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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.

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[alofts]

About time.

[ Levi intoned with a curt nod that made it almost sound like praise. His voice raised when he scared off the last local who already had their phone camera pointed at them. Florida. The singularity that pulled all imPorts into it just had to dump them into one of the biggest tourist traps in the country.

Eren wore his heart on his sleeve and the questions he was bursting with written on his face. While understanding, Levi was not about to go over the finer points of their far beyond the pale situation in the middle of busy street. ]

Not here. [ Levi jabbed his thumb in the direction of squat building with a metal roof on the corner with the words 'DINER' in giant, fat red lights over its doors, and a sign in the window advertising 'FREE DRINKS FOR IMPORTS!' When the crosswalk light flashed from a red hand to a green figure and a small crowd of people marched to the other wise of the soad, Levi headed that way knowing Eren would follow. ]

[andallbite]

[ 'Not here' would be a blessing, really—Eren was wishing he could be anywhere but here, and Levi seemed to know where that would be. A... 'diner'. Whatever that was supposed to be.

Well, time to find out. With a "yes, sir," Eren follows. He's still trying to take in the surroundings, but it's tough to sort it all out in his head; signs everywhere kept changing colors and in this instance, they seemed to be... directing people... but what it meant? Beyond him. Was it even worth trying to figure out right now? Probably not.

As they walk, Eren does his damnedest to ignore everyone else by watching Levi's back. For a long moment, he's silent, until: ] Do you know where we are?

[ Maybe it was because, as his superior—as a captain of the Survey Corps—Levi had to seem it, but... Eren, somehow, had a feeling he knew precisely what he was doing. ]

[alofts]

[ Levi didn't answer- keeping his eyes fixed on the opposite end of the street. Midday traffic in downtown Heropa was, as he was quick to learn, was rife with reckless drivers and fender benders that were as unpredictable as the weather. The sights and sounds, and even the smells, Levi knew were all new to Eren and even upsetting at times. Everytime a car backfired or a police siren wailed there was a moment Levi had to stop himself from dropping to the ground or taking to higher ground on instinct.

The scarce weeks of experience Levi had over Eren were perhaps all the that was keeping the latter grounded. Levi was, after all, responsible for Eren.

They ducked into the tiny diner; a bell over the door alerting a petite waitress in a retro candystripped dress and apron to their presense. Her perky if rehearsed welcome was cut off when Levi gave her a clipped request for two of something before they were ushered to a booth in the back. Levi flopped into the seat against the wall just as two tall glasses with fat red bendy straws filled with some bubbling and amber colored were placed in front of them. ]

Drink. [ Levi ordered as he got comfortable with his legs crossed at the ankle and one arm flung over the back of his chair. ]

It's soda- S-O-D-A and more importantly, free; a piss poor little placation for new imPorts who arrive in Heropa, Florida.