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maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2016-12-17 12:15 am
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PRESENT TIME, IT'S A TDM
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 there's only one rule in Test Drive Meme Club: have fun!01. The city of Heropa is what one might expect from a small, bright and cheery place, where 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, while others might not say anything -- but if you have something nasty to say, better not say anything at all, right? But, whatever the last year has brought, the holidays and the New Year has come and with it a renewed (if possibly temporary) sense of generosity towards the displaced imPorts. Part of this includes a special second ball drop in Heropa on New Year’s Eve, including festivities such as local bands performing, an ice sculpting competition, free food and hourly fireworks display over the water. Some people mutter it’s all being done to keep the imPorts away from real Americans at the Times Square ball drop, but surely that’s just a nasty rumor.
But when a small gang led by one of the new superpowered natives tries to steal this ‘imPort’ ball at 11:30pm, one has to wonder if keeping the powered community away from native crowds wasn’t a good idea. The (uncreatively) self-named ‘Ice Boy’ has ice powers and five non-powered followers trying to steal the New Year’s ball as their powered leader provides a distraction. They are going out of their way to not hurt any natives, but clearly have something to say about the government using up public funds for imPort events.
Enjoy the festivities, then stand and watch the newest native supervillain steal the ball or slip into your spandex and try and stop him. Or, if you’re the type, go and help him out. Whatever you pick, it’s going to be a New Years to remember.
02. De Chima, Virginia, is a large city with a healthy economy, and though it's quieter than Heropa, there are still large numbers of citizens to be awed at your very presence. Look at you! Organic wonder! Science and technology are the lifeblood of this city, so you're likely to come across a good many locals taking your picture with the newest of devices. The imPort craze remains high here, and you may find yourself cornered by overzealous imPort fans, media wannabes and opportunists alike, shoving cameras in your face.
Their questions are likely to be fairly mundane, however; get ready for an interview about your taste in romantic partners, personal underwear choices, favorite foods, and more!
Given the rock star status of imPorts, it’s no surprise you’re especially big commodities around the holidays. Action figures, wrapping paper, it seems everywhere you turn there are products with imPort’s faces appearing on it. Not to mention the made for TV movie of ‘ImPorts and Santa Save Christmas.’ No one really knows why the Russians are riding pterodactyls to ruin Christmas, but does it really matter? Watch the show in a store window long enough and you just may see a (similar but legally distinct) version of someone you know riding Rudolph to help save the day.
Ah, the wonders of capitalism.
03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has had its ups and downs since imPorts started reappearing. Several imPort heroes have put focused efforts into cleaning up the streets of this somewhat infamous city, while others have swooped in to help the criminal industry thrive. More so here than the streets of any other imPort city, the battle between good and evil looks more like a war of escalation than a heroic tale. That might make the less than warm welcome imPorts are given in the city a little more understandable. The emergence of locals with superpowers is hardly helping. While some of these individuals have turned to crime, many locals seem more inclined to defend their native powered drug dealer than help the non-native hero bring them to justice. Who are you to tell them how to live?
So while that Salvation Army Santa on the corner might seem to be more serving as a look out for the shady bar behind him than collecting donations, is it really worth trying to sneak in and see what’s happening inside?
04. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities; loud, busy and there's some kind of energy in the air that gets everyone buzzing with excitement. More so than any other city, Nonah has embraced every holiday available to celebrate this time of year. To be American is to be part of a melting pot, and that there’s more money to be made by the thriving local industries hardly hurts. Today is a large winter market place. Streets have been closed off and local merchants big and small have set up booths throughout the city to sell their holiday (and normal, who doesn’t need a new pair of wingtips for the New Year?) wares. While outdoors, there are enough heaters scattered around that you’d hardly notice it. Any imPort willing to say they bought their menorah, kinara, Saturnalia wine, or whatever else at a specific booth is in for a big discount from the managers!
Go wander and get your shopping in, folks. Any imPort willing to be interviewed about how they celebrate in December back on their home world is instantly surrounded by a small gaggle of people. Any jokesters out there should be careful to not make up too many fake holidays. The people here might just take it to heart this time next year.
Kimber Benton | Jem and the Holograms (comic)
[If there is one thing Kimber loves more than anything else--okay besides music, her sisters and Stormer--it's holidays. All of them. She can't help but revel in the celebrations and food and drinks and the feel good atmosphere of a good holiday. Holidays with presents are even better. But this Christmas was a bit of a downer since she was in a new place with no one she knows and oh yeah, somehow got powers and is expected to *use* them to protect the world or something. Talk about pressure, geez.
And now here she was, standing outside near midnight, waiting for the ball to drop on a New Year. Maybe it would mean things would be looking up--
--you know if looking up didn't mean watching some goons steal the imPort ball right in front of everyone while a crazy guy with ice powers starts turning the ground into an ice rink. People are slipping and sliding and it may not be super dangerous, but Kimber is already in a bit of a sour mood.]
Hey why don't you take a bath in nice hot volcano! We're trying to enjoy ourselves here! [Because shouting at the villain with super powers definitely makes sense when you can barely use your own, right?]
De Chima
[Interviews? Kimber loves interviews. She's rocking a long rainbow braid today that looks just this side of a glitter bomb--because if she can, why not?--so when the first person comes up to her with a question and requesting a picture with her, like she would turn that down. Especially not when they had somehow managed to get a doll that looked an awful lot like her--how did they even get one out that fast and where can she get one?!
But of course it needs to be perfect, not just some sideways selfie, but a full on fan photo. So she turns to the nearest person and jumps in front of them, to keep them from walking away before she has a chance to speak.]
Hey, would you mind doing me a huge huge huge huge favor? [Look at this smile, how can you turn it down?]
Nonah
[Bring on the shopping! Kimber has gone from booth to booth, not even ignoring the ones that have items she normally would care about or want to buy, just because she can. Not that she has a tone of money on her right now, but it's the ability to look that counts. Window shopping without the windows. What's more fascinating to her is seeing all the different holiday booths.
Until she stops at the one that is just...a bunch of fake rubber geese? It's so confusing she has to stop and ask about them, only to get the cheery response, "Well it's not like we use real geese anymore!"
Something tells her she does not want to continue this line of questioning but she isn't sure her curiosity will be held back either unless she finds something else to distract her with.]
Wildcard
[Make anything up you want!]
{OOC: Kimbers power set is a siren voice that can cause hallucinations when she sings (which won't come out without permission), morphing hair that can change to any color, length, and style she wants, and the ability to project holographic dancing sharks.}
nonah!
Once they reach the fake rubber geese booth, the Doctor looks at the geese, then looks over at Kimber with a wicked grin. ]
These might be the proper sort of geese. One way to find out!
[ The Doctor squeaks one. It makes a noise. Then, grinning like a madman, he just pushes down as many of the fake rubber geese as he possibly can. It makes a way more terrifying noise and he is UTTERLY DELIGHTED. ]
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Multi-purpose, great! [The smile on her face is strained.] But maybe buy the ones you want and do this somewhere else. Anywhere else.
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I'd have to buy them all to do this somewhere else and I don't have enough money for that! I run a watch shop, watch shops don't make money in the first place.
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putting her foot in her mouthsaying what she thinks.]Just record it on your phone then and reuse it, because that's getting old real fast. Someone is going to murder all the rubber geese to make you stop.
[That someone might even be her.] Why do you need to make a geese orchestra anyway?
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[ two thousand going on twelve. ]
It's fun, it's amusing, and they're here. That's reason enough.
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Because it's not even musical! It's a bunch of noise. The least you could do is play a song.
[She reaches and grabs two of the geese herself, showing him by squeezing out a quick little beat of notes.]
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We'll have to see if there's enough tones to make a scale. Once we do that, a song should be easy.
[ Did you plan on going shopping by yourself Kimber, I'm sorry, welcome to Music With Geese, you are getting dragged into this. ]