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

[lostobject]

[Hyouka turned his head to look at... another local? He thought he'd gotten away from most of them, how bothersome. But then she asked about his drink. Did... did she want it?]

Yes. [And with that a hole appears in his face and vwiiiiiip. His black-hole mouth closes and the cup is empty. At least he's not wasteful.]

...Solid foods are better.

[redhairring]

[ Cue more staring. That's not normal. She just can't help but stare at Hyouka, eyes looking back to the cup, then up to him again.

Sorry dude. Freddie's wigged out. ]

That's...unexpected.

[lostobject]

[He can't say he's not used to it, at least. Or that he doesn't agree.]

It's freakish, isn't it?

[redhairring]

A bit, [ Freddie responded, with a frown. ] My world doesn't have anything like you in it.

[lostobject]

Your 'world'?

[Does she mean this one, or... it dawns on Hyouka that she may actually be another imPort. He wasn't sure how to interpret the 'like you', either.

He turns on his seat to give her his full attention now that his drink is gone.]

Do you not have biological weapons in your world? [It's such an everyday phrase in his life that he doesn't consider how it'd sound to someone unused to it.]

[redhairring]

Our biological weapons don't walk and talk. [ She leans back in her seat, looking over Hyouka, article headlines already writing themselves in her mind. ]

They're not even sentient.

[lostobject]

Ah... [Hyouka bows his head for as he takes that in. Is her world less advanced? Or... The silence stretches on for a moment.]

Do you not have AI either?

[redhairring]

Not like you. I mean, we've got Siri. [ Though does he even know who Siri is? ] AI to find information and to run programs, not fluently converse with others.

[lostobject]

[Hyouka does know who Siri is but he gets the gist quickly enough, with only one misunderstanding.]

Ah, I see. Are 'Siri' in this world too?