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

[icy]

Nice to meet you, Caitlin. Nice surname! Are you a weather scientist or something?

[ Whatever the heck those are called. He really can't think who else might be interested in that side of him. Jack himself is definitely an off-pallor, for the more observant, the old bruises around his eyes mere echoes of drowning evidence and lips the color of someone better suited to a morgue. The constant chill peeling off every inch of the tall young man is akin to standing beside an open freezer.

Even so, his smile is perfectly white and engaging. ]

[bleakmidwinter]

[Her lips twist upwards into a wry smile. This isn't the first time she's been asked a question like that.] I'm a bio-geneticist, actually. My name's just a coincidence.

[icy]

Frost and Snow? Sounds like a fateful meeting to me. [ Laughing lightly, he lets his attention drift around them over the crowd. ] So, what's your interest in my control over the weather?

[bleakmidwinter]

Curiosity, mostly. I also have a power that's related to... [How to put it? She considers for a moment.] temperature.

[icy]

I'm winter, it's not just the cold snaps I do. [ He means that very literally, although he still looks encouragingly to Caitlin for further elaboration. ] Your power makes things chilly, am I right?

[bleakmidwinter]

[She bites her bottom lip slightly.] My current understanding is that my core temperature drops to severely hypothermic levels, causing me to... absorb heat from what's around me.

[icy]

That sounds amazing! You don't have to ever worry about stealing any heat from me if you want to show off, I haven't got any. [ Antarctica being one of his favorite hang-outs, he'd be screwed if he did. ] And you can go back to being warm afterward?

[bleakmidwinter]

Yes, but...

[And now she's biting the inside of her cheek while she thinks.] It's not... comfortable. And I'm not sure it's safe. [For her, or anyone else.]