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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?

sleight_of_hand: (Standing by the light)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-04 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Neither would I, really.

[ He let out a hiss, nearly chipping a nail off as he tried to pry at the seam in the roof. ]

You wouldn't happen to have anything thin to slip in here, would you?
therewillbeorder: (Default)

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-10 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I don't.

[The only things he carried with him was a concealed blaster, his datapad, phone, and keys, nothing he figured was useful in this situation.]

I assume you're unable to get the panel open then.
sleight_of_hand: (Rainy Day Man)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-10 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Adachi grumbled under his breath, reaching into his back pocket and pulling out a mini tool roll, warning Hux to catch before he dropped it. It was a lock picking set inside... you know, just in case. ]

There might be something in there.
therewillbeorder: ([6])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-12 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hux barely caught the roll, carefully opening it. It was so simple and primitive it was almost laughable.]

Here.

[He held it up, trying not to move too much. He was starting to feel the strain of having the other man on his shoulders, not used to have to carry this kind of weight.]
sleight_of_hand: (Er... if you say so)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-13 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Look not everyone can have fancy tech and spaceships. Adachi grunted as he shoved the tool into the seem, pounding into it as hard as he could. ]

Okay, got it a little bit. Hang on...

[ He pulled it back out, starting to ease it along the seam.
therewillbeorder: (Default)

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-16 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Let me know when it's open.

[He hated not being able to see himself, he wasn't familiar with this level of technology.]
sleight_of_hand: (Er... sure)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-16 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you'll--

[ Adachi cut himself off as the panel suddenly came away with a snap, clattering to the ground. He stared at it a long moment before: ]

It's open.
therewillbeorder: ([5])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-18 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
And what do you see?

[He had a feeling it would be easier to try to do this with a Wookie, at least Wookiees had a better understanding of technology than most people on this planet.]
sleight_of_hand: (Er... sure)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-18 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Gimme a sec...!

[ Adachi reached up, grabbing the edges of the hatch and hauling himself up. He let out a disgruntled noise after a moment, looking around the top of the elevator. ]

I don't see any kind of control panel up here, either. Looks like this is controlled by something else entirely.

[ He paused, glancing back down at Hux. ]

Want a hand up? We might be able to climb out of here if we can't do anything else.
therewillbeorder: ([5])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-18 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hux rolled his shoulders before brushing the shoulder of his jacket off before looking up.]

Do you see a way out there? If the elevator gets going again, I doubt the elevator shaft is where we want to be.
sleight_of_hand: (Feeling queasy...)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-18 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Adachi disappeared from the opening a moment, looking around the shaft, before appearing again. ]

We might be able to climb up to the next floor up if we're quick about it. Getting the door open might be a problem though.

[ It was either that, or stay in the elevator and hope for rescue. ]
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-21 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it may be a good idea to see if you can get the door open first. Struggling to open the door if the elevator starts moving in the wrong direction isn't exactly going to help.

[Hux peered up, trying to see above.]

You don't think things through often, do you?
sleight_of_hand: (Shitty paycheck again!)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-21 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
I don't see you coming up with any brilliant ideas!

[ Geeze, at least he was the one up here doing stuff! ]

These doors are too heavy for one person to pry open; it's all or nothing.
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-22 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Brilliant ideas are useless if they aren't practical.

[And he questioned Adachi's judgment on what was a brilliant idea.]

Well, you're going to have to help me up then.
sleight_of_hand: (...mrrr?)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-23 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
...right. Um...

[ Adachi paused a moment, before slipping off his belt, holding it down for Hux to grab. ]

C'mon, I can pull you up.
therewillbeorder: ([3])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-24 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Hux eyed the belt before looking up, eyebrows raised.]

I know this planet is primitive but surely even you know basic physics. That's not going to work.
sleight_of_hand: (Yeah whatever)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-24 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I know basic physics.

[ He is really starting to get annoyed with how prissy this guy was. ]

It's the only thing I've got to reach you. You should only need to climb up a little bit before I can grab you and pull you up the rest of the way.
therewillbeorder: ([9])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-26 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Clearly not.

[And just to confirm his reluctance the elevator lurched and he smirked, not at all concerned for Adachi's well-being. At least, so long as none of the blood got on him.]
sleight_of_hand: (W-wait a sec!)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-27 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Adachi let out a squeak, clinging to the edge of the elevator hatch, almost losing his belt. ]

...please tell me that was just the elevator getting ready to move up again...

[ He had time to flop back into the elevator, right?! ]
therewillbeorder: ([9])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-28 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
If you end up getting mangled, at least try not to get any blood on me.

[Blood is so hard to get out of clothes. The elevator started groaning as if it were going to start moving again.]
sleight_of_hand: (W-WASABI!!!)

[personal profile] sleight_of_hand 2017-06-28 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Adachi let out an undignified squeak, motioning for Hux to move before he dived back into the elevator, just in time for it to start moving. ]
therewillbeorder: ([9])

[personal profile] therewillbeorder 2017-06-28 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stepped back, a little disappointed but amused nonetheless as the elevator started moving once more.]