etcelsior | sure, jan

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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No, it's fine. I can show you. Not sure if he'd be home yet but I do reckon he's probably at work. Which that I can take you to. Show you where it is at least. If I get him or Winry one of them can probably let us in or something.

[He agrees. He's mostly been mingling a bit but has yet to spot any familiar faces so figures he has the time to help out. Gesturing for Tadashi to follow he starts walking slowly, a faint clanking of metal as he had waved his arm a bit. The right one.]

I know this place is pretty....crazy initially. But you get used to it.

Thank you. [Can you practically smell the relief in his voice? He follows easily enough. He's mostly focused on finding his brother so he almost misses the comment. It's the clanking that gets his attention. Too big to be any kind of jewelry. Prosthetic maybe? Not his business.]

Oh, it's-- Crazy or not, it's interesting. Sounds like a lot of new folks get ported in routinely too.

Least I can do. Hiro's a friend. And I reckon he'd definitely want to know if you were here. Rather I take you than you getting lost trying to find it yourself. [If Ed notes the familiar confusion at the clanking he doesn't mention anything. Definitely Hiro's brother though, that kid was the same way when he found out about Ed's arm.]

Interesting is one word for it. Lot of stuff around here wasn't even dreamed of yet back home for me. But you're right. I think it's about every month or so we get new arrivals ported in.

The tech is new to me, but the aesthetic is... More than a little dated.

[He remembers only seeing photos of things from this era. Actually standing in the middle of it with a lot of tech he and his classmates would die to see is something he can't quite put into words just yet.]

Is there a reason? Or was the spiel they gave me when I woke up all we know?

Outdated for some. I'm from 1915, so....lot of this--most of it is new. I mean, we had cars. Just not....flying. Or quite this advanced in general.

[Yup. Time shenanigans. Ed's sick of it. But used to it at least, as he leads the way to a Porter to get them to Stark.]

Ah, in a nutshell. They give us the bare basics when we initially arrive. There's a newbie guide thing I can hook you up with that probably has more details. It's all a long story but that way you can read up on it in your own time for details.

[Still walking, give him a minute with the phones before he sends Tadashi the

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Outdated for some. I'm from 1915, so....lot of this--most of it is new. I mean, we had cars. Just not....flying. Or quite this advanced in general.

<small>[Yup. Time shenanigans. Ed's sick of it. But used to it at least, as he leads the way to a Porter to get them to Stark.]</small>

Ah, in a nutshell. They give us the bare basics when we initially arrive. There's a newbie guide thing I can hook you up with that probably has more details. It's all a long story but that way you can read up on it in your own time for details.

<small>[Still walking, give him a minute with the phones before he sends Tadashi the <a href="http://selfequipped.dreamwidth.org/5244.html"newbie faq</a>.]</small>

Any specific questions though?

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