saveyourbrain | TEST DRIVE MEME: Good weather?

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.

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[Character Info: App is here. It's VERY LONG, be warned.

Short(ish) version: In canon, he's Joshua Christopher, an "Apostle" with holy healing powers and pretty angel wings that pop up and disappear at will. However, his powers made him very sick, so when given the chance to take a literal deal with the devil to get a pair of demon horns that would make him powerful enough to surpass his illness, he jumped at the chance. But they made him insane. Oooooops! A bit childish, clingy, obsessive and impulsive, but still a kind, generous person that cares about other people underneath it all. After his sister saves him, his guilt drives him to become a member of a demon-fighting clergy for the rest of his life.

Reincarnated, he's Joshua Christopher Simmons, sometimes called "J.C." for short. (I haven't decided yet if he consistently goes by J.C. or if that's a family nickname that he's outgrown and instead has chosen to go by Joshua. You can use whichever you like.) His father was a chaplain in the US Army, so he grew up moving a ton (including a few foreign countries). His mother homeschooled him for some of the time when he was a kid. However, his father has recently retired and since Fall 2012 he's reentered public school as a freshman in Locke High since his mother has rejoined the workforce to help pay the family bills.

He's awkward, geeky, prone to escapism through books and gaming and other forms of media to help soothe his teenaged angst, and has a bit of a reputation as "the pastor's kid" and is occasionally a little overbearing about his religious beliefs, although he seems to mean well.]

Prompt 1: The Pool; Suddenly, Rain
[Joshua groans from his spot at a picnic table underneath the awning, glaring at the rain as it pours down from the sky. The weatherman SAID it was going to be sunny all day! A perfect day for the pool, they said! Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend, they said!

He pulls a towel closer around his shoulders, sullenly chews on a Laffy Taffy and glances at his cellphone. 10 minutes. He'll give it 10--no, 15, 15 minutes to clear up, and if the rain doesn't stop by then he'll get dressed and head home. Maybe he could check in to see what his guild on Astro Online were up to.]

Prompt 2: At Home; Getting Used to a New Echo
[The location: on the Network. Joshua's taken to it like a duck to water. After all, he's always been a little bit more comfortable expressing himself online than in person.

He's hooking into it through his webcam, and clears his throat when he realizes it's started.]

Um...hi. [waves!] I was wondering...does anyone have any, um...say...small injuries, or a little fever, or something? I think I might have gotten the ability to heal people. I'd like to be able to test it out a little. But I'm still not good at it, so nothing life-threatening, okay? I'm no doctor or anything.

Oh, also. I need some help with something. [He takes a deep breath, and holds up his hands. They glow with a soft, golden energy, and as they do, angelic wings sprout up from behind his back. After a moment, he stops the glowing from his hands...but the wings stay.]

Does anyone know how to turn these off? [He jerks a thumb back to point at the wings.] This happens whenever I use my powers. They go away eventually but they're a pain in the a--ahhh, butt, to hide or just to move around with. And I definitely can't use my powers in public if this keeps happening. The glowing is conspicuous enough.

Prompt 3: IDK do whatever you want to do!
[And I'll go along with it! \o/]

[Rose Christianson sat on the picnic table beside him, her arms folded and scowling at the weather like it did it on some diabolical whim, targeting their good time. She dusts the pooling water off of her wide brimmed hat and huffs out a sigh.]

So, this may not have worked. But don't think I'm defeated. There's plenty else we can do.

[Joshua glances over at her, his mouth stuffed full of Laffy Taffy.]

Muh?

[Wait, hold on. Probably easier to hold a conversation if he finishes chewing and swallows.]

Sorry. Like what?

[The way her back stiffens suddenly might be a pretty good call to the fact she- ridiculously, perhaps -didn't expect to have that particular bluff called. The poolside was almost empty save for the last few hopeful stragglers like themselves.]

Like... well...

[She recovers quickly, rallying.] We're going to be wet anyway, right? We'll push forward with defiance against the rain. AND we'll have the pool to ours-

Edited 2013-05-20 17:37 (UTC)

[A thunderclap cracks above them, rolling heavily through several heavy echoes.] Oh! Get real! Seriously?!

[He bursts out laughing.] Maybe that's God's way of saying "GO HOME!" Even though I really don't want to give up on it yet...

Maybe it's a test of faith... or something. [Or she's just as stubborn. She waves a hand in the air.] Oh well, here's fine anyway. If I'm going to get wet, it's not going to be walking home.

[with a shake of his head] You're not just going to sit here, are you? You're just going to get bored and restless.

[She had picked up the taffy wrapper and folding the crinkly paper between her fingers as she scowls up at the grey skies, that is, before she turns a comically ruffled look back to JC.] What? Hey! You don't have to say that like it's the only possible conclusion!

Edited 2013-05-20 19:06 (UTC)

Unless the rain suddenly clears up, that's how it's going to be! I know you!

You'll sit here patiently for 5 or 10 minutes, then suddenly jump up from the table and scream...

[In a high-pitched, screechy voice] "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!"

Then you'll run and jump into the pool, but it'll thunder again, so you'll scramble back out with a hilariously girly scream. And I'll laugh my ass off and you'll punch me.

.........

[Her face turns three shades of red in impressively quick order.] That's not... I wouldn't...!

[No. She gathers herself and focuses on what's truly important here. She grabs a firm hold of his ear and pulls down!]

I do not sound like that! Take it back!

((OOC: Laughing so hard right now, you have no idea.))

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