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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.

admemoriam: (miss you terribly already)

[personal profile] admemoriam 2017-03-31 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
He dreamed the buildings. It's where the Barns should be, and we all lived there.
orphangirl: (pic#11170052)

[personal profile] orphangirl 2017-03-31 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Opal studies him when he first stands up but says nothing, shortly after hopping up off the bench that she was on, her hooves hitting the ground with a clop.

She follows him toward the vendor, she curious about him. After all, he clearly hasn't met her yet so this is an Adam that she both knows and doesn't know. She's inclined to like him at least a bit, given she's a creature so close to Ronan Lynch. ]


What do you put on it? [ Easier to ask than saying she doesn't know because she's never had one before. ]
tenebrarius: (vulnerable)

[personal profile] tenebrarius 2017-03-31 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Adam opens his mouth to reply, but he's all too aware of the busy street around them.]

Come on. I'm just around the corner.

[He makes it fast, leading Gansey to one of the government houses. Mercifully, Adam's roommates are out--he's been avoiding introductions with them, and fears that Gansey would disapprove and worry if he found out the extent to which Adam has been antisocial since he arrived. Adam's room is clean and dark, curtains pulled, with no personal effects whatsoever.]

You know how I was able to maintain and strengthen the ley line in Henrietta? It's like that, except that there's no ley line, and I can feel all sorts of energy and magic in the area. I can feel every electrical line within a hundred foot radius of this spot, and it's...

[Intense. Overwhelming. Terrifying. Adam turns away, brow furrowed, because he feels deeply spooked and he doesn't want Gansey to see him vulnerable.]

The pamphlet said I can do weather magic, too, but let me tell you, no amount of yelling at the clouds has done anything.
disentombs: courtesy of pana (Shine on)

[personal profile] disentombs 2017-03-31 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs at Noah's rebuttal.]

You know what I was implying when I said that. And what do you mean where the Barns should be? There's a Henrietta here?
tenebrarius: (adam parrish)

[personal profile] tenebrarius 2017-03-31 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Adam pretty strongly suspects that means that she doesn't know what she likes. Maybe she's never had hot dogs before, maybe she's just never had some of the toppings. He orders one for himself, with relish on one half and sauerkraut on the other and mustard on both sides, because he loves vinegar flavors. He offers the result to her to try, figuring that he can either give this one to her and get his own, or he can eat this one and order something else for her.

If she doesn't like the second option, whatever it is, Adam figures he can just eat that one, too. He's an underfed teenage boy who forgot to eat breakfast because he's still deeply freaked out by being in this new version of the world. He's pretty sure he can put away at least two hot dogs.]


That's sweet pickle relish, this is sauerkraut. And there's mustard on it. Try.
admemoriam: (I'm ghosting your dreams)

[personal profile] admemoriam 2017-03-31 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
No, but it's based on coordinates or something. Like with the GPS.
Edited 2017-03-31 04:16 (UTC)
orphangirl: (Default)

[personal profile] orphangirl 2017-03-31 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Opal studies the hot dog that he offers to her. She takes it and luckily she'd see some other people eating theirs so she doesn't go about it in a weird way -- she definitely would have had she not seen an example of how to eat the hot dog.

So, she takes a bite from the relish side. It's an interesting flavor -- she has to admit it's better than sticks. ]


It's okay. [ She continues to eat it then. Manners, what are those? ]
tenebrarius: (amused)

[personal profile] tenebrarius 2017-03-31 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Adam orders a chili cheese dog for himself, intending to let her try that one, too, and planning to eat whatever she didn't finish or like.

Somehow, he seems to have either pleased or pacified the weird child. She's eating the hot dog, at least. That's progress. Or success. Something.]


Want to try this one?

[This is your only chance, because then Adam's going to devour it.]
jeaniegrey: please don't take. (Default)

[personal profile] jeaniegrey 2017-03-31 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Fascinating, sure. She still finds it a little weird and she figures it'll just take some getting used to. Although, to be fair, the fact that they're more or less still surrounded by those who are similar to them with gifts makes it a little easier to swallow. ]

Yeah. Not that long after... everything.

[ Everything being the defeat of Apocalypse. ]

You don't really look much different to me so I'm guessing we're from around the same time then.

[ Maybe not the exact same moment, but. ]

[personal profile] mulciberia 2017-03-31 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
I...y-yeah. Of course! More than alright!

[Now that Al is here. Now that Al is whole again, like she's always hoped. Always believed they'd manage to pull it off even if it took them years. Even if it came at a cost. The books stay at her feet, as she steps over them and all but launches herself at him with arms outstretched.

Because of course she wants a hug. It feels like it has been forever since she did. At least, without the spikes with his armor. At the least, the way she buries her face at his shoulder probably hides the threatening tears.]


...you're back. It's really you, Al.
uncanned: (39)

[personal profile] uncanned 2017-03-31 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[This is the strangest and most intense deja vu Al has ever experienced in his life, but of course he catches her up in a tight, solid hug. He's warm and soft—softer than the armor ever was, anyway—and he's trying to tilt his head to get a look at her without having to let her go. It really seems like keeping her in that comforting hold is the best choice for the moment.]

I—uh. Of course it is? What were you expecting?
daughteroflaw: (shepper dont do the thing pls)

Miranda Lawson | Mass Effect

[personal profile] daughteroflaw 2017-03-31 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
((LLLLLLLLLLLLET'S TRY THIS AGAIN SHALL WE))

01 - Heropa

[ So, that's what they looked like. Miranda had read about earth species before - mostly due to her advanced education, but also somewhat due to a lingering, stinging sense of nostalgia she felt for the planet where humans came from. It was their ancestral home, the place she had, under both Cerberus and Shepard, fought for.

Still, it was no problem her biotics couldn't fix. Focusing on the creature, noticing it's trace similarities to alien species she'd dealt with, she creates a non-aggressive biotic field that envelops the reptile, lifting him up and out of the doorway. He is then deposited safely, albeit with visible confusion, on the ground. Miranda remarks to no one in particular: ]


Not as much of a challenge as I would have hoped for, but at least my biotics are working.

02 - De Chima

[ Now this city is more like it, reminding Miranda of the urban scapes the asari built and presided over on Illium. At least, until the woman starts to be badgered by questions and having all manner of idiots shoving their devices in her face. She keeps her back straight, shoulders down, and head up, and continues walking in an elegant brush-off of the tabloid-hungry locals. Sure, she could do another biotic show to persuade them to leave her be. But it would be boorish. This was hardly a problem she needed the extra force to resolve. ]

No comment. I have elsewhere to be. Because none of your business, that's why.

03 - Maurtia Falls

[ Actually, it doesn't occur to Miranda that the flowers might be unnatural or a threat. She's perched in a seat on the patio of a boutique cafe, happily re-acquainting herself to food and drink that needn't be loaded with preservatives for spaceflight. She watches the lively, massive daisy curiously, tapping a few notes into the datapad she was issued upon arrival. She's seen such large, wild flora before, but it's odd that a planet so well populated and industrialized by humans would have them. Still, she chuckles to herself quietly. ]

That's all right. I'm... a scientific oddity, too.
Edited 2017-03-31 06:45 (UTC)

[personal profile] mulciberia 2017-03-31 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
[At the very least, Winry's emotional reunion with him has onlookers giving them space, so Al has time to figure what to do regarding the fines. You know, once he eventually disentangles himself from her, of course.

Because she isn't intending on letting go after a few seconds. More like a few minutes, savoring this. He's so soft and warm. She'd forgotten his particular scent, similar to Ed's with that old book smell, but different. Unique.]


I -- I was...the armor.
taraincognita: (GRIN!!1)

[personal profile] taraincognita 2017-03-31 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Very fashion forward. Yellow's my favorite color.

[tara considers, for a minute, before raising her other arm. immediately, a box of rock forms itself around shale. get memed on.]

Can lightning get through that?
clay_and_truth: (princess of pissed off)

Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman || DC Pre-Boot

[personal profile] clay_and_truth 2017-03-31 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
De Chima

Diana was used to questions from the press, even the more mundane ones. And, being Diana, she answered as many as she could with grace and dignity... to a point.

"I am very fond of pasta and sauteed mushrooms. Yes, I am a vegetarian. When one can 'speak' with animals, it doesn't seem fair to eat them unless it's absolutely necessary.
My armour pieces, like my powers, were a gift from the Gods of Olympus, as was the Lasso of Truth, forged by Hestia-"

As the questions got more... personal, she frowned. "That's hardly a polite thing to ask of any woman. If you wish to continue to speak with me, you will mind your manners.

"No, I do not have a favourite shoe designer. I simply know that I do not like high heels, they are impractical.

If I had a significant other, I certainly wouldn't give their name to the public, that would put them in great danger!

Your questions are growing increasingly personal and rude. I refuse to answer any more. If you insist on following me with those cameras, I cannot promise they will not be broken!"

Wildcard
Throw your location/situation at her
Edited 2017-03-31 08:07 (UTC)
haydeez: (Blaze it)

Hades | Disney's Hercules

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
1
[Let's be honest here, Hades probably set that fire. Hardly intentionally, he can't help it if he's made of flames and has anger issues, it's not his fault that these mortals don't know how to show proper respect to a god. $20 for a waffle? They don't even have a martini for him and they want to charge him how much for a crappy cup of coffee? Anyone would have snapped.

But now he has calmed down and is lounging casually in a burning chair, lighting a cigar off the flames as people mill about in a panic.]


Alright, sure, this looks bad, but there's a bright side. The waffles are going to cook much faster. Coffee ain't gonna get cold any time soon, huh? If anything this is a service.

3
[Hades SUPPOSES he should start finding some semi-competent minions before he has to start doing his own dirty work. Once again he's just chilling and watching the chaos ensue, perfectly content to watch the heroes run around after the giant bara daisies and petty thieves. One fight in particular catches his interest and he starts his running commentary, is he talking to himself or addressing you? Who knows?]

The overgrown weeds do pack a punch -oho, ouch, see how they sent that caped blunder flying? And I like the chaos element they're causing, but think about the aesthetic. Do I wanna settle for something so cutesy? I've got a lot of henchman options to consider here, let's see what else comes along.

4
[After a busy day of incidental arsonry and surprise job interviews, sometimes you just wanna kick back, relax, and take a casino for everything it's worth. Hades can be found at the roulette table alternating between spreading his chips onto damn near every square or just piling chips onto a single number while staring the poor dealer dead in the eye with a threatening smile.

Or perhaps you meet him at the blackjack table, where he is just blatantly making new cards appear in his hand in a puff of smoke before calling his win, he is not even trying to hide it.

Maybe it's by the craps table where he suddenly pushes his fist into your face, offering up the dice.]


Hey babe, blow on these for me will ya? You look lucky.
Edited 2017-03-31 09:47 (UTC)
pummelgranite: (and it's hollow and it's cold)

3 THIS CAN ONLY END WELL

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-03-31 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
Cutesy? Not too cute to break bones.

[ The young woman who doesn't actually give a shit or not if he was addressing her replies, almost disinterested. She doesn't even bother looking up from the phone where she is currently live-Bweeting the battle.

She really does give off a remarkable aura of only mild interest in her surroundings. Certainly, it must be that she is a young woman of cool temperament and great poise. Or, it is also possible, that she spotted him some moments ago, had her moment of awe-struck wig out in the privacy of her own internal monologue before piping up. But almost certainly the former.
]
Edited 2017-03-31 10:26 (UTC)

AMERICA'S *HOTTEST* NEW POWER COUPLE SPOTTED IN DOWNTOWN MAURTIA FALLS

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Oy, all this fancy new technology, what the heck is that box she's tapping on? Don't let on to the kids that you're not hip Hades.]

True, true, don't get me wrong I appreciate a good bone crunching as much as the next guy. There's potential here, they just need a little edge.
pummelgranite: (11115940)

ONE DESTROYER, HERE TO PUT THE POWER COUP IN POWER COUPLE

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-03-31 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Play it cool, play it cool. She tips her head just slightly towards him, and regards him out of the corner of her eye. The little pewter animal skulls on her earrings glitter, even though she stands well out of the sun. ]


Edge.
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (shiiiiiiiiiiit)

3 SUP DAD

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2017-03-31 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh gods. God in particular. Whatever. His own version of Hades canonically loves Disney movies, so it's not as though Nico isn't familiar with this version of Hades. Quite fuzzy on the plot details (he blocked most of it out, sorry Dad), but the design is distinctive enough. He knows this isn't his version of his father. It's more like looking at Pluto, maybe - a version that isn't his but isn't completely unfamiliar either...

He's staring, isn't he? Totally staring. Yes. To onlookers, he's this slighly creepy teenaged boy all dressed in black, with scraggly black hair and a major skull aesthetic. But Hades might be able to feel that frigid aura rolling off him. Cold and death. Also nervous as heck as he stares at this funhouse version of his father. ]


Father?

[ His tone is still kind of disbelieving here. A lot disbelieving, though not for the obvious reason. ]

... Why do you need henchmen?

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
[The glitter catches his eye and he glances back at her too, finally taking Persephone in, now there's a good aesthetic.]

I mean come on, they're daisies, right? Gotta be more intimidating flowers out there, this kid couldn't spring for a venus flytrap? Get that one disgusting flower that smells like rotting flesh? I'm just spitballing, I'm not a plant man, but even I know daises are just scraping the bottom of the barrel.

HELLO POTENTIAL NEW LACKEY I MEAN SON

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Did he hear that right? Hades looks around, maybe the kid is talking to someone behind him? No?

Well that's weird. Not often he gets mistaken for someone. But this the brat does feel like someone from the underworld.]


Huh. That's not right, you're still alive, did you sell your soul to me at some point?
pummelgranite: (but inside your hear it's black)

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-03-31 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ She pauses, as if she's thinking about what he's said.


But then she types something else on her phone briefly before replying.
]

How about asphodel?
haydeez: (Good game everybody)

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Chuckles, ]

Ay, now we're talking. A woman after my own heart, eh?
orphangirl: (pic#11170056)

[personal profile] orphangirl 2017-03-31 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Opal continue eating the one that she eyes, glancing at the second one that Adam had gotten.

She shakes her head, content with the one that she has. She kicks one of her hooves lightly at the ground as she keeps eating. ]


Do you have any friends?

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