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

[alderaanda]

I'm not dancing! Sure. There's... something there, okay.

[whoyougonnacall]

[A deep breath. Whew, okay. It doesn't seem like she's about to change her mind about it, so...]

So, how long? Since you started seeing things other people can't, I mean.

[alderaanda]

Other people can't? I mean it's pretty easy to miss, maybe they're just not looking? Weird.

[She focuses her attention on him specifically for the first time.]

I don't know about seeing things, but I had a bad feeling about the bus last week, so I took a bike, and I heard this ex-Marine T-boned his Hummer into it. -nobody got hurt, but still.

[whoyougonnacall]

...man, that actually sounds really useful. I'm jealous.

Me, I've just been seeing dead people since I was ten.

[alderaanda]

Thanks? I think? I don't actually know how long it's been going on, it's not all the time, or anything.

Ten? Wow. That's uh, that sounds like it could go pretty wrong.

[whoyougonnacall]

[He scratches his neck.]

Wellll, let's just say I managed to convince my parents I just had a really active imagination as a child.

I'm Mamoru, by the way. Mamoru Nakamura. Nice to meet you.

[alderaanda]

[A fainter smile. ...yeah I haven't figured out much STE AU for Nat but it's possible that like Tash her parents are dead and she prefers to avoid the topic. that damned driver]

Nat Arlani! Tell me more about these ghosts?

[whoyougonnacall]

[DAMN THAT MAD, IRRESPONSIBLE MAN IN THE INDESTRUCTIBLE CAR]

Well...they pretty much look like people, most of the time. Sometimes they've got the injury they died from, sometimes they don't. They float around, trying to sort out what they didn't resolve in life. Most ghost-movies get it pretty right, actually.

[alderaanda]

[I snuck a look at the script and he's the game's real main villain! gasp!]

Huh! So who's this? Can you help... ummm...

[stab in the dark] ...her?

[whoyougonnacall]

Yeah, it's a her. And I dunno yet. Apparently, someone was driving drunk and t-boned her car. The rest of her family made it out okay, but she was...well, in the wrong seat.

I dunno what to do, besides maybe find the guy that did it and make him apologize.

[alderaanda]

...that happens a lot.

[Sudden alarm] She's not - no, you just said. [Hand flapping] Nevermind.

[whoyougonnacall]

Yeah, you'd think they'd have an ad campaign going on against drunk driving or something. Jeez, we must have the highest rate of low IQs in the country.

[alderaanda]

You know I don't think posters would help. When I lived up in Wisconsin they'd have these ads where if a guy was leaving the bar a wrecking ball would hit his car. We need people who'll do that.