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etcelsior2020-01-25 08:23 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2020-01-25 08:23 pm
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KISSES YOUR FACE
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...
The downtown mall is tilting the balance solidly toward welcoming to imPorts with a Winter Welcome Festival. All the storefronts and many temporary kiosks occupied by local vendors are holding special sales, and newly arrived imPorts are given a coupon book to make the most of them. The food court has some free goodies for participants to mix and mingle.
Unfortunately, a local rogue with the alias of Klone Kringle is here to spoil the fun. After a small boom echoes throughout the mall, everything dissolves into chaos as dozens of copies of a man dressed in a polyester Santa Claus costume begin looting the retailers! The guns they wield that shoot snow and ice might not be lethal, but they can certainly slow you down (and give you a cold). Will you be the hero and help take down Kringle(s), or will you seize the opportunity to do some theft of your own?
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.
Although Nonah sees milder winters than some imPort cities, it's strangely snowy today, with icicles hanging everywhere. They definitely weren't there this morning, and no storm has passed through, so what gives? A downtown disturbance makes it clear: a would-be supervillain calling himself THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN has attacked. Is he some kind of mutant, a scientifically modified human, or is there just a lot of arctic-tech stuffed into his snowsuit? Whatever its source, he's spraying ice and snow far and wide from his hands, turning the area into a winter wonderland and absolutely ruining sales for local businesses that depend on foot traffic! Also, some citizens have been frozen in blocks of ice. That's bad.
Come, heroes, and defeat this icy menace! That, or build a really cool snowman. It's your call.
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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[ munching gleefully on this pizza. ]
Anyway, he was here but he got ported out. Which is a thing that happens.
[ zero control over that, it's fun. ]
You can join a hero team if you wanna. It's legal here - but they make you register, which, y'know, is all kinds of fucked up soooo hard pass.
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( pizza slice hovering nearby and he's--heading off to check out the rest of the house. pauses to take a bit every once in a while. )
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[ he'll hop up to get himself a beer from the fridge. pauses, looks back at julian - and then decides that the dude is missing his hands, who gives a shit about how old he is, and offers one out too. ]
I haven't had any consequences for it? It's just a little harder to get stuff done.
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but getting offered one is also a little off, considering he is nineteen and josh should be right around there, too. and josh is great at getting himself into trouble, sure. but usually not on his own. julian waves it off anyway, swings open the first door he comes up on to look inside the room. )
Consequences for not registering?
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There's a lot more paperwork and the government helps you less. [ he pops the cap off, bringing it to his lips. it's the spare bedroom. nothing in there but a bed and a dresser. ] When I bought this place I had to go get a mortgage and everything, but if I'd been government affiliated they'd probably just, I dunno, give it to me.
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And fuck their paperwork. I'm not doing any of it.
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the upstairs is a different story. ]
You're gonna have to if you want to use the teleporters to hop cities.
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( maybe it's a little slower. but he's fairly fast all on his own.
upstairs then, now that he's finished his pizza. )
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josh's room is the first one, at least. it's -- josh's room! actually starting to accumulate some clutter here and there. there's a nice big tv against the wall, some gaming systems, a nice computer, all that good stuff.
a roomba bumps between the wall and the door, making sad little noises of robo-distress and confusion. ]
Dude, you could at least let me give you a tour before you start barging into rooms?
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the roomba gets a glance, lips pinching together for a moment as it bangs into the wall. but julian turns his attention away from it after a moment to instead refocus on josh and raise a brow. lets lips curl into a smirk. )
Foley, wanna give me a tour?
( may as well. )
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Okay, well. This is my room. David's right next to me, K's on the far end of the hall. Bathroom's at the end.
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( so, leaving josh's room and skipping right over david's to go check out kavinsky's room. time to check out this new friend. )
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[ STOP BEING WEIRD. josh hurries after him, trying to block him from barging in. ]
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( almost thoughtfully. josh stops him from downright pushing his way in but now he's trying to push his way passed josh himself. )
So he shouldn't have anything to hide.
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[ he honestly does, but josh doesn't know that. he just throws his arm out to catch julian. ]
You can't just barge into my friend's spaces, Keller!
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Yeah? You gonna stop me?
( maybe he's just trying to set josh off. see how far he can push it--but it's. less about josh than it is a lot of other shit. )