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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.

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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-25 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe if they were an awful spy.

[ he's so bad at this. ]
payback: (creeping; hey sup in this thread)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
You did tell me you were a bad liar.

[Working that brain, here.]
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-25 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
... Well.

[ Fine. You win, Rin. ]

It's not like you're going to tell anyone.
payback: (da fuq)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[That was so easy! She takes a moment to bask in the gratification.]

Mm, what would you have to spy on here? Are your enemies here?

[At the next corner Rin turns them left. Doing fine...]
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-25 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
They could be. I don't know yet. I haven't met any other Import but you.
payback: (clasp; dreams I could realize.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nodding,]

Okay. I won't tell anybody. [She doesn't know enough to take sides, although this guy's okay. It's normal for there to be some okay people on both sides. Also, Kay helped her out; "keep quiet" is an easy favor.]

I guess your fight's on hold.
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-25 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
My fight should technically be over, considering I should be dead.

[Honestly, he doesn't even know what to really do now. Hence why he's just following her around. She reminds him a little of Jyn. Small, human female, very self-assured on certain aspects, annoying...]
payback: (horror; ye gods.)

1/2

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[skdjfdf DOUBLE-TAKE!!! She tops walking.]

You're dead?! This place brought you back from the dead?!
payback: (horror; ye gods.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...

What if we're all dead?
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-25 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you remember dying?
payback: (da fuq)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
No but maybe I'd block it out!
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-25 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you are dead then.

[It's not like he'd know if she was or wasn't!!]

I don't have enough information right now to make a better assessment.
payback: (miffed; I'm the center wherever you are.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
How scary...

[She stares at the ground in preoccupation for a minute or two - and then kind of snaps out of it, because,]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, um, make it about me. I'm sorry that you died.
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-25 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know how to respond to that. "Me too"? I don't regret my actions.

[There were maybe a few changes he would have made- lying better to those stormtroopers might have bought Cassian a few more moments, but not enough to change their fate.]
payback: (clasp; dreams I could realize.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-25 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... that's probably about as good as can be hoped for, I guess... a death you thought was worthwhile.

[Ah, her attention slacked and they slowed down a lot. Rin stops completely, looks up, and turns around to orient herself - and then sets off with some confidence again. They're still on the right track (and still don't need Kay's map!!!!!)]

So, that's good. [Death is a huge part of her life, and staying alive, in her home, is often a precarious proposition - one thing her universe has in common with his. So she's quite matter-of-fact about that part.]
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-26 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
It was...

[He hasn't really thought about it. Technically, it happened just under an hour ago. He's "freshly dead" in a way.

It was still a "better death" than he thinks he really would have had, in any other situation. The concept of "a good death" though is still a very unusual one, a very human one. It's tied to honor, which he doesn't particularly care about.
]

...Worthwhile.

[He looks thoughtful, for once.]
payback: (miffed; I'm the center wherever you are.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-26 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[It's hard for her to read his emotions. He's in template so much like a human, but so much not like a human. Rin glances sideways at him, up and up and up.

This conversation is getting a little heavy for her, fresh off of killing someone that in another life she might have liked very much. Maybe, in fact, she did like the person she killed, but feelings about her duty to finish him impelled her more than softer parts.]


Mmm.

We're almost there I think. I didn't walk all that long before people started, um...
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-26 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ To be fair, he doesn't really know what he's feeling right now, either. ]

I don't know why we are going back, exactly. We've really just gone in a big circle.

[ To give themselves a destination, while they tried to figure things out? Perhaps. ]
payback: (uncertain; what I know I don't know.)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-26 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
That's... a good point.

[She covers her mouth with her hand, blushing to her hairline. Oops.]

But I don't really know what else to do...
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-26 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't know what else to do either. He's as lost as she is- maybe not physically, because he has a map now, but in terms of direction. He could arbitrarily pick a direction. But he choses not to. ]

Pick a number between zero and twenty-five.
payback: (da fuq)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-26 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Like a dope, she stares at him blankly for a split second, then just does it.]

Er... seven!

[It's a lucky number from home!]
reexamined: (005)

[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-26 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
We're going there.

[ He points ahead of them, to the left. It's a toy store. ]
payback: (smile; her face is a map of the world)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-26 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[This amuses her for some reason, and she laughs!]

Ahah! Okay, well, that looks good to me.

[She picks up the pace some and is ahead of Kay when they hit the door - she walks inside and holds it open so it doesn't slam in his face. Reflexive politeness.

It's so brightly colored in here! And cheery music tinkles from the speakers. Rin looks around, already a little overwhelmed, and then wanders over to a display table with a wooden train track and landscape all set up, available for kids and parents to break apart and reassemble.]


Wow... [She understands this with just one look. Refreshing.]
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[personal profile] reexamined 2017-04-26 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jokes on her, he'd probably smash the door if it came at him too fast. But, it's a good thing she does, so they aren't immediately banned.

Still, she's not complaining, and seems entertained by wherever the hell the are, so this seems fine. He doesn't find much of this too interesting, but that's probably because he's at least eight steps away from the target demographic, some of which consists of: child, easily fascinated with objects, and human.

In the the meantime, while she's looking at a train, he finds a Furby. It looks soft, but hideous. He doesn't know why he picks it up and takes it with him to show Rin. Maybe to share it's hideousness. ]
payback: (channeling the kunoichi)

[personal profile] payback 2017-04-26 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, yes, that distracts her immediately. Her expression suggests she doesn't know whether to laugh or say ew, and she immediately ends up doing both.]

Haha, ew! What is that? [Squinting in pure... fascination...]

It's awful.

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