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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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2.

[czes]

[It's not a particular secret that Czeslaw is new - he's sitting stubbornly poking at his tattoo, looking mystified.

Czes looks like he could be an ordinary 10-year-old in Heropa, aside from the tattoo- button-down shirt, loafers, neatly combed hair. If anything, he's sort of a non-presence, boring and neat.]

Oh, um...! [He glances at his watch.] It's one o'clock, ma'am!

[vacares]

[ there's something particular about it, peculiar. children are awfully good at attracting attention whether or not they mean to. see one alone and people are almost programmed to at least cast a glance, all puzzlement and concern and where's his mother, if not to go over and make a nuisance of themselves which many will also do. so combine that with the boy's attire, with the fact that the whole place is alight with natives eager to take stock of the newcomers, and it strikes Alice that this might be fun.

or nothing. it could very easily also be nothing, but it's worth finding out. ]

Thanks. [ and this would be Alice settling herself down next to him, not really interested in the time anymore, legs crossed, smile light. ] Did you come here alone?

[czes]

[Czeslaw cringes a little when the woman comes nearer, have to fight his panic that still lingers about strange redheads.

It's not her fault. She's concerned for him. Annoying, but expected. Time to play the part. It's been some time for him, but it's the safest thing to do.]

Ennis will come! [Czeslaw all but shouts, then lowers his head.] She wouldn't just leave me alone out here...

[vacares]

[ oh good, the child's distressed. her gaze turns from him out into the crowd, scanning idly the people as they pass. there are a few concerned glances, but the smile and shrug she gives them is enough to turn them away, content that everything's under control.

there's no reason for her to pander to him. she's never seen the point in molly coddling children the way most people seem to do. so, instead, eyes still caught on passers-by: ]

Maybe. Maybe not. But for as long as it takes her to turn up - or not - you're on your own. So— [ so the question, and she casts her eyes back at him to ask it, not kindly or cautiously or with any of the usual trappings of the concerned, but with blunt curiosity - ] What'll you do?