look out new world here we come (OTA)

[monsieurchatastrophe]

WHO: Adrien, Marinette & YOU!
WHERE: the v. rough and tough streets of Recolle
WHEN: 5/9 oooor 5/11
WHAT: dangerous teens with a skateboard and slightly less dangerous teens busking
WARNINGS: don't get hit by a skateboard, it hurts

Event A → Hit me, hit me with your skateboard;

[So, there’s been a little change to the city, wink wink. People are adjusting to being tiny -- or not. They’re finding their way around the giant surroundings, animals, bugs, etc -- or not. You may be minding your own business, just trying not to get trampled on. Or maybe you’re investigating, or maybe you’re just trying to have a short (wink, wink) reprieve from the insanity.]

[Sadly, that’s not happening. You hear screaming, followed by two teenagers who appear to be riding a giant skateboard down the sidewalk. A giant yoyo has been wrapped around the skateboard, while one of the teens (a dark-haired girl with pigtails) is having just a teensy weensy amount of trouble steering it. The blond-haired boy behind her is clutching her and yelling loudly. As they barrel in your direction, you hear a simultaneous cry of--]

Watch out!

[Before one of the following happens:]

[i. The skateboard’s coming at you, too quickly to dodge. Either you jump on it or the teens pull you on, as you narrowly avoid being run over. In which case, welcome to the ride. It’s going to be wild]

[ii. You have to run ahead of it as it comes for you, just barely keeping yourself from being flattened while the teens shriek and try to swerve out of the way so they don’t hit you. All the while, they’re screaming at you to run so you don’t get hit]

[iii. The skateboard avoids you altogether and speeds up a makeshift ramp made from abandoned pizza boxes, causing them to go flying and actually flip -- hey, a trick -- while they scream and grab onto the yoyo string to keep from falling. How many points did they get? Feel free to clap, or boo, or call a small ambulance. An antbulance, if you will.]

Event B → there is a sad violin playing and also probably it is raining

[If you managed to miss the Skateboard Fiasco of earlier, rest assured that for our poor teens, the horror is not over yet. At least it seems that way with both teens sadly hanging around the curb, their skateboard a few feet back and obviously missing a wheel. They look contrite and are taking turns to approach any passer-by with a plea:]

I’m so sorry to bother you, but would you happen to have any spare change for the bus fare? We accidentally crashed and broke our, um, “vehicle”, and we live on the other side of town… We’ve got no way back.

[they look so sad, these poor down on their luck teens with their conveniently broken skateboard. In fact, if you pay enough attention to the skateboard, you might notice something a little off… but come on. It’s just bus fare. There’s NO WAY anything deeper is involved! Won’t you help these poor & sad (emphasis on poor and sad) teenagers, who are PROBABLY orphans, lbr????]

Post-Event → busking is sexy and cool if French teens are doing it

[Everything’s back to normal-- supposedly. Everyone is normal sized, at least, which is something. It doesn’t look like the locals noticed anything off at all -- which was unnerving -- but life is already proceeding as if it never happened.]

[For Marinette and Adrien -- or whatever names they’re using today -- they’re right back on schedule. Starting with money. They need money to live, and for other things.]

[If you’re walking down the street (and enjoying not having to ride animals or struggle to get on the bus to do so), you may notice them busking. Adrien’s playing a song on his accordion, while Marinette’s set up a small sketching area for street caricatures. As you walk by, they try to catch your eye -- there’s a cup for money for the boy, and there’s a small sign right above the sample caricatures (and they’re actually quite good) reading 10$]

Hello! [She says, cheerfully, while Adrien winks at you] Do you want a picture?

[And he pitches in, pausing in his playing momentarily:] Or you can simply stay and enjoy some music? [and pay him motherfucker. he winks again because he is only thinking that but seriously, pay him. also because he has a winking problem]

Wildcard;

[Want something else? Or your own prompt? Hit us, hit us with your car skateboard]

Comments

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Okay, but I'm not the one driving it! [did he mean now or earlier... both are applicable] Besides, killing's a big word-- maybe maim or injure? No one would get killed by a rogue skateboard... probably.

[he's just asking for a beating once this thing is under control]

[cattack]

If you were to strike someone at this speed, while we are stuck at this size, it could easily kill!

[Well. She did just admit she knows they've been shrunk, unlike the NPCs, so that's a thing. She's mostly just throwing her weight to each side as needed to try to keep the skateboard as steady as possible.]