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TEST DRIVE MEME Back to Navigation Prompt I: Mission, get!

And just on time, your phone buzzes with a notification from you-know-who.

Did you hear about the two guys who stole a calendar? They both got six months!

Ah, Topaz. What would you do without her?

Good morning! I hope you all at a hearty breakfast when you rolled out of bed today. A good breakfast can set the tone for the day, and we all like to get started on the right foot, don't we?

Oh, right! Your new assignment came in from the higher ups. Here's what they want this month:

✬ Mission: Steal the Sky!
✬ Mission Requirements: Make sure you bring a friend ♥ A friend of any specialization will do!
✬ Special Requests: The big wigs would like something particularly shiny and valuable this month. I do hear there's a special art exhibition being held at the Glymmer Museum of Modern Art? Perhaps you could start your search there.
✬ Mission: Steal something Sweet!
✬ Mission Requirements: Hmmm. . . this time, find a Grifter to help you out with this request. If you're already a Grifter, well! They do say that two is company, right?
✬ Special Requests: Find something sentimental! Sentimental things are usually sweet, right?

Good luck, Ragamuffins! This is Topaz, signing out.

Seems like two pretty straightforward missions, right? Time to grab a buddy and get started!

Prompt II: Practice Makes Perfect

So you've been in Glymmer long enough to work your way into purchasing a new ability for your specialization. That's awesome! How does it feel to have some Glymmer magic at your fingertips? Probably pretty great at any other time besides now, right?

Because today, your powers are giving you a bit of. . . trouble. They may activate or deactivate at completely inappropriate times, leaving you with a bit of a mess to clean up. If you're a thief, you might find yourself tumbling through random walls. If you're the muscle, you might find yourself accidentally pulling doors off of their hinges. If you're a hacker, you might find yourself shrinking to the size of an ant while trying to brush your teeth (don't drown in the sink!!) And if you're a grifter, you might suddenly become. . . um. The object of everyone's amorous feelings.

Don't worry! It's probably just a glitch? It'll be fine! It'll all wear off in time. Hopefully more like five minutes than five days. But it's kind of hard to tell when it comes to Glymmer Glitches.

Prompt III: Jailbreak??

Welp. The time has come. You always dreaded this day. Tried your hardest to keep it from happening, even. But today. . . you've been caught. The Glymmer Metropolitan Police Force has bested you, and now you’re sitting in the slammer. The big house, if you will. Gods damn it.

Fortunately, they haven't processed you yet! Your secret identity remains in tact, so long as you're still wearing your mask. For now, you're being held in a small cell with nothing but a bench for sitting and an open toilet that you really don't want to use. There's a tiny, iron bar-framed window, and a cell door also made of bars. And the fortunate thing? You're not alone.

A comrade from the guild is also being held with you. Maybe if you put your heads together, you can think a way out of this mess. After all, the guards are totally not paying attention to you.

Show them that it's always a bad idea to take one's eyes off of a phantom thief.

Prompt IV: Network

Today, your phone rings with a new message:

hi i am a glymmer princess who was just given a fortune by my dead uncle who left me all of his gold and jewelry and i don't want it so im trying to give it to the person i think deserves it the most and that person is u

if u reply to this with your name and bank account info i will ttly send u the money get rich quick $$$$$ thank u for being awesome

. . . what?

The weirdest part of this? This message is coming from one of your contacts. A friend you know well! That's concerning. Better check the Glymmer server to see if anyone else is having this problem. Or, you know, chew out your your contact for sending you spam mail. The nerve!!

Or you can use the network for any other purpose. The sky's the limit!

Wildcard.

Feel free to make up your own prompts!!

TDM Notes: The multiple prompt format will not appear in every intro or event post in the game! It is somewhat TDM exclusive to give you guys an idea of what kind of events will be run, and what kind of shenanigans are available for you to thread out ICly. TDM threads are not canon, so feel free to assume CR in order to get some good threads going! Feel free to assume code names as well, or that your character has already purchased abilities, to kind of get a feel for now the mechanics work. Go wild!

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[steps a few feet away from him to see if that helps...but at this point the rain of glitter just follows him too. they're in this together now]

An impressive jailbreak, of course. I can't say that I know much about the judicial system here, but I doubt they were going to listen to "Please, officer, I didn't do it!" when they caught me red-handed. They don't seem like the forgiving sort, here.

[sighs]

Well, let’s avoid that. Can you think of a way to turn this to advantage, though? Perhaps we could rob someone under cover of glitter.

But then you'd be covered in glitter and need to get rid of the incriminating evidence. Hmm...Throwing a bunch of glitter at someone could work, but it would only work once. They'd be expecting it the second time.

[shaking some of it out of his clothes...why does it get everywhere]

This sort of thing works better as a distraction. Someone else should be off stealing something while all of this glitter serves to distract and perplex anyone nearby.

Hm...

[considers him, scratching the side of his head behind his mask]

I messed up a power that's just supposed to affect myself. How far does it follow you?

Far enough to be annoying?

[moving away to test it. he walks about thirty feet before it stops raining glitter on him]

Ah-hah! There's your limit.

[tilts his head slightly]

Would that be enough space to allow a crowd to gather, would you say? If I put on a show with this and you pick their pockets so they'll be cross later, that seems like fair thievery of some joy from their day.

[gives a small salute to acknowledge the suggestion]

I could do that easy! As long as you're not opposed to being the center of attention for the time being. It won't do either of us any good of you decide you're done with it halfway through.

I would never.

[he's not your traditional grifter, in that he clearly hates making a spectacle of himself, but if he DOES do it he'll follow through.]

[the response is reassuring. he's not worried about getting caught pick-pocketing, exactly, but that's easier to do when you know that the distraction is determined enough to keep things up]

I'll be holding you to that. Now let's go find you some easy marks, shall we?

[he doesn't even wait for a response before grabbing Vern and pulling him over to a more crowded area to catch some attention]

[oh lord. this is never easy.

still, he makes a good effort, focusing on making his clothes as nondescript as possible. the glitter rain intensifies accordingly, which causes a lot of annoyed exclamations and people hurrying out of the way at first. Vern places a cap on the ground, though -- like a streestside performer -- and begins to accentuate the glitter with his own power, making flashy little snakes and rounds of light dance through the rain, throwing arcs and reflections of colour over passerby's faces. there start to be a few ooohs and aaaahs...]

[he watches for a few minutes, blending in with the crowd that's come to admire the show and picking out who looks the most distracted. not everyone is, but there are enough worthwhile marks that once he sets to work, it only takes a few minutes before his own pockets are bulging a little too much from all of the, ah, stolen merchandise.

as a point, he doesn't pick the pockets of the people who toss some money into vern's cap--that would just be rude.

and then he slips off back over to a corner not far away from where they first started to subtly loot through their haul while vern finishes up]

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