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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, 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.

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[Nearby:

A man, crouched behind a row of bushes, snapping away with a camera whose lens is poking ever-so-slightly past the leaves.

A man who, as soon as Mulder runs into view, springs up from his hiding place. The camera's still clutched in his hands, his eyes have gone wide, and there's a broken twig lodged in the fold of his lapels.

It's Byers.

Who else would it be?]

Mulder! [His voice is a harsh whisper at first, which he knows isn't nearly loud enough — but it's either that or shouting, and he doesn't want to draw attention to himself.

But then he notices someone staring at him.

And then he's like, Well. So much for that.

Louder, this time:] Mulder!

[At last, someone he's pleased to see. First the Cancer Man, then Krycek-- he was beginning to think the entire point of his being kidnapped was so that he could just run into one asshole after another.

But he hears that voice, loud and clear, and he turns with a grin-- because if he can't have Scully, he's more than happy to have one of the Lone Gunmen.]

Byers!

[Maybe he ought to sneak over, but whatever, at this point people are definitely glancing over.]

[Yeah.

At this point, the whole situation is a little embarrassing.

Mulder chasing a guy in a mask, Byers looking like a pervert with that camera of his. He offers an apologetic, sheepish look to the person staring, then carefully steps through the bush — because why go around it, right? — so he can make his way over to his favorite FBI agent.]

That person in the mask — this is the third time I've seen them this week alone. [He gestures at his camera.] They stopped a mugging a few days ago, which I was lucky enough to witness. And —

[Wait, pause, back up.]

...when did you get here?

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