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Have the first test drive for the new year!!

TEST DRIVE MEME

SO HOW DOES IT WORK?

► STEP 1; Post a comment with a character that's not in HH as if they're already in the setting; alternative version, post character who is in HH. Scenarios if you need 'em!
► STEP 2; Tag around and get a feel for your characters, whether you're just voice testing or planning to actually app them in!
► STEP 3; Post this all over your plurk and get people to join in on this jolly good fun. Don't forget: it's mandatory.

Just copypasta-ing from people on the meme comm

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[Yoh himself has little to no intention to go to school. He's just not in the mood for it and with the way Holly Heights is... He has even less reason to go. Besides, Manta isn't there which was frankly the best part of going to school, and much more useful and informative.

So instead Yoh dedicates his time to do what he likes to do the most, after looking at trains and talking with spirits: he relaxes under the shadow of a tree. And tries to not think on how now he's no different from any other human. It's an interesting experience, to be honest, but not one he really wanted to have. To not even be able to summon shikigami makes him feel pretty helpless and pathetic. He notices someone approaching the other side of the tree, unable to sense furyoku Yoh's left having no idea who it is, so he has to shift and crack an eye open to see who it is.

There's still something about seeing his son all grown up when he hasn't even seen him as a baby yet. And part of him actually still hesitates to try to reach for the other, but he thinks that it's probably better to at least make sure that his teenager dad is there.]

The shade feels great today, it's perfect to relax for a while, don't you think?

...

[Dear god, it couldn't be... Hana freezes the moment he hears the stupidly familiar voice, and soon slowly turns his head to look around the other side of the tree before jumping into a position to fume at will. Though already, he could tell that he was still finding the weirdo calm attitude of his teenage dad's getting on his nerves.]

Gah! Don't sneak up on me like that! [never mind that's not really the case.] What are you doing here?

Ahahaha, sorry, sorry! But I was already here when you came, you know.

[Yoh moves to sit up, carelessly laughing with that calmness only he can pull off. Even when he's all weird inside, but who wouldn't? He's out of his comfort zone and gets to meet his son being almost his same age.]

It's just such a great day that I thought I could come and relax for a while.

[Nevermind that they both should be at the school, Yoh knows that neither of them really cares about that. Specially not here.]

You thought something similar, right? Want to come over here and join me?

[Hell no. Where he is standing right now is as close as he is going to be getting because of the negative father complex thing going on. Especially after being invited to move closer and sit with him. There's a code against that, don't you know.

Though if it weren't for that, he'd be more likely to kick Yoh as a reply, which he looks pretty close to doing anyway as he is getting more pissed off with just listening to him.]

Who the hell would want to do that! And there's no way I was thinking the same thing as you! Just leave me alone already.

[Yoh doesn't seem very affected by Hana's words, at least not negatively. He just listens to the reaction with a calm smile, chin resting on his hand as he supports his arm with a knee.

He would lie if he said he got what exactly Hana's problem with him was, but it would also be a lie to say that he was worried about that. Most probably the kid had good reasons for it, just as Anna had good reasons to get angry with him and hitting him. After all, Hana seemed to have taken a lot from her.]

So you didn't? I see, I'm sorry, didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. It still is a great day to just sit and relax, it's not as if we can do much more here.

[He lays back again, eyes closed and arms behind his head. Smiling happily. Surely Hana didn't mean to leave him alone physically, and if he did... Too bad, Yoh was happy where he was.]

[Sadly, that was exactly what Hana meant. To move and get gone, that is. So he waited for half a moment with a fixed stare before seeing that wasn't going to happen. How typical of his old man! Of course this means that there were only two options he could take.

Option one was to stomp off, but it was a little too late for that since he was not thinking straight. And option two? To make it happen himself. This was his spot first, after all. No amount of reason would convince him otherwise.]

Uncomfortable is an understatement. But I don't think you heard me the first time, go relax somewhere else! [And whether his words are warning or not, he aims to kick Yoh. In the head, in the gut, in the leg, he didn't particularly care about where he was aiming so long as it hit.]

[Whether Yoh senses the kick or not is hard to say, what's clear is that he doesn't make any move to avoid it or defend himself. Instead he's hit squarely by his son, a pained sound leaves his throat as his body rolls over and ends laying on his side, groaning in pain with tears forming on his eyes. His son has a terrific kick, though he can't say to be surprised.]

... You really remind me of your mother.

[Pause.]

Just as strong and scary as her, not as cute because you're a boy but still cute.

[And he smiles, despite being absolutely sure that his comment is going to earn him another kick.]

[Hana looks down at him after the kick connected and feels a small smile creep on to his face. It felt good, after all. A bit of a reliever to his frustration level and all the problems he had with his dad in the first place. And for the first time since his arrival, he thought it wasn't so bad if he couldn't use spirits or whatever because neither could his dad. Maybe he would have his chance in defeating him this way.

But as soon the thought occurs to him, he's twitching again at how calm his dad stays in demeanor and sound. Not to mention that it's really not awesome to be called cute because he is a boy. This time, though, he moves to punch him upside the head.]

... Don't call that that either! It's CREEPY.

[Again Yoh does nothing to defend himself, just taking the hit and groaning in pain. He reaches up with his hands, already feeling a bump forming where Hana hit him. He lets out a pained laugh.]

See? You even react like she does whenever I think that she's cute.

But you're right, you're way too old for it to not be creepy. Should I have said handsome then?

[After all he himself would feel it as creepy if his father arrived and told him that he was cute. Then again compared to Hana he just can't compete.]

[It's still creepy to be called anything of the sort. So for the moment, he will complain to try to drill in the message.]

[huff] You should say nothing. I don't want to hear about what you think.

[Yoh laughs though it still sounds pained from the hits he took.]

That can be fixed easily. It's harder with Anna, she always knows what I'm thinking.

[Even without her mind reading power, then again Yoh isn't technically that hard to guess. Or so he makes others think. And of course he's still talking and still not leaving, which he's very aware of.]

Huh? Then- ["get going already," is what he was going to finish saying, but-- no, wait a moment... did he just hear that right?]

Mom's a... psychic? [There's a horrifying thought. She was already scary as it was but this brought it to a whole new level. Hana outwardly tensed, before it occurred to him how he had just jumped to the stupidest of conclusions. She was known for many accomplishments but she couldn't be super human on top of it all, right? Now way.]

[pause]

No, it doesn't matter. Anyone could tell what you're thinking! Get lost already.

[Not bad. Of course it could have been just a fluke, but normally one wouldn't come to assume such a thing. Even among shamans people with Anna's and Hao's powers were rare, and dangerous given the consequences of that power in a world filled with people who were often plagued with more negative thoughts than positive ones.

Maybe Hana did get something from him... Though Yoh chooses to not comment on that, both for Anna's sake and because he knows the boy won't appreciate it. Instead, he just laughs as he tells him to leave once more before answering calmly.]

I don't want to.

[Maybe it was a sixth sense or reading one too many manga that lead him to such a conclusion. But it was definitely a fluke of which is practically gone from his head when he focuses in on how the situation is going no where all over again. And that laugh and calm attitude... at this point he can't take much more of it.

Truth be told, however, he knew he couldn't have expected anything less. The grown up version of his dad was the same way, always stealing the minimal comfort he had being at home or anywhere else. But this time, in this place, Hana would rather be damned than let it happen again.]

Argh! I don't care about that. Move. It. Before I make you.

[Yoh hums a bit and then lays down again.]

Sorry, but I really have no wish to move.

[He already looks all relaxed and in peace again, like before Hana arrived. Of course, though, he knows enough of Hana to know that he's basically picking up a fight with the kid -it feels so weird to think of someone that's only a few years younger than him as a "kid"-, and that at this point either a fight will start, or Hana will stomp away angrily.

Yoh is ready for either option happening, which means that all the relaxed and calm appearance is nothing but a facade. If Hana tries to hit him again, this time he's not going to just take it and let the other keep going. Fighting physically is something Yoh doesn't appreciate, but he's quite capable either way, even without spirits and even if he ran away from Gushi Kenji, he still learned enough to be able to fight without any help.]

This area isn't yours nor mine, Hana. You can't make me leave, and neither I can make you leave. Either you share or you leave, I won't stop you.

Enough of this shit! I'm done talking to you...

[Hana stomps his foot to show that he is serious but in doing so only looking more childish. Of course it was a fight now. It's not like he would turn around and stomp off because it was a better option. After all, he's never learned how to share and his personality was too strong to leave anything be, so even now he wasn't going to either.

Instead, after the stomp of the one foot, he lifts the other to stomp right where Yoh was laying down again. Or attempt to?] --Listen to this!

[It's not really very hard to intercept the stomping foot, and Yoh grabs it easily. Instead of blocking it, though, which would require him to actually use equal or more strength than the one Hana's employing, Yoh simply pulls the foot to the side and upwards as if the boy had slipped on ice. Depending on the strength Hana had applied and his reflexes, the action has high chances of actually making him fall, or at least stumble back.]

[He's not expecting his foot to be grabbed and so when it is there is a surprised shout from his mouth. He had used a fair amount of strength and not expected to be blocked or whatever, so naturally he also fell, as if slipping, flat onto his back with a thud. It's not enough to knock him unconscious or anything - he had worse dealt to him by Tamao-mom, after all - though it's still enough to knock the wind out of him and keep him down momentarily.

When he can breathe again, or at least in huffs and puffs of air intake, he grumbles half-words at Yoh but nothing he says really makes any literal sense beyond the angry tone. He's a sore loser to say the least.]

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