test drive meme!

[sucrosity]

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.

Comments

[checkmaat]

Your complaint is that reality is too boring?
Haha. I don't think you get to be the arbiter of that particular choice!
Have you tried spurring anybody along? Giving a few pokes in the right direction?

[clawkind]

my complaint is that the reincarnation thread is too boring and cliched
reality is perfectly exciting and anyone who tells you differently is making excuses for themselves
i havent done much poking since im not really interested in the whole thing very much
and my problems are with the general rules more than any of the people

[checkmaat]

What's your problem with the rules?
In fact, what ARE the rules?
We might have something in common there if they're as lame as you say. >;]

[clawkind]

well first of all nobody knows whats causing anything that happens here
the answer is always just
magic
which is fine on its own, magic is a legitimate way to power things
but you need at least some explanation so it doesnt look lazy
secondly its trying to do too much at once
theres magic but theres also aliens
theres maybe secret codes but with literally every possible symbolic thing being thrown around nobody can pin it down
its just a huge mess

[checkmaat]

Hahahaha.
Well, I'm sorry that the way the world works isn't shaping up to your obviously exhaustive standards!
Sounds to me like we have a mystery on our hands.
Are you willing to stop complaining long enough to start trying to solve it?

[clawkind]

why do you keep calling the stuff im talking about super complex?
this is like literally the most basic stuff
im not really too into mysteries as the primary focus but i wouldnt mind an adventure
its been awhile since i did anything really really fun

[checkmaat]

Why do YOU keep talking about the incontrovertible facts of our existence like they're a storybook plot? >:?
See, two people can play the game of being insufferable pricks!
Maybe this is one of those things that looks really piecemeal until somebody gets their ass off the comfy chair they're in and starts investigating.

[clawkind]

because theyre what stories are made of
obviously
but if thats the case then the entire network really loves their chairs
its been like a year and thats as far as everyones gotten

[checkmaat]

Sounds like a job for you, doesn't it? >:]
I've got my own problems, dealing with being a new member of this strange number society.
In fact, you're the only person I've met who's not complaining about their own problems!
It seems like you're in a unique position to get busy solving or get busy shutting up.

[clawkind]

sounds more like youre fishing for excuses to find a nice chair to plant your butt in yourself
unless youre just scared of things getting dangerous

[checkmaat]

Hehehehehe.
Not a bad guess! But like I said, I have my own problems.
College isn't going to graduate itself!
Or wait, should I say I'm in high school and add a bit of AU flavor to your list of tropes?

[clawkind]

wrong genre
i was just going to make you a dragon honestly
or maybe a hydra since you seem to like pulling from greek mythology
anyway whether its high school or college none of that really seems like all that big of a problem

[checkmaat]

>8O
Now you've got me curious. Which isn't easy!
What about me screams dragon in your text-based ears?

[clawkind]

you feel like teeth
plus youre trying to delegate possibly dangerous tasks to other people
and talking down to them a little
and maybe hoarding information if you really did go look for the faq floating around
plus i dont have any dragons anymore
the last one ended up being gilded alive in his own liquefied treasure hoard

[checkmaat]

Hehehehahahahaha!
You're pretty sharp. As sharp as my teeth! Apparently.
But just so we're clear, Flight Rising is a game and dragons aren't real.
Even if it would be cool, I doubt very much that you had any dragons!

[clawkind]

ive had plenty of dragons
but i think youre talking about them in the ride to work kind of way
which isnt what im saying at all
although thatd be fun, assuming theyre the manageable kind

[checkmaat]

>:?
Is there another kind of dragon that I'm not familiar with?

[clawkind]

dragons in stories
was that not obvious?

[checkmaat]

I think I'm starting to understand!
It was right in front of me this entire time. How could I be so blind? Hahaha.
You're a roleplayer, aren't you.
Tell me about your fursona!

[clawkind]

collaborative stories are fun but theyre really not my thing
too unreliable
i just spin stories on my own
although ive never heard of a fursona before

[checkmaat]

Wow, your lies are so thick I can almost taste them!
Anybody who calls roleplaying "collaborative stories" and describes writing as "spinning" absolutely has a fursona.
Is she a wolf? A mouse? A lion?
Let me know if I'm getting close. >;]

[clawkind]

you seem to be really really determined to make this one assumption work
so why dont you pick what you feel works best?
you can use the me youre making up for one of your stories if you like

GO TO BED

[checkmaat]

Oh, come on, it's no fun if you don't play along with me!
Oh well. I still learned enough about you to know what kind of person you are.
And that's the important thing for me to take away from this!
(By the way? You're totally a lion. While we're speculating about things that absolutely aren't true.)

EXCUSE YOU she says about a notif she checked on her phone in bed

[clawkind]

i guess
if youre like compiling creepy files on the people here or something

lions are pretty decent even if theyre not my favorite
theyre fun to follow around wildlife preserves
although it kind of sucks if they catch you

PEOPLE WHO ARE SURPRISED: NO ONE

[checkmaat]

Creepy files? Ahahaha. That's a good one!
I'm named after the messenger god, not the god of peeping toms and blackmail! (Zeus, probably.)
I'm just an exceptionally good judge of character, I guess!
Especially when people are threatening me. >;]