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[maskormods]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping into MASK OR MENACE? Want to dip your toes into the setting and get a feel of whether your character will fit into it? Or maybe you're just cruising and want to play around? Then you've come to the right place!

Pick any of the following scenarios below or feel free to make up your own, but don't be afraid to throw yourself at anyone's thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

01. Your memory is hazy and you might feel increasingly frustrated or anxious, or maybe you're excited as soldiers march past, barely glimpsing you. One second you're somewhere underground, the next you're enveloped in blue light, and suddenly you find yourself directly under Flordia sun's bright and burning glare. A female soldier steps toward you with a wide smile on her face and directs you to a car, ready to debrief you. You realize you are not the only one, surrounded by equally confused or eager faces... and you're all sporting a digital tattoo on your wrist.

02. Welcome to Cape Canaveral, where the smell of the ocean is in the air and locals are more than pleased to see new imPorts roaming their streets. They wave, they cheer, they ask for pictures as politely as they can. The more inhuman you look, or if you're wearing a costume, the more likely locals are to approach. Hey, enjoy the moment! The popular malt shop is offering you a free drink if you need it.

03. The technology in this world is certainly something. The cars are clearly modeled after popular 50s cars, but they hover several feet above the ground as they drive down the street. There are digital jukeboxes in restaurants, motorcycles also hover through traffic, advertisements can be seen on a digital projector on the taller buildings. Even kids on skateboards appear to drift a safe ten feet off the ground while playing!

04. Wherever you are, you can hear the loud revving of an engine, distance at first before you finally see it: a hovercar bursting around the corner, going beyond the maximum speed limit and just barely making its sharp turn. It doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, not with two police cars trailing it... and uh oh. Those skateboarding kids don't have much time to get out of the way as the car comes speeding down the road. You've been brought here for a reason Hero — so you better act fast.

Comments

[hands4healing]

It's nice to meet you, Mr. Castle. [She's polite, all right? It's what she does.]

I never really thought about it much, myself. Superpowers, I mean! My friends...they're amazing, I never thought I'd have anything like what they can do.

[thebestseller]

You, too- glad to see friendly faces right off the bat.

[He nods.]

What can I say? I'm a fanboy, though in my world, nobody has them... but my friends and my fiance still managed to do extraordinary things, anyway.

[hands4healing]

I think it helps. [Alleviates some of the...culture shock, maybe?]

Oh, you were getting married back home?

[thebestseller]

Yeah- would be a lot worse if people were out to get me or something.

[He smiled widely.]

Yup- it took us a while to get around to it, but we were finally making it happen. ... Of course, this also makes it a bad time for me to disappear from home.

[hands4healing]

[There might be? But Winry doesn't want to talk about Colorado. Not on his first day.]

Congratulations! I hope you'll be very happy together.

...ah...when you return home, that is!

[thebestseller]

Thanks, sweetie. I know we will be- it's been a long time coming, like I said. Ah- any idea when I'll be able to get back, though?

[hands4healing]

Um...I don't know. I wish I could tell you.

[thebestseller]

[That... stripped away some of Castle's good cheer, definitely.]

But... what about... I mean, I have stuff to do back home.

[hands4healing]

[She reaches up to touch his shoulder.]

I understand, Mr. Castle. My country was at war back home, and we were taken from there during something important.

[All right, she was dying, but the boys were doing something important.]

[thebestseller]

[Well, that deflated him further.]

Well, that's a buzzkill. Hey, here's some superpowers and an adoring crowd, but you can't go back home in the meantime...

[He shrugged and shook his head.]

Not your problem, though.

[hands4healing]

It is my problem. It's everyone's problem. None of us really want to be here!

[Well. It's better than being dead, but.]

[thebestseller]

No... I can't imagine they will. God... I hope... I hope everyone back home will be okay, though.

[Because he would be missed. He knew that much.]

My fiance's a detective, so... she'll be looking for me, all guns blazing.

[hands4healing]

I'm sorry, Mr. Castle.

[thebestseller]

[Castle tried to smile.]

... It's... it'll be fine. Somehow... it'll be fine. Right?

[hands4healing]

Of course it will be.

[staunchly.]

My...little brother just went back home. Unexpectedly.