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etcelsior2017-10-25 08:53 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2017-10-25 08:53 pm
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HOT DOG FRENCH FRIES COME ON BABY TELL ME YOUR LIES
T E S T D R I V E M E M E
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 ON THE TEST DRIVE MEME!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. Today is even friendlier, as the Florida city is experiencing a dip in the temperature that allows it to feel more like autumn -- why, at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, people might start breaking out their winter coats soon!
With a certain spooky holiday coming up, the city's main hospital has gotten in the spirit by setting up a Happy Hallow-Vein blood drive at a local block party. Maybe you've stumbled by and had your attention captured by a bunch of phlebotomists dressed up like Dracula, or maybe you volunteered your services as a celebrity imPort, here to encourage others to donate today! Either way, consider donating and then enjoying some fried Oreos and lemonade at the street fair. Gotta top off those fluids, after all!
Oh, but if you're an imPort, you might have to fill out a few extra forms... they have to watch out for alien blood, after all, and you might just run into a couple of people wondering if they can get your powers from your blood.
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! Those words have meaning here. 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 or recently published PLoS papers. 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. Some of them MAY ask if you personally know the De Chima Ambassador, Sam Merlotte. Beware if you answer in the affirmative; anything from personal questions about romantic chances to bedroom habits to dietary queries might come up!
In this spooky month of October, special effects companies are doing a limited-time outdoors expo to really show off their stuff! You may see terribly convincing lizardpeople, zombies, monsters, elves and aliens in your midst, delighting in peeling synthetic skin off to reveal horrifying makeup beneath the masks and occasionally ducking away to perform a little last-minute costume maintenance. The kids are agog and aghast at what’s surrounding them, and if you, imPort, happen to be a little less than human, you might get children and adults alike yanking on your ears, tails, and other non-human characteristics while marveling, “Amazing! How do they make it look so real?”
The rest of the expo is spent showing off holograms of explosions, entirely too many smoke machines, demonstrations of stuntmen on bungees, and more! Guests are welcome to get their faces done up as the mythical being of their choice or, for the truly daring, to try their hand at a stunt or two themselves.
03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has carried a reputation for ups and downs ever since imPorts began reappearing again, just those few years prior. Several imPort heroes have put focused efforts into cleaning up the streets of this somewhat infamous city, while a handful of others had 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 -- but that war waging is taking a turning tide thanks to the order and regulation established by Ambassador Petyr Baelish. Locals know him best for his library and his hardline on containing the criminal element. Trustworthy guy, they'll tell you. But one man's leadership isn't enough to clean up a troubled city in a year's time; everything from the classic bank heist to brutal bloodbaths can happen around the corner. You have to keep your eyes open and your mind sharp when you live in Maurtia Falls.
Infuriated by the reappearance of some members of this old imPort team, you might run into a few gangmembers spoiling for a fight with any imPort they can get their hands on. You can see them striding angrily down the street, giving innocent people the stinkeye and glancing at everyone's wrists. Eventually, they come across a poor soul that simply has a very distinct aesthetic - look, they just like cyberpunk! - and, having mistaken them for an imPort, drag her into the shadows for what they feel is a well-deserved beat down.
What do you do, imPort? Do you save her? Do you run away to avoid capture yourself? Or, you little villain you, do you go in and beat them up so you can take her purse? It's easy to see that she's carrying an awful lot of money on her!
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. Today, much of that excitement centers around tryouts for The Sing-le Long, the hottest new singing competition/dating show to hit the airwaves! Held in the outdoor ampitheater of a local park, the lines for tryouts are somewhat disorganized, winding around into the audience area—you might come to take a look and find yourself accidentally onstage! Or maybe the tryout coordinators spotted an imPort and bumped you to the front of the line. Either way, prepare to belt out a song and list your turn-ons afterward!
Outside the park, you're still likely to attract attention. Natives may gather around new arrivals and ask both personal and broad questions about life as an imPort, what they are looking forward to, if they're looking for a sidekick. A few restaurants will offer a free appetizer (with the purchase of an entree), and you may be offered product samples from local businesses! Just be sure to speak to an agent before signing any endorsement deals.
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His expression tells her a great deal, in some respects, about what he knows and what time he comes from, and her own shifts to something mixed between sadness and exhaustion.
She has come far already, with her children and Anakin, in the short time she's been here. Obi-Wan arriving -
"I've been here approximately a month." Better to stick to facts, for the moment, although at the same time - he had warned her, had carried her off of Mustafar and tried to save her.
He had left Anakin to die.
It is difficult to know how to feel about anything, lately.
"It seems I was brought into this world at the moment of my death."
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Taking in what she said, his expression turns pensive. A hand going to his beard.
"I see," he said softly.
The memory, still fresh in his mind, was a difficult one. He then looked up as he noticed people were staring.
"Perhaps we could talk somewhere more, private?"
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Despite everything, he is still one of her oldest friends and defenders. It will never be easy to know how to work around that and what she knows now, she feels, but it will never cease to be true and never could.
"I live not far from here, and the other occupant of my house is rarely home at this time."
A hesitation, and then very gently. "And Anakin is not there at the moment."
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Though his thoughts came to a sudden halt as a certain name was mentioned.
"Anakin? He's here?"
His eyes lit up in a bit of hope, and then shifted to uncertainty. A mix of emotions suddenly assaulting the poor Jedi. After all, Anakin was a complicated matter. Especially depending on what he remembered.
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Nothing either of them will want to speak of should be done in the public eye.
"He's here. He - "
Her voice doesn't break, not quite, but it becomes quite contained, more of the Senator than Padme.
"He knows what he did on Mustafar, but only because I have told him." There are always too many people here, but they are almost to her house. "But he is very close to that time."
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Obi-Wan fell silent with only a nod of understanding. Instead, he followed along at her pace. Letting her lead him to her residence. It wouldn't be until they were somewhere appropriately private that he would speak again.
Despite his Jedi discipline though, he continued to struggle with his inner emotions. There was much to talk about, and he would have to face Anakin as well. Anakin... who was alive. He had to wonder how that might go. What else did he know? Despite all that, he desperately wanted to see his friend again.
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She moves in there, sits down in a chair by herself and gestures at the couch or other chairs.
"Please, make yourself comfortable."
Though that will not be easy, she suspects, given the nature of the situation.
"I'm sure you have questions."
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This said as the Jedi tucked the trailing end of his robe beneath him before sitting. His posture not quite relaxed. A few moments pause as he again scrubbed at his beard. His expression softening a bit as he again looked at the friend he had known to be gone.
"First of all... I'm sorry, Padme. I wish I could have done more to save you."
There was so many regrets, so much sorrow, in this man. They had already started to take their toll on him. Making him look older than he actually was. His eyes were tired, and had lost a lot of the bright confidence he had before the incident on Mustafar.
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Before Mustafar, after Mustafar. An all too neat, all too brutal line drawn in the sand, the moment she has since learned spelled the death in many ways of the man she loved. Her resolve stays firm for the time being, though.
Much as the first real conversation with Anakin, she suspects this one will have its unpleasant moments.
"You did all that you could to save me, Obi-Wan, do not blame yourself. Thank you for your efforts - and for helping to ensure the safety of my children afterwards." And that is true, and sincere - Luke has his anger in some ways towards Obi-Wan, but he had also respected him it seems, and to know that Obi-Wan had watched over her son for years had been touching to learn.
He looks older than she remembered him, but not by much. How far past Mustafar, she wonders, but sets that aside as well. There will be time to learn many things.
"There are people here from many points in our timeline - including Luke and Leia - their grown up selves. I've learned a great deal about what happens in our galaxy after my death."
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Obi-Wan wasn't that much older at all in all truth. It had only been a few weeks since the incident for him. He had only just settled on Tatooine a few days ago. It was the stress of it all was what made him look just a little older. No experience during the Clone Wars could have prepared him for the Purge, fighting his own student and friend, and his exile.
Listening in silence, he took in what she said, looking up again. He appreciated her kind words, though not blaming himself... well that was difficult. Knowing that Luke and Leia were here and grown up was interesting. It was a strange thought, but then this world was strange.
"It seems I will be learning a lot as well. It's all rather overwhelming as it is."
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Obi-Wan will always be a true and constant friend through many years, no matter what is confirmed, but for now at least, for this moment, she would rather simply keep that memory rather than taint it with the idea of him leaving his brother maimed and alone on that planet to die.
The air of Mustafar still lies heavy in the room, but she doesn't bring it up again beyond an answering nod to his.
"I've been asking a great deal of questions ever since I arrived here - I think there are some people who might be beginning to regret offering to answer whatever I had to ask." There's a solid chance. "Of those from our universe and those familiar with this one. So I should be well suited to answer yours."