The "UP-Vision Talent Show" Test Drive Meme

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THE UP-VISION TEST DRIVE MEME

The Time Trapper, the being responsible for bringing people into the Legion's universe, is up to some strange tricks! It's now creating illusions of alternate universes and dumping the Legionnaires into them to try to test them as Legionnaires. Each time this happens, the captives -- er, participants have knowledge of the scenario, their role, and what they're supposed to accomplish planted into their heads, but still remember who they once were. To complicate things, the Legionnaires from the 31st century aren't the only ones pulled into this adventure. Strange people from many worlds are being yanked in and finding themselves thrust right into the heart of these conflicts. These universes are technically just illusions (probably!) and all the participants have an inherent knowledge of this placed in their heads, but it's up to them if they believe it -- and the danger is real. If you die in one of these scenarios you stay dead. This time everyone is being dumped into a scenario where they're dealing with... A GALACTIC TALENT SHOWTHE SETTING This year the UP-Vision Galactic Talent Show is being hosted by the planet Athram, in a giant concert dome. The bug-like, four-armed Athramites are widely known throughout the UP for their style and skills in decorating and fashion design and that means this year's talent show is bound to be extravagant and stylish. Mind you, "stylish" for the UP is definitely on the gawdy side. That means laser light shows! Glitter! Hologram-projecting outfits! And far too many sequins! The talent acts, drawn from myriad UP worlds, are equally strange and outrageous. There's singing, dancing, acrobatic routines, snorgblotting, stage magic, actual magic, bladdersac chamber music, ventriloquism, and ribbon dancing! If someone mistakenly believes something is a talent, it's there on stage for the entire galaxy to UP-vote! SCENARIO A: "YOU'RE ON IN FIVE MINUTES" Backstage, you've been pulled aside in the midst of all this madness and told you absolutely have to perform, or else the world you're representing will face eternal shame. Lucky for you, you're not alone. You have other displaced people to team up with to create some kind of act with. Whether it's singing, dancing, or an impromptu magic show, you have access to music that can be cued up that you can sing to, costumes, and any prop you can imagine. But you only have a few minutes to figure something out with your partner before you're expected on stage. Better improvise fast -- and break a leg! SCENARIO B: AUDIENCE You've lucked out in that you're not being forced on stage to perform -- instead you're in the audience, watching the strange and bizarre talent acts onstage. Fortunately, you're not alone, you have someone next to you that can laugh with you over blip-glopping, frapper dancing, mug-sharking, and ventriloquism acts. Players can make up whatever acts the characters are watching that they want. The more ridiculous the better! SCENARIO C: STOP THE ASSASSIN While backstage, you see something odd. A group of Rimborians acting nervous and suspicious. One of the celebrity judges is an Orandan royal, a snakelike duke of Orando, that has done diplomatic work trying to help Robotica and its robot-people form positive diplomatic relations with other UP worlds. A group of assassins got themselves into the competition with a stellar synchronized dance routine after being hired to kill the duke on live TV. Armed with blasters hidden in their bouffant hairdos, they plan on performing the assassination and running off in the chaos. The assassins have to be stopped and your characters will be the only people close enough to stop them. But while they're armed with blasters and might dance aggressively at you, you're only armed with whatever stage props you can find. (Due to the Time Trapper's time-altering shenanigans, this scenario can happen in more than one timeline, and therefore to more than one group. Good luck!) SCENARIO D: GO-FER IT You've found yourselves in the position of being a go-fer for the strong personalities running and starring in the show. Whatever the stars need, it's your job to find it, no matter how outrageous the demand, no matter how last-minute it is. Whether it's coffee, a top hat big enough for a ten-foot-tall giant, or a Castinian glorpflat (which might be a musical instrument? Possibly?) you have a very short time to run around inside or outside the concert hall to find one. Luckily you've been given enough credits to get the job done (and fast) but if you don't find it in time, it could ruin the whole show. And that strange little voice that was in your head has made it clear that the show being ruined could have possibly terrible consequences. SCENARIO E: WILDCARD! Maybe your character somehow accidentally ruins the whole show. Maybe they get in a fistfight with a rival dance troupe. Maybe their spirited performance inspires galactic peace. The choice is yours! ( OOC INFO )