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etcelsior2020-05-24 09:21 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2020-05-24 09:21 pm
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DANCE MAGIC DANCE
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.
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! 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. 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, a company that manufactures tech-based educational toys—"Where Science Meets Fun!"—is running a demo of its latest project, Quincy the QuizBot. Filled with information taken from the curricula of many grade levels, Quincy is whirring through the streets to conduct pop quizzes! Answer a question right, win a prize, ranging from a coupon for a free soda at the local fast food joint to a $100 gift card, based on difficulty!
Except...something's gone wrong with Quincy's programming. An hour or two into the demo session, he starts to approach passersby and demand answers. "WHAT IS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 47284? CAN YOU LIST THE PHARAOHS OF EGYPT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER? ANSWER-ANSWER-ANSWER-ANSWER!"
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.
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!
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[She doubts that the Jedi here will be as willing to redeem her as Cere was. But, no matter.]
These people know everything about us. Hiding is merely a waste of your time and efforts.
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[He otherwise doesn't react to the taunt.]
The military has our information. Other people here do not. Why should I announce my status as an agent to strangers?
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[She explains it as if she's talking to a child. It's easy to imagine that if others have been brought from their galaxy, then enemies of the Empire might be among them.]
And what if I were to slice into their databanks and peruse your file myself? The way I see it, you wish to distance yourself from the Empire. I only wonder if that's for the Empire's sake or your own.
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[He’s from an entirely different point in time, but whether or not he knows that, he doesn’t feel like being helpful right now.]
If I wanted to distance myself from the Empire, I wouldn’t have revealed my identity to you. But Imperial Intelligence works in secrecy. Surely that can’t surprise you.
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Where were you stationed before arriving here? I presume you have some experience working with Inquisitors. Either that, or none at all.
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[And he won’t share more than that. Too much of his work is strictly classified, and he doesn’t know her clearance.]
I’ve encountered Inquisitors, though my work has been separate from theirs. We don’t necessarily share the same methods or goals. I do give a hand, sometimes, help solve a few problems that they can’t.
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[His vague answers annoy her, but unfortunately there's no good reason for her to bust out any interrogation tactics.]
Tell me, what were my brothers and sisters so incapable of that they had to ask you for help?
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[In absolutely no way is that his goal. Still, he only inclines his head in confirmation.]
You can't always win by cutting your problems in half. Sometimes you have to be clever.
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You seem to think those two can't exist concurrently. Hunting the Jedi certainly requires wits, but the end result is still the same.
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[It's almost said dismissively. He's never been impressed by Sith, and she doesn't seem any different to him.]
I would never tell a Sith how to do their job.
[He would.]
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[The ways of the Sith were reserved for those above her. Not even the Grand Inquisitor had been trained as a Sith.]
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[She acts like one, but then, it only takes a tiny bit of power for someone to start acting that way.]
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I understand that even in your line of work you are not privy to the ways of the Force, so I shall do my best to explain it simply. As per tradition, only two Sith may exist at a time. We Inquisitors serve under them.
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Only two? Since when? Where are you from, exactly, some isolated planet?
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[He has been warned about other people having experienced events that might not match up with his experiences, but all of this is still bizarre. ]
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What year is it?
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Not everyone here is from the same point in time, or experienced events in the same way.
[Is he going to have to be grateful to Darth Jadus for having warned him about that? He refuses.]
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[At least now she doesn't have to care what he thinks as a fellow Imperial? Not that she really did before, but still.]
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[He still doesn't get why there would only be two? And how do you build an Empire with only two? Although judging by her existence, it seems like they've just made the title more exclusive.]
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[She could go on and on about the failings of the Jedi. Her existence was not proof of the Sith's strength, but a result of the Jedi's weakness.]
I believe the Sith of my era fear the repercussions that may come if they were to rebuild their Order. As you said... I'm not strong enough to be a Sith Lord. That is by their design, not by my virtues.
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So the Sith are scared of themselves?
[It's not like it's that surprising, but it's still funny. The Sith really will be their own downfall, then.]
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