( MEMES ) TEST DRIVE >> 003.

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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.

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. What are you going to do?

2. Failed Upgrade. One of your upgrades is more wrong than right. How will you cope? What exactly is different? Who will help?

3. Mission outside the dome. You've come under fire. The strange things are coming towards you. Luckily, you have your suit, your teammates, and a lot of firepower. Or are you stranded on your own, looking for someone to come to the rescue? Perhaps you're the rescuer.

4.Infected Something bit you. Now you're turning into them, and all you can hear is a high-pitched squealing in your head, like a frequency you just can't quite hear. Do you tell your loved ones, or do you wait? Do you trust your doctor?

5. Military training Everyone's got to start somewhere. You're training the green folks, maybe you're one of the newcomers yourself. Maybe you haven't even touched a gun before in your life. Either way, you'd better start now.

6. Chance encounter makin' my way downtown walking fast, faces pass--you get the point. You bump into someone! Shopping, or strolling in a park? Maybe just lunch in a cafe?

7. Glory to the Network! Network post. Text with general queries, say what you have to say to the entirety of the whole city.

8. Wildcard: Whatever you want. Mix and match, switch and swatch, make something else up entirely!

Comments

[botheyesopen]

[He's just standing by the entrance to the building, his crossed arms the only indication of being put out. Or maybe it's the way all his weight is shifted onto one leg. He nods at the not-Natasha, giving her the benefit of acknowledgement at the very least. When she's about ten yards away, he starts walking to meet her. He only speaks when they're face to face, peering down at her with his hands on his hips. He needs answers. And she'd better have them.]

You mentioned a proposition?

[sklent]

I did. [ She stares at him entirely without fear, looking even more like the Romanoff who Barton had brought to him years ago. ] If you are here, then some portion of SHIELD will become rebuilt in this place.

I want to be a part of it.

In exchange you get all the information I can dredge up from my own pretty little head on HYDRA and it's programs.

[botheyesopen]

[He tilts his head up, just a millimeter or two, but noticeable to someone with Romanoff's talents.]

Let's back up. Do an introduction first. Give me your name, rank, and serial number, too, if you feel like it.

[sklent]

[ She arches an eyebrow. Names. Ugh. It gives her pause, only because she's not used to using it. ]

Natalia Romanova of the Winter Soldier program. HYDRA. No rank. No serial number. No recorded history. No living relatives.

[botheyesopen]

[Ugh. He allows himself to pinch the bridge of his nose. So this is what she meant by "not your agent." She meant HYDRA. Question is, is time being played with here, or is it something more.]

And you want in on whatever SHIELDlike operation I build here, Miss Romanova? You want to swap sides and offer me HYDRA intel to help me beat back the monsters outside this dome?

[sklent]

Yes. And the monsters inside.

[ If he just asked his question he could answer it. ]

Your Agent is here, somewhere. She and I haven't met.

[ She needs a task. A mission. Or her head is going to implode with all the free time. ]

[botheyesopen]

[When is it ever that simple.

He starts walking, trusting Romanoff to follow.]

Do you want to meet her? Because if I'm going to rebuild SHIELD, she's going to be a part of it.

[sklent]

[ Follow she does, hands behind her and keeping up with his stride. ]

Sure, why not?

[ Not like she's been avoiding or anything. It just. Hasn't happened. ]