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etcelsior2019-10-25 05:03 pm
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HERE I COME
NOTE: This is the final test drive of 2019 as apps will be closed in December.
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. Some of the locals might thank you for always lending your service to the nation, while others might not say anything -- but if you have something nasty to say, better not say anything at all, right?
The recent dimensional anomalies have disrupted people's daily business more than a little, but the latest danger is a herd of zombies shambling towards the annual Mister and Miss Corncob beauty pageant. Right in the middle of the swimsuit competition, too! Of course, who gets the crown is partially based on audience appreciation — are you going to take out some of the undead or cheer your favorite participant on to victory? Either way, you're (probably) a hero!
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! 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. Their questions are likely to be fairly mundane, however; get ready for an interview about your taste in romantic partners, personal underwear choices, favorite foods, and more!
It's nearly Halloween, and the annual city parade and costume contest are underway! You've got one, right? The locals just love it! If you don't, well, that's okay — just for imPorts, there's a special costume rummage bin at the start of the parade route. Try cobbling something together from costume shop donations and items left behind by ported-out heroes! Then strut your stuff and prepare to be cheered for!
03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has had its ups and downs since imPorts started disappearing. The city's political core now gutted with its mayor and supreme ambassador exported out, the streets have returned to the hands of the local people -- and incidental, the local criminal element. 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.
Despite the lack of gratitude that's in it for you, you may want to step in once you see a very, very sad supervillain wandering Maurtia Falls' streets. Dressed in a cape that appears to be a large swath of fabric purchased from a nearby sewing store, galaxy-themed leggings and no shirt is a man who runs right into your vicinity before striking a pose and yelling, "Everyone, stop before me and my wrath! I am Mister Mars, and provided you give me what I ask for, nobody needs to get hurt!"
At which point Mister Mars snatches an old woman's purse, loudly laughs in her face, and begins to float upwards. By the time he reaches the height of the tallest building in the area, he's beginning to look slightly panicked as he fails to really be able to move anywhere but up. Meanwhile, the old woman has begun shaking her cane at him and screaming quite an assortment of alarming expletives.
Maybe you should help one or the other out? If not, just lean back and enjoy the show.
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. To be American is to be part of a melting pot, and that there’s more money to be made by the thriving local industries hardly hurts.Natives may gather around new arrivals and ask both personal and broad questions about life as an imPort, what they are looking forward to, what their favorite article of underwear is. A few night clubs offer free entrance - just this once!
In the middle of the city's biggest park is an autumn tradition — a corn maze! Of course, it's not real corn, since there hasn't been time to grow it. But craft supplies store Mikey's is sponsoring a maze built with genuine imitation corn, and hundreds of locals have already enjoyed getting lost inside! Curiously, few of them have come out the exit, and those who venture inside will discover the maze is twistier and deeper than they ever could have anticipated. Somehow, it's bigger on the inside, thanks (no doubt) to some dastardly villain's powers. Will you try to navigate a way to the exit, forge your way through the stalks, or have a nap?
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.
Things are quiet in Jeopardy. Weirdly quiet. In fact, way, way too quiet. But if you ask any of the citizens of the city why they won't talk to you, they just raise a finger and make a shhhhing sound and then point down the street towards the church. If you try to shake them, they grit their teeth. WHY WILL NO ONE SPEAK TO YOU?
(The one who is silent the longest wins a new fridge.)
richie tozier | it (2017)
[Richie is—not about to lift a finger to help this guy get down from there. Instead, he just buys himself an ice cream cone, takes a lick, and just sits back and watches while the old woman shrieks angrily at Mister Mars. That's what you get when you try out a new superpower in public without testing it first, and Richie's not going to help this dumb motherfucker out.]
I think I can see his wang from here. Looks pretty tiny, too, leggings are so not good for him. [He motions to Mister Mars' dumb leggings, the ice cream dripping slowly onto the sidewalk.] How long do you think it's gonna be until he makes it to Mars, if he keeps this up? The rate he's going, I'd give him probably like, a couple years. It's a pretty slow rise.
[The old woman shrieks more expletives at the sky. Richie snickers.]
Either that or she's gonna find a way to get up there to kill him.
[nonah - corn maze]
[Richie might be a straight-A student and might've once managed to kill an evil sewer-dwelling murder clown, but he is also still a thirteen-year-old boy with very poor impulse control, so of course he's going to walk right into the corn maze. Can't be too hard to find his way out, after all, right? Just keep dragging your hand along one side of the wall, and if you get lost, yell like a banshee. Or just chop your way through the maze's walls, if that's possible.
Unfortunately, he did not count on the maze being much bigger and much twistier than he could reasonably expect. An hour in, and he's pissed, he's tired, and he's just that teeniest bit terrified, because he's already shouted for help more than once and been greeted with nothing but silence. Oh, god. Oh, god. I don't want to go missing.
He races to an open area of the corn maze, twists around on his heel. He sucks in a breath and bellows:] Hey! Hey! Can anyone hear me?! Is there anyone here?! Help! Fucking help me already!
[Panic starts to rise in his chest. Fuck, fuck, fuck.]
[nonah - night clubs]
[One of the things that Richie's found out he can do is turn into a fully-grown adult. Okay, one fully-grown adult, and only one age (Old As Fuck Dumpster Raccoon, so far as Richie knows), but that's still something. He walks down the street to a night club that he's heard is offering free entrance to imPorts, just this once, and looks around quickly (missing other imPorts walking around). Then he ducks into an alleyway.
Two minutes later, this guy comes out, wearing a more grown-up version of the loud Hawaiian shirt Richie was wearing earlier and whistling innocently as he walks the rest of the way to the night club. Come up to the bouncer and you'll hear Richie saying this:]
—new here, man, of course I haven't gotten an ID yet! Look at my face, man, I've got a beard and I've got hair down to my toes, what do you want me to do, pull down my pants so you can see? Just let me in already, you'll save us both the embarrassment.
nonah
[His yelling is definitely heard by someone. It's another teenager with gold eyes but she seems completely at ease with the maze and the situation. She hasn't technically found her way out yet but, if she wanted, she's sure she could cheat a way out.]
I'll stay with you, if you want. Or I can see if my Warframe can get us out. Zephyr can jump higher than most I've used before.
no subject
I'm fine, I'm fine—can you jump me out? With your—Zephyr? I don't wanna stay here any longer than I have to, I just want to get out. I spent a fucking hour in here already and it's shit.
no subject
There's a moment where she expends some Void energy and her Warframe appears behind her before she seems to disappear into it.]
Here. Grab onto me and hold on tight. We're going over the maze to glide out.