etcelsior | PARTY AT MOM'S HOUSE

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.

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If you want to be technical, you're riding with a criminal. [scREEEEEEECH go the tires at the sharp left turn. BUMP, rounding the corner.]

[ Ohhhh no. Hands on seat and door, watching that turn with so much concern. ] Right, yes, the distinction is certainly important. Is there any particular reason we're speeding? [ wHY ]

If something can go fast, why would you want to go slow? [jeez, lady. logic.]

[ WHy!! This is absurd. Sir, u r absurd. ] I can think of a list, if you'd like it? [ Like that other car ahead PULLING INTO THIS LANE... ]

[hold that thought: Harlock veers into the wrong-side-of-traffic lane, bullets ahead, then veers in front of the offending car – not without giving oncoming traffic quite the scare.

grinning, still staring straight ahead.]

Probably nothing I haven't already heard before. I'll pass.

[ And giving her mermaid life quite the scare too! Oh yeah, staring down that grin with the sternest look. THE STERNEST. ]

Well, can't say I doubt you, but maybe I'll go ahead and give it a try. You'll have to listen to one of them, eventually, I think.

[ As in: this can so turn into a long, boring lecture about endangering lives, Harlock. Don't make her mom you. ]

[jeeeeeeez, lady. just enjoy the ride! joyride, right? joy? in a ride?

he'll endure it, if he must, but with no shortage of dismissal and smirking. because at least he has something to keep him moving forward.

forward to...where, exactly? dunno. when did he ever have a plan, though?

it takes them out to some backroads, beyond the city proper, up to some height overlooking a stretching shoreline. recognizing a fuel gauge at last gets him to pull over and stop on the outcrop, climbing out of the car to stretch his legs.]

[ The lecture lasts all the way there, mostly because of that smirking.

She can't just let him act this reckless without some kind of repercussion, and yeah, its not like she's going to turn him in for this... locking people away never helped anyone.

Every zip in speed and sharp turn get the only pauses in this speech, and afterwards only provide more material to work with. Persistence! The shore... has her taper off.

This was the ocean she hadn't gotten a chance to see yet. Its.... beautiful. Not that it can really be anything else, not for her. ]

Hey.

[he knocks on the hood of the car as he walks around the front, only glancing at her for a second.] Ten seconds ago you couldn't wait to get out, now you're glued inside.

[ Huh, wha? Oh. Oh, right... She slips out of the car and over to that view. ]

Lost my train of thought, I suppose.

[ A sigh follows, distracted. This is kinda awkward knowing its not the right ocean. ]

Have we really come out as far as the sea? Caught me by surprise, ah... oh, Blue Earth, did I ever ask your name?

[grinning.] No. But I'm not sore about it. In case you didn't notice, I didn't ask, either. [half a beat:] Why interrupt a good speech, right?

[ A double glance back, because, well, crashing waves, seasalt air, seagulls!! But, yeah, she yanks herself away to tilt her head at him. ] I... guess so.

[ Smile, head shake. ] I'm Aileen Kimbler. Formerly doctor Kimbler.

[the distracted ooh-and-aah doesn't go unnoticed. it's half of why Harlock doesn't bother with offering a handshake.

rather,] Formerly, huh. [is there a story not related to car safety in there?]

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