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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 anyone's thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

01. Your memory is hazy and you might feel increasingly frustrated or anxious, or maybe you're excited as soldiers march past, barely glimpsing you. One second you're somewhere underground, the next you're enveloped in blue light, and suddenly you find yourself directly under Flordia sun's bright and burning glare. A female soldier steps toward you with a wide smile on her face and directs you to a car, ready to debrief you. You realize you are not the only one, surrounded by equally confused or eager faces... and you're all sporting a digital tattoo on your wrist.

02. Welcome to Cape Canaveral, where the smell of the ocean is in the air and locals are more than pleased to see new imPorts roaming their streets. They wave, they cheer, they ask for pictures as politely as they can. The more inhuman you look, or if you're wearing a costume, the more likely locals are to approach. Hey, enjoy the moment! The popular malt shop is offering you a free drink if you need it.

03. The technology in this world is certainly something. The cars are clearly modeled after popular 50s cars, but they hover several feet above the ground as they drive down the street. There are digital jukeboxes in restaurants, motorcycles also hover through traffic, advertisements can be seen on a digital projector on the taller buildings. Even kids on skateboards appear to drift a safe ten feet off the ground while playing!

04. Wherever you are, you can hear the loud revving of an engine, distance at first before you finally see it: a hovercar bursting around the corner, going beyond the maximum speed limit and just barely making its sharp turn. It doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, not with two police cars trailing it... and uh oh. Those skateboarding kids don't have much time to get out of the way as the car comes speeding down the road. You've been brought here for a reason Hero — so you better act fast.

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[the first hours had blurred nonsensically, the noises and colors and steel too overwhelming to take in. so much steel. metal. she'd never seen so much metal everywhere in such great quantities, not even in battle when weapons clashed against armor. there are no dirt roads. why is everything covered in stone and metal?

well, obviously something's wrong here. she hurries past the humans, covering her rather conspicuous ears with her hands until she reaches an alley, noticing Elsa too late.]

Ah-! What are you-

[Nah stumbles back and slips on ice, barely breaking her fall with her hands- and revealing her long, pointed ears at the same time. whoops.]

Stay back! Stay back, or else you'll regret it!

[maybe the outburst would seem more threatening if it weren't coming from a small unarmed girl.]

Oh- oh, no, it's okay-

[Seeing the young girl slip on the ice had panicked her, slightly, but it sounded like she was okay, if maybe a little bruised from slipping.

More flurries fall, and the ice continues its trek up the walls, but more slowly while she's preoccupied.]

I won't come near you. Just... are you alright? You're not hurt?

[She notices the pointy ears, and wonders if this girl is an elf. She wouldn't be too surprised, after meeting trolls. It seems impolite to ask, though.]

[ice magic? her eyes dart between Elsa and the ice creeping up the walls. she doesn't respond for a moment, mouth slightly open in vague puzzlement. she'd seen mages using fire and thunder and wind, but never ice.

maybe in different circumstances she'd be asking all sorts of questions, but right now there's more than enough she doesn't know.]

I'm... I'm fine. [her initial panic is already fading; Nah slowly tries to stand, feet slipping on the ice a bit. someone who asks if she's ok can't be an enemy. no, an enemy would've gone straight for her throat.]

You startled me! You should practice your magic where people won't get in the way!

I wasn't practicing. It was an accident.

[She takes deep breaths, and the ice stops moving up the walls. The snowflakes keep going, though, heedless of the hot Florida air.

She gives a gentle smile, glad the girl is unharmed, and not panicking anymore.]

I'm glad you're alright. You were in a hurry before - is something wrong?

[a lot of things are wrong. were wrong. both. she slowly raises her hands to her face, touching her cheeks as if to confirm she's awake.]

Um.

[yep, she's awake. this is real. damn.]

Do you know what land this is? Or... the year? I'm supposed to be somewhere- I'm fairly sure this isn't it.

I'm sorry. I don't know any better than you.

[She really does feel bad that she can't help, but she's just as confused. She does remember one thing the soldier mentioned, though.]

I think this land is called something like... [Oh, what was it...] Florida?

Flor-ida. [she repeats, the word unfamiliar on her tongue.]

Well, that's just great. Lost in time in an unfamiliar land!

[a heavy sigh. Nah shudders, fighting down a new kind of panic.] But you're a magic user, aren't you? Do you know of Ylisse? Or Plegia? You look more like an Ylissean than a Plegian, actually...

[A magic user is one way of putting it...]

I'm sorry, I've never heard of those lands. I'm from a kingdom called Arendelle.

I wish I could be of more help.

[At least she's calming down enough that the ice and snow have stopped, even if the alley hasn't thawed.]

That's alright. [not really, but she can't tell off a stranger who seems to be as lost as she is.]

It's not as if I have any useful information to offer either... hey, but if you don't know what's going on too, why don't we help each other out? What's your name, miss?

Elsa.

[She realizes she never got the girl's name, but that seems like a more minor problem at the moment.]

I'm sure you can find someone else to help you. I should stay here, until the ice melts.

[In case she starts freezing more stuff.]

I... haven't tried approaching anyone else around here, and you've got ice magic so... [if anything bad happens they'll have some offense? something like that? Nah's helpless without her Dragonstone (not that she realizes she wouldn't even need it anymore) and she'd rather not wander in an unfamiliar land alone.]

Come on, let's team up! Please? The ice will melt on its own.

[Elsa cringes. What a dilemma - this young girl needs her help, but all she does is hurt.]

No. It's too dangerous to stay with me. I can't control my magic.

[She takes a few steps back.]

I want to help you, I do, but I can't.

[taking one small, small step forward.]

Well, you certainly wouldn't be helping by leaving a vulnerable girl like me running around by herself. [not helping, Nah...!] If I had my Dragonstone with me I wouldn't mind being alone as much, but who knows what sorts of creeps might be out there? I'm... prime pickings! [a pause. maybe she's being too selfish here.]

... Er, forget about that. How come you can't control your magic? I'm not a magic user myself, but I've read books on the subject. Maybe I can help you first.

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