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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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[doomsyou]

[Elrond's is a face he knows. At least partially. Elros' features had changed as he'd aged but his soul, in the brief moments it passed through the Halls of Mandos before moving beyond the Circles of the World, had taken on the appearance more alike his twin.

He can tell though that this isn't Elros. There are tells and his own knowledge of the world and its past and future. The Vala slips towards where Elrond is seated, dressed more alike people of this world than one might expect of Arda's Powers.]

The lord of Imladris look uncomfortable.

[loremasters]

[ Does it mean that, in the end, everything reverts to the way it was in the Beginning? The idea is almost comforting. It would comfort him to know that Elros' fea had a peaceful journey through Namo's domain. But that is not the kind of thing you ask one of the Powers.

Especially when one of them has taken the physical form of a human.

To be fair, Rivendell's lord is not aware of the being's identity; only that he is aware of who Elrond is, and that narrows identity down to a fellow resident of Arda. ]

This realm takes getting used to. [ Which is true. ] Too much metal at the expense of the natural world.

[doomsyou]

[A soul appears as it feels and Elros was much lightened and Námo's sure he never forgot how close he and Elrond were. That hardly matters at the moment though. What matters is that they're both there.]

It does. Such a shame, this world could be so very lovely. [It is in its own way but he will always prefer the natural. It was part of the reason he'd chosen to descend into Arda. All things must change though and doubtless Arda would one day seem very much alike this world, the natural beauty and carefully made structures of Elves and Men through the early Ages of the world forgotten.]

[loremasters]

[ The eternal mystery - where Mannish souls go after they depart the Halls. Like most other elves, Elrond would dearly love to know. If only to find his twin and tell him how proud he was. Is. Elros was taken from him too soon. ]

It is beautiful, in the places where steel and concrete are not prevalent. [ He's seen videos and pictures of places like the rain forests in South America. ] Even here, the mortals see fit to set aside uncultivated land. I only wish there were more.

[doomsyou]

[Admittedly, the Valar wouldn't mind knowing themselves. Sadly it seems it wouldn't remain one of Arda's greatest of mysteries. At least he can reassure anyone concerned, if it ever comes up, that their souls do pass through.]

As do I. My kin and I take great joy in the land and things that grow. [Nienna would never stop crying, he thinks, if she saw this place.] This place is too stifling, I wonder how it is they stand it.