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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

[5055034455]

What, like him manipulating you is somehow news?

[hostage]

[Well, clearly, from the stricken look on his face.]

...You're fucking with me right now. You're mad I hit you, so you're fucking with me.

[5055034455]

Do I look like I'm fucking with you, Jesse? You've seen me fuck with you. You know what me fucking with you looks like.

[hostage]

[He's practically whispering now:]

Shut the fuck up.

[5055034455]

[Okay.

Saul shuts up.]

[hostage]

[This is revenge or something. This is Saul trying to hurt him in his way, to get back at him for their fight. Because whatever differences he had with Mr. White, whatever doubts there were in the past, they worked through them. Saul's just trying to get at him, because he remembers those ugly days. Yeah... Saul's trying to turn him against Mr. White.

Jesse takes a step back.]

You stay the hell away from me.

[5055034455]

[Logically, Saul knows he should just let this go. This is what he wanted after all, right? He wanted Jesse to leave him alone.

But this is leaving a very, very sour taste in his mouth.

He chews his lip for a moment, thinking.]

Could you change it? What happens, I mean. If I tell you now — couldn't you stop it, when it happens for you?

[hostage]

What're you talking about?

[5055034455]

Changing the future.

[hostage]

[He gives a slight shake of his head, still confused. He's never considered the possibility that he'll ever go home again, let alone what'll happen when he gets there.]

Change what? How?

[5055034455]

I — I don't know how. As for the what —

[Saul hates being backed into corners, both literally and figuratively.]

You didn't really expect things to be fine and dandy forever, did you?

[hostage]

Uh, yeah. I kinda did. Things were going perfect for us.

[Well, except the whole... thing about murdering that Lydia lady. But he was sure it'd work out.]

[5055034455]

That's some optimism you've got there, kiddo.

[A pause.]

I'm sorry.

[hostage]

Shut up.

[Is he supposed to trust anything Saul says, anyway? The guy's obvious got it out for Mr. White.]

[5055034455]

Look, how the hell was I supposed to know that you'd be here at all? And from the past — what, like I have experience with time travel? I see your face now and I don't think, oh, hey, there's my ol' pal Jesse — I think oh, shit, there's the guy who wants me dead.

[For a minute, there, Saul thought maybe he was dead. Jesse might be dead, too. That would explain a lot. Sort of.]

I shouldn't have dumped this all on you, but I can't help that my reaction was... what it was.

[hostage]

I don't just up and try to kill anybody, Saul. So what'd you do, huh? If it even happened at all. Why'd I come after you?

[5055034455]

You're not gonna believe me. With the way things are for you right now, your relationship with Walt — I can hear you already telling me I'm full of shit.

[hostage]

Ain't that convenient.

[5055034455]

Nothing about this is convenient.

[hostage]

Well he ain't here, alright? So you can take whatever this is, whatever your game is, and shove it.

[5055034455]

I don't have a "game," Jesse! What the hell could I possibly gain at this point, huh? Nothing. Nada. I shoulda been in Nebraska by now, living the life of that bozo you saw on my driver's license.

[hostage]

Then go to Nebraska!

[Screw this. He doesn't have to keep listening to it. All it's doing is making him feel sick inside.]

[5055034455]

Fine!

[This is his cue to turn and walk away, right? Because that's what he's doing.]

[hostage]

And don't come back!

[Jesse closes his hands into fists and takes off in the other direction. It's bullshit. Saul's just trying to start shit. Mr. White wouldn't do anything. It's bullshit. It has to be.]