etcelsior | now don't be rude

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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.

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[Theorists dedicated alternate universe and interplanetary travel. Jesus Christ. Thomas still remembers when penicillin had been the new big thing, and that used to make him feel old enough as it was. Now, he feels ancient.

He wants to go home.]

So this place would be somewhat in the past for you? Technologically speaking, of course.

Oh, yes. According to the calendar I'm from almost five hundred years in the future.

[Some people would find that a little scary; Lila finds it awesome.]

Although the technology from this Earth doesn't seem to match up with the history of mine. I don't think we had flying cars or hoverboards for another few decades.

[To be frank, even considering what the world will be like in five hundred years is a terrifying prospect, but it's one that he will reluctantly confront, if not only because he's already been moved forward in time.]

I see. If you don't mind my saying, you certainly seem to be taking this in stride. Most of our kind that I've seen today have looked somewhat... panicked.

[They look the way he feels, in essence, not that he cares to admit as much.]

As do you!

[He seems very calm as well, especially being as much out of his element as he must be.]

I'm afraid I have a little bit of an advantage; I'm designed to do well in crisis situations. I don't panic easily.

["designed"]

Designed to do well in crisis situations, you say? Do you have remarkably strict parents?

[Then it would be 'trained' to rather than designed, but perhaps the girl simply has a shaky grasp on what terminology to use. That must be it.]

I don't have parents.

[She says it easily, because it isn't a big deal. While some androids do have an almost parent-child relationship with their creators, Lila isn't one of those, and it's never bothered her.]

I dislike being dishonest, but my explanation might be a little startling to you.

[oops]

[Thomas feels more than a little hesitant about what he's about to hear, but there's no escaping it now.]

Today is a day of many startling surprises for me as it is. What's one more?

A good attitude to have.

[It gets a little laugh, even, before her expression grows a little (just a little) more serious.]

I'm a robot. I was built by humans, but I'm not actually a human myself.

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