TEST DRIVE MEME #0

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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.

Comments

[bombsheltered]

Huh? Oh, sure thing!

[ Milly alights neatly on top of a minivan, taking a few neat hops onto the sidewalk and ducking into an alley, far enough out of harm's way to set Jon down. She passes a hand over her forehead, letting out a jubilant little sigh. ]

Whew! That was a close one, though, wasn't it? Are you sure you're all right?

[hellacold]

[jon rights himself with as much dignity as he can manage and dusts himself off, casually fluffing up his hair.]

I'm fine.

[he smiles wryly--most of the nuances are lost through the mask.]

You seem like you're having fun.

[bombsheltered]

[ She dusts her hands off almost primly, beaming. ]

Hey, you have to love what you do, right? Besides, a little butt-kicking is always a good way to de-stress after a long week. What, don't you like the heroics and all?

[hellacold]

[he raises an eyebrow.]

I like them better when I'm doing the butt-kicking.

[bombsheltered]

[ Milly looks just a little embarrassed, but she recovers quickly enough, letting out a laugh. ]

Sounds like you want to get right back in the action. What do you say to a team-up?

[ She grins, extending a hand. ]

The name's Starbreaker.

[hellacold]

Longclaw.

[he takes her hand and shakes it. underneath the dumb mask he's smiling too.]

Couldn't hurt.

[bombsheltered]

Hey, four fists are better than two.

[ She's got one hell of a grip when she shakes his hand. ]

So what are your powers, huh?