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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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[Jayden looks up, suddenly panicked to see he has driven the man to stand up and leave. Frantic, he switches back to English.]

Wait!

[Wait for what? For Jayden to continue being angry and rude? He'd wanted to drive the stranger away, and now he's upset that he's succeeded? What's the matter with him?]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... [He takes a breath.] I don't know what I'm supposed to do here. I'd rather be angry about it than scared.

[Having already proven himself prone to emotional outbursts, Yuri is less startled by Jayden's sudden exclamation this time around. He stops, calmly turning so that he is profile to the younger male, pale eyes darkly rimmed and serious.]

You might find that being honest with yourself is more constructive.

[Yuri would know. Holding onto lies for the sake of false comfort always comes back to haunt you in the end. Always.]

[And he nearly leaves it at that, so fixated is he on not getting too involved with a stranger, particularly one he has no obligation or desire to safeguard...but he finds himself speaking again before he can properly excuse himself and depart the teen's company.]

There is no shame in feeling fear, only in allowing that fear to control you.

[Jayden stares up at Yuri, and only nods. Any protest he could make is weak. There are many areas in which being honest hasn't worked to his advantage in awhile. It might take him awhile to sort out how he really feels and act accordingly, especially in a place like this.]

Are you afraid, too? Of what they might do to us here?

[How does one answer such a question and be entirely truthful, but not at all too revealing? Yuri ponders in silence before, finally, he inclines his head.]

We would be speaking more candidly if I was not afraid at all.

[Briefly, his gaze wanders across the street, eyes alighting upon the native citizen manning the newspaper stand where he and Jayden stood minutes earlier. The judgment of people like him is not what concerns Yuri the most, of course. Rather, it is the ever-present possibility that the people of this world may back him into a corner or, worse yet, out him for the vigilante that he is before he is able to make them repent for their sins.]

In any case, to bow to that fear is to admit defeat, and I am unwilling to do so. Can you say the same?

[Involuntarily, Jayden's gaze follows Yuri's. He narrows his eyes, trying to determine if the vendor is watching them, or just happens to be glancing in their direction for lack of anything better to do. Either way, it unsettles him.

He looks back to Yuri. Despite having just met him, Jayden does not want to let him down.]

Yes, of course.

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