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...
ROBOZOMBIES
THE SETTING
In the game universe, the Legionnaires are currently facing a nanovirus plague released by two Coluan villains descended from the supergenius Brainiac family line. The techno-organic nano-virus released by the Brainiacs converts organic life to mindless zombie robots that are part of a collective completely dedicated to consuming and converting every organic in the United Planets. After the UP is assimilated and roboticized, the Brainiacs plan to start destroying and reconstructing the multiverse in their image.
The planet they've chosen to start the epidemic on? Their native planet of Colu, of course.
The pocket universe the Time Trapper has created is a mirror image of the threat in the game universe, causing newcomers and Legionnaires to face the worst scenario possible -- one where the battle has already been nearly lost.
While it's possible that the civilians in this scenario aren't real, there's no way to be 100% sure. What your character can be sure of is that if they are real, they need their help.
(Based on player preference, for the purposes of the meme, characters can either lose powers, retain their canon powers, or find themselves with new powers. It's up to you.)
ZOMBIE MECHANICS
The robo-zombies the Legion is fighting against are a formidable threat. The nanovirus spreads through simple skin contact and converts organic life to inorganic life. Each zombie only has very small bits of organic material left.
The robo-zombies can run at fast speeds, form sharp claws and teeth, and use swarm tactics to overwhelm their prey and infect them. It takes considerable effort to completely destroy them. If a single nanite survives with an individual robo-zombie's coding, they can rebuild themselves, including their organic parts. However heavy damage that requires them to reform or head shots that damage their cortical processors can slow them down.
All characters, including newcomers, will find themselves equipped with the Legion's protective transuits. While these clear life support suits can provide some protection, they can still tear or be punctured with enough pressure, making it so that Legionnaires can be infected if this artificial "skin" is broken by teeth or claws, much like in normal zombie media. When someone is exposed, conversion usually happens within less than a minute and the resulting drone is largely amnesiac and incapable of free will. Sometimes if infection is on an extremity, it can take longer to convert the victim's whole body.
SCENARIO A: EVACUATIONS
Colu is one of the most densely populated worlds in the UP, with its inhabitants crowded together in sprawling Mega-cities. These urban centers are filled with massive habitation towers and underground complexes, all interconnected. While this means that most Coluans have exit points to run through, it's extremely difficult to block the spread of the zombies. This means that the defenses of the Coluan home defense forces, battle drones, are becoming quickly overwhelmed.
All off-world travel has been blocked, whether it's by threshold gate or by ship, but there still are defended refugee zones. Your characters must help evacuate Coluans to these safe zones or to drop ships that can relocate them to them, and fight against the spread of the robo-zombies.
Legionnaires can help defend Coluans evacuating from certain sectors, attack robozombie barricades to free trapped clusters of citizens, and defend refugee evac points to help Coluans escape to safer areas, so they're not added to the robo-zombie collective.
SCENARIO B: PROTECTION
Some vital targets on Colu need ongoing protection. Various labs and weapons depots need to be defended so dangerous technology and weapons don't get assimilated and taken by the robo-zombies. This includes dangerous, contagious diseases being researched in the CCFD (the Coluan Centers for Disease Control) and caches of chemical and bioweapons.
SCENARIO C: RETRIEVAL
In areas that are already over-run, useful technology (like types of nanotech) can potentially be retrieved to use against the robo-zombie forces. Extraction teams will need to attempt to fight their way into labs that are deep in robo-zombie territory to break into these secure facilities, obtain the tech, and survive the trek back from beyond enemy lines.
This tech is vitally important as it may potentially allow the Legion to develop better offensive weaponry against the robozombies, better defensive measures, or even find a cure for the nanovirus.
Legionnaires might also want to scavenge for food and water, and look through overtaken hospitals to steal medical supplies and equipment for the people who have been injured without being infected in all the chaos. Colu's reliance on nanotech surgeons and surgical robots mean surgeons are few and far between, and support from the rest of the UP is limited due to the Brainiacs' interference.
SCENARIO D: THE LAST FLOOB COLA
Not every place on Colu is overrun, however. In some areas the hordes are thin, or blocked off due to barricades. Scavengers and survivors may perhaps have a quiet moment sharing the last Floob Cola on Colu with whoever they've come across.
Or they might find themselves facing scared Coluan mobs trying to steal their supplies. Unfortunately, even the most civilized species can be reduced to fear and violence, if desperate enough.
SCENARIO E: WILDCARD
Feel free to make entirely new zombie scenarios up! The scenario can be as flexible as you need it to be.
OOC INFO
✦ 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 just during "Resistance is Futile" and "An Eye For An Eye." Those participating in "Resistance Is Futile" will be able to tell that this version of Colu looks different from the one they're currently defending in game, and hear the Time Trapper's explanation of the situatiobn in their heads.
✦ 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 16 of 45 player slots are available. The character limit is 4 characters per player. The game is set to hit endgame in February or March of 2018, however apps will be open all the way up until endgame.
✦ 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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tali'zorah vas normandy | mass effect 2 - scenario c
She's been pretty much dropped in the thick of it - but she's used to this kind of surprise by now. When you've worked with Commander Shepard, you kind of get used to getting entangled in the middle of strange things.
Maybe not quite this unprepared, but if there's anything living on the Fleet had prepared her for, it was not having enough and making do.
So here she is - navigating a hospital she doesn't know well, looking for medical supplies or nanotech to help fight those creatures. They were like some horrible combination of Reaper technology, with nanotechnology. And Joker had shown her enough 'zombie' films for her to get the comparison.
Regardless - medical supplies. She scans the room with her omnicom for signs of movement before she steps in. She's never been so thankful as she is right now for her suit.
She looks over at her partner. "Well, do you want to watch the door, or should I?"
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"It won't keep them out forever, but it'll buy us a little bit of time." He grins over his shoulder. They may be a little bit out of their comfort zone - which is saying a lot - but they do have new tools to deal with it too.
"Let's keep it quick, though."
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"Good thing nanotech and medical supplies seem to look the same in every universe," Tali comments, moving through the lab quickly but quietly, keeping an ear out for any noise and any sign of -
"Aha!" Quiet, but audible - a medkit.
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"Tali, you're the brains. Let me shoot the zombies." Besides, that shotgun of Tali's lets them get closer than Shepard really likes.
She positions herself at the door, still not quite over feeling naked in the Legion's skintight uniform. Granted, she doesn't really need armor anymore, not with the boost to her cybernetics, but hell, armor and a kinetic barrier sure wouldn't hurt, now would they?
who's late. it me.
The skintight suit is definitely a difference from I don't care if I can breathe the air, helmet stays on attitude she was used to.
Consideirng her arrival time, she's jusy working with a modded version of her suit, but the familiarity is comforting.
"Right, you shoot, I loot," Tali says lightly, tilting her head before she crouches down to start quickly scanning shelves with her omni-com. She is looking for those nanites, but a medkit wouldn't be bad either.
There's a temptation to talk but this is a crisis situation and Tali doesn't want to alert the enemies any more than they may already be. The excited "aha" when she finds a nanite vial in a powered down centrifuge is still audible, though.
Jaune Arc | RWBY
Everyone please proceed in a calm manner! There's enough room for everyone. No need to rush.
[Jaune does his best to speak clearly and evenly, but there's no denying that there's a waver in his voice, and it might be on the verge of cracking. Stressful situations had that effect on him, whether it's grimm or zombies bearing down on him. Still, he's trying to stay calm, has to stay calm, for the benefits of those he's trying to help.
It sucks that people don't make it easy.]
Hey! You! No pushing!
[Scenario B]
[This is a little more Jaune's style. Playing defence, holding a point, these are things he can do.
He slides into a battle stance, sword raised and shield up. Archaic weapons in a place like this but he knows them. He's practiced with them and as terrifying as this is, it's the life he chose. And it wouldn't sit well with him to start now.]
Okay.
[He says, more to himself]
Let's do this. You can do this, Jaune.
A
[Once Claire is able to get Rexy to stand still for all of twenty seconds, she runs up to Juane to see if she can further help getting people on the hovercrafts.]
Oh! You're new ... [And, young? He looked about Zack's age ... maybe?]
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Huh? Oh, yeah, that's me. The new guy.
So, is, uh, that yours?
[He points at the t-rex, tentatively. Just wanting to make sure.]
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They're totally unused to this kind of thing.
[He uses his telekinesis to help corral them, creating tunneled walkaways with it that force them into taking it a little easier.]
They haven't had many threats actually attack their planet. They're not used to the usual things other worlds have, like war. Or terrorist attacks. Or the occasional apocalypse.
[Even in the UP, it seemed like other planets got the brunt of it when it came to attacks or invasions.]
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[At least here, the zombies don't seem to be drawn by fear and panic the way Grimm are.]
Wait? Occasional apocalypse?
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[A pause as he realizes how weird that sounds.]
Like to learn about my superhero team's past missions. Not for fun or anything.
[He lies. Looking up old creepy missions is a hobby of his. The weirder the better.]
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Right, yeah. Sounds...terrifying.
[What has he gotten himself into?]
So I suppose something like this is just...normal, then?
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[But that's a terrible explanation. He tries again -]
This is definitely not the actual planet Colu. The Time Trapper creates these little dimensional bubbles that just approximate the universe that I came from, which isn't the universe I originally came from, because I'm a guest to the second universe, but this universe isn't even that universe or my universe. Or your universe.
[- and fails again at explaining. Utterly.]
Obviously.
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So it's like...a universe with a universe within a universe???
That's...a lot. Wow.
[He sighs, but picks himself up shortly.]
But it still needs help, right? That's why we're here.
i am so sorry lol
But yeah. Basically. It's still real.
Kind of.
[A pause.]
Maybe.
[They don't actually know if these pocket universes or alternate versions of the Legion's universe keep existing after these dumb tests.]
it's fine hahaha
I...think I might need a diagram? But now's probably not the best time when there are zombies around.
Those are bad.
[And at the very least, it does not take a lot of thought to hit something with his sword.]
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[Dipper looks out at the city. Smoke rises in the distance. "Zombies are bad" is a pretty big understatement.]
Zombies are bad and you better get used to bad because it's only going to get worse.
Especially if the Time Trapper chooses you. That's what all this is, a test by this weird cosmic being, to find people to fight against a bunch of evil stuff - including a monster that wants to destroy all of existence.
[The evac seems to be proceeding in a more orderly fashion now, so he signals for Jaune to follow. The Coluans that are evacuating are running from something, somewhere, and that means they need to try to cover them to help them get away from the horde. That means going towards the trouble. He starts to jog.]
This is our job. Other people run from bad stuff, we run towards it.
[This is what he's going to have to face if he gets chosen.]
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[After all, he'd seen what Remnant had to offer, and that was pretty bad. Between Beacon and the ruins of villages he'd seen across Mistral. It's a heavy burden that he's picked up, but at least he's not facing it alone.
He follows after Dipper, drawing his sword as he does.]
It's just like back home.
[Because that's what a Huntsman did.]
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[He leaves that ambiguous because whoops haha he hadn't meant to blurt it out anyway, and how do you explain purposefully summoning zombies to convince some government agents that the supernatural is real and just accidentally summoning too many zombies?]
[They reach the end of the crowds of refugees and it's...bad. There are a lot of robozombies and really the best they can do is just hold them off to buy the refugees some time.]
I really hope you're used to this kind of bad.
[Because it's a special kind of bad.]
Whatever you do, don't let them touch you. They can spread the nanovirus just by touch.
[And that's when he dives in, blue tendrils of teke whipping around and thrashing them to pieces.]
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He nods, hoping that maybe his aura will at least do some of the warding. He's caught off guard by the tendrils briefly, before catching himself and charging in.]
I'll do my best!
Re: Jaune Arc | RWBY
"So, I set up some motion triggered web grenades just outside the bottleneck...look at me, using bottleneck like I have any kind of experience with an actual zombie epidemic..." Peter babbles, slight panicked himself. When he'd become a superhero, especially after the thing in Germany, he'd been prepared for certain things to potentially happen. Being kidnapped to another planet to fight off the cyborg zombie apocalypse was oddly enough, not one of them. He and Ned had worked out something of a plan in the pre-Spider-Man days, but it hadn't been a very serious one.
"...anyways," He says, finally getting himself back on track,"like I said, I set up some web grenades. It should slow them down, and cut down their numbers to something more manageable. Hopefully, anyways. I kinda can't make any promises. This isn't really what I was expecting to deal with when I woke up this morning, y'know?"
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"K-kinda new on me to," Jaune says, through nervous laughter. His usual enemies involved mosters drawn by fear and other negative emotions. And they were usually a lot bigger to. But faced with Zombies, was it possible to miss the creatures of Grimm? Jaune wasn't sure if he wanted an answer. He takes a breath, trying to steady himself.
Tactics, Jaune, tactics.
"Bottleneck and slowing them down is good. We're at a place where we can keep them from swarming us but it's still going to be tough. You can keep an eye up from above right? Got anything else?"
X-ray laser blasts? Slow-mo hands? He's got an X-Ray and Vav look going after all.
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Suddenly the lenses on Peter's mask contract to glowing red pinpoints.
"No. Nonononono. Karen, if I wanted Instant-Kill mode I'd ask for Instant-Kill mode. And I'm never going to ask for Instant-Kill mode so I don't know why you keep offering it. And now this guy probably thinks I'm crazy and taking to myself." Peter pauses, as if someone else is talking. "No, it's fine, it's cool. Just shut it off. And please don't turn it on again."
"Sorry about that," he says, after the masks eyes return to normal. "The AI in here is just...kind of a little trigger-happy sometimes? Nothing to worry about."
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He gives his head a shake though, recovering enough to figure out how best to use all those things, even if most of it went over his head and he's working on assumptions. There's not a lot of time to ask for a full explanation after all.
"Touch, huh? I don't really have a lot of long distance attacks, so that puts me at a disadvantage, but if you can trip them up with the webs, I can probably cut them down."
He can launch his shield, but that's not going to do much here. But that sounds like something of a plan. Jaune will just have to trust to his own reflexes after that. And they are better.
"And you're sure it's not going to go off again?'
Batman | DC Comics [New Earth]
[The more things change, the more they stay the same. Batman has no time to acquaint himself with the history of this time, and is instead forced to famliarize himself by defending against a familiar foe. Arriving in the midst of chaos, he doesn't care for amazement or sentimentality at his arrival, and only needs a mission and to be pointed in the right direction. "Defend the CCFD," they say, and point towards the throng of mechanized undead. Undeterred, he throws himself into the fray.
With the others, he erects a fortified defensive position with a depth of supporting strongpoints, using the large storage containers to sap the enemy's strength and to break their momentum. The sheer number of zombies ensures that they'll bypass the initial defensive walls, but he means for it to cost them dearly as he funnels them through the chokepoint, exposing them to a line of rapid soldier's fire.]
Hold the line! [He yells, baring twin bat-shaped blades.]
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Why don't you shut it, loudmouth? [Rico drawls, idly twirling his gun. He slots in a fresh clip, and sights down the barrel.] Either say something useful, or don't say anything at all. You're throwing off my concentration.
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[But he still remembers that conversation he had when Hal Jordan was still around when they were walking around in the Hall of Justice museum in New Metropolis. They'd talked about Batman and Night Thrasher and talked about what they'd be like merged as one person. Potential names Rich'd come up with for their little crossover superhero: The Bat-Thrasher, Grimbat the Thrashman, and Night-Grim the Batslasher-Thrashman.]
[If they weren't in the middle of a crisis, he'd be having to fight down a giggle. As it stands, he's all business. (He'll have to have his giggle in secret later.)]
[So Bruce is greeted by the sight of a helmeted superhero joining up and warping a field of golden energy through the chokepoint. All of the zombies start moving more slowly, as if they're moving through molasses, and due to the incendiary aspect of his Nova powers, they suffer burns as they do it.]
It's a high yield gravimetric field. It'll burn them and increase their personal gravity. Slow 'em down.
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The one-eyed boy with the shamisen stands atop one of the storage containers in the last line, playing a situationally appropriate cover of classical Earth music, assisted by a small looper machine on his belt and a volume clip that fills the chokepoint with his music. The zombies flood towards the amplified sound, away from the nearby learning creche being more quietly evacuated, but the flood is starting to pile up.
"I can try to push them back, but I might damage some of the barriers." Unsure of the best tactic, Kubo looked hopefully at the man in black. He exuded an air of knowing what he was doing in the middle of an urban war.
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After all, Dick is still a Bat. They're good at repression.
"Like that's not exactly what I'm already doing."
But. That doesn't exactly stop him from snarking back, either. He wouldn't be himself if he didn't.