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Steampunk AU meme

THE STEAMPUNK MEME

"Imagine it... The Victorian Age accelerated. Starships and missiles, fueled by coal and driven by steam. Leaving history devastated in its wake." - Doctor Who

What To Do:
1. Post with your character's name and canon in the subject line. You can leave it blank but it would be exceedingly helpful if you were to kindly post a role for your character to give other taggers a jumping off point.
2. Tag other characters, using the RNG to pick a prompt if you so choose.
3. Have fun and play nice!

The Prompts:
01. Masquerade Ball - Dress in your best and don a mask for a night of mystery and enchantment. Will you manipulate suitors with the movements of a fan, try to work out who you do and don't know, or immerse yourself fully in the experience and do something you normally never would?

02. Airship Pirates - "With a crew of drunken pilots/We're the only airship pirates". You've taken to the skies in an airship, and now a pirate is what you are... Or what you're up against! Ruthless cut-throats or simply men fallen on hard times, these pirates are not marked with a good reputation. A fight just may be on the horizon.

03. Exploration - The Steampunk genre is not only marked by technology and a unique aesthetic, but by the spirit of adventure! Now's the time to look for new lands, or explore the wild, exotic places you've always longed to see! Be careful to avoid that colonialism nonsense, though. The natives aren't usually on board with it.

04. Cattlepunk - Steampunk in the Old West! What will you get when you combine steam-powered technology with the life of cowboys, saloons, and a thirst for gold? It's harder to beat the sheriff when he's got a metal heart and his revolver mounted right on his arm.

05. New Discovery - Besides finding new lands, there's finding new technology; new invention! Be it a new way to create steam power, a unique kind of animatronic, or something entirely unheard of, you could have just gotten your name down in history books! Is it the money you're in it for? Or just a love of science?

06. Factory Work - We can't all flutter our fans in the drawing room. Someone has to work to make all this steam power that everyone is going crazy over and, lucky you, you get to be a factory worker. Are you down in the hustle and bustle of the factory floor, laboring for a few shillings to keep your family out of the workhouse, or a factory owner looking down on your empire?

07. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The advances in technology aren't just used above ground; you have a job to do beneath the waves, perhaps as a spy on enemy territory or a merchant trying to get to your destination faster. Or maybe you're just an explorer. Just watch out for the sea monsters.

08. Flesh Made Metal - Amputation? No problem. Clockwork limbs, eyes, and even hearts are available for those who can afford the necessary enhancements. Supposedly they've even created clockwork brains for animatronic creatures so lifelike you can barely tell they aren't human. What measure is a man?

09. Post-Apocalypse Steam - Something terrible happened to the world. Maybe it was a natural disaster, or maybe humanity has committed a grave crime against the planet. Either way, the result is a world forced into ages past - although with modern knowledge, perhaps it won't be quite the same as in the history books.

10. Revolution - Whether you're a citizen of a colonized nation, a plotter in the back streets of a city or simply a factory hand who is sick of poor treatment, it's time to rise up against your oppressor and fight for freedom! Let's just hope there are people willing to help you.

11. Wild Card - Roll again, pick a scenario that strikes your fancy, or come up with something not represented here!

[Meme taken and modified, with respect, from

brunettely]

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[The reclusive second son of the respected Professor Brutenholm spends his days split between his reach on the occult sciences and defending the world from supernatural menaces. He is aided by technology as yet unknown to the world at large.

He doesn't take guests very often, and if he does he often goes masked. Have to protect the family reputation and all.]

[ ooc; maybe childhood friends and/or research colleagues? I also like the idea of an epistolary friendship/acquaintance as Newt is off studying/teaching/exploring abroad, but if you'd prefer something more action-oriented I'm down for that too!

eta; is Abe full fishy in this AU or nah? I presumed so by the mask, but I'm not sure to what extent you meant to keep things similar! ]

Edited 2014-09-17 17:16 (UTC)

[They would be amazing researchbros. Maybe they've been letter correspondents about to meet on a case for the first time?

Fish optional. Can go 'strange creature found and adopted by professor under alias of son', and I can tone down the blueness?]

Edited 2014-09-17 17:19 (UTC)

[ ooc; sounds good! did you want to actually write out some of the letters or would you rather go right into meeting? ]

[Sure! Do you want to start off?]

Post Mark: Cambridge, MA

Agent Abe,

I received today the Package from the incident about which you have undoubtedly received a telegram. Tonight I am on the train to Chicago because the condition I received the specimen was, in a word, unsalvageable. To be more specific, I'll just say that what was supposedly solid when it was shipped to me -- not a whole two days ago -- arrived in a state which would have been better suited to a large decanter... or soup kitchen pot.

I am equal parts disappointed and fascinated; this is unprecedented! Or is it? I've only been dabbling in this particular field for three years - at least professionally, ha! I've torn through many a dusty old tome here in MIT, but I don't doubt the best library on the matter resides closest to your reach.

So now I query: Any thoughts on what sort of scourge kills in such a way that it belatedly liquifies its victim?

Unfortunately I cannot offer any further details at this time as a traditional necropsy is no longer an option. The brew, such as it is, must travel with me to Chicago if I want to perform any chemical tests on it as time may be of the essence. Whatever did this has not been captured or even witnessed, supposedly, so it still poses a significant threat. I'll confess I'm eager to be investigating the matter up close for once, rather than simply being sent scraps!

I hope things for you are as interesting for you there as they stand to be for me! I'll keep you updated on my findings; here's hoping the lab they've set up for me isn't too antique!

[ Signed: NEWT

And below, a forwarding address. ]

Edited 2014-09-18 08:22 (UTC)

Dear Mr. Geiszler,

I am sorry to hear that the specimen arrived in such poor condition, but I believe we may still glean some inspiration from it. This may be some chemical similar to that injected by spiders in order to liquefy the insides of their prey so that they may more easily feed. The delayed reaction, however, is also of great note.

In light of current events I feel that it is best that I examine the remains myself. Upon receiving your letter I also made fast arrangements to join you in Chicago. I will be bringing with me my texts and as much equipment as I can bring on such short notice. When you receive this letter I will hopefully already be on the train. As you know I do not usually leave my father's estate but I feel the situation has become urgent.

A thin line exists between understood science and what we call the occult, a line which moves continuously in this era of great innovation, but that does not diminish the danger of both things we understand those and those we cannot yet quantify. I eagerly await our first meeting, and the chance to discuss this situation without the delay enforced by letter correspondence.

Yours,

Abraham Brutenholm

[well, he's already got the Victorian part down...

the first (and only, technically) son of the prestigious Joestar family, Jonathan is a fresh-faced archaeologist with a lively interest in pre-Columbian civilizations. he's currently making something of a stir with his theories on certain Mesoamerican rituals and is trying to arrange an expedition to gain more concrete proof for his claims.]

[ The prompts are probably better served for your character than him. Canonically he's visited several worlds and it's just as likely he's popped into a steampunk verse for a visit. Perhaps your character has a requisite "I want" that he can strike a deal for, or perhaps he's been summoned by accident. Whatever the case. ]

[Red Hood and his band of rogues are freedom fighters against the tyranny of the Owl Emperor. Red Hood himself tends to bounce around between allies and home bases -- the submersible of Devil Ray, the airship of Kite-Man, the clockwork spies and soldiers of Timekeeper, and your average mean streets of any large city with an underprivileged underclass.]

[Recently dead (or pre-dead) Victorian archcriminal and highwayman. Comes already steampunked.]

[Extremely technologically talented with a particular gift for reverse-engineering, but not so hot on people skills. Open to all. ♥ ]

[OOC: Asami is definitely the inventive type, used to machinery and schematics like nobody's business. She's taken hand over her father's business - Future Industries - after her father's dubious imprisonment. As such her family has a bit of a black mark against it's name and it's very likely your character will know all about it from the papers.

I'm happy to add anything else to help set the scene.]

[ um steampunk jaegers? yespls ]

[DID SOMEONE SAY STEAMPUNK JAEGERS. Gadgeteer/bombing expert Carter is all about this.]

[ yesss! any ideas? :> ]

[Carter's canonically a demo-man/underground anti-Nazi agent/general doofus. How do you want to run with PacRim continuity, still giant monsters attacking things?]

[ }D why not, seems like fun, yeah? ]

[OOC: Depending on your tastes and the situation, Mineva can be:

1) A renegade upperclass daughter/princess in disguise.
2) A dignitary on a mission of some sort for her kingdom.]

[The only daughter of some mad lord or another (nobody entirely knows every detail) and by default of her brothers being dead, the heiress to what's left of his fortune. Not entirely at ease in higher society due mostly to the way she disdains many of its priorities, but often found there nonetheless.]

[A reclusive but brilliant young scientist with a humble background but a certain stripe of infamy due to her work infusing humans with robotic parts and the rumor of her own robotic left arm.]

[Still a madame, still comfortable with the grittier things in life, still just as classy as can be.]

[The coyest lady you'll meet, batting her eyelashes at you and proudly showing off her impossibly corseted waist, with a dangerously ambitious streak just underneath the surface.]

[A university student born of a well-to-do family, avidly studying the sciences and getting herself tangled in adventures aplenty.]

[Come on, she comes from Steampunk land...]

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Steampunk AU meme

dr. newton "newt" geiszler | pacific rim | ota

Abe Sapien | Hellboy

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Jonathan Joestar | JJBA

Rumpelstiltskin | Once Upon a Time | OTA

Earth-3 Red Hood | Batman: BatB

Gentleman Ghost | Batman: BatB

Toshiko Sato || Torchwood

Asami Sato | Legend of Korra | OTA

Raleigh Becket | Pacific Rim

Re: Raleigh Becket | Pacific Rim

Re: Raleigh Becket | Pacific Rim

Re: Raleigh Becket | Pacific Rim

Re: Raleigh Becket | Pacific Rim

Mineva Lao Zabi | Gundam Unicorn | OTA

Yuna | FF X-2

Daenerys Targaryen | GoT/ASOIAF

Bennett Halverson | Dollhouse

Joanie Stubbs | Deadwood

Nora Gainesborough | True Blood

Jemma Simmons | Agents of SHIELD

Vi | League of Legends