Episode I: The Phantom Nonsense
- Post your character, name, and series in the subject. Include any preferences as well.
- Go to RNG and enter 1-7 for a scene type, and 1-20 for a scene to play out.
TYPE OF SCENE.
① Action → Gun fights, bar brawls, fights to the death are all possible scenarios.
② Angst → Characters suffer emotionally or physically from relationships breaking up, death, injury, etc. Hurt and comfort themes are included.
③ Crack → Genderswaps, super powers, sudden compulsions are all possible outcomes.
④ Fluff → Something that is devoid of angst. It's light-hearted and might have the overtone of romance.
⑤ Gen → General fun, things that didn't fit in the other categories.
⑥ Sex → First times, kinks, even dubcon are all possible themes of sex related scenarios.
⑦ Your choice → Think of your own scenario, choose one of the above or make a combo even!
ACTION.
① Zombies → It's the zombie apocalypse, lock and load!
② Bar brawl → You had one too many drinks, said something wrong, and now you're being asked to take it outside.
③ Chase → You're caught in a high speed chase.
④ Gun fight → You're caught in a big shoot-out.
⑤ Fight with a friend → You're fighting with a friend, all out.
⑥ Interrogation → You're being interrogated for some offense you've done.
⑦ Aliens → Aliens are attacking and you're not going to take your probe laying down!
⑧ Final battle → This is it. The battle that will end all the fighting for you. Will you win? Will you get that peace you want?
⑨ Training → You're not actually fighting, just training for the inevitable.
⑩ No hope → You know this fight has no hope. It's not going to end well for anyone involved, but you can't turn away.
⑪ Sneaking in → You're stealing a diamond or sneaking in to kick some bad guy butt, but whatever it is, you have to practice stealth.
⑫ Blue wire → You're faced with a bomb that needs to be disarmed.
⑬ Fight for honor → You've been disgraced or someone you care about has, so it's time to fight for honour.
⑭ Showdown → Time for a cowboy-style showdown. Whoever draws the fastest wins.
⑮ War → You're caught in the middle of a war here. Remember to keep your chin up and keeping fighting.
⑯ Apocalypse → The apocalypse finally happened and now you're left to scavenge and fight for whatever is left.
⑰ Sabotage → It's time to sabotage someone's plan! How is entirely up to you. Do you set up a bomb in their toilet? Do you double cross them at the last minute?
⑱ Big damn hero → You know you have to handle this one alone, so that means disarming or knocking unconscious the person who wants to join you.
⑲ Fight club → You know the rules... you're in an underground fighting ring and you're fighting with all you've got.
⑳ Threaten → You've just been sent here to rough them up a little, threaten them into behaving.
ANGST.
① Injury / illness → Your character has become injured or ill! To what extent is the mun's choice.
② Last moments → You character has been gravely injured and this is their last chance to say their last words.
③ Depression → Your character is depressed, what actions they take is up to the mun.
④ Betrayed → You character has been betrayed by the other. How do they react?
⑤ Tortured → Your character is being tortured and needs rescuing or at least a sympathetic ear to help him through it.
⑥ Jealousy → Your character is feeling jealous and must deal with it, how will they do it?
⑦ Breakup! → This relationship has gone as far as it can, it's time to breakup.
⑧ Broken → For whatever reason, the character is broken, mentally or or physically.
⑨ Fight → You can't even be in the same room as your friend or lover without arguing anymore.
⑩ Lost → You lost the biggest fight of your life and now all you can do is try to pick up the pieces.
⑪ Worst nightmare → Whatever you fear the most is now real or maybe you're just trapped in a dream together, but whatever it is, it feels too real.
⑫ Addicted → You're addicted to something, alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever. It's destroying your life and you can't do anything to stop it.
⑬ Hurt you → You're being forced to hurt someone you love either by betraying them or even being forced to shout things you don't mean. It's for their own good in the end though.
⑭ Separation → You were forced to leave this person for their own safety and while you've been miserable without them, you really didn't mean to run into them again... maybe it was by accident or you were watching them from afar this whole time.
⑮ Becoming a monster → You are slowly changing, becoming a monster: vampire, zombie, demon, something you can't recover from and no-one can help you.
⑯ Frozen → You are entirely helpless, frozen, to stop some kind of disaster.
⑰ Prison → You were very bad and now it's time to pay the price by turning yourself in or maybe the law just finally caught up to you.
⑱ Fear → You're not sure why, but you are suddenly terrified and you can't deal with it. You need help.
⑲ Hated → You are now hated by the person you loved the most.
⑳ Down and out → You're living on the streets, you've hit rock bottom, and you don't know what to do.
CRACK.
① Sexswap → Uh-oh, you're suddenly the opposite sex!
② Forced confessions → No matter what it is and no matter how hard you resist, you're going to be compelled to spill some deep dark secret!
③ Mind-reading → You've suddenly got the ability to read minds!
④ Animal → You're suddenly part animal or transformed into an animal!
⑤ Awkward pick-up lines → You're compelled to use bad pickup lines on whoever is closest!
⑥ Back in School / Graduated → You're suddenly back in school! Or if you were already in it, you've aged and long since graduated!
⑦ Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my! → You're suddenly a vampire, werewolf, or zombie! Maybe even a demon or a devil, whatever creepy crawly you can think of. What do you do now?
⑧ Ghost → You're suddenly a ghost or at least invisible. What are you going to do with this new ability?
⑨ Awkward conversations → So did you just fart or what? Any conversation goes, as long as it's embarrassing and awkward.
⑩ Crossdressing → For whatever reason, you're suddenly dressed in clothes of the opposite sex.
⑪ Suddenly naked → Oops! Your clothes are suddenly gone.
⑫ Suddenly a kid → You're a kid again! Have fun with that second childhood.
⑬ Fortune cookie → You've suddenly received a note with something that will happen in the future, either precise or vague.
⑭ Super power → And suddenly you're like Superman! Any power goes.
⑮ Bodyswap → Somehow you've changed bodies with the other person.
⑯ Back in time → Somehow, you wound up in the past again. Do you try to correct something or just sit and wait for time to jump? Maybe it jumps to various points in your life or maybe you actually think you're back in the day. Have fun, run wild with the idea!
⑰ To the future → Is it everything you've dreamed? Is it horrible? Whatever happens, you're here to witness what happens to you in the future. Either you take the place of your future self or you're just there to watch. Might cause some confusion if people start seeing double though...
⑱ Angels, mermaids, and fairies! → You're not necessary something dark or evil. You're just something different. How do you deal?
⑲ Locked in a closet → For some reason, you're locked up in a closet with someone else. Do you make nice and try to figure your way out or what?
⑳ Finger trap → You're caught in a Chinese finger trap... with somebody else! You can't figure out how to get loose either... have fun with that.
FLUFF.
① Cuddling → For whatever reason, characters feel like being close and cuddling.
② Pillow talk → After the main event, characters are up for some pillow talk.
③ Celebration → Anniversary or some other big event is taking place and characters want to celebrate!
④ Love confession → Someone has finally decided to confess their love and today is the day!
⑤ Appreciation → You feel the need to show appreciation for that person closest to you, even if it's just a pat on the back.
⑥ Apologies → You made a mistake and now it's time to make it up in some way you know the other can't refuse!
⑦ Get back together → Why did you break up again exactly? Whatever the reason, it was a huge mistake and you both know you can work through it.
⑧ Date night → You've planned for a wonderful night together and you can't wait to get it started.
⑨ Family → You've either found out you're pregnant or you've already got that addition to your family.
⑩ Marriage → You're just about to get hitched or maybe you're enjoying your honeymoon. Maybe you've been together for years now! Whatever the case, it's time for that next big step.
⑪ Meeting again → It's time for that happy reunion finally!
⑫ Love at first sight → For whatever reason, you are now insanely in love with the first person you set eyes on.
⑬ Flirtation → You can't resist to do a little bit of harmless flirtation all of a sudden.
⑭ In the snow → Look outside! It's a winter wonderland, so why not go out and play in it?
⑮ Engagement → You've planned it all out and now it's time to finally pop the question.
⑯ Friendly games → You've set up the game station or board games for a friendly competition!
⑰ Gift → Time to give that special someone a gift just because.
⑱ Recovery → You're taking care of someone who's just recovered from some illness or injury.
⑲ Healing → Time to help mend that someone who's been through hell and back.
⑳ Better than ever → You've finally got everything you've ever wanted here. What is your ideal life and who does it include?
GEN.
① Nice meeting you → It's your first time meeting this person! You bumped into each other on the street, in a bar, at work... whatever!
② Drinks → You're out for drinks! Or just chilling at home with some beers. Wherever!
③ Lost → You're lost and you kind of need help finding your way to where you're going. A little help with directions?
④ Costume party → You're at a costume party, both of you are wearing masks. Do you keep the anonymity or take it off and see whose company you've been enjoying?
⑤ Wrong number → Oops, actually you didn't mean to call that person...
⑥ Drunk → You're already drunk! Drunk dialing, stumbling into someone, showing up unexpected... what type of drunk are you anyway? Aggressive, loving, happy? How does the other react?
⑦ Old friends → you haven't seen this person in a long time!
⑧ Rivals → you're suddenly rivals! Or maybe you have been all along...
⑨ Problems → you've got a problem with each other, just got in a huge fight, whatever. Try to work it out!
⑩ What are your intentions... → This person? They're dating a close friend, family member, etc. You need to find out if they're going to hurt them! Or you need to discuss your friend/family's dating choice.
⑪ I saw you → you saw the other person doing something bad and you need to confront them about it.
⑫ Sorry but no → the other person has feelings that you just don't share. They don't necessarily have to be romantic... maybe you just don't agree with their sudden desire to quit their job and start a business making tiny, fuzzy teddy bears.
⑬ My hero → you need to tell this person how much they mean to you. They've been your best friend or your role model your whole life and they need to know.
⑭ Enabler → you're enabling the other (or each other) to do something bad, really bad. Addiction, stealing, killing, or just any other self-destructive behavior.
⑮ Cooking → Time for an impromptu cooking lesson!
⑯ Oh, sure, I remember you... → It's that awkward moment when someone comes up and seems to know you, but you have no idea who they even are!
⑰ Rescue! → One of you was in trouble, but you came to the rescue!
⑱ Boss → One of you works under the other. Is your relationship good? Are you scheming things? Or do you hate each other?
⑲ Perfect crime → You and the other person have just pulled off the perfect crime... or you're planning to! What are you doing? The heist of the century, an assassination?
⑳ Movies → movie night! Maybe it's a sleepover. Whichever the case, it's time to eat a lot and have fun.
SEX.
① First time → it's your first time together or your first time ever! Enjoy the awkward times!
② Bondage → You and your partner decide to experiment a little with ropes or handcuffs or whatever you'd like to tie your partner up with.
③ Rough / Aggressive → Your characters want it rough.
④ Romantic → Slow and gentle, meaningful, that's how characters want it.
⑤ Dubcon → Character A wants Character B and it doesn't really matter if Character B wants it as bad or not.
⑥ In public → Characters feel like taking a risk and doing it in a public place.
⑦ Roleplay → Naughty nurse fetish? Pirate kink? You and your partner decide to try it out now!
⑧ Healing → You've both fought hard or gone through a rough time and it's time to get some R&R in.
⑨ Last time → This is the last time you're going to this because you're breaking up or maybe your lover is running off to sacrifice their lives in some heroic way. The possibilities are endless, but you better make this one count.
⑩ No strings attached → You're just friends with benefits. Nothing wrong with that, right?
⑪ Anonymous → You met in a restroom or bar, any location of your choosing, but you don't even know each other's names.
⑫ Toys → You're eager to try something new, so why not toys?
⑬ Aphrodisiacs → You've been slipped a strong aphrodisiac somehow and now you absolutely cannot control yourself.
⑭ Show → You're putting on a show by either doing it right in the club or filming it for a bunch of people.
⑮ Ménage à trois → It's time for that threesome you've always dreamed of.
⑯ Non-penetrative → Frottage, handjobs, whatever you want to try out.
⑰ Controlled → You are under mind control and must do whatever your lover asks of you.
⑱ Hate sex → It's not just rough or aggressive, you absolutely cannot stand each other.
⑲ Extreme → Fisting, knife play, whatever you can think of so long as it tests the boundaries.
⑳ Fantasy → This is just a fantasy, a dream, and you know it, but what is your ideal fantasy and how willing is your partner?
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I'm thinking she's done work for the Rebellion before, and this their first time working together? So he'll at least heard that she gets the job done, etc.
EDIT: Plus, there's what we just mentioned on Plurk.))
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The hyperdrive disengages with a subaudible hum and Rex pops his jaw, and old habit meant to distract him from the way the drop makes his teeth buzz. He reaches for the shuttle's manual controls and takes it towards the customs station orbiting Ord Mantell.
"We're coming in," he announces over the shuttle's comms. His partner on this mission is a merc of sorts, no one he's worked with but a solid enough reputation. Rex is barely a step above a merc himself, and widely distrusted by the Republican elements of the Alliance on the basis of his face and his connections to the 501st. 'Captain Rex' was a war hero, one of the better known clone soldiers, often spotlighted in the wildly popular adventures of Kenobi and Skywalker. He's got no idea if the woman rattling around in the ship's cargo bay has put two and two together yet, and he doesn't much care so long as they make their scheduled exchange without incident.
There's a lot of things he cares about less than he used to.
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"How's it looking so far?" If there's going to be trouble, she figures this is the first time it's likely to happen. The second likely time is when they make the swap.
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The cargo's another matter. They're meant to pick up badly needed medical supplies in exchange for arming a local unaffiliated cell. There are plenty of splinters out there who don't want to deal with the Alliance, but who don't like the Empire up in their business either.
The enemy of my enemy, etc etc.
First they have to get past Imperial Customs agents. Some of the crates are mocked up with droid salvage, but Rex has his doubts that even that jumble of metal will hide the blaster parts mixed in. Supposedly his partner's an old hand at getting Customs to look the other way, whatever that's meant to mean.
"Here we go," he adds, perhaps unnecessarily, as he docks the shuttle with a small shudder and unkeys the airlock.
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It's not long until the inspector with a pair of stormtroopers flanking him walks into the cargo bay before stopping to survey her, eyebrows raised when he sees the lightsaber. "Surely you have more, ah, interesting things to do?"
She shrugs carelessly. "If the owners of the ship want to pay me an absurd amount of money for a milk run, who am I to argue? Money's money. Speed it up so I can get back to my nap, would you?"
The inspector gives her an annoyed look before choosing a crate that she--very gently--mentally pushes him to. Said crate being one in which the things they did not want him to see were well-hidden in the bottom.
And again with a similar crate. Although once he's done with that one she unfolds her arms to disguise the motion of her hand before making a show of stretching. "You've probably checked enough."
"I think I've seen enough," he agrees, motioning the stormtroopers to follow him out. "Stay out of trouble, mercenary."
"Will do," she says, tossing him a mock salute with a pair of fingers.
After she's sure they're gone, she speaks up again. "Let's get going, shall we?"
Lest the man realize that he didn't do as good a job as he should have and decides to return.
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She plays it perfect, businesslike with just the right dash of hired gun devilmaycare. The cover story she feeds the inspector may have more than a kernel of truth; maybe they have just hired her on for this run.
Rex sits quietly as they unlatch crates and shuffle through the contents. He slips into that almost meditative state that used to dominate LAAT/i drops - loose limbed, steady heart rate, blasters poised to teleport into his palms at the slightest hint of violence.
Through that clarity comes the merc's voice, in an eerily familiar tone: You've probably checked enough.
And then the inspector, his own voice vague and hollow in a way that sets Rex's fingers itching: I think I've seen enough.
The Imps file out, their heavy bootsteps echoing the sudden thudding of his heart. Was that--? No. No, if the Rebellion had a jetii filed away somewhere, they wouldn't be wasting them on pickups. They wouldn't pair one with a clone.
They hadn't hesitated to pair a clone with a Mando who wears a lightsaber like a trophy. Neither possibility speaks well of Command's powers of observation or grasp of recent historical context.
The woman's voice rings from the hold, a signal to compartmentalize and move forward. Rex resettles his hands on the controls and fires up the sublight engines, remotely resealing the entry hatch. It's not until they're safely away and descending to the planet's surface that he breaks the silence.
"That went well."
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"Hopefully, the swap will go as smoothly." Better yet, hopefully, she won't actually be needed for that part. If the inspector was the only one she had to do that to, the better. Once, isn't even a blip on the Empire's radar. Twice, in rapid succession would make them look closer. Better to avoid it.
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He takes them to the designated port town, where a contact should be waiting for them with codewords and countersigns. Better to think about those than dwell on what he may or may not have heard back at the station. As questions emerge from the swirl of his thoughts, he plucks them out and puts them squarely on a shelf where they can be safely ignored. Questions like: Where are you from? What faction were you with during the Clone Wars? How does a Mando merc come by a lightsaber and walk into an Alliance op?
Where'd you come by that beskar'gam?
Rex no longer wears anything approximating Phase II armor, and he has no clan ties to acquire and reforge the real thing for himself. But he's kept his jaig eyes on every change of clothes or fatigues, painted on some bit of blast-reflective surface in 501st blue. It isn't much, and it might get him IDed one day, but they're his. He earned them.
"You're designated man on the ground," Rex says as he takes the shuttle through planetside landing procedures. His face is too recognizeable, and someone refusing to remove a helmet attracts the wrong kind of attention. "Unless you want the company."
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He'll have height and the sensors to give him a shot at picking something up before she does.
Once they're landed, she's at the airlock to be let out, heading over to the group who were waiting. After some talking and exchanging of the passphrases, she takes off her helmet, shaking her head to let her braid hang down her back as her helmet is tucked under her arm, to resume chatting with the one in overall charge as a pair head into the ship Rex had been piloting to start bringing things out and another pair go to start bringing over what they agreed to hand over.
So far, so good.
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Enforced blindspots aren't high on his list of preferred scenarios, but sometimes you play the hand you're dealt. This time he's been dealt a civvie ship and a confident partner. With any luck, the plusses will cancel out the minuses.
They land and disembark without incident. Rex remains at the readout screens as agreed, resisting the urge to fidget. He never felt nervous energy any less than the men he commanded, he'd simply learned to squash them. The security cameras trained on the cargo hold show nothing but an amicable trade underway. He finds himself studying his partner, as though he might recognize her from some old briefing or bounty posting. She does seem vaguely familiar...but that could be the consequence of seeing so many types of people during the war. He's had comparatively few interactions with Mandalorians, anyway; most of them disdain clones as pretend Mando'ade, as though they had anything to do with the face they wore or the style of armor they'd been handed.
Movement on one of the external cameras draws his attention. Rex taps the screen, enlarging it, studying the beings moving toward their pad. Four of them, mixed humanoid species, dressed in a mix of unremarkable street clothing--except for the red band each wears around their left forelimb. It's not any signal he recognizes, but the intent behind it is pretty clear. They belong to some locally known group, and they're coming on with purpose.
He reaches for the comm, only to stop short with a curse. She'd taken off her helmet. That's short-range interpersonal messaging off the table. All that's left is to hope their contacts aren't any more pleased about the incoming interruption than he feels. Rex punches through to her wristcomm instead.
"We have four incoming sentients with red armbands. Were our new friends expecting company?"
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"I'd say no," she says briskly after clicking on her end of the comm, finding her own cover and pulling out her blaster, flicking off the safety. "I suppose there was bound to be a wrench thrown in the works, given how well our first stop went."
There'll be no mind-tricks here. Not with more than just Rex around to notice. Not that she's as good at doing them when whoever she's trying to mind-trick is feeling aggressive, anyway.
She stretches out with the Force, sensing where the interlopers are... and noticing that one was near a precariously perched crate on top of a large stack. She gives him time to get right where she needed him to be and gives the crate an ever-so-slight nudge with the Force, causing it to teeter and fall on him, resulting in the first casualty. Not dead, but out of the fight for the moment.
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The other two break formation and dart back towards their transport, dragging the crate of medical supplies with them. Rex growls and darts for the cockpit door. Just outside it, a ladder bolted to the wall leads to a sealed access hatch in the roof of the ship. He takes the rungs three at a time and disengages the lock, emerging on the hull with a DC-17 in each hand.
One of the armbands going for the medical crate takes a stunblast to the neck and drops like a sack of credits.
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Etain casually swears using a phrase she learned from Kal Skirata and starts shooting back. Unlike Rex, her blaster wasn't set on stun. Of course, she's not shooting at people in the vicinity of the crates of supplies either.
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Without their compatriot to hold up the other side of the crate, the second armband thug stumbles, prize slipping from their hands. Unfortunately that stumble ducks them right under Rex's second shot, and they're quick enough on the uptake to shelter behind the crate. Rex grunts, displeased but unsurprised, and takes off down the ship's spine. A leap propels him through the air and drops him down atop the crate. Before the huddled thief can do more than blink up at him, a stunbolt lays him out flat.
"Shipment secured," Rex steps down off the crate and sets his back against it, testing the weight. He can shift it, he's sure, but he'll be a large slow target if he tries to drag it back to the ship with two -- no, just one, his partner dropped a crate on the other -- armbands out there.
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A blaster bolt soon finds the last one--with the amount flying around, who knows who actually shot him--and she darts Rex's way. "Last one's down. Need a hand with that?"
Not that she's going to wait for an answer before taking one end, using the Force to add to her strength. She's strong, but it's still a heavy load. The faster they get it moved, the better.
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Across the way, the Rebel cell members have successfully loaded the crates of arms into their own vessel. One whips around to look back at Rex, just as Etain throws her shoulder in beside his. They take half a step forward.
"Go!" he barks out in his most commanding voice. "Clear out!"
Stronger being than that one have scrambled to obey that voice in the past. Rex dismisses them from his mind and puts his whole attention toward shifting the crate. Between the two of them, it slides steadily back towards and then up the ramp into their ship.
"We'd better prep to jump into whatever lane's nearest," he notes. "How are you at astronav calculations?
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Given it would be a little hard to calculate anything if she didn't know where the jump was to.
"Go on, I'll wrap things up back here." She slaps the button to close up the ramp before getting the crate tied down. Better to give Rex a chance to get himself situated and the ship moving instead of wasting time they were running low on in the back.
Once she's certain everything's secure, she moves to the cockpit, taking the copilot's seat and getting the navicom ready to go. "We have a destination yet?"