KISSES YOUR FACE

[maskormods]

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 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.

The current craze sweeping the city and social media is getting people on their feet: the Camp Midnight Challenge! Based on a popular video game, the goal is to get the funkiest, silliest, most eye-catching dance sequence on video—with a twist! Successful completion of this challenge requires getting an imPort to join in a duo dance that incorporates their powers! Swarms of eager teens, tweens and would-be BlueTube stars are out and about on the sidewalk looking for newcomers to join in. If they spot you, you better come up with a good excuse or put your dancing shoes on!

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! Synthetic wonder! Whatever you might be, those words have meaning here. 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 or recently published PLoS papers. 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.

Today in De Chima, there's the unveiling of a brand new invention in the convention centre park! With a simple scan, it will print out your Closest Love Match of the other individuals present, along with your percentage of compatibility and a free coupon to get lunch with your new date if you match 90% or higher!

A little odd that it seems that nearly every couple has 90% or higher, isn't it? What's the probability that the scanner is broken?

03. Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania has carried a reputation for ups and downs ever since imPorts began reappearing again, just those few years prior. Several imPort heroes have put focused efforts into cleaning up the streets of this somewhat infamous city, while a handful of others had swooped in to help the criminal industry thrive. 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. Everything from the classic bank heist to brutal bloodbaths can happen around the corner. You have to keep your eyes open and your mind sharp when you live in Maurtia Falls, and hostility against imPorts can spike. The emergence of locals with superpowers is hardly helping...

The downtown mall is tilting the balance solidly toward welcoming to imPorts with a Winter Welcome Festival. All the storefronts and many temporary kiosks occupied by local vendors are holding special sales, and newly arrived imPorts are given a coupon book to make the most of them. The food court has some free goodies for participants to mix and mingle.

Unfortunately, a local rogue with the alias of Klone Kringle is here to spoil the fun. After a small boom echoes throughout the mall, everything dissolves into chaos as dozens of copies of a man dressed in a polyester Santa Claus costume begin looting the retailers! The guns they wield that shoot snow and ice might not be lethal, but they can certainly slow you down (and give you a cold). Will you be the hero and help take down Kringle(s), or will you seize the opportunity to do some theft of your own?

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.

Although Nonah sees milder winters than some imPort cities, it's strangely snowy today, with icicles hanging everywhere. They definitely weren't there this morning, and no storm has passed through, so what gives? A downtown disturbance makes it clear: a would-be supervillain calling himself THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN has attacked. Is he some kind of mutant, a scientifically modified human, or is there just a lot of arctic-tech stuffed into his snowsuit? Whatever its source, he's spraying ice and snow far and wide from his hands, turning the area into a winter wonderland and absolutely ruining sales for local businesses that depend on foot traffic! Also, some citizens have been frozen in blocks of ice. That's bad.

Come, heroes, and defeat this icy menace! That, or build a really cool snowman. It's your call.

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.

You're in luck! You're just in time for Jeopardy's traditional Valentine's Race!

The premise of the race is simple: hogtie your lover, throw them over your shoulder (or back, if needed), and carry them from the bank of the train station (it's actually not a train station, it's a non-functioning movie set that's been turned into a museum, but it's still called "the train station.") While the tradition says "lover," as long as the person you tie up has consented to it, it's allowed!

At the end of the race, the Mayor gives a short speech about love, and movies, and tradition. She's also baked thousands of Valentine's and heart-themed desserts for all participants and audience members! They just happen to all be... shaped like the actual heart organ, rather than the symbol.

Comments

[softheartedshizun]

Aren't there situations where they are used like an ultimate weapon? Or, being part of the system is the starting point and then branching off to something else from there?

[Though, if a lot of people were "superheroes" than there should be "supervillains" and you would need both to balance. It wasn't an interesting concept to him, but it would make sense to need a system for it.]

[brickjokes]

Probably. Wouldn't put it past anyone.

Superheroes are just fuckups with masks.

[softheartedshizun]

That's a bit concerning in a world filled with them....

[All he could picture was powerful children running around causing problems.]

I'm surprised this world is as stable as it is.

[brickjokes]

On the surface.

Neither of us know enough to say more.

[softheartedshizun]

[He paused a moment because he had not thought of that.]

True, anything could be happening under the surface, and no one has real loyalty to the governing authority.

[brickjokes]

Considering they've been yanked here? My money's on no.

[ laurie's too perceptive to believe that anyone buys into this. they just don't want to look further. ]

[softheartedshizun]

But, at the same time, what are you to do once you find yourself here? It isn't as if we can go back. It seems simpler to not fight the powers that be.

[brickjokes]

Fighting the system's not that simple, not when you still need to survive.

[softheartedshizun]

Systems are terrible and abusive. Fighting them is pointless.

[Though he knew they were not talking about the System he was cursed with outside of this world, he still could not help but think of it.]

It would do to simply make the best of our transmigration experience.

[brickjokes]

[ hmm. ]

Is that your final answer, cucumbers?

[softheartedshizun]

...

Master Shen....

[Don't bring his shame back up!]

[brickjokes]

No, I like cucumbers better.

So, is that how you'll go into this? With the system?

[softheartedshizun]

[His soul was crying!]

I don't really know enough to make a decision....

[But he's not going to reject it from the start.]

[brickjokes]

[ laurie cocks her head. ]

I suppose that's fair. It's safe, at least.

[softheartedshizun]

[There is nothing wrong with being safe! Who want's to risk their lives first thing?]

I am not a hero, I have responsibilities, I must consider them in this situation.

And you? What is your stance?

[brickjokes]

Who says I have one?

I'm too old for anything.

[softheartedshizun]

You don't look that old.

[What was too old for anything? He felt too old for this!]

But not having one is fair enough.

[brickjokes]

You sure?

[ her lips curve upwards. ]

How old do you think I am?

[softheartedshizun]

[Warning! Trick question! He did not want to answer.... But, she didn't really look that much older than his parents back in his original world... maybe.]

Fifties...?

[He also was not a good judge of age, he had spent too much time with people who don't age at all!]

[brickjokes]

Cute answer, cucumbers.

I'm in my sixties.

[softheartedshizun]

Ten years difference isn't that big of a deal.

[Even his own body was probably... well, he didn't know how old his body was, so there was no point to talk about it. He would guess his physical appearance was somewhere in the late teens early twenties though.]

All that matters is one has their health.

[brickjokes]

Aw, that's cute.

But I'm afraid in America, no one gives a shit about health.

[softheartedshizun]

Is that true...?

[Maybe it was. He didn't really know that much....]

Isn't health a fundamental?

[Though, if he thought about it... weren't there issues back in his original world about stuff like that too? He can't say he ever thought about it, but then... maybe he had too few cares as a second generation child! Not to mention he hadn't exactly been the healthiest of people...]

[brickjokes]

It is, but appearances count more.

America's America, no matter how much it changes.

[softheartedshizun]

I think appearances matter everywhere.

[If you look good and important you will always get a better time than if you didn't. Even he himself was soft to pretty and cute....]