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[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.

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[hands4healing]

[Winry always checks out newcomers' day, to find out if Alphonse might've returned. Or if anyone else from home might've shown up. The malt shop is a place a lot of people seemed to wind up in, and usually, the crowds leave the newcomers alone once they made it inside.

Spying a somewhat unsual-looking man eating a hamburger and fries, Winry makes her way over to him, waving at the waitress to get her attention. Ordering a soda for herself, she sits next to the stranger on the stool at the counter, and offers a smile.]

It's kind of weird here.

[Yes, that's an understatement, but as an opening, it's at least polite? -ish?]

[loremasters]

[ Elrond understands that urge to look for the familiar. Somewhere in the back of his mind lurks the hope -- the tiniest sliver of hope -- that he might spy a face beloved of his own heart. It could be why he occasionally looks up from his food to peer out the front window.

Or maybe he's just checking to see if the milling crowd is still there. ]

If I follow the patters of this language correctly, weird is another word for ... unusual?

[ He hopes. Loremastery, don't fail him now. ]

[hands4healing]

Mm, 'unusual' works, too! [Winry smiles, more or less cheerfully.] I've been here about six months now. [Seven?] It's...strange, but, once you start meeting people, it feels better.

[And so saying, she turns to face him, though she doesn't offer a hand - whatever race he is, with the height and pointed ears and all, maybe they don't shake hands? Instead, she inclines her head politely.]

I'm Winry Rockbell!

[Still doesn't take away her enthusiasm.]

[loremasters]

[ Hand-shaking is something he will have to accustom himself to, no doubt, but his own people do not practice the custom as a matter of course. They may grip the forearm of another warrior out of a sense of camaraderie, or respect, but shaking hands? That's a little weird.

In lieu of a custom he isn't yet aware of, he places a hand over his heart and offers a short bow. ]

Lady Winry, I am Elrond.

[hands4healing]

[Lady? This isn't the first time she'd been called 'lady', though it's always a surprise.]

I'm glad to meet you, Elrond! Welcome to Heropa.