saveyourbrain | test drive meme!

TEST DRIVE MEME

Scenarios:

> Hometown Hustle - Are you still recovering from Locke City's recent Alien Invasion? Are these murders in Vegas really getting you down? Or are you excited, for one reason or another?
> 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! There's a Vermini infestation going around in Las Vegas that may present itself in either of two forms. One is swarms of little black... insects? Tiny little wingless people-shaped ugly fairy things? The second is animals with a nose for the Numbered and an aggressive streak with some distinct mutations - you might find a lizard with disturbingly human ears, a bird with teeth, etc.
> 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Oh yeah, Kevin definitely saw her before. What was her name... some kind of flower. Daisy? Petunia? No... Lily? Yes, Lily, that was it. It's one thing to read about someone in your reports, or see them on television, but it's another entirely to see them in person.

And he's definitely impressed with her moves, and her immediate reaction. Worth stepping in here, at least. Kevin strides over with purpose.]

Good work, miss. You look like you get this often.

[A brief glance at the thug on the ground; if he tries to run, he'll have another thing coming, but for now, Kevin's content to let him sit there until someone get around to calling the police proper.]

[ He's not the first person to say anything to her, but somehow he's the one to get her primary attention. She hands the purse back to the grateful victim, takes a step away, and brushes her hair back. A slight glance to the man, and she gives just the slightest of nods. ]

A... little bit, I guess. You can't be too careful these days, right?

No, you can't. There's always someone looking to cause a little bit of trouble, and- [He catches the poor sap indeed trying to get up, and he slides over, putting a knee on his back to keep him down, ignoring the growl of pain.] Miss Tsukuyomi, please summon the police for me? I have some scum to restrain.

[ A hard blink. The man's swift action is surprising enough, but calling her by name... okay, sure. Her identity as Cure Moonlight wasn't very secret, her girlfriend had been outed on television, and there were journalists and tabloids trying to dig up information on them.

Still... something about how easily he addresses her throws her off, and it's a second before she mutely nods and complies. A phone call later, she drops her phone back into her purse, before her hand goes to her hip. ]

...so to whom do I owe the honor, sir?

You can call me Kevin. Kevin Steele. I... have something of a vested interest in the numbered. Not you specifically, of course, but your ice queen of a girlfriend - no offense, she seems like a nice person from what I got from Gerald, but it's what she does - is a very public person these days. It's not hard to work out the rest from there.

So Miss Adamas isn't really a mystery at this point, unless you're trying to match old-her to current-her, in which case the jury's out. See if you can find the originals of the student council tapes from December on the internet, by the way, they're absolutely heartbreaking. You, on the other hand, are still a little bit of a mystery, and I would be remiss not to at least try to make contact.

[ She stares in awe for several long moments, almost takes a step back, and then thinks better of it. Okay, so this man...

A) Has done his homework.
B) Knows more than you would from watching the news.
C) Mentions a few specific names.
D) Is now holding a criminal at bay waiting for the authorities to arrive.

Either he's one hell of a fanboy/stalker with way too much time on his ahnds and a perchance for vigilante justice or, more likely... ]

I guess I'm a little more used to the authorities being discreet towards us, Mr. Steele. I haven't quite acclimated myself to all of us being on the same page, even this many months later.

Thank you for the help, however. [ A glance down at the still-struggilng mugger, then back to him, as she continues to address him in an even tone. ] You can call me Lily, though. "Miss Tsukuyomi" sounds... a little too stuffy. [ She's stuffy enough as it is, thank you very much. ]

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