OH MY GOD YOU GUYS

[maskormods]

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.

Comments

[burningbothends]

That seems unlikely, to say the least...

[dendarii]

The truth entire, I swear it to you. Everyone who's left and come back reports returning at the exact moment they left.

[burningbothends]

Now that seems far to good to be true. How common is this phenomenon?

[dendarii]

Depressingly so. I have friends from home who are here, and the thought of them returning terrifies me.

[burningbothends]

Returning just as randomly as they arrived?

[dendarii]

Just so. There appears to be no rhyme or reason whatsoever.

[burningbothends]

Tch. What absurd, cruel nonsense.

[dendarii]

Ah, well ... One appreciates what one has, mostly. And you deal with it from there. My parents were very surprised to find me an adult when they arrived.

[burningbothends]

[Sp. Sputters a little?!]

Your parents...

[dendarii]

[ Miles can't hide the grin in his voice at that. ]

Yes, my parents. Both of them. Don't worry, it's highly unusual here.

[burningbothends]

Somehow, that's still not much of a comfort.

[dendarii]

Would it be that terrible, truly?

[burningbothends]

For America, anyway.

[He's thinking of Madame Christmas, of course. What a terrifying prospect.]

[dendarii]

[ Miles laughs. ]

She can't possibly be worse than the literal devil.

[burningbothends]

That depends on what you mean by 'worse'. Are there many devils here?

[dendarii]

Only the one that I'm aware of, but he's quite enough of a handful as is. We have something of a feud going on.

[burningbothends]

Oh...?

[dendarii]

A long and sordid story, I'm afraid.

[ He gestures at the scar on his face - and realizes Roy can't see it. ]

Has anyone mentioned the Russians to you yet? And their tendency to interrupt things around here?

[burningbothends]

It was mentioned that there was an occupation recently, yes.

[dendarii]

It started off with a mass kidnapping - a teleportation, in fact, with many of us waking up on a submarine near the south pole.

[burningbothends]

A ship that operates underwater, correct...?

[He only vaguely remembered reading something about that. There wasn't much discussion of seafaring in a land-locked country.]

Go ahead.

[dendarii]

That's correct.

[ Huh, that's an odd one. He wonders if this man will be bewildered to hear about spaceships too. ]

Anyway, we were trapped there for nearly two weeks. Lucifer included - and he was quite displeased with his treatment. Took it out by attempting to murder all the Russians on the ship, and then move on to the country itself after. He was very irritated with me for stopping him for a while.

[burningbothends]

But you did manage to stop him.

[dendarii]

I stalled him, belike. Entirely too strong to do more than that.

[burningbothends]

Still sounds like quit a feat.