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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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And doesn't Matt have stories to tell about that. Practically everybody he's met so far knows exactly who he is, and has a history with a Matt Murdock he doesn't remember being. He's tried to be as kind about it as he can, reconnect where he can and try to feel out what the situation was...and then there's the Harvey Dent's, who see this as a second chance and a shot for redemption, and break into his house through the window.

Secretly, he hopes Luke isn't going to be one of those people, because truth be told, he's getting a little tired of it. Not that it'd diminish how great it is to have him around, period. It's just that he'd like to have regular conversations again, about who to hit and look isn't that Stilt-Man again and the moves of mafia bosses and what to do about that demonic invasion. Normal superhero stuff like that.

"None other. As though you know any other blind lawyers anyway."

No doubt about it- really glad to see Luke Cage. So much better than running into the Punisher, who has already gone about making himself a pain in people's asses already. You can have conversations with Luke Cage. He has a sense of humor, and his head's on pretty straight. He's a good guy to have at your side, and have watching your back. And if it does turn out he owes Luke some explanations, or apologies, from before...well, he's well prepared for that possibility by now.

Turns out Matt may have struck gold in this situation since any apologizing for actions he'd done had already been covered in this Luke's world. Admittedly, it'd been a dark time when they'd found themselves on opposite sides in Hell's Kitchen, but that wasn't the real Matt at work and Luke knows a thing or two about demonic possession. Spoiler alerts: it's not fun.

His sense of relief is obvious even for those without superhuman levels of perception. It's a familiar and friendly face. It's also someone he knows that he can depend on to cover his ass if things go south here...which he's pretty sure will happen at some point.

"Man, you've no idea how happy I am to see you right about now."

It feels like the most natural thing in the world to do that friendly pat on the shoulder thing, right now. His happiness is as obvious to Matt as the cars rushing by them or the time of day. And the feeling is mutual. This is good. The more of them there are, the better, even though it's terrible to think of being glad to see your friends in a situation like this. But he and Spider-Man had talked about that. Better to have each other. Better their families and friends, the people who could only get hurt, not be there. He'd been glad to find Spidey too, no matter what, and their chances for getting something accomplished look better and better the more of their allies show up.

"About as thrilled as I was to hear you. I know it's a terrible thing to say, but- I'm glad you're here, Luke. I've been hoping to run across you or one of the others ever since I came. It's just been me and Spidey...and Frank Castle."

There'll be time to talk about that later, though. Those are some details, less important than the groundwork, and the fact that Tony Stark's out there gunning for round two of his registration policies.

"I was serious about the shakes, by the way. You've probably got a lot of questions, and I've got a lot to tell you. You might want to be sitting down for some of it."

Oh hell. Just hearing the name Frank Castle brings back all manner of memories, none of them fun. Luke had even been forced to work with Castle during that odd middle period in his life when he'd left behind Heroes for Hire, but still hadn't quite...found himself.

"You're not kidding. The guys in charge here aren't really helpful, but when has the government been all that good about sharing information? Where the hell are we?"

He'll go ahead and get that first question out while they make their way to the malt shop. It's the most important one and, hopefully, the one that will provide him with a means of getting back home to his girls.

Matt would like to think he can keep Frank under control. If he can get him projects and push him in the right direction and babysit him for all he's worth, they might make it out of this with no body count and no need to hand Frank over to the authorities. Not that he anticipates that, but it sure as hell would be nice if it would work out that way.

But that's all for slightly later. It'd be inconsiderate to start dropping plans on Luke right away.

"I'm not the person to ask if you want to know where in relation to where we should be. The one person I could direct you to is, uh, somewhat difficult to deal with...and four. It's definitely Florida, and Cape Canaveral. All the important geographical evidence of that appears to check out. It's just not our Florida."

Which does none of them any good, if Valeria Richards is to be believed, and Matt has no doubt that she is.

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