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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] etcelsior2016-01-23 06:21 pm

MOM CAN YOU DROP ME OFF? (IN RUSSIA?)


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    01. 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 welcome you to their fair city. 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. A snippy voice wonders aloud: "My taxes are going to their parties and other expenses? When are they going to do something for us for a change? Why if they weren't around, I bet the Soviets--" These naysayers may, however, find themselves hushed with a judgmental: "You couldn't do what they do even if you had powers. They don't have to help us, you know!"

    02. 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 and an incident involving gas. "Biological warfare... we sure some of them haven't defected?"

    03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania, is normally known for being a little more on the apathetic side, but there's been tension in the atmosphere lately, contrasted by headlines broadcasting petty, unimportant local news and no worldly news.

    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 mutter under their breaths resentfully about "vigilantes". However, not all locals turn the other way seeing imPorts; some of them will offer a polite enough smile and thank them for their hard work. They don't stop to clarify what they mean, though.

    04. 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. Advertisements are abound for imPorts to make appearances at various, televised celebrations, luring them in with promises of free food, merchandise, and payment. ImPort action figures and merchandise are on sale now, and every corner's coffee shop is still serving festive peppermint goods of every shape and form.
hostage: (casual ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2016-01-25 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Jesse's eyebrows lift a touch as the guy tosses the whole thing back. There are cheaper liquors to waste if he's not looking to savor it. But Jesse won't lecture.]

Kinda wish I ordered an appletini or some shit just to watch you suck that bitch down.
overemotionally: (Drink drank drunk)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-25 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't be the worst thing I've gotten out of doing this.

[He's going easy on this drink though with a small sip. He swirls it around in the glass gently.]
hostage: (sardonic ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2016-01-25 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Do I even wanna ask?

[Jesse, meanwhile, has barely touched his own drink.]
overemotionally: (Listening intently)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-25 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Kirk noticed that this guy hasn't sipped since he sat down next to him. He chooses not to comment on that.]

I have two different ways to answer if you do wanna ask.

[Kirk, meanwhile, is not necessarily looking to savor liquor at this point. He's had a shit day and he didn't want to be entirely sober for the rest of it. He takes a bigger sip of his own drink while attempting to analyze his conversation partner.]
hostage: (engrossed ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2016-01-25 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Analyze away, Kirk. Jesse's the most straightforward enigma there is, all at once exactly what he looks like and nothing like you'd assume. He's been sitting here, bored and alone, for close to a half hour. Yet he's obviously not here for the liquor. And while he doesn't have the air of someone who'd be friendly company, he's apparently happy to indulge his new buddy in conversation.]

Okay, well now you definitely gotta tell me.
overemotionally: (radiating confidence)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-25 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kirk was wondering what the hell the other was doing at a bar if not to drink. Whatever. He could think about it tomorrow.

His lips quirk into a crooked smile.]



Some guy back at the Academy I thought was doing a standard tequila shot. Turns out he was doing a stuntman and made me do one with him if I was gonna really have what he was having.

[Another decent sized sip.]

Another time, I sat next to a chick and she was doing a blowjob shot off her guy, insisted I gotta do it like that too. Can't stand creamy drinks.

[Of course, that was the worst part of that particular drink. He doesn't go into details about how that landed him in a threesome that night and how the guy ended up in his xenolinguistics class the next semester. Awkward.]
hostage: (grinning ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2016-01-29 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Shut up. Nobody ever actually does a stuntman.

[Actually, he could believe this guy might. But not the guy back at the Academy or whatever. Jesse can't suspend his disbelief that much.]

But I'd totally pay to see the second one.
overemotionally: (Drink drank drunk)

[personal profile] overemotionally 2016-01-29 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[The smile turns into a smirk.]

Yeah well, I found out that night why that is.

[Not one of his better ideas, honestly. Oh well, at least he got a story out of it.]

You're pretty eager to see me partake in some of the less-masculine alcoholic beverages.

[He finishes off what he has in his glass to make a point.]