Test Drive Meme

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The Central Library

Test Drive Meme

You are in The Central Library… anything can happen here. In fact, the possible can become actuality while you stay here. Things are always changing. Some for the better, some for the worst… it really all depends on one thing. You.

Take a look around, visit the worlds through the book portals, and slowly bring it back to life. The more you do, the better life will get. But be wary, not everything is a fun story and not everything is harmless. Sometimes you will have your life at stake and others you will simply have to enjoy your stay.

You can use RNG to pick a scenario below… or you can pick your own! Whatever delights your fancy and makes you feel at home within the walls of The Central Library.

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1.  Arrival – You wake up in the main hall. The reception desk is behind you and you know you heard someone whispering “Save us” in your ear… but where are you? The hall gleams and there are many doors amongst the shelves of books. It is rather huge and a walkway circles a second floor… where are you? Well… you might want to ask.
 

2.      2.  Market Place – The Central Library has turned the large conference room into an open gateway to a market place. It shifts and changes along with the Library, but food is always available to those living there as long as the portal is open.  But for the rest….

Did someone count three bricks up and two across, and then tap them three times?  Someone in the Library must have stumbled on that combination since the portal has opened up to Diagon Alley.  Enjoy your visit to a truly magical shopping destination but remember not to be too obvious if you’re a Muggle!

3.  Gotta Catch'em All! In... Space? - Pokemon are wonderful pets and companions used to help around the house or in battling competitions. Their uses are endless! But... it seems they have managed to escape from their world and end up in the most unlikely of places. In space. The Enterprise is over run and the crew is trying really hard to round them up. Not to mention the mass infestation on the Deathstar. But their hosts are not so kind. As guests of the Library, you are armed with a fully detailed Pokedex and multiple pokeballs guaranteed to catch what you aim for. But be careful. Don't get caught yourself!

 

4. Non-Fiction Immersion – Under the sea… well, not quite.  Notice the strange puddles and ponds that ‘decorate’ the Library floors.  They’re now habitats for the Library’s new aquatic unwelcome guests.  Octopi, alligators, kraken, seals and many other water-loving creatures can be found in and near these water hazards.  Watch out for random flying fish; they hurt if they hit you.

 

5. Fiction Invasion – Sometimes things slip through. Little things or big things. After all, monsters do hide in the dark corners and in some sections of the grand structure. But this time… the problem is small, small size that is. Pixies have invaded. They are troublesome things… they love to cause problems and make life a little miserable. You need to catch them before they steal you blind… and possibly cause you too much mischief. You may need a net… but please, try not to kill them.

6. Cleaning is Necessary – You are stuck here, you might want to make it home. Being in such disrepair, it needs a little love and care. I’m sure the janitor’s closets have some tools… Ones that have a life of their own they are rather testy about where they go and the cleaning supplies have a life of their own.  (Think The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the servants in Beauty and the Beast).

 
7. A posse ad esse – Anything is possible. This is your Wild Card. Have fun with it!

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One Leondard McCory for #3

[legendary_hands]

The guy that looked like the damn grim reaper said the task was important. Save a bunch of mostly good animals poke-whatevers and get off the space station in one piece. Just wear this uniform they said. You can slip in and get as many as you can before the not so friendly troops caught you or them.

Right. Like anything like this shit was ever easy. Shoulda known. The Librarian's blonde hair shoulda tipped him off. Another crazy person at the helm willing to do anything to save something or get the job done. And who designed this damn armor anyway?!

Ducking around a corner, he pulled out the computer that was supposed to help him find the little buggers just in time to miss the line of Troops marching by. A blip on the screen said he was close to one... All he had to do was walk a little bit more in this direction. Of course, it is never that easy is it? Cause whatever the hell it was, it could float and it was in the shadows of the cross beam of the ceiling with large slanted eyes.

The read out came up as a... Gastly? Ghost type.

Unbelievable.

[angelic_archer]

Missions were something Alec was used to. So was hunting things that most people didn't believe in. But this was beyond anything he'd seen before. Thankfully, the white helmet covered his reaction to the world around him, allowing him to stare wide-eyed as he took in the space station.

If he thought about the idea that he was in space might cause him to freak out but he pushed the thought aside. The place was as large as a planet and he'd went through worse things than being in space. It was the idea of the fictional worlds he'd ready about and Simon rambled about were real that was causing the reaction.

He could hunt these things down, if he knew what to look for. Or how to contain them.

By the Angel, why didn't they give him more intel before sending him out hunting?

"Did they say what it'll look like?"

[legendary_hands]

And the damn helmet. The hell did these guys see anything in them? Growling under his breath, he inched closer to the thing hovering in the shadow as he listened to the man - well, teen rather - talking behind him. A slight shrug to the shoulder answered as he held up the poke-gadget or whatever the hell it was called to show him.

"Like a damn bowlin' ball in a purple cloud. Thing's got fangs, too." Of course it does. And likes to avoid windy days. Like that helped in the airless confines of space. One more reason he hated the black. "Got any bright ideas on how to toss a ball at a ghost, cause I'm all ears, kid."

He scowled as the dark mass shifted, narrowing its eyes on them. Damn creepy is what it was. "I'm a doctor, not a god forsaken ghostbuster or monster catcher or whatever this is."

[angelic_archer]

The shrug would have been barely noticeable with the armor except Alec was used to watching someone for any sign of reckless behavior. He didn't think Doctor McCoy would decide on a Jace-style strategy but certain habits kept him alive so he wasn't going to ignore them now.

"Most things that you hunt have fangs," Alec offered, knowing that his attempt at humor probably wouldn't be appreciated. Studying the information, he considered how hard it'd be to hit something like that. Probably not as difficult as some of the lessons Jace had thought up for training.

Despite McCoy's annoyance, Alec couldn't help grinning behind his helmet. "Then it's a good thing that I am a monster catcher. Give me the ball and I'll hit it."

[legendary_hands]

In spite of himself, he grinned behind the helmet. And when he answered, it was obvious he was amused. "You don't say. But do you usually hunt bowlin' balls is what I'd like to know. So if there are fanged bowlin' balls where you're from, remind me not to visit you at home." The doctor smirked even if the other couldn't see him. He gave props to anyone that could meet his dry humor and roll with it.

Reaching into the bag, he slowly pulled out one of the red and white balls and passed it back behind him. The thing followed them with its gaze and hissed lowly in a sound a little too shrill to be anything human. It didn't seem angry though. If you ignored the appearance, it really didn't give off that 'gonna eat you any second' vibe.

"Just sit tight ya glowin' bowlin' ball. We'll get you home and out of this ridiculous space station." It seemed to stop glaring so hard after that. Huh. Guess they were kind of intelligent.

[angelic_archer]

"Usually, it's demons, not bowling balls. I've never even seen a bowling ball before except in a pawn shop window." Bowling wasn't exactly the type of outing Shadowhunters preferred and it wasn't one of the things that Magnus would suggest unless it was to teach Alec about pop culture. Simon might suggest it eventually. "The demons don't bother you if you're careful. Most Mundanes never see them."

Taking the ball, Alec looked it over, trying to figure out how exactly it worked. "Just throw the ball and it does the rest?" He hefted the thing, trying to get the balance of it before scowling. The gloves weren't going to work but he wasn't going to consider taking them off until he knew more about the ball thing that he had to hit the ghost with.

Realizing that the bowling ball thing responded to what McCoy said, Alec looked down at the ball. "Maybe it's like our cat back home. It just acts angry but it really wants to go with us?"

[legendary_hands]

"If it makes ya feel better, I've only seen them in books or videos. Not a lot of places even have the game anymore." He stated that wryly, his eyes staying on the little creature watching them with what looked like a good deal of curiosity now. On the other hand, he had to turn and look at his fellow 'trooper' and lament the fact he couldn't give him the stare he knew he was givin' him. "Right. If we ever go to your world, you get to go first everywhere. Just sayin'."

He looked down at the computer and nodded. "Just toss it. Says you can either make it like ya or wear it down. But I'm thinkin' wearin' anything down will just catch too much attention." His head lifted back to the floating creature. "Called a 'gastly'... seems a little mean. Just looks like a scared... bowlin' ball." With fangs.

"Could be. Probably doesn't like it here. What do ya say, fella. Wanna ride back home?" The little orb floated a little lower to the ground at that, his figure a little more noticeable when not hidden in the shadows. The little sound it made was quiet, a little shrill, but not so bad. "Think it knows we don't want to hurt it?"

[angelic_archer]

"My kin are very old-fashioned." Which was an easier explanation than 'Shadowhunters try to ignore Mundane culture' or 'Nephilim still think it's the 1800s'. "We don't really have hobbies." Which sounded pathetic now that Alec knew that there was more to the world than books, music, and hunting. Almost sensing the stare, he let out a sound that was almost a laugh. "Okay, I'll be the tour guide even if it's not that dangerous."

Looking around to make sure no one was watching, he stripped off one glove, flexing his fingers. How did Stormtroopers get anything done in the things? "Gastly does seem mean." It was kind of cute, even with the fangs, reminding him of Church for some reason.

"It probably does, but we probably should be careful. It it gets spooked it might attack." Focusing on the gastly, Alec started talking to it softly the way he would Church. "It's okay. We're going to get you home. No one's going to hurt you." The gastly seemed to be listening, or at least not acting angry, which was better than the Institute's Persian usually acted. "Here we go - "

Instead of trying to hit his target hard, he tossed the red and white ball with just enough force that it should make contact but wouldn't hurt the ghastly.

[bravebuns]

"Little short for a stormtrooper, aren't you?"

They'd somehow gotten Leia to put on an Imperial uniform, a high rank, and she loathed it. First chance she got, she was going to burn it. She wanted ever remnant of the empire to be burned, every one that wouldn't cause them to run the risk of repeating the mistake that gave rise to the Empire and the war that followed.

She was tossing a Pokeball up and down in her hand as she approached, hair tied up in her traditional buns. So far, Leia had managed to save a couple of the creatures from the Imperials but it's not so easy here where something even looking like pacifism could be looked on with suspicion.