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NOTE: This is the final test drive of 2019 as apps will be closed in December.

T E S T D R I V E M E M E

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 someone else's thread, either!

And remember there's only one rule in Test Drive Meme Club: HAVE FUN ON THE TEST DRIVE MEME!

01.The city of Heropa, Florida is what one might expect from a small, bright and cheery place, where locals are friendly enough and local shop owners might offer a free drink to welcome you to their fair city. Some of the locals might thank you for always lending your service to the nation, while others might not say anything -- but if you have something nasty to say, better not say anything at all, right?

The recent dimensional anomalies have disrupted people's daily business more than a little, but the latest danger is a herd of zombies shambling towards the annual Mister and Miss Corncob beauty pageant. Right in the middle of the swimsuit competition, too! Of course, who gets the crown is partially based on audience appreciation — are you going to take out some of the undead or cheer your favorite participant on to victory? Either way, you're (probably) a hero!

02. De Chima, Virginia, is a large city with a healthy economy, with large numbers of citizens waiting to be awed by your very presence. Look at you! Organic wonder! Science and technology are the lifeblood of this city, so you're likely to come across a good many locals taking your picture with the newest of devices. The imPort craze remains high here, and you may find yourself cornered by overzealous imPort fans, media wannabes and opportunists alike, shoving cameras in your face. Their questions are likely to be fairly mundane, however; get ready for an interview about your taste in romantic partners, personal underwear choices, favorite foods, and more!

It's nearly Halloween, and the annual city parade and costume contest are underway! You've got one, right? The locals just love it! If you don't, well, that's okay — just for imPorts, there's a special costume rummage bin at the start of the parade route. Try cobbling something together from costume shop donations and items left behind by ported-out heroes! Then strut your stuff and prepare to be cheered for!

03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has had its ups and downs since imPorts started disappearing. The city's political core now gutted with its mayor and supreme ambassador exported out, the streets have returned to the hands of the local people -- and incidental, the local criminal element. More so here than the streets of any other imPort city, the battle between good and evil looks more like a war of escalation than a heroic tale.

Despite the lack of gratitude that's in it for you, you may want to step in once you see a very, very sad supervillain wandering Maurtia Falls' streets. Dressed in a cape that appears to be a large swath of fabric purchased from a nearby sewing store, galaxy-themed leggings and no shirt is a man who runs right into your vicinity before striking a pose and yelling, "Everyone, stop before me and my wrath! I am Mister Mars, and provided you give me what I ask for, nobody needs to get hurt!"

At which point Mister Mars snatches an old woman's purse, loudly laughs in her face, and begins to float upwards. By the time he reaches the height of the tallest building in the area, he's beginning to look slightly panicked as he fails to really be able to move anywhere but up. Meanwhile, the old woman has begun shaking her cane at him and screaming quite an assortment of alarming expletives.

Maybe you should help one or the other out? If not, just lean back and enjoy the show.

04. Nonah, North Carolina, is the liveliest of all cities; loud, busy and there's always some kind of energy in the air that gets everyone buzzing with excitement. To be American is to be part of a melting pot, and that there’s more money to be made by the thriving local industries hardly hurts.Natives may gather around new arrivals and ask both personal and broad questions about life as an imPort, what they are looking forward to, what their favorite article of underwear is. A few night clubs offer free entrance - just this once!

In the middle of the city's biggest park is an autumn tradition — a corn maze! Of course, it's not real corn, since there hasn't been time to grow it. But craft supplies store Mikey's is sponsoring a maze built with genuine imitation corn, and hundreds of locals have already enjoyed getting lost inside! Curiously, few of them have come out the exit, and those who venture inside will discover the maze is twistier and deeper than they ever could have anticipated. Somehow, it's bigger on the inside, thanks (no doubt) to some dastardly villain's powers. Will you try to navigate a way to the exit, forge your way through the stalks, or have a nap?

05. Jeopardy, Nevada by all rights shouldn't exist. A glowing neon city smack in the middle of the desert, the only reason it's still here is that the central nuclear power plant has tapped half a mile down into a subterranean lake for its water supply. So though the desert around it may be barren, the occupants of this small city are happily self sufficient. Those weird figures you see out of the corner of your eyes? Don't worry too much. Probably just weird radiation after effects. Jeopardy has a lot of those.

Things are quiet in Jeopardy. Weirdly quiet. In fact, way, way too quiet. But if you ask any of the citizens of the city why they won't talk to you, they just raise a finger and make a shhhhing sound and then point down the street towards the church. If you try to shake them, they grit their teeth. WHY WILL NO ONE SPEAK TO YOU?

(The one who is silent the longest wins a new fridge.)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I think I know what you mean.

[She sure would like to be inside now, or at least, slightly less lost. Anju's trusting (Mother always says too trusting), so even if Donna appeared suspicious, which she doesn't, she'd... well, if it'd help get her out of here faster, there doesn't seem to be any harm in stepping closer.]

Where are we going? [She wonders, briefly, if they're going to fly out. People have powers here, don't they? So... could some of them fly?]

[ She flashes her a cheeky grin, moving in to close the distance between herself and Anju. Donna does raise her arm slowly, indicating she's going to take a hold of the other's arm. ]

You're not afraid of heights, are you?

[ Because the last thing she wants is to A) terrify the poor lady out of her wits or B) end up coated in her vomit. ]

[She tilts her head again, before shrugging her shoulders.]

I don't think so?

[Then again, she's never flown before, so it's possible, isn't it?]

But... there's no harm in trying, even if I am.

[She smiles, trying to be reassuring about it, and offers her arm.]

[ Her hold on Anju's arm is firm, but not uncomfortable. She pulls her close, bucking her knees for a second and glancing upwards to calculate the distance between them and the overgrown hedges. The stalks are quite high, but she's confident she can get over in a single bound.

With her other arm, she pulls out a thick, gold lasso. ]

Hang on tight.

[ And with that, Donna launches herself into the air, taking both her and Anju above the cornstalk for a few seconds. The wind hits Donna's face, tossing her hair back and giving her an ample view of the others wandering about the maze.

She careens her neck to see a lamppost on the edge of the maze, where the bike path leads back to the city streets. With the lasso in her hand, she flicks the length of it over the post, securing it, then swings with Anju back over and out of the maze.

Her boots hit the ground first and she tries to let Anju wander down as neatly as possible. ]

[It takes Anju a few moments for her head to catch back up. All she knows is there was a jump, and then some kind of lasso, and now they're near a lamp post outside the maze? She feels a bit dizzy, like she might want to sit down, but she also feels way too excited to do that, so instead she just paces back and forth for a short while, trying to remember which way the ground is.]

Have we stopped? It-- it definitely feels like we've stopped. And we're outside the maze now, too, I-- I didn't really know what to expect but it definitely wasn't anything like that.

[She stops pacing, right about here, and she gives a polite nod of approval, remembering herself.]

I'm really glad that it worked, though. Do you travel like that a lot? It must take a lot of getting used to!

[ She ropes her lasso back in, smirking at Anju. ]

Not usually. I just figured it was time for a shortcut.

[ But something is up with that maze. She's been through tall grass in Themyscira that she was able to get out of, so she's not sure why a cornstalk maze would have been any different. ]

You okay?

[She's trying to fix up her hair, which has gotten somewhat windswept during the makeshift flight. Anju nods, when questioned.]

Yes, I'm fine. I've just never traveled like that before. Thank you, for your help.

You're welcome.

[ She's feeling better about the shaky exit now that she realizes how sweet this other young woman is. It would have felt shitty to leave her behind in the maze. She can only hope the others can make it out on their own. ]

Those ears... [ Donna tries to approach it act tactfully as possible. ] Halloween or...?

[She blinks. What about her ears?]

Oh, no, they're like that all the time. Most people's are, where I'm from.

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