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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.

2!

[personal profile] roshambo 2016-03-28 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yayoi's going about her business, trying to find out more information about this place, as well as just what sort of superheroes are here to begin with (please have Sun Man, please have Sun Man, please have Sun Man). As such, she's about 75% caught up in her own little world...and doesn't realize that Stocking isn't yelling at her.

So, as Stocking yells at some poor person, Yayoi assumes it's for her, spins around and, with the air of someone who just really doesn't wanna be here and really doesn't wanna do things, starts apologizing.
]

I'm sorry! Um, I don't know what I said but I'm sorry about it anyway!
candystriped: (SNEER ✥ wipe my boots on your spleen)

[personal profile] candystriped 2016-03-28 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Unfortunately for Yayoi, it takes about 0.4 seconds for Stocking to see the advantage of seizing this opportunity, and the person she originally yelled at took about the same length of time to beat hasty retreat. ]

... well, you should be! What do you think you did?

[personal profile] roshambo 2016-03-28 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know! [ Yayoi is a shy crybaby. As such, she is the perfect person to BULLY MERCILESSLY. ] I just...well, I thought you were yelling at me.
candystriped: (TILT ✥ crazy world falling off balance)

[personal profile] candystriped 2016-03-29 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ And Stocking... has literally no shame about being said bully. This is a match made in Heaven Hell. ]

Well, I wasn't, but since you've interrupted me, maybe I should. Do you just go around blubbering sorry at every person you see?

[personal profile] roshambo 2016-03-29 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
I don't! It's just...like I said, I thought you were talking to me, [ she lamely finishes, voice getting a little bit quieter in the process. ]