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TEST DRIVE MEME

01. ARRIVING IN PELEA
A cold wind singing down from the white-capped mountains which hang blue-black in the distance stirs your cheek, the tall grass all around you. A bough creaks as the wind makes it tremble, and the dappled shadows drift over you, leaves rustling. As you blink awake, you hear the quiet hiss of water over stones. You are not where you once were!

You and a large group of strangers are blinking awake, pulling yourselves up off the dirt, grass, and rubble near a small wooded stream. There is no evidence of civilization in sight, and as you exchange stories you realize that you must decide what to do.

Will you head past the trees and towards the mountains? Deeper into the forest? Stay put and wait for help to arrive? You might even try to meet everyone else, and either convince them to band together... or head their separate ways.

02. CITY SLICKER
There are many cities throughout the world of Pelea, and in most of them player characters, the Flaws, are welcomed as curiosities. Whether they're among the passionate, oft thought as hot-headed, but hospitable folk of the Banner or the noble and haughty people of the Empire, your characters will find a wide variety of cultures, races and simply people to interact with and investigate. They could be seeking employment, answers to the mystery of their arrival or other folk like themselves, or a quiet place to drink away their worries.

03. WILDCARD!

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[ Said person is wearing a familiar blue and red uniform, a more than familiar S, and squinting at him in something that marries shock and delight. ]

Uhm —?

[Oh. He probably should have been paying attention to the uniform but he might have been a little distracted by her legs. (He hadn't mean to stare, honest, he's mostly broken the habit!) Upon realizing she's answered him, his eyes zoom up and widen because that sure is an "S shield" and that sure is a Supergirl uniform.]

S-Supergirl? [Oh God, she's going to murder him.]

[ RUDE ]

Yes? Who are you?

[Still breathing, so that's a plus??]

Uh. [Okay so his confusion at that question takes the edge off of his embarrassment and he stares a little harder at her. It takes him entirely too long to realize she isn't Linda.]

Superboy. [And he points to the "S" and barely resists an 'obviously.'] We've. We've never met, have we. [It's not really a question so much as a very startled observation.]

[ Superboy. Obviously — wearing the S, but, ]

No, I've never seen you before in my life or heard of a Superboy. Where do you come from?

[ on an unbelievably hopeful note, ]

Krypton?

[Wow, right away with the hard ones.]

No, I...you do know Superman, right? [He doesn't answer the question, instead pushing the conversation forward.] It's just that I know Supergirl and you're not her. I mean, you're different people. This wouldn't be the first time I met people wearing the shield that I don't know though. [Granted, all of those other times had been in alternate universes, but still.

Wait.] You are? From Krypton? [Linda wasn't after all. None of the others were.]

Of course I do. He's my cousin.

[ She's frowning now, crossing her arms defensively. ]

We're both from Krypton. This isn't my first trip to another world, but I'm pretty sure we're not in the Phantom Zone.

[Really, he should be focusing on the important things right now. It's just he needs a second to fully digest the mortification that he was checking out his cousin why is this his life???

Okay, moment passed, he shoves aside anymore freaking out over that for later. Because, well. She's his cousin. As in, biological relation. Sort of anyway. He shakes his head, in agreement with her assessment and clearly stunned.]

No, it's not. It's an alternate universe. [The existence of another living soul from Krypton makes that clear to him. If she existed in his universe, Kal would know. He'd have to.]

It has to be because you don't exist in mine. [And then because he hadn't done it before and he has the sudden ridiculous urge to tell her everything about his life, he offers up a tentative—] I'm Kon. Kon-El.

[ He's being uncharacteristically evasive of all her questions, but he's wearing the S, nobody does that lightly. He knows a Supergirl and a Superman; it doesn't occur to her that these versions could be any different from her own until he brought it up. ]

Kara Zor-El.

[ She shakes his hand, warmly. ]

Just Kara, for family.

[ What does it mean that she doesn't exist? Who's looking out for Kal? ]

There's me and Kal, and I think a few others around, but they keep to themselves. Superheroes, I mean.

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[Just Kara for family.]

Kara. [He can't help it, he smiles.] It's cool to meet you Kara. We've got too many superheroes to count, but there's only a few of us who wear this. [He taps his chest.]

And Kal's the only one actually from Krypton. I'm. [He pauses and shrugs. There was no point in keeping it from her when everyone in his world knows.]

I'm from Earth. Superman's clone. Bunch of scientists freaked out over what they'd do if the big guy ever died and they made me. [His tone is casual, even flippant, but the set of his shoulders says he knows better than to actually believe the lies his posture is trying to sell.]

[ It makes three, which is more than she'd ever dreamed of having. Still, her brow furrows. ]

Sorry?

[ LOADING ]

You're a clone?

[ It's makes her feel sick: they didn't ask Kal, probably, and nobody asked her when Lord made that other Supergirl and put her through unimaginable suffering to make her a weapon. ]

[The smile falls immediately and is quickly (but not quite quick enough) replaced with a nonchalant laugh.]

Half a clone to be exact. The Kryptonian DNA wouldn't take by itself. That's me, Superman's replacement except he doesn't need any replacing. Can you say awkward? So now I'm Superboy and to some people, Kon.

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[ Too quickly. Kara has questions, but it needs to wait until after they find out where they are and what's happened, plus, they need to be somewhere more private. ]

Kon.

[ A beat, then, ]

Family rules, you get a hug. C'mere.

[Some of the tension bleeds out of his shoulders and he moves forward to embrace her briefly and carefully. A hug for his cousin-for his family and isn't that strange? When he pulls back, he lifts into the air again, hovering just a foot or so off the ground.]

So, looks like we're stuck figuring this thing out together.

Yeah.

[ She looks around. ]

You wanna fly ahead? Call if you run into trouble. I'll go talk to the others.

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