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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

[neededmost]

[So it is him. She's not sure how to respond. She can feel herself shake a bit and hopes he doesn't notice. The boy she's been accused of killing is standing before her, only grown up. It's eerie.

She finally forces a smile and a laugh that's nothing more than quick exhale of air.]

Yeah. This... This isn't something I expected to happen. Then again I also didn't expect to get dragged into some alternate dimension.

[shutterbugged]

No one ever expects the alternate dimension--! Sorry, terrible joke.

[He rubs the back of his neck, eyes flicking down and back up.] Listen, do you want to grab a coffee...? If you're free, that is. Otherwise I can give you my number-- no pressure, but I think we should talk.

[neededmost]

[She stares at him for a moment with a flat expression before her lips quirk into a small grin. When he asks about coffee she holds up her drink.]

A step ahead of you but I...I have nothing else to do. We can talk now. [She can feel her stomach turn, she's sure she won't be drinking any of her coffee now but she's sure if she doesn't try to talk to him now she'll never do it.]

[shutterbugged]

Great! [A little too chipper. Peter winces, wondering how this could be so awkward the second time around. Or fourth, counting Gwen's clones in his home universe.] Uh -- I think I left my lunch back there, actually. When I saw you. I should probably go get it...

[neededmost]

[In order to keep herself from running away (because, boy, is that urge strong) she nods and moves to follow after him.]

Just, uh, lead the way. You know your way around better than me, right?

[shutterbugged]

[He smiles at her, trying to ease her obvious discomfort, and nods towards the truck.] It's just that food truck over there. I hope I can get my sandwich, seeing as I overpaid about two hundred percent...

[neededmost]

[She follows along, offering an amused snort.] That bad yet you still buy it?

[shutterbugged]

[He chuckles, even though the joke's not that funny.] No, I mean I abandoned both my sandwich and my change when I ran after you.

[Before she can answer he steps up to the counter, sheepish grin at the ready.] Sorry about that, could I-- great, thanks. Yeah, you too.

[He steps back and turns, hoping that she hasn't -- left, or something. Peter's not sure why he's afraid of that, but there was such a skittish look in her eyes...]

[neededmost]

[Her response is nothing more than a quiet 'oh' anyway. Normally she could deal with an awkward situation, just play it off with jokes and even pretend like nothing is wrong. But this is Peter, not her Peter but still a Peter, it's beyond awkward.

He has every right to be afraid of her running off. In the moment his back is turned she contemplates it. There's an alley nearby, she could easily slip into it and change and take off without him knowing. It'd be easy.

She even starts to take a step back toward the alley only to stop when she realizes she no longer has the time to get away smoothly. She quickly smiles at him in an attempt to cover up for the fact she was totally going to run.]

Now that you're done with that should we go somewhere quiet?