TEST DRIVE MEME: Good weather?

[theearth]

IT'S SPRING
I almost literally can't believe it isn't snowing right now just to piss me off.

How it Works
Due to the nature of Save the Earth, it's a more complicated process to play in than most other games. With this in mind, it can't hurt to experiment a little.

Post your character and in the comment share a few details regarding their reincarnation. Repeat if you have multiple ideas you want to try out, as many as you like. It's also suggested that you set a scene and there's a few prompts below to help there, but think outside the box if you like. Then tag around to other threads and help your fellow prospective players to test out their characters and the variations on them. Don't be afraid to presume a little CR to make a scene flow more freely, or to assume an Echo or two. If you have an app, complete or in progress, you might want to link it.

Current players may also use these meme to test out specific future Echoes, or as a general meme. Certain scenarios may even be transferred to game canon if both parties agree and it does not conflict with in game events.

Prompt 1: Location

The Park
The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip whatever go to the park.
Ice Cream Parlour
Don't lie, this is the first place you want to go the moment the sun even half appears.
The Pool
That, or here.
At Home
Because naturally when it's a nice day you want to cower inside.
Barbecue Party
Abandoning all paranoia, everyone has turned up at a barbecue. It's the wildest party imaginable.
Beach
Apparently Locke City has one. I bet it's nice.
Country Hike
All that nature out there can be visited too.
The Street
Oh man, this is the worst location prompt ever. I apologise.

Prompt 2: Event
Suddenly, Rain
And here's you in just a white shirt and short shorts.
A Public Echo
One of those places up there triggers an inexplicable Echo. Are you going to have to grab a hat to hide those new horns? Maybe it's even your first.
A Date
I hear nice weather gets people in the mood for romance. I'm against it, personally.
Here on Business
Mysterious goings on have been detected in the area and it's your job to check them out. Some suggested shenanigans could include plants that try to eat people, a red herring new statue or maybe this thing popping out from behind a bush to play a saxophone in an irritating manner. Go nuts.
Getting Used to a New Echo
Maybe this one is a pain in the butt, either if because it's noticeable or hard to control. Or maybe you just like to practice.
Everything is Normal
Things aren't bizarre 24/7, you know.
Alien Invasion
The Martians* are attacking! They want our brains/world/women/hot dogs. Take these freaks out... or cower in terror.

*Martians are not actual Save the Earth villains.

Comments

[odd_jobs]

[It's amazing, in Tadashi's mind, that a crowd could gather with this kind of speed. It's like kids could smell a fight starting and spontaneously learned to teleport into his damn way. He finally gave up on being polite and started using elbows until he got through the front lines, who were already chanting out catcalls.

Just as he shoved his way into the circle, he watched Kenji drop into a spinning kick with a fighter's grace. It froze him for a second, pulse roaring in his ears, on just how uncanny it was, almost unreal. Tadashi swallowed hard and shook himself out of it as Kenji took a few steps back and James tried to pull himself up.

Putting himself between the two of them, he throws an arm out towards each, half ready to duck.]

Hey! Come on! COME ON!

What are you thinking? Do you want cops down here? ... Dude, put some pants back on. No one wants to see that.

[It didn't seem to sink in through the haze as well as he intended, instead the teen just squints up at him, somewhere between supremely pissed off and confused. "You're shitting me?"]

You can take a crack at me for it later when you have half a chance of connecting. Just go get some food to clear your head up, man. I'll get you home in a few.

[reckless_fire]

[For Kenji's part, he was more than happy to allow Tadashi to interject himself between him and James. He was still somewhat shaken by what he had wanted to do--what he'd almost done. Letting out a deep breath, he stepped back further, throwing up his hands in an 'I'm done' gesture, before looking around for his surfboard. Hopefully, it hadn't been broken during the scuffle. If it had been, he really might kill the guy.

Fortunately, it was still in one piece, so James would live another day. As the unfortunate James and his friends staggered off, apparently following Tadashi's advice, he picked it up, once more tucking it under his arm. He stood there awkwardly for a moment, not quite sure what to say. He sure as hell didn't want to explain what had just happened.]

Uh...I should probably be getting home, too...

[deadshallspeak]

[In her past life she was a surgeon, a terrorist, a spirit medium/investigator, and a mother (not necessarily all at once). Today Naomi Kaufman is a forensic chemist who's recently moved to Locke City to distance herself from those in the gang she ran with in her teens and make sure the daughter of her old friends stays out of danger.]

Prompt 1: The pool; suddenly rain
[It's a nice day. It's a weekend; Anna's playing at a friend's house for the afternoon and the forecast is good, so Naomi takes advantage of a rare opportunity and goes out to relax. She's lying back on a chair in a bathing suit, enjoying the heat and thinking about going for a swim--

Until she feels the first raindrops.]

Rain? You're kidding me.

Prompt 2: Ice cream parlor; new echo
[After the movies comes ice cream because it's not easy to say no to Anna and really, why not. At her side Anna's deciding whether she wants mint or chocolate chip cookie dough (only one scoop today) and Naomi's watching her in bemusement when her phone starts vibrating.

She goes distinctly stiff for a second before taking it out of her pocket and addressing Anna somewhat absent-mindedly.]

Hang on, honey, just a moment...

[odd_jobs]

[Tadashi turns his head to watch James and co stagger off, and keeps half an eye on them even as he turns back to Kenji with a sheepish grin.]

Ahhah. Yeah, I owe you one anyway. I shouldna figured they'd be a bit stupid about it.

Thanks for keeping your cool, man. That was some pro-level moves there.

[reckless_fire]

Keeping his cool...that was a good one. Tadashi didn't know just how close he'd come to losing his cool and beating his friend to a pulp.

Ehh... I was just lucky the guy was drunk. If he'd been sober, you'd probably be blotting me up with a napkin, or something.

[odd_jobs]

[Tadashi's hand drops on Kenji's shoulder for a friendly grip for a moment. He lifts it into a wave as he goes to follow the group.]

Heh, humble aint a good look for you. Might have to practice on that one.

Anyways, see ya around, Kobayashi.

[reckless_fire]

[Kenji grins half-heartedly, returning the wave before turning to head in the opposite direction.]

Yeah... see ya round, man.

[satisfactionbroughtback]

[Lleld Kemberaene, tiny weredragon.]

Elaine, most of her face obscured by huge sunglasses and a broad-brimmed hat, smiled broadly at the woman as she stumped back away from the shore.

She was a tiny woman, not much over four feet tall with somewhat stubby limbs and thick hair in an unnatural-looking shade of red, carrying a bulky tote. It was hard to tell her age. "Oh, lass, y'look miserable! Come now out of the rain, there's an awning just over this way."

[professorwolf]

((hey you :B finally tagging here >.> also assuming network conversation or somesuch))

Rain was actually the preferred mode of weather when sunlight made you increasingly uncomfortable. Lyall kept an umbrella in his car at all times, mostly for problems of too much sun these days, but it came in handy when it was used for its original purpose, too.

So he was heading back to said car, umbrella actually in hand, when he passed poor Genevieve looking miserable and wet. He paused and angled the umbrella to cover her, as well. "Bad timing, I take it," he commented with a sympathy.

[force_ful]

[I'M NOT TAKING HIM HERE. NO. NOT HAPPENING. I miss playing Luke but he's exhausting.]

[Nathan Lukas, veteran of... Vietnam? The Gulf War? I refuse to put too much thought into this, because I'm not playing him. In his sixties but aging fairly well, right hand is a split hook prosthetic, kind but quiet and reserved much of the time, mildly Force-Sensitive for the past few decades since he lost his hand, has... a son he might have passed that on to.]

[He's got a cup of chocolate ice cream in his right and is alternating spooning up a bit at a time and turning pages of a thick hardcover with his left.]

[rhapsoidein]

Genevieve was a bit surprised by the woman's sudden appearance and she pushed back her hair to get a better look. Her actual appearance was a bit odd, to say the least, but not necessarily too odd. Although her accent made her smile a little. It reminded her of her mom, really (where else did her Genevieve's own fiery locks come from?).

"I probably look as miserable as I feel," She laughed softly, walking over to the other woman. "Can you show me? I can't seem to see it."

[rhapsoidein]

[OOC: :3 Okie!]

Genevieve blinked when the rain suddenly stopped and she looked up and found the umbrella blocking the falling water. She looked over at the owner and smiled softly, her cheeks turning pink in embarrassment at having been caught like this.

"Yes, I suppose so," She finally said, fiddling with the strap of her bag. "Rain isn't usually my thing."

[satisfactionbroughtback]

"Rain on such a lovely day! There's worse things t'be sure, but it's one of life's little miseries." Smugly semi-dry under her hat, Elaine beamed. "'Course you haven't, I saw it on the way in. Come now."

"Elaine Kendall."

[rhapsoidein]

"I feel like I'm one of life's little miseries these days," She muttered, following along now. She blinked at the name before realizing the woman was introducing herself. "O-Oh! I'm Genevieve Rapson."

[satisfactionbroughtback]

"What a pretty name!" Despite the roundness of her face, it seemed Elaine wasn't particularly young. "And what makes a personage such's yourself so unhappy of late, besides the weather?" She led the way with confidence.

[rhapsoidein]

Genevieve stayed silent for a little bit, trying to figure out how to say what she felt. Elaine was a stranger though, why should she burden her with something as insignificant as her worries? She sighed with a shrug. "I don't know. Just a feeling of inadequacy, I guess? It's... weird, even I'm not entirely sure what's going on. Started after a really strange dream that I'm trying to recall but it's hard."

Like a faint memory that she was struggling to grab but failing miserably. Then again, all she had was an emotion to go on, rather than any specific memory.

[satisfactionbroughtback]

Elaine accepted that without turning around. "Not too uncommon a plaint, these days. Strange things happening in this part of the world! Ah, here we are."

It wasn't much, a canvas roof stretched above a couple spider-covered picnic tables, but it was drier. Elaine went and stood on one of the benches to get a bit more height, removed her hat and shades, and pulled a shell-patterned towel out of her tote. "Here lass, you need it more'n me."

[rhapsoidein]

"So I've heard," She replied, looking around at this new place. It wasn't much, no, but it certainly dry. "Oh, thank you. I really appreciate it."

Taking the towel, she went for her hair first. She wrung it out and then pressed the towel to it. "I've only recently heard about these... strange happenings. And the odd network. What's going on, do you know?"

[professorwolf]

"I don't mind it. It means no sun, and not being over-heated." Or whatever that uncomfortable sensation was. He didn't think it was over-heating, but easier to say that than to get into the whole explanation. It wasn't like it made sense, after all.

"This is probably terribly forward of me, but were you heading somewhere? I could give you a ride." He wouldn't have offered to a semi-stranger, in general, let alone a young lady, lest it be taken badly... but he knew her from the network. And they all at least tried to trust each other a little, there.

[rhapsoidein]

It was a little awkward, she had to admit. But Lyall seemed like a gentlemen. Although it wouldn't be the first time a man had tried something on her either. But given this network and other strange oddities, there was a certain level of trust as well. Genevieve bit her lip nervously. "Well, I was just heading home. The day was nice, so I decided to go for a walk. I live several blocks from here, in the apartments by the Plaza."

She paused for a moment, before considering his offer. "Um, sure. I could use a ride."

[professorwolf]

"Should be a quick trip, then. My car's right over here." He motioned with his free hand, and started that way, slowly to make sure he kept her under the umbrella. He, after all, also had a hat and coat. "Genevieve, wasn't it? Randall Lyall, not sure if you ever caught my name. I teach biology at Locke High."

[rhapsoidein]

Genevieve nearly didn't move in time, making a startled sound before catching up and following him. "Yes, I'm Genevieve. Librarian at the Locke Public Library. I... caught your last name, I think. But I didn't know you worked at the school."

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[perfecting]

[ Her name went down in history, Lucrezia Borgia, the Pope's daughter, with the hair of gold and the infamous charm and the rings filled with poisons.

Lucia Allegry is also a well known name in her time. The same gold hair and mischievous charm, she is an art collector and a socialite, a patroness of painters and a hostess of extravagant parties.

They say her origin is half Spanish, half Italian and she speaks both language fluently, in addition to some others. Educated and not only in art, this is the only daughter to the Allegry family, a powerful family situated in politics and business. They say all sorts of things about this family, corruption and blackmail and nepotism but nothing was ever proved.

That does not mean she is made of arrogance and vanity! not at all! In fact, one could find her in the park, wearing a long, flowing dress of white cotton with sandals and a wide straw hat.

Her lips, painted red will curl into a cheerful smile at anyone who might pass her. ]

[professorwolf]

At least Lyall was paying attention, and made sure he waited for her, umbrella tilted the right way to catch her while she caught up. "Indeed. With probably a dozen students all wrapped up in the same mess we are." He was exaggerating. ... it was more like nine or ten, though, so he wasn't exaggerating much.

[diamondlight]

[Winter had indeed heard of the Allegry family. She was vaguely certain she didn't want to deal with them on a major basis... but what harm could the heiress be? So it was that the raven-haired girl paused next to a nearby tree, leaning against it.]

It's a nice day today. A welcome change after a long winter.