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

[annihiliner]

[Lexa simply frowns and looks around her. This isn't the first time she's heard that name since her "arrival."]

That's here, isn't it?

[fayzedandconfused]

Yeah, but I'm from a different one.

[annihiliner]

[A long moment of silence follows that statement.]

A different one of what?

[fayzedandconfused]

A different America. A different universe.

[annihiliner]

[This time there's no response at all. Only a long, questioning look, as if she's trying work out what you mean by that, or how serious you're being when you say it.]

[fayzedandconfused]

I'm serious.

[ Brianna slaps herself on the chest, over her heart, where underneath her shirt, there's a circular scar from where Gaia's hand had burned a hole through her chest. No one could live through that. But here she is, anyway. Screw Lexa if she doesn't believe. ]

Is this anything like where you're from? You don't even know what America is!

[annihiliner]

[Hey, not every society has astrophysicists or sci-fi cartoons to tell them what alternate universes are from childhood! Some people are dealing with entirely new concepts here!

Still...]

No, I don't. But some of these buildings... They look similar to the ruins in Polis. It's strange...

[fayzedandconfused]

Well, hey. You'll go back sooner or later. So no worries.

[annihiliner]

Will I?

[That would certainly be a shock.]

[fayzedandconfused]

Everyone does, eventually. Except I'm trying to make it so people don't have to, if they don't want to. Or if they don't have anything to go back to.

[annihiliner]

[There are a lot of questions that could be asked after a statement like that, some of them much more invasive than others, but after a brief pause, Lexa only asks one.]

How do you plan to do that?

[fayzedandconfused]

[ She sighs. It's fine to declare you're going to fix a huge problem, but sort of embarrassing to admit you're not sure how. Yet. ]

I'm still working on that.

[annihiliner]

[Lexa doesn't scoff or belittle her, or even look at her judgmentally, for not yet having a fully-formed plan. She just maintains her thoughtful expression as she looks her up and down briefly.]

Well, it sounds like it will be quite the task. Be strong.

[fayzedandconfused]

I will.

[ She holds out a hand expectantly. ]

I'm Breeze.

[annihiliner]

[After a moment, Lexa reaches out as well, but rather than the hand, she grips Breeze's forearm instead.]

Lexa.

[fayzedandconfused]

[ Um. Okay, that's not what she was expecting to happen. What are they supposed to do now? Shake arms? Still, she's The Breeze, so she can handle whatever, even if she's confused. She grips Lexa's forearm right back. Still cool. ]

[annihiliner]

[Good call. Lexa just gives a small nod, letting the grip linger for a second or two more before releasing.]