etcelsior | we begin with an airing of grievances

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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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[Yeah, too much trouble. But he can remember this one.]

Mm. They're starting younger every day.

[The Troupe, not the Zoldycks, they've always been weird that way.]

But anyway... yes, that's fine. Also, feel free to contact me, of course. Since we're both here.

[Hm, but what would he need to contact Chrollo about? That's surface-level polite and all, but Chrollo hardly needs to waste his energy on that with Illumi.]

Ah, sure. That reminds me, what are you going to do here after you've gathered information? [a beat. ha ha ha,] Heroic acts?

[Ha ha ha.]

[Politeness is basically the word of the day. There are people around, after all.]

Hmmm.

[...sipping his coffee.]

I could do that. Saving a few metaphorical princesses is good for karma, I'm told.

[Yeah, no. Might be good for his public image, though.]

Maybe I'll volunteer at a soup kitchen.

[He'd actually do that one, though.]

[The word of the day is indifference, over here. When isn't it!]

You, really?

[He likes you better when you hire him to kill people, frankly. Soup kitchens. Please.]

That suits your tastes, unexpectedly.

[Excuse you, Illumi, not everyone was born with a silver dagger in their mouth, some of us literally lived in garbage piles, ok.]

I've been doing philanthropic work for years.

[Between theft and murder.]

It's important to be adaptable. Don't end up in prison like Hisoka.

[That sucks, get your own mountain, it's way nicer.]

That's doubtful. I'm not as careless as Hisoka.

[What the hell is he going to adapt into doing, though. That's a tough one.]

Time to reflect on his priorities might even do him some good, if he pays any attention. [ha ha ha]

I don't see him changing.

[At least not any time soon. Some people never grow up.]

His priorities definitely won't change.

[Fighting and sex, fighting and sex. Neither of those interest Chrollo that much, tbh. And neither does talking about Hisoka's personal problems, so he's sipping his coffee again.]

You could find a new profession.

[At least pretend to, jeez.]

[At the very least, Illumi will always be able to casually call him a dumbass. It's like they're actually friends.

But, ah, "new profession"...]

I may have to. [may] Not working for my family isn't that appealing.

Someone suggested I become a chef, earlier.

[He'd laugh, if he had that skill.]

[blank staring with huge shoujo eyes.]

A chef, really?

[.....you'd probably poison the soup though.]

we begin with an airing of grievances

they could try, i mean pockets are a thing...

but have you ever seen a zoldyck in jeans

have they considered pouches or maybe backpacks

killua did but his sucked

killua doesnt even count he's barely a zoldyck

you take that back

no, its true

no take it back!!

i so refuse