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

[reapsthewind]

...

I haven't eaten anything but microwave meals, takeout, and instant noodles for like

...

[counting on her fingers]

Oh just fuck it the answer is yes that smells fucking awesome.

[corpseking]

Oh honey. That is unacceptable. C'mere.

[he gestures with his empty hand, then picks up his basting brush and goes back to his ribs]

I try and eat at least one good meal every day! Of course, when you're at cookin' school, it's a little easier.

[there's a few other folks milling around, but there's plenty of room for Christ to get close and up in line]

[reapsthewind]

Yeah, I'm an engineer. Don't sleep, don't eat, just code code code. Y'know.

[she grabs a plate and is just like... yes. food. yes.]

And you sir are one hell of a chef. If this tastes half as good as it smells...

[corpseking]

[he smiles, a smile for her, but he's watching the ribs on the grill like a hawk. The sauce was caramelizing beautifully... he pokes at the meat with a large fork, then pulls a meat thermometer out of the little tool belt around his waist and jams it into the meat] Oh I hear ya. If cooking weren't, like, my whole thing, I'd probably be the same way. [he turns and gives her the grin directly, now] Not a chef yet! I have another year or two! But it does smell pretty fantastic, right? I made the sauce myself.

[he taps the thermometer, and he seems pleased with the temperature. He removes it and then moves the rack o' ribs to a platter nearby] Give it a few minutes to rest!

[reapsthewind]

Oh that's gonna be hard...

[so hungry...]

Right, uh, I'm Chris, by the way.

[corpseking]

We'll talk until they're ready, then. I'm Shiro. [he washes his hands quickly at the mobile sink, then extends a hand to her] So you said yer an engineering student? You over at the university?

[reapsthewind]

[she shakes his hand]

Yeah, PHD candidate at the university. I also teach part-time, and if everything goes well, my rich asshole friend might have a part time job at his company, too.

Basically I don't sleep.

[corpseking]

Yikes, PHD? Well you are now officially way out of my league. [he laughs at his own self deprecating little joke] What's your dissertation thingy on?

[reapsthewind]

This is probably gonna sound like technobabble to you -- and I mean that with respect -- but it's avionics, specifically I'm working on improving collision avoidance AI in dronecraft.

[corpseking]

[he looks over his sunglasses at her with a sort of... glaze in his eyes. That would be a yes, Chris. But then he flips them back over his eyes and thinks about it a little. He knows all those words. He just has to put them together! ] You're working on... keeping those fancy military remote-control planes from running into stuff. Right. Sounds like good stuff to me. I mean, those things cost an arm and a leg, right? Would suck to lose one in a tree like a kid's kite! Ha! ... Ah! [he pokes at the ribs with his big grill fork, then grins] I think we're in business.