sure, jan

[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

mike ross | suits

[fraud]

uno.

[ does the really shitty suit count as a costume? APPARENTLY IT SURE DOES with people coming up to him, admiring his "interesting" take on an "old fashioned" design.

no, he swears this is just polyester.

so as he's batting off the admiring crowd, he's definitely making his way to that malt shop for a free drink. ]

No, no. It came in a pack, buy one get one free. No, the tie doesn't do anything special. No, that's not a symbol, it's just some mustard. ... Wait, when did I get mustard on this? Oh, fuck.

[ watch as this normal looking guy stands in the middle of the sidewalk, licking a thumb and trying to wipe that mustard stain off his tie. a really great start to his superhero career here. ]

dos.

[ mustard free! drinks drunk! tie loosened! it is time for one fraudulent lawyer to explore this place. he makes a point, in his head to go exploring. to check out every nook and cranny until he feels comfortable with his new floridian home. he steps out of that malt shop and starts going... left!

of course then he spots a car and that just doesn't make any sense. ]

That doesn't make any sense.

[ so he approaches one, parked as it is in the street. he crouches down to inspect the hovering. no, this really doesn't make any sense. ]

This really doesn't make any sense.

[ he's gonna touch it. he's gonna wave his hand under the car and hurt himself because that's exactly the type of guy mike ross is. help him out? or leave him to touch foreign alt universe technology like an asshole. ]

darling

[rathercommon]

[ Well, no question that that guy's an imPort. Clothes out of step with this place? Yeah. Lost, dazed look? Absolutely. Inability to accept hover technology? There it is. And so Kitty, sitting nicely on a bench next to where Mike is furiously waving his hands under that car, ankles crossed, book on her lap, dressed in a poodle skirt and wearing all the clothes proper for a demure young lady, grins at his back. ]

You'll set off the proximity alarm.

[ Her British accent? Does mark her as being not of this place. The fact that she's not gushing over this imPort, too, is a bit different from what Mike has doubtless seen from the other local girls. But otherwise, it's impossible to pick her out as coming from another world. ]

!!!!!!!!!! C:

[fraud]

[ that's kind of assuming mike's aware enough to notice a british accent being out of place. no, no, he's just sort of rolling with it and is going to pause with his hand just under where the tire should normally be and look back at her. ]

Uh.

[ jerking his hand back so hard that he falls onto his little terrible suited butt. ]

I completely knew that.

[ don't you doubt him so!! ]

[rathercommon]

[ Oh, no. This poor hapless idiot. Kitty fights hard to keep from laughing at him. It's really difficult; she has to reach up and rub hard at her nose like she's got allergies just to hide her grin. But she gets that under control. ]

Oh, if you knew it, then sorry for assuming.

[ That's not said sarcastically; her tone is affable and cheerful. She sounds for all intents and purposes like she actually believes him. ]

You're not new, then?

[fraud]

[ got it in one, kitty. poor? yes. hapless? also. and definitely an idiot. he doesn't even notice her stifled smile, just sort of regaining his bearings for a little.

he's pushing himself off from the ground at her question, raising an eyebrow when he looks over at her. ]

Ah, is new really that synonymous with uninformed? Maybe I know a whole bunch about hover cars and nothing about this place! What then, huh?

[ mike, you've been here five seconds and you're already lying. ]

[rathercommon]

Well, then, I'd be wondering why you're trying to get your head up under one. Which could get ugly, by the way, if the hover function fails.

[ She crosses her wrists demurely over her book, but wrinkles her nose in the universal sign for gruesome. ]

[fraud]

[ oh lord. does that usually happen? does the hover function usually fail? he can't ask this without saying he knows nothing!

he... doesn't know anything. oh dear. ]

Okay, okay. Quick question, for all the points -- do hover functions usually fail in cars of... this model?

[ mike, you're embarrassing yourself. ]

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[janebond]

[ It's somewhat amusing to Nikita to watch a man in a well-tailored suit waving his hands about. He looks a little frazzled, and she'd have passed by, but Danielle is curious about the car as well. She hasn't yet gotten one of those to take it apart and see what's useful. ]

[ Dryly, ] People stand up when they want taxis.

[fraud]

[ hello there that is a voice he did not expect and is suddenly there! hello, voice! he makes some sort of squawking like noise before jerking back, bracing himself against the pavement and looking up.

he's silent for a moment, just staring at her before clearing his throat. ]

Generally, ah... taxis have wheels. So, I figure it evens out a little.

[janebond]

[ What a curious creature. The spy smiles. Danielle, on the outside, doesn't, instead just gives him a Look. ]

Never read science fiction?

[fraud]

[ he gives a scoff which is kind of funny for a guy sitting on the ground. ]

I've read science fiction.

[ immediately, his brain flashes words upon words -- the first few paragraphs of some of the greats. from frankenstein to brave new world, the stories blur together until he gives a shake of his head and pushes himself up off the ground. ]

Still kind of lost on the whole kidnapped superhero thing though. You believe these guys? I don't believe these guys. These guys are full of shit.

[janebond]

[ She gives a soft heh. ]

It's above my pay grade. If the man says he's bulletproof, he's bulletproof, you know?

[ A helpless shrug. He seems like a talker, she can keep him talking. ]

[fraud]

[ he definitely, definitely is a talker. with a wave of his hand, he dismisses her words. ]

Nah, that's too easy. I mean, superpowers? Alternative universes? Florida? Come on, this is total bullshit. I give more belief to like... some mass drug hallucination in which we are all currently dead than this.

[ a pause as he thinks it over ]

Though, yeah, that would suck. Holy shit, I hope I'm not dead.

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[inmyothertights]

[Billy is watching this, this guy is ridiculous, and clearly an import. Also, that suit is terrible. Is it polyester? Buy one get one free? Billy is no lawyer, hell, he hasn't even gone to college, but he's a life-long Manhattanite and-

This is sad.

This is really sad.]

Club soda.

why teens

[fraud]

[ you need to find your chill, billy kaplan. this suit is perfectly fine and affordable. ]

Wha--

[ looking up from the mustard stain to frysquint.gif at the kid ]

What do you mean "club soda"?

[ mike, it's so obvious, ya dummy ]

For prime emotional impact.

[inmyothertights]

[He points to the mustard stain.]

For your $100 suit.

[But Billy reaches his hand out and touches it, and there's a tiny fitz of blue light, and the stain is gone.]

true, true

[fraud]

[ oh.

OH.

there's a bit of a yelp and he jumps back, slapping a hand to his chest in a facsimile of a startled southern woman. ]

What did you just do to my suit?!

[ clean it, most like but it's not like mike is thinking of that. ]

[inmyothertights]

Cleaned it. Probably upped it's value by about $300, too.

[That is a tiny exaggeration, but.]

[fraud]

[ wait ]

I don't have to pay for that, do I? 'Cause I didn't ask for you to clean my suit.

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[yatagarasu]

Don't worry, I bet someone out here has some super suit-cleaning powers!

[Among Mike's admirers is this girl in a strange and flashy outfit, also going in for a malt. She's not here to ooh and ahh over him like they are, though, but is really just here for a malt.]

oh no

[fraud]

[ he's gonna look up from the stain towards kay and frown deeply. ]

That seems like a horrible and useless super power, who would do such a thing?

[ crime against humanity, man ]

OH YES

[yatagarasu]

[She shrugs cheerily.]

Don't look at me, with all the kinds of super powers around here, you could get anything!

:'| worst friendship

[fraud]

Well, I don't have anything so that doesn't help much.

[ a lie. he hasn't tested them out and still does not know what they are?? if there was a pamphlet, he missed it. ]

Worst but somehow best

[yatagarasu]

[You have nothing? BLASPHEMY! THAT IS NOT RIGHT.]

That can't be right, everyone tossed in here has some sort of power!

this is absolutely true

[fraud]

Well, I just don't know my power then, do I?

[ he says that like it's something to be proud of. ]