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etcelsior2014-06-27 03:49 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2014-06-27 03:49 pm
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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 anyone's thread, either!
And remember to have fun!01. Your memory is hazy and you might feel increasingly frustrated or anxious, or maybe you're excited as soldiers march past, barely glimpsing you. One second you're somewhere underground, the next you're enveloped in blue light, and suddenly you find yourself directly under Flordia sun's bright and burning glare. A female soldier steps toward you with a wide smile on her face and directs you to a car, ready to debrief you. You realize you are not the only one, surrounded by equally confused or eager faces... and you're all sporting a digital tattoo on your wrist.
02. Welcome to Cape Canaveral, where the smell of the ocean is in the air and locals are more than pleased to see new imPorts roaming their streets. They wave, they cheer, they ask for pictures as politely as they can. The more inhuman you look, or if you're wearing a costume, the more likely locals are to approach. Hey, enjoy the moment! The popular malt shop is offering you a free drink if you need it.
03. The technology in this world is certainly something. The cars are clearly modeled after popular 50s cars, but they hover several feet above the ground as they drive down the street. There are digital jukeboxes in restaurants, motorcycles also hover through traffic, advertisements can be seen on a digital projector on the taller buildings. Even kids on skateboards appear to drift a safe ten feet off the ground while playing!
04. Wherever you are, you can hear the loud revving of an engine, distance at first before you finally see it: a hovercar bursting around the corner, going beyond the maximum speed limit and just barely making its sharp turn. It doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, not with two police cars trailing it... and uh oh. Those skateboarding kids don't have much time to get out of the way as the car comes speeding down the road. You've been brought here for a reason Hero — so you better act fast.
Ichigo Kurosaki | Bleach
[There is a 17-year-old currently being thronged by a small bunch of Heropa locals, most of whose attention was captured by the sudden appearance of this pimp-ass coat on his person. He has his arms crossed in an X-shape, and seems to be getting increasingly irritated with the people around him.]
--How many times do I have to tell you??? I'm not giving you a fucking autograph! Cool it already. Go bother someone else, I said I'm not interested!
[Wildcard]
[It's been seventeen months since he lost his shinigami powers, and thus his awareness of the spiritual world. When he's been able to see spirits all his life, the sudden inability to perceive them is a bit like losing a limb, or a sense. You feel off-balance at first, but eventually, you learn to adjust. You live without it, although you never forget.
Once upon a time, he thought all he ever wanted was to live an ordinary life. Without spirits, without danger. Just be an average kid with his family. It's strange how life changes you. Fate works in mysterious ways, or some garbage like that, right?
He can see them again, all of a sudden. It's as if nothing ever changed, as if he never became a shinigami nor lost his powers. If it weren't for the combat pass and the Fullbring he could summon with it, he'd almost wonder if any of it ever happened. Ichigo's still not sure how to feel about it.
There's a pang of deja vu as he brings flowers out to an alleyway, places them by a site where a little girl was killed in a hit-and-run. As expected, her ghost meets him there, and smiles. Thanks him for his kindness. It's strange--the souls here don't have a chain of fate. Not that it matters anymore, he no longer has a zanpakutou. But it's a relief, in a way, that they'll never become hollows. At the same time...it's a shame they won't be able to move on.
He smiles at the little girl regardless, turning to leave.]
Same time tomorrow, okay? Take care of yourself.
Wildcard
She doesn't look up as he approaches, still petting the cat. She seems to be in a serious conversation.
"... and that's why you should always carry an umbrella with you, Mr. Cat. Okay? "
The cat makes no indication that it will do so in the future.
hark! a wild orihime!
Ichigo raises a hand in a wave as he approaches, expression a little amused.
"I don't think cats can carry umbrellas, Inoue."
Unless those cats are secretly women. (Naked women, who spring their naked femaleness on you in a hotspring u_u)
She used growl!!!!
"There are real superheroes here, like in comics. Any cat might be one in disguise." She smiles up at him, delighted by the idea. "Just like Yoruichi-san."
Hero or not, the cat runs off, affronted that someone has stopped the petting. Orihime waves it goodbye and stands up, straightening her skirt.
Ichigo's DEFENSE dropped!
".....I guess that could be a possibility."
Please don't let it be a possibility. His virgin eyes can't deal with the idea of every cat secretly being a
hotnaked lady. Also, if he is flushing even a little bit, it's totally the Florida heat, okay? That's all there is to it."But they'd still need thumbs in cat form, and last I checked, cats don't have thumbs."
2 O_O
Don't mind him, he's just tired. Anyone else want an autograph?
[Some do, despite having no idea who Jayden is. There's a word for this layer of humanity: sheeple. It disgusts him, to be honest, but at the same time, who hasn't wanted a bit of fame? So he scrawls his initials on the pieces of paper they thrust at him, wondering how many of them might change their attitude if they knew his last name. The attitude toward "the Soviets" in this place doesn't seem very kind. The hypocrisy makes him angry, but the anger just makes him grin wider. Which is helpful, because a few people want pictures.
When they've all left, he turns to Ichigo.]
You're welcome.
Re: 2 O_O
[It's a quiet grumble, but other than that he just stands back and lets this new kid take the brunt of the attention. He reminds him a little of Mizuiro, with how calmly and easily he got rid of all those guys.]
Goddamn, the people here are nuts.
[Translation: thanks for getting them off my back.]
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People everywhere are nuts. At least these just want to shower us with attention. I'll take that over getting yelled at any day.
[He looks over Ichigo for a second. It's easy to see how he garnered so much attention, with the bright orange hair and all that swag.]
The coat is pretty pimp. But how can you stand it in this heat? I'm balls deep in sweat over here.
edits orz
I think I'd prefer the yelling to crazed fans of a tattoo, personally.
[At least if they were yelling he could yell back. And he could certainly win any kind of fistfight he got into.
...But the mention of the coat just. Makes him groan.]
It's the stupid "power" they gave me. [The sourest face] 'Pimpcoat generation.'
[....along with the Fullbring he'd been training for with Xcution. But he's spent so long not talking about being a shinigami that he doesn't even think about telling the stranger about this. Old habits die hard and all that.]
It just. Pops on, randomly.
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Seriously, is that what it said in the file?
[He shakes his head.]
I'm so glad this is what the military's up to, giving useless powers to people who didn't ask for them. I haven't even paid taxes here yet and I'm pissed.
2! Sorry, I had to <3
"Ichigo-kun! Come on, they're giving out free malts at this cute little shop a few streets over. It's hot out here and you look like you could use a break."
With that and a wink, Shunsui turned to the crowd, his pink kimono fluttering out behind him in a very satisfactory dramatic way.
"Sorry, folks, could you give him a bit? The poor kid's just a little grumpy in the mornings, especially in the heat. We'll go get him an ice cream and see how he feels about autographs after, ne?"
And yep, that right there would be the infamous Kyouraku-taichou charm, used just for your benefit, Ichigo! Just watch as the crowd falls to his whims with little more than a huge dorky grin and a slight tip of his hat.
hi heather bb hiii. also going with kyouraku-san :|b
...Wait. What just happened here. Is that--did he just--
Ichigo is just going to stare for a bit, somewhere between flustered and dumbstruck. Kyouraku was here too? And he was...going to take him out to ice-cream? His head hurts, man.
And of course, the way Ichigo's going to respond to being confused and flustered is by being loud.
"What the hell, Kyouraku-san? I'm not a little kid! I don't need ice cream to feel better, I'm just not gonna do any autographs!"
He's punctuating that with a huff and crossed arms. Though he might be considering ice cream on its own merits for later. Maybe.