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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2017-05-18 12:47 pm

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

WHO: ImPorts!
WHERE: All four cities.
WHEN: May 18-25
WHAT: Mayhem strikes as people get trapped in elevators, have to help out drowning, spoiled party people, rescue escaped zoo animals and have a ball with some unwanted song and dance. Have fun, everyone!
WARNINGS: None anticipated; let us know if this should be updated!



MAY 18 - 25
STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR
THE LOVE BUNNY
DE CHIMA


Wherever you happen to be in De Chima, as long as there's an elevator around, it's fair game. Are you visiting a friend in an apartment complex? Visiting a set of offices? Getting your teeth checked out? Or maybe there's a really rad, hidden comic book store you heard about on the top floor of the highest building in town! Whatever the reason, in the lobby, you'll see someone who looks like she's cosplaying, and having an absolute blast doing so. It's not entirely clear what she's cosplaying as, but nobody would dress like that on an everyday basis, right...?

If you write her off without thinking much about it, that wouldn't be much of a surprise; she's as innocuous as they get. She's a young, blonde woman - probably a teenager, though it's hard to tell - with her hair pulled into high pigtails, bangs pulled back with a headband with two bright pink bunny ears perched atop her head. The rest of her outfit is just as outrageously pink, a tight corset over a white t-shirt, a pleated pink skirt, go-go boots and thick black leggings with a bright pink wand (complete with a plastic bunny head attached to the tip) clutched tightly in one hand. Honestly, she looks to be a bit of a wreck, but that's only to be expected from someone young flexing their costume making skills for the first time.

It's only after you glide past her and onto the elevator that you realize that something's wrong. Halfway through your ascent or descent, the entire thing shudders, the lights flicker, and the gears slowly grind to a halt. The speaker in the elevator comes to life, somehow, and a bright, cheery giggle fills the elevator.

"Stop in the name of love! You've been caught byyyyyyyy... The Love Bunny! Cute, right? Just like me! I wish you could see how cute I am, but that would defeat the point, so you'll just have to take my word for it. The world's become such a dreary place, hasn't it? We spend so much time staring down at our phones that we never take the chance to look at each other, and find our one true loves!" She sighs, a dreamy, faraway sound. "Oh, but don't worry - I don't expect you to have to kiss. All sorts of love is beautiful, even if romance is the pinnacle of all love. I'm not letting you out, so you might as well try to get along! Toodles!"

If your characters don't manage to get out by the one hour mark, the speakers will come to life once again, this time with a distinct pout in the Love Bunny's voice. "Oh, poo, you're no fun. But I'm a hero, not a villain, so it's not like I'd trap you in there forever. Go on, and live your sad little loveless lives - just know that I'm rooting for you! Bye-byeeeee!" And with that, the building's electricity will come back to life, and your characters will be freed once more.


MAY 18 - 25
MUSICAL MAYHEM
The Copacabana Conductor
Maurtia Falls


Feel that fascinating rhythm moving to your feet? Feel your ass gyrating to that titillating beat? The answer is yes, yes you do. Whether you wanted to or not. The normally dangerous streets of Maurtia Falls have taken on an even more treacherous edge (for your dignity, at least). It started with a sudden, sharp up-tick in what appeared to be street performers. Then a couple acapella flash mobs. Some questioned whether acapella flash mob is even a thing, but who knows? Maybe some particularly deranged imPort brought the craze with them. The strange man skipping around in spandex with hand-drawn musical notes all over it seems suspect, especially since he's always clutching that tacky little recorder close to his chest, but it’s hard to tell these days. The middle of the month always has so many odd new imPorts arriving.

Towards the middle of the day, the news has changed from reporting these sightings as some strange performance art in the city to declaring them a clear act of super-powered malice, accompanied only by - you guessed it - the shrill piping of a recorder, inducting all around them into spontaneous song-and-dance. ImPorts with particularly good hearing may hear a shrill voice cheering, "there's no day but today for this!" or "enough of the classics; it's time to get thoroughly modern!" or, particularly irritatingly, "All I ask of you is to stand up!"

The fact the news anchors sing this report just underscores the present menace (you know what we mean). The majority of people seem to be performing their day to day while acting out numbers based on famous musicals, but any tune and dance sequence people can manage (or not, as the many petty thieves singing to Oliver! horribly screech as you pass by) is fair game, from country to pop to Klingon Opera.

Particularly news obsessed imPorts may notice that all this musical fanfare was first reported happening near the Maurtia Falls City Stage Theater. Investigators better be ready to put on their best Javert, however, as there’s no avoiding facing (and joining in) the music as you get closer to the heart of the problem.

MAY 18
ZOO(TLOOSE)
Doctor Dolots
Nonah


Police sirens aren’t that uncommon a sound, unfortunately. However, the occasional lion’s roar and outraged peacock squawk piercing through the familiar noise is a new one. Hover cars have surrounded the Nonah zoo, as much keeping the gawking public out as they are trying (and often failing) at keeping the loose animals in. Only imPorts are allowed to pass the tape line to approach the unusual threat. Known unregistered and even vigilante or villain imPorts are given the side-eye, but not questioned (what, are they going to give the tigers nightmares?), but registered imPorts are giving a bit of a heads up by the local civil servants. They aren’t sure if it’s a victim or the cause, but a lieutenant heard loud sobbing from inside the cave of the black bear enclosure before he was forced out by a crowd of vengeful lemurs. Anyone that doesn't want to have to directly deal with Nonah’s finest and head into the zoo itself still has plenty to do, however. Only a fraction of the animals have successfully been kept inside.

Behind the tape and in neighboring areas of the city everything is, well, a zoo. Animals are running everywhere. Elephants are competing with orangutans for fresh boiled peanuts, while otters have taken over public restrooms and are having the time of their lives playing with the automatic toilets. There has also been a disturbing team up of lions, tigers, and polar bears, while cheetahs race past them towards the most appealing prey of zebra, moose, and people.

It will be better for imPort public image to capture rather than harm the animals, but at the end of the day the choice is yours.

MAY 25
WATER WORLD
Marina
Heropa


Sun and fun often bring shouts of delight, but the cries ringing out over the waves are from panic. The equipment keeping the Oceania party platform and artificial reef has malfunctioned due to the excessive weight — social scenester Evan Caulfield's party has way too many guests to celebrate his 25th birthday, it seems! A few nearby pleasure craft approach the site of the sinking soiree, but they just don't have the capacity to bring everyone aboad.

Word quickly reaches the shore, filtered through social media from all the selfies attendees are taking — #sinking #help #thewetlook — and emergency services urge any heroes in the area to come and help.

The scene is chaotic, but just off the shore, a tall, muscular Hispanic woman in her early 40s climbs to the top of a yacht and shouts to get everyone's attention. Decked out in a bright wetsuit that could be a superhero's costume or a fashionable diving outfit, she pumps a fist into the air. "Come on, everyone! We've got to come together and save these people!"

With that, she dives into the water and starts swimming freakishly fast toward the disaster site. She never seems to come up for air, but when she does surface to aid the bewildered partiers, she does a great job making sure they don't go under.

Well, hero? What are you waiting for?

glassfall: Cinders with a neutral expression. ({It's all about the exposure})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-19 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid not. Where I'm from, we've still just got the stairs.

[Sigh. At least she's learning quickly.]

Perhaps there's an exit to this contraption?

[Hey, it might just be worth a shot.]
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-21 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Is everyone on this planet so primitive?

[But the comment was mostly to himself as he went to the panel where the buttons were, trying to find if he could open it. But he had no tools with him which were going to make things more difficult, if not impossible.]

Look for any paneling along the walls or the top that can be opened.
glassfall: Cinders' ball gown. ({Because your real life is tragic})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-21 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Excuse me? From what I can make out, my world is vastly different from this one. We've got more magic than technology.

[At least, that's what Madame Ghede had told her, during one of their talks.]

Oh, alright.

[She examines the walls, then the ceiling - aha!]

Something looks like it can be opened from up here... but I can't reach it.

[Damn high elevator ceilings.]
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-21 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it's very different but it doesn't mean it's not still primitive like this planet.

[he ran his fingers along the edge of the panel but it wasn't going to budge and he didn't have any tools on him to pry it off. He glanced up at the panel above them but it seemed out of his reach as well.]

I don't suppose you have anything that would be remotely useful, would you?
glassfall: Cinders smirking. ({And we'll dig a deep hole})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-21 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you this charming to everyone you meet, or am I just lucky today?

[She shakes her head.]

I take it that means you don't have anything, either?
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-21 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Not anything that would be useful in this situation.

[He sat back on his heels, the panel wasn't going to be coming off and he wasn't sure what else to try.]

If you have any other suggestions, now would be the time to share with the rest of us.
glassfall: Cinders with a neutral expression. ({It's all about the exposure})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-21 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cinders fell silent for a moment, thinking.]

How strong are you? If you're up for it, you could support me while I try to lift it off.
therewillbeorder: ([15])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-24 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Possibly- how much do you weigh? [Hux looked her over, trying to gauge how heavy she would be. He was a bridge commander, he didn't make a habit of doing any heavy lifting.]
glassfall: Cinders with a shocked look on her face. ({The angles are all wrong now})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-24 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not certain, but I’m sure you can manage it.

[Is she supposed to weigh herself? Is that normal? But she has a fairly light build, given that she had mostly been surviving on scraps before she came here.]
therewillbeorder: ([11])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-25 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
How useful. But yes, it should be possible.

[It wasn't that high at least.]

You're going to want to look for anything that looks like a control panel, it may be possible to bypass what is holding the elevator.
glassfall: Cinders smirking. ({And we'll dig a deep hole})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-25 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, at least I'm not grousing, rather than doing.

[She' d ask what a control panel looks like, but she’s not in the mood for another condescending remark.]

Understood. Shall we?
therewillbeorder: ([11])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-26 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
One of us has to be realistic.

[He carefully took off his greatcoat, folding it neatly to set it aside. The gloves stayed on.]

Yes, lets.
glassfall: A sepia-toned shot of the lower half of Cinders' face and her rags. ({Somewhere too far for us to find})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-26 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[They might as well. The sooner they get out of here, the better. Cinders moves closer to Hux.]

I'm ready.
therewillbeorder: ([11])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-27 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Put your hands on my shoulders if you don't want to fall.

[He lifted her up by the waist so she could boost her up so she could pull herself up on his shoulder.]

Let me know when you open the control panel.
glassfall: Cinders smirking. ({And we'll dig a deep hole})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-28 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cinders does so, moving to open the panel. It takes a few tries, and more than a little wobbling, but she manages it.]

Finished!

[Take that, newfangled technology.]
Edited 2017-05-28 18:37 (UTC)
therewillbeorder: ([4])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-05-31 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, well what do you see?

[He had a feeling this was going to take awhile, especially if she wasn't familiar with the technology.]
glassfall: Cinders with a shocked look on her face. ({The angles are all wrong now})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-05-31 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Some long, colored strings.

[She has no idea what wires are. Good luck, Hux.]
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-01 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Strings?

[He tried to look up but he didn't want to move too much least she fell.] I'm going to assume you mean wires and ignore the fact that you can't even recognize something so basic. What are the wires connected to?
glassfall: A sepia-toned shot of the lower half of Cinders' face and her rags. ({Somewhere too far for us to find})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-06-01 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you want to help me do this, or would you rather complain that I happen to come from a world with more magic than technology?

[Cinders huffs, annoyed.]

It looks like a green screen, and it has a lot of little lights on it.
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-03 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It's difficult to help someone who has never seen a wire. Do you see any symbols?

[He can feel a headache between his eyes but there was nothing to be done for it.]
glassfall: Cinders with a neutral expression. ({It's all about the exposure})

[personal profile] glassfall 2017-06-05 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I have an idea. Do you have your communication device? Because if so, I can take a picture and send it to you, if you are able to manage.