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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.)

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I have plenty.

[Godhood and summoning things that he might need. Still.] Dare I ask which ones? That may be paper but it's...

[...off.

He frowns at it, scratching his chin before he shakes his head.]

Strange. Can't you feel it?

I was in the Labyrinth. I mean by then it had snaked all the way to New York and Camp Half-Blood, and now we use it for battle training which the Hephaestus kids take way too seriously...[Aaaand he's babbling. Oops.]

Anyway, all that means is that the whole..."wrongness" of this thing? Kind of run of the mill for me.

[...wait.

Hephaestus. That had been a really bad day. He and Hera had both convinced Zeus to take the boy back and Zeus...

His hand clenches before folding it calmly into his pocket.]

...You. May have lost me. Sorry. I'm old and slow.

[He's not slow. But.]

Battle training? New York? Camp Half-Blood? The only thing I know is Hephaestus. He's not here is he?

[It would be good to have a familiar face around. Poor Kid. Poor Zeus.]

I do that a lot more than I should.

[Once again. Oops.]

I'm a demigod. Where I'm from, our parents made a camp for their mortal children. A place for us to train, be ready to deal with monsters. It's on Long Island.

...And uh, not sure how you know Hephaestus, but he's not here. Just me...and my dad, Apollo. Though Dad isn't exactly himself right now. A son of Hades used to be here but he uh...got sent home. [That last bit seems to hold a bitter note.]

[He's about to ask What's a long island but dad and Apollo.

And then that last part that makes him sputter and glare at the boy. The glare of a deity with power and authority.

Pointing a finger he stares and then frowns.]

A-apollo's here?

[He paid for that stupid speech class and then he's completely screwed it up. Perfect. But really-]

W-When you say Hades what do you mean exactly?

[His normally suave voice doesn't squeak, but he does stammer and frown. Because. Damn.]

[Oh. Oh no. He knows that energy, that force behind that glare. Half of Camp had gotten a similar look to a sobered Dionysus and one point or another.

It's a look that tells him he screwed up somewhere in this conversation.]

I mean Hades. Lord and King of the Underworld. The Unseen. That Hades. [And because he was a dumb kid that can't keep his mouth shut even when he's already dug himself a hole.] I'm dating his son, Nico--the kid I mentioned before.

[His throat works at that. Yes that is his list of titles and then he mentions son and-]

H-

What? A son?

[Boyfriend smoyfriend. He may prefer the company of females but. It's Greece. That said he's gone white and points.]

...I - I'm sorry I'm lost. You're a son of Apollo. Which makes sense. And you're here? And -

Do you know me? If you're one of his children.

[Will Solace can have moments of being stupidly reckless, but he isn't dumb by any measure. Given the reactions he's earned thus far, he can easily narrow down just who this man--er god was before him.

He, honestly, should probably feel more terrified than he does. This place desensitized you to a lot of things.]

I mean not you, you. And we don't really get to meet a lot of gods face to face anyway. Nico knows more of them better than I do. Especially from his father's realm.

[This is going to get confusing.]

Nico's the son of Hades.

[He's getting this now. There's a pit of a pause.] ...You're all demigods and you don't meet your parents?

Some of us get the chance, but not all of us do. They claim us by sending a sign to Camp. [He shrugs. It's normal. A source of bitterness for some of them, to be sure.]

They're busy and they don't always...care.

[Hebe lives with her father.

Ares visits.

Aphrodite had all of her children in one house. And maybe it's because he's spent the most time by himself but it doesn't seem fair...

It makes sense though.

They're still human in a sense.

He sighs.]

Right.

Do they take care of you at this camp at least?

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