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TEST DRIVE MEME #02




TEST DRIVE MEME
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01. METASTRAVAGANZA — everywhere.
Things haven't been the same since Confluences started again. The last two months have been more exciting than the last twenty years! The skies are full of new heroes, the day is saved and threatened by unfamiliar faces, the media is having a field day trying to report on every single new face while companies try to snag them for brand deals.

But not everything in this world centers around costumed combat. Today is a perfectly normal day and you're tasked with the most dangerous mission of all - leading an every day life. Maybe you go to a perfectly normal job to maintain your secret identity - or maybe you've already abandoned that, living full time as your metahuman self.

The sun is shining, and even in the early hours of the morning, parties in the DOWNTOWN STREETS of those CITIES STRUCK BY THE RECENT CONFLUENCES are disrupting the reconstruction efforts that have gotten well underway. These parties celebrate meta efforts to save the day! The streets are full of booths selling food and hastily made knock-off toys of the newest heroes who haven't yet put a copyright on their costume.

But not everyone looks so thrilled about this celebration. Many people look disgusted at this celebration of metahumans interrupting their commute to work, muttering under their breath about what a pain in the ass metahumans are and how much destruction they've wrought in these few short months.

Meanwhile, school-aged metas board the bus to LOFTY HEIGHTS META SCHOOL, hidden somewhere in the sky. There, in-between learning about grammar and punctuation, they are trained to use their new abilities ... Notably, when powers training arrives, the new arrivals outshine the metas native to this world. Very few seem to have any powers on par with the new comers.

Later in the day, the Student Council holds an assembly dedicated to the responsible use of powers. They award any students who have helped save the day with accolades — as well as detention for skipping class to help out as an unlicensed hero. Whoops!

Maybe you should just skip today.


02. SEEDY UNDERBELLY — central city.
Central City is a hard place to live. The city is in almost constant peril, with constant power vacuums in organized crime and city government being filled by worse and worse people. Despite having the Guardian Alliance stationed at its center and doing their best to uplift the people and their citizens, the city suffers from a corruption so deep that it seems to be baked into the very concrete.

The Alliance does what it can to make the city a better place but it's a bandaid over a bigger wound. Because the nigh constant metahuman-centered destruction is the source of so many of Central City's problems - meta organizations are often the last resort for its people. Still, the Alliance makes sure to keep heroes on hand to punch muggers as well as run soup kitchens. Their healers provide healing free of charge, and many of their psychics are trained therapists who use their powers to soothe the citizens' many traumas.

But the real power in the city is held by people like FRANK KAFKA, a crime lord with a finger in every pie. Both guilds leave Kafka to his own devices because he officially possesses no metahuman abilities and he avoids any dealings with them. Tonight, his goons are running their favorite extortion scheme with a twist. A group of them marches through a run-down street, shaking down vulnerable families and businesses for protection money. If an individual resists, the gang threatens to bring the spectre of newly created metahumans down upon their head. Though Kafka himself is not present, his goons will give up his location under enough pressure.


03. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM — excelsior.
With how often the city is destroyed, one wouldn't expect the MUSEUM OF EXCELSIOR to get much in the way of priceless artifacts, but the museum's basement vault is one of the most well guarded facilities in all the country. Practically impenetrable, it stores every conceivable relic of value. But today, thanks to some villainous meddling, there's a lapse in their security that aligns perfectly with the planned time for the changeover of an art exhibit, affording some enterprising thieves a chance at millions of dollars in priceless artwork.

Heroes affiliated with the Guardian Alliance are asked to patrol and keep these relics safe, while the members of the Society of Villainous Reformation are called upon to pay favors forward by getting in their way. As the untested new kids on the block, player characters draw the short straw and are sent in pairs to complete their task, regardless of whether it's to steal these artifacts or guard them.

Villains, now's the chance to get rich quick! Heroes, protect these treasures from falling into the wrong hands!


04. DINOTOPIA — excelsior.
Confluences are back.

And that means new unaffiliated supervillains are running rampant in the streets, causing the kind of directionless, clumsy chaos that the Guild typically frowns at. A little mischief is good if it serves as distraction for a heist, but this is...

Well...

This a very large velociraptor with human arms standing in the middle of Excelsior. If anyone asks, he calls himself DINO DAN. But why would you ask when he's busy transforming people into dinosaurs - or partially into dinosaurs - using his aptly named Dino-Ray? The people of Excelsior are used to a lot of chaotic shenanigans, but this is a little much even for them. The newly transformed dinosaur-people are losing themselves to their instincts and charging at bystanders. Of those that retain (or regain) their senses, some appear strangely delighted to have this new experience, while others wail in horror at their lost humanity.

As heroes line up to stop him, he'll tell anyone who listens about his displaced rage and the revenge he seeks on an unfair world that let him turn himself into a dinosaur. Not surprising, out of an Excelsior local. However, confronted by metas who can stop him, Dino Dan hooks the Dino-Ray on his belt and grabs a second ray-gun. Anyone he shoots with this one disappears with a comical POP!

Those unfortunate enough to be hit by this ray will find themselves standing in a land before time, right beside a research station. Those clever enough to pull out their cell phones will notice that they still have reception, and rule out time travel.

In addition to clippings of ancient and extinct plants, characters who venture inside will find a half dozen prehistoric humans have apparently been displaced through time and held captive in Dino Dan's remote island research station. If that wasn't obvious enough, his research notes suggest the use of time travel — though like all other dimensional travel, it stopped working in January.

Characters may trigger a trap in the research station and find themselves also temporarily transformed into reptiles, or they may take it upon themselves to rescue the poor folks this mesozoic maniac has been holding hostage! Whatever the plan: if he's causing havoc in the city, that has to mean there's there's a teleporter in his lab to get back. But there's no shortage of Guard T-Rexes blocking the path.
alchimia: (in the city where we still reside)

edward elric ⸺ fma:cos

[personal profile] alchimia 2022-03-04 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
۞ ᴍᴇᴛᴀsᴛʀᴀᴠᴀɢᴀɴᴢᴀ 🠮

[ falling into strange, new worlds is nothing new to edward elric, formerly the fullmetal alchemist. the gate has a funny way of landing him in the most random locations, from london or munich on earth, or that weird, glowy space around it. after a while, it gets a little annoying, so when he had found himself falling from the sky, he kind of just went with it. fortunately, he hadn't died ( again ), so he figured he'd get to know this new world and be content with the fact that his own was going to be okay ( he hopes ). the fact he didn't have the opportunity to close the gate on the munich side was a little worrisome, but he's pretty sure he won't be able to find a way there any time soon.

which has left him wandering around the past few weeks, exploring and generally trying to figure out what this world is like. he's already tested out whether or not his alchemy works in this world, finding that much to his relief, he's not completely powerless, but it doesn't seem like that much of a boon when there are people literally flying around in the sky.

and now they're throwing parties. he's stumbled into one such celebration, getting himself lost in the crowd ( easily done when you're only 5'2"), before the push and pull of people sends him hurtling towards a booth selling figurines. sighing with exasperation, he shifts to get a better look at the items before one catches his attention.

it's a miniature version of him with his trademark red coat. only, there's some other weird symbol on the back other than the usual flamel. he glares at it for a few seconds before looking over at the rest of the display. ]


Fully Wooden Chemist? Is this a joke?

۞ ᴅɪɴᴏᴛᴏᴘɪᴀ 🠮

[ so apparently talking dinosaurs are a thing now, and if ed didn't already know that envy in his big dragon-snake-thing form was dead, he might've assumed this was something similar. but no. this is a talking dinosaur, and it's just zapped him with some kind of gun. now he's on some kind of island, running through a forest towards the only building he sees.

ahead, one of the guard t-rexes stomps into his path, and he shouts at the person running behind him. ]


I got this! You keep going!

[ then, with a slap of his hands, he transmutes his automail arm into a deadly looking blade, dropping into a fighting stance. ]

۞ ᴡɪʟᴅᴄᴀʀᴅ 🠮
ooc: idk something something or hit me up at [plurk.com profile] alkahestic
siracha: (6f3UPd9)

yelena belova | mcu | ota

[personal profile] siracha 2022-03-04 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
●●● night at the museum — excelsior ;
[ Yelena is no villain, but she isn’t sure she would call herself a hero either. Roles like ‘heroes’ belong to those figures larger than life, people like Captain America or Thor, or her sister — Natasha. She does what she must to free the rest of her sisters, and she'll be the first to admit that those methods aren't always 'heroic' either, but a) she doesn't care, and b) it's a very personal thing that she's doing anyway. Hero poses and doing good deeds for the sake of doing good deeds … well, it isn’t that she’s against it, and she’ll help a cause if she feels it is right, stop a bad man who wants to hurt others, but hero? Hm. Hero is complicated.

So she refuses to align with one side or the other, and doesn’t declare herself as a Guardian member either, but she does agree to help to … keep her options open. It is, after all, a useful thing to keep a good impression at the very least.

She finds you on the rooftop of the museum where she’s decided would be the most efficient way in, and nods her acknowledgement of you. There’s a skylight that allows direct access into the gallery space where she can already see a couple of sticky-fingered thieves scooping small relics into their bags. ]


Okay. [ She tips her chin, waving a hand. Her English is heavily accented. ] You first, hm?


●●● dinotopia — excelsior ;
[ Sometimes you just want to casually explore a new city on your own because everything is still new, and you’re slowly building up the intel on this place that might come in handy for the day you finally figure out how to get home, you know? Sometimes this includes a coffee or a doughnut, or a coffee and a doughnut, and sometimes it even involves a shopping trip with that unlimited balance credit-card you’ve been gifted. She needs new clothes anyway; and one thing she very much enjoys about no longer being under the influence of a mind-controlling drug, or having her entire autonomy taken away is her ability to choose what she wants to wear, and everyone else be damned.

What Yelena doesn’t appreciate is being interrupted by a very angry, yelling dinosaur with human arms waving a ray-gun around and scaring civilians. Actually, she very much hates it. It’s a bit unoriginal, and she had plans and now she thinks she should probably do the right thing, because it’s what Natasha would do. (She’s been thinking a lot lately about what Natasha might do, and Yelena wants to do right by her sister.)

So, she gets herself involved.

i) At one point, she will think she’s got the upper-hand on the newly-transformed dinohumans before they knock her down to the hard asphalt by sheer strength alone, winding her briefly. She could probably use a heroic hand.

ii) Later, having gotten the hang of the way these creatures are moving, she’ll have done her part to incapacitate a small cluster of the more angry ones. She’s about to charge for the ringleader of this eventful afternoon, making her way towards Dino Dan, before — POP! ]


Wait — what just happened? [ She turns to see you standing not so far from where she is, surrounded by jungle and a building. She isn’t sure which one of these things is ‘out of place’, but it’s suddenly a whole lot more quiet. ] Where the hell is this?


●●● wildcard — ;
note: i'm playing around with a couple different canon-points on this test drive, which means slightly altered perspectives in yelena's head.

feel free to change up any of the above prompts or give me something completely different and new! i’m happy to vibe with whatever! hit me up over plurk [plurk.com profile] thwip or PM to hash the details out.
ofmyth: (waste no time at all)

thor / marvel 616

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
01: PARTY IN THE STREETS
metastravaganza

[ There's a very tall, very broad-chested man inspecting the lines of action heroes at a stall in town. He's too new to have one resembling him in the lineup, but he seems quite interested in a number of familiar-looking heroes.

One in particular catches his interest. He picks it up, a dark-haired figure with wicked green eyes, and holds it up to inspect it. Clearly amused, he chuckles to himself as he inspects it. ]


Heh. Too handsome by far.

02: SOUP KITCHEN SHENANIGANS
seedy underbelly

[ Apologies to anyone walking down the street, there's a string of guys being thrown bodily out of the door to a soup kitchen right where you're walking. Hope you're good at dodging.

The last one has a large soup pot over his head and is followed a few seconds later by Thor, wiping his hands down on the large white apron he's got on.

None too gently, he pulls the pot off the thug's head. ]


If you can manage to behave yourselves tomorrow, you're welcome back. But I'd best not catch you causing trouble on these streets before then.

[ There's a chorus of groans from the group on the floor which seems to satisfy him. Only then does he notice that he might have caught someone else up in this. ]

03: I AIN'T QUITTIN' YOU
night at the museum

[ Hello, would-be art thief. You're in luck tonight, as security seems to be a big, dumb blond man who seems more focused on looking at the art than walking around and protecting it.

Though he's picked the most expensive canvas to spend his evening looking at; a large abstract piece that's a riot of colour and texture.

But you don't need to steal it. Nah. You'll be fine without it. ]
fairhair: (Default)

1

[personal profile] fairhair 2022-03-04 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I’d not let him hear you say that.

[ Fandral can’t mask the delight (relief) in his voice. He steps forward and wraps Thor in a manly embrace, thumping Thor’s back with his hand in greeting. ]

Fashionably late, I see.
whetter: (pic#15495405)

night at the museum

[personal profile] whetter 2022-03-04 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there is no Teyvat here, there is no Snezhnaya here, and there is no Tsaritsa here. for the moment, his mission to collect the divine Gnosis from the Balladeer is momentarily on hold. to his own ironic amusement, he's become a sort of traveler himself. he wonders if this is how Aether felt tumbling down to a new world and beginning his journey.

finding his footing in a new world is interesting. with the dreaded name of Tartaglia meaning little here, he has a reputation to earn and a few ladders to climb.

there's a hoo! in reply to her request that ends in a huff of a laugh.
]

Then let's make an entrance they won't forget.

[ there's a tinge of enthusiasm there as his lips turn up at the edges into something a little more menacing as he peers through the skylight.

while he doesn't look like he's carrying weapons, he twists a wrist back and a double-bladed spear manifests from water, and he tosses it straight into the center of the skylight. for a moment it whines under the puncture, and the shatters. needing little more than a nudge.
]

Come on! Don't keep me waiting!

[ then Childe darts forward and dives through the skylight, his voice echoing below. ]
ikols: of the wooded nightshade (or the berries)

3.

[personal profile] ikols 2022-03-04 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Crash! As the priceless vase slips from his fingers to shatter on the floor, Loki hardly notices for he is busy gaping at the side-profile of — ]

Brother?

[ If the vase was for dramatic effect in announcing his arrival, never mind (he already has plenty of goodies ensconced in his coat), the real impact (ha) of his surprise could not be expressed any other way.

Loki stands in the middle of the archway to the next room, blinking at Thor. ]


... I can pay for that.

[ He cannot, in fact, pay for that. ]
ofmyth: (it comes to you)

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
With luck, his ego will survive the bruising.

[ Thor's tone is fond as he says it, surprised and pleased to find a friend here. He returns the embrace. ]

Aye, though I can't say it was on purpose. I'll try to leave the fashion to you in the future.
bossily: (Default)

[personal profile] bossily 2022-03-04 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Clara's seen and experienced a lot of things. But she's still entirely caught off guard by what's happened the past few minutes. Dino Dan and his army of dinosaur people are a little unnerving. And then she was zapped to this place, wherever it is. She's still in the middle of wide eyed shock when someone else pops in nearby.]

No idea.

[But her phone is out, the one she crash landed into this place with a handful of days prior. The one she had been given was nice, but she trusts her own reliable smartphone the Doctor gave universal reception to. So she's looking less at the fact she has reception in the first place, and more at the fact that she still isn't able to get through to the tardis. Universal reception and she can't seem to get in a call to a phone box that can be anywhere and everywhere.

Great.

The phone is pocketed.
]

Another pocket dimension, maybe. But I don't think we're that far off from where we were before.

[She's just guessing this woman also had a fun encounter with good old Dino Dan.]
thecoolerloki: (11.)

1

[personal profile] thecoolerloki 2022-03-04 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's examining a Loki figure himself, disappointed they'd gone with the older version for this first release. Wouldn't children want a hero who looks more like them? Kid Loki would sell way better! But of course, his older self's been here for longer so it makes sense...

All these marketing thoughts are interrupted by the sound of a familiar voice, and he turns with a grin,]


Br- [... why does Thor look weird.] -other?

[For his own part he's dressed in modern clothes Ikol had bought him, looking more like Luke or Serrure than Loki.]
fairhair: (020)

[personal profile] fairhair 2022-03-04 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
His ego is in somewhat of a state, I think. He is not the only Loki here. You can imagine how petulant it’s made him.

[ Better to get that out with now, so Thor isn’t blindsided by it. ]

They’ve both been suspiciously well behaved. For Lokis.
ofmyth: (and every day)

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Thor had known Loki was around, having seen his brother's likeness in the action figure lineup and heard from others he was in town. It hadn't really surprised him; if there was anyone who was going to show up in another universe it would, of course, be his brother.

And hearing the crash behind him, he almost knows who he's going to hear before he hears him. ]


Aye, and I'm six-foot tall frost giant.

[ He shouldn't sound fond. He shouldn't be even a little pleased that his brother is here. His brother has done terrible and monstrous things.

Thor looks over at him anyway. Yes, that's Loki. ]


I'd have thought petty theft below you, brother.
ofmyth: (don't hear the bell)

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even when he'd first met the child in Paris, the clothing hadn't been enough to hide the fact that it was his brother. It's the same now.

The figure in his hands slips out, dropping onto the table as Thor's eyes go wide. He isn't one to disbelieve his eyes; he's already established that this place is real and not an illusion, but seeing the child here, completely out of the blue... it's almost too much.

It's definitely too much to allow him to speak. ]
ofmyth: (it comes to you)

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Thor has already run into the child and isn't in the mood to talk of it. There's-- a lot to process there.

So he grins, presses down the tumult of emotion about his brother and the child--]


All's well, then. It's when you don't feel that sense of suspicion that you know something has gone amiss.
ikols: you lost me when you lied (it breaks my heart)

[personal profile] ikols 2022-03-04 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wow, rude. He is six-foot and a whole three inches, don't you forget it!!

A terrible relief ripples through him to find Thor being so Thor-ish, and after the burning business with Eros it's the first time Loki has felt even a little safer in this gods-forsaken realm.

He rubs the back of his neck as he steps forward, shrugging to mask his true emotions. ]


Is it petty if the ends serve the means most nobly? Surely that is a worthy liberation to join, if anything. You are welcome for being made a part of this endeavour.
Edited 2022-03-04 23:11 (UTC)
thecoolerloki: (13.)

[personal profile] thecoolerloki 2022-03-04 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[He remembers the way Thor looked at him then, but somehow this is worse. Perhaps it's because everyone is like this now when they see him, and he feels like he's being pitied. It's easier to lean on the truth of his anger than consider any other thoughts going through his mind.]

Don't look at me like that. Is the Mighty Thor truly so weak that the mere visage of the God of Evil stuns him to silence? I could be the other one too, you know.
ofmyth: (we're just waiting)

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He barely listens, even as he finds the flow of words reassuring; Loki talks (lies) as easily as Thor punches, it's the way of the world. Finding him here doing what he does best is-- well. ]

Will you fetch a broom to clean up the mess yourself, or can I count on you to put the thing back together? Mortals like their priceless treasures in one piece.

[ Thor's tone of voice suggests that the protection of these expensive pieces of art isn't necessarily a priority for him. ]
bossily: (Default)

clara oswald | doctor who

[personal profile] bossily 2022-03-04 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
METASTRAVAGANZA;
[The amount of attention that all the heroes get in this world is completely baffling. She supposes it isn't surprising, but sometimes Clara feels like people go overboard. Case in point is the little stand she's stopped at right now, to take a peek at some of the toys labeled simply as "check out our new heroes!".

She picks up one with a costume that is a little amusing, nose wrinkling up as she examines it up close.
]

Can you believe people see colors like this and really, actually think ah yes, I'm dying to try this combination out in spandex?

[And it's right then that she realizes either she's speaking to the person wearing that costume, or the hero that's wearing the clashing colors is right nearby. Oops.]

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM;
[She has no idea what she's doing here. She hasn't even discovered what her power is yet. She's highly suspicious she came through the confluence a dud and will remain stuck in this world powerless and alone. Clara isn't even affiliated with anyone yet. But being as nosy as she is, of course she catches word of where the action will be happening.

Never one to turn up a chance for adventure, she makes her way to the museum. Dressed in one of her normal dresses, she very much looks like a civilian that just happens to be loitering in the museum after hours. It doesn't take her long to realize that everyone else here is in pairs.

So she waits in a dark corner of the museum, and the second someone walks by alone, she simply falls in line beside them. She has no idea if this person is a hero or a villain, but she's going to fake it until she makes it and act like she's meant to be here as their partner.
]

DINOTOPIA;
[She had been in city center when Dino Dan made his appearance, and his ability to turn people into dinosaurs definitely sends the area into chaos. Clara thinks quickly, ignoring the fact she shouldn't be there so she can get as many people as possible to safety. It's while she's in the middle of going back for more that she gets caught up in the nonsense, and winds up zapped to a new location.

For a moment, all she can do is stare wide eyed, looking around as she expects pterodactyls to fly down from the sky and carry her away. A moment later, there's another pop as someone else winds up right beside her. She isn't sure if that makes this situation better or worse.
]

If we've just been sent to Jurassic Park, I'm putting this out there now. I am in no way agreeing to be bait or climbing any electric fences.

[ooc: I'm still deciding on a power for her, so for the purposes of the tdm she'll have not discovered what her power is yet! If you'd like to wildcard something else, hmu at [plurk.com profile] trashpanda!]
ofmyth: (we're just waiting)

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The mention of God of Evil is enough of a surprise to pull him away from the wave of guilt that floods up whenever he thinks of what had happened to the child right under his nose-- ]

What-- which other one? What do you mean?

[ Gods, if this is his brother inhabiting the body of the child Loki whom he had killed, Thor might not be able to keep himself from turning around and leaving. ]
thecoolerloki: (12.)

[personal profile] thecoolerloki 2022-03-04 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Ikol. My older self. I know that he steals my form in the future.

[No need to dance around it. The other Loki had tried lying at first, and he doesn't want to deal with Thor trying to lie to him too.]

I am not him, but you still ought to be more careful, brother.
exasperation: (053)

( metastravaganza )

[personal profile] exasperation 2022-03-04 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this may be ripley's worst nightmare? no, his worst nightmare is taking his five cats to the vet. that had been a particularly stressful night. no, wait, any thing with ford. he should really sort out his list. ]

I think once you hit a certain threshold of capitalist and celebrity, there's no going back. RIP Grimes.
bossily: (Default)

[personal profile] bossily 2022-03-04 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[She tries to hide her laugh as she turns to set the toy back down, but it's impossible. It comes right out of her and she has to muffle it with the back of her hand.]

I think it's well past that threshold.

[Her eyes look back to the vendor's table full of so many different toys, there's barely room for all of them.]

In a world where almost everyone winds up being powerful and famous, no one is.
ofmyth: (as to us all)

[personal profile] ofmyth 2022-03-04 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It could be a lie. For a long time, it had been a lie; one he'd never even suspected until his brother had revealed what he'd done.

But Thor doesn't want it to be a lie. He wants it to be true, even if it hurts.


There's no hesitation when he moves, reaching to wrap his brother in an embrace. ]
exasperation: (351)

[personal profile] exasperation 2022-03-04 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Trust me, as someone who was, uh, close to the track, I don't recommend it.

[ his voice takes on a sliver of pain. ford, his sweet, gentle friend. ]

It changes you.
exasperation: (205)

ripley arkwright | oc

[personal profile] exasperation 2022-03-04 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
( i. metastravaganza )
[ thanks, he hates all of this. mostly he hates the appalling taste, dear god. were they always this bad?

the answer is yes, of course, he knew that. more than that, being surrounded by all these booths and super hero lovers is making him antsy. he's not known to anyone, thankfully, no one here should know who phasar is and what ripley did to him. still, he finds his palms all sweaty and all it takes is being pushed around by the crowd when —

— when he accidentally vanishes a child's action figure. blip, gone. ripley gawks before stammering an apology to the parents who were glaring at him. ]


I'll pay for it? I mean, I can — I will pay for it, oh god make him stop crying.


( ii. dinotopia )
[ why is he always in the wrong place in the wrong time? why can't he ever get lucky? ripley holds his hands, palms facing forward as the dinosaurs try to corner him. he's not afraid, not yet anyway but he does have an ethical dilemma on his hands. ]

Look, I could zap you to the Artic. Or a fridge. And that's bad right? For uh dinosaurs? Reptiles? My point is . . . don't? Just don't?

I only want to go home and watch the Great British Bake Off.

[ they don't seem to be listening and ripley is slowly being backed into a wall . . . ]


( iii. wildcard )
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Edited 2022-03-04 23:47 (UTC)
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[She's getting the feeling that there's some kind of sad backstory for this guy. That pain in his voice is obvious to her. But she doesn't know him, so she doesn't press. Instead she just gives a sliver of a smile and nods in understanding.]

Yeah, but just about everything changes you. I think it's what you do with how you're changed that counts.

[Maybe some well placed realistic optimism will serve him well. But given they're still standing in the middle of a bustling street, it's a slightly awkward place for a motivational talk. So she motions for him to follow her with a nod of her head, and sticks her hands into the pockets on her dress as she walks off through the crowd. They can keep this conversation going on the move.]