the community service meme

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THE COMMUNITY SERVICE MEME


Walking the neighbors' dogs. Reorganizing the library books. Cleaning up trash in the park. Community service comes in many different forms. Maybe you're here because you volunteered to be, or maybe you're here because the court sentenced you to 500 hours, but either way, you're ready to do some work. There's just one small thing you hadn't counted on.

Partners.

You're going to be doing the community service in pairs. Get ready for some teamwork.

Prompts

1. Animal Care - You're offering free dog-walking services or fostering a shelter animal. How does that go, especially with two people?

2. Childcare - You're volunteering at an after-school program or babysitting during a PTA meeting. Can you and your partner figure out how to keep the kids from running wild?

3. Cleanup - You're cleaning the library from top to bottom. Or maybe you're picking up used condoms and empty beer bottles in the park. One or the other.

4. Coaching - You've been put in charge of a youth sports team - lucky you. Are you ready for some kids to throw balls at you? And can your team win against your partner's team?

5. Cooking - You're cooking meals for the needy or baking cookies for a public event. You are both good cooks, right?

6. Crafting - You're making quilts to donate to charity, or knitting scarves and hats for needy kids. You do know how to sew, right?

7. Crossing Guard - Kind of a boring volunteer job, but who doesn't look good in a neon orange vest.

8. Decorating - It's time to blow up some balloons, hang some streamers and throw glitter everywhere.

9. Festival - You're volunteering at the local fair. The question is, what are you doing - hosting a game booth? Painting kids' faces? Performing like a circus clown?

10. Gardening - Time to make like Johnny Appleseed and plant some trees and flowers.

11. Mascot - Lucky you - you've been selected as the mascot for a local sports event. Or maybe you've been tasked with entertaining some kids and you're expected to do it while wearing an animal costume. Try not to suffocate in there.

12. Organizing - You and your partner have been tasked with reorganizing the library books, or the files in an office. Fun, right?

13. Performing - Today you'll be bringing some fun into people's lives; you've signed up to perform for a fundraising event. But what's your special talent - singing? Dancing? Magic tricks? What about your partner's talent?

14. Pool - You're volunteering as a lifeguard at the pool. But with nobody having trouble in the water, there's not much else to do besides talk to your fellow lifeguards, right?

15. PSA - You and your partner have been tasked with delivering a PSA to the public. But what's the PSA about? Driver's safety? Alcohol safety? Internet safety? Eco-friendliness? STD prevention?

16. Teaching - You've volunteered to give free lessons to children (or seniors, or regular adults). Can you and your partner work together to teach kids reading and writing? Or self-defense? Or guitar? Or skateboarding?

17. Tutoring - Time to help some kids with their homework.

18. Wash - You're participating in a car wash fundraiser. Or a dogwash.

19. Yardwork - You'll be working together to mow lawns or rake leaves. Exciting.

20. Wildcard - Got your own community service scenario you'd like to threat out? Go for it!

How to Play:
①Comment with your character.
②Reply to other characters.
③Use RNG to determine what they'll be doing for community service.
④Thread it out & bask in the warm glow of having helped out your community.

Comments

K-2SO | Rogue One | OTA

[offlabel]

Re: K-2SO | Rogue One | OTA

[colorisee]

[ooc: Got six, so I guess we are - uh. welp. I guess we're Making Things For Relief Efforts now]

So. I am. Unqualified. For this mission. I can sew. I can cut cloth with a template, I figure. But I don't know the patterns.

[offlabel]

[ K-2 turns around, long arms full of Space Polar Fleece in a variety of brightly colored novelty prints, and pauses. Remarks to no one in particular: ]

Well, this is a socially awkward situation.

[ He stalks over and drops the entire pile on the floor between them. ]

The patterns are large squares. I assume you're familiar with those.

[colorisee]

Aren't most of them?

[Bly surveys the pile.]

I have encountered squares before. Know how to find them in an oblong too.

[He disentangles one section of fleece, and begins to fold it corner to corner so that the fold assumes a diagonal, thus showing the square.]

[offlabel]

If anything, you are clearly overqualified.

[ "Deadpan" doesn't mean much when it comes to droids, admittedly. But K-2 does his best. He turns and lopes back to the supply closet for a second load, and the scissors. ]

[colorisee]

I do strive to be.

[He folds a few more lengths of fleece to square rhem up while waiting for scissors]

[Ripping fleece usually renders it not good for much]

[offlabel]

[ Another FLOOMPH on top of the pile. He hands Bly the scissors almost politely, however. Let no one say that K-2 is careless of craft room safety. (So there, Cassian.) ]

Here are the full instructions. [ And he folds himself down to the floor on the other side of the pile, projecting a diagram into the air as he does so. Snippily, ] Far too complicated for standard organics, apparently.

[colorisee]

[Bly reads the instructions twice. Second time to confirm.]

You know some people can't measure depth by sight? Apparently it's a "knack".

[offlabel]

Or a properly calibrated visual apparatus.

Unity | Skin Horse

[hungryfor]

[Who wants to do community service with a patchwork zombie who's probably here on another minor court order or else an office initiative???]

j. barnes | mcu | ota gen, crosscanon welcome

[dyatlov]

[evreica]

[any thoughts?]

3 (aka, a problem she can't punch)

[naturaldisasster]

[ What's that sound? It's not the howls of the restless undead. It's Oni, groaning from somewhere in the depths of her soul because picking up, then categorizing, and then filing away an entire library's worth of books is so boring and forever taking. ]

I swear t'god, if he shushes me one more time, I'm going t'jail...

Frida 🎒 Netflix Hilda 🎒 OTA

[actionplan]

[ not caught up on s2 yet, woops ]

All Might | My Hero Academia

[californiasmash]

[Very very rusty voicetesting. Also not caught up on MHA, I'm like end of S4]

Rekker Sterling | Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust| OTA

[rage_rekker]

[Might be willing, might be forced community service due to crime? 1, 2/9/13/14/16/17 - Guitarist, singer, painter, and surfer that is happy to give lessons for free, usually. Open to other ideas.]

G'raha Tia | Final Fantasy XIV | Spoilers for 5.3+

[sandwichbasket]

[ Voicetesting! He's here because-

a) It's a 'punishment', because certain people have bullied him into helping out in a way that does not involve mortal peril.
b) He actually wanted to help out (mortal peril optional).
c) He knew he was going to be partnered up with you and signed up for that because he is a fanboy. ]

Loki | MCU | ota honestly kind of just shitposting but feel free to make something of it

[coldsong]

[A video screen flickers on. A man enters--he might look a little familiar, if you've been in New York lately--grabs a chair, turns it backwards, sits. He folds his arms and leans on the back, studying the camera with the most sincere look possible on his face.]

So. Your attempt at world domination was a disaster. You're wondering, what now? What's your next goal? How do you cope with being a failure? Maybe you even feel a little, tiny, miniscule particle of guilt?

Unfortunately you're caught, so--what will your punishment be?

Well, the answer to that last one is clearly community service and let me assure you, I'm no happier about this foolishness than you are.

[hungercity_hellhound]

[Well isn't this the typical propaganda. Look at this person we caught and what a good citizen they are working for is now. Damien felt like smashing the screen.]

I wouldn't call slavery a punishment. It's more of a forced lifestyle change.

[coldsong]

[Huh. Not the reaction Loki would have expected!

For whatever magical or technological reason, he seems to hear and see the person on the other side of the screen, and he props his chin in his hand thoughtfully.]

I suppose that depends on who one's masters are. You needn't worry on my account, though. I'm not thrilled with this but it's a long, long way from torture. Plus, even if they don't commute my sentence I'm bound to outlive the lot of them, so it's only temporary.

[hungercity_hellhound]

Any master. [Damien is used to this kind of technology. Anything to spy on anyone, two way TVs seems to fit the bill.]

I'd prefer to go back to torture than do anything to further their agenda, even cleaning up their trash. They can pick up their own litter.

[coldsong]

Then you've never met a truly skilled torturer. But I admire your grit.

I almost had them convinced to let me visit the Children's Hospital the other day, but SHIELD put the kibosh on that. I'm offended, actually. At my worst, I'd never harm a sick child.

[hungercity_hellhound]

Admire me but devalue what I've endured without knowing?

We don't have sick children to work with back home. They're seen as unfit to be part of society but I've spent time with the sick children Jack has hidden from them.

[coldsong]

Or perhaps you devalue my experience by speaking of torture as something a sane person would choose versus any other option. Honestly, I'm very happy for you lot who seem to have not broken from your horrors and have somehow come out stronger, but I'm sick of comparing myself to you.

...I quite like children. Sick or otherwise. I suppose I'm not very comforting, though.

[hungercity_hellhound]

I don't devalue yours but I know mine. I've been the torturer and the tortured, neither choice is sane but I'd rather endure the torture than go back to inflicting it on others. We are broken but broken glass is far more dangerous than a whole bottle.

Everything is comforting to someone. Slavery, freedom, compassion, murder... Find the right people and you'll comfort someone, no matter what you are.

[coldsong]

[There's a lengthy pause while Loki thinks this over, and something tense in his posture eases.]

It bothers me to feel as though my will has been weak compared to others'. But I think you and I are in agreement.

Mmm. After this, they've got me attending a prison library, which isn't a bad fit, I suppose. I like books, and if someone sticks a shiv in me I don't take it personally. Perhaps I can be comforting there.

[hungercity_hellhound]

Strength of will depends on the situation. I can be very weak or strong depending on the cost, same for everyone else, but I suspect we do agree.

We are raised to serve the community and receive torture when we refuse. Prisons don't offer comfort, maybe you will be.

Kasane Randall | Scarlet Nexus | OTA

[red_strings]

Tom Hanniger | My Bloody Valentine 3D | ota

[tom_hanniger]

Thief King Bakura (r63!AU) | Yu-Gi-Oh!

[shegypt]

[ The exact opposite of civic-minded... ]