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etcelsior2019-04-24 05:29 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2019-04-24 05:29 pm
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ONE TWO CHA CHA CHA
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, Florida 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.
Unfortunately, tragedy has struck today. It seems like the entire Heropa PD is parked out of a local, popular grocery chain. A huge crowd is amassed in the parking lot despite the best efforts of officers to get them to leave. They whisper about excitement and shame, and you don't have to ask if you just listen in a bit...
"What do you think he'll do to the employees? He sounded so serious..." "He really wants that pussy, huh?" "If I left my man for cheating on me, I'd take the damn cat, too!" "How does he think taking her and her coworkers hostage is gonna make her change her mind about him being a bad boyfriend?" "My wife is pregnant, please - if I don't get her favorite deli sub I might as well not go home!"
Domestic disputes! Tragic. The police aren't too sure how to handle this hostage situation, claiming the man only has a box cutter and isn't actually waving it around at the moment, but...are you an imPort? They'd really appreciate the help, okay. Get in there and counsel the unhappy couple. Or not!
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! 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.
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. If you let yourself get cornered, beware! Anything from personal questions about romantic chances to bedroom habits to dietary queries might be come up!
03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has had its ups and downs since imPorts started reappearing. Several imPort heroes have put focused efforts into cleaning up the streets of this somewhat infamous city, while others have 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.
As your character walks down the street, they may find themselves accosted by a large man in his mid-20s, dressed in an ill-fitting spandex suit of orange and yellow. As he thrusts his finger into an imPort's face, the spandex rides up, turning into more of a crop-top, which he duly tugs back down before shouting, "You're not the special ones anymore, imPorts! Feel the wrath of Heartburn!"
Stupid name aside, he does seem to have superpowers as he breathes a large plume of fire. His aim still isn't great, though; it could hit the imPort in question, or be sent in the direction of a nearby local, or even a particularly flammable building. What will you do, Hero?
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. You may find yourself in the midst of a few closed-off streets for some occasion or another - whether it be a food cart festival, no-car day, or something else! - and surrounded by the hum of people, the waft of food being served on the street, and plenty of attention
Look there -- someone's demoing a VR roller coaster! Won't you give it a shot?
Outside the barricades closing off those streets, 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.
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.
Despite the weird constant hum and the creepy cultish bingo, Jeopardy is usually a pretty calm place. A safe place. But not today. Today, someone has released a couple hundred tiny praying-mantis-like robots into the city, and the place is in chaos. Shops are closed up early because though these little destructive creatures don't have bullets, they do have some weird arm appendages that like to just crunch everything in existence. Like a locus swarm of cockatoos, anything made of wood or plastic is being crunched up and left for scrap. But at less than six inches high apiece, rounding them up is proving extremely difficult. Luckily, the mayor in her wisdom is giving out titanium nets to any imPort who wants to help round up the trouble makers. And, in the spirit of the city, she's offering the imPort that catches the most robots a free meal for two in the swanky Radiation Galley - Jeopardy's top tier, five star restaurant.
Get catchin', imPorts!
De Chima
And, speaking of which, we’re off to find the man himself. Excuse us!
[ And he’ll just tug a little to try to get her to come with him, while flashing her a much more honest smile than the one he’d been wearing before. ]
Glad you could make it.
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[There is no time for her to process what he just said because okay, Poe's here too? This is a lot. Their usual situation is a lot, add in the whole waking up from a coma thing, then there's the different galaxy stuff, and it's... yeah.
Rose follows alongside him, letting herself have a sigh of relief before speaking again.]
Me, me too. Or I don't know if I'm glad that I could make it, I'm glad that you could- or glad that... glad that I'm here? [Here as in alive. She's trying not to bring the mood down.] Where's Finn?
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[ He’s acting pretty business-focused until they get a little further down the street and turn onto a road with a lot less people, before he finally lets out a breath. ]
Man, sorry about that. [ He checked behind them, but when he didn’t see anyone coming around the corner he took the opportunity to stop, look her over and then give her a wide smile. ]
Alright, now I can give the welcome spiel properly. Rose, welcome to Earth, this place is as weird as they come but you aren’t alone. Me, Finn and Rey are here - and a few others it might take a bit to explain. Are you okay? Can you tell me what the last thing you remember is?
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[That seems... appropriate, she thinks. As for what she remembers last, well-]
We were on Crait. Finn, he tried to- he was doing something stupid so I stopped him. I can't remember anything after that.
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None of them know any better than he does what the future holds. ... Maybe it’s for. The best. ]
Yeah. Okay. The rest of us - we remember a little more than that, but not a lot more.
[ The smile disappeared completely. ]
... For what it’s worth, Rose... Thanks. For stopping him. I’m not sure I would have forgiven myself, if he hadn’t come back from that.
[ Finally decide that the lives of your compatriots should be protected - are worth more alive than gloriously dead - and then watch your best friend die in a suicide run?
... yeah, he’s not sure he would have come out of that the same man. ]
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No, I- [Rose shakes her head] I wouldn't have either. I couldn't let him, even for- I couldn't lose someone else.
[Which might make her sound naive, considering they're fighting in a war. She's still learning to navigate life without Paige, though, and she's not sure she'll ever get a handle on it.]
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[ And he knows about the kiss, but it doesn’t - it doesn’t seem like something he should bring up. Or comment on.
After all, who doesn’t love Finn, within an hour of meeting him? ]
Oh right - one sec, I’ll call him. I’m sure you’ll feel better seeing him yourself. One second.
[ He pulls out his comm, taps Finn’s contact and sends a quick text. De Chima, Library Roof, I’ve got a surprise for you.
He nods towards the doors of the building to get her to follow him. ]
Alright, I’m guessing you have a lot of questions.