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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

[standsproud]

[Because Hamon is like, SO last story arc.] My grandfather uses Hamon.

I've got something that beats even that. [He really didn't want to get into a fight here. He needs to be getting to Egypt. But if this Hamon-using punk wants to rumble, Jotaro will just have to put him down quickly.] Star Platinum!

[Is that some sort of weird spirit thingy manifesting next to him? Why yes, yes it is.

Is that weird spirit thingy throwing a punch at your face, Joseph? Why yes, yes it is.]

[trickstar]

[Punched by ghosts: a manga series.

Which yeah it probably would seem like a ghost if Joseph couldn't see Star Platinum, but he can. Unfortunately his own Stand (which he doesn't know he has) is shit for blocking anyway, so the weird spirit thingy throwing a punch winds up hitting Joseph square in the jaw, and shit sucks.

Joseph's sent reeling, just a little, but he's more confused now than angry.]

What was that?

[BECAUSE IT SEEMS HELLA USEFUL ........ Yo can he borrow your purple ghost thing, he needs to punch some Kars.]

[standsproud]

[Star Platinum just sort of returns to chilling behind Jotaro.] You're still on your feet after that? I'm impressed.

It's called a Stand. The external representation of a person's life energy and fighting will. [Wait, hang on. There's something that's bothering him about this...]

...you could see it?

[trickstar]

[Don't mind him being nosy as hell and circling Jotaro to look Star Platinum over. TOTALLY FASCINATED BY UR GHOST THING.]

Am I not supposed to? It's right there!

[standsproud]

[Hey, hands off. Eyes off, even. Star Platinum circles around Jotaro in the opposite direction.] That's impossible.

Only Stand users can see other Stands... [His voice trails off. Hamon, AND a Stand user? Moreover, a Stand user that doesn't know he has a Stand. Just like his mother...] You, tell me your name. [It's the weirdest thought, but could this be some long-lost cousin he doesn't know about?]

[trickstar]

Joseph Joestar. Your turn.

[GET BACK HERE, GHOST. LET HIM POKE YOU.]

[standsproud]

[THE FUCK.

Jotaro's eyes widen, and then he grimaces. Star Platinum, meanwhile, stops avoiding Joseph...

...and aims one hell of a punch at the punk's stomach.] You idiot! If you're going to steal someone's name, don't try and pull one over on their family!

I'm Jotaro Kujo. Joseph Joestar is my grandfather. So, I won't be fooled by a pathetic trick like that!

[trickstar]

[WOAH OKAY MAN, calm down, christ on a cracker.

Joseph takes the punch because wow that thing is fast, and that REALLY HURTS, stop hurting your grandpa, Jotaro.]

You'd punch people for just saying their name?!

[Wait. ...Grandfather?!]

Woah- woah woah! No way, you're my age, you can't be my grandson! I haven't even settled down with a girl yet! And what kind of grandson would I have that doesn't keep the Joestar name?!

[standsproud]

[Star Platinum looks pissed. As much as a ghost can look pissed. Mostly because Jotaro looks pissed too.] And you're my age, so you can't be my grandfather; he's an old geezer!

His daughter, Holly Joestar, moved to Japan and married Sadao Kujo, a musician. I have my father's name, but... [yanking back the collar of his jacket and turning to show the star-shaped birthmark] my grandfather's blood!

So tell me who you really are, asshole!

[trickstar]

[Okay, this is really not what he thought today was going to wind up like.

That birthmark, though. He can't deny that that, when he has one too. But would showing his even change things, when he's already being accused of imitating someone else? The birthmark would just prove he was thorough, not that he is who he says he is.]

You know I'm not lying! If what you said is true, that only other Stand users can see Stands- then answer me, does the Joseph Joestar you know have a Stand? And if he does, then that would be a fourth similarity between me and him. Would an impostor be able to fake seeing something that most can't?

[standsproud]

[Dammit. The logic is sound. Now that he's looking closely, he can see the resemblance in the face, even if he's never seen his grandfather without his beard. Jotaro's posture and expression slowly become less hostile, though still guarded.] ...Joseph Joestar does have a Stand. Hermit Purple.

But the age... [Wait. He's got it. He's from the late 80s, and apparently it's 2014 here? If he can travel through time...] If you're really him, then what year is the last year you remember before coming here?

[trickstar]

[HE CAN HEAR HIMSELF WINNING.]

The year is- was 1938. I'm eighteen years old. How old is the Joseph you know?

[standsproud]

[1938, and he's eighteen.

...god dammit, this checks out. What the hell is going on here?] My grandfather is 69 years old.

In 1989.

[trickstar]

... Sixty-nine?! I live to be that old?! Oh my god!! I'm really an old man by then, aren't I??

I guess that means I don't die in six days after all!

[DON'T MIND HIM JUST CELEBRATING OVER HERE.]

[standsproud]

Gimme a break... [Is this punk idiot really his grandfather?]

You've just met your grandson from the future, and all you can think about is that you aren't going to die in six days?

[trickstar]

[What were you expecting, Jotaro. Joseph to not be an idiot?]

It's been a big stress for me for the past month!

[But now that he's not so concerned about having places to go...]

So you're my future grandson, eh?

What's your grandma's name, then? Is she a babe?

[I'm so sorry, Jotaro.]

[standsproud]

[...no, not really, now that you mention it.]

I don't know if she's a babe back then, but she's a geezer like you now. [And besides, he's never met her in person. Wtf stopped you guys from coming out to visit Japan huh??] Her name's Suzie.

Suzie Q. Joestar.

[trickstar]

SUZIE??

[WHAT FOR REAL, HE MARRIES THE MAID?? Well, she was pretty cute... Sorry for never visiting, bby Jojo.]

Well, that's all the real questions I had to ask!

[He is a simple man.]

[standsproud]

Really?

All you want to know is who you married? [Sigh.] You're annoying as an old man, but I had no idea you were this carefree when you were my age.

[trickstar]

If you can't be carefree when you're young, then when are you going to do it?

[Seriously Jotaro, lighten up. Maybe if you hadn't punched him twice in the past 10 minutes he'd put an arm over your shoulder.]

That aside, anything else I'd want to ask of you, you probably wouldn't know.

[standsproud]

There's a difference between being young and being a dolt. [Jotaro is never carefree. About anything. He is ALWAYS SRS BSNS OK]

Tch, suit yourself.

So you really had no idea how to use your Stand at this age, did you?

[trickstar]

I've never even heard of it until this moment. Do you think I could use it, even though it's technically after the me of right now?

...And are you still calling me a dolt??

[standsproud]

Hm. I'm not sure. You told me it was because Dio had stolen the body of our ancestor Jonathan that every person with the Joestar birthmark now had a Stand. But since he hasn't awakened in 1939, your Hermit Purple might still be dormant.

Yes, I am. [Matter-of-factly.]

[trickstar]

Cut it out. That's not how you respect your grandfather!

[Nevermind he's the one who picked the fight they almost got into to begin with. Let's ignore that.]

...Stole Jonathan's body? That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that's what I meant?

[Was he just making things up to mess with Jotaro and now inadvertently messing with himself??]

Hermit Purple, though. Does it look like yours?

[What a weird name.]

[standsproud]

You aren't my grandfather yet. [Crossing his arms over his chest.] That is what you meant. The night your grandmother Erina and mother escaped the sinking ship on their way to America, they thought that Jonathan had taken Dio with him. Instead, Dio took Jonathan's body and slept in a coffin underneath the ocean for a hundred years until some idiots dragged him up. You were sure about it.

[He shakes his head as Star Platinum reappears behind him.] Nothing like it. It's... thorns. Like vines of purple thorns all around your body. You use it to see things far away.