THE GREATEST POWER OF ALL

[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?

Unfortunately, tragedy has struck today. Outside a local 24/7 diner featuring waffles and other breakfast food, a large crowd has gathered while several fire trucks keep a steady stream on it and the buildings nearby. The diner is obviously destined to burn, and its waitresses, in bright yellow, stand outside watching with no small amount of worry reflected in their eyes. One of them complains, again, that she'd left her purse inside - and now a good $100 is going up in flames. For what? Won't somebody help her out, at all? The police are so inept! Just the worst!

The windows burst and, clear as day, one can see an alligator trapped inside the entrance, trying to make its way out but dissuaded by a patch of fire in front of the door. EMS and crowd alike gasp and wonder aloud, what can they do? Will no one save this poor Florida swamp cat?

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?

It's not quite spring yet, but already flowers are popping up—in the form of seven-foot sentient musclebound daisies! A local criminal known as Flower Power has set them on the city, and they're going on a rampage, but a number of citizens have taken advantage. Do you go after the bushwhacking blossoms or the local looters?

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.

Natives may gather around new arrivals and ask both personal and broad questions about life as an imPort, what they are looking forward to, what their favorite article of underwear is. A few night clubs offer free entrance - just this once! And they are bound to notice that a man has taken up a spot in a local street, eating pancakes off of a fold out table and holding up traffic. Many people are taking pictures and more interested in whether or not this is performance art than ushering him out of the way. He does have an extra chair and table, however, and will welcome and feed company, especially imPorts.

Comments

[notgneiss]

I'm sorry. I didn't hear it. Why doesn't it come a bit closer and repeat that?

[shale is going to murder this FUCKER.]

[nastygram]

Am I supposed to be into kidnapping or something? Hell yes I'm suspicious. It's basically a super sweet prison, and all the tricked out perks in the world will not make me down with getting held against my will.

Like I said.

[She waves her fork, elbow planted on her knee.]

I got shit going on. Not to mention that we are constantly getting screwed with, or screwing with each other. You know some chick tried to ice pick me like, two months ago, because I'm an imPort or whatever, and this was after a prison break that maybe was in part colluded by Mother Russia. Or maybe that's a set-up. And that is the tip of the freaking iceberg.

You know about the nanites?

[jeaniegrey]

[ Jean's in the process of helping herself to another bite of her cheeseburger when she feels a gentle nudge within her mind and she sees the image unfold before her.

The professor being within her mind is not anything that ever surprises her and, in all honesty, it sort of gives them a connection-- a bond with each other that she doesn't particularly have with anyone else in the form of telepaths.

That being said, the image that he shows her? As much as she adores the professor, takes comfort in him, looks to him for guidance and thinks so highly of him... that's sort of thrown out the window the second she sees that and it's obvious with the way her eyes more or less glaze over as she stares to him.

Just give her a minute, Charles. ]

You know, you could almost get away with this being a mind trick and not an actual moment from your past.

[ But, knowing the professor? It's totally real. ]

[jeaniegrey]

[ There's a glance that Jean throws in the direction of the voice and she can't help but stare for a moment at the response given to her asking for help. ]

You're a lot of help.

[ It's muttered under her breath as her concentration returns to the multitasking of keeping the roof from crumbling on top of the alligator and the building from sliding onto the diner. ]

Not up for being a hero?

[jeaniegrey]

[ Way too cool? She can think of someone else who might retort with something along those lines. So, it gets her to smile a little. ]

New York. [ She answers, taking a glance around as firemen and the like tend to everything else that's going on. ] Which is definitely not where I am anymore.

[ Not that this place is too different from where she's from, at least in terms of feel and appearance. ]

What about you?

[ Because that hint of an accent of hers is definitely not a New York one. ]

maurtia falls

[jeaniegrey]

[ The speech could definitely use a little rousing but Jean's still able to catch wind of it while passing by and catches sight of Emily in a bit of a predicament.

Jean reaches out with her mind just as one of the looters begins to advance on the girl and, suddenly, he seems unable to move, frozen in position while still being quite aware of everything that's going on.

She's holding him in place, a hand held out to show that she's the one doing this nifty little telekinetic trick of hers. ]

You should probably listen to her and stop being a bunch of jerks.

[notgneiss]

A hero? How funny! It would call inflicting the lizard on these people a hero?

[humans are so strange, with the way they care about stuff.]

I would say, let the thing die and do the world a service. Look at it, it's hissing and spitting, it clearly doesn't appreciate the efforts it's going to to save it!

[dun_moch]

Dooku frowns, uncharacteristically silent for a moment. Something is... Wrong. Not only is Skywalker not launching into his predictable rhetoric about bringing him to justice in the name of the Republic, but he feels different in the Force. There is more of an edge to him than before... And perhaps more power, too. This is not the Skywalker he knows.

"I have been alive for quite a long time, and will continue to do so far longer than you will," he responds after a moment, putting on a little smile to go with the forced flippancy. "I am also an upstanding and respected citizen by the standards of this world, so I would recommend you have a care before you do anything rash with your lightsaber."

This is not the first time Dooku has received a hint that he will not survive the Clone Wars, and that his end will come at Anakin Skywalker's hand. But in his pride, the Count refuses to believe it. Skywalker is a fool, even by the standards of the Jedi, and Dooku has beaten him time and again.

[incogneto]

When you return, it will seem to you as if you never left.

[ Which means there's also no adjustment period, so she won't have to explain to her teammates why she just froze up. ]

Think of this place as a vacation from our original life.

[ That's what he does anyway. Even if it's not particularly... vacation-like, what with them rescuing animals from diners instead of going to the beach. ]

[switchcraft]

Just a thought ...

[sideless]

[ That voice... for a moment, Crowley stops, but she's quickly back on her tracks. The action of taking out cash out of wallets comes to her naturally and efficiently. Credit cards are not a priority at the moment, because she needs a Guy to work them.

When she notices that the person asking her is still there, she assumes it's either someone trying to get a cut under the threat of ratting her out or someone being a smartass. Without looking up, she shrugs. ]

Couple hundred? Guess I'll have to try on a better neighborhood next time.

[jeaniegrey]

[ There's a sort of comfort in knowing that the others won't be wondering where she's disappeared to. Although, at the same time, it's a little... sad? She's not so sure if that's the right word for it. So they're completely unaware of her disappearing act and yet she's fully aware of it while here and gets to wonder and worry and miss them.

Definitely fair, right?

Setting down what's left of the debris she had been holding with her mind, she glances over to Erik, trying to smile some at the vacation comment but maybe scoffs a little under her breath. ]

Some vacation if you ask me.

[ That's when she thinks to ask. ]

So it's just us then?

[aboveand]

[Terry's response is deadpan, but his smile betrays him.]

Gee, your generousity astounds me.

[Oh no you don't! Terry is relentless in his pursuit to mess up Matt's hair.]

Never gonna happen.

[kingsroads]

[ this is how they both get banned from the park. because well shit.

As soon as Shale lifts up the boulder, Strange's eyes widen because oh man oh god this is going to suck. Fun fact: he has only a minimal amount of magical combat experience to begin with. Also fun fact: he is getting the hell away from the giant boulder. The second hand still grips tight onto Shale's leg as Strange just runs like hell away from the boulder, cursing the fact that there's not a mirror or a puddle or something around that he could easily slip through.

The boulder lands with a crash and narrowly misses hitting him. Okay, no, this is going to stop now, he does not want to die. ]

Perhaps we can declare a truce?

[jojoceanman]

[Wow all of that was really sounding good up until Josuke said the magic name, aka "Jolyne." Cause the moment Josuke says her name, Jotaro immediately stops and grips Josuke's arm. Maybe a little tighter than he actually intended, since he doesn't always know his own strength. So much for light-hearted teasing.]

Where is she?

[And who the does he need to beat up for dragging his six year old away from safety?]

[unbreaker]

[To his credit, Josuke doesn't react too poorly to Jotaro's tight grip. Instead of giving a shout of alarm or even attempting to jerk his arm free, he does his best to stay relaxed and meet Jotaro's gaze...

And it's a good thing he does, too. He recognizes the concern he sees there and abandons the idea of teasing the man at all in favor of trying to explain before Jotaro bursts a vein.]

Whoa, whoa...she's safe, I promise! She got sent back home a while ago. I, uh...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry you. It's just...it was kind of exciting to meet her since you never mentioned her before, you know?

[disentombs]

[He nods.]

We are.

I wonder if Henrietta still exists here.

[It's a thought that occurred to him when he learned where De Chima is.]

Is your housing assigned around here?

[jojoceanman]

[...

He sighs quietly and releases Josuke's arm, using the same hand to tip his hat a little.]

Good grief. Don't just throw her name out like that. [Though the fact she was here, and he wasn't, infuriates him. But that's hardly Josuke's fault; not to mention...] I came to Morioh intending to tell you about your father, a man you never knew of. It didn't feel right to bring up my personal life too. She's only six anyways.

[also araki didn't think ahead.]

[wayschway]

[ He huffs and swats at Terry's hand. He notices the smile though, and takes it as a clear tell that he's won the pizza battle. Hair battle? Not so much. Someday though, someday. ]

'Nother two or three years you'll be looking up to me.

[ Huh. Speaking of time. ]

So did ya just find yourself here this morning too? I'm still half convinced I'm asleep.

[admemoriam]

[Noah nods, an answer to both questions.]

Well, the land was already there, but he dreamt the buildings. It's right where the Barns should be.

[unbreaker]

[Rubbing his arm, Josuke shakes his head.]

I wouldn't have minded, but I'm not blaming you for not saying anything, either. Things were kind of crazy that summer, and mentioning her name...well, who knows what danger that could have put her in with enemy Stand users all over Morioh.

[That was, if she'd been only six years old, anyway. But the Jolyne that Josuke had the chance to meet was even older than him, and a force to be reckoned with.]

I don't think you gotta worry too much about her, though. She grows up to be pretty amazing.

[vergeofgreatness]

"I built it for the Empire and for the Emperor, yes." He's not giving Tarkin any credit, even here.

"Ah yes, I remember when the Jedi vanished." He kept his tone neutral- he remembered the Emperor's speech about the attempted coup but most of all he remembered the many lightsabers and the kyber crystals they had contained. "Such a pity though I suppose it was necessary for the good of the Empire."

He wondered where Anakin went if he hadn't been killed along with the rest of the Jedi but he decided that perhaps he may not ask right away.

[jojoceanman]

"Grows up"? Is that what you meant when you said time gets screwed up here? [He crosses his arms and scowls.] Well, it isn't a problem I'll worry about right now.

[And he won't verbalize it, but it feels good to know she grows up ok. Jotaro always worries about her, even if work and other matters keep him away. It's better that way though; her and her mother aren't Stand users and they shouldn't get involved in the dangerous aspects of his life. He wants to keep them out as much as he can, unless a day comes where they will need that power. If he can prevent that day, he will.]

...Good luck with your officer training. I'm sure your mother and grandfather would be proud to hear it.

[jojoceanman]

So you read the spell, and it does what you want. That doesn't really sound complicated.

[Sorry Strange but you got a NON-BELIEVER here. Or more like someone who just doesn't get how magic works.]

[payback]

[Ghhh she colors a little more. Not that he's wrong, and not that she wouldn't do the same thing over again... but it's a little embarrassing.]

You're right that it wasn't really subtle - uh, I don't know what a Hutt is - but I figure even if I crashed into somebody they'd probably be okay, and that I would get out of there.

Er. You didn't tell me - what are you? [She's already kind of forgotten his name except that it was letters and numbers. K? K3?]