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etcelsior2016-03-26 04:35 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2016-03-26 04:35 pm
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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.
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Absolutely must be a pirate.
But who cares about that?! ] ...they are? How?
[ Just gonna shove in close, share some shoulder space, yeah. He'll even go so far as he splay gloved hands on the glass and smush his face up close, because it's kind of hard to see with goggles on sometimes. ] Why? What for? Is there a war?
Who's winning?
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[He laughs, though, like that's a hilarious joke or something. But it is sort of funny. None of what he's seeing appears real - there's not enough ... something... to the action. Reaction? Too much drama?]
[Like something the Senchou would put on.]
Don't worry so much! It's fake. See? The dead ones are still crawling around.
[Shark will give the poor concerned guy a thump on the shoulder, grinning -- with slightly pointed fangs.]
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[ Lame. ...though he supposes witnessing a miniature war from high above like some kind of god isn't something he necessarily wants to do. Instead, it's more like watching a play, or something like that, right? Ugh, but he can't see at all, not with this glare. So in the middle of losing his breath from getting a clap on the back, he'll pull off his mask so he can grin back. ]
Hah! Who said I was worried?
[ He notices the gleam of teeth, and going with the eye...this pirate's not from here, like he's not from here. Somehow, that improves his mood some, from cautious curious to something resembling friendly. ]
But it's a shame. If it were real, and a bit bigger, I could join in and turn the tide some.
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[Why yes, he is pointing to the screen at intervals. And waggling his finger in disappointment. Geez, you'd think they'd have the decency to show real pirate battles here. Some people have a vested interest.]
[Shark shrugs, but the grin doesn't fade.]
Hah! Is that so? How much bigger?
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Your size, and a head or three more.
[ Not to boast, buuuuuttt.... ]
And as big as this building.
[ He makes a careless hand gesture toward the shop itself, a respectable three-story with the store on the bottom and likely apartments on top. ]