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ON MY WAY

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.

WOOF WOOF! This Friday is National Take Your Dog to Work Day, and everyone seems to be out with their pooch, enjoying the summer sun! (At least until they start to sweat and have to make a beeline for someplace with air conditioning.) However, the thing about superheroes is that their work can take them anywhere, and with the Top ImPort contest leading the news, EVERY imPort is a hero in the minds of the public!

Got a costume on? Here's a corgi. In line for an iced coffee? Come kiss this old lady's schnauzer. Allergic to dogs? Have a Claritin...and then brace yourself as this Great Dane tries to sit on you. And be sure to smile! Can you imagine how many likes a pic of the coolest new imPort cuddling man's best friend will get?

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.

Welcome, everyone, to the sugar fueled festivity that is National Hot Fudge Sundae Day. The celebration is taking place on two closed down city blocks, with a market in between them selling all the pun filled souvenir shirts and stuffed ice cream cone toys, fudge bottle body pillows, and every kind of craft fair knickknack in between, that you can imagine. The powers that be in Nonah have clearly tried to divide the celebrations up into the ice cream and ‘normal’ food sides, but this is America. They can’t tell you what to do. Go try those meat and potato ‘fudge sundae’ monstrosities or cover your ice cream in wine from an adult beverage cart. Dip your deep-fried cheese in hot fudge. Disgusting food choices are in the constitution (somewhere).

But on the pure ice cream side, there are certainly enough choices to make ‘real’ food not super necessary. In addition to your normal food flavors that range from the tame you’d see in any ice cream parlor, or the slightly more hipster flavors like ‘lavender’ or ‘bacon maple,’ there are existential flavors. Yes, inspired by some previous imPorts, these flavors induce a specific emotion in the person while they eat it, which lasts up to about 10 minutes after the dessert has been consumed. These range all over, from ‘full cell phone battery’ to ‘the bitter-sweet satisfaction of vengeance against your sworn enemy.’ Maybe try a ‘puppy love’ and ‘first day of autumn’ twist covered in fudge for a true moment of contentment. It’s all in your hands. Careful though, things like ‘moment you first realized your parents were only human’ or ‘pain of failure’ are also available, though obviously not as popular. Hopefully, you don’t create an emotionally devastating mix out of curiosity (or a prank on another imPort).

In addition to ice cream, there are all kinds of family fun activities to pick from. Traditional carnival themed games have been set up, with the normal employees yelling at the crowd to attract attention. Throw a ball in a milk can, get a goldfish in a an (empty glass) ice cream cup! Pop balloons with dulled darts, get a sprinkles themed pair of sunglasses. This is Nonah, though, which means hard work deserves a reward. The bigger prizes for big point getters are a little insane: genetically modified fish that can breathe air, stuffed animals the size of a minivan, a free years worth of ice cream (to be taken home all at once now). There are also some bounce houses and slides that kids and adults alike can enjoy, just no ice cream allowed inside the rides

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.

Welcome to the Church of the Ancient Webmistress' annual cookie sale! To raise money for a variety of community organizations, card tables line the street where the church is located, and boy, do these baked goods look delicious! Cookies, brownies, pies and more are all for sale for very reasonable prices--and to help out such a good cause, you're definitely going to buy some. Right, hero? The watching crowds certainly expect you to set a good example (when they're not busy purchasing tasty treats themselves.)

It seems there's been a mistake, though--mixed in with the cookies frosted to look like spiders are, er, a tray of someone's special brownies. Edibles, as it were (though everything here is edible--and delicious!) Just try to keep it together, okay? After all, there are kids here, and you're a role model! Or possibly not, but if you end up feeling the need to stare at your own hand for an hour, maybe find a side street. Or at least purchase some extra munchies to support any number of charities.

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I. Heropa

A national dog day of any sort of course would draw Jin Ling's attention. He's quite excited as he explores Heropa with Fairy tagging along -- sniffing and doing their own exploring as well. Nothing seems to have aroused suspicion at least so Jin Ling can enjoy the sight of all the dogs without worry.

Jin Ling is more than happy to give every passing dog attention, chatting quite genially with their owners in a fashion that's not necessarily utterly typical of him -- he just really loves dogs okay?

At some point Fairy seems to get a bit tired of Jin Ling giving others so much attention and barks at him, laying down and refusing to move.

"Fairy, what are you doing!" he admonishes but crouches down despite being in a rather busy pedestrian area to pet the dog. "Let's keep going."

The dog just huffs out a breath and doesn't move.

"What am I going to do with you?"

II. Nonah

[ This city is much louder than Heropa had been even with all the dogs. Every day there is something new to experience and to try and figure out. It's most exhausting but Jin Ling dare not let that show to anyone. He's far too proud to let how overwhelmed he is show. There's a lack of simplicity and... something else. Fairy tags along beside him and his hand rest lightly on the hilt of Suihua, rubbing along in a mindless nervous gesture.

He does discover quickly that Hot Fudge Sundae they seem to be celebrating is a sweet monstrosity. They are so sweet that it is almost disgusting. However, when he tires of his he finds a place to sit down with his dog, letting Fairy eat up the rest of the ice cream. ]

III. Wildcard

[ Open to anything else you might have in mind. Will match styles/tenses. ]

[Wei Wuxian rather enjoys the ice cream sundaes that he is eating as he walks. It's a nice, sweet and pleasantly cold treat and he might have to see about getting and trying a second type once he finishes this one.

That's when he spots Jin Ling in the midst of a bite. His eyes widen and he starts to hurry over. But as soon as he see Fairy he freezes in his tracks. A shiver runs straight up his spine and he nearly chokes on the ice cream. He pulls the spoon out of mouth and sticks it back in the sundae as he tries to stay calm. The dog is clearly distracted by the ice cream. Maybe this won't be so bad...]

Jin Ling.. [He starts to shout it but it only comes out as little more then a whisper in his fear. He really needs to find a way to get over this dog thing..

He clears his throat and tries again. He smiles but it is quite forced at this point.] Jin Ling..enjoying the festivities?

[ Jin Ling is actually happy to see Wei Wuxian, although he tempers his reaction which was initially an excited smile when he jumps up to greet him, to a more indifferent look because... of course. However, he really can't help himself as the other attempts to combat his fear. He crosses his arms. ]

Fairy's not going to hurt you unless I say so and I'm not going to say so.

[ He doesn't think that assurance will get them far at all but he tries all the same, it's a peace offering. ]

Yes. I think Fairy might like the sundaes more than I do, though.

[That assurance really does nothing at all. He still wants to run screaming in the opposite direction. But at least he has enough willpower to be standing in that one spot and not move. That's progress at least! Of course that also means he isn't going to get any closer either.

But he did notice the boys excitement when he stood initially and so a smile does come to the corner of his lips.]

You probably shouldn't let him have too much of that...[Actually..it seems to be keeping him occupied. maybe he should give him the one Wei Wuxian is eating out of too..]

Or..give him more and leave him here to enjoy it while we go somewhere else.

You just said I shouldn't let him have too much!

[ Jin Ling protested but he shook his head, knowing what the other is getting at after all. He'll meet him halfway on it. ]

Fairy will stay here until I call her. It's fine.

Good. Let's find someplace else to sit.

[At least then they can chat and Wei Wuxian won't be cemented in place. He'd like to know how much the boy knows. Judging from his reaction he is hopeful that their memories at least marginally line up. And..if the boy isn't already aware who is here then he certainly needs to be.]

We have a lot to discuss.

[He turns so he can start walking very quickly away from Fairy.]

Jin Ling | The Untamed

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