PARTY AT MOM'S HOUSE

[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

[selfequipped]

You're an imPort, right?

[That seems to be the first place to begin. Her gaze remains anywhere but the woman's arm to seek out that same tell-tale tattoo, as it would be able to give it away. No, she'd rather give someone the room to talk about themselves.]

[valr]

[Regardless of where Kate is looking, Kara lifts up her wrist to show off the tattoo.]

Am I seriously that obvious?

[MAYBE IT'S THE BIRD, KARA.]

[selfequipped]

[Not only the bird, but the lack of the overeager and very enthusiastic greeting. She doesn't point it out.]

A little. But I think I do, too.

[valr]

Right.

[If blending in means learning to be enthusiastic she has no chance.]

What's with the... [VAGUE HAND GESTURE] Talking to strangers thing?

[Sometimes people are just friendly. It's not the end of the world.]

[selfequipped]

I wanted to have a wealth of opinions to go on. Plus, this isn't the first time a lot of people have been through this song and dance. I wanted to hear what they had to say. [So far, she's pretty determined to solidly stick to her current approach to matters: assuming the worst.]

[valr]

What's the general consensus, then? 'Cause if it ain't "this is bullshit", I'm really gonna worry about all the people here.

[Kara you're so polite and lovely.]

[selfequipped]

Not enough people are calling it BS. That's the worrying bit. [The fact that they're among the imPorts means that this system might fly if they're persuasive enough (and one of those individuals is, but Kate isn't loading her statement with more details than it needs).]

[valr]

Coat it in enough sugar - or malt, 'pparently - and humans'll swallow anything.

[She likes humans, mostly, but sometimes she just gets a little frustrated.]

[selfequipped]

People will. [Noh-Varr would probably claim differently, that he wasn't included in that in some way, but Kate's experience is that that's not actually the case. He likes sugar as much as anyone else.

In his own way.]

You said humans for a reason, right? [She could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.]

[valr]

Most people here seem to be human.

[And she knows that on the surface she looks human, so maybe she should stop assuming things and being so judgemental.

but

nope]

[selfequipped]

I'm pretty sure most of us are, but I'd advise you to be aware that that's not always the case. You don't know what's lurking around most of the time.

[valr]

If there's things lurking, I'm pretty sure I don't care about them.

[what're they gonna do, kill her?]

[selfequipped]

What do you care about?

[It seems important to check.]