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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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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-03-31 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[He stares at the man in bemusement, not quite certain how to react. This is definitely Loki, but he's acting so nice (drink stealing aside). The Loki he knew would have made some sarcastic comments about his drinking before joining him. He wouldn't have been encouraging Steve to sober up.]

You...seem very different.

[Well, best to just bring up the elephant in the room early on.]
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-03-31 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
I assure you I am quite myself.

[He smiles sardonically.]

Which may not be the self with whom you are familiar.
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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-03-31 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods seemingly in understanding.]

This is one of those alternate universe things, isn't it?

[He'd met another one of Loki's alternate self before. But he had been a kid. This one though, looked exactly the same as the one from Steve's world.]
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-03-31 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Eyebrows go up. For once, he doesn't have to explain this concept? How lovely.] Yes, I believe so.

[Wry sigh.]

I've yet to meet anyone of my own universe here. Thus far you've all been of Thor's--other than Natalia.
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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-03-31 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He notices Loki's surprise and shrugs. Maybe he should explain.]

Before I woke up here, I was stuck in a place kind of like this one. People brought from different worlds to help set things right. I was there for a long time. Years.

[Looking up he meets Loki's eyes.]

You were there. My world's version of you. And Thor. Tony, Natasha, Clint, and some others were there for a time. [There had been a lot of others.]
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-03-31 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Sounds a similar story to the one James Kirk has told me. He, too, thought he knew me until I disabused him of the idea.

Though you haven't his odd little wings.

[Grimace.] My condolences on having shared space with the goat killer. He's been here on two separate occasions and hasn't lasted long either time, to my immense relief.
Edited 2015-03-31 17:51 (UTC)
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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-04-01 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Surprise is expressed openly across his face. A faint spark of hope alights in his eyes.]

Kirk is here?

[If he has any doubts, the mention of wings shatters them.]

I had them. But they were gone when I woke up. Replaced with those metal things.

[His brows furrow.] Goat killer?
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-01 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Not quite as long as I have.

[Interesting, so Kirk and Steve ought to know each other too.]

Everyone gets the ports whether they have wings to begin with or not. A little gift to let use know we've had our bodies thoroughly violated and the minds shall soon follow.

[Sardonic smile.] What I call the Loki of Thor's universe. The first I encountered had a pet goat for a bit. He then killed it in a fit of pique.
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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-04-01 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[His mouth pulls down into a deep frown. What a lovely reminder of all that he had to look forward to.]

They're going to have to step up their game if they want to find a way to screw with my head that hasn't already been done.

[Their non-consensual body modifications barely pinged on his radar after wings.]

He...killed a goat?

[His face turns puzzled. He's not sure how to react to this information. The Loki he'd bee familiar with hadn't taken his anger out on animals. As far as he knew...]
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Via the ports they can remotely rewrite our memories or implant behavioral suggestions. It is rather worse when it isn't done remotely.

[He's not a fan of these things; there's a certain tightness to his time as he mentions them.]

Yes, a goat. Your guess is likely better than mine. He was in no rush to become acquainted with me, funny enough.
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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-04-02 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Worse how?

[He's had his memories erased and rewritten. He's been compelled to do things and feel things he wouldn't have if left to his own devices. All in the name of the Malnosso's experiments.

What Loki says doesn't surprise him, but it does irritate him as noticeable in the tightening of his jaw and the narrowing of his eyes.]


I guess some don't react well to spending time with their doppelgangers. [That's one experience he hasn't had yet.]
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-02 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
They tailor it to one, then. And rewrite the memories in a much more pernicious and subtle way to change behavior. I also do recall being restrained to a hospital bed and found that very unpleasant, but that was not necessarily standard.

[He chuckles.]

And I do so try to be personable.
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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-04-02 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Explain to me again why you think being sober is a preferable state?

[He motions to the bartender for two more drinks. Catching them as they're slid across the bar, he hands on over to Loki and raises the other in salute before downing it.]

Stealing a man's drink isn't the best way of making a first impression. [He makes to stand, wobbling a little, but maintaining his balance. He figures he's wallowed in self pity enough for the moment.]

You going to show me around to make up for it?
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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-02 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Makes it a bit easier to avoid being picked up by nasty people. [He laughs.] Unless you've a secret desire for nasty people.

[automatically, he still reaches out to steady Steve, like it's the natural thing to do.]

I supposed I could be convinced. You have a very charming smile. What are you wishing to see?
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[personal profile] neversurrender 2015-04-03 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
The only person who has tried to pick me up is you. [He considers for a moment.] Maybe you're onto something...

[He's determined to keep his feet, but he appreciates the steadying hand all the same.]

What are you willing to show me? This is the only place I've seen so far.

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[personal profile] complicatedliar 2015-04-03 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, then you are in trouble, Steve. I'm the nastiest piece of work around. [Light and teasing; he doesn't actually think that.] But I have a lovely smile.

Let us start with the trains. In the mood for the casinos, perhaps? I was on my way home from them. Decent night of work.