!

We're kind of out in the middle of nowhere. Even if we did have powers for some reason, there's no one else around to fight.

[Still lying. But it's semi-truthful in that Yusuke himself has no powers, even if his classmates certainly do.]

You read too much manga if you seriously think something like that would happen.

[crowover]

Well, we're in this kind of a situation now!

[Not to mention he's fighting evil back home. But he still debates whether he should talk about it or not.]

[not_sasuke]

But in this case, it's like one of those series where you don't learn magic until you find yourself dragged to another world, right? And up until this point, you've just been a regular person.

...Though I guess if you keep pulling people from different worlds, you're bound to get someone who might really be the hero of legend or whatever, huh?

[crowover]

Haha, I guess so. Maybe we'll meet a real monster slaying hero around the corner! Heck, you could be a hero of legend pretending to be a normal high school student from a sports club.

[not_sasuke]

Definitely not.

[He waves his hand airily.]

My life isn't that exciting. [Carrying concealed weapons aside and all--]

Rather than me, wouldn't it make more sense for it to be you? Since you're the battling type.

[crowover]

[Nice deflection there, Yusuke.]

What, just because I practice martial arts? I’m just a passionate young man who loves to hang out with his friends!

[Though “hanging out with friends” often means “battling golems in an attempt to defeat an evil mage”.]

[not_sasuke]

But that's the perfect set up for a manga protagonist if you think about it. With your martial arts and strong bonds with your friends, evil stands no chance.

[Or... something like that, right? Yusuke's admittedly not that much of a manga person. Going all the way to the city from out in the middle of the forest just wasn't really worth it.]

[crowover]

[He can’t help but laugh. Not that the description isn’t accurate, but if his friends back home had to pick a protagonist it would probably that sourpuss, loved-by-all-girls Yuu-kun.

He kind of wish Yuu-kun could listen to Yusuke right now.]

HA! I think I’d do better as the hero’s rival who is also his great buddy and way cooler than him.

[not_sasuke]

So it's fine if you aren't the hero, as long as you're better than him?