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etcelsior2019-01-25 09:32 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2019-01-25 09:32 pm
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time to put your face on
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.
The current craze sweeping the city and social media is getting people on their feet: the Camp Midnight Challenge! Based on a popular video game, the goal is to get the funkiest, silliest, most eye-catching dance sequence on video—with a twist! Successful completion of this challenge requires getting an imPort to join in a duo dance that incorporates their powers! Swarms of eager teens, tweens and would-be BlueTube stars are out and about on the sidewalk looking for newcomers to join in. If they spot you, you better come up with a good excuse or put your dancing shoes on!
02. De Chima, Virginia, is a large city with a healthy economy, with large numbers of citizens waiting to be awed by your very presence. Look at you! Organic wonder! Synthetic wonder! Whatever you might be, 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.
Today in De Chima, there's the unveiling of a brand new invention in the convention centre park! With a simple scan, it will print out your Closest Love Match of the other individuals present, along with your percentage of compatibility and a free coupon to get lunch with your new date if you match 90% or higher!
A little odd that it seems that nearly every couple has 90% or higher, isn't it? What's the probability that the scanner is broken?
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. 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, and hostility against imPorts can spike. The emergence of locals with superpowers is hardly helping...
Local resistance to superheroes has made the city a popular gathering place for experimental engineers and scientists whose methods are misunderstood by the establishment, aka 'mad scientists.' Today, the latest creation of a former food scientist who used to work for Yell-O Desserts, is rising up in gooshy style!
From the canal that bisects the city rises a giant, gooshy, uh....thing. The blob slowly begins to ooze through town, growing larger as it consumes anything it comes across, absorbing it into its gooey depths. It's slow, but relentless, and doesn't have any obvious weak spots. Will you attempt to fight back and arrest its gelatinous progress, help the slow runners get away or make a break for it yourself? Or maybe see how good a dessert it makes?
04. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities; loud, busy and there's always some kind of energy in the air that gets everyone buzzing with excitement.
This month there's the release of a hot new movie about imPorts themselves, though in order to evade copyright, it seems that the imPorts on screen are simply amalgamations of several different imPorts through the years instead of staying faithful to one true story. They've got everything! Action! Romance! Death! Desire. It's a whole load of hooey, in other words, but it's hooey with a big budget. What this means, however, is that even the newest imPorts are being roped into this red carpet affair. Even if they're simply passing by on the street, an eager reporter may well step up to you, saying, "Oh, are you an imPort? Please, you must come in! No, I insist!"
If you succumb to their pushy ways, you'll find yourself in a gala, likely unprepared and underdressed for the flash of the cameras and an endless torrent of questions about what you want to do here as an imPort, whether or not you feel you'll find love in this place, whether or not you fear an inevitable port-out (despite the fact that you may have just gotten here!) and will be plied with food and, if you're of age, with plenty of booze.
05. Jeopardy, Nevada by all rights shouldn't exist. A glowing neon city smack in the middle of the desert, the only reason it's still here is that the central nuclear power plant has tapped half a mile down into a subterranean lake for its water supply. So though the desert around it may be barren, the occupants of this small city are happily self sufficient. Those weird figures you see out of the corner of your eyes? Don't worry too much. Probably just weird radiation after effects. Jeopardy has a lot of those.
You're in luck! You're just in time for Jeopardy's traditional Valentine's Race!
The premise of the race is simple: hogtie your lover, throw them over your shoulder (or back, if needed), and carry them from the bank of the train station (it's actually not a train station, it's a non-functioning movie set that's been turned into a museum, but it's still called "the train station.") While the tradition says "lover," as long as the person you tie up has consented to it, it's allowed!
At the end of the race, the Mayor gives a short speech about love, and movies, and tradition. She's also baked thousands of Valentine's and heart-themed desserts for all participants and audience members! They just happen to all be... shaped like the actual heart organ, rather than the symbol.
Kirk Langstrom | Justice League: Gods and Monsters
[Kirk isn't sure what to expect when he's dropped off in Heropa, but being swarmed by teenagers definitely never entered his mind. He has no idea what they're going on about with dancing, and if he's being quite honest with himself, he can't even remember the last time he's ever attempted to dance. Even back when he was a regular human, he wasn't exactly the going out to dance type. He must have danced with Francine, back in high school, at least once. And maybe he went out dancing once or twice with Will and Tina back in college, though if he did he can't remember.
He blinks as he snaps back to reality and realizes he's found himself completely surrounded by kids. Someone help him, he has no idea what he's doing.]
03. Maurtia Falls
[There's something refreshing about the night sky and the wind in his face. Maybe it's all of the extreme strangeness that Kirk's found himself surrounded by since arriving that a little midnight flight was something he needed to start feeling more like himself.
Then he heard the screaming coming from below, and just like that, his relaxation was gone. He dives down into the fray, only to find a giant green.... blob? sliding down the road. It would almost be comical, if it wasn't apparently devouring people whole inside it. Kirk sees them in the things translucent... mass, gasping for breath as it barrels on without a care.]
Where's Hernan when you need him. [He takes a deep breath, more out of habit than actual need.] I'm going to hate this, aren't I?
[Before he can think about it further, he kicks into the air, fires up his rocket boots and lunges into the blob in an attempt to save one of the victims.]
05. Jeopardy
[It certainly wasn't his intention to wake up that day and join some kind of insane race, but between their expression and their sob story, Kirk just couldn't tell his partner "no". So now he finds himself upside-down, bobbing up and down as they attempt to reach the finish line first.
How did his life come to this?]
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I think they want you to dance with them! [ She calls helpfully from outside the swarm. ]
no subject
I'm... not much of a dancer.
[His gaze goes from the bystander to the kids, who are all... hopping on one leg? Flailing their arms? What is going on?]
no subject
[ She too begins hopping on one leg and flailing her arms. ]
no subject
Why aren't they filming you? You seem to be a willing participant.
no subject
[ They'd taught her step by step. She's still not the best at it, but she's passable. She's not falling on her face, at any rate. ]
no subject
Fine, but only if you show me the most basic move.
[He's not making an ass of himself four seconds after arriving here.
The kids seem to take that well enough and proceed to teach him how to do the robot.
...Well at least he knows that one already.]