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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Jungo is physically not very different then his past life. Tall and a little scary looking, he's just outta high school and living on his own, having aged out of foster care last year.]

A: Street

[Every day after work Jungo makes a stop in a few specific back alleys. The oversized young man is a common sight, crouching around trash cans and talking quietly to nothing... until the half feral cats come out to greet him and get leftovers from the restaurant]

B: Work

[Jungo works at a restaurant, training to be a professional cook. But he doesn't just work in the back: he serves, he buses, he mops- If you've eaten in this place, you've seen Jungo. And he's probably tried to befriend you if you're there more then twice]

C: The Street pt 2- oh shit Echos

[He's a peaceful creature- until you hurt someone he cares for. Perhaps someone picked on his cats. Maybe a random person was being mugged. Either way Jungo is going to town on some thugs. And hauling them around better then your average human should.

Part of him is seeing the gang that almost killed him in a past life, all ganging up while he tried to protect someone. So much so that he doesn't realize he miiight be causing more damage then he should. He's a beast enraged, and could end up having to be taken down himself before he'll stop]

Hey! Stop it!

[Naomi's afraid for the same reason she knows she has to speak out - she can see that Jungo's hurting those muggers beyond the level of simple incapacitation. She's not sure what's happening, but she does know it needs to end.]

You've done enough! They won't be hurting anyone else.

[He turns at the sound of her voice, and for a moment his eyes gleam in the low light. Blank and enraged. Animal eyes, glassy and somewhere certainly not here.

But then he blinks, and that gone look fades to growing horror. He drops the mugger he had pinned against the brick wall, who skitters away like some kind of rodent, along with his buddies.

Jungo looks at Naomi, then at his own hands, then back again, like he's not quite sure where he is, or who she is. He starts to shake, and his voice is barely above a whisper.]

Sorry... I...

[He's obviously a grown man, though there's still a little teenage lankiness he's still growing out of. But the expression on his face is child-like. Scared, confused and completely lost]

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[His eyes are strange, and it's clear that there's something going on. But whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be something the young man can fully control if at all. And Naomi's lost the ability to say no to faces like that since she had to tell a young girl her parents were dead, so it's on near instinct that she holds up her hands to show she means no threat and steps closer, using the most soothing voice she can muster.]

It's all right. They're gone now. Everything's going to be okay.

[ That calm voice is at once soothing for the scared young man, even while he's still untangling himself from the traumatizing Echo. The reality of it and now are mixed in his head (and for someone like Jungo there is no question of its reality. No wondering if he's gone mad. It Is. And he doesn't question) and he's still unsure if a monster might attack. Or-]

...humans shouldn't fight. I'm sorry... Are you hurt?

No, I'm not. And you?

[Given the circumstances, Naomi is much more concerned for the young man than she is herself. "Humans shouldn't fight"...that makes her wonder exactly how disoriented he is right now.]

[he looks down at his bloody knuckles]

...I'm okay.

Let's get you somewhere quiet now. Maybe I can do something for your hands.

[She may be not be a surgeon (even if her memories say so), but basic first aid she can do.]

[He nods sluggishly, ready to follow that calming voice just about anywhere now. He wants to get away from this place as soon as possible]

[Naomi gestures for him to follow.]

Do you know where the closest convenience store is? I'm...new, in this city.

[Indeed, Jungo's tried. But in this particular case, he's probably found it's not going well, as the sight of him has seemed to spook the timid-looking girl in the past. But all the same, she's here, sitting at a table with a glass of soda, a messenger bag on the floor next to her.]

Refill? [And he's just THERE, like a bear that can move like a cat]

Eep!

[And she tries to flinch and shift away a little, but considering she's sitting in a chair, all that does is cause her to start to lose her balance and fall gracelessly to the floor.]

((Sorry, still working out icons.))

[Jungo's eyes widen, and in a small flash of memoriy he recalls a girl: not much younger then his customer. Long red hair and a tendency towards getting into trouble. Stirred by the tiny Echo he's moving, grabbing the chair with one hand and making to catch her with the other arm.]

((No worries!))

[Winter's eyes slam shut as she prepares for a painful impact with the floor that... never comes, as someone reaches and grabs her first. Easing one eye open, she's flabbergasted when she sees her savior.]

Y-you saved me... um... thank you.

Airi...

[He blinks, then shakes his head, tossing the Echo aside before smiling. The expression lightens his normally gruff and bland face. Bright, almost childlike]

Are you okay?

I'm... [She shakes her head for a moment, taking a deep breath and giving a small smile of her own.]

Y-yes, I'm all right. I'm... a little relieved, too.

[He adjusts the chair and let's her settle back into it before standing back up fully]

Hm?

[Winter's grateful as she returns to her chair, looking up at the young man.]

W-well, before, you always looked so serious... I wasn't sure if I should talk to you or not. But just now, you looked... friendlier, I guess.

[Her face colors a little; she was very much expecting to be scolded for that, truth or not.]

[He looks a little confused at first, but remains smiling]

It's okay. I have a scary face. [He gives a slightly over exaggerated scowl... which is actually probably more realistic then he intends, before relaxing back into a grin]

Like a bear.

[The girl recoils just a bit again, before she relaxes when Jungo returns to a positive expression.]

I'm not sure a bear is the right thing to compare yourself to... true or not.

[He shrugs, amused]

Bears are not bad.

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