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legionclubhouse2017-01-16 05:17 pm
letsgolegion) wrote in legionclubhouse2017-01-16 05:17 pm
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The "Voyage of the Clammed" 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... The Titanic II is a luxury space cruise ship named after the original Titanic by a naive Carggite owner that only knows the ship was famous and doesn't know the unfortunate history of the original. Sure enough, like its predecessor, this ship is cursed, and has hit a space icebe--er, comet. It's broken down in a very perilous area of space and has drifted into the territory of the Space Dolphins. The Space Dolphins have an isolationist empire that spans star systems and prefers to have no contact with the outside galaxy. They are demanding that the passenger and crew of the Titanic II leave their territory immediately and are not accepting any excuses. They've given the ship a paltry half hour to evacuate when it should take at least 1-2 hours. Once the half hour is up, they plan to attack and make the Titanic II crash into a nearby uninhabited planet -- whether it's fully evacuated or not. Characters may find that they have brand-new superpowers that can help them save the day. SCENARIO A: BEFORE THE CRASH Some characters will find themselves on board the cruise ship with the knowledge it's going to crash. What they do with that knowledge is up to them. Perhaps they'll try to warn the crew, or simply wait it out and prepare with others to act once it happens. Or maybe they'll try to warn passengers away from the section where the comet will impact. In the time before the ship hits the comet, they'll at least be privy to some beautiful sights as they fly past nebulas and planets, but it will be little comfort as they sit there waiting for inevitable disaster. (Maybe they can rearrange some desk chairs?) This is the mingle option for those that want something other than an action thread. SCENARIO B: PLACATE WITH FISHIES After the crash, not much can be done to prevent the Space Dolphins from preparing to attack, but they can be distracted somewhat if characters find some fish to distract them with. After stealing fish from confused cooks in the kitchens, they can brave the dangerous vacuum of space to dump what they find outside to create a feeding frenzy that can delay the dolphin attack. Fortunately, there's transuit technology that will allow them to go into vacuum without being encumbered by too much gear. SCENARIO C: HELP EVACUATE The ship needs to be evacuated and it needs to be evacuated fast. With fires, machinery breaking down, collapsing floors and walkways, and areas suddenly being exposed to vacuum, and even some explosions, the ship is growing more and more perilous by the minute and the passengers need help and occasional rescue to make it out of dangerous areas and into the lifepods. The engine core is especially dangerous, with broken machinery trapping some of the engineers and mechanics inside, and dangerous radiation leaks that will kill them if they're not freed soon. Characters may find themselves getting into deadly peril while trying to help others, and will need to work together to survive. The human element is also a factor here. People are getting scared and that means they need to be stopped from trampling each other, or fighting over lifepods. (There are plenty to go around). SCENARIO D: ATTACH THE "SONAR" DEVICE An engineer that was a passenger slapped together a device from scrap that can help buy some time by projecting a vibrational frequency that will keep the Space Dolphins a distance away. It can only work for a short time, but buying a little extra time is better than nothing. Unfortunately, it has to be directly attached to a large power source, like the ship's engine. Characters must brave perilous crawlspaces and ventilation systems (including ones with those giant spinny fans), and work together to reach the engine and attach it. (Due to the Time Trapper's meddling, this task can be done in multiple time loops, allowing multiple teams to go through the scenario). SCENARIO E: PISS OFF SPACE PETA Sometimes in life you just have to punch a hyperintelligent dolphin in the face. With the Space Dolphins finally attacking, it's time to take action before they damage the escaping lifepods or damage the ship enough to make it fall onto the nearby planet before it's fully evacuated. Characters have transuits that will allow them to survive in vacuum, making it so they can fight the Space Dolphins directly. Beware their head-mounted pulse weapons and ion beams, tracking missiles, and that weird painful pokey-thing dolphins do with their noses. SCENARIO F: WILD CARD Maybe your character wants to take a moment before the crash to re-enact the "I'm flying!" scene at the bow. Or lasso and ride an annoyed Space Dolphin. Perhaps a missing child needs to be found and reunited with a parent. Or maybe two lovers ✦ Current players in game can jump into this and do starters if they like so they can play with new players and each other. This meme will count as part of the game canon for those that opt in, though they'll find their memories somewhat fuzzy afterward. These threads can count toward your AC, however the "new CR" credit cannot be applied since not every character joining in is guaranteed to join the game. This takes place after "Silent Horizon" and "No Sanity Clause." ✦ Potential players can use this as a standard test drive and may use these threads as their log samples. However, at least one post in their thread must fit the requirements for apps, both in length (200 words) and in quality. If you do plan on using a thread as a sample, please make sure the writing throughout your threads is a good example of your writing skills and has some solid examples of the character's voice. ✦ Potential players can also opt to keep these threads as game canon when they app in, so that their character remembers the scenario and then suddenly finds themselves in the game universe. However, this is opt in and players can choose to introduce their characters fresh if they'd prefer that and no other characters will remember they were there. Please just note which you'd like in the additional info field on your app. ✦ If you are considering apping to the game, currently 5 of 40 player slots are available. The character limit is 4 characters per player. You can also scope out some of the game's upcoming plots to get an idea of what kind of plots are in the game and what's to come. New Player Reserves will open on Friday Feb. 3 @ 10 pm EST. ✦ Non-players who like the meme but aren't really considering apping to the game are free to jump in. The more the merrier! The Time Trapper wants a confusing situation and will enjoy the chaos of lots of strange people trying to figure out what's going on. |
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But now was not the time to indulge in his own vanity. His frock coat was already in enough distress he doubted he could summon much of it.
"If you can't make sense of that tongue, put it to better use." For once, that was not a flirtation. Old or not, he was not so young as to be interested in someone who hadn't seen twenty years. "You may leave the aggression to-- I say mind the cravat!" He smacked the ungrateful offender on the head, which was enough to send him scurrying away. "Me," he finally finished. "Their reaction was not one of intimidation."
He had the feeling this youth would continue to chatter and he would have to carry--
He sighed when he saw a young child. "Come on, dear." He picked her up to save her from the swarm.
Literally carry this whole affair on his own shoulders.
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"You weren't, like, woken up after a long deep sleep to come kill people, were you?" He didn't seem like one of the Talons that had plagued Gotham City on behalf of the Court of Owls, but one could never be too sure. Then again, here he was, picking up a lost child. "Never mind." That answered that question.
"I can make sense of it, I'm just not sure I can replicate what happened just yet." He'd attempted to scream, but instead a song had burst forth. A song that had momentarily calmed people. Maybe I should be calling myself Bluebird instead of Harper, he thought wryly as he bent down to pick up the toy that the child had dropped. He handed it over to the child and ruffled her soft, chestnut hair with an assuring smile. "You'll be okay. We all will."
He turned back to the crowd. "At least we will if you all can act civilized!"
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Once Tarabotti spotted a motherly looking woman, who had the appearance of strength, he deposited the child in her arms without bothering to ask for permission. "That way. Aim for the knees if you need to make way," he directed her.
He was not helping his case.
"Are you incapable of continuous singing?" he inquired. The scientifically minded part of him would like to question this more thoroughly, as would the Templar raised part, for separate reasons.
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"Wait, aim for the - hey, no condoning violence or maiming people! That's going to make things worse." Cullen glared at Tarabotti. "Everyone needs to get safe, not get injured. And someone could have a bad knee already. What is wrong with you?"
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"She is a young woman with an even younger child. There is enough chaos that, barring my escorting her, she will have trouble enough escaping.
"You may not like singing but so far it has proven the most--" he paused, withholding a more biting word. Not the time, indeed. There were few things it was time for. "Help you can provide."
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Granted, Harper had kind of protected him through violence, and so had Batman. Cullen pursed his lips for a second.
"Thanks for filtering whatever you were going to say," Cullen said, finally. "Alright, fine. Let's give this...song thing another go." He rubbed his hands together and yelled, but it was just a yell. A few people turned to look at him, and he took advantage of it by redirecting them into a more orderly fashion. It lasted all of a minute, if even that.
"Yeah, I don't know how to access the power," he looked at Alessandro. "Any tips, since you seem to have so much more...experience...with life than I do?"
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Or it could be the Templars were right, after a fashion. Being called demon spawn for a good deal of your childhood didn't improve one's manners. Speaking of which...
"The English have a phrase: respect your elders, since you seem determined to label me as one, it should apply. Although you are American. I shouldn't expect that much of you."
He'd met several. They had a habit of standing much too close. At least the crowd spared him the young man from inflicting that much suffering.
"My advice-- if you can't control your mouth, use silence."
He was keen to take his own advice though less that he trusted his words. He saw no use for them now that the youth had failed to prove his worth, at least on a consistent basis. There would be time later to test his future worth. For now he had a crowd to herd.
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Since then, Cullen's sister had become a crimefighter and Cullen had become friends with a few crimefighters himself. He'd also come to the decision that he would no longer be bullied. Ever. By anyone.
That included the sneering, snobby old fossil that was Alessandro Tarabotti.
"I'm sixteen," he snarked. "You're definitely over twenty. In my world, that pretty much makes you an elder." He raised his eyebrow and herded a couple of kids his age over to one side. This group, thankfully, moved along without complaint, though it's possible there was something in his eyes that made them not want to argue with him.
"As for respect? Where I come from, it's earned, not just freely given. The power thing literally just happened. I can control my mouth just fine. It's the powers that I have no clue about."
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"You're mistaken as you've not closed it." He went past even attempting to be polite. He also turned his attention from the youth.
No longer worth his time. He had no intention of dying here, which meant that he needed to make more headway on evacuating these person. Then he'd take leave.
He supposed he'd bring the boy.
Perhaps.
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He heard yells coming form behind them. Cullen turned to see two of the teenagers fighting over a lifepod. There was another one right next to them, not yet in use. "Hey!" He yelled. "Stop. Dude, there's one right behind you." His eyes widened as one of the teens pulled back to punch the other one. "Hey! I said stooooooooooppppp!" And therein, it happened again. That last word came out as a calming, soothing, melodic sound that calmed down the two teenagers. They both turned to look at Cullen a little blankly. "You, take the one on the left. You, take the one on the right. Apologize to each other when you get out of this alive."
He turned around to the others who were milling about them. "Anyone else wanna not behave?" Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Tarabotti. He was suddenly a little more useful now, wasn't he?