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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] etcelsior2017-03-25 09:16 pm

THE GREATEST POWER OF ALL



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?

    Unfortunately, tragedy has struck today. Outside a local 24/7 diner featuring waffles and other breakfast food, a large crowd has gathered while several fire trucks keep a steady stream on it and the buildings nearby. The diner is obviously destined to burn, and its waitresses, in bright yellow, stand outside watching with no small amount of worry reflected in their eyes. One of them complains, again, that she'd left her purse inside - and now a good $100 is going up in flames. For what? Won't somebody help her out, at all? The police are so inept! Just the worst!

    The windows burst and, clear as day, one can see an alligator trapped inside the entrance, trying to make its way out but dissuaded by a patch of fire in front of the door. EMS and crowd alike gasp and wonder aloud, what can they do? Will no one save this poor Florida swamp cat?

    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!

    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?

    It's not quite spring yet, but already flowers are popping up—in the form of seven-foot sentient musclebound daisies! A local criminal known as Flower Power has set them on the city, and they're going on a rampage, but a number of citizens have taken advantage. Do you go after the bushwhacking blossoms or the local looters?

    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. 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.

    Natives may gather around new arrivals and ask both personal and broad questions about life as an imPort, what they are looking forward to, what their favorite article of underwear is. A few night clubs offer free entrance - just this once! And they are bound to notice that a man has taken up a spot in a local street, eating pancakes off of a fold out table and holding up traffic. Many people are taking pictures and more interested in whether or not this is performance art than ushering him out of the way. He does have an extra chair and table, however, and will welcome and feed company, especially imPorts.

ofwilds: (9)

[personal profile] ofwilds 2017-03-28 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Mouthful of pancake, Link nods and shoots up out of his seat. I mean, he couldn't let the food go to waste. That would be a crime. Nonetheless, Zelda was back in adventure mode which was a good thing for everyone.


Until she tries to feed you a frog.

Some say Link still has the taste of frog in his mouth to this very day.]


...Do you think they take rupees?
reexamined: (006)

[personal profile] reexamined 2017-03-28 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
I am K-2SO.

[ Which isn't really a "what" specifically, but it works. She has a weird expression on her face. Like she might cry? Probably out of fear? ]

You lied to get away. It was a very bad one. Even I could tell.
beastboi: (IT'S YA BOIIIIIIIIIII)

GOD...

[personal profile] beastboi 2017-03-28 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[WOAH! Okay, this is super cool. Ha ha, like super powers? Like, a super powered rock person? Get it? Anyway.

BB transforms back to give her a huge double thumbs up and grin.]


Hey!! Thanks for the help!

[The moment of distraction is enough for another flower to sweep his feet out from under him and scoop him up by ankles. Beast Boy shrieks and quickly swaps back into munch and crunch mode, flattening the flower underneath himself.

Between the two of them, it should be quick work.]
disentombs: courtesy of pana (Shine on)

[personal profile] disentombs 2017-03-28 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[He likes it when Adam smiles. Gansey feels like he didn't see it as often when he was back home. Things were just...Too Much at the time.

He just nods, the rolled up sleeve pulling a small laugh out of him.]


Parrish, there's nothing for me to see in daylight.

[His way of acknowledging the ridiculousness of showing him his wrist right now, and saying he knows what Adam's trying to show him. The ease with which he's showing how glad he is to see Adam can be attributed to his own relief at seeing not just someone he recognizes but one of his best friends.]
taraincognita: (hhhah no thanks....)

this makes me so happy

[personal profile] taraincognita 2017-03-28 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[tara grins, hiding a snicker, and keeps shale levitated to the best of her ability. but, uh. shale is holding a cop, and that is probably, as some would say, bad news bears.]

Hey, uh, put the cop down.

[shut up, tara, you aren't a hero. don't get used to playing as one.]

I'm the one floating you.
kingsroads: (me & my stupid hat)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2017-03-28 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Animals with fully functioning Stands what. He literally knows next to nothing about Stands so honestly, this shouldn't take him by surprise, and yet Strange is just confused by the concept. ] Do the animal Stands still look vaguely like a human?

[ because he's just got the image of Star Platinum standing behind this tiny little bird and it's not a mental image that he thinks will actually happen, but it's a mental image that he kind of wants to happen. ]
payback: (horror; ye gods.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-03-28 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Might cry, correct, out of fear, correct. K-2SO should pat itself on the back for those accurate deductions.]

Um...

[She stands there. She's too afraid to attempt to run away tbh, this thing is gangly and looks like it could catch her.]

... Please don't hurt me.

[PLEASE.]
tenebrarius: (adam parrish)

[personal profile] tenebrarius 2017-03-28 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
So we're...

[He doesn't know what word he wants to use. Heroes? Registered hero. It doesn't seem real. His life had always had a very carefully planned trajectory. If he worked very hard and allowed himself minimal distractions, he would achieve his dreams.

Except now he was here, and all those plans were irrelevant, at least for the time being.]


We're here.

[Adam studies Gansey's face in the hopes that Gansey, natural leader, has A Plan.]
jojoceanman: game; eyes of heaven (Default)

[personal profile] jojoceanman 2017-03-28 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He isn't really certain why Jonathan made a point to take the blame, but he'll let that slide for now. The lack of context doesn't make for good ability to judge. Though frankly, Dio would eventually figure things out on his own and that could cause bigger troubles down the road.]

Yeah, he wouldn't turn away. That's what worries me the most. Dio is relentless as well after all, especially when he's taking the fight seriously. Not that I need to tell you of all people that.

[The fear for Jotaro isn't Josuke's involvement, but that he may not stand a chance against Dio in a serious fight. Kira was a difficult opponent, but he was still a human with standard weaknesses. A vampire is far tougher to fight evenly, even with a Stand. The way Josuke utilizes Crazy Diamond for combat is impressive, but in sheer power Dio outmatches him. That's before accounting for The World. Dio's limit was nine seconds when Jotaro killed him, and it can grow even more.

...Good grief. He's going to need to start pushing his own limits again. He used to be able to hit five seconds, but it's been a long time since he had to use his power. His limit is two seconds now, and it has to improve if he wants to stand any chance in a fight against Dio.
]

Let's keep moving. I don't feel like I'm going to explode anymore.
unbreaker: (334)

[personal profile] unbreaker 2017-03-28 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Two years'll do that, heh.

[It's not much, the amount he's grown over the span of time he's been in this world, but it's enough. He's filled out a little more, too. But that's to be expected with the rigorous physical training that's required to become a police officer.]

I guess that's probably a bit weird for you, huh? What's the last thing you remember?
nastygram: (C:\facetime)

[personal profile] nastygram 2017-03-28 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Money. Darlene raises her eyebrows, tight smile, amused.]

Nice to know that you're easily bought, pilgrim.

[Moving on.]

I've been here since, God. August. So depressing. [She directs her sigh upwards, blows a few wisps of hair back from her forehead and sunglasses.] Definitely not a mountaintop experience for me. At the risk of sounding like everybody freaking else, I had shit going on. Major shit. Getting some traction going here sucks.
payback: (feline; ten thousand ravenous enemies.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-03-28 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[A short laugh, suddenly. Rin takes the plunge and seats herself on the wall with Darlene, out of easy reach though.]

I've had no money and I've had money. I know which situation I prefer.

[Listening, nodding.] I suppose I finished what I had going on. Things in my life were going to change, I knew it. [She shrugs, scrapes her plastic fork across her plate, eats more pancake.] A whole different world... why not, I guess? Since I'm here.
nabighani: (we're not the same)

idk idk some other city

[personal profile] nabighani 2017-03-28 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately for Anakin, he's caught Emily's eye and piqued her curiosity—after all, who goes cloaked in a city like this? Guy sticks out worse than the Joker would, and the Joker's a criminal clown, so. She checks if she's got a can of mace in her purse (she does) then follows the guy into the alleyway. At a safe distance, of course, and with her phone in hand, ready to call the police down on him if necessary.

She likes to think she's being stealthy, sticking close to the wall and creeping along. She's not actually being stealthy.
jojoceanman: game; eyes of heaven (Take me by the hand)

[personal profile] jojoceanman 2017-03-28 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
I left Morioh with the old man by boat. It was going to be a long trip, so I decided to get some rest. Next thing I'm waking up in this world.

[It's why he still has the same clothes on from that day, even if it was two years ago for Josuke. ...It dawns on him now that he's going to need to go shopping for a new wardrobe. His clothes aren't cheap either. Good grief.]

I wasn't planning on waiting two years to see you again... sorry if I kept you waiting. It's not the weirdest thing that's ever happened, so I'll manage.
jojoceanman: game; eyes of heaven (Default)

[personal profile] jojoceanman 2017-03-28 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe? The ones I met weren't, but there's no real logic to what Stands look like or their size. [He shrugs.] In that sense, you can call it a little bit like magic. It just happens.
turned_to_steel: (♥ smiling (hard to read))

[personal profile] turned_to_steel 2017-03-28 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sansa slid into the booth across from him, taking a moment to adjust her skirts before resting her arms lightly on the edge of the table with a small smile. At least until he asked if she was hurt and she seemed to recall the fact that she had hit her head on the ground.

Reaching to touch the back of her head, she found the tender spot that caused a small twinge but she covered it. ]


It's a little sore but it probably looked and sounded worse than it is. Really, I should have been paying attention to where I was going. I know better than that.
nabighani: (everyone is special in their own way)

Emily Locke | Powerless

[personal profile] nabighani 2017-03-28 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[maurtia falls]

Hey—hey!

[Charm City still holds the record, in Emily's mind, for fastest time from moving in to first sighting of a superhero, as she'd seen Crimson Fox on her first day of work, but Maurtia Falls is giving her beloved adopted city a run for its money, what with the musclebound daisies and the criminal named Flower Power (not the most ridiculous name) and the looters.

This is a great time to try out those superpowers she's apparently got now, totally. Vocal persuasion, huh?]


Hey, why don't you leave that there and get out of here, huh? [...what she doesn't realize is that it's got to be a rousing speech. That? Is not a rousing speech. The looters look at each other, then at her, then laugh.] I'm talking to you here!

[One of them advances on her, and Emily backs away, her hand disappearing inside her purse. Someone may have to help her out.]

[nonah]

[Honestly, after the weird week she's had, Emily just really needs some pancakes. So when she spies the man eating pancakes in the middle of the street, she doesn't really hesitate before she walks on over and asks for one as well.

Now she's seated at a table munching on pancakes drenched in maple syrup. If not for the cars honking around her and whoever else is here, she'd have easily imagined herself eating her dad's pancakes.]


These are delicious. [She looks at the guy, then at some other imPort—maybe it's you she's talking to now.] I wonder if he's ever considered starting a business. That doesn't hold up traffic, of course.
taraincognita: (sad tara)

goddamnit caity

[personal profile] taraincognita 2017-03-28 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[she flinches, pulling at her hair a little more tightly, before glancing through her fingers at beast boy. yup. it's him. shit.]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[she bites her lip, standing up. it's plain now that she is terra; the way she dresses is much closer to how she'd dressed with the titans. but that isn't gonna stop her from lying.]

Sorry.
nastygram: (C:\killerpoke)

[personal profile] nastygram 2017-03-28 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[She spears another bite of pancake with her plastic fork, with some force.]

Okay, please do not do the complacent chill act. We have enough of that already. I'm not cool with a whole new world. You shouldn't be. No one should be. This is all severely messed up, down to the fact that we're hanging out eating pancakes in a made-up city that exists in this dimension only, probably, if you believe that kind of thing.

I mean, you do you, but do it far away from me.
payback: (feline; ten thousand ravenous enemies.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-03-28 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
It's pretty scary... [Pancake, pancake, eating pancakes. She would never have eaten these back in Edo.] ... but I think it's kind of exciting, too. It looks like there's a lot to learn. Pretty much everything I've seen here is something I haven't seen back at home. I don't think that's complacent.
vergeofgreatness: (Default)

[personal profile] vergeofgreatness 2017-03-28 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
"And they will be. We have built something glorious, a weapon to end the rebellion and bring stability to the galaxy." He didn't hide the pride in his voice. The Death Star was his achievement after all, why shouldn't he be proud of it? Tarkin wasn't here and he didn't get to take credit. And if the old man dared to show his face here there would be nothing to stop Krennic from destroying him completely.

"I take it the Clone Wars haven't ended for you then?" he asked, watching Anakin with curiosity.

[personal profile] assoil 2017-03-28 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
O-oi, I washed them more recently than that.....

[But. True. Bellamy doesn't even quite manage a half-hearted wave of 'farewell' as he allows the other to lead the way, easily following Murphy among the side street. He's not even going to question this convenient timing or anything. Just taking the chance to relax from being so tense among such a crowd. There's not nearly this sort of number back home with their group, and it still kind of has him on edge, being here so suddenly.]

Just now. I take it you seem to know your way around though. You been here a while then? But Polis....how much do you remember?
prophesiedone: (Unyielding)

[personal profile] prophesiedone 2017-03-28 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Controlled by...the Emperor, I suppose?" Anakin knew well the danger of that. Palpatine shouldn't have that much power. Somehow, he needed to exchange places with him - through violent measures, most likely.

The apprentice would overcome the master.

"Not yet, but soon." he was on Mustafar before he arrived - the final mission, "The Jedi will be annihilated soon enough and then the Empire will be born."
faithfulson: (Reach out)

[personal profile] faithfulson 2017-03-28 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...this had to be a test in patience sent from the Force. Either that, or a test in not getting himself arrested on a new world. The man was shouting about how he was going to call the police now, and Luke just tried to reach a hand out, trying desperately to send calming thoughts his way. It wasn't working, which he wasn't surprised, considering he wasn't exactly calm himself. ]

We'll just leave, all right? The lady and I will just leave.

[ Please, rock person, take a hint and leave the guy alone... ]
carbonfrozen: (oh mama i can hear you a-cryin')

[personal profile] carbonfrozen 2017-03-28 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
As it just so happens, I do. [He slings an arm around Luke's shoulders, as if to guide him out of the shop.] So—what have you and everyone else been up to since—

[Since Cloud City. Since Vader. Since he was frozen in carbonite, and the memory makes Han look away for a second, his smirk slipping away at the thought of that great big wide awake nothing. At the thought of Leia's stricken face and Chewie's ]

—I was away? [There's barely a hitch in his tone, unnoticeable to nearly everyone except Luke.]

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