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quietplacememes2018-04-01 07:45 pm
bequiet) wrote in quietplacememes2018-04-01 07:45 pm
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TDM #004
TEST DRIVE MEME
You wake, standing. A thick, muddy red dust coats your skin and clothes - it sticks to your tongue and blocks your vision. Inhale and it chokes you, exhale and your breath puffs out in front of your face in a transparent maroon cloud. It tastes of copper, tangy and harsh. Movement is difficult, every limb tingles and aches. Look to your left, your right. Evenly spaced in each direction stands another person indistinguishable in every way from the next. You're disoriented and lethargic, unable to grasp onto a single thought. A pinprick of light blooms ahead and grows steadily larger; a door has opened.
Hands grip your wrists, push at the small of your back and guide you out of the darkness into a room with four walls and a thin, sagging ceiling. The plaster is peeling, the air is musty, and the floor is slick. White plastic piping juts up from the center and curves into multiple spouts, clean water flowing in uneven streams. Those hands pull your clothes off and clear the dust from your body, redress you in handsewn jumpsuits.
A finger is pressed to your lips. Kind eyes meet your own and a single word is whispered - hush.
Led out of the room in a line, you’re taken down a short hallway and into another, much larger room. There’s a woman waiting for you there, a child hugging her leg, and a cloth bag in her hands. She reaches in and pulls out a device, passes one to each of you. Once finished, she begins to move both hands in graceful gestures, a language. One of the people who helped you lifts their device and the screen lights up, tracks the woman’s hands. Letters appear on the screen and you understand the device’s purpose. She tells you what she knows and it’s not much.
This world is haunted. Noise attracts them, so it is not allowed. Communication is through body language, soundless writing, and the device. She tells you that your feet must be light and your mouth never used. There is a community outside these doors, where you can survive together, but only if you agree to one thing: complete and total silence. You'll have time to talk it over. Acceptance allows you to journey outside. The ground is marked in pathways of sand, lining the paths to each building and everywhere in between. You notice that the locals hold their devices always, aloft and glance to it often. It will not vibrate or make a sound to signal a message.
Notices appear. The bulletin board feed lights up so you can read about the history. Rules. Guidelines. Feet on the sand and never anywhere else. To open a door you brush your fingers along the hinges - oiled and you may enter. If not, take the brush from the can sitting nearby and coat the metal with the dark liquid. You're to settle into your new home.
Take a peep
Content Warnings: Possible animal-thing death
Themes: Slice of life, it's like gremlins... kinda
On the first of April, small piles of dust with brightly colored eggs at the center will spring up over night. After a few hours the eggs will begin to hatch and out will come the smallest and brightest bunny-like creatures (the only notable differences from regular bunnies are the colors, size, and that they make no noise). They're friendly and immediately attach themselves (bond) to the first person to pick them up. One of the natives calls them "peeps" because they don't make a sound. All with unique personalities, the creatures can be found nibbling on the dust and needing no other form of food, and will shy away from any and all water sources.
If, however, any of them get wet - there will be a sudden and brief rain shower at noon - the creatures fur will turn black and they will begin attacking the others that didn't get wet. Stopping them is key, and the black creatures will either dash away from the community if given the chance or will need to be stopped.
OOC: All characters can keep a Peep! Any color! They are palm-sized and never grow larger than an adult hand.
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The kid from the airport?
[ The incredibly annoying kid from the airport. Bucky can still remember the sound of his voice, because he hadn't seemed to know how to shut up. Now that Bucky can see how young he is, it makes a lot more sense. ]
How old are you?
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uh yeah! yeah
i
i meant to say im super sorry for that stuff at the airport
you know cap is like one of my biggest heroes???
[ Is he just making it worse? God, he should just turn back now ...
Or stupidly forge ahead. ]
i'm sixteen
ish
almost sixteen
no subject
He shakes his head, jaw less tense now, but even his neutral expression is severe these days, like he can't shake away all of the weight on his shoulders. ]
do all your heroes get the web treatment?
[ Shifting his posture, he crosses his arms and leans forward waiting for an answer. How much authority can he pretend to have with this kid before he gets called on the bluff? ]
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honest
i was just doing some stuff for mr - uh for iron man
anyway it was just a one-off
i haven't exactly been called on for any other cool missions since
[ Which is fine. ITS FINE. Honestly. Yeah. He likes doing his own thing ... ]
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not the best first impression, buddy
[ He lets himself intensely mad dog the kid for another moment before he smiles a little. That's probably enough messing with him. It's not like Bucky's going to hold Stark's decisions against a kid, anyway. He might want to punch Stark's smug face a little extra, though. ]
where did Stark find you, anyway?
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Oh.
Was he like ... messing with him?
Phew. Phew! Peter looks visibly calmer; honestly, if he had to, he'd be repeating his apologies forever. He'll do it, don't think he won't. His aunt taught him to be polite and good and he takes that to heart. ]
promise my second impression is gonna make you forget about the first impression
[ As to the question ... Peter looks thoughtful. ]
is youtube an acceptable response? i think thats how he first saw me
and then idk i guess he tracked me down
he's tony stark he can do anything!
no subject
so you were spider-man before he found you?
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yeah
for like
a few months i guess
long enough for me to get the hang of swinging around and i guess gaining kind of a reputation
not a great one
but
some people knew who i was
no subject
did anyone train you or did you just have to figure it out?
[ his face is pleasant enough, consciously relaxed in a way that's meant to disarm. He's going to get as much information out of this kid as he can. ]
no subject
p cool huh??
[ Peter has zero reasons to suspect Captain America's best friend of trying to wheedle information out of him. As far as he's concerned, he's just asking questions out of curiousity and they're harmless and pretty much public domain anyway. ]
no subject
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i didn't know i was trying to impress you
i mean i can!
but
you're the guy with the cool metal arm so thats like 100 pts ahead
NOT HERE