15834/Mojo Presents: Mojo Kart!

Mojo Presents: Mojo Kart!
Date of Scene:	12 September 2023
Location:	Mojoverse City Track
Synopsis:	Mojo kidnaps Kelly, Bunny, Kyle and Sundance and makes them race for their lives! Robotman commentates. Mojo realizes he has a new hit on his hands. TO BE CONTINUED?
Cast of Characters:	Mark Grayson, Kelly Praetor, Bunny Macleod, Sundance, Kyle Rayner
Cast of NPCs:	Cliff Steele, Mojo, Major Domo, Minor Domo

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Mark Grayson has posed:
Mojo has hatched a plan. He wanted to bring more sports into the ratings, as sports have always done well with TV audiences! But he wanted something different. Something that wasn't the usual gladatorial sport. Mutant League Football was interesting, but stealing that many mutants at once always drew the attention of heroes who inevitably attempted to ruin his fun. He needed something to keep the numbers small. Easily handled. Quick in, quick out, no chance for a full-scale response!

He had finally settled on the idea as he saw a commercial for a video game. He could do this, he could make it work! But first, he needed a track. That was easily enough done. He had converted part of the city. There was buildings and loops and tight turns and twists. It was a track that was more armageddon than city cruise and he was happy as the stormy background looms and threatens to wet the track. Now that he had built the track, he needed to find the drivers. To that, he turned to the Kidnap-O-Matic (patent pending) and set the number to four and released his Warwolves to fetch the poor hapless victirms for the race.

As they are out, Mojo turns his attention to the cameras. "HELLO MOJOHOLICS!" he calls out, "Tonight we have a special event! Four racers will compete for the best in prizes and glory and those that lose, a terrible fate! Welcome, one and all to...."

"MOJO KART!!!!!"

As the four victims are deposited into their carts, Mojo turns his attention to the cameras. "I even has a special Guest Color Commentator for tonight's broadcast special. You make know him as the most promising NASCAR driver of 1970 or the NASCAR champion of 1974! But many of you know him as the one... the only, ROBOTMAN!!"

Cliff Steel is wheeled in by Major Domo, his legs immobolized so as that he cannot just run away. "What fresh hell is this??" he asks, exasperation in his voice.

"You're color commentating the race, big guy!"

Cliff feels his jaw go slack. What he says next is beeped by the censors.

Minor Domo frets, "We can't broadcast on television!" she cries, arms flailing as she looks at Cliff in a panic.

Kelly Praetor has posed:
You'd think leaving the penthouse for once, since her transformation, wouldn't be a terrible thing. A nice stretch, fresh air, but NO. Suddenly there were wolves, teeth, a lot of dragging, and suddenly a ... go-cart? "What the hell just happend?!" And why is she strapped into the thing! Ugh. Wait. No. This seemed familiar but- Oh, there it is. Doing research for her 'new life' she stumbled across that name. WONDERFUL. "Forced into a race, niiiice. What's the prize for winning, getting to live?" Snark. This isn't how she planned her night to go.

At least the cart was ...cool? With how recent her change was, it was surprising the vehicle was white, but the Meteors logo was a little.. "Man I'm going to get sued.." on the nose. A lot of the buttons shared similar logos, but weren't lit. ... "Oh god we're doing twisted metal aren't we? I'd be all about that but I don't exactly want to KILL PEOPLE.."

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    One minute she was hanging upside-down from an access ladder while wearing her patrol pinks and talking about how natural roller skates feel when you've been wearing them for most of your waking and some of your sleeping hours for years with someone in skintight blue/yellow/gray unitard while eating Frozen Yogurt, the next minute she was Kidnapped by the Warwolves from the Kidnap-o-Matic (TM) and captured for television!

    She's planted in a rainbow cart that bares a strong visual association to a roller skate, including a round front bumper. Bright Barbie pink outside with a gem-colored rainbow racing stripe, pink hair and goggles.

    "What the -- where's my froyo--..?!" she blinks and then looks to the side where she sees Kelly.

    "... so this is gonna be a stupid question, but how many people look for excuses to shout Clever Girl at you?" she asks.

Kelly Praetor has posed:
    That earns Bunny a very slow head turn, a peer, and a sigh. "Basically all of them."

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    Bunny winces visibly, and sinks into her seat. "I am so, so sorry."

Sundance has posed:
There's quite a bit of surprise on the cowboy coyote's face. He had been just arguing with Mondo about who had eaten the last slice of pizza with bacon on it, "AND I TELL YA I'll.." Pointing at nothing, he stops mid-sentence, having found himself sitting in the driver's seat of a kart that has been remarkably western themed, to include a large pair of long horns on the front.

"What in the goddamn blue hell?" He asks to nobody, taking a second as he looks around the area, "Oh for.." Spotting Kelly, he tilts his head like the canine he is, "You ain't one of Shredder's I hope."

Kelly Praetor has posed:
Maybe she was a little to stern about that response, "It's alright, at least you're apologizing," she tells Bunny before turning to Sundance. A new challenger has appeared! Shredder..? "I .. don't know that name. . Yet." One to look into later.

Kyle Rayner has posed:
Kyle Rayner is actually just floating in the sky. Enjoyiing a nice night where he could clear his head. No big emeregencies just hmself. Then suddenly he is in what looks like a Nintendo Switch game.

"Am I dreaming?" he asks unsure if his senses can be believed at ths point. It's all so real, but why did everything change? Was this a villain? A dream? Somethiing else? His mind races, no pun, with questions.

Mark Grayson has posed:
Wheeled into a position in front of a mic, Mojo asks Robotman, "What do you think of our racers?"

*BEEP BEEP BEEEP*

"You know we could always sell you for scrap." Major Domo comments dryly.

Cliff reconsiders. "Wait, is that NFL Quarterback Kelly Praetor? I had $100 on her being the league MVP this year!" he grouses, before looking over the others. "Uh. So lizard person, dog person and... you didn't say you were kidnapping kids!"

"She's an adult, named Bunny." Mojo comments.

"Of course she is." Cliff grumps. "Oh hey, a Green Lantern! .... that I don't recognize. So, I have no idea who is going to win this race! But I'm here for it! And enthuiastic. Please don't scrap me."

Mojo calls down over the PA. "An excellent question. The winner will get an exclusive contract with MOJOVERSE(tm) to be our exclusive sports broadcaster. The rest of you... not so much..."

"Start the race, start the race, we're late already!" Minor Domo cries out.

"Fine! FINE!" Mojo yells at the girl, scaring the heck out of her as she hides behind Robotman.

Up above, the lights flash.... red... yellow...

GO!!!

Kelly Praetor has posed:
Ok. So. It's .. just a game, right? "It's just a game right?!" before the starting light, and pings, start to go off. "Ah hell," she grumps before looking over at Mojo, "Sorry! I won't be issuing refunds for unavoidable-" *GO* *HIGH RPMS* "FATE! AAAH!"

You know, despite sounding a bit jittery at the start there, one can't account to much for the reflexes of someone that was in her position. The moment that light is green she is just -gone-. "WOOO! I HIT THE BOOST FOR ONCE!"

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    Brake sounds in Bunny's mind.

    "Is it that obbbbb---" she begins, and she looks up at the announcement.

    "Uh... I'm not sure if that's a good idea, y'know, I've kinda got associations with the Avengers and they got law-YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS!" Bunny yelps, the go making her squeal as she hits the brake, and then the gas. And revvs before her tires squeal off, torque taking over before they GO, the brilliant pink kart taking off with tires squealing and the wings on her helmet flapping behind. Good thing she was wearing goggles!

    "Okay, okay, I have a phone, they can track me, this is fine, everything is fine --"

Sundance has posed:
As much as he'd probably prefer a motorcycle, Sundance isn't a slouch when it comes to driving. Once his mind has had a moment or two to figure out what's going on, he takes a second to adjust his hat and make sure its nice and secure, and as the light turns to green, plants his paw down on the gas. He doesn't quite hit the timing enough to get the boost, but at least he wasn't reving until he spun out.

"Yah! Lets go!" No sense in trying to hold back or anything, this is either some kind of wild dream, or it's happening and it's an actual life or death situation. He figures he'll need to treat it as such either way, 'cause this is outside of the normal kinda dream he has. There's not nearly enough jelly beans.

Kyle Rayner has posed:
Kyle is in his green kart. "Alright. It's just like the games. You can do this," the lights change and "Crrrrrt" the sound of stalling happens. However, the kart does eventually come t life and he takes off. As he's driving th ring on his finger catches his attention. The Lantern tries to focus. The plan: Cause three Lantern Battery constructs to circle his vehicle. Someone's Kart power includes shields. That's the plan, reality may say different because this is Mojo's World and everyone is just playing in it.

Mark Grayson has posed:
As the racers leave the gate, Cliff is on the commentary. "Kelly has some experience driving fast, it seems! Hopefully she wont die young, like I did! And in second place is Bunny. I bet she's some rich girl that's used to having a driver. That's what the name Bunny sounds like. But she's quick like a bunny out the gate!"

He takes in the others, "There's the coyote in third, and as appropriate, the dog is nipping at the bunny's heels."

"Run little bunny, run!" Mojo calls out excitedly. "Will he eat her if he catches her?"

"We're not rated for that!" Minor Domo cries out!

"Not our fault she's between a predator and an opprotunistic scavenger!" Mojo responds.

"Back to the race, the unknown Green Lantern seems to be lagging behind. Will he catch up?"

"Oh, he can!" Mojo announces. "Major Domo, release the items!"

"As you wish, your Mojoness."

Up ahead on the track, several items appear, rotating quickly in what they are showing. It seems to be 1000s of possibilities as they roll out of the twin buildings and into the path of the oncoming racers!

Kyle Rayner has posed:
Kyle looks around at his Kart and knows the theme. A pause as an idea comes to him. Focusing, green energy starts to surround the cart and it lifts up as he begins to fly. As the Kart lifts up it looks like it is plunked into an opening of some kind of rounded container. It bares a propeller at the bottom. Two oval shapes for eyes flanked by two circles for make up. Where a big happy face should be, it's a frowny face. There's even two slants over the eyes.

Kyle's Kart is inside a construct of Bower's Flying Machine that moves only barely above th ground, just bearing an unfriendly face. The Lantern starts to barrell forward. His kart is in the art and anyone else is just going to hit energy construct goodness.

Anyone he gets will get the cold hard death stare that Luigi gives off with a successful item hit.

Kelly Praetor has posed:
Looks like that starting boost was worth its weight in gold! After a few tight turns and at least one sick drift, the raptor and her white cart are blazing out front and weaving through everything to try and keep that lead. The 'meteor launcher' doesn't really do much for her when the item lands seeing as its for hitting folks ahead of them, SO, useless. "Bah!"

Sundance has posed:
Now to be honest Sundance doesn't really have any ill intentions for anybody that's out here on the track. But he's also not the type of person to not at least try and win. Whatever all of this is, winning has to be the only real option because the other is...Well he doesn't actually know!

Items are tumbling down onto the track, and he turns the wheel sharply to the right, reaching out with his hand to scoop it up. He finds it turns into one of Batman's grappling guns in his hand, "Well ain't that a neat trick."

He twists in his seat to get a look at the Lantern behind him, and fires the grapple gun at the item that was directly in front of him, "Yoink!" This new item is apparently some sort of rocket upgrade, because before he knows what's happening, his vehicle has bucked up like a stallion before launching forward, a trail of fire and smoke behind it, threatening to knock anyone in the way out of the way. Hopefully he can maintain his steering while he soars down the track, pulling up close behind Kelly, "Hey! Dinosaur lady!" He yells out, trying to get her attention. He's only ever heard of one other dinosaur mutant and that was when he was working for Null still. They need to talk assuming they survive this.

Kyle Rayner has posed:
"You little thief!" Kyle says to the vehcle n front of him. Just staring daggers at Sundance. Oh, this is going to be an interesting race. Kyle will do what he can to just come back from that slight. At least Kyle didn't camp the item out. That's a comfort.

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    Bunny doesn't know how to drive. Bunny hardly knows how to ride a bike. She's trying to figure out how to make it 'go', but there's not a lot she can do -- after all, she's just a poor delivery girl with some decent friends!

    But she struggles, and she gets an item, she gasps a moment as she pulls it over and -- it's a scarf. A DRAMATIC SCARF.

    That goes around her neck.

    And suddenly it feels like a rush of warmth through her body as she is gifted the knowledge of... how to drive -- just in time for her to get last place.

    Well. This time, it's gonna be different!

    ClICK CLICK -- wrrrr -- clutch released. Gears shifted. Clutch engaged and -- RRRROOOOOOOAR as she takes off, trying to make up for distance as she tryies to come up behind Kyle!

Mark Grayson has posed:
As the racers complete the first lap, Cliff is up in the booth. "And Kelly Praetor seems to be building an insurmountable lead -- but wait, the coyote stole the Lantern..."

Minor Domo hands Cliff a card.

"Apparently that is Kyle Rayner? You sure? I didn't think there was a Kyle in the Lanterns? HEY KYLE, IF YOU KNOW HAL TELL HIM TO COME RESCUE ME!"

Mojo thwacks Cliff, knocking him over.

"Owwww."

Mojo takes over for a moment, and continues. "Rayner is in third, but here comes the Burning Bunny to try to reclaim her place in the race!"

The track shifts and turns... and now they are all upside down, the carts gripping the track with anti-gravity technology!

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    The items drop. Bunny's gotten a better grip of what she's doing now, and she rolls forward with a roar before she catches ... a star?

    A Star with a pair of cat ears on it, and sprinkles that looks almost like a toaster pastry -- and as she hits it, the whole of the roller-skate-like-kart begins to shimmer and glow -- not particularly interesting for the Mojo fans.

    "... oh MAN can I *keep these?" comes Bunny's voice, and then she ZOOMS forward. There's a cackling sound as she passes Kyle, trailing behind her a rainbow and sparkles as she is no longer carted -- she is now in a pair of Rocket Skates, wearing a pink and tan outfit, with gray cat ears and cat tail trailing behind her as she rocks through space, no longer tethered to the upside-down track!

Kelly Praetor has posed:
Yet another Meteor launcher! With a clear path ahead Kelly STILL lacks anyone to really SHOOT at, so she continues with the tight cornering, a bit of drifting, and maybe a ramp or two because, hey, if you're in a video game, do some stunts. They gotta give points, right! On the track again, she can see Sundance is gettinng close. She'll try to stay ahead of him but the distraction from NYANBUN will let the coyote pass AND let him ask his question, "Kinda busy!" at least she heard him.

Kyle Rayner has posed:
Kyle thinks he has everything in control when suddenly Bunny shoots off like a frcking sparkle commet. A brow raises as he is trying to keep up. everything seems to be slipping further away. "This is why I never pick the heavy karts!" Kyle grumbles thinking he'll be last place in this race.

Sundance has posed:
As the road starts to curve upwards, Sundance grips the controls tighter, the vehicle switching to the anti-gravity shape, "Ah hell, now I need to get me one of these for sure!" Hauling upside down, he spots an item ball rapidly flashing in front of him. He reaches for it, but it falls upwards, off the upside down part of track, and Sundance leaps off his vehicle after it. It is, after all, a ball that he wants to catch.

It's not instinct, really! He just needs the item!

As he falls through the air, he grabs hold of the ball, turning over in midair to angle himself for the kart as it comes back around towards the bottom of the loop. It's going to be close..

But he manages to stick the landing, dropping back into the driver's seat as it shifts back out of anti-grav mode. The item he'd managed to salvage actually manages to turn into something useful as well, the RPMs doubling on his kart and launching him forward like he's being chased by the cops. You know what they say; If you're not first, you're last!

Mark Grayson has posed:
Major Domo gets Cliff to his feet. Retaking the mic, Cliff goes into the commentary again! "Alright, what did I... whoa, what's with the Rainbow Sparkles?!" he asks as Bunny rockets past Kyle and towards Sundance and Kelly. "A sudden burst of speed by the Rainbow Bunny has her moving up the pack!"

"But the real battle is at the front, where it seems that Kelly's skills have petered out as badly as her NFL career, guess she's not the SuperPro anymore!"

"Wil-E-Coyote has taken the lead! SubparPro is in second, Psychadelic Bunny in third, and Sad Lantern is back at the end of the pack again!"

A warning comes up on the screens of the carts.

FINAL LAP ARMAGEDDON!

The carts go through a tunnel and are shot high into the sky, landing on a small planetoid on a winding, dangerous track that is sporting two large poles with stars - the FINISH line!

It's still anyone's race!

"Prepare Cliff for the finale." Mojo orders Major Domo.

"What do you mean, finale?" Major and Minor Domo start hauling off poor Robotman. "Wait, wait! Aieeee!"

Kelly Praetor has posed:
It's the final lap! MUSIC. "Oh heck oh heck," Kelly's competitive side is coming out for the first time since she lost her pro-deal and MOJO'S SLANDEROUS STATEMENT IS NOT HELPING. "Hey! I DID NOT ASK FOR THIS!" she yells out as she gets to actually USE the meteor launcher. ON SUNDANCE. "Hey! I didn't say you could pass me!" she barks out, slamming the button repeatedly. She didn't get to use any items for most of the race. THIS IS VINDICATION. Especially with all this mode swapping! ZERO G? COOL! Back on the regular track she'll even start FORCEFULLY SMASHING INTO SUNDANCE. (why does this feel familiar) as they surge toward the finish line. Trying to put him both behind, and IN FRONT OF B N U U Y CAT.

Kyle Rayner has posed:
Kyle starts to pull ahead a little bit, but so does everyone else. His Kart just moving along. Although he is happy for the others, something about this stings, like picking the wrong kart body then getting beat, badly. A smile pulls at his face as he is curious what this race will mean for everyone. His gaze looking more toward Mojo since he's not too worred as Kelly and Sundance start to jockey for that covetted first place position.

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    Bunny didn't want to be first, but definitely didn't want to be last -- she's comfortably staying in the middle with the rainbow rocket skates, hovering above the track as it turns back around, her helmeted and goggled head swivelling about as she goes, and coming up on the raptor and the coyote "SO. HOW ARE WE GONNA ESCAPE A TERRIBLE FATE --" she calls out, still trailing rainbows and sparkles behind her "AND GET BACK TO EARTH?"

Sundance has posed:
There's a lot going on with the track as they approach their final lap. Well, perhaps 'a lot' is being generous because it's outright chaos. Sundance is pretty far in the lead, at least he had been, when Kelly's meteor slams into the back of his cart and spins him out, "Hey! That's supposed to go the other way!" He yells at her, finding her soon smashing into his cart repeatedly, making him swerve and try to avoid her.

"Now we gotta trade information!"

The finish line is right there and he pushes off of Kelly, his car careening towards the finish line, mere inches in front of her own. It's going to be a quite literal photo finish!

Mark Grayson has posed:
"And the race has come to a close! In first is the Coyote Kid! Hot on his heels in second place is the Raptor that apparently CAN'T PASS! In third is little Bunny Fu-Fu and in last is the Goody Green Ranger!" Mojo announces.

Oh! That is an excellent question, Bunny! And its about to get answered.

"The Coyote is going nowhere, he's going to sign a LIFETIME + ETERNITY contract to be my new AIR BUD! As for the rest of you!" He starts to cackle, preparing to gloat about their doom BUT there's a loud rumbling. Coming up the road and towards the three losers is a massive monster truck with ROBOTMAN at the wheel as he races towards them. "FOLLOW ME!" he yells, "TO FREEDOM!"

He races between Mojo and the racers. "Get to that tunnel before Mojo closes it, it will take you back to Earth! I'm going to try to escape to!"

Kelly Praetor has posed:
    Considering what MIGHT happen if she sticks around very long, Kelly makes a -mad dash- for the escape tunnel because, well, she doesn't wanna be stuck in the MOJOVERSE if she can help it. "Kelly Praetor, @ApexQB! REACH OUT!" she calls before she's through the portal and back to the reality of the park she was in at the time. ".. well .. that happened."

Bunny Macleod has posed:
    "No one's gonna stay here." Comes the Very Stern voice from NyanBunny as she flexes her hands, looking up to Mojo's announcement and reaching for her batons -- when suddenly there's a racecar driver in a monster truck!

    "... see? No one's stayin'!" she states, and Rocket Skates towards the tunnel "OMIGOD that was amazing timing I reallyreally do not wanna fight a guy who can kidnap me faster than I can be recovered!"

Kyle Rayner has posed:
Kyle starts to turn toward Robotman. "Well, I'm happy to get out of this place," he says as he is moving behnd the group. Kyle will turn around and take aim with the ring. Firing a blast of energy toward Mojo, he's just trying to leave behind a simple message: Don't take people again. Then he turns to focus back on that portal before drving through it.

Sundance has posed:
That doesn't seem like a very good deal at all, "Hey I'd at least want to keep my own TV rights!" Sundance yells at Mojo. He's about to try to book it, when thankfully Robotman seems to have figured a way out. Booking it!

The coyote turns his cart and follows right after the monster truck, pulling his hat off and waving it to the crowd as he drives off. Hey he at least probably made a ton of fans tonight!

Mark Grayson has posed:
Just as Mojo was about to capture them all and do BAD THINGS, Robotman crashed the scene and they all manage to get away. "NO NO NO!" he snarls, just before Kyle's blast knocks him off his platform and he shrieks. "Major Domo, get me up! Minor Domo! What were the ratings?!"

Major Domo grunts as he helps to push Mojo back upright. "Next time, do not kidnap someone that can shoot at you, sire."

Minor Domo is at a small machine and she gulps. "Your Mojoness? This race... it was the highest rated show in the last three months. Even higher than Mitey 'Vengers versus X-Babies!"

"Really..." Mojo says, steepling his fingers together as he watches the portal close.

"We may have a new series on our hands, everyone! Raises for whoever came up with this! Oh right, it was me!"