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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.

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[SUPERHUMANS!!]

[this is what Rin came here for, after all. This is why he saved up all his allowance and taken a bus across the country. This was it. This, right here, was why--! He has a notebook with him, and his digital camera dangling from his neck. He's buzzing around the whole city, actually, on the hunt for SUPAH-HIIROZU.

So, there might be a very excited 16 year old kid, wearing a comic shirt, running up to you with a sparkle in his eye and... really bad, heavily accented english]

Oh my god. Holy shit. You... You're...!! [he thrusts his notebook, with a pen, out at your face] S-SIGN! ONEGAI-SHIMASU!

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[I AM SUPERHERO]

[a few echoes later and Rin is up shit creek without a paddle. Though in his opinion, the creek is gold and he's happy as a clam to go along with it! And hiding it? Pfftt. No way. There was no way he was hiding something so awesome.

So right now, he's at a comic book shop! He looks normal... wait no. That is a tail. A long, black tail with an adorable poof on the end. And it's wagging as he flips through the newest issues of Batterman and Detergent. He has a long red carrying case slung over one shoulder, too. He's chatting to himself in Japanese]

Aaaaahhh~! Batterman, what are you going to do?! So cool...!

[he has a tail. the teenager stares at the tail, torn between wondering exactly how it worked to the feeling that a tail isn't that silly. it does remind her far too much of a puppy's tail even though it has a poof on the end.]

Cleanup of downtown Locke City.

[Amy frowned as she walked through the ruined streets of the business district. Or rather, as she stood at the end of a street, staring down a street that was currently nothing but a torn up piece of rubble. This had been one of her favorite places to walk through when she needed time to herself... now, even if she wanted to, there was a line of tape and temporary fencing barring her from entry.

But it wasn't the destruction of familiarity that had her staring wistfully like this. It was that the sight of buildings in such a state reminded her of something she'd been steadily trying to forget ever since that monster had reared its ugly head. A memory of her, herself, in a similarly run down or ruined area. Alone.

Homeless.

Or rather, someone else. Someone from another life, whose memories she now inherited. That's what those people were calling it, right? But... if that were truly someone else, why did they look so much alike? Who was this girl?

Where was her family?

Amy grit her teeth. Thought of her family reminded her that her brother was caught up in this as well. There was so much about all of this that she didn't understand... and it was like the desolation in front of her embodied all that was wrong with what was going on in her head...

Embodied...

Amy shook her head. Something about that word... something made her want to shove it out of her head entirely. Besides... she had to be going... they were waiting for her shift at the bar to begin...]

Monster encounter!

[It was late at night, and Amy's shift at the family bar had come to an end. Unfortunately, just as the last customer left, Amy noticed a cigarette lighter on the bar where he'd been sitting. Thinking the customer forgot it, Amy snatched it up to run outside and try to call to the man before he got too far away]

Excuse me, sir! I think you forgot- Ahhhh...!

[without warning, the item sprang to life in Amy's hands. The lighter flipped itself open, and a powerful flame sparked forth that caused Amy to drop the thing on the ground. Much to her surprise, it picked itself up, and clattered towards her, flames bursting forth from the top]

Wh...what is going on...?!

Edited 2014-03-30 01:18 (UTC)

[join the club. No, seriously. A few of the other patrons in the store are standing there, watching Rin and his hypnotic tail. Some snap pictures with their phones.

Rin?

Remains completely and utterly (blissfully!) unaware]

[ Bag snatcher ]

[ Of course if someone is going to rob Minato they’re going to end up in some sort of headlock full of pain, which is exactly what’s happening right now. Since a poor burglar tried to take her bag while she was walking and since she’s quite the fighter it was one of those take it in to her own hands before the cops show up deals. Not like the cops would do much anyway besides lock the person up for a day before giving them a fine of some kind. What was really needed was teaching people the hard way not to take things. ]

You will never be able to lay a finger on me, I’m sure you’ve now realized that. People who lack strength aren’t my type.

[Amy had gone to the comic shop in order to see if she could find anything about the memories she'd been experiencing. To see if there was any context for what "Gunpla" and "Gundam" were.

Instead, she found a boy with a tail.

Intent on not being conspicuous, she picked up a random comic and used it to hide her face... or at least, she hoped it would. Of course, when she grabbed it, she didn't realize it was a Japanese boys love comic... and when she did, she found her face turning very red as a result]

You have it all wrong!

[somewhere in the struggle, the burglar had gotten mixed up with someone else. Before Yoko caught him, someone else had pursued him... one Fuyuka Terasawa, who had the authority and means to make a citizen's arrest. Unfortunately, in her struggle, the criminal had gotten away, but not without Fuyuka reclaiming the purse.

Which made her look quite guilty when Yoko came upon her]

I... I got your purse back from the man who did it! While you're doing this, he's getting away!

[Satou had a bit of an easier time, his parents had bought him a plane ticket to fly out to Locke where his brother was. It had been difficult with his dog, but they'd afforded it. Anything to get their baby back, after all. But when he'd found Rin and he'd refused... well, Satou didn't have the willpower to make him do anything. So they'd both ended up staying with their cousin until their father had wired them money for an apartment.]

[Most days, Satou just wanders around the city. Today he managed to wander along behind Rin. He sees Rin an aisle away and comes up behind him, looking at the strange tail wriggling in the air. Reaching out he grabs ahold of it and gives it a big tug.]

Ahn... 'Touto-chan, what's this?

[He hasn't noticed his own long nails or his super sharp canine teeth.]

A - downtown;

[ Steven finds time, every weekend, to head down to the business district, his sketchbook under his arm and his pencil tucked behind his ear. He tries his best to stay out of his way, paneling hurriedly with his tongue between his lips, but sometimes - sometimes he needs a better angle. And if he needs a better angle, he's not letting things like repair operations, caution tape, or common sense get in his way. ]

'scuse me, excuse me--

[ He's polite, but insistent, as he pushes past the people around him. The bank sign is at the perfect angle, all right?]

B - video&text;

[ A drawing is spread across the page under a scrawled purple network number - an image that is unmistakably the beginnings of several of the more recognizable Network heroes: a blocked out shape that will eventually be a giant robot (if the label on it saying 'giant robot' is any indication), the silhouettes of the Precure, an approximation of Alan's titan form and the mysterious Lord of the Bugmen, most notably - against a mostly-sketched Wise Snake.

There are small studies of the Wise Snake in the corner, and a scrawled scale chart next to it.

After a moment, text fills in in some of the empty space: ]

So how do you guys feel about a print sale for charity? There's a lot of repair to be done out there, right? If I charge just over base price, we can put the profit into relief efforts, or into, say, some kind of emergency Numbers Fund.

C - wildcard;

[ Hit me with whatever you'd like! He's a student at an art college but he lives in an off-campus complex mostly inhabited by other college students. He works at the craft store doing frosting classes! He spends lots of time at the comics shop and he often wears awful comic character shirts in public. ]

Edited 2014-03-30 01:29 (UTC)

Right now I can't take your word since I've caught you red handed.

[ It's going to be hard to talk her out of her reasoning. Can't blame her when she has her bag and the person who did take it first is already away. ]

[Satou, you always follow Rin around. Like a puppy. Because you haven't had an original thought in 10 years. .

The brutal grabbing of Rin's tail goes about exactly well as you'd expect; Rin lets out the manliest screech in the universe. That sure is a disproportionate amount of pain for such a small body part]

YEEEAAAAAGHHH!! THAT HURTS! THAT HURTS, IT HURTS! ANIKI!!!

[he whirls around and grabs a hold of Satou's hand to get him to let go] Don't do that, Satou!! You just can't come up behind people and pull their NEW, AWESOME, COOL TAILS!

[Rin's been there so long by now that he's sitting down with his face to the racks, tail still a-goin'. The other browsers had seemingly had their fill of taking pictures of him. The section next to him is pretty deserted for... obvious reasons. So when someone yanks a comic off that shelf, Rin can't help but look.

And laugh. And speak in his accented english]

Pfffffffttttttttt haaaaahahahah!! Pervert!! Here's a pervert! Heeee, you're supposed to bring those home first, ecchi da!

[No longer the communications officer and right hand man of Megatron, this guy is the head of a tech support company servicing everyone who happens to need a hand -- from the big corporations to the little home office, Logic Wave IT is there! Sasha Ward tends to oversee the corporate problems himself, and has proved fairly trustworthy so far.]

[He's a very large man, looking more like a professional linebacker than an IT guy. He more or less keeps to himself, maintaining the company of his computer and his... cat... before any human companionship.]

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENCOUNTER
> Are you calling for tech support? Hey here's Sasha to help.
> At a train station?
> Maybe he's at your work fixing something?
> I'm open to suggestion.

[Penny's not surprised she was not alone in staring at the wagging tail. but she is a little surprised when a very familiar shape - sort of like something made from a steampunk's idea of a centipede in fact - decided to crawl a little closer to look at the tail.

wait. since when did it show this kind of life before?]

Machine! Stop!

[At least he didn't bring Behemoth along today. He gets into everything and Satou doesn't even try and stop him. After a moment's pause, he lets go of his tail.]

It looked fake... Are you sure it's not from the costume store?

[He gives it a few experimental pokes on the fluffy part with a claw.]

Edited 2014-03-30 01:41 (UTC)

--Travel--

[Ariana waits as patiently as she can at the station, searching the crowd for a familiar face...]

Oh, I was sure my cousin told me to meet him here...

--I'm super!--

[She logs into the network, turning on the visuals, and looking a little embarrassed]

Um, excuse me... This might sound... odd, but... I seem to have undergone a rather unexpected change... [She tucks a lock of silvery hair behind her ears, revealing the elegant points on them.] Is there someone, perhaps, who can explain what's going on? That something isn't wrong with me...?

--Wildcard--
You name it, let's do it!

[thank god. Behemoth would pee on all the comics and then Rin would have to pay for them...]

No, it's not from the costume store! Look! [he turns back around and lifts his shirt to show HIS BUTT. No, not his butt. Just above his butt. The tail is definitely attached to the back of his spine] And if it was fake, how would it be moving, huh? You're so...

[he squints, then grabs Satou's hand. He squints, then shakes Satou's hand at his face]

What the hell are these?! Why did you put fake nails on?

A: Oooh, superheroes!

[She doesn't mean to stare, not really. Or at least not obviously. But it's not every day you see something like this when you're coming home from school. Or maybe it is, and she just never knew it before.

[Any of you folks who got caught on camera during the snake rampage, or anybody with obvious physical mutations? Have a little girl peering at you from around a corner and doing a bad job of being secretive about it. If you do happen to be someone with an obvious mutation, her eyes are full of wonder and no hint of fear or revulsion.]

B: Monsters!

[Becky's not sure what's weirder. The giant toothpick swinging another giant toothpick at her, or what she does about it after shrieking and diving for cover.

[A sweeping, hollow feeling, heart thundering in her ears . . . and a sudden swell of knowledge in her head. She thrusts her hands out in front of her in an instinctive defensive motion.] Chocobo!

[In the next instant, a fluffy, yellow ostrich-like bird is in front of her, racing forward fearlessly and trampling the giant toothpick underfoot.

[She just . . . blinks. Did she seriously just do that? Judging from the fact that the bird comes over to her and gently prods at her with one wing kind of confirms it. This is . . .

[A grin practically splits her face in half.] Oh my god, that was so cool!

[the yelling does get his attention.]

Huh...?

[he spots the weird little squirmy metal bug on the ground crawling at him. This isn't just some normal bug, that's a CENTIPEDE. He's been stung by one of those exactly once and that's all he ever wants. So he lets out the manliest scream ever. It's not manly at all]

B-bug!! MUKADE! Kill it, kill it!! [he throws his comic book at it]

[Killian was only at the station today because Gabriel asked him to be. Apparently, his cousin was coming in and Gabe himself couldn't make it.

So there is a short guy standing on a chair with a cardboard sign with "Ariana West" written on it. Sigh]

It's not a bug! [she stomped her foot as the machine stopped as ordered, rearing up a little and looking a bit like some kind of crazy metalwork statue. the book hit it, knocking it over and penny yelped and dove for it, picking up the little machine.

for a moment it stayed still on her hand and then it wiggled around and crawled up her arm and settles on her shoulder.]

Why did you throw that?

[Getting attacked by the toothpicks was annoying, but not like really super bad or anything. Only thing was, he didn't want to turn into whatever that thing he can turn into is to fight them off. Kind of seems like overkill, especially when he's trying to avoid that form if at all possible.

But then a giant bird comes and stomps over them. Phillip turns to see it ran back to a girl, and he grins as well.] That was awesome! Did you do that?

BECAUSE IT'S A BUG!! It's... it's... aaaugh.... nani desuka... HUGE!! HUGE! VERY BIG!

[Rin it's not that big]

And it was coming to get me!! AND NOW IT'S ON YOU! Hold still--! [Rin slings the carrying case off his shoulder and holds it like a club, and... yep. He's aiming to swat the bug. With the sword]

[He looks at Rin's butt tail, tilting his head to the side. That's so weird, he doesn't really have a come back. They live in a world full of mutants and super heroes now, but it's still weird getting used to it. So far all Satou's had are dumb not-memories anyway. At least, until Rin takes hold of his hands and he sees his nails.]

I didn't. You know I bite them... Why would they be this long?

[Jungo isn't really huge into comics- but it's one of the few stores that doesn't minde 1) loitering and 2) his cat chilling in an inside pocket. SO he's just kinda... there.

Or he was until the cat sees the swishing tail and jumps out to attack it]

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