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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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[totalpacifist]

[X is starting to get used to interacting with humans again; it's been so many years that he's forgotten how similar they are to reploids. So when a woman who is probably just talking to herself -or maybe that harried waitress- asks a question that's been bothering him all afternoon, he can't help but pipe up.]

If you can figure out how to get that thing to work, could you let me know? I can't find any kind of familiar interface on it.

[janebond]

[ Familiar interface. Hurm. She gives him a wry smile. ]

Your guess is as good as mine. I found Queen but [ a helpless shrug, she gestures vaguely and keeps pressing. ] look at this thing.

[totalpacifist]

Yeah, I heard once that these things used to take money, [and X clanks right over to lean over the jukebox, practically feeling it up and messing with the display,] but where? [He gestures with both hands. WHERE THE MONEY GO?] There's no transfer option in the menu, I don't even think this thing is synced up to any networks. I can't communicate with it, anyway.

[janebond]

They're still supposed to. [ she says, with all the very real frustration of having to deal with this Fresh Hell. Digital jukeboxes had computer chips, likely, her pet nerd would want intel on this. Stepping back, she eyes the armour with Danielle's curiosity and Nikita's eye for detail. Weak points, connecting implements and ah that's interesting that he can't seem to communicate with the machine. ] Really? There's nothing familiar about it for you?

[totalpacifist]

Well, I mean. [He pokes a finger at the digital display.] At least it's not ancient. With those black discs? I don't even have records of what they were called. [he's so close]

But no, not familiar. We don't have these where I'm from. But- [And don't burst his bubble, he seems so proud as he points to the coin slot,] I think we're supposed to put twenty-five of something in there. Units? What's the currency here?

[janebond]

Dollars, I think.

[ Lies, of course, but outsiders tend to talk to other outsiders. ]

Where're you from?

[totalpacifist]

So this takes twenty-five dollars... [Huh. He should see if anyone has a spare twenty-five dollars lying around.

wait he was asked a question] Oh; Earth. Not this one, obviously. An Earth. Yourself?