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etcelsior2015-02-28 03:23 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2015-02-28 03:23 pm
owning your okayness
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 someone else's thread, either!
And remember to have fun!01. Your memory is still a haze and you might feel frustrated or anxious, or maybe the sight of an underground lab you've just been led from by an escorting soldier with dried blood splatters on the floor stirs something else in you. The soldier apologizes for everything you have to see; a recent attack has left the underground lab in Cape Canaveral in near shambles. Military personnel move past you, focused on the sorely needed reparations and clean-up. You're ushered out quickly and then suddenly, you're enveloped in a faint blue blue light before you find yourself under the bright Floridian sun. Another soldier steps toward you with a smile, directing your attention to a car near a large gate. She mentions she'll be debriefing you soon, handing out a brown folder. You don't see the digital tattoo on your wrist, but it's quickly explained on your way over to the car as you realize there are other confused faces nearby, all holding files of their own.
02. The city of Heropa is worse off than the base in Cape Canaveral. The streets looks as if either a hurricane passed through the city or a small recently made it their personal wrecking grounds. Asking anyone will reveal it's the latter... sort of. None of it was intended. The locals are nice, busy with cleaning up the streets and fixing their shop windows and doors. They normally would love to take pictures with you, Hero, though they are preoccupied with work. Every now and then, however, anyone who is so obviously an imPort will find a local backing away from them nervously, pulling their child back with them before closing a door.
03. De Chima, Virginia, hasn't had the same rotten luck as Heropa. Downtown has closed off some streets for repairs, with parts of the street torn out or shop windows shattered, however people in this big city carry on with their daily lives. Anyone who is quite clearly an imPort may find themselves the center of attention, particularly with young children who rush over to you on their hoverboards. Some of the adults passing through smile and wave at you. Thank you, they say, thank you for stopping that domestic terrorist group. The country owes you. They feel even safer with an elected imPort Ambassador watching over the city.
04. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania, has, as always, avoided any major or minor damages. Ask about the Hornets or the recent fights between imPorts and the locals will shrug. Don't get them wrong; they're glad those damn Hornets have been dealt with, but they don't want to discuss politics. Try asking the local imPort Ambassador. What's his name? Ryan? Revan? They don't offer any more information. Naturally for a big city, the people are somewhat aloof in nature. You might even notice the police are just the same, turning their heads the other way when two shady figures exchange fat wads of cash at the street corner. Did the police just drive away in their hovervehicle without bothering to observe what those two were up to? They sure did.
05. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities. It's loud, busy and there's some kind of energy in the air that gets everyone buzzing with excitement. Anyone who they come to determine an imPort is bombarded with all sorts of offers; job offers, advertising gigs, spokesperson for advocating children stay in school, etc. Anything and everything! You name it. Shops offer discounts for food and clothing, whatever they need. People flock in droves with questions, but they all say the same thing. Thank you for your service to this country, Hero. You saved a lot of lives. Wow, feels great to be a hero, doesn't it?
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The kids part way for her and, for the most part, do begin to linger back uncertainly, all save the cheekier one who'd been asking questions in the first place. ]
You don't know our mothers!
[ Too many people in the city, so he felt justified in the claim.
Hawke, on the other hand, was all too helpful to point out (while literally pointing at Pariya, too): ]
Oh, but that's her power. To find mothers and tell them where you keep all those things you don't want found at. [ She had no idea, no idea aside that her little hero here looked about as foreign as she did right now and that might put her in the 'allies' bracket. It helps that she really doubts anyone will try and call her out on such a lie. ] Don't tell me you expected everyone to get magic and start fighting monsters right off the bat or something.
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It's true. Don't underestimate the powers of an imPort.
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Hawke watches them go, falling silent up until the last of them are finally hoverboarding their way down the street and easily out of earshot. Kids, honestly... ]
That, ah, isn't actually what you do, right?
[ Even she has to ask, for that deadpan had been mighty indeed. ]
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No way. I bake magical bread.
[That's... the best way she's found of describing it...]
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Neither did I, until I came here. I don't know how to explain it, sorry. It's like... you eat it and you feel better afterwards. If you have any cuts or bruises, they disappear.
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[ No further explanation needed. She's never heard of healing bread before, but there's healing magic and healing potions, so why not baked goods? ]
I can't heal at all, so hey, you're one up on me when it comes to magic in that category.
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I mean. Healing and magic and so forth?
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[ That is to say, yes.
Magic: no big deal. Unless you don't like magic and mages, then it kind of is, but here, with someone admitting to magical baking? Clearly this place doesn't care about apostates roaming around. ]
Just don't let the children know, not unless you're up to saving me from them a second time.
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What's a mage, though?
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Someone who can use magic. Is there nothing like that where you're from? No magic at all?
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We have Shamans, I guess. They're a kind of ... bridge? I guess? Between the human world and the spiritual one. They can call blessings down on crops and livestock, chase out evil spirits, divine the future, communicate with lost souls or the ancestors in the spirit world, that sort of stuff. Some of them can heal, but it's nothing like the healing magic I've seen here.
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I feel like things would go a bit differently if they did...
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