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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.
Don't be!!
Riku dodges backwards for a little space before unleashing his own Dark Firaga to ward off the one coming for him and then shoots a Blizzaga straight through the remains of those blasts and right at his enemy. The earlier words of the dark idiots keep nagging at him, but he knows better than to focus on that right now.
He can do that once he has beaten the other into the ground, he thinks and jumps forward to use the icy trail of his blizzard spell to slide forward and launch himself at the masked boy. Time to see what the other is made of.]
The question mark is there so I mean I'm not really sorry at all
Riding the trails of blizzard magic is new, though. Vanitas has seen his fair share of magic and techniques, but this? Well he's pretty pumped now - like he hadn't been before. Granted, he doesn't really miss a beat. Vanitas counters with a Dark Thundaga, sending small flecks of ice in every direction.
Then he'll meet Riku's keyblade with his own. ]
good!
Their Keyblades meet, but Riku doesn't leave them connected for more than a second before trying for the next hit.
But just before their Keyblades meet again, Riku focuses on his own Darkness and uses the shadows to teleport himself from the front to right behind Vanitas and then brings down his Keyblade right into the other's back. Better to go all out now, Darkness and all.
If this guy has some control over time magic, just like the young Xehanort had, then he's in for a long fight anyway – no need to make it longer than it has to be.]
:'D
Riku isn't the only one that can disappear and reappear. Vanitas leaves an afterimage, ducking out of the way of the next blow. Then he can come at the other with his own flurry of strikes. ]
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He stumbles forward when he just hits the afterimage, thrown a little off balance as he tilts his head up and he brings up his Keyblade for a block – if the other's stance tells him anything about his fighting style, it's that he can expect the next attack from above.
That's what Riku himself would do, after all.]
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And from the ground? Riku better be mindful and quick on his feet. Because the physical attack isn't just the clash of keyblades. There's magic as well - ice surging upwards from the ground. ]
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Their fighting styles so far aren't entirely the same, Riku allows himself to note as he keeps dodging backwards without ever taking his eyes off the masked guy – there has to be a wall here somewhere that he can use as a launch point – the other guy is using much more magic than Riku would have until recently.
He can't be a straight up copy of his data then, not like the replica had been. Huh. Later, he can try to figure this out later.
Finally, he comes out of his dark roll to hit the wall with his feet and flings himself right back at Vanitas – much faster than before.]
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Riku's battle style is not what he's adapted to. First riding off of the trail of magic. Now this kid is launching himself from the wall? At high speed to boot. Vanitas doesn't even get a moment to get his weapon up and ready. The blow knocks him back and he growls in frustration. ]
Neat trick.
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Riku smirks grimly as he flips to land back on his feet after knocking mask-face back a bit, because that ought to have done some damage. The fact that the other seems frustrated is only a plus – he can be caught off-guard. Very good.]
There's more where that came from.
[Whoever mask-face is, Riku is absolutely certain that he can and will put him into the ground.]
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Don't worry. I got a few of my own.
[ Vanitas launches three quick dark firagas in Riku's direction. they'll follow after him so Riku better just take them with a block. Or be really good at a last minute dodge.
All the while Vanitas does a flip off to the side. He has every intention of flanking his challenger with a series of quick strikes. ]