TIME TO GET READYYYYYY

[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 someone else's thread, either!

And remember there's only one rule in Test Drive Meme Club: have fun!

01. The city of Heropa is what one might expect from a small, bright and cheery place, where locals are friendly enough and local shop owners might offer a free drink to welcome you to their fair city. Some of the locals might thank you for always lending your service to the nation, while others might not say anything -- but if you have something nasty to say, better not say anything at all, right?

In the wake of the recent blackout, neighborhoods are coming together to repair damage done by miscreants and share resources. In one of the commercial areas, retailers are taking advantage of the mild weather to hold a sidewalk sale. New arrivals and long-settled imPorts alike will receive a small discount at most stores, and while a few locals give them envious looks, many are just interested in what they might buy. You could set a trend, hero!

02. De Chima, Virginia, is a large city with a healthy economy, and though it's quieter than Heropa, there are still large numbers of citizens to be awed at your very presence. Look at you! Organic wonder! Science and technology are the lifeblood of this city, so you're likely to come across a good many locals taking your picture with the newest of devices. The imPort craze remains high here, and you may find yourself cornered by overzealous imPort fans, media wannabes and opportunists alike, shoving cameras in your face.

Their questions are likely to be fairly mundane, however; get ready for an interview about your taste in romantic partners, personal underwear choices, favorite foods, and more!

03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has had its ups and downs since imPorts started reappearing. Several imPort heroes have put focused efforts into cleaning up the streets of this somewhat infamous city, while others have swooped in to help the criminal industry thrive. More so here than the streets of any other imPort city, the battle between good and evil looks more like a war of escalation than a heroic tale. That might make the less than warm welcome imPorts are given in the city a little more understandable. The emergence of locals with superpowers is hardly helping. While some of these individuals have turned to crime, many locals seem more inclined to defend their native powered drug dealer than help the non-native hero bring them to justice. Who are you to tell them how to live?

There's still snow on the ground in Maurtia Falls, and some locals have decided to hold an impromptu snowman-sculpting contest. But...wait. That one looks familiar! Some of the snow people are definitely meant to be imPorts, but they aren't exactly flattering likenesses.

04. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities; loud, busy and there's some kind of energy in the air that gets everyone buzzing with excitement. To be American is to be part of a melting pot, and that there’s more money to be made by the thriving local industries hardly hurts.

Go wander and get your shopping in, folks. Any imPort willing to be interviewed about how their New Year Resolution is going is instantly surrounded by a small gaggle of people.

Comments

[beautiful_monster]

Oh. Yeah, I guess that's a good point.

[nextlevel]

You guess that's a good point ...

[ He sighs, but he knows that's the best he'll get. ]

Why don't I show you where we're living?

[beautiful_monster]

[It'll just take him a while to let how messed up this while situation is really sink in. It's hard to take comfort in anything right now, but he nods anyway.]

Sure. I'm getting hungry anyway.

[nextlevel]

[ At that, Yuuri brightens. ]

Then there's a place you're going to love. Let's get something from the Lucky Cat Cafe.

[beautiful_monster]

[He doesn't perk up exactly, but he does look somewhat amused at the idea.]

I'm not some kid who's going to get excited just hearing the word "cat", but sure. We can stop there.

[nextlevel]

[ Says the kid who got excited just hearing the word "cat." ]

They have the best katsudon I can find here.

[beautiful_monster]

[The YOUNG ADULT who got excited about hearing the word "cat."]

Do they have pirozhkis?

[nextlevel]

Um ... no, it's more of a Japanese place. But Viktor got an address for a Russian place from the Nonah ambassador. We could stop there too.

[beautiful_monster]

I want to. I can get a sweet pirozhki to have after katsudon.

[nextlevel]

Then it's a plan. Come on, I'll show you the way.

[beautiful_monster]

Good. Let's go.

[If Yuuri doesn't start moving then Yuri is going to pick a direction for him.]

[nextlevel]

[ Jeez, give him a second. Yuuri hurries along quickly enough. ]

Did they tell you what powers you have?

[beautiful_monster]

They started to tell me about some of it. I've got this skating power, and some hypnotizing stuff. They said I could turn into a cat too, but that's just impossible, right?

[nextlevel]

... Viktor can turn into a poodle. I've seen him do it, actually.

[beautiful_monster]

...You're kidding, right?

[nextlevel]

That's how he drove off the guy who tried to rob me. He bit him.

[beautiful_monster]

...Oh. [Well that certainly took the wind out of his sails, shoulders slumped a bit.]



...I wonder what kind of cat it is.

[nextlevel]

[ Yuuri kind of wants to know. Really wants to know. ]

Try it?

[beautiful_monster]

Try to turn into a cat? How?

[nextlevel]

Well I don't know that part. Viktor didn't tell me how he does it.

[beautiful_monster]

Tch. If Viktor can do it then it can't be that hard. Maybe just thinking about a cat...?

[nextlevel]

Maybe, yeah. Something like that?

[beautiful_monster]

[He huffs and closes his eyes in concentration!! He's not very sure at all how this works, but if it's really supposed to be a super power then he'll have to figure it out eventually. Thinking about a cat, about being a cat, walking on all fours, having a tail... What would a tail even feel like?

He doesn't realize it's happened, but at some point during his intense thought he's turned from a boy into a white bengal cat. More of a kitten, really, half-grown and all limbs.]

[nextlevel]

[ That's. That's so cute. And it's so perfectly Yurio that Yuuri has to choke back a laugh. ]

Well, you figured it out.

[beautiful_monster]

[Yurio levels a very ferocious kitten glare on Yuuri for the laugh and starts to snap at him, but when it comes out as an angry little chirp he jolts in place, eyes wide and tail bristling in surprise.

HOLY CRAP IT WORKED.]