masterofmatter (masterofmatter) wrote,
@ 2011-06-24 05:43:00

RPG Challenge - Chris
Ze Rules:

1. Truth or Dare: Post a scene idea as a dare. It can be in-canon, or it can be AU. You can challenge any of mine with any of yours. I can take the dare, or turn it down, by offering an honest in character answer to any question you want to ask. If I take the dare, you can set up the scene and we'll play through it.

2. Putting the 'R' in RP: So most of the time, rp comes down to casual social or big mod-run plots. This is neither, so let's spice it up. Your dare-scene challenge must involve either A. gratuitous violence, B. gratuitous nudity (I'm willing to play out sex scenes if they make sense, or hint at them) C. gratuitous crack. - because these aren't going through moderation, they can't really change anything, no new powers, no big item acquisitions, but gratuitous hero battles or villain of the week-ish stuff should be okay. Multiple choices from A, B and C are also possible.

3. Pay it Forward: As usual, if you take this challenge and post a scene idea, you also need to put this up in one of your journals, and offer some or all of yours up for scene challenges. Now the tricky part - if I take a dare, I will temp at least one of the NPCs needed, if any are. I will not require you to NPC for me, no. Instead, you must temp at least one NPC in any dares you take.
And, why yes, this is an effort to get people to temp occasional npcs for others in order to encourage RP. You have an easy out in any scenes you're truly not comfortable with - you can always take 'truth', and I may, not every scene will fit my characters or my fancy... but the idea is still to encourage rp, get people doing scenes and playing with characters, whether AU or our canon, and doing the little things to help get scenes going.

My characters potentially up for this:

Will Freeman/Shazam
Michael Choi/Firestorm
Jonathan McIntyre/The Machinist (superhero name pending)
Bob Grayson/Marvel Boy-The Uranian

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	masterofmatter 2011-07-11 04:36 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, the air isn't thick enough to swim in and we have to deal with pesky gravity. Only metas in some form can fly, myself included." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-11 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	"See. Now you're making me feel silly. Of course it only goes to show you how much I know in practicality about the surface world," Ash informed him with a chortle at her own expense. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-11 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, I turn into a flaming head person. If you told me that when I graduated high school I would have thought them as crazy as Briana an-" Michael stops his sentence mid thought, annoyance setting in. Deep down, his pessimism laughs at his expense. He had brought it up. On his own. Without even thinking about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-11 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Which is the most shocking thing I have ever seen, need I remind you," Ash pointed out trying to not giggle. "Who?" But then she sees he looks annoyed and gives him a shy look. "I'm sorry. We don't have to talk about that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-11 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Briana. She was my first girlfriend. She wasn't the most stable person," Michael said. "I don't want to dwell on that right now. That was a long time ago and something that has nothing to do with this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-11 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, Besides. She seems like a touchy subject, and I would much prefer you to be happy," Ash said in a soft tone trying to sound soothing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-11 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	Well, that was a pleasant surprise. "I appreciate that, Ash. I really do. Say, are you getting hungry? We've been here a whi-" Michael had reached for his phone, but when he saw the time he was a fair bit surprised. They had been there talking for almost five hours. "Whoa." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-11 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	"No wonder I'm starving all of the sudden," Ash jokes. Though she looks so very surprised they have been there for so long. "It was really fun though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-11 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, thanks a lot. Now, what do you know about surface food? Is there something you're particular to or interested in trying?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-14 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"Um. I'm pretty familiar with surface food. I'm not picky, but I am a vegetarian so anything that's good and not... you know. I'm really not that fussy. I'm just happy we're both having fun." She was a little nervous that he would treat it as weird like Cait had when she mentioned she didn't eat meat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-14 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Damn it. That cut off most of the places he had hoped to take her to. "Hmmm. That presents a problem. I don't know all that many vegetarian places around here. I'm not a native, so I don't know much outside of here and the touristy places." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-14 02:48 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I'm sure that they have things I cam eat. I just have to be ch-ch-choosy, that's all," Ash pointed out peaking over at him shyly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

masterofmatter
2011-07-14 03:04 am UTC (link)

Michael smiles at that. Even now, she's trying to accommodate him for something that's not that important. It's pretty damn sweet.

"Thank you, Ash. Just thinking about you is all. But if I remember correctly..."

And then it hits him. Vegetarian. he likes the food but doesn't get it often from old boring Ivy Town because of the makeup of the people there.

"Tell me, princess, have you ever had Mexican food? It's delicious and can be vegetarian."

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	seasiren 2011-07-14 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"No." She bites her lower lip thoughtfully. Then looked up at him curiously. "Do you have a place in mind?" Of course he did but now Ash is just very curious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-14 03:47 am UTC (link)
	"I know a place not too far from here. It has a good atmosphere and the burritos are good. You can go veggie on the burrito, too." Michael also noted the lower lip biting. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-14 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	That has her stop biting her lip. She had been a little afraid that he would pull the 'fish isn't meat' thing and now that she knows he isn't going to do that to her she is relaxing and happy. "Awesome. Can we walk there?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-14 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah. It's only a block or so away from here. Plus it'd be more time to talk." Michael may be hinting at something there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-14 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Really? That's fairly close,," Ash commented in a surprised tone. Then slowly blinked at the fact he was talking about... talking. Silently she started to panic. What was wrong? Wasn't he having fun? Oh Poseidon's beard. "O-Okay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-14 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	Did...did she not get what he meant? "I mean, well, walking would give us more time to hang out. Talk." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-14 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Oh good. She doesn't know why she had panicked. "Sorry if I misunderstood you. I'm not.... I don't have a lot of experience just... talking. To people. So sometimes I panic or just don't understand what someone means." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	masterofmatter 2011-07-14 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Michaels face was blank for a second, with him hiding his disgust at whoever made it so she was so damn awkward. Well, he hopes its blank. "Okay, then, Miss Ash, lets go get some Mexican food." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seasiren 2011-07-14 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	She nudges him lightly. "J-Just Ash please. Miss sounds um..." She shrugged. "I don't know." Less friendly somehow. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

masterofmatter
2011-07-15 12:05 am UTC (link)

"No problem. I tend to try to be more formal if someone is worth the formality."

The walk there, across from Central Park, is slow, methodical, and wonderful. They talk and talk. About nothing. About everything. He's glad she's willing to open up, and Michael hopes for it to continue. So, maybe through choice or maybe through personal comfort, he reaches his hand and intertwines his with hers just before getting to the restaurant. It is not a ritzy place, but it is not a hole in the wall. It's just there, and the smell of food wafts through the door as Michael opens it with his open hand, smiling at Ash and motioning for her to go in first.

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seasiren
2011-07-15 12:11 am UTC (link)

That had gotten a small blush from Ash. She was a very shy person naturally.

Then she just moved onto talking with him. She had shared a little more about herself and had relaxed. She had even stopped stammering which could easily be viewed as her going back to feeling at ease with him. She had stopped to smell the air then smiled as she moved inside.

It was late but there were still people here.

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masterofmatter
2011-07-15 12:17 am UTC (link)

With a quick order of water, Michael and Ash were seated. Yes, it was late. But it wasn't all that packed. Maybe they stopped by on an off day. Whatever the reason, Michael was a little relieved. He didn't know of any other veggie friendly places in the immediate vicinity, and that was by happenstance that he knew it himself.

"I'm curious: What made you decide to become a vegetarian?"

Seems an easy place to start.