throws thumbtack confetti everywhere

[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 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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[cleverclogs]

[Clara, meanwhile, is leaning against said car and exploring the new (old?) tech in her own way. Namely, checking all the options on her phone.]

I'm not even going to bother asking if you got permission for this.

[She waves a few rubbernecking passerbys on. Move along, nothing to see. Pay no attention to the gangly man under the hovercar.]

[mmiab]

[Clara you're such a great buddy you keep doing what you're doing girl he's appreciating it almost as much as he's appreciating this engineering]

And this is why you're my favourite. [he's allowed to say that with nobody else around okay that's not to say he wouldn't say exactly the same to any of the others if they were here instead you're all his favourite. a bit of a pause from down there, the sonic whirring away at varying pitches, but the next time there's a lull in proceedings—] ... Might be a bit of a long Wednesday.

[not that it's his fault, not this time - he still feels sorry. the need to check in.]

[cleverclogs]

[She smiles at that. Always nice to be appreciated.] What did you ever do without me?

[She tries not to seem bothered, but she really is. If these people could just snatch up the Doctor and basically hold him prisoner, then how would they ever get back? But he's her friends and she can't blame him for something he didn't do.]

That's what a time machine's for. When we get out, it'll be like we never left.

[Yes, because it's always that easy on these adventures.]

[mmiab]

[that goes unanswered on his end, because he hears the truth underneath it. not that he needed to ask, anyone would know - but that's what a time machine's for doesn't change the fact that the time will be missed, that her life will be shorter once she returns to it.

there's nothing to be done. there's nothing to be done, and so up starts the whir of the sonic again...]

—Ow!

[right up until he accidentally sonics a bolt loose and there's a little bit of hovercar smacking him in the face. cue one suddenly grumpy Timelord pulling himself abruptly out from under the car, face covered in oily mess and pouting like a slighted preteen.

this is what an idiot looks like. this.]

[cleverclogs]

[Now that is a sight she can't stop herself from laughing at. It's certainly good enough top keep her from thinking about subjects she doesn't want to think about just yet.]

That's a good look for you.

[Honestly, he was worse than Argue and Annie sometimes.]