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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 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.

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[Edgeworth jerks back from that sight - because, good God, how could one not? The man has a terrifying appearance and clear aggression to match; because Edgeworth has adjusted, certainly, to strange-looking Imports, but strange-looking and ferocious - less so.

Yet he's not precisely afraid. He's more just startled. And, indeed, his response to the man baring fangs in his face is a stiff, snappish:]

Get a hold of yourself.

[ The snarl's abandoned quickly. The black eyes linger for a moment before flickering back to normal, and his teeth are still slightly sharp when he speaks.

Which isn't for a few seconds, actually, because he's more accustomed to people panicking and running away when he slips up, not standing their ground and chastising him. Speaking of, the chastising's not appreciated. The clear aggression remains in the wake of the inhuman traits, and his tone's equally snappish when he replies. ]

Send me back to Wales.

[ Probably the most embarrassing demand he's ever made. ]

[Hmph. Well - it's a little easier to talk to someone who doesn't have...eerie eyes and gnashing fangs. Even if that person sounds somehow even less pleasant now than when he was hissing.]

That's not in my power, sir.

[He crosses his arms.]

Did they not give you the "speech"?

[ His expression doesn't soften, though it does become more unimpressed than outwardly hostile. ] Of course they did. That doesn't mean I believed them.

[ This isn't Wales. That's the only part of it he's willing to accept, but the rest of it— time travel, dimensions, superpowers— there's a pause while he considers Edgeworth, and the incredulous tone in his next comment comes across as an unabashed insult. ] But you do. Jesus, you can't seriously be that gullible.

[ So what if he's seen some people walking around who look distinctly like dragons, reality is completely irrelevant to this conversation. ]

[Hissing, fanged, condescending, offensive, and quick to jump to conclusions. This man seems positively delightful.]

I'm not new here. I've seen evidence of the same. One is not gullible when one sees evidence.

we're all reponsible here

:')

but what if i want to hang up on you

I will actually literally murder you

don't be hasty ok

fine I will literally injure you