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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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4. [Caitlin is not exactly used to using her powers in any situation, but she's not about to stand still and let somebody get hit by a car. It's too far to push them out of the way even if she starts running right now, so instead, she lets the ice creep into her veins. The change in her body is quick and startling to anyone watching her, her skin color blanching to a hue not usually seen outside a corpse as her core temperature drops below what's normally survivable.

She could put up a barrier to stop the car before it reaches the kids, but then she risks hurting the driver, too. Instead, Caitlin concentrates on creating a dome of ice above them with a slope to it that leads the car up and over them instead of into them. Once she's sure everyone's okay, she hides her face behind the collar of her coat as much as she can and starts walking away fast, before anyone can connect the dots and draw attention to her. She needs to find a heat source strong enough to bring her body temperature back up within normal range, and having a bunch of people crowd around her could be dangerous right now.]

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Edited 2015-01-31 01:08 (UTC)

[ Sara was too far to help them, but what she isn't too far to see is Caitlin's skin turning paler than she thought possible. And then the ice appears, just like magic.

Two plus two, equals Sara discreetly tailing the woman away from the crowd. She's curious to see where she's going so quickly. Don't superheroes usually stay long enough to take the credit? ]

[Some superheroes might. But Caitlin doesn't really consider herself much of a superhero, and she has a problem to attend to, anyway. She's easy enough to tail - although she's doing her best to duck and weave her way through without coming into personal contact with anyone, she's not trying to shake a tail.

Instead, she finds an empty alley to duck into before fumbling in her pockets for a set of matches. There's a metal trash can with - she glances inside - mostly combustible materials. Good. In a moment, she's lit one of the matches (a special creation - they burn hotter and faster than a normal match) and tossed it into the trash can.

A little while later, she has a blaze going strong enough for her to reach her hands out to it and leech the warmth from it directly. As the color returns to her skin, the fire - suddenly lacking the energy needed to keep it going - disappears.]

[ That's interesting. Sara had her own folder detailing her new powers, but it's enlightening to see some of the other imPorts demonstrating theirs. At first, she assumed that the woman had simple cryokinesis, but then she started a fire in the trash can.

Once the fire disappears is where she has difficulty placing the power.

Hmm... Sara will keep observing silently until Caitlin is ready to leave the alley, at which point she'll 'bump' into her. ]

[Lucky for Sara's curiosity, Caitlin is almost done. She has a quick glance at the trash can to make sure there isn't anything left of the fire before letting out a sigh of relief and tucking her matches back into her coat pocket. Even though she's back to normal body temperature, she still pulls the coat around herself a little tighter to chase away the lingering chill before heading back out onto the street.]

[ And there- ]

Oh- sorry. [ She'll reach out to support the other woman, before giving her a quizzical look. ]

You're the one who helped those kids, aren't you? I saw you leaving.

[Caitlin looks distinctly uncomfortable at the question. Not only are her powers something of a touchy spot, but she's not used to the acclaim the locals give imPorts here. If she's going to gain acclaim for anything, she'd rather it be for her scientific advances.] I was, but it was really nothing.

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