Test Drive Meme - July 2014

[omegamods]

Thinking of joining The Omegafriends, but want to get a feel for things first? Need some threads for your application sample? You’ve come to the right place! Reply with your character down below, with at least one of the provided prompts to get things going. Then, go around to other people and tag them! Have threads! Have fun!

If you’re not sure what this game is about, look here or here! If you want to lay down a reserve, go here! For anything else, look here!

We will be putting up a new Test Drive on the 15th of every month.

Prompts

1. Venture City in Peril! Dr. Devious’s army of Deviobots are ransacking the city! No, wait, Baron Von Tyrannosaur is back with another dinosaur army! No, wait, it's... really, ther's a lot of different ways a city can be imperiled. However, no matter the threat, it’s up to you, the Omegafriends, to save the day - but you’ll need to work together to repel the forces of evil.

2. A Hero is Born! What started as an ordinary day was thrown into chaos as your newfound superpowers began to suddenly awaken! What perilous problems and zany antics will this bring about? Stay tuned to find out!

3. The Adventure Mundane! It's not all over-the-top heroics here - sometimes, ordinary day-to-day life can be just as much trouble! On the trail of a story for the Daily Venture? Frantic last-minute studying for tomorrow's math test? Harassing people to sign petitions on street corners? Hitting the arcade to destroy simulated villains instead of real ones? The sky's the limit!

4. Welcome to the Omegabase! The super-secret underground Omegabase has it all - training centers, VR simulators, free snack machines, but most important is a whole lot of Supers! Take a minute to kick back and get to know your fellow heroes.

5. The Mighty Showdown! In the life of a Super, good and evil are always clashing in battle. Today, you’ve come face to face with one of the many supervillains threatening the future of Venture City! Who will rise and who will fall? Next issue: The shocking answer!

6. Wild Card! Got an idea for a thread or prompt that isn’t one of those? Make up your own! We won’t stop you.

Comments

[omnitrixter]

"I actually know somebody named Max. Old guy who lives in an RV."

Max was a popular name. It just so happened that her Max cooked weird meals...and had grandchildren call him Grandpa Max. Right. Coincidence. Had to be.

[thesmartone]

Ben, why do you have to make her grandpa sound like a cook? Now she's looking at him suspiciously. Still, lots of people lived in RVs. Older people who liked to travel. "Does it have a name, the RV I mean."

[omnitrixter]

Ben was quiet for a moment, that in itself rather telling. After all, not many people named their RVs.

"...The Rustbucket. He calls it the Rustbucket."

It couldn't be the same Max. If it was...

[thesmartone]

Gwen's eyes narrow and she's five seconds away from dropping Ben, literally, out of the air. "How do you know my grandpa?"

[omnitrixter]

Ben didn't answer, too busy staring at her in shock.

As far as he knew, Grandpa Max had only one granddaughter: Ben's cousin Gwen. A little bit of jealousy hissed at him about it suddenly making sense that she was the favored grandchild.

"...I'm such a doofus."

[thesmartone]

"That didn't answer my question." Seriously Ben, she will drop you to the ground if you don't tell her. Not that Grandpa Max couldn't take a two month old hero to town and back, but she wasn't about to let it get to that.

[omnitrixter]

Ben laughed mirthlessly, shaking his head, lifting his wrist and rotating the dial. He just wanted to get out of there.

"A guy named Ben your exact age just happens to know your grandpa. C'mon, Dweeb, it shouldn't be that hard."

[thesmartone]

"..." Ok, only one person ever called her dweeb. "Ben?" Seriously? There had to be some statistical improbability that she was an alien and her cousin just happened to find an alien watch that turned him into a bunch of different aliens. "If you're serious then you've got to see Grandpa."

[omnitrixter]

"Later. I gotta get going. If Mom finds out I snuck out after curfew again, having the watch get taken away is gonna be the least of my problems."

It was a cop-out excuse, and he knew it. Heck, Gwen probably knew it, too. However, he needed some space to let it all sink in. For one thing, this meant he'd had a slight crush on his own cousin for a while now. (Yuck yuck yuck!) For another, it wasn't just any cousin but the one who got straight A's, had a black belt (probably...he couldn't remember), and seemed like she could literally do anything.

[thesmartone]

Her brows knit with worry and part of her wondered if her fears were coming true. It was cool to have some random superhero you've never known before be an alien, but when it's your own cousin that cool was probably creepy and weird. "Right." Gwen was really glad for the mask that was hiding most of her face. She thought she'd actually found and friend in all this and instead she'd probably lost her only cousin. "I'll see you later then."

[omnitrixter]

"See ya."

It wasn't that he thought she was a freak. Just the opposite, actually. She was super smart and talented plus being a superhero for years? Pretty awesome.

Then there's her doofus of a cousin who got some kind of alien watch probably by accident. Guaranteed, nobody was gonna trust him with it.

He slapped his hand down on the dial, not even bothering to see what he'd selected. The watch gave him Big Chill (hilarious given it'd been the alien form that started this mess), and he soared off into the night sky.