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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.
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[ He flashes a toothy smile in return, disregarding his lack of shoes. No Mickey or Riku to help guide him. Kairi's presence puts him at ease.
Still, he has questions, which he's going to hold off a little while longer. They have one big problem left and that's the giant blob monster. He glances up at the creature encroaching over the city. Thankfully it's ridiculously slow. They shouldn't need to expend much energy fleeing from where they're standing. ]
I don't really understand what's going on, but... is there nothing we can do about that monster?
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Yeah they have a lot they need to talk about when they get the chance. She's kind of concerned about something being really wrong here.
First things first, though. Dealing with that monster. ]
It doesn't look like there's anything we can do by hitting it ... Can you try some of your magic?
[ She knows he can use magic ... Unless something more is weird with him. If he hits it with a blizzard, they can crack it up into tiny pieces easier. Or burn it with fire! Or. Something. Anything is better than just hitting it blindly. ]
i guess he fought more/used more magic in the Coded game version in CO but this is more fun...
[ Well, his facial expression is enough to give away that yes, something is very weird about this half-pint. He stares at her for a moment, blinking dumbly.
What comes into his mind is his power to summon forth his keyblade, which he calls forth again. He raises it towards the monster. He doesn't know how he knows to do just that, but somehow it feels right. Much like with much of his run-ins in the digital version of Castle Oblivion. ]
Fire!
[ As expected, a fireball shoots out, engulfing the giant blob in flames. The fires fade away, revealing the pudding monster with a burnt outer layer. It seems to have stopped moving, for now... and it's a giant crème brûlée. ]
That got it to stop.
[ He rubs his nose with his index finger, wearing a smug little grin. Heh. He showed that monster! ]
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But then he seems to get it after a moment, and it ... works! At least mostly! The monster seems to be stopped for now, so that's a relief. ]
Yeah. I ... think it's safe now. [ Peering over at it curiously. It's not moving, and it's totally cooked ...
And she turns to smile at him. ] I knew you could do it.
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He folds his arms behind his head, lightly swaying side to side, completely lax. ]
I didn't know I could do it... but it feels so familiar.
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You didn't know you could ... [ Trailing off there. ] Sora, is something wrong? You know you can use magic ... and you're so ...
[ Just ... putting her hand to her head and moving it out a bit to show that he is in fact smaller than her right now. Kairi isn't very tall herself, but at least she's grown. And so has Sora ... or at least, he should have. He was plenty grown last time she saw him, that is. ]
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Dropping his arms to his side, he leans back a little, mildly offended. Being the one to have look up at Kairi feels pretty strange. ]
Oh, come on! Nothing's wrong. [ As far as he can tell with himself. Not bugging out or anything. Data-Sora has always been this short. ] I'm gonna get bigger!
[ ...Chill. She didn't even call you a pipsqueak. Is he pouting? He's pouting. ]
What about you? You look so much different from when I last saw you and you have a Keyblade! I didn't know you had that power. Just... what's going on here?
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That's the problem, Sora. You are bigger. At least, you were the last time I saw you.
[ He didn't even know she could use a Keyblade? He's known that for a little while now. It'd be impossible for him not to know that. ]
It's like ... you're from the past, or something.
[ She just sounds ... concerned about that. Whatever's going on, she has no idea, but it definitely has to have something to do with time, right? Why else would Sora be so much smaller and not know all these things? ]
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[ Well, she's not wrong. He remembers he'd just left the island, yet he knows of some events that would happen afterward.
The Riku in the datascape showed him a peek of the future, how his journey would turn out. He would save Riku and Kairi. Those events have been experienced by the other him in the outside world, recorded within the journal. More must have happened later on that he's obviously not aware of.
Simmering down some, he crosses his arms in thought. Geez, it's difficult without Mickey here to clear things up. ]
Hey, Kairi. When was the last time you saw "me"? Not this me, but the bigger me.
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But at least Sora's initiating some more thinking on the matter. And he asks an easy question. ]
This morning. You, me, and Riku — we live together here.
[ She's assuming he doesn't remember that. ]
We even had breakfast together.
[ Granted, they do that most days, unless one of them needs to be up earlier or sleeps in too late or something. ]
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But it sounds like Kairi and Riku have been living here for awhile now... huh. ]
Riku's here too? How long have we been living here?
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[ She can't help the small smile that comes with that. She really is genuinely happy to have all three of them together again, on an adventure that they can all participate in.
But she goes back to thinking afterward. ]
Mmm. A month, I think.
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[ For a moment, he smiles wide, unable to resist feeling happy for them. Even if the Sora that she's speaking about isn't him. Even if it's nothing he remembers... surely the other him is happy. The timeline doesn't match up with him. This Sora hasn't been here for nearly a month.
But he's beginning to piece a possible answer together. If there's another Sora, then wouldn't the other one have to be... ]
Huh. This city... this isn't an illusion, is it? This isn't a place within the journal either. Is this... all real?
[ His eyes start to wander around, taking in his surroundings. He's mesmerized, as if this is the first time realizing that he's truly here. ]
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But what he says next catches her a little off guard. She's not really sure why he's saying that. Or what he means by journal. So she looks around a little as well, before looking back at him, a bit confused. ]
It's not in illusion, and I'm pretty sure this place isn't inside a journal, either ... It's definitely real.
[ As far as she can tell? Maybe they've all just been dreaming the world's longest dream. But she doubts that. ]
Why? What's wrong?
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Nothing appears to be "wrong", especially with how his smile creeps back across his face. It must be the thrill over having figured out the answer and being outside of the journal. If Mickey was able to import himself into his world, why shouldn't it be impossible the other way around for a bunch of data? And there's only one other Sora that he knows of. ]
I got it!
[ He balls his hands into fists. Almost seems like he's going to pump his arm in the air out of excitement. He doesn't, but he seems pretty excited nonetheless. ]
If the other me is here, then this has to be the outside world! Oh, man. This is so cool!
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Other you? Outside world? What are you talking about?
[ As far as she's aware, there's one Sora. And also ... she has no idea what he means by outside world. ]
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[ His enthusiasm dwindles, stammering for a moment. There's a bit of an awkward laugh added at the end there. Mickey probably hasn't gotten around to telling everyone yet. Well, it's alright. The smile returns to his face as he introduces himself. ]
I'm Sora! Not... the Sora that's living with you. More like another version of him. I'm the data from Jiminy's journal.
[ Is that any less weird and confusing. ]
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Jiminy's journal ... [ It takes her a second, but then she remembers — she has memories of Sora traveling with a small creature named Jiminy who kept a journal. So this Sora came from that? From ... data? Okay, she doesn't get that part, but she can roll with this, she thinks.
And her face lights up with a smile again, this time fondly. ]
Sora ... Then it's nice to meet you, Sora! [ She leans in a little, putting her hands behind her back. ] So now I've got two Sora's to look after.
[ She's taking to this fast. The jokes are going to write themselves. ]