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etcelsior2020-03-25 08:22 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2020-03-25 08:22 pm
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DON'T MESS WITH ME AND MY SQUAD
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.
ImPorts who have been around for a while might notice something a little different this spring. Suddenly, April Fool's Day is the biggest holiday of the season. What's more, locals are acting as if this has always been the case! Could it be an after-effect of last year's dimensional difficulties? Whatever the case, locals are excitedly sharing ideas for this year's fooling, the Live Time channel is running commercials for its annual movie marathon, and the April Fool's Parade is sure to attract big crowds!
The city of Heropa is debuting a brand-new local mascot for the holiday: Jack Inna Box! For the week leading up to April 1, the costumed character will be wandering around downtown Heropa, taking pictures with locals and inviting them to share their best jokes. As part of his civic duty, he's making a point to meet as many new imPorts as possible — including you!
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...
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.
Today there's a big lemonade stand on one busy sidewalk, staffed by a group of industrious kids. Aww, isn't it sweet? Wait...is that a cookie stand a little ways down, also run by elementary-to-middle schoolers? Heck, the entire block is full of kid-run mini-businesses — a gathering of pint-sized entrepreneurs! And they have their eyes on you, hero, because as a celebrity imPort, your pockets are full of $$$, right?
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.
April Fool's Day is a big holiday in Jeopardy, too, but an extremely solemn one. All congregants at the Church of the Ancient Web Mistress give up all forms of jokes and comedy for a week in recognition of the way fate spins laughter to brighten the world but, like spiderwebs, it can also be fleeting. If you'd like to know more, the locals are glad to share their pamphlets and invite you to coffee hour. It's okay to enjoy it (just don't smile too widely).
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[He can't hit his head from this position and it's a bit annoying.
He sighed and pushed his hand forward a bit trying to remove the sudden growth attached to him. When it does not work particularly well he took a deep breath. Very well.]
This master has already stated he is giving a lesson, and this is how you continue? Kneel down and show penance.
[Authorty must be dealt with a firm hand. Even if he was terribly lenient in general, and really this was also pretty lenient when you considered the behavior.]
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oh, well, he's being scolded. that's fine too. he enjoys that, actually, so any passerby will be treated to luo binghe kneeling right down in front of shen qingqiu, obediently showing said penance, even if his heart's beating a hundred miles an hour in his chest, and he has to bite the inside of his cheek to keep from smiling. aaaaa ♥ ] Please hit me as many times as you need to.
[ like that will solve all of their problems..........
somewhere behind his head, the little ticket that says "100% compatibility!" is visible, still sticking out from the machine. just to add to the scene. ]
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Either way, he lets out a sigh and composes himself.]
First, have you noticed how this world is? Do you have any questions about it?
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[ predictably, that question: "where's shizun"
ok he probably has other questions but that's the answer he's getting right now. ] If there's something I need to know, then I'll learn it quickly.
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Have you figured out your phone and the internet yet?
[The most important skill to master!]
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mm... phone, right. a moment's pause from this kneeling, as he rifles in the sleeves of his robe and produces the small device. it's in perfect shape, and lights up with a touch of his finger. ] I haven't looked much at it, Shizun. Will you teach me?
[ he could honestly probably figure it out on his own, whether he's from ancient fantasy china or otherwise...but he'd much rather learn from shizun, yes..]
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Well, he didn't mind. He liked to teach. And perhaps he was selfish to be ready to play an old game without any of the worries of their story.]
Of course this master will teach you. In fact I have been teaching several people the modern tools here, so it's quite convenient.
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Then, if I'll learn it from shizun, this disciple will learn it better than anyone. [ he's gonna take that as his cue to go ahead and get up now, brushing some of the dirt from the knees of his robe. though he's not now attaching himself to shen qingqiu, he's standing close, folding his hands behind his back. see. the picture of obedience.
some of that clever curiosity shines through, though, and he makes a thoughtful noise. ] Surely, you must be efficient, to have taught pupils so quickly. [ they must have just gotten here together, clearly??? ]
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[He opens his fan again in an attempt to not reveal anything, of course he has already failed quite spectacularly at holding up his guise in general, but, he still ever continued to try and keep it.]
It has been a few months, and the tools are not so complex...
[Don't ask too much! Don't question it! Clearly a scholar such as Shen Qingqiu can figure stuff like this out conveniently? As if Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky would ever not make adapting to a new setting stupidly convenient.]
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A few months? [ Excuse Him ]
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[He honestly had not really been keeping track. How can he know the months? Oh, the swearing in ceremony, he had experienced two so far and they were once a month....]
Yes two.
[Maybe he needed more structure to his daily life? He really had spent most of his days hardly dressed sitting around on the internet....]
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Two!? That's impossible-- You and I were just together moments ago, we were in the mausoleum--! [ was this some kind of trick???? luo binghe had opened up a rift in dimensions himself with xin mo to get their freedom, barely considering the fact that tianlung-jun could be catching up to them. but now, that idea sits and roils in his stomach, burning like a hot coal. this sort of blessed happiness, even if it was small --it never lasted. not for luo binghe.
the demon mark on his forehead glows; xin mo shudders at his side, and his tone almost turns towards interrogating, angry and confused and also terrified that everything he just experienced, before and after this place, was fake .] How did you get here?! Was it Tianlang-jun?!
[ if binghe didnt want to kill him BEFORE boy howdy ]
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Will accept things.
It didn't mean he wasn't still a little afraid. Especially when the last version of Binghe he had seen had been right out of his mind and controlled by Xin Mo.]
No, did you not listen when you woke up? This place brings people. People from different worlds, different times. I have been in this world for two months. Back home... is a little different....
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[ this is said with a terrifying sort of finality. he'll fix it by removing tianlang-jun's spine from his back with his bare hands.
he feels like a fool for being tricked, and even more so for the fact that he couldn't have noticed sooner. ....of course, a normal person would like actually notice what's being said here about time differences, but binghe's one track mind is tracking towards retaliation over calm rational thought. ]
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[There was a lot to fix! But unless he could get a reset, start over, try again, or, if he was so lucky, New Game+ there was no point in bothering! What was done was done.]
After the mausoleum, a few things happen, but in the end we both escape with Liu Shidi's help. We even go and get help from the other sects to stop him. This is only a few weeks or so difference, it's fine. Other people here have years of discrepancy between them.
I would not have been surprised if you were fourteen again and arrived in this place....
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ok not really. it is only because it's shen qingqiu that binghe listens. he seems at war with it for a second--but he knows (he thinks) shizun wouldn't lie. brows furrowed, he looks more frustrated than furious after a moment. ]
...I see. [ he answers, eventually. shizun's ahead of him, and they were rescued by liu qingge?
this frown on his face is rapidly sliding into sulking territory. ]
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[He could guess what that face as about. He wasn't going to have it. After all, even if he hasn't really said it yet, he never expelled Binghe, he was still a member of Cang Qiong Mountain.]
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binghe looks away from him, like a sulky child. he's pouting. ] It's nothing to do with that.
[ yes it is...only like half, though. the other half comes out honestly. ] Shizun is from the future. There are things we should have experienced together that we haven't.
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Perhaps....
But, we can experience the same things now.
[And... maybe he should say something more...?
Nope! Not doing that! This is enough.]
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...and, it's time for the puppy eyes, brows knitted together, big, innocent eyes shining with unshed tears. his lower lip even wobbles. ] After such a difficult fight, I just wanted to take care of shizun, and cook for him, and tend to his injuries, and live in the bamboo house together again... instead, Shizun moved on without me....
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You waited five years, is a few weeks and a couple of months too much more to deal with?
[He couldn't help but sigh and place his fan over Binghe's forehead as if he were hitting him though there was no force to it at all.]
If you want to cook, you can cook now.
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bop. the fan taps him on the forehead. there's one last sniffle and then, a smile breaks out across his face, small at first, before widening, and he moves to try and peek around the fan. amazing how the tears just seemed to dry up instantly. ] ...Really, shizun?
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There's no point in trying for a free meal here now.
[He turned around taking his fan back and holding it up, still closed, to his face.]
This master has been quite troubled and inconvenienced. And... has not had anything decent to eat since arrival.
[He really was very happy and excited at the idea of eating food made by Binghe again. Of course, saying that was impossible. This was quite a lot for him to admit at this point.]
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Then, we'll have a feast. [ with a smile! ] I want to see the place where Shizun has been staying.
[ it's starting to occur to him that he probably doesn't have any like, demon lord responsibilities here. xin mo at his side is as ever an ominous thing, but all binghe can think about now is that it's him. and shizun. alone. no tianlang-jun, no zhuzhi lang, not even liu qingge. they're alone.
this is fantastic. never mind. he's not even worried about time being weird. let him be content to spend his days idling away with shizun in this weird place.....! ]
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[A room with a group of others, his room was definitely a mess, and it was small and crowded.]
It is only a temporary arrangement.
[Perhaps he should look into apartments now... or a house? could he afford a house? He wasn't sure. He really did not have the best understanding of his own finances at the moment.]
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