Test Drive Meme

[scramasax]

HEL-LO, EARTH'S NEW HEROES.

Test Drive Meme!

Scenarios:

> Cleanup of downtown Locke City still has a ways to go. It looks like that shop you were planning on another trip to this week is closed for the time being. Or the entire block is trashed and you'll be needing an alternate route to work. Or your workplace is trashed, if not some real estate you had in the area, and you'll be needing a helping hand - or are trying to offer one!
> Help, help, I've been robbed - your bag or wallet's just been snatched, or is in the process of being snatched. Catch the snatcher or rough them up - you may or may not be surprised, if you come to blows or a chase, to find on throwing a punch that they're much quicker and/or sturdier than you'd have expected. Maybe someone will dive in to back you up.
> Monster encounter! The above or you were robbed (or, for all you could tell, misplaced something) a while ago, and one of the objects you lost seems to have come back to you, if not the way you recognize it. Ayup, getting backup might be a good idea.
> Transportation/travel. You're at an airport or train station, whether to escape or take a tour to a strange-events hotspot, or plain go on an innocent vacation. Mix up your bags or timetables, grab a pre-ride snack, chat up those with the same destination, get or give directions, find yourself receiving an ill-timed item Echo in front of security - whatever you can think up!
> Say - is that one of those superhumans you've spied on the street? Yes, I do believe it is - you've seen them on the news/read about them, that or their looks give them away! Go on and ask questions of them, be it for serious answers or an autograph, depending on who you are.
> ...And it looks like you're a superhuman yourself. Looks like that hollowed-out feeling you got was followed by a mutation, or some strange thing in your brain. How're you going to come to grips with it?
> Wildcard/Etc. Make up your own!

Prompts suggested by Alec and Zero.

Comments

[kirifuda]

"You're probably better off around here," Steven agrees, sagely. Don't ask how many times he's tripped over debris in this neighborhood. The number is too many.

"Your scooter--?!" Shouldn't he be worrying about making sure he's not bleeding and/or covered in garbage? Maybe Steven's too used to bad luck. He joins the search for it, turning on his hell. "Ah--isn't that it over there?" He points, a little ways off. "Looks like it skidded after the catapult routine," he says, and moves to go take a look at it. He feels a little responsible for their near-crash, he ought to help out.

You know the tragedy here is if I make this post, you won't be able to have Steven turn on his heel

[junesscion]

"Man..." Jerry looked over to where Steven pointed-"My Scooter!" He rushed over to his machine, propping it up. "... Engine's still running... Yeah, look's like it'll make it to the shop in one piece, at least." He turned to face Steven. "Thanks man. Sorry about the whole 'nearly-crashing-into-you' deal." He turned the machine off. Traffic was frozen, and his spot was pretty much gone now. He wasn't going anywhere. "This is not my day."

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[kirifuda]

"Hey, at least it's still working, right?" Steven asks, trying for upbeat as he adjusts his tablet under his arm. "Don't worry about me - you're the one who did the Wile E. Coyote routine!" All it needed was an annoying tiny bird and maybe some dynamite.

He frowns. "That bad, huh?" He lifts his eyebrows. "What else'd you do, besides fall in a trash can?" (Maybe this guy's spent a lot of time in trash cans?)

APRIL FOOL'S MOTHER$#^&ER

[junesscion]

"Ah, this old thing's been through some rough times, you know?" Jerry tapped the side of his scooter with his foot. "I'll be fine, though. I seem to have a lot of practice with that bit." More than he would like, at any rate.

Jerry sighed as he leaned onto his scooter, crossing his arms. "This whole thing with that giant ass snake's been making life hell at work," he states. "The Auto-shop I work at is near the edge of the business district, but my apartment's on the other side of town. This isn't usually a problem, but then March 9th rolled around..." He shaked his head. "So, besides the problem of getting through the traffic today, I had to take a detour because of, and I can't believe I'm saying this, a flying piece of a gum."