Test Drive Meme

[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!

Prompts

1. Venture City in Peril! Dr. Devious’s army of Deviobots are ransacking the city! It’s up to you, the Omegafriends, to save the day - but you’ll need to work together to repel this sinister threat.

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. Super Mystery Team-up! Lady Blue is planning to steal Venture Park, and it’s up to you to track her down! It’ll take two buddy cops Omegafriends from different backgrounds working together to follow the trail of clues - can you put up with each other long enough to figure out her villainous plan?

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

Sam | Sam and Max

[hitstheroad]

[4 and a hint of 3]

[A large dog is standing at the entrance, talking loudly to himself.]

Well here I am, in the nesting grounds for every super-powered civic-minded chump and sore-throated loose cannon who took it into his or her head to put on a stupid costume and personally endanger themselves for the good of all mankind! Or at least mankind within city limits!

[But he's a policeman on a mission: unravel the details of the latest case that was chucked awkwardly at his head, and who better to start with than the people who are on the front lines every day. He turns to the nearest...sentient life form.]

Hey you! Care to answer a few questions?

ahhh I remember this book

[inelegantwords]

[This teenager may not be a superhero but he certainly has quite a look about him, from the red eyes and black lips to the very weird way of standing. At the dog calling out to him, he blinks, tilts his head to the side, and speaks.]

Willful interrogation.

[A straight answer is not something that the Quandary is good with, though he was pretty useful for aquiring headaches.]

[hitstheroad]

[Neither know it, but they've just met each other's greatest challenge.]

Well, that's a yes in my book. As you may have heard, notorious super-villainess Lady Blue has provided evidence of her emotional instability by providing clues to her latest heist. Personally, I think she just does it for attention.

[Sam holds out a tangled ball of rubber snakes, tied in the middle and signed by Blue.]

Normally I'm loath to go on these kind of scavenger hunts, but, well, it was at the bottom of a pack of freezy-pops and I've got nothing better to do. So what do you about Lady Blue?

[inelegantwords]

[He looks at the ball of tangled snakes, looks at the dog and then holds his hand out for the ball.]

Cold twist.

[Yes, he knows Lady Blue. They often text each other confusing riddles with a whole bunch of clues.]

[hitstheroad]

Cold twist...Interesting...

[...Which is what policemen say when they're trying to disguise the fact that they don't have a clue. Sam hands the snakes over, watching closely.]

[inelegantwords]

[He takes the snakes and plays with them for a moment, before figuring out how to untie them. Of course, the knot was hiding something. That was how things were done.]

Veiled fraction.

[magistermentium]

Oh, it'd be my pleasure!

[While Bill isn't a superhero technically, from the way he dresses it's easy to see how Sam could make that mistake. Doesn't mean he doesn't have powers, however. He does know where the Omegabase is after all...
But he knows a lot of things.]

What's on your mind, Stripes?

[hitstheroad]

I suppose you've heard about the latest exploits of Lady Blue, resident creator of villainous wild goose chases. I found a clue in my freezer today, but it doesn't make much sense on it's own.

No doubt once I find a two or three or ten more clues, I'll have a picture as crystal clear as the 72-inch HD in a poverty stricken apartment! So, got anything for me?

[magistermentium]

Ah, Lady Blue! Now she's one I'd love to know more about myself... and how she pulls off those temporal shenanigans!
I've got a couple theories but nothing I can confirm yet! Although my guess is it really is that belt of her's, which uses some kind of undiscovered power source, ooor...
An agent from the Time Anomaly Removal Crew or Time Paradox Avoidance Enforcement Squadron in the far future was sent back to this period, and after encountering them she stole their time-travel device!

[From personal experience, he'd actually wager the latter is the more likely scenario.]

[hitstheroad]

Well, that makes sense. The various time enforcing agencies are notorious for their stringent rules and butter-finger approach to sensitive and dangerous time-travel devices.

[He also knows from personal experience.]

But that doesn't explain her motives behind this dastardly heist! Or why she wouldn't just do it and save herself the trouble of making up all these clues.

[magistermentium]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

But you'd be surprised how many of them are in it for the thrill! Just to see if anyone CAN figure it out! More satisfying if there's a little challenge, yaknow?

[number1_kerbal]

No, the LVN-1 test is not back on! I've been to city hall three times this week and they're still denying me the permits!

[It's Jebediah Kerman, local Rocket Scientist and inventor of the LVN-1. Jeb's LV series rockets were a big success-but Town Hall draws the line at NUCLEAR ROCKETS being tested in town.]

[hitstheroad]

Hmmm...Well let's take a stab at bursting your titanium reinforced bubble and ask what the HECK you're talking about?!

[number1_kerbal]

I'm talking about the next step in rocket technology! It's more than twice as fuel efficient as any competing model! Sure, I've made great strides in building common, every-day rockets out of old cars and appliances, but I wanted to take it to the next step.

But for some reason the mayor objects to my plutonium powered propulsion.

[hitstheroad]

The nerve of him!

Tell you what, after I'm done with this case why don't I teach you the fine art of annoying bureaucrats until they get rid of you by signing any fool thing you put in front of them!

[atruebeoulve]

[...The police? Ramza stood up straight, respectfully, giving a frown. He feels a little on-point, though, being shorter then this... dog?]
Of course. But I may not have answers.

[hitstheroad]

That's OK! I'm still learning how to interrogate without using my gun.

We'll start at the beginning: I suppose you've heard of Lady Blue, career villain and giver of asinine puzzles?

I just couldn't help myself...

[chowderhead]

Sure thing, Sam! 'Yes,' 'no,' 'only on Tuesday,' and 'maybe, but where am I gonna find a pair of soccer cleats my size on such short notice?'

...Oh, or did you wanna ask some?

[hitstheroad]

Well, there you are, pinhead! I thought you got tangled in the phone cord on the way down! I figured you'd be chewing your way out for a few more hours at least.

Anyway, any ideas about this case?

[chowderhead]

I was hungry. I'm gonna have to pass on Spaghetti Night for a while, though.

You mean the park thief? I admire her spunk, but if she's not taking applications for King of the Jungle Gym we should probably stop her. 'Cause I want that to be me.

Hey, was that fountain always full of blue, artificially-flavored gelatin dessert?

[hitstheroad]

I shudder to imagine how you're going to take the crown...

Hey! Holy molded collagen mash, Max, do you realize what this means...besides the fact that I'm going to have you dragging kicking and screaming away from that fountain?

[praisenahnohtek]

[That sentient life form just so happens to be a blue-skinned, vaguely humanoid martian. He's sort of trying to deal with Earth's many many senses all around him. Croach is jolted out of his state of sensory overflow by the question.]

What? No, I would not care to answer your Earth questions.

[Croach turns away before freezing in realization. HE DIDN'T THINK THAT THROUGH CRAP. He turns back to Sam.]

For my rudeness, I am now under onus to you to answer your questions.

[hitstheroad]

...Well, that's helpful. I thought I'd have to go through the rigamarole of gaining your trust, but it seems your culture already has that built in! Haha, nifty!

Well, I'm gathering information about Lady Blue's latest heist. She's been putting up clues around the city, so of course us detective types have to drop whatever we're doing and scramble around the city like ants. No offense.

So. What can you tell me? Found any of her clues yet?

[praisenahnohtek]

[If he had eyebrow, Croach would raise one. But he doesn't, so he just gives a sort of disbelieving look.]

I do not see how my culture's honorable traditions are nifty... or why I should take offense...

In any case, I can assist you. I am the designated tracker of my people and my sense are far superior the sense you-

[Wait, he's talking to an Earth dog. Hm.]

...your Earth "humans" planets possess.

[hitstheroad]

Even better! I'm not about to get down to sniff the floor again. Not with my hips.

...So if you're not some kind of mutant ant from the curiously peopled center of the earth, what exactly are you and from what distant star do you hail?