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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.

Comments

[tadeadshi]

Whoa!

[He instinctively jumps back (he knows a plasma laser hum around Wasabi when he hears it, but once it's stable, he leans a little closer to look.]

Okay that? That is seriously cool.

[turnsignals]

Cool, yes. [ He dismisses it, and it retracts into his finger. ] Practical? Notsomuch.

[ But then there's the elephant in the... streetcorner. And Wasabi can't take it anymore. ] Dude, you... What do you last remember?

[tadeadshi]

You'll find something to use it for, you're good at that.

[Speaking of, Tadashi takes a step further onto the sidewalk closer to the buildings, idly fingering the edges of his file folder but still not looking.]

We were leaving the exhibition hall, Aunt Cass was gonna treat us. Remember?

[turnsignals]

[ Wasabi is quiet for a while. Right. Cosmically messy. ]

That was months ago.

[ Ugh he really doesn't want to have this conversation, and his face probably shows it. ]

[tadeadshi]

Uuuh.

[Okay, now he's worried. Maybe that porter had some side effects that weren't documented and Wasabi was unfortunate patient 0. He squints a little.]

I'm. Pretty sure that was a few hours ago. Like, right before I woke up here.

[turnsignals]

[ Wasabi shakes his head. ] No, apparently this place messes with time somehow. The exhibition was months ago.

There... there was a fire, just after.

[tadeadshi]

[There's a fleeting hint of concern behind Tadashi's eyes - Hiro - but it's gone after a minute of reassuring himself that Everyone would have made sure Hiro was safe. ]

Everyone left after the exhibition was over, so they were all okay. [More to himself than Wasabi.] Must've been one monster of a rebuild project.

[turnsignals]

It was.

[ Damnit, Tadashi, you're going to make him say it. ]

You... went back in. To save Callaghan.

[tadeadshi]

[If it were literally anyone else saying this to him, he would be just as clueless to the direction as ever. But he knows Wasabi, and just from the tone and the look on his face and. Well, the entire conversation beforehand, he can guess what he's about to try to say and Tadashi's eyes widen a bit.

Guess who needs a chair?

This guy.

He rubs at his face, looking everywhere but Wasabi, shifting on his feet and turning in place. He used to have a similar anxious energy as Hiro but mostly grew out of it, but sometimes it comes back and this is one of those times. Finally, he gestures to the any direction around them, still not looking at him.]

It's kinda crowded here, wanna-- I mean, we should probably find somewhere to sit.

[For a while.]

[turnsignals]

Yeah, yeah definitely.

[ Wasabi puts a guiding arm around Tadashi's shoulder and walks into the nearest shop, which turns out to be a diner. He finds them an empty booth, and when a waitress comes by, he orders, ] Waters, please.

[tadeadshi]

[He settles into the booth across from Wasabi and settles his files on the table, still not looking at him. The longer they prolong the conversation, the easier it is to deny what he was about to try to say.

There's no way that would've happened. Going in to save Callaghan? Sure, he would have. But he'd come back. He wouldn't leave Hiro alone like that. He tapes his foot impatiently under the table, staring irritably at the fake-marble pattern under the table's plexiglass-top. Once the water comes, he doesn't even acknowledge it at first, trying to run every scenario he can think of that could lead to this and he can't think of a one. Except the obvious one.

Finally:]

Have you seen anyone else?