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TEST DRIVE MEME

Are you thinking about apping to to Cape & Cowl, but you want to get a feel of the setting and how your character will fit in it? Then you’ve come to the right place! Pick any of the following scenarios below or feel free to make up your own, and don’t be afraid to throw yourself at anyone’s thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

1. As you exit the Porter Building, the ambient noises you heard, so faint back inside where you found yourself at the center of glowing platform alone – save for the black screen and the female voice who greeted you – erupt in every direction. Every corner you look is bustling with people and cars and bicycles; people going about their everyday life, unaware you’re one of them: an imPort.

2. Or perhaps your bizarre behaviour or appearance catches their attention. Maybe it’s the communicator you picked up before leaving. Either way, several Cityzens headed your way come to a full stop immediately, each one eyeing you differently. Some looks outright afraid, others seem intrigued, and then there are the others whose surprise fades quickly and they carry on past you without as much a second glance.

3. Confused? The Network seems like a good place to start with soliciting information. There appear to be three functions for you to access: AUDIO, VIDEO, and TEXT. Make some friends while you’re at it!

4. Maybe you’re just thrilled to be here and help. The night time is a great time to scope out the underbelly of the City and its criminals. There’s always something going on in its more troubled corners: breaking and entering, drugs or arms trafficking, an attempting kidnapping... the list goes on. The question is: what will you do, Hero?

5. Make up your own scenario, if you wish! You may have discovered the Porter has granted you the ability to make it hail cats. Or that your power of super speed is gone entirely. Maybe you’ve noticed the Statue of Liberty’s sporting a new look. It’s up to you!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I haven't gone to college yet. I have to rely on you have to tell me if that's better or worse when it comes to women and penis complexes.

I'm hardly about to go on record discussing anything remotely related to penises with underaged girls.

Don't worry. I'm old enough to be tried as an adult.

Funny. Forgive me if I don't want my new reputation to reek of unsavory advances.

Hm. We all get new beginnings here, don't we. So that makes the moon... just crass.

Why are you fixated on this lunar phallus?

Edited 2013-09-01 01:42 (UTC)

I don't know. I'm just a student. Too many men in my life, maybe?

Sounds rather like a personal problem.

Isn't that what all problems are? If it wasn't personal, would anyone really care?

I ought to rephrase: sounds like an insipid problem that does not appeal to a doctor of my expertise.

Edited 2013-09-01 01:46 (UTC)

What is your expertise in?

[PREENING.]

Abnormal psychology. Particularly when manifested in the criminally insane.

[SO LIKE HANNIBAL- oh wait.]

No. I'm not really what you're looking for. But that's what I'd like to do. Learn about what makes people sick.

[HIS GOOD FRIEND HANNIBAL oh wait.]

Oh? We should have begun on that note, then, your interest in human psychology. I must warn you, though, not all mental disorders are created equal.

[Hannibal. The best friend and neighbor anyone ever had.]

Aren't they? Are some kinds of insanity more interesting than the rest?

Quite obviously.

[WOW HE DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO MASK HIS highly unprofessional BIAS.]

Are you going to tell me, or does that seminar cost something?

If you're expecting a numerated list, you're going to be disappointed. [Clearly that's back at his office in Baltimore.] But, let me pose this to you: have you ever known a sociopath?

You mean someone who doesn't care about anyone except themselves?

I'll admit the DSM-V definition is a bit bland, but not that bland.

Then tell me what it means. To you.

The most pressing sign is a lack of remorse. Empathy is not necessarily impossible -- just highly selective, to the point where it's arguable that empathy is only possible if the subject is also a narcissist and thus only relates to people much like himself. Habits of deception and manipulation are common, performed daily. Maybe even compulsively. The most interesting quality -- beyond the cruelty and tendency to dehumanize others, I mean -- is the flagrant disregard for social norms.

Fascinating, isn't it?

So if you feel bad about killing someone, you don't count?

You count as something else. A genetic hiccup, perhaps.

Is that the scientific term for it?

(no subject)

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