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Interdimensional Managers ([personal profile] interdimanagers) wrote in [community profile] interstellar4042015-11-01 08:30 pm
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TEST DRIVE MEME: SECOND STAGE

☆WELCOME TO INTERSTELLAR



And welcome to our second TDM! We've got two types of prompts to use this time around: the first takes place while your character is in the process of being captured, and the second is during their first brainwashed rockstar networking gig. The former is designed to be considered 100% game canon if you make it in officially, while the later is more speculative and will only work if you get lucky during label and band selection.

☆THE TALENT SEARCH
These prompts are design to be kept as game canon after acceptance, and can be used as the official story of how your character was captured. Importantly, the kidnappers entering your timeline causes massive time distortions, which means that the outcome of this scenario will stagger and replay itself multiple times before settling on an outcome. This means that after the fact, you character may remember being captured multiple ways, or going in more than one direction, before the timeline settled on a final path. Or at least, they'll remember this until their memories are wiped shortly afterwards, but that's okay! That's what memory regains are for. Read this page for more specifics on this situation. Any powers the characters have will be weakened and prone to malfunction to the point of uselessness.



A1) THE SEARCH: It always starts out this way, doesn't it? At some point in your life, you were just doing your thing, wherever you call home. Then, all at once, it's like you've been torn from your dimension by the roots. Time and space displace, and it's like you've been shifted one layer of reality to the left - like some kind of subspace where you can see your reality through it, like a rainbow surrealist image of your home. Even if you can see this ghost image of where you were, you can't interact with it meaningfully. Any friends or family are somewhere else. As you begin to wander, without any other options, you'll find that the scenery gradually shifts to ghost images of other places, other worlds. If you wander long enough, you'll even find other people, lost just like you are. But you probably won't have much time - you've been brought here for a reason, after all.

A2) THE HUNT: It could happen almost immediately, or it could happen hours later - but, at some point, your dimensional kidnappers start to do their sweep. Space Men in black body suits and gas masks pursue you on foot and in small spaceships, trying to sweep you and the other displaced up like fish in a net. Their guns contain a weird pink gas that will knock out most with only a single breath - and for those more enduring, they have the heavy artillery, like electrical nets and guns. The fallen will be sealed up into stasis pods for transport and loaded onto the ships, which seem like the only way to get out of this place by choice. This is where it ends, but are you going to put up a fight?

NOTE: Characters already in game can't really tag into these sections, so try to tag around to other first time character tests if you can!

☆WELCOME HOME
By default, these prompts aren't considered canon, but if after you are accepted and sorted they can be tweaked into working for you, it'll be totally okay to keep them as a part of your rockstar's personal history. This occurrence is something that will be happening around November 15th game time, but of course, what remains canon and what doesn't will be subject to who is accepted and where they are placed. This takes place after being kidnapped and brainwashed, as your character is first joining their new label. As usual, this is celebrated with a party.



B1) PLAY IT STRAIGHT: It just another large scale soiree, something typical to the high music society of Vista City - but maybe it's not yet typical to you. For a number of the freshly signed on newbies, this is their first real taste of what their new label has to offer - either Virgo or Pride - and the sheer glamour of it may be intoxicating. Industry big wigs scatter the floor, as do performers of all the tops labels and bands. Maybe you feel intimidated. Maybe you want to make your mark. Or maybe you're not quite as new as some, and are just trying to get through the evening. Either way, they is plenty of booze available if you need some liquid courage. And is that a hookah pipe corner over there? Probably.

B2) TOTALLY NORMAL: The signs of it are small, at first. Glasses you set down seeming out of place, stuff that almost looks like words written in the condensation on your glass. These little hauntings only get more and more persistent as the night continues, almost like some otherworldly presence is following you. You can feel them lurking nearby at times, like an unusual spot of cold or warmth in the air. None of the higher ups seem to notice but...to some of your new peers, this feels like old news. Eventually the signs become bolder, and at some point in the evening you'll hear it whispered in your ear or written on the bathroom mirror: "Remember."

B3) REMEMBER: And you do. It strikes you suddenly, a feeling like a foreign presence straying through your mind. You remember something of your past, pertaining to the emotional affinity Love, Duty, Passion, or Hope - whichever feeling describes the person you used to be best. Except you know nothing of that life now, nothing except this single, strange thought in a room full strangers.

NOTE: Current characters definitely go to this party on November 15th, but it isn't required play. Besides the haunting and meeting new characters, it is considered business as usual.

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agains: (Default)

i think he just adopted her?

[personal profile] agains 2015-11-15 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
It's myduty to [ oh, right, civilian mode. ]

Anyone would worry with dangerous people about. [ Of all the times for one's phone to be out of commission, unable to call for backup, unable to escape this strange place... ] But we'll get you home safely, I promise! You have my word.
youprobablykilledme: ([6])

[personal profile] youprobablykilledme 2015-11-15 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[What IS that...? She squints to make out the rapidly-approaching shape.]

It looks like...a human army?

[Toriel hesitates, but only for a moment. They only LOOK like they MIGHT be humans and her first instinct is to treat humans as friends but...This is some kind of military maneuver. And her first responsibility in this place is to Sans.

She puts her hand on his shoulder, tugging him back slightly.]


I think you are right...We should get out of their way while we have a head start.
punchesyu: (aww yeah ping pong gurl)

that's cool, i can roll with anything nps

[personal profile] punchesyu 2015-11-15 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweet! It's a deal!

[He'll totally take one of hers.]

Now, if you'd like, I can escort you around to meet some of the other big stars here, miss~
isgorgeous: (58)

[personal profile] isgorgeous 2015-11-15 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He drops quickly, feeling the electrical current as it flies over his head. It's like fighting the equalists all over again and that's a thought that has him hopping up and heading right like he was told. ]

What do they want, anyway?! I'm just an earth bender! [ He tries to throw up a wall of rock between them and the kidnappers, a move normally as easy as throwing a punch. Except this time he can barely raise it higher than two feet. ]

Oh come on!
exhumerus: by leeffi@tumblr (sad trom-bone)

[personal profile] exhumerus 2015-11-15 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yep, Sans is all about just sort of disappearing for a while when things get rough...but he's a little bit worried about the logistics of it, this time. He just about reaches up to his shoulder to take hold of her wrist, but then stops himself. This would usually be the time when he would say "C'mon, I have a shortcut," and then just zip out of there though a spacetime gap, but doing that here is seeming like less and less of a good idea.

If he messed up and teleported them right into this little army's hands, he would be just so embarrassed.

Their environment has been shifting, he noticed, ever since they arrived. Right now, something that approximates conifer trees is starting to thicken around them, and he decides that might be as good of cover as they're going to get.]


Gotcha.

[He takes another step back, with her.]

Word to the wise, Tori...if it comes to it, don't rely on those fireballs of yours. Magic is being fickle, right now.
liarmonstersnappydresser: (HA!)

B2

[personal profile] liarmonstersnappydresser 2015-11-15 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well now it's NEWLY SOILED!"

[Bill laughs, with far more enthusiam than such a situation would ever require, seeming little to care for his own splashed garments. Nevertheless he fishes out a handkerchief to dab at Bolin's attire.]

"Eh, gotta break em in anyway, right, slick?"
worthlesspride: (neutral)

[personal profile] worthlesspride 2015-11-16 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I was talking to a nice monster lady earlier, and we think we proved the multiverse theory. So you're probably from a different universe, Ryuko-chan.

[He puts a hand on her shoulder before they start running. Eyes becoming serious]

I have a bad knee. If I fall behind do not come get me.

[He's not really one to martyr himself. However, she's been helpful thus far in keeping them from getting captured or whatever these suckatoid aliens want. This is the least he can do]

Come one then.

[And off he goes]
worthlesspride: (serene grace)

B1

[personal profile] worthlesspride 2015-11-16 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Careful Bill, this one is almost as much as a snake as you are.]

Yes, though the company leaves something to be desired.

[There's a sly smile, is he talking about you Bill? or some of the other guests?]

Still, a party is a party.
droppedthread: (why? to see where it would fall?)

[personal profile] droppedthread 2015-11-16 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, nice to know someone's looking. Even if shit sucks and I'm... making up a fake dead dad in my head.
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[personal profile] droppedthread 2015-11-16 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Different universes, huh? I know some people who'd love to know about that.

[She shakes her head and grins. SORRY BUDDY, YOU'RE RUNNING WITH A PROTAGONIST NOW.]

My knees are badass enough to make up for it. I'm not leaving you behind.
matrixed: (3)

[personal profile] matrixed 2015-11-16 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
There will be time for explanations later!

[At that moment the trailer takes a direct hit, and in a single moment the truck swerves- tips- and begins to capsize- groaning in pain (?), with a mechanical whirring it begins begins to shift, change, reconfigure itself from the inside out, it's passenger suddenly finding himself sitting in the massive hand of an enormous humanoid machine.]

-It seems we must stand our ground, and fight here.
agains: (concerned and concerned again)

(okay okay no joke response)

[personal profile] agains 2015-11-16 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Possibilities run through his mind: another NEXT who can control robots, like the child who could control statues; an automaton sent by an ally? But it's safe to reveal himself around someone who's willing to fight, since they've revealed their own hand. (He'd told that beautiful woman about his history as a NEXT, after all, on their first meeting. Is she doing well?)

Keith sends out several lashing gusts of wind towards their pursuers, knocking a few weapons out of the air. His eyes glow blue to indicate the usage of his power. ]


Do you need your hands to fight? [ He levitates, swaying wonkily in the air without his jetpack to propel him properly, as if to suggest he can fight from Prime's shoulder instead. ]
Edited (still wanna know where the trailer went tho) 2015-11-16 01:17 (UTC)
nandemonai: (Default)

[personal profile] nandemonai 2015-11-16 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Maki was ready to bolt, to get the hell out of there.

and then this girl. this stupid, brave girl did something stupid but brave. why. there was no reason for that! those guys with the masks and the weapons... they don't seem to be at all affected by Kanami's actions]


What are you saying, you idiot? We have to run! [Maki reaches up to grip her arm]
matrixed: (2)

But the joke response was so good...

[personal profile] matrixed 2015-11-16 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
[The vast machine turns his head almost quizzically for half a second.]

I was unaware humans possessed that ability. Very well!

[No time to dwell on that now- with his hands now free, he attempts to retract one with the same mechanical whirring sound, replacing it with a white-hot blade of pure energy- but the effect lasts for only a moment. With a metallic shriek- gears grinding on gears- the conversion reverses itself, leaving only the mechanical hand, now curled as if by a robotic cramp.]

Hrng- [Can a giant robot wince in pain?] Weapons systems malfunctioning... I'll have to do this the old fashioned way!
Edited 2015-11-16 01:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sponsorigami 2015-11-16 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's not Tinder. It's his blog or one of his social media sites. He's probably writing a haiku about a flower or other nature based object being overlooked for some annoyingly flashy thing. ]

You're not my rival.

[ Which he honestly believes for a number of reasons. One, Ivan's genre and intended audience (along with the image he presents) is completely different than Goodman's. Two, when it comes to rivals, Ivan looks toward Pride Records, especially System Crash. ]

... What did you just do to my drink?
agains: (concerned and concerned again)

there, fixed it

[personal profile] agains 2015-11-16 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I, too, will explain later. [ Old-fashioned... This might get dangerous. Before Keith jumps down -- his abilities will allow a gentle landing -- he does give a concerned look. Yes, about the malfunction, but also about something glaringly, obviously strange. Maybe it's a related problem? ]

But where did your trailer go?
worthlesspride: (I am pretty awesome)

[personal profile] worthlesspride 2015-11-16 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I know isn't it exciting!? I just might major in physics after all.

[Well, he's an antagonist/kinda a trickster mentor, so... yeah, he's probably going to loose this one, isn't he?]

I don't doubt it, but seriously. Don't worry too much about me. Bad knee aside, I'm in prefect condition. There's a reason why I'm the captain.
droppedthread: (why? to see where it would fall?)

[personal profile] droppedthread 2015-11-16 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Good, uh. Good luck with that.

[Higher education is probably not in Ryuko's future. She's fine with not dealing with school ever again, honestly. She already fought her way through most of the best one in Japan, y'know?]

Yeah, but if your knee goes out while you need to be running you're probably screwed. I'll just carry ya or something.
matrixed: (1)

[personal profile] matrixed 2015-11-16 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[What a strange question, with such an obvious answer...]

It- [An electric net comes flying. Obviously too small to ensnare the giant machine, but easily a match for the floating humanoid. Prime blocks with his arm, but the high voltage is enough to give his processors a nasty jolt, cutting him off before he can answer.]
variaboss: (drinks)

[personal profile] variaboss 2015-11-16 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ That...that hard head. That's so damned familiar it's not even funny. It's like something telling him he could throw a broken wall at this dude and it wouldn't bother him. What a strange damn thought. Besides, he's got other things to worry about. Like mounting this bucking sharko and trying to punch his teeth in. Pretty boy won't be so pretty when he's done with him.

Except there's that swearing and his hand stops short.

Because that language... it makes his head hurt. He's been doing that more often himself. Strange foreign words slipping into his vocabulary. So the punching stops for a moment because he's just sitting on the man to stare at him]


The fuck...the fuck does that mean! What did you just say!
agains: (non-suit salute)

how does I shot mobile tags - now with entire response

[personal profile] agains 2015-11-16 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ What a selfless robot...! Taking such hits for the sake of someone he's only just encountered. Determined not to confuse cyborgs and androids this time -- to err is human, but to err twice is not very boy-scout of someone -- Keith decides he won't make the assumption that his ally's actions are controlled remotely or on his own until he knows more. He will only express his gratitude. someone is looking out for him, and that means a lot to the hero.

He tries a trick that had worked previously to keep the gas away, shooting blasts at nets that might fry the circuits of his new companion. ]


I'll make sure my winds are at top speed today--!
Edited 2015-11-16 03:10 (UTC)
matrixed: (Default)

Re: how does I shot mobile tags - now with entire response

[personal profile] matrixed 2015-11-16 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, my aeronautically inclined friend.

[As for the attackers, while armed and dangerous, it was clear that they were organics- if not human, than a similar species. Even without weapons use of full strength in such brings would be an act of cruelty.]

[instead, he reaches for the nearest non-nonlethal object to lob as a projectile. A large sack pf refuse- thrown thusly, removes two attackers from the equation]
Edited 2015-11-16 03:53 (UTC)
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[personal profile] variaboss 2015-11-16 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He drinks his too and then smirks] I don't know. Tastes pretty damn good to me. Probably cause I get to look at a babe while drinking. Hot chick like you makes even the shittiest watered down booze taste like a million bucks.
isgorgeous: (85)

[personal profile] isgorgeous 2015-11-16 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Glide on you lovely turtle-duck. ]

This one seems way more... drinky. A buffet would have been pretty sweet.

[ Maybe that's why he's been feeling so weird. Those hors d'oeuvres they were carrying around on the trays were tasty but they definitely didn't fill a guy up for long. Drinking on an empty stomach was an awful idea. ]

Not that I'm complaining, but man a guy needs more than a tiny hot dog on a stick, you know?
i_am_not_cute: ((manga) repressing the urge to kill)

[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2015-11-16 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Right? Those tiny hot dogs were cute, but I wanted to eat the entire platter...

[She probably would have regardless of her manager's thoughts on binging on things that aren't sweets, but the caterer nearby was giving her a dirty look and she didn't want to potentially get her bandmates in trouble for not keeping an eye on her well enough.]

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