maskormods: (⒉)
Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] etcelsior2014-07-25 01:54 pm

now don't be rude


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.
lurings: (✃ considering)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-07-31 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ she had meant price and zeller specifically, she just didn't remember/care about their names. but he made a good point about jack crawford. she's not entirely sure how he fared, but as hannibal was alive and she didn't see jack she could only assumed he'd bled out somewhere in the house.

she looks off to the side, mind momentarily lost in thought of what beverly could have done. ]
You're right.
enabeled: (sherlock isn't a respected psychiatrist)

[personal profile] enabeled 2014-07-31 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Gideon is quiet for a moment, lips pursed mildly in thought. He looks at Abigail with his same cautious scrutiny. ]

He's around here too, you know.

Hannibal Lecter.
lurings: (✃ deep thoughts)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-07-31 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ of course. she continues looking away, eyes falling shut as she fights against bile seering her throat. he's inescapable, like her nightmares come true. her shoulders stiffen as she struggles to keep her breathing in control, to not succumb to frustrated tears. not even death could free her.

he was right, too, when he said it could be worse.

it is worse.

her hair is pushed aside enough to give a glimpse of her ear as her hand curls against her neck, scar pressed against her palm familiar. her nails dig into the back of her neck to force her to focus, grounding her in the present as her eyes open. ]


Could be worse.

[ could be her dad! ]
enabeled: ([cannibalism intensifies])

[personal profile] enabeled 2014-07-31 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
Could be. Would argue not by much, yet we are alive, whole... equipped with strange and new abilities.

So it isn't as if we're helpless.

[ All he knows about her is what's been in the papers or Tattlecrime, which is to say not a whole lot. But any victim of Hannibal's should appreciate having extra means to defend themselves, he imagines. Who wouldn't?

Gideon observes her (lack of ear), her scar, and returns to his quiet thought. To comment would only invite similar comments upon himself.
]