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etcelsior2019-10-25 05:03 pm
maskormods) wrote in 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.)
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[ he continues down the street past the dulled, emotionless citizens with a rigid authority that she must have only heard secondhand stories about. ]
There's a lot to explain. If you're still here seven days into next month, I'll catch you up on things.
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It doesn't help that she's been aggravated since her unwilling arrival. ]
Batman. [ How is he casually walking these streets and not a single person has tried to snap a photo for Instagram or simply bolted in the opposite direction? ] I need to understand what we're dealing with now.
If you know who I am, then you know I don't give up easily.
[ ... says the ex-Titan, but he doesn't need to know that. ]
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[ another pause. he doesn't stop walking. noticeably, it's towards the looming church in the distance. ]
But I know how capable you are, Donna. It's got nothing to do with that. Either you'll be here by next week or you won't. That's just sort of how it works around here.
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[ There were plenty of myths to tell back on Themyscira about the Sisters: a powerful trio that represented aspects of Fate and how they decided an individual's timeline. She doubts she has to explain any of that to the World Famous Detective (or is that Worlds now). ]
... Lachesis? [ She is the Allotter. ] So everyone who is brought here is on a timeline. Why?
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[ he stops and turns, seeing as somehow she'll work her way around having this conversation with him. ]
Three cities: Nonah (Nona), De Chima (Decima), and Maurtia Falls (Morta), all founded by three sisters who disappeared in the early 1900s. Jeopardy only appeared recently, but all of recorded history now shows its presence since the 1950s.
We believe the Porter itself is operated by Lachesis, the one who destroyed the previous world, and who threatens to destroy this one, is Atropos.
[ he points. ]
Right now, we're headed to the Church of the Ancient Web Mistress. [ Clotho. The one who spins the web. ]
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Web Mistress. [ It clicks after a split-second, Donna's expression grim as she surveys the eerie architecture from the outside. ] Clotho.
[ Said in a Greek dialect, etched into her memory from her studies on Themyscira. ]
Where are the rest of the Justice League members? Is it just you?
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[ he continues walking. enough of the more pressing explanations. ]
I built the Hall of Justice in De Chima in the event that any of them are brought in, or I'm ported out.
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She approaches carefully, staying close behind him. She may be part Amazonian, but she isn't bulletproof. At the very least the Batsuit is. ]
Has Diana ever been here? Dick?
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[ diana or clark-- it would make things easier for him to have at least one of them here. there was, of course, a clark kent, but he either had no idea who the justice league was, or he was doing an exceptional job at playing coy, which... clark was not... very good at... ]
Dick is here now, though he's not the one from my world, and I suspect he's not from yours either.
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... what makes you say that?
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[ he glances back. ]
Does your Dick Grayson have a stupid mullet?
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She can't even discern if Bruce is fucking with her. ]
No because it's not the 80s.
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[ his voice is so flat there is entirely no way you'll be able to tell. ]
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[ Is that a slight dig at Bruce even if he's not the same one? Possibly. ]
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[ nope he doesn't notice as he ignores everything related to internal examination. ]
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Yeah, no brainer there, I guess.
[ She waves a hand. ]
Is there somewhere I should go for more information here? Or is it that creepy church potentially dedicated to Clotho?
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[ he stops and glances back. ]
And I think even though I'm not as well versed as you, I can safely say that, yes, this Ancient Web Mistress is, in fact, Clotho.