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[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.

Comments

[upstages]

A dapper singer and personal source of inspiration.

[ WAIT. is that an insult? of course she's a doctor... maybe he's just surprised that someone so hot and hip is a doctor. (most doctors are stuffy white dudes like danny and jeremy, after all). ] Uh, hell yeah I'm a doctor. I'm an OB/GYN.

[choreographics]

If he's that good then how come I've never heard of him? [Totally a valid question. If Ryan's never heard of him then obviously that means Blaine's not worthy.]

Oh. [That's not relevant to him but it causes him to pause for just long enough to sound really really incredulous.] Wait, are you sure...? [Because yeah. She definitely doesn't seem like a doctor.]

[upstages]

I don't know what you're trying to say, but it's coming across as very rude. [ she raises a hand to silence any objections he might have. ] I'm a doctor in Manhattan. I have an office, a business card -- my name is on the door of the practice, okay. The man who keeps hijacking my post is my co-worker!

[ breath, mindy. simmer down. ] Hot and hip women of color can be doctors, too. Got it?

[ that really... wasn't the issue... ]

[choreographics]

[Whoa...he doesn't say anything for a minute, if only because what the actual hell kind of nerve did he just hit. He blinks at her for a moment, processing what she's saying...before his lips quirk into a grin.]

I've just never met any interesting doctors before. [He's had enough years of living with Sharpay to know all of the (hopefully) right things to say. A shrug follows that.] Also I want to be near Manhattan someday soooo yeah, got it.

[upstages]

[ THE BEST SAVE. ] Don't worry about it. Most of the doctors at my practice are boring old dudes.

[ TAKE THAT JEREMY AND DANNY. peter is the exception now that he's the favorite. suck it. ]

Seriously, what do you want to do there?

[choreographics]

Wait, then why are you still working with them instead of somebody else?

[Oh Mindy. Are you sure you really wanted to ask?] I want to go to Juilliard. [He sounds so matter-of-fact, like it's ridiculous to ever suggest something else.] I want to go to Juilliard and be on Broadway and Manhattan's the neighborhood I like best.

[castellano]

Because were good doctors.

[upstages]

It's really more of a charity thing, helping the socially constipated by bringing some joy and color to their lives.

[castellano]

Since when? [ to Ryan. ] It's not. It's really not. And we're not old.

[upstages]

[ ignoring the question. ] You know what. You're right. Peter is very youthful.

[upstages]

[ Oh my god. He is Blaine Anderson. ] That's amazing. I love Broadway. I see several shows a month, and I have showtune playlists for every mood.

[ the break-up mix is a lot of les mis, a little spring awakening, and some legally blonde at the end as a pick-me-up. ]

[ wait. she should be a responsible adult. ] That said, I hope you have a rock solid fall-back career. If you aim for the stars, you need somewhere safe to land; trust me.

[choreographics]

[There might have been a tiny little sound of excitement.] I do, too. [Ryan you are really not doing a good job at presenting yourself as a hero. Or normal.] I haven't seen a show in so long it's starting to get depressing.

[But he rolls his eyes at her next statement.] I don't think I'll have to worry about it though. I'm not settling for less than that. ...I mean I guess everything's on hold right now because of the hero thing, but after that.

[castellano]

Who's hijacking? So, what, now I'm some kind of terrorist? We're not even on a plane, Mindy. Or, in Afghanistan.

[upstages]

[ oh god. ] Danny, you can't just say stuff like that to me. I'm already on two watch lists.

[castellano]

I don't think those watch lists translate to these watch lists.

[upstages]

Well, now I'm on three watch lists, and it's your fault.

[castellano]

But you didn't say it. I said it. If anybody's on someone's watch list now, it's me.

[upstages]

Oh, please. You're so American. They wouldn't deport you even if you confessed to your crimes on live TV.

[castellano]

So are you! You and Rishi both. We're all American, Mindy.

[upstages]

I know that, but you're extra American. [ what with the whiteness and the knowledge of basic historical facts or patriotic things. ] You know the Pledge of Allegiance by heart, and you can name, like, all the presidents. You know there's a gap in my memory between Martin Van Buren and Abraham Lincoln.

[castellano]

It's "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag..." Every school day started with it. [ again, Danny Castellano misses the point. ] And nobody, nobody can name all the presidents.

[upstages]

I bet Olivia Pope can. [ also missing the point. ]

[castellano]

Olivia Pope has more pressing matters than listing off the names of the men that have held the highest office this country has.