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TRICK OR TREAT
TEST DRIVE MEME
MENACE WITH YOUR MASKS
MENACE WITH YOUR MASKS
01. HEROPA, FLORIDA 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.
You'd think they'd have learned not to hold it by now - but there's once again there's a herd of zombies shambling towards the annual Mister and Miss Corncob beauty pageant. Right in the middle of the swimsuit competition, too! Have you ever wanted to fight zombies while wearing a bikini or speedo in the fall? No? Well this is your life now. Put on a good enough show and the judges might just award you some extra points!
And of course, the ImPorts in the audience are rushing up to help you. Better not get upstaged!
You'd think they'd have learned not to hold it by now - but there's once again there's a herd of zombies shambling towards the annual Mister and Miss Corncob beauty pageant. Right in the middle of the swimsuit competition, too! Have you ever wanted to fight zombies while wearing a bikini or speedo in the fall? No? Well this is your life now. Put on a good enough show and the judges might just award you some extra points!
And of course, the ImPorts in the audience are rushing up to help you. Better not get upstaged!
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. 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.
It's nearly Halloween, and the annual city parade and costume contest are underway! You've got one, right? The locals just love it! If you don't, well, that's okay — just for imPorts, there's a special costume rummage bin at the start of the parade route. You’ll find someone all too eager to help you - in fact, they're so eager they've already picked something out for you.
Hopefully none of that gear actually works. It’d be crazy if your rocket boots suddenly kicked off, or that prop flamethrower shot some real flames!
It's nearly Halloween, and the annual city parade and costume contest are underway! You've got one, right? The locals just love it! If you don't, well, that's okay — just for imPorts, there's a special costume rummage bin at the start of the parade route. You’ll find someone all too eager to help you - in fact, they're so eager they've already picked something out for you.
Hopefully none of that gear actually works. It’d be crazy if your rocket boots suddenly kicked off, or that prop flamethrower shot some real flames!
03. MAURTIA FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA has carried a reputation for ups and downs ever since imPorts began appearing. 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...
Unfortunately Halloween in this city means a sharp jump in crime. Masked criminals are everywhere right now.
It feels like there’s a bank heist happening every other minute. Perhaps you’re rushing to heroically stop it and free the hostages, or maybe you’re the one wearing the mask looking to make out with a couple million more than you had before.
Unfortunately Halloween in this city means a sharp jump in crime. Masked criminals are everywhere right now.
It feels like there’s a bank heist happening every other minute. Perhaps you’re rushing to heroically stop it and free the hostages, or maybe you’re the one wearing the mask looking to make out with a couple million more than you had before.
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.
In the middle of the city's biggest park is an autumn tradition — a corn maze! Of course, it's not real corn, since there hasn't been time to grow it. But craft supplies store Mikey's is sponsoring a maze built with genuine imitation corn, and hundreds of locals have already enjoyed getting lost inside! Curiously, few of them have come out the exit, and those who venture in will discover the maze is twistier and deeper than they ever could have anticipated. Somehow, it's bigger on the inside, thanks (no doubt) to some dastardly villain's powers. Will you try to navigate a way to the exit, forge your way through the stalks, or have a nap?
In the middle of the city's biggest park is an autumn tradition — a corn maze! Of course, it's not real corn, since there hasn't been time to grow it. But craft supplies store Mikey's is sponsoring a maze built with genuine imitation corn, and hundreds of locals have already enjoyed getting lost inside! Curiously, few of them have come out the exit, and those who venture in will discover the maze is twistier and deeper than they ever could have anticipated. Somehow, it's bigger on the inside, thanks (no doubt) to some dastardly villain's powers. Will you try to navigate a way to the exit, forge your way through the stalks, or have a nap?
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.
Those weird radiation effects seem to kick it up a notch in the month of October. The world is awash in bright and unnatural colors that have nothing to do with the neon and your ears seem to be faintly ringing. You may find the air bizarrely charged today, the people are acting even stranger than usual. The weird figures in the corner of your eye are more prevalent, seeming to inch closer, and closer, and closer...
But that’s probably nothing, right?
As the clock strikes midnight the weirdness crescendos. Suddenly people are gaining traits from their costumes. Those fake vampire teeth are real, and no amount of shaving is gonna get that fur off your face Mr. Werewolf!
Those weird radiation effects seem to kick it up a notch in the month of October. The world is awash in bright and unnatural colors that have nothing to do with the neon and your ears seem to be faintly ringing. You may find the air bizarrely charged today, the people are acting even stranger than usual. The weird figures in the corner of your eye are more prevalent, seeming to inch closer, and closer, and closer...
But that’s probably nothing, right?
As the clock strikes midnight the weirdness crescendos. Suddenly people are gaining traits from their costumes. Those fake vampire teeth are real, and no amount of shaving is gonna get that fur off your face Mr. Werewolf!
06. The HEROIC HALL has just opened! It’s a state of the art combat dome in De Chima. Engineered by the best and brightest on the planet, its futuristic holograms are as real as they come. There are safety features in place to keep things from getting out of hand, and they usually work. Usually. But any scenario you could possibly dream of is at your disposal to use. There are a number of pre-programmed options for you to choose from, ranging from the mundane like saving a cat from a tree, to the extreme such as stopping the apocalypse. There are even convenient scripts so you don't have to come up with your own zingers, and every session is recorded so you can watch your own greatness!
Uncertain? Well, the hot ticket this month is SCENARIO 21. Have you ever wanted to save the world without dealing with those pesky stakes? Here’s your chance! Scenario 21 features the greatest hits. An all powerful villain hell-bent on ending the world, a (poorly programmed) love interest held hostage, and a (equally poorly programmed) mentor who believes in you! Of course can’t do this on your own, this script was written for two! Find your new teammate and save the world together!
Once it’s over, don’t be surprised if you’re approached by the eagle-eyed talent scouts that refuse to take not interested as an answer.
Uncertain? Well, the hot ticket this month is SCENARIO 21. Have you ever wanted to save the world without dealing with those pesky stakes? Here’s your chance! Scenario 21 features the greatest hits. An all powerful villain hell-bent on ending the world, a (poorly programmed) love interest held hostage, and a (equally poorly programmed) mentor who believes in you! Of course can’t do this on your own, this script was written for two! Find your new teammate and save the world together!
Once it’s over, don’t be surprised if you’re approached by the eagle-eyed talent scouts that refuse to take not interested as an answer.
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By the light of his flame he sees its little ears and snout twitch, and then it stirs. It recovers fast. Within a second, the creature gathers itself and launches at his hand, tiny fangs bared. Look—Dabi doesn't hate animals or anything, but he doesn't particularly want to get gnawed on. It's 100% self defense when the fire in his palm bursts out, licking along his skin to cover him from wrist to fingertip.
Better change direction before that fur gets singed. ]
Looks like you're fine. Good luck findin' your way out.
[ The party really sounds like it's going full-swing behind him (is that howling?), so he's not sure how much he wants to stick around after all. Not really in a bar fight mood, and not nearly drunk enough for it.
He picks himself up from the crouching position and slinks off toward the main entrance. Hey, he would've taken an injured animal with him, but capturing an apparently-healthy creature that's inclined to fly around is just beyond his abilities—not to mention his patience. ]
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right, logical... reasonable mind, she'd know that was a horrible idea! Heated flames flickered her lips and some fur in its wake. The bat flapped continuously to extinguish the flames until it finally dropped and rolled.Shit. That hurt! Mark her memory Dabi, she won't forget this.
After Toga recovered some strength (and sense), she looked up to see Dabi was up and leaving? The bat screeched a couple of times, probably cursing him, until the sound of a howling wolf reached her ears.
...
From a screech wished it made someone's ear bleed shifted to plead. Wings continued to flap as she wobbled her way towards Dabi's direction in some hope this asshole get the message. TAKE ME WITH YOU, because she didn't plan to try and fly again.]
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He frowns down at the animal, finding it on the floor rather than what he assumed would be a vengeful attack from the air. Odd that it hasn't flown again, despite its apparent ability to do so earlier to get at his finger. Now the question is whether he wants to be involved with this thing after it came at his hand with all the possible viciousness in its tiny body, and Dabi supposes he doesn't have too long to make a decision either.
He chooses reluctantly as the yelling (drunken yells, no death screams quite yet) goes up behind him, and shrugs off his long jacket. He drapes it over the creature and bundles it up—no access to bare skin for you, baby—and carries it out into the night. The open air is cool against his skin, but with the high temperature he normally runs, it doesn't bother Dabi a bit. His head turns left and right as he tries to figure out where to go from here. ]
So you wanna go back to a fuckin' tree or something?
[ He mutters mainly to himself. How is he supposed to know where to put a bat? ]
LOL and I finally roll a higher number xD
When Dabi had to ask the right question, smoke puffed around the bat and Dabi's arms, like a thick fog. This point Dabi should feel some weight in his arms. Once the smoke cleared, a grin with tiny fangs pierced through the hazy cloud, a pair of yellow eyes glowed eerie, and then there was a pair of messy hair odangos, Himiko Toga was the bat. Toga held the jacket close to her chin with both hands, her bare feet dangled on the other end. A sudden rush of chill swept just under her, take a wild guess if she had clothes on or not.]
How about I get a quick bite instead Dabi wabi? I'm not sure why but I'm pretty hungry.
[Her hero.]
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He is not strong.
Especially not at a moment's notice. The second the mass in his arms grows heavier than a good-sized rock, Dabi's arms give out, and his passenger is very lucky indeed that he instinctively bends to catch his falling burden rather than allow her to hit the ground like a sack of sorry potatoes.
Dabi grunts as he lands with his ass on the pavement. When the smoke clears, he's left holding a very familiar and very underdressed teenager in his arms.
Figures. Just his luck. ]
... Get off.
[ No surprise, no ecstasy to seeing Toga here. She doesn't even get to quite finish her request before he pulls his legs out from under her and stands, which has the added effect of unceremoniously dumping her off his lap and onto the sidewalk.
Sorry, not sorry.
At least he doesn't reclaim the coat. ]
if only this was a middle finger....
Before she could finish her request, her bottom thumped the floor after Dabi relieved himself the burden, which was cold. Toga jerked her head up, upset.]
Heeeeey! [Her cheeks puffed while her tiny fangs continued to be visible.] I'm talking.
[Soon, she quickly picked herself up as the cold was getting to her. Now only her bare feet had to suffer. Toga clung to Dabi's jacket. It was so cold outside, why winter was so close? Looking at Dabi shirtless sent a shiver down the girl's back. It was so cold!
Then. There was that sweet aroma in the air, and shirtless Dabi wasn't helping one bit!]
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Which means he's perfectly suited to simply brushing himself off and changing direction. Now that he has no animal on his hands, he can crash someone else's Halloween party—or return to the hotel room he'd cheated out of some poor fuck. Not his problem whether or not Toga tags along, but she's sticking by him so far. So... ]
... Since when do you turn into a bat?
[ Since that's clearly the pressing issue here. ]