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etcelsior2014-07-25 01:54 pm
maskormods) wrote in etcelsior2014-07-25 01:54 pm
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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.
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This place was...unfortunate. At the very least this young man had come to her with something that wasn't the mindless bleating she had been subjected to for the last several, merciless hours. ]
I am Lung Tien Lien and I am not to be made a spectacle. [ However, a thought crossed her mind. ]
I will hear an explanation on the nature of a 'photo.'
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It's nice to meet you... Ms. Lung. [That's an Asian name, right? God, he really hopes it's an Asian name, otherwise he really is a briquette.] I'm Peter Parker.
A photo, ah -- it's a kind of picture made by recording light using a device called a camera -- this thing here. It's like a camera obscura, but it runs on electricity. See, like this:
[He turns, searching for a good subject, then takes a landscape shot of the beach itself. Flippping the camera around, he stretches out his arms to show her the preview on the viewfinder on the back.]
I don't know if you can really see, but that's the photo I just took. The camera stores the image as an electric signal, and I can send it to another machine that can print it out on paper.
[He's really hoping this explanation is halfway intelligible. Optics and electromagnetism are subjects with a long history of study, and whatever time and society she comes from, she's snooty enough to be well-educated.]