ICE ICE BABY

[maskormods]

T E S T D R I V E M E M E

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 ON THE TEST DRIVE MEME!

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. Today, a downtown park is hosting a "Last Blast of Winter" event that features a snowman-sculpting contest (using artificial snow, naturally), downhill sledding in the form of a giant, inflatable slip 'n slide, and snowflake-shaped and -themed food from the kiosks running along one side of the park—along with ice cold drinks, of course.

However, a trio of teen would-be supervillains have cobbled together backpack-mounted ice machines capable of freezing people solid at worst and making them, like, really shivvery at best. After emerging onto the scene with a shout, they're threatening to take attendees hostage if they don't get their demands: 500 Flitcoins, the amazing new cryptocurrency. Hero, will you try to stop them by force, bargain, or let them put this event on ice?

02. De Chima, Virginia, is a large city with a healthy economy, with large numbers of citizens waiting to be awed by your very presence. Look at you! Organic wonder! Those words have meaning here. 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 or recently published PLoS papers. 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. If you let yourself get cornered, beware! Anything from personal questions about romantic chances to bedroom habits to dietary queries might be come up!

As you wander, you may come across a few streets that have been closed down to show off the newest wares that America's vehicle industry has to offer. The streets are lined with new, shiny cars, alongside salesmen eager to show off exactly what they can do. Some of them are as dull as boasting excellent seat warmers, but the more avant garde among the displays look like something out of Wacky Races, decked out in incredibly bizarre designs and boasting not yet released features like the ability to turn into a boat, fifteen different horns ("a different sound for every occasion!"), bottom-heavy designs ("so your car won't flip over next time there's an imPort catastrophe!) and defense mechanisms ("it shoots out a sticky adhesive to halt any supervillains in their path!"). Many of these won't be released at all but, by gum, they're giving it their best shot.

You can simply wander around and enjoy the festivities and the bounty of food, including donut tires, candy traffic lights, truck-sized burgers, and more! It's certainly a nice place to have a quick break and some conversation.

Or you can get stuck in the cross-fire as the adhesive shooting vehicle malfunctions, spraying a sticky goo over everyone in the vicinity, just as little car-shaped bits of confetti begin to fall from the sky.


03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has carried a reputation for ups and downs ever since imPorts began reappearing again, just those few years prior. Several imPort heroes have put focused efforts into cleaning up the streets of this somewhat infamous city, while a handful of others had 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.

On this fine day, it appears that there's mischief afoot. One sordid citizen has gotten ahold of a prototype of a freeze gun and, wearing no better costume than a ski mask, has decided to hold up a bank. As he notices cop cars whizzing past, he panics, freezing a cop car in mid-chase, not quite gathering what a poor idea that is.

Everything seems to happen quickly as cars begin to plow into one another with a sound of screeching metal and an explosion of debris. What will you do about this, hero? Were you trying to cross the street and in need of a rescue? Will you go after the culprit? Will you try to save those who are trapped in the wreckage?

...Or will you try to make off with the criminal's money and keep it for yourself? That's always an option too.

04. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities; loud, busy and there's always some kind of energy in the air that gets everyone buzzing with excitement.

This month there's the release of a hot new movie about imPorts themselves, though in order to evade copyright, it seems that the imPorts on screen are simply amalgamations of several different imPorts through the years instead of staying faithful to one true story. They've got everything! Action! Romance! Death! Desire. It's a whole load of hooey, in other words, but it's hooey with a big budget. What this means, however, is that even the newest imPorts are being roped into this red carpet affair. Even if they're simply passing by on the street, an eager reporter may well step up to you, saying, "Oh, are you an imPort? Please, you must come in! No, I insist!"

If you succumb to their pushy ways, you'll find yourself in a gala, likely unprepared and underdressed for the flash of the cameras and an endless torrent of questions about what you want to do here as an imPort, whether or not you feel you'll find love in this place, whether or not you fear an inevitable port-out (despite the fact that you may have just gotten here!) and will be plied with food and, if you're of age, with plenty of booze.

Comments

Akira Fudo | Devilman

[wahey]

A. Heropa Aftermath

[Some days, Akira uses his heat aura to set demons on fire. Other days, he's carefully defrosting the victims of the latest Ice-themed Incident the local park, hands enveloped in a shimmering blue glow. Perhaps the ruckus was ended as a team effort, or he is late to the party. Either way, he is sticking around to clean up the mess. Someone has to make sure Sally and Grandpa aren't stuck as ice statues until the sun melts them free.]

[What? He doesnt just fight people. Even if fighting is way more enjoyable.]

[In fact, if you happen to be on the scene with some significant ice chunks yourself, he's turning his magical heatgun hands in your direction to offer the same treatment.]

Stand still - I can help you with that.

B. De Chima

[So the future is pretty awesome. As goofy looking as some of these cars are, the hover technology was sweet, as were all the weird gimmicks. There was even a motorcycle that caught his eye - though he had nowhere near the funds to purchase it yet.]

[He did have enough funds for the food that was up on display, though (because it was free). And they were all themed for the event. Amazing.]

[Akira's going to find a table with a disgusting amount of automobile-themed food items to begin to eat. A sample from every table, no matter unhealthy it looked. It was his first trip to America, okay? A Devilman needs to live.]

C. Maurtia Falls

[Two words describe the look on Akira's face at seeing eleven cop cars pile-up on each other: Oh, fuck.]

[Yeah. He's making a running beeline for that pile of debris, because that's a lot of trapped and hurt people, and he's not going to chase down one guy with some money when there's a big, gnarled mess of cars on the street. Luckily, he has the strength to move the cars and debris where needed, but once he starts uncovering people, he freezes.]

[That is.. a worrying amount of blood in one of those cars, and the person it was spilling from. Well, shit.]

Try to stay calm. Don't move.

[The car door is snapped off its hinges, but he hesitates to try and move the passenger inside. Akira is way out of his element here. He can only hope someone with more medical know-how arrives to take care of this.]

D. the Network™ option

[Social media may not exist yet back home, but that's not stopping Akira from trying to master the little touchsquare phone he now owns. Except, a message he meant to send in private was obliviously sent to the entire network.]


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did it come out right?

Wildcard!

Hit me, I will follow :D

D for Dicks

[deathboss]

[He's from 1999, he feels you.]

What the hell am I looking at?

nice

[wahey]

[That's not Ryo. Who the hell is this?]

[...]

its a devil

[deathboss]

[No this is not Ryo.]

😈 try this instead. That might work better.

[Eikichi had quickly learned about emojis in this new world. They are already getting abused.]

ψ(｀∇´)ψ or this

1/?

[wahey]

How did you get the picture

2/?

[wahey]

[wait]

[wait a fucking second here]

3/?

[wahey]

[what is that? that button at the corner of the tiny keyboard?]

4/?

[wahey]

[Incredible. The emoji keyboard was right there, before his very eyes. Hidden in plain sight.]

5/5

[wahey]

👿👿👿👿😈😈😈😈

nevermind, I found it

👹👹

beautiful

[deathboss]

💀 The future is amazing 👌

But their phones are way too tiny and they can't even flip, how are you supposed to protect your screen??

[wahey]

Phones dont have screens where i come from? 🤔🤔🤔

[1987 was still Large Gray Brick territory. This is all new to him.]

[deathboss]

😲 You might be the first person to be from a time older than me.

Or the phones in your world suck.

[wahey]

It'd be... thirty years ago from now.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐢🐢⌛⏰⏰

hey, who are you, anyway?

[deathboss]

I'm from early 2000.

[Makes it easier to explain.]

💀💀💀 Anyway name's Eikichi Mishina, nice to meet you.

[wahey]

[Y2K didnt destroy the world. Neat.]

Akira Fudo

by the way, i dropped the phone a few times before without the screen breaking

Don’t think it needs a cover

Sorry P2 is a trip

[deathboss]

[Nah the death of the Maia maiden did. The alternate world reboot went okay at least.]

Huh interesting.

also as a note, if you ever drop your phone in uh...water...

put it in rice for a day or two and it works okay after.

sits with u in the crazy canon corner

[wahey]

🌊📱💦💦 ⏩ ⚡️📱➕🍚➕⏰ = 📱✨

👌?

[giving him the power of emojis may have been a mistake]

I love all the crazy canons

[deathboss]

👍📱✨

(✌ﾟ∀ﾟ)📱

(•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑📱

👌( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)📱

[wahey]

🏝(ง •̀ω•́)📱✧ ( •̀ᄇ• ́)ﻭ🏝

(*ゝ∀･)v 📱( •̀ᄇ• ́)ﻭ

💪(￣▽￣💪) ✨📱(இ௦இ)

[deathboss]

Were you on an island with your phone when a dude tried to steal it so you punched them so hard they started to cry?

[ He tried. ]

[wahey]

Beach photos with friends?

The phone has a little camera in it

☎️ + 📷 =📱

[deathboss]

HOLY SHIT!

YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES?

[A sort while later, there's a picture of Eikichi testing it out. Look at all that visual-kei makeup caked on him and the blue hair. Glorious.]

[wahey]

[uhhh, he wasn’t expecting that to be what eikichi’s face looks like]

[five minutes later:]

I didn’t know musicians looked like that all the time
what’s your band called??

[deathboss]

[Well Akira did something really good that day. He assumed Eikichi was a musician. It didn't matter if Eikichi was a wannabe musician, for once, someone took him seriously.]

Haaa! I didn't know you had that much of a good eye!

My band's called Gas Chamber! We're still waiting for our big debut back home, but I'll know will hit it big soon!

[wahey]

wow 👀👀👀👀

[Hey, he may not know the first thing about playing instruments, but he can appreciate a guy who puts himself out there like that.]

I'd like to hear one of your songs sometime

also

does the make-up get itchy?