etcelsior | play nice

TEST DRIVE MEME

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 anyone's thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

01. Your memory is hazy and you might feel increasingly frustrated or anxious, or maybe you're excited as soldiers march past, barely glimpsing you. One second you're somewhere underground, the next you're enveloped in blue light, and suddenly you find yourself directly under Flordia sun's bright and burning glare. A female soldier steps toward you with a wide smile on her face and directs you to a car, ready to debrief you. You realize you are not the only one, surrounded by equally confused or eager faces... and you're all sporting a digital tattoo on your wrist.

02. Welcome to Cape Canaveral, where the smell of the ocean is in the air and locals are more than pleased to see new imPorts roaming their streets. They wave, they cheer, they ask for pictures as politely as they can. The more inhuman you look, or if you're wearing a costume, the more likely locals are to approach. Hey, enjoy the moment! The popular malt shop is offering you a free drink if you need it.

03. The technology in this world is certainly something. The cars are clearly modeled after popular 50s cars, but they hover several feet above the ground as they drive down the street. There are digital jukeboxes in restaurants, motorcycles also hover through traffic, advertisements can be seen on a digital projector on the taller buildings. Even kids on skateboards appear to drift a safe ten feet off the ground while playing!

04. Wherever you are, you can hear the loud revving of an engine, distance at first before you finally see it: a hovercar bursting around the corner, going beyond the maximum speed limit and just barely making its sharp turn. It doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, not with two police cars trailing it... and uh oh. Those skateboarding kids don't have much time to get out of the way as the car comes speeding down the road. You've been brought here for a reason Hero — so you better act fast.

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[ edna peers judgmentally across the table. her lips thin into a line. she blinks. and then she slams her palms down on the table top and leans forward like a jungle cat about to pounce. ]

I said no capes! [ she sits back, riding crop suddenly in her hand hitting the table lightly. ] No, no, you need something special. Blue. Crepe de chine over spandex. It's always spandex, darling. Shush, I'm working. [ she holds up her small hand because you don't get an opinion in your super suit. this is edna mode, shut your ungrateful mouth. except. ] What is your moniker, again? Super pigeon?

It's not a cape, it's a scarf. And why use spandex when the fabric Bruno made can— [Okay, shutting up now.]

Ms. Marvel.

[ edna just dismisses the bruno comment because no ur wrong, but she makes a noncommittal noise at "ms marvel". ] I like it -- not married, but not a child, as if your marital status means anything in hero work. [ there's a few mutters about blah blah men blah stomp the patriarchy edna style. ]

Your scarf. It can stay. Rare accessory. Stay away from jet engines.

Pretty sure I said white and red, it's a legacy thing.

[Guess who doesn't care who you are really?]

And it's Sixteen. Even if we do have a bird thing going on.

Sixteen. [ she repeats it like maybe the number will suddenly sound heroic, but it just sounds like one more than fifteen. hmm. she can work with that. if fräulein maria could work with old curtains, edna could certainly make sixteen work.

SHE IS EDNA MODE. ] Blue is a complementary color to red and white, it'll look marvelous. Ask the French. they'll sing you a song about it. [ she starts to hum RED THE COLOR OF STUFF AND THINGS I DONT KNOW THE WORDS ENJOY THIS TAG while she starts sketching out a suit. where did that pen and paper even come from, we just don't know. ]

[ kanaya finds her way behind the table, looking over at whoever she's managed to wrangle before stealing a glance at edna. she can't help feeling her territory's being muscled in on. ]

I hope it's going to be a light blue.

Of course darling. Not powder blue, not sky blue. [ she taps the table in thought. ] Baby Blue Eyes, it's rare, introduced in 1948, only two superheroes have used it in their super suits. And orange. Pumpkin. Yes?

[ sorry, she's not waiting for an answer as she starts sketching, because when... does... she ever? yeah, no. ]

[ pumpkin and blue, why does that sound familiar? not baby blue eyes, something darker, but she feels like she's made something with that color scheme and can't remember what. probably because she did, but has nanites altering her memories of the job. what can you do, these things happen. ]

And you've already familiarized yourself with every suit a superhero's worn on this world? Quick work, that. [ but an obvious first move as well, if someone intends to get in the business. no one wants to suffer the faux pas of a repeat performance.

she leans to the side a little, trying to glance at the sketches. you'd think it would be easier when the woman must be half her own height. ]

[She jumped instinctively at the crop, eyes wide and lips parted. Decreasingly little idea what was going on.]

...it's not a cape.

[To say she pouted as her eyes tuned backwards towards her (admittedly, longer than necessary) coattails might be an overstatement, but there might have been some lower lip action going on there.]

Zatanna.

And it's not a moniker. It's my name.

Zatanna. [ oh, nice. edna says it with a certain relish. zatanna is a perfectly acceptable name. A+ GO YOUR PARENTS. ] I suppose the tails can stay, they suit you, not as dangerous as a cape. Stay far from jet engines, my dear. Those eyes though, you need blue.

[ shhh! don't speak, just go with it bb doll. ]

[She happened to be proud of her name, thank you very much, so the fact that it was vindicated...for a moment, she almost forgot that this whole situation was too weird. Beaming, it was several seconds after the color critique that she remembered herself.]

What's wrong with the yellow?

My dad always wore yellow.

It's not a cape, it's a fucking lab coat, are you blind?

And there's no way I'm wearing blue. I've been in pink since I was fifteen, [ which was technically only two years ago, but hey the point stands. ] the look works and I'm not changing it.

And it's Bombshell.

[ giiiiiiiiirl. look at these glasses, they are like five inches thick. edna could kill a man with these glasses. she probably has. U DONT KNOW HER LIFE. as it is, she tuts dismissively. children. ]

It... [ what's a word for works if you don't have an edna mode original??? ] is acceptable.

[ tim gunn would be proud of lana making it work. edna is not. ]

Not spandex. Life Fiber. [Picking at his fabric-skin to show it off. This is what spandex blends dream about being.]

Senketsu.

Life fiber. [ well played, attention got. though senketsu still sounds like super pigeon to her i guess. ] Still, blue. You've not moral opposition to blue?

[ SHES JUST HAD A LOT OF OPPOSITION TODAY. ungrateful peasants. ]

[It's cool, pigeons are cool. (Everything from Earth is cool to him.)]

Blue is an awfully broad word, isn't it? Anything lighter than cobalt is out of the question; that's more Junketsu's realm.

play nice

edna mode | the incredibles

omg I love you

I aim to please tbh

You are amazing

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