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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 someone else's thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

01. The city of Heropa is what one might expect from a small, bright and cheery place. Despite the recent coup, locals are friendly enough and local shop owners might offer a free drink to welcome you to their fair city. Some of the locals might thank you for always lending your service to the nation and others might not say anything. In fact, some people might back away from any imPort who quite obviously looks like they aren't from around the neighborhood. Once in a while there's a look of disdain on someone's face and hushed voices. An upset voice wonders aloud: "More of them, when they just showed they can't protect us? That's just painting a bigger target on the city's back!" However, they're quickly hushed with a judgmental: "They helped save the cities, and it's the Soviets you should be angry with anyway! The imPorts are here to protect us!"

02. De Chima, Virginia, is a large city with a healthy economy, and though it's quieter, there are just as many citizens awed at your presence. Many people are out and about repairing damage from recent incidents, but that doesn't distract them from crowding you in excitement if you're obviously from a different time or world, or just let it slip that you're a newcomer. Children and young teenagers are especially likely to ask for an autograph and a photo.

Some locals seem less enthused to see you. They never make an approach, but they can be overheard scoffing and muttering something about spies. "How can we trust any of them now?"

03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania, is not as friendly and its citizens tend to go out of their way to avoid walking down the same sidewalk as the more obvious looking imPorts pass through. Local cops say nothing, but they scowl at those imPorts and mutter under their breaths resentfully about "vigilantes". However, not all locals turn the other way seeing imPorts; some of them will offer a polite enough smile and thank them for their help in overthrowing the trespassers. They don't stop to clarify what they mean, though.

04. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities, although it saw the most damage in the battles for control of the porter cities. Despite this, 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. Advertisements are abound for imPorts to make appearances at various, televised celebrations, luring them in with promises of free food, merchandise, and payment.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

We're from the same place.

[This is both true and not. Morpheus is from nothingness, or rather, from the dreams of mortal creatures, and he is the dream of mortal creatures. But the Dreaming is home to the both of them. In a way.

He folds his arms up, and he actually smiles, a little. It's an odd thing, a smile from Morpheus.]

I'm glad to see you well. As well as you can be.

[ Matthew is pretty sure he'd remember if he ever met this guy in Henrietta, but doesn't say that out loud. Maybe he means something else. Of course Matthew has no idea what their true connection is--that's still Ronan's secret, one of the last and he's keeping it locked up tight. ]

What do you mean?

[ This is directed at Morpheus's last comment, which, in conjunction with the smile, does cause Matthew to start looking a little confused. ]

We don't know each other, right?

I know you. We met a long time ago. I know your mother.

[His mother is the same kind of thing. She's just more aware, she's more cognizant of what she is, exactly.]

But you don't remember.

[He says that as a fact.]

Oh. [ The cloud of confusion immediately clears, because it's an explanation that fits easily into his perception. Matthew must have been very young, back then, and his mother has always been beloved by other people. ]

You're right, sorry. I don't remember. [ He admits with with a shy, embarrassed sort of smile, sweeping back his curls with one hand. ] What's your name?

[ Maybe Aurora has mentioned him over the years. ]

Morpheus.

[He looks down at him.]

And you're Matthew Lynch.

[There's a pause.]

[ He doesn't remember the name Morpheus, but he nods. Matthew Lynch, that's him, alright. ]

Did you know Dad, too?

I guess--

Maybe you heard what happened.

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