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saveyourbrain2014-03-29 05:12 pm
scramasax) wrote in saveyourbrain2014-03-29 05:12 pm
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Test Drive Meme
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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Don't you worry about that. I think my dad might be liable to call them.
[At the question, he rolls his eyes.]
Does that kind of pick-up line even work on anyone? I mean-
[He cuts off as he feels his own echo come on, an image of the guy on his screen - in a suit and a fedora that suit him... surprisingly well - hitting unsuccessfully on a woman. He recalls standing at a distance looking on with some distant level of amusement. His expression changes to a quiet, thoughtful one.]
Oh... Uh. Maybe... Maybe. Weird.
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It wasn't a pick-up line--!
[ He breaks into a wordless grumble, and notices the change in this guy's demeanor. So his memory hadn't been wrong. He's not sure if he's relieved or not. ]
I'm Steven. [ Then, because he can't resist some dramatics: ] Steven Huguenot. [ He tips an invisible hat, just like the one shoved carefully on a shelf across the room. ]
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Shotaro...
[He flushes and shakes his head.]
Uh, I'm Lucas Evans. Sorry, that was weird. Nice to meet you, Steven.
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It drops into his head naturally, a young man with binder clips in his hair. ]
...Philip!
[ He points at the screen with a snap. They know each other. They knew each other. This is all so crazy. ]
But let's not get too caught up on... past lives. It's... nice to meet you, Lucas.
[ He looks up at the feed, heart suddenly racing. He swallows. ]
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Uh... Right. Yeah.
[He runs his fingers through his hair. Something... is different now. He can't keep up his distant mask in front of Steven. Even in that quiet glimpse of Shotaro, he felt this overwhelming, strong emotion. Philip's feelings for Shotaro were so intense that they overcame everything else. He had seen glimpses of his past life before, knew that the strange young man he once was had a different way of living life. He focused hard in on everything, and the focus on Shotaro was warm and fond... loving. He flushes.]
Yeah uh. We should meet up sometime to sort of... hash stuff out. See how we bounce off each other. With these pulses! Get some memories back. Whatever.
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This isn't something he was prepared to be dealing with. The pulses of his past life have been surface, thus far, memories of a detective who took refuge in words where Steven had found art. He wishes he had that now.
He looks up, the irritated challenge he'd been holding onto before gone from his expression. ]
I think that'd be a good idea. The less mystery there is, the better.
[ And then maybe he can get whatever his brain is doing any time he so much as looks at Lucas to stop. He doesn't want whatever attachment Shotaro had. It isn't his. ]