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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] etcelsior2014-03-22 05:41 pm

QUIT RUNNING IN THE HOUSE


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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[personal profile] infernally 2014-03-24 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's not above bursting a ball if it whacks him across the head, being the 70 year old moody teenager that he is, but hover boards are probably expensive and he guesses getting Marty Mcfly'ed in the shin is not the worst thing that can happen to a virtually invulnerable demon prince that's been shot, stabbed, trampled, beaten and chewed in the past, and lived to tell the tale.

He eventually hands it over. ]


New around here too, huh?
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[personal profile] suburbed 2014-03-24 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ She holds the board a little protectively once he hands it over, since she wouldn't want to explain to the kids she borrowed it from why it was broken.]

Something like that.

[She's not sure how to play this, how to protect her secret identity, but she knows that getting caught in a lie would raise too much suspicion, so she'll stick to the truth as much as she can.]
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[personal profile] infernally 2014-03-24 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's cool. H.B. is trying to keep his out-of-towner status on the down low too. They'll never suspect a thing... ]

I won't tell. [ He assumes she's just trying to dodge the welcome wagon. Secret identities don't figure much where he comes from, not since the Lobster was killed and the Torch retired. ] Seen some weird crap in my time but I was pretty sure hoverboards'd never be a thing.
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[personal profile] suburbed 2014-03-24 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What, you didn't think someone who'd watched Back to the Future too many times would eventually get tired of waiting for the rest of the world to make one?

[She's taking a guess that this guy is from Earth despite the appearance.]
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[personal profile] infernally 2014-03-24 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Earth would be a safe bet given his overtly Judeo-Christian trappings. American accent, too. ]

You're telling me nerd sees movie, decides to invent thing in movie, and that thing ain't lightsabers? C'mon! [ Be real here, Steph. Even dweebs have priorities. ]
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[personal profile] suburbed 2014-03-24 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure the government would come down on you pretty hard if you invented a lightsaber.

[so there!!]
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[personal profile] infernally 2014-03-25 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The government'll come down on you for all sorts of reasons. [ Hello, demon guy calling. It's for you! ] Might as well go out big.