etcelsior | A for effort though

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping into MASK OR MENACE? Want to dip your toes into the setting and get a feel of whether your character will fit into it? Or maybe you're just cruising and want to play around? Then you've come to the right place!

Pick any of the following scenarios below or feel free to make up your own, but don't be afraid to throw yourself at someone else's thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

01. Your memory might be a haze still and you might even feel frustrated or anxious by the sudden news that you are no longer in your own world and that the Porter scientists and military cannot send you back. You don't get a chance to linger long in the underground Porter lab, but something is clearly amiss; light patches on the floor indicate something else used to sit in that spot in the room. Parts of the wall, floor and the tables look as if they have been refurbished in the past few months -- something happened in here some time ago. Something big.

You're ushered out quickly and then suddenly, you're enveloped in a faint blue blue light before you find yourself under the bright Floridian sun. Another soldier steps toward you with a smile, directing your attention to a car near a large gate. She mentions she'll be debriefing you soon, handing out a brown folder and a pamphlet. You don't see the digital tattoo on your wrist, but it's quickly explained on your way over to the car as you realize there are other confused faces nearby, all holding files of their own.

02. The city of Heropa is what one might expect from a small, bright and cheery place. The locals are friendly enough and local shop owners might offer a free drink to help cool you down in this awfully nauseating heat. Some of the locals might thank you for always lending your service to the nation and others might not say anything. In fact, some people might back away from any imPort who quite obviously looks like they aren't from around the neighborhood. Once in a while there's a look of disdain on someone's face and hushed voices. Something about "the outbreak" and "the government's gotta crack down on their medical files". "Some of them can't be right in the head" says another.

03. De Chima, Virginia, is a large city with a healthy economy, and though it's quieter, there are just as many citizens awed at your presence. Heavy winds have people grasping at their newspapers and constantly brushing hair out of their faces, but that doesn't distract them from crowding you in excitement if you're obviously from a different time or world, or just let it slip that you're a newcomer. Children and young teenagers are especially likely to ask for an autograph and a photo.

Some locals seem less enthused to see you. They never make an approach, but they can be overheard scoffing and muttering something about cameras. "Who do they think they are?" or "I don't like it... it reminds me of the government corruption back in the eighties." What could they be talking about?

04. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania, is normally known for being a little more on the apathetic side, but there's been tension in the atmosphere lately. Nobody will outright state what it is that's rustled their jimmies, though you might find a newsstand with articles on recent and aggressive vigilante behavior within the city. "ImPorts: loyal to the cause of their own?" reads one newspaper article.

People are not as friendly in this city and go out of their way to avoid walking down the same sidewalk as the more obvious looking imPorts pass through. Local cops say nothing, but they scowl at those imPorts and utter something about "no badges" and "acting like authority figures".

05. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities. It's loud, busy and there's some kind of energy in the air that gets everyone buzzing with excitement. Anyone who they come to determine an imPort is bombarded with all sorts of offers; job offers, advertising gigs, spokesperson for advocating children stay in school, etc. Anything and everything! You name it. Shops offer discounts for food and clothing, whatever they need. People flock in droves with questions, but they all say the same thing. Thank you for your service to this country, Hero. You saved a lot of lives. Wow, feels great to be a hero, doesn't it?

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[Donkey is totally used to being interrupted. When he isn't being ignored, at least. But hey! When that interruption is one directed at him instead of getting him to shut up, then that's nice. That is a nice interruption. He likes that interruption.]

Be like what?

[He asks, crossing his hooves (!!!) on the counter like humans would with hands, giving her

well

the Dreamworks (TM) eyebrow.]

[She leans in very close, examining him from multiple angles. Possibly sniffing him?? Helena, what are you doing.]

You talk like a person.

Is there a person in there?

Edited 2015-09-26 23:23 (UTC)

[It's a good thing Donkey doesn't remember the alternate universe where he could have been eaten by ogres because OH BOY IF HE DID the sniffing could easily be taken more as a threat than just general weirdness. His non-person and yet still with person-like aspects face leans away, eyebrows shifting to show confusion.]

A person like you? Uh-uh. No way! You seen lots of people like you in donkeys or something?

[Or donkeys eating people, maybe? That sounds awesome.]

Edited 2015-09-26 23:39 (UTC)

[Smells like an animal of the non-stuffed variety. And she doesn't see anything like a zipper in his fur. Still, she's not totally sold on this talking donkey thing (because, seriously, what perversion of science would create a talking donkey? let's not even go there yet), and she reaches out to touch his back.]

First time for everything.

[Donkey backs off in a clatter of hooves. Which is really the only donkey part of the whole skittering-away-from-stranger-danger-hand, his body moves more like a dog. He's clearly startled and not!! Down!! With the weird lady touching him!! He is a married donkey, after all.]

Hold your mice there, Princess of Happily Never After! [Except then he leans on his back legs and crosses his front hooves and it's just. Donkey. Dog. Tiny strange creature what even does this? Sorry for your lots, Helena.] Do I look like a petting zoo to you?

[Now she is just even more convinced he isn't really a donkey. Her hand hovers over empty air and then drops to her side.]

Yes. [Look, it's the teeniest tiniest asshole smile. She thinks she's so funny.]

Will you tell me what you are?

[Rude. He's at once both confused and suspicious. Is he being played here or has she honestly never seen a donkey before? When the world is full of fairy tale creatures saved by an ogre, it gets a little difficult to believe anyone is ever too surprised. But he settles back on all fours and flicks his ears around. See? See??]

Donkey. [Said with both that "duh" tone and a tilt of his head that shows he has some sense of pride in his donkey identity.] A jackass? Burro?

[Puss only had to use it like twenty times before he realized what it meant.]

[She shakes her head once. Nope.]

Donkeys don't talk. [As if he needs a refresher course on what donkeys should do, she brays extremely realistically. Hee-haw, donkey. That's the sound you'd make if you were real.]

[Well now. Up goes those eyebrows, his ears swivel toward her, he's all perked up and impressed. His jaw drops, even! He is beholding a miracle, stands in wonder and in awe.]

WOOOOOOoooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. [Just like a human, no added braying noise at the end, nope.] Is there a donkey in you?

[Turnabout is fair play except...for the part where...Donkey is...seriously...asking.......................]

I have much time for practice. [It's...kind of a dark story, actually. MOVING ON.]

Who taught you words?

Uh, nobody. Nobody taught me.

[Oh no, the donkey looks sad. Life before Shrek was so difficult, okay? No one cared. No one wanted to do anything more than sell their magical talking donkey. Sad trombone.]

They're not hard. You hear 'em enough, you can say 'em, too!

[And then never stop saying them because why would anything that can talk shut up?]

Other donkeys do not do this.

[Was he an experiment of some kind, created and then left to learn on his own while his developments were secretly monitored? She knows a thing or two about that. Previously she would have considered him an abomination and killed him without hesitation for it. Her feelings on the subject now are...muddled.]

So you are smart donkey. Good for you.

A for effort though

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