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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[They're in a new and strange place with no other friends in sight, and Minho wastes time cooing over a motorcycle. Newt wishes he could say he's surprised, but after two years of knowing the guy, this is definitely the kind of response he would expect. That doesn't mean he won't give him a hard time about it.]

Is there a screw loose in that shuck head of yours? We have more important things to worry about than a bloody bike here. [A pause, as he squints around before looking back to him and smiling briefly.] Like findin' something to eat around here. We'll work better with our bellies full.

[ Scoffing at that comment. Clearly Newt doesn't understand what a beautiful piece of machinery this bike is. Honestly, Minho doesn't even really understand what a beautiful piece of machinery this bike is. He's got vague memories of motorcycles being a thing, but he doesn't think he ever really had any personal experiences with one before now.

And he'd love an up close and personal experience with this one.

However, eating does sound like an amazing idea as well, so he's willing to let Newt's ignorant comments slide... this time. ]

Considering the number of places with pictures of food plastered on their windows and signs? Shouldn't be too hard.

[He clearly doesn't, mostly because his priorities aren't completely skewed like some people standing around here. Food first, then figuring out what the shuck is going on around here, and then maybe there will be time to fawn over bikes.]

Yeah, but it's pickin' the right place. Might as well eat like kings if we've got the choice, right?

[ There should always be time to fawn over bikes. The fact that Newt doesn't understand this is truly disappointing. ]

Hey, if that's the way you wanna do it, I'm not about to complain. You gonna pay for this feast of ours?

throws thumbtack confetti everywhere

3 so what if we already have a thread

Always need more threads

this is usually what gets us in trouble

shhhhhh SHHH it's true though