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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] etcelsior2014-06-27 03:49 pm

we're all reponsible here


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.
falsesmile: (attack of the biots) (what the hell marvid!)

[personal profile] falsesmile 2014-07-07 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The hair on the back of Vestara's neck prickled. If beings from her galaxy might be here, she wasn't as safe as she'd thought. ]

It must be a special planet.

[ She let some of her very real surprise into her voice, and looked around with a healthy new respect for the place. ]
hackitude: contemplative, listening (if i can't jump)

[personal profile] hackitude 2014-07-07 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Skye shrugs, thinking about it for a moment.]

I don't know. Maybe. Maybe it's more difficult for them to pull people in from far away. Maybe alternate universe same planet is just easier.
falsesmile: (that's so sweet.)

[personal profile] falsesmile 2014-07-07 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That raises the question of how this planet was unique enough to develop... inter-universal travel in the first place.

[ Her voice was thoughtful, energetically curious, even as she paused to choose a word to differentiate the between-worlds travel the woman was describing from the between-worlds travel Vestara had experienced over the past four years. ]
hackitude: eyebrows raised, informative (but you've given me the wheel)

[personal profile] hackitude 2014-07-07 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Hell if I know. They won't let any of us close enough to the damn thing to work it out.
falsesmile: (that's so sweet.)

[personal profile] falsesmile 2014-07-07 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
None of the imPorts?
hackitude: contemplative (bound to hurt more than myself)

[personal profile] hackitude 2014-07-07 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Not one. Wonder why.
falsesmile: (this is a story that happened a long time ago. it is already over. nothing can be done to change it.) (do you think i could?)

[personal profile] falsesmile 2014-07-07 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Let me guess: they didn't ask you nicely before dragging you here, either.
hackitude: snark, unimpressed (you print the bible on him)

[personal profile] hackitude 2014-07-07 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
If there's anyone who's here by choice, I haven't met them yet.
falsesmile: (that's so sweet.)

[personal profile] falsesmile 2014-07-07 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
A town of unhappy superbeings sounds like it should be a problem.