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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 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. It seems like the entire Heropa PD is parked out of a local, popular grocery chain. A huge crowd is amassed in the parking lot despite the best efforts of officers to get them to leave. They whisper about excitement and shame, and you don't have to ask if you just listen in a bit...

"What do you think he'll do to the employees? He sounded so serious..." "He really wants that pussy, huh?" "If I left my man for cheating on me, I'd take the damn cat, too!" "How does he think taking her and her coworkers hostage is gonna make her change her mind about him being a bad boyfriend?" "My wife is pregnant, please - if I don't get her favorite deli sub I might as well not go home!"

Domestic disputes! Tragic. The police aren't too sure how to handle this hostage situation, claiming the man only has a box cutter and isn't actually waving it around at the moment, but...are you an imPort? They'd really appreciate the help, okay. Get in there and counsel the unhappy couple. Or not!

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?

Spring has sprung, and 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.

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O-oh, my apologies, I thought you were here alone.

[Not that there was anything about her that implied that she should be alone.

Or shouldn't. Whatever her preference.

But all these people floundering about didn't seem to be operating together very well at all. What kind of production is this?]

What is all this for?

Do you even know where you are? [ Mai sighs and shakes her head. ] You're on set for the morning talk show Smiles for Miles. These pancakes are for everybody who works for this tv show. My job is to just read what someone else wrote but make it seem like I'm not reading, so I just get to sit here for hours as people touch my face and hair. [ Her life is SO HARD. ]

So these people are all working for food.

[Yep, that's all he got out of that.]

What else needs to be done?

Sure. [ Mai senses an opportunity for an assistant! She's game! ]

I need to find an outfit for my show today. Make it cute, but kind of classy. And black, grays, or reds only. If it's too colorful, I'll get sick on live television and then you don't get pancakes. [ savage. ]

[His primary medium is paint, but he was both starving, and up for an artistic challenge. You're on!]

How much time do I have?

Uh.... well, I'll be in hair and make up for the next forty five minutes, and then there's half an hour where I'm just trying to look natural at a desk before we actually start filming. But come back as soon as you can. I need time to walk around and get comfortable in it, you know?

[ She's gonna laugh so hard when he leaves the room. ]

Also! Make sure it has sleeves! That's a must!

[ He looks her up and down, necessary for gleaning inspiration. ]

I accept your challenge. Come, I will need to measure your hips.

All right, but try any funny business and it's gonna hurt. [ She stands up and sighs. ]

[ Of course not! But...it's not like he carries a measuring tape around with him. So he examines her through a rectangle finger frame, and pats on the sides of her hips. Definitely nothing weird about that. ]

[ An amount of time passes that makes the situation and the silence not just awkward but unbearably so. If this were a tv show and you had problems handling second hand embarrassment, you would change the channel to something not as totally awkward. ] You must either be really good at what you do, or really stupid.

I am excellent at what I do!

[ Which has nothing to do with this whatsoever! ]

I will return. Should I meet you back here?

Yea. Come back soon though, because we go on air in two hours and I need to be in costume forty minutes beforehand. [ Which is a lie, really, but she's rude as hell and the wheels are turning. ]

[ Mai won't see Yusuke again until the next morning. Another day of skipped meals. Shouldn't have spent all his money on a sewing machine.

He happened to take himself very seriously as an artist, and when it became very clear early on that his time limit was impossible, he worked through the night to make sure he was ready the next day. Strolling up to the place where they had met, garment bag in hand, Yusuke suddenly remembered he hadn't gotten her name...

Carrying the bag, he must have been mistaken for an intern, because he was able to wander into hair and makeup without being stopped, where he found the girl from the day before. ]

Miss? Your dress is ready.

[ At first, Mai looks at him like she completely forgot who the fuck he was. The wheels start to turn and then it clicks in for Mai.

She stares at his creation. It's very clear in her face that she doesn't know what to think.

She decides to start first call him out for how late he is!!!! ]

You moron! I needed this a day ago! You only had to go to the store and buy something...! [ At 4 am.... like, really. That's not too hard to ask. ]

Still, that's a pretty cool design. It could do without... whatever that mess on the side with those chain feather things are.

I'm down to wear it today. [ victory! achieved! ] I still wish you came on time yesterday! I even saved you some once it started to run out! [ not out of concern for him eating, but just because she wanted to pretend that there was none left to troll him. ]

[ Yusuke jumped back, not expecting the outburst. He had suffered worse abuse over missed deadlines, though, so Mai was nothing he couldn't endure with a smile. ]

Buy something? What would be the point of buying something? Anyone could do that for you. I would much rather capture your aura!

[ He gestures to the dress and its chain feather things, as she crudely referred to them! ]

You strike me as a woman who is...elegant, yet modern. And clearly, you have a bit of a bite.

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The whole point was to come back on time so you could get today's breakfast! Did you even eat before you made this?

[ Mai shrugs. ] Yea. That sounds like me. Except maybe the modern part. My world is really behind on the times.

But you recognize that, indicating a willingness to adapt to the times!

And no, I'm afraid I haven't. I've been too busy with this to bother, and I had to scrape up the funds for a sewing machine.

Scrape funds together for a se-[ Mai looks like she's about to fly off the handle, not into a maddening rage, but just a confused, exasperated flare of a temper. ]

[ She face palms. Her voice is a little grunted to just prove how frustrated she is. ]

Go and eat! [ Not that she cares for him for his well being or anything... ] Because you're going to have to make me a different outfit for tomorrow! [ .... She literally doesn't. ]

I am?

[ Mai's frustration was lost on him, for all he heard was that he now had a patron. ]

I'll make sure to keep my strength up, then. If there are any pancakes left over, I would be happy to take them.

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