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

[gusumouthcannon]

"That makes sense," Jingyi says and leans forward to peek at which pictures that Sizhui is pointing at when he explains which thing. "Then I will get the hamburger." It looks very strange, but he thinks that he can probably eat it. Whether or not it will agree with him is something completely different, but he refuses to think that far ahead. Not when the meal is free.

"I will try them each once," Jingyi agrees as he sets down his menu. "You said you were going to answer all of my questions! Is everyone alright? Are you alright?"

[ooc: If you have particular things for Sizhui to make sure Jingyi knows upfront, we can continue or handwave a little? Since this is the TDM thread, I'm okay with gently ending it so we can focus on other tags? :3 I'm open for anything!]

[lanofsizhui]

Sizhui might as well order everything for him to make it simple. "The hamburger is really good." He makes an order to the waitress. After waiting for their food to arrive. Since the meal is free, he ordered at least a bit of one of everything for the both of them to try.

Sizhui will try to answer everything. "Everyone is all right and accounted for. I'm all right. My father and uncle keep a better track of everyone. It's best not to worry. But since this is a new world, who knows what danger lurks? It's best to keep diligent and be aware."

[I'm good with both and wouldn't mind to keep it going! But that sounds like a plan. :>]

[gusumouthcannon]

"I will try to keep aware," Jingyi says, serious for a moment. "Though it is very surprising to me that everyone is here. It seems like so much of a coincidence. A good coincidence, I think, but maybe also a little fated?" He does not say much about the food being ordered. He is used to Sizhui leading in situations where Jingyi does not know enough about what is going on. He thinks this counts in this situation.

What he does not think about his his questions. Instead, he lets them fly from his lips as soon as they pop into his mind. "Where are you living? Do you live with the others? Have you encountered any dangers?"

[Then still going is good! :3]

[lanofsizhui]

Sizhui nodded in agreement. "Coincidence. Consider it good fortune by fate that we're all here together. When I first woke up here, I was alone and afraid. I went to search for Hanguang-Jun everywhere, that's the first thing that came to my mind."

At his question, "I was assigned to an apartment in a city of Nonah. It was empty with no people when I arrived, so I lived alone. You can come whenever you need to or live with me if you wish."

Sizhui took out his communicator and show him, which looks like a handheld phone. "Do you have one of these? Let me send you my number and address so you know where to find me and call me." After a thought. "People use this to send messages over a long distances. Let me teach you how to use it."

[gusumouthcannon]

"I would have searched for Hanguang-Jun also, so that was very wise of you," Jingyi informs him. Then he pauses, considers the fact that he was just in exactly the same situation, and tries again, "Or I did search for him, but I also searched for you." He is very smug that he found him, too, when he was only trying to find someone to get free lunch with him.

He also pulls out his communicator and stabs at the front with a finger. "I do have one, and I have only figured it out a little." Peering at Sizhui's communicator, nods. "And I will give you where I am going to live also. It is in a place called Maurtia Falls. There are many people already living there, though. Do you think I can move? The place that they have assigned me to work is near where I live right now."

[lanofsizhui]

With a soft laugh, "And so you found me. That's a start. Jin Ling and Fairy is here as well. So we're all here."

Sizhui demonstrated how to use a communicator properly. "This is how you dial a number...just put my name and search here." And then he has taken the next few moments to put in his number and check if it works properly. "And that's how it works, so you can call me any time, anywhere, and no matter the distance and where I am."

At his question, "Can you move in? Of course. Why not check where you live first and see if you like it? If you change your mind, just give me a call and we'll see if that can be arranged."