now don't be rude

[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

it is sort of the best. do you know if the jonathan is coming too?

[standsproud]

[Jotaro does come inside with him.

Is he really arguing this? That he's a Hero?

YARE

YARE

DAZE]

i'm not sure actually

[trickstar]

[Some more talking, showing off his tattoo which is obvious proof!! (Erina is going to literally kill him for getting a tattoo, even though it wasn't like he had a choice). And it... seems like it worked!! Actual Smooth Talker Joseph Joestar. There is a reason he goes into real estate later.]

We can't take any of the ones from the window display, but we can take one of the cheaper ones over there.

[In that... discount section. But hey, they're going to be smashing it anyway, right?]

Joestar lesson number one! If you can get your way by talking, you can save your energy for fighting or running later.

we should make sure he does. TRIPLE JOESTAR

[standsproud]

[Holy shit, Jotaro can't believe that worked.] ...tch, I hate talking.

[Jamming his hands into his coat pockets. Your grandson isn't much of a talker, Joseph. Then, begrudgingly, he adds:] Good job.

JOJOJOJOJOJO

[trickstar]

[See, he's not so bad, Jotaro! In fact, now he's deemed himself comfortable enough with Jotaro to throw an arm over his shoulder. Buddy. Pal.]

You can't use your fists for everything, Jojo!

[It's actually kind of funny to call him Jojo, when he's ALSO Jojo. Joseph points towards one of the sadder looking older models of a television.]

That one look good to you?

like the Phantom Blood OP: JOJO. JOJO. JOJO.

[standsproud]

Don't call me Jojo.

[Beat.] That's your name, since I can't call you "old man" here. Just call me Jotaro.

[Following Joseph's pointing.] It has a screen, so it should do fine. When you did this in the future, you told me you just grabbed the sides and waited for your Stand to activate. [He... doesn't really know how to explain how to use a Stand. It just happens.]

i'm laughing because i'm imaging dio being the one to say that now when he sees them all. 1/2

[trickstar]

[Is he pouting? Yeah, kind of.]

I never get to call anyone Jojo. It's not like I can go around saying I, Jojo, or something else stupid. Who would even do that?

[trickstar]

[Anyway, picking up a television and heading out with it. To... whatever, some alley, probably.]

...I just grab the sides and wait?

he'd probably be like FUUUUUUUUUU

[standsproud]

It wouldn't be that far out of your personality to do that.

[I mean, of the three of them, he's the most likely to have that attitude, right?

He shrugs.] That's all you said in the future.

Call for Hermit Purple.

[trickstar]

[WOW, JOTARO. WOW.

Joseph would only do that if it very specifically pissed someone off, he wouldn't do it for no reason.

He settles the TV down somewhere, kneeling in front of it with his hands on either side of it.]

Alright. ...Hermit Purple!

[And well, there it goes. Somehow, it works, and those semi-familiar purple thorned vines are coming from his wrists and entering the television. Nevermind that it shouldn't be possible for him to, and it's kind of weird feeling...]

Do... Do I break it now?!

[It almost seems like he won't need to break it himself, since the television is sparking a little.]

[standsproud]

!!

[Holy fuck, he did not expect this to work. Seeing Hermit Purple on young Joseph is really weird.]

--no, let it continue. Let's see what it does.

You don't know Holly so you can't think about her... so think about whatever your own problem is.

[trickstar]

[His own problems...

Finding Wamuu and Kars. Getting back the Red Stone of Aja. Getting rid of that ring around the veins near his heart. Potentially dying.

The television comes to life, to a news channel with a woman reporter talking about... something. Nothing seems relevant, and the television changes again. Again, nothing makes sense. Joseph is beginning to get pretty mad because while sure, it's cool he's making it do something, but he doesn't see the point in it. His Hamon starts acting up a little on top of that. Maybe this wasn't the best idea he's had. He just wants this ring off.]

Let me know if this isn't what you had in mind! Im basically just ripping off what happens in series

[standsproud]

[Hang on, his grandfather had said that when he did it like this, it was less a spirit photo and more a spirit radio, right?]

--listen to the words they're saying! It fits together, doesn't it?

yeah no this is fine, joseph is just too dumb to know what's going on

[trickstar]

[Does it? Is this really how it's supposed to work? The channels switch with increasing frequency, almost sounding like it's spelling something out...]

"The antidote..."

"...can be..."

"...found here..."

"...ask the..."

"...network..."

[And it's done apparently. No more worse even trying to make sense. Joseph sighs and rocks back onto his butt rather than continuing to kneel.]

Guess that's it.

[standsproud]

[You... really didn't hear that? Jotaro jams his hands into his pockets once more.]

"The antidote can be found here. Ask the network."

You're looking for an antidote?

[trickstar]

[Well, he heard it... But he was also really distracted by the actually video that happened because first time seeing a television bro. Also using a Stand like 40 years he's supposed to took it out if him a little. He needs to practice...

Joseph points toward his heart while looking up at Jotaro.]

There's a ring of poison around my heart that's set to release in six days.

[standsproud]

[Excuses excuses!]

Hm. [Ah, he sees why the man was a bit concerned.]

Well, the antidote is here. We need to ask... the network? [What kind of network? Criminal network, perhaps? A black market network?]

[trickstar]

Too bad it didn't tell us what the network is. Well! It's a start! If I can't get the antidote from Wamuu, then this is really my only option anyway.

[standsproud]

Maybe a local knows. If you can get the antidote here, that takes care of your problem at least.

[Translation: Let's go shake down some bums.]

[trickstar]

[Family bonding: punching hobos.]

Then we'll just have to take care of yours after. Ha ha, wouldn't that be something if Dio was here too!

[standsproud]

[One of them might be a Stand user!!!1

Jotaro jams his hands into the pockets of his jacket.] ...it's 2014. Even if Dio is here, we're 15 years too late.

[A pause.] Unless beating him here changed something back in 1989.

[trickstar]

[No Jotaro. There are no other Stand users here. Please stop punching hobos.]

Shouldn't you not even exist here, if I'm here at this age? Things are already screwed up enough that I think anything could happen.

[standsproud]

[look old man you haven't been ambushed at literally every place you stopped to chill out THESE HOBOS NEED A PUNCHING]

Hm. I can't deny that.

If you're here at your age and I still exist, the timeline must continue like it was supposed to. But we can't say if it's the same for me.

Either way, if Dio is here, I'll kill him.

[trickstar]

That all sounds way too complicated to me. I didn't study in school-

Ah- ah, you didn't hear that! Don't follow my example! Study hard in school, Jotaro!

As for Dio, don't worry. I just meant it as a what-if situation! He probably isn't here. I mean, what would be the chances?

[standsproud]

[He goes to school

sometimes.] Probably just as likely as me meeting my grandfather when he was my age.

[trickstar]

...When you put it that way...

[He was just saying that because it would be funny... In like, a horribly ironic way.]