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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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[His eyes narrow.]
You some kinda wannabe hero?
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Though, fine. Want me to back up my words with actions? I can do that.
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[Katsuki grins, teeth sharp.] Winner gets to buy the other all the cupcakes and lemonade they want.
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[Which means he's lived his life under a rock or he's not from Remnant. At his suggestion, she nods in agreement.]
Fine with me. A fair warning...
[She draws Milo and Akuou, her spear and shield, then holds out the spear before it shifts into its rifle mode.]
This is also a gun. I won't use it if you don't want me to.
[And she shifts it back to spear mode.]
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[He has no idea what a Grimm looks like or how dangerous they are or aren't. He just wants to see her skills in action.
Weapon mods? He's not currently in his hero costume, but he does keep a few grenades on hand. More importantly:]
Don't you dare go easy on me, Spear Girl. I promise you'll regret it.
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When you’re ready.
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[He'll admit, Pyrrha's weapon combination is a good choice. The spear gives her mid-range accessibility while the shield blocks any attacks, and the gun means she can switch to long range without sacrificing her weapon.
So he'll try close range.
He sprints to her, until he's close enough to throw a punch at her face. He does so hoping he can grab her shield and disarm her.]
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How do you wear this thing-
[Whatever, he'll just hold onto it as he runs forward again, throwing his free hand out, this time with an explosive blast aimed at her.]
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[And Pyrrha is blown back by the explosion. She comes to a stop, her outfit scuffed but no damage whatsoever. There is a red glow over her, though.]
...that was strong...!
[And she holds her hand out, a black aura surrounding it and covering her shield - Bakugou's about to learn she has magnetism powers as she tries to drag her shield back to her.]
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[The red glow is noted, but he has no idea what it means. He can, however, guess what that black aura means as the shield starts returning to her. He holds onto it with all of his strength, digging his feet in the ground, but to no avail.]
I hate magnets!
[And marbles, and other stuff.]
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[And with Bakugou getting dragged, Pyrrha charges forward, intending on delivering a flying kick to knock him backl.]
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[The force sends Katsuki flying back, his grip on the shield lost. Oh well. He grunts and places both palms on the ground.
BOOM.
There's an earth-shattering shockwave. Literally. The sidewalk and stands start to fly up in chunks as his explosion erupts around their fight.]
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If... if that is how you want to play it...
[She brings her own hands down to the ground, then raises them up, lifting up a water line then launching it at him.
Those kids are having the time of their life seeing this fight!]
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[Katsuki bares his teeth into a cheap mockery of a grin, now that Pyrrha's going all out too he can treat this seriously. He brings both hands up to blow the water line to bits and boil the water inside it into steam, using it as a smokescreen of sorts to try and run behind Pyrrha without her noticing.]