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

[vacares]

Only once or twice. [ and then, dropped in like an afterthought on the end of a drawn in breath, a How Rude Of Me I Ought To Explain Myself combined neatly with a But I Musn't Be Boastful This Is Probably Terribly Rude (but really just because she likes the looks on people's faces when they hear her say it, because depending on the face she gives them not everyone expects it and others aren't in the least surprised) - ] I'm an astrophysicist. Visited for conferences, mainly. Talks. That sort of thing. Never really seen much of the country save for the inside of conference centres and hotel rooms.

[ a small quirk at the corner of her mouth, slight and self-deprecating and perfectly crafted if she says so herself. there's no need for this, no need at all, but it passes the time and so, really, why not? ] A welcome's always welcome, though. This isn't exactly the America either of us are used to.

[envy_the_nayme]

[If she likes the looks she gets from people, then the one Max just gave her is undoubtedly a keeper. An astrophysicist is chatting with him? The last person he talked to who had that much class was his lawyer- and the one before that was a mob boss he shot.]

Astro-physics. Hell, maybe you can figure out the Porter for us. Find a way home.

[It's said as a joke, but there's a thin undercurrent of pleading, pathetic hope beneath it. Please, give him an easy way out, please, give him a path back to the old and comfortable rut. Pretty please. But on the surface, Max smirks.]

Think you're up to it?

[vacares]

Oh, definitely, [ she quips back, and a little of the mask falls away in favour of her sharp-toothed grin, careless and bright with glee.

could she? maybe, but more likely not. as deeply into black holes as she may have dived, her field hasn't extended into actual trans-universal travel and she's under no delusions that this place isn't swarming with skilled scientists of its own, people who may have more first-hand experience with that particular ball game and still haven't managed to solve the problem. will she take an interest in it? perhaps. it might hold some secrets worth researching, worth picking apart in the name of her own curiosity. but does she much care about fixing their little issue? that depends.

a beat, a pause for thought, and then: ] Have you been for your free drink yet?

[envy_the_nayme]

Well, at least one person around here might know what they're doing.

[Max's smirk grows a little in response to her cockiness. It's a little strained though. Confident people who seem like they enjoy life have a way of throwing Max's own hollowness into a sharp, uncomfortable contrast.]

Nah, I haven't gone yet. Not sure if I will. Not really much of a malt guy.

[Unless someone has invented a Scotch malt. He would be all over that, likely as a prelude to being under the table.]