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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] etcelsior2016-03-26 04:35 pm

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS


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. The city of Heropa is what one might expect from a small, bright and cheery place, where 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 we already know 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 taking care of their regular business, 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; 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.
heart_wrenching: (23)

[personal profile] heart_wrenching 2016-03-30 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ She has a lot of questions. Like, a lot of questions. But she's not really sure how much she's going to like the answers. Better to wait. ]

And . . . right up here. Will you need help with the stairs?
heart_wrenching: (63)

[personal profile] heart_wrenching 2016-03-30 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ YES. PLEASE AVOID ALL BULLETS IN YOUR PERSON FROM THIS POINT FORWARD IT IS A PLAN THAT COMES FULLY ENDORSED BY EVERYONE WHO LOVES YOU. ]


I w-wanted- . . . I wanted to m-make you an apple pie. I thought you'd- you'd like-


[ but no mostly she's just upset about how upset she is and they are probably making a scene and ]


Please come to dinner.
wifeonmars: (The actors are going to play war with me)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's a relief. Pretty sure I wouldn't be able to fight myself.

[And it always ends poorly in the comics.]
resipiscent: (:3)

[personal profile] resipiscent 2016-03-30 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Well, maybe that too. It's... certainly interesting.

[The fact that there is a death cure at all is indeed pretty amazing.]
jyuced: (091)

[personal profile] jyuced 2016-03-30 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? What?!

[ Karamatsu can be so perplexing... Jyushimatsu just can't make sense of him sometimes, but it's probably only fair that feeling be mutual -- at least Karamatsu has the courtesy to make sense 20-60% of the time. ]

Don't be silly, niisan, of course not! [ More hand-flapping. ] There's nothing to worry about, right? Of course not, of course not! So wait, have you been here this whole time?
khajidont: (Beetle - Sideeyes)

[personal profile] khajidont 2016-03-30 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Um.

[Okay, there's his own, and Batman's, and then there's Wally's, and Power Girl's, and maybe Crane's? And the one where everyone's evil? He rolls his eyes up to the ceiling as he tries valiantly to figure it out and says,] Well, here, there's been about four or five. But I'm pretty sure that the amount of alternate universes are endless, right?

[Or there's 52, but hey, he doesn't know that part!]
wifeonmars: (Save aliens from going to Hell.)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe if I just...

[M'gann shifts, suddenly, skin changing to a pale peach and clothes morphing into a skirt and cardigan combo.]

That's better.
wifeonmars: (I think they're magnetic.)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Well... We're a covert team that does missions the Justice League can't do publicly. It started out with just me, Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash, Aqualad and Artemis. Now the team's a lot bigger.

[She pauses. Despite the team having more members, some absences are still keenly felt.]

Oh, and a version of you is on it? I think he might be a bit younger, actually.
wifeonmars: (Why wouldn't they take George Clooney?)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure we can handle it. Batman or no Batman.
deaddy: (018)

[personal profile] deaddy 2016-03-30 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
[TIMES WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE CHILL CALM DISPOSITION: RIGHT NOW. RIGHT THE FUCK NOW.

He just tightens his hold for a moment before relaxing a bit, having to take a shaky breath to keep from choking on his own words.]


No way I could say no to an invite like that.

Especially when there's a chance for pie.
khajidont: (Beetle - that was your killer monkey out)

[personal profile] khajidont 2016-03-30 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. You know, I've heard of a few teams like ours, but only one that does that kind of thing for the Justice League.

[The Justice League in M'gann's world seems kind of low, honestly. Who would send a bunch of kids to do their dirty work?]

You got friends here -- Robin and KF. Where I'm from, we're on a team called the Teen Titans. We're a little more public than you guys.
wifeonmars: (Did you guys ever WATCH the show?)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
Teen Titans... that's pretty catchy! One thing about being kind of secret is we don't have a cool name.

[M'gann doesn't ever think about the Justice League using the team for covert missions; as far as she's concerned, they're just an offshoot of the League.]

...Wait, did you say Kid Flash is here?
khajidont: (Beetle - worried)

[personal profile] khajidont 2016-03-30 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's what I said.

[What does Jaime know?

Well, he knows that Wally quits. Then he goes back on the job and dies almost immediately afterwards. Where is M'gann from? That's not his duty to find out, though -- he'd feel bad knowing that before the rest of the team, the people who are actually on her team.]


Why?

[Which is to say, how is KF being here any more noteworthy than a Robin?]
wifeonmars: (The sun is a polygamist)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
It's uh-- Do you know which Kid Flash?

[She doesn't want to hope but... maybe it's possible here. If Nightwing is Robin again then maybe...]
khajidont: (Beetle - Making excuses)

[personal profile] khajidont 2016-03-30 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, actually, I do. He's the original KF -- and the original Robin's here too. You're older than them, right? You know... you know another KF?

[Aw, crap, she's from Bart's time, isn't she? That's just what Kid needs, another person to look at him like a dead man.]
Edited 2016-03-30 08:00 (UTC)
wifeonmars: (Mars is basically already hell.)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
[M'gann has to put a hand over her mouth for a moment.] Wally...

[She recovers and gives Blue Beetle a shaky smile.]

Y-yeah. He's still pretty new to being Kid Flash, though.
Edited 2016-03-30 08:02 (UTC)
khajidont: (but...)

[personal profile] khajidont 2016-03-30 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh.

[Jaime rubs at his face with both hands. He'd been so happy to see M'gann at first, but now... god, this is going to be a lot harder for her than it is for him, but he can't help but think of Wally's welfare instead of M'gann's, right off the bat, anyway.]

I'm sorry, M'gann, this got real serious, real fast. But, um... I think we should talk somewhere that's not in the middle of an alley. You wanna go sit somewhere, or...?
wifeonmars: (We're doing episode 81?)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. Do you know somewhere or...?

[She floats in the air expectantly. M'gann kind of wishes she had her bioship right now.]
dejerate: (I'm always ready for a fight)

[personal profile] dejerate 2016-03-30 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sixteen. Apparently I still have a year or whatever left. But I dunno. If I can just flag it, I want to.

[Honestly, he'd prefer the chance to just. Explore and figure things out more rather than being stuck in class, almost any work would be an improvement over that. Someone so hot-headed, restless and active as Yuu really doesn't do that well sitting for long periods.]
khajidont: (Beetle - puppydog eyes)

[personal profile] khajidont 2016-03-30 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
...this would be way easier if we had a base somewhere, or something. This isn't a rooftop kind of conversation, I don't think. Nobody should be home at my place, though.

You know who I am, right? Underneath the mask, I mean?

[No use in giving away his secret ID on a hunch, after all.]
dejerate: (Deep inside)

[personal profile] dejerate 2016-03-30 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Probably not. If they did, they'd either have waited for a better time when we weren't in the middle of things or....you know. Not have brought us here at all.

[Short, angry protag bitching over hot beverages is clearly the best bonding. Obviously. Because Yuu takes another sip of his own complimentary drink as he scowls. But unfortunately, this isn't so easy as beating a way home out of....this Porter thing or whatever, from what he can gather.]
wifeonmars: (I played Richard III.)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe we can work on that. It'd be nice to be in a tower or something instead of a cave for once.

[Or an abandoned warehouse, thanks, Nightwing.]

Oh you're-- [M'gann looks around quickly, before projecting telepathically.]

Jaime, right?
khajidont: (Beetle - tactical retreat (run away))

[personal profile] khajidont 2016-03-30 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh!

[He outright jumps when he hears her voice, eyes wide and mouth slightly ajar. He'd known M'gann back home, but she'd never said hi inside his head. He's used to there only being two voices in there, but he can't say that it's a bad thing -- just an unexpected thing.]

Um, yeah, that's me! Man, I've never had someone do that to me before; it feels kinda different from doing it over the comms. C'mon, let's head over to Heropa. We'll talk at my place.
wifeonmars: (You were never serious about the craft.)

[personal profile] wifeonmars 2016-03-30 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry! Sorry. We usually use a mindlink on our team so I thought... Sorry!

[M'gann reminds herself that even though he looks like the Blue Beetle she knows, he isn't. Briefly, she wonders if she's overstepped a little. Better to be cautious with her telepathy for awhile.]

Lead the way!

[She heads up into the sky, waiting for Jaime's cue.]
Edited (SORRY ABOUT ALL THE EDITS, ahhhhhh) 2016-03-30 08:57 (UTC)
heart_wrenching: (21)

[personal profile] heart_wrenching 2016-03-30 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Mm.


[ OK. Oooohkay. Okie doke. she's also. going to take a deep breath. and pull back at least enough to wipe her eyes a little. ]


I'll need to go back to the store if you want pie tonight.