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✖ MOD JOURNAL ([personal profile] contagio) wrote2015-01-06 01:57 pm
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( MEMES ) TEST DRIVE >> 7

THE TEST DRIVE



Like it or not, you've been dragged from your world into the sanctum. It's a pretty nice city, all things considered--sci-fi, high-tech, glamourous.... Except, of course, for the giant dome encircling it, and the threat of glitching, contaminated zombies at your door. Looks like humanity's built itself a fortress that looks suspiciously like a cage, too. Toss in the odd memory blanks and the everpresent logo of Bifrons incorporated and it's enough to make someone paranoid.

The object of this meme is to get people familiar with the world of the Sanctum, and to try to see if their characters would fit in a sci-fi utopia such as this. Here are your options:


1. Intro: Waking Up. Make your intro post, folks. You wake up in a strange place, and get a strange transmission to go with it. There's a pair of glasses connected to some sort of communications network, but otherwise not much else in the room with you. What are you going to do?

2. Pet Adoption. Maybe you have the perfect genetically engineered pet in mind. Maybe you found a stray little escapee--do you keep it or turn it in? There's a reward if you let Bifrons know where the potentially dangerous little bugger is at, after all.

3. Alterations. Feel like you need an edge in the city? Find yourself injured and looking at options? Why not consider genetic alterations or, better yet, upgrading to a better, healthier you? Be warned, some of the side effects can be a little unpleasant.

4. Network Glitches. Strange garbled messages keep trying to come through in audio and text, but no way to track where they're coming from. Do you try to make contact? Compare notes with others? Surely it's nothing to be concerned about, right?

5. Dome Glitches. What was that in the window? There, again, in the bathroom mirror! Is that another you, living another life? Or maybe you spot an ominous shadow lurking around in the corner, something like a dysthrope but...worse. You're not going crazy, are you? Others see it, too, don't they? Oh, I wouldn't touch that reflective surface if I were you, or you might end up thinking you're living in that strange other world.

6. Outside the Dome. You're out and about without an armed escort, suited up against the atmosphere and dysthropes. It's supposed to be a green sector in this run down shell of what used to be a suburb, right? Nothing could possibly go wrong

7. WILDCARD. Choose your own adventure or create a cocktail from the presented options! The choice is YOURS.
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Agent South Dakota

[personal profile] team_player 2015-03-28 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
4

[It's a simple glitch, but poignant. If the glasses get bumped just right, they've been recording snippets of video, and release to the network as a compilation once a full minute has been reached.

In South's case it starts usually after she drops them on a table or window sill or other hard surface; the feed cuts in with some static to show her continuing her live oblivious to her mechanical spy.

They're usually quick bits, but represent a full day for her; morning weapon field strip and cleaning. Lunch; meager, picked at without enthusiasm. Afternoon jog, drops glasses, which are picked up by a stranger who calls after her. She seems startled by the interaction. Dinner; wine and cigarettes. Rooftop. ]


7

Fight Club.

South dominates. She's back under her previous pseudonym, Badlads Brawler, and has become known for her ruthless fighting style which boasts a greater venom than her previous rounds. She's in the ring, white bandages on her hands stained with sweat and blood, ready for the next contender. Are you there to watch? Bet? Or possibly attempt to throw your fists against hers?
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4, texttext from Lingormr

[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-03-31 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Honey bun, you might want to fix your glasses.

Nice bra, by the way.
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-03 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[She seems more aggravated by the text notification and running camera than any modesty over her current state of undress. In face she simply picks up the glasses in order to respond to the text as she finishes her nightly routine, in her underwear.]

like what you see? also call me 'honey bun' one more time and i will hunt you down and castrate you myself.
Edited 2015-04-03 13:04 (UTC)
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-03 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, honey bun:

1) You'd have to find me first.

2) I'd have to have testicles for you to remove with your sweet little ladyhands.

No wonder you're so popular at parties. :)
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-03 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
1) officially on my shit list

2) sure I can find something comparable
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-03 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
So much charm, honey bun. I totally get why your bro was desperate to find you when you vanished.

Have fun trying. <3
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text/encryption - strong

[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-03 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wait What]

how do you know my brother you better start dropping some fucking facts because I will find you and I will eviscerate you

[In fact why wait she's going to start trying to crack his feed now]
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encryption - god-like

[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-03 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, good luck with that. Not gonna happen.]

Catch more flies with honey than vinegar blah blah blah.

Look honey, if you knew anything about computers you'd:

A) Already have your brother's contact address.

B) Not be even bothering to fuck with my security. Really, it's embarrassing to watch.
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encryption - fuck you

[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-03 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[He is swiftly becoming one of South's least favorite people ... which is actually a rather large list already, but whatever/whatever.]

kill more flies with bullets

a) who says i don't?

b) fuck you i'll find you somehow
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-04 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
She needs time to unwind in a less... regulated fashion. Which led her to here. She stays within the crowd for the first few rounds to get a feel for the place and when a woman steps into the make-shift ring, Tex can hear ripples within the crowd that tell her the opponent is a serious contender. It isn't until South turns just right that Tex gets enough of a glimpse to realize who exactly is up to fight.

Their last fight had been interrupted by North stepping in and taking over. This time, he isn't here to protect his sister. She cracks her knuckles as she pushes her way through the crowd and stands opposite of South.

"I didn't think this was your scene."
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-04 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
South turns towards the voice with a sneer, recognizing it. This is the first time she's seen the other woman out of armor, though, and there's this small hit of familiarity; an unconscious holdover from the brief span of time Delta was in her head.

It's negligible, and easily dismissed and justifiable. Maybe she had seen her out of armor once or twice in the Project, and just didn't remember it? Either way, she knows that all the time and all the practice int he world could not make them matched opponents, but at this point in her life she's not about to let that show.

Instead, she rolls her shoulders and goes about adjusting her hand wraps. "I made it my scene, and I don't appreciate having you encroach on it."
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-04 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
She lets out a low hum as she glances around at South's 'scene.' "I don't see any exits you can run to easily," she says coolly. "Or do you have a safe word for when things get tough?"

Tex has had time to accommodate herself to her human body, to build it up to the strength it should be rather than the weak state it had been in when she first arrived. This fight is one she's confident in and even while she's goading South, she's tensed and ready should the other woman come charging.
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-04 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
No, no -- if South's learned on thing it's how to pick her fights. Here she'd had the advantage of the elite Freelancer trianing regimen and her own bile against the lesser trained albeit enthusiastic corwdbase. As far as fighting went, Tex was way out of her league. Better she avoid fighting if at all possible.

Fortunately she had a few other cards up her sleeve. She makes her way over to Tex, a slow, calculated saunter, looking her up and down.

"I'm not running, but I'm not stupid. I don't want to fight you but I will if I have to. So today can go one of two ways. One, we have a nice little chat and leave it there, you turn your ass around and get out of my face. Or two, we fight, you win, and I pull out all the stops in making your life miserable. And before you think I'm not capable, just remind yourself I have nothing to lose."
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-05 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
So this is the route South wants to take. It's a little disappointing. She's not about to relax her stance, her opinion of South doesn't place the other woman above sneaking in a punch once defenses have been lowered. And threats? Don't settle well with her.

"You think you can make my life miserable? And how do you think you can do that?" Nothing to lose or not, Tex has a hard time imagining South being more than a tiny thorn in her side.
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-05 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Why ruin the surprise?" She shifts her weight and crosses her arms. "So. What's it going to be?"

She doesn't like this feeling. Of being out of control, of having Texas in her element, of knowing she was no match. Maybe she could make her life hell just for showing up? She had her ways, of course, and she had her motive. Don't think that just because she left with her brother means she at all sides with you, Tex.
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-05 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
She lets the question hang as her gaze casually looks South over. There's never been fond feelings between her and South, the other woman did enough in the Project to set Tex on edge and make her wary. Being here makes that no different.

"Chat. For now," she finally answers. "We can save the friendly match for later."
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-06 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
South nods, then makes a motion to one of her bouncers. There were disappointed moans from the crowd as she stepped out of the ring and motioned for Tex to follow. Another pair step in, the fight continues, but South is left to find a corner where they can 'chat' privately.

This is her scene. And for now, as however long it lasts, she'll keep it.

There's a simple couch setup in the corner, a couple of crates offering table space or, as South demonstrates, footerests as she gets herself settled. It's not easy, keeping up this kind of mask against Texas, but hopefully it would serve its purpose and keep the other Freelancer off her back.

"So. Talk."
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-06 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
She's on her guard as she follows. This isn't her territory, the military base is, and while she knows she can take South, she doesn't like the feeling that the other woman has something of a following here. She doubts they know much about South beyond her skills in the ring.

When they reach the couch, she glances around at the set up for a moment before taking a seat on the other end.

"This is where you spend your time?"
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-06 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Some of it. Sometimes the cops try to shut us down so we have to be ready to bug out and lay low for a while, then I spend my time in other places." Which would explain the lack of permanent fixtures. She didn't need much to make it lucrative, though. "I got a real sense of community here, why would I spend my time anywhere else?"

Okay, not entirely true. She did feel more accepted here than in Freelancer, but she didn't trust it. It went as far as her fighting capabilities and determination to keep it running and out of the cop's hands. If she failed she'd be out on the street in pretty quick order. Sure, she'd lost a fight here and there, but she'd never been annihilated. Not yet.

"You come out here to find me, or to have a good time?"
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-07 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't even know you were here until five minutes ago," she admits. She's not sure she would have bothered with the place if she knew South was roaming it and a big name here. How much has the woman changed since they last spoke?

"I wanted to fight some new opponents for a change, thought this would be the place to do it."
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-08 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"As if I'd expect you to do anything if you'd have found out sooner." She looks at Texas with narrowed eyes. Definitely no love lost here. "Fight who you wanna fight, I don't care. But this?" She points between the two of them. "--is never going to happen."
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-09 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
She snorts. South isn't saying it explicitly, but Tex has a good enough idea of why the other woman doesn't want to fight. "Scared of getting your ass kicked in front of your friends? Or do you only prefer opponents you know you can beat?"
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[personal profile] team_player 2015-04-09 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't want to get entangled with goddamn Freelancers anymore, is what it's called."

It's more than a few reasons, although it's no secret Texas has nailed one of them. Too many reasons why she shouldn't fight.

"So sorry to burst your fucking bubble, but that's how shit's going to go down."
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[personal profile] ghostthatlingers 2015-04-11 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
"What does fighting me have to do with getting wrapped up in that mess again?" she asks with a snort. "We might be here, but that doesn't mean the project is."

Despite York's attempts to have them band together once upon a time. She remembers that clearly and things hadn't seemed to click the way he had anticipated. For the best, in Tex's opinions.