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TEST DRIVE MEME #0

A TIME VORTEX has opened in downtown LA! Some magic folks have been contacted to close it, but they haven't gotten here fast enough for the vortex not to spill out a HECK TON OF DINOSAURS – all kinds of dinosaurs of all kinds of sizes. There are theoretically gentle herbivores among the fierce predators, but they are all pretty pissed off about their sudden, startling relocation, and a lot of them have spikes.

(The vortex is both temporally and spatially unstable, which is why the dinosaurs emerging onto the streets of LA are constrained neither by specific prehistorical era nor geographical location.)

What you do is up to you. Here are some suggestions, though:

Fight some dinosaurs. You might be trying to herd them back to the vortex, or just trying to stop them by any means possible.

Flee or hide. If you're lucky the dinosaurs won't work out how to open doors and you can spend your entire thread hiding behind the bar in a Starbucks with some other hapless civilians without having to confront any of them.

Try to capture the dinosaurs on camera. If you can get some really good photos you might be able to sell them to the local paper in order to supplement your elderly aunt's meagre income. Or just use them to get a bunch of notes on Tumblr, either way.

Take advantage of the chaos to do crime. The forces of law enforcement are preoccupied with all these prehistoric reptiles.

Or pretty much anything else you think your character might be doing. Any location in LA is game, although there's no real need to meticulously look them up – you can just assume a generic street, rooftop, store, etc. (You don't have to look up the dinosaurs, either.)

If you have a character who you'd like to assume is part of a team, but that team hasn't been named or brainstormed OOC yet or anything, feel free to indicate in your opening post that you're assuming your character is operating alongside others and encourage others to tag in as if they are part of the same team! Or just handwave it and assume they got caught without their usual teammates or separated from them. Whatever way works best for you.

Events from this test drive are not automatically assumed game canon, but individual threads can be if you and the people who you thread with end up mutually wanting to keep them.

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[Cynthia, as another member of the Trailblazers, is certainly happy to see a familiar face. Not so happy to see a dinosaur chomping on Amane's sleeve, but that's fixable.

She swoops down toward the dinosaur, and she smacks it on the head with her staff a few times.] Hey! Knock that off, buddy! Sleeves aren't for chewing!

[The dinosaur isn't thrilled about being hit. It lets go of the sleeve, then looks at Cynthia. With great crunching power, it bites off the end of Cynthia's staff. Looks like that martial arts store isn't getting its product back intact.

A little bit distressed, Cynthia turns toward Amane.] Uh, could I please get a little help with this one?

Cynthia! [Amane's a bit unnerved and surprised that another rookie is here- a bit hypocritical of her, but still.

She immediately taps away at her COMP- something shaped like a Nintendo DS- and summons Vidofnir, another giant golden bird thing.] Vidofnir. Tetanus Cut. [It obeys, sending a deep gash right across the dinosaur's face and possibly one of its eyes. Before any blood starts to pour on the floor, it runs away from the sudden pain. Tetanus Cut is called Tetanus Cut for a reason...]

Are you alright? [She turns back to Cynthia, surveying the mess all around]

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[Cynthia yelps at the sudden violence, which she's not sure is quite necessary. Hopefully that dinosaur can make it back to the vortex on its own, and no more harm is done to anything.

Somewhat concerned, she watches it go in the right direction, then she looks back at Amane with a smile.] Oh, yeah! Thanks a bunch for the help, seriously! But remember, it's Flourish out here, not... [She looks around for civilians or HIDDEN SUPERVILLAINS. Nobody in sight. Still, she whispers.] ...not Cynthia!

[It wasn't necessary, but Amane honestly can't give a damn to those hurting humans. She rips demons apart all the time, so she's kinda... desensitized.] It's alright, C-

[...Oh, yeah, codenames. That was a thing.

Wow, Americans are weird.]

-Flourish. Shall we drive back the dinosaurs together, then? [Now that Amane has a friend, no matter how strong/inept she is in comparison to herself, she's more than happy to be ordered around.] Direct me as you please.

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