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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.

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Oy. Kids today, no respect.

[Yes help him.]

Pretty generous rankings. Fights not even over yet.
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (SIGHHHHhhghhhgh)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2017-03-31 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His expression flattens further. Hades can totally use Nico, but perhaps a bit more subtlety than that. ]

I know you're not - my version. Mine isn't on fire for starters. You can just admit you don't know me.
haydeez: (nts get better minions)

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is a Disney villain he is not a subtle man]

Wow, okay. Here I was trying to be sensitive, but if we're just throwing 'versions' out there, then sure. Why not. Wanna introduce yourself?
abandon_hope: art by viria at tumblr (companionable chat)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2017-03-31 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's happened before, okay? Pluto feels really weird. You're at least ... Hades.

[ And he can't help a bit of fondness despite himself. He does love his stupid god dad. ]

I'm Nico di Angelo.
pummelgranite: (11022978)

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-03-31 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
What can I say? I'm an easy sell on buff plants. It'll go down if she gets her ass kicked.

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, Pluto. What am I, a dog? Those Romans have terrible taste.

[Slings an arm around Nico's tiny shoulders all fatherly like]

But hey, Nico, good to meetcha son. Let's throw a football around once daddy's off work, huh?
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (WHY HUGS)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2017-03-31 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nico jolts a bit at the gesture. That's - a lot for a Hades. Any Hades. He's kind of miserably desperate from any affection from his dad, normally. ]

I - uh - are you working now?
haydeez: (Shaken not stirred)

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you wager she lasts another 15 minutes before one of these hero chumps manages a solid hit?

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Get ready son he's so touchy]

I'm headhunting. Gotta get a firm grasp on the up-and-coming stars, you know.
pummelgranite: (11115942)

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-03-31 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She considers that. ]


Make me an offer.

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well hey, we just met, let's take it slow. How about a demonstration of what super powers you've got, sweet cheeks?
pummelgranite: (you'll be famous longer than them)

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-03-31 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Wanna see mine, huh? I dunno, my mom told me not to frolic in front of strangers.

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Come on, live a little. What your mommy doesn't know won't hurt her.
payback: (feline; ten thousand ravenous enemies.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-03-31 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what a Hutt is! I don't know what a droid is! [She flails around a little bit - this agitation must have been building up for a while.] I don't know what any of this is. I don't understand anything. I've been confused since I got here.

[Yeah.]

How long have you been here?
payback: (creeping; hey sup in this thread)

[personal profile] payback 2017-03-31 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nodding along to all this - she had heard about revival, so that doesn't come as a total surprise. It does make her wonder what the difference is. If you get tagged no matter what, why not sell out and enjoy some of the benefits of it while you rabble-raise?]

I wonder why they bother to revive people.

[Not that she's complaining - still, weird.]
pummelgranite: (you've got yourself a daughter)

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-03-31 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, brother, you don't know the half of it.


[ She closes her eyes, when she opens them again they're black with little skulls in them it's de cool. ]


Tell me if you've heard this one, sweetheart.



[ She snaps both fingers and there's a brief rumbling underfoot before her vines burst up, towering enough to dwarf him in the same way he dwarfs her. Then her smile goes wide and sharp and unpleasant as one coils around his waist. ]
aboveand: (Terry021)

[personal profile] aboveand 2017-03-31 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The sight of Wonder Woman on the other side of the street stopped Terry cold. He'd never actually seen the Amazonian warrior outside of vids on the net or the old man's computer. How was it possible that she looked even more intimidating in person? And how can anyone still be asking such personal questions after seeing that? Clearly everyone else was blind. He does a quick once over of the street before pulling up his hood, making sure his tattoo was properly hidden and yelling in his most bronx accent:

"Oh my god! Iron Man's fighting some new meta in the park! They're mad he gave 'em powers!"

As he gambled, that got the majority of the crowd to move. Most of these imPort fan-types lived to see some actual imPort action, and with all the attention Tony Stark seemed to bring onto himself, picking that particular imPort was a good guess. It was easy enough to part the remaining crowd by elbowing himself in.

"Ma'am? Sorry I'm late. Can I get you to your appointment?"

He motioned towards a car barely visible around a corner. It wasn't his, of course, but the crowd didn't know that. Even if he wasn't dressed like a chaffeur, he knew that if he just acted like one, they'd believe it.

Whether Wonder Woman would remained to be seem. He didn't think it was possible for anyone to be more intimidating, but he was wrong. Terry fought back his nervousness at being so close to an icon, but he did his best to not show it as he gave her a slight wink.

If there was one person in this world or any other that really didn't need his help, it was Diana of Themescyera, but he was going to try anyway.
haydeez: (nts get better minions)

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-03-31 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hades had to admit, that was a little impressive. This is the kind of bite he expected from a flower monster, very nice.

Less nice is when that bite turns on him. He glances down at the vine on his waist briefly before looking back up at her, is she trying to intimidate him? That's so cute.]


Little excited to show off, aren't we babe?
pummelgranite: (creeping to the places that you hide)

[personal profile] pummelgranite 2017-04-01 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Dying to, lover.

[ She closes what very little space was between them, and the puts a hand on his chest. There's another rumble as more vines snap around him, and the ground opens up beneath them. It's enough to start drawing attention away from the less divine scuffles, but that's alright, they won't be here long. ]


If it gets too much for you, you can always just say "Uncle."
kingsroads: (small cheeky little smile)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2017-04-01 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Strange gives Shale a small little smirk of his own as he finishes casting the spell. He resists the urge to stick his tongue out but that sort of smug satisfaction is written all over his face as he vanishes into the water, as if his body's melted into the water.

Later, Shale! Like fuck Strange is staying along here, he's magicked off somewhere away from golems.
]

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-04-01 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow. WOW. wow!?!? This chick is so intense and trying so hard, Hades is very confident he could just turn himself into smoke and float out of this but you know what, maybe he doesn't want to, maybe he wants to see where this goes.

He'll settle for turning an arm to smoke for now, winding it loosely around Persephone's neck to grip firmly at her jaw, pulling her towards him.]


Cute.
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (SIGHHHHhhghhhgh)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2017-04-01 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nico glances over at the would-be supervillain. And the ... seven foot tall daisies. Okay, the flowers are kind of impressive. ]

Not bad, I guess. But I could take them.
haydeez: (Good game everybody)

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-04-01 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Really now? Why don't you show me what you got champ?

[Pats him on the back, towards the daisies, he wants to see what Nico can do and also win a bet with Persephone, take 'em out for your father son.]
abandon_hope: art by minuiko at tumblr (hahhhhh)

[personal profile] abandon_hope 2017-04-01 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
All right. Watch this.

[ Sorry, stepmom. He draws a wicked-looking black sword from its scabbard on his back, then leaps forward. It helps that these are flowers, meaning they're already starting to brown and die as soon as he gets close, thanks to his life draining aura. But he dashes up close to the first one, leaping forward to take its head off with a clean stroke.

He's fought way, way worse than this, okay. Even seven foot flower are still just flowers. ]

[personal profile] haydeez 2017-04-01 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Conjures himself up a smokey chair and sits back to watch, and cheer encouragingly.]

Nice shot, very vicious.

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