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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.

Comments

[truestpatriot]

That has to be the fastest research. [For him it's been... well, actually not long at all. And the fact that he's actually wearing his patriot suit should be a clue for that. Unaware of her thoughts he's simply glad to see a teammate again- one who managed to stop the car before he ended up in the hospital, to boot.

The car isn't hovering anymore, the kids are safe, and he's found Kate (or, rather, she's found him) so as far as he's concerned: mission accomplished.]

Why? Where are we going? [But he follows, anyway.]

[truestpatriot]

Not bad. [Definitely better that last time Billy dressed him up, but... something's off about what he just did, and it takes Eli a second to realize what it is.]

You didn't do... you know [a vague movement with his hand] the 'I want this' thing.

[inmyothertights]

[He pauses. No, no he didn't.]

Well, I mean.

It's just clothes?

[QUIET FOR A MOMENT]

Dude we haven't seen you in forever.

[Changing the subject, let's do that.]

[runningstart]

Rad. [Wally slings the arm around her shoulders again and they break away from the main imPort group. He takes her along the docks and starts to point out all the restaurants before he pauses.] Uhh actually, do you even eat? 'Cause like ninety percent of the locations important to me are about food.

[looksfine]

[The shoulder thing was also strange. Very few made physical contact with her for long durations of time. Except Drusa, and that had been...well...]

My systems do not require food or drink to refuel, no. [Since he asked; she would have been content to listen to him explain regardless of level of importance to her, personally.] Nor do I require sleep cycles. Beyond extenuating circumstances, I am capable of indefinite self-recharging.

[Something which Aya had never really questioned, because it was precisely the same as how a Lantern Battery worked. Should she run out of energy, she would fall into stasis mode. Then, it would only be a matter of time. Otherwise, she was good to go.]

What of the other ten percent?

[projectkr]

Better to be a little paranoid now than pay for it later. [He pats Robin on the shoulder and gives him a small smile. Don't worry, dude, he's with you.]

[projectkr]

Yeah, probably. I just don't know what it could be. [He's not stronger than Superman - the guy won't even really talk to him.] It's not like I want to help him with whatever he has planned.

[frilleerie]

[Talking, huh? Maybe this won't be so boring after all. Or maybe it'll be ten times worse. Who can say, really. Nui tilts her head in a cutesy manner to look confused.]

Oh, you wanna talk with me? Is it about a date? Because you're not really my type. No offense!

[runningstart]

Those are also food. I was just trying to make it sound less like I have an obsession. [HA. He's so funny.] Sooo, you can self-recharge; that's cool. Do you have an internal reactor that helps with that, or is it not polite to ask about a lady's nuclear fusion capabilities on the first date?

[looksfine]

[No offense taken, although the latter part of the question caused her head to tilt slightly in confusion.]

Date?

[frilleerie]

[Would it work? Possibly. But only if it was funny and creepy at the same time.

Judging by the sounds in the distance, it seems like she wasn't really joking about the prison thing. And with each passing second the sirens in the distance get louder and louder. Expected, since those two were speeding. And probably bank robbers. Either way, it was apparent that there wasn't much time until the cops came and Nui would (probably) hand the two idiots over.]

Of course! I have lots of pretty clothes to change in to! But this dress is special. I made it myself! Isn't it pretty?

[databoner]

It's not a-

[He's mentally horrified at even the thought of a date with Nui. But... she's kind of crushing those guys with her foot still...]

...Does it have to be a date for someone to buy another person an ice cream soda over conversation?

[diociopath]

[Haha oh man, this is great. Look at everyone jumping and screaming. He has clearly found the best chauffeur.]

No need to offer your apologies to them; I think you might just be a natural. Any regular driver would have refused going this way.

keep telling urself that. grose.

[skullshako]

[Blink. Blink.]

You were serious?

[The look on her face is priceless right now.]

Pretty sure if I played that I'd get fired. And if they didn't fire me I'd quit.

[databoner]

Lame.

[Arms crossed. Why are all these stupid chairs stools so he can't lean back?? Double lame.]

I don't care what you play, then. Just do something. You're boring me otherwise.

[runningstart]

Yeah, I know. And it's not like anybody thinks you're gonna rob a bank for him or something. It's just...weird. He's weird. And he's smart in a totally creepy bad guy way. [Wally claps Superboy on the back a couple times.] Just want you to be careful, but you do what you gotta.

[projectkr]

No one but Red Arrow and everyone else who thinks I could be the spy. [Maybe he is and he doesn't even know it. Luthor was able to shut him down with two simple words.] For now, it seems I won't have to worry about him.

[immigrantpunk]

[Jayden shakes his head.]

No, it's fine. I'm just used to native Russian speakers.

[He flips through the newspaper too, so that he also looks occupied. Isn't this what people always did in spy movies? Talk without looking at each other, pretending to read something else? He hopes no one will decide they're spies based on that. Can you get arrested in this America for speaking too much Russian, even? No one bothered to tell him about the laws during his briefing. That would be fitting, though. Arresting you for breaking laws you didn't even know about.

But at least he can find out if this world has the same sports teams as his old one.]

Sternbild? [That's kind of a dumb name. But then again, now that he thinks about it, so is New York City. He slouches in his seat, sneakered feet jutting out into the sidewalk. He flips a page loudly, somewhat attempting to mirror Yuri's far more proper motions. The sweat on his hands is making the newspaper ink leech onto his fingers.] Where I'm from, we don't have flying cars, either.

[That doesn't stop him from kind of wanting to try one out, though.

The next bit of info Yuri gives him stops his thoughts dead. Jayden sits up and stares at the older man, forgetting all of his previously applied spy tactics.]

What do you mean, no Soviet Union?

[Jayden's Russian history isn't that great; he was in America by the time he went to school, and they love focusing only on American history, like America is the only important country and everyone else is just background noise. If there was never a Soviet Union, what would there be? He has to think.]

Is there still a Tsar or something?

[Jayden's only exposure to Tsarist Russia came in the form of a children's animated movie about Grand Duchess Anastasia he'd seen when he was maybe eight or nine. The film had the murdered grand duchess survive the assassination but lose her memory until she was older, and then she had to go find her grandmother who had moved to Paris, or something like that. Jayden had still been young enough to like cheesy kid movies, and had come back from a birthday party chattering about it. His mother had laughed and laughed at his description of the plot, and then bent down to look him squarely in the eye. "That is a fairy tale," she told him. "It is not true. The Bolsheviks would never have let them live. Not the little girls, or the little boy. They are all dead. Don't go believing in such things. You are smarter than that."

That was the last time he had put much stock in Disneyesque movies.]

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[heartboxer]

[ Children possibly getting injured?! Armstrong just isn't down for any more dead kids in his life, thank you.

As the car quickly rounds the corner, Armstrong puts on his gauntlets with his transmutation circles and slams his fist into the ground.

A thick, large wall springs up between the boys and the careening car. It's enough to at least buffer an impact. Not one to just leave things as unsafe, he slams the right fist into the ground to create a ramp for the skateboarders to quickly move themselves down the ramp and out of the way. Of course, this wouldn't be Armstrong if his hawaiian shirt spontaneously ripped during all of this. If you're just coming onto the scene now, some weirded out teenagers will be looking at this ridiculous shirtless man. ]

There you go! Your safety is guaranteed thanks to the amazing strength and alchemy of Alex Louis Armstrong. [ sexy flexing goes here. ]

[temptedfate]

[With the attention off them Zatanna closes her eyes focusing for the next bit of magic she needed to do to get them out of here. It's a simple spell, one she's done plenty of times before. Normally it was scaled down but she's done bigger ones and big would probably be the one thing they would need to create the appropriate level of confusion.

Hands held out with fingers pointing to the sky, Zatanna takes a deep breath and exhales. There's no smoke to manipulate this time but they are on a street and there's plenty of light to get the same effect.]

Kcirt fo eht thgil, etacilpud su.

[With a flash of light there are two clones of each of them interspersed with the crowd. Gasps go up and Zatanna takes that as her cue to do an about face in the opposite direction. She only takes a quick look over her shoulder to confirm that Conner and Wolf are following before focusing on where she was going. There was an alley about a block and a half back. Perfect place to hide and compare debrief notes.]

[projectkr]

[They are definitely following and head into the alley with her. Superboy checks to make sure no one noticed their disappearing act and are still focused on the clones. Satisfied that they've finally gotten rid of their onlookers, he turns to give his attention to Zatanna.]

So, I take it you just got here too.

[He wonders if she got the same spiel he did about this place.]

[alchemicallybonded]

[There's no mistaking that flash of alchemy for something else. He runs towards it only to come across a painfully familiar scene. There's been damage to a car and the road has been changed, but more importantly, there is a shirtless buff man flexing off his muscles. If he was Ed, chances are he'd be turning right back around and hoping Major Armstrong wouldn't see him. But Al continues on up to him.]

Major Armstrong! What happened?

ALSO WILDCARD IS TOTALLY FINE

[heartboxer]

[ I completely spaced on putting this on the initial comment but let's pretend I'm not scatterbrained and that this is in the initial comment. ]

plops down at also can she read his thoughts because the horrors she'll hear

[internalflame]

[ Now there's an "innocent" passerby decked out in a spandex uniform of green and white standing beside him with quite the incredulous expression spread over her face. Not that she's impressed by his powers, nor is she ready to scold him for his methods (the combined efforts of Bobby and Scott create more messes)... ]

Your shirt. [ Was that really necessary? WAS IT? ]

Good thing this is Florida and there's a gaudy Hawaiian shirt shop every block across from a McDonalds.

[runningstart]

Not that we're on a date or anything. [except for him completely acting like they are] It's just a saying. "Don't blankity-blank on the first date." Don't kiss on the first date, don't share military secrets on the first date...you don't have to actually be on a date to use it. It's funnier if you're not actually.