DON'T MESS WITH ME AND MY SQUAD

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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. 

ImPorts who have been around for a while might notice something a little different this spring. Suddenly, April Fool's Day is the biggest holiday of the season. What's more, locals are acting as if this has always been the case! Could it be an after-effect of last year's dimensional difficulties? Whatever the case, locals are excitedly sharing ideas for this year's fooling, the Live Time channel is running commercials for its annual movie marathon, and the April Fool's Parade is sure to attract big crowds!

The city of Heropa is debuting a brand-new local mascot for the holiday: Jack Inna Box! For the week leading up to April 1, the costumed character will be wandering around downtown Heropa, taking pictures with locals and inviting them to share their best jokes. As part of his civic duty, he's making a point to meet as many new imPorts as possible — including you!

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...

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.

Today there's a big lemonade stand on one busy sidewalk, staffed by a group of industrious kids. Aww, isn't it sweet? Wait...is that a cookie stand a little ways down, also run by elementary-to-middle schoolers? Heck, the entire block is full of kid-run mini-businesses — a gathering of pint-sized entrepreneurs! And they have their eyes on you, hero, because as a celebrity imPort, your pockets are full of $$$, right?

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. 

April Fool's Day is a big holiday in Jeopardy, too, but an extremely solemn one. All congregants at the Church of the Ancient Web Mistress give up all forms of jokes and comedy for a week in recognition of the way fate spins laughter to brighten the world but, like spiderwebs, it can also be fleeting. If you'd like to know more, the locals are glad to share their pamphlets and invite you to coffee hour. It's okay to enjoy it (just don't smile too widely).

 

 

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[eightfoldlight]

"A bit," she admits. Locking eyes with him, her smile suddenly drops most of its sharpness and reaches her eye. "I'm-" Yenh's name is called by the barista. She pumps her fist at the phenomenal timing. "—family name, Quryoja. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Her monstrosity of a drink awaits. Yenh offers sunny gratitude to the baristas, giving it a sip to placate their obvious anxieties. It tasted about what she expected it to taste like, which was bitterness and sugar with a hint of additional flavoring.

Yenh tilts her head and glances over to Rye's corner to see if he 'didn't teleport' somewhere else.

[jup1t3r]

As much as Rye wishes he could disappear into thin air, it doesn't quite work like that. That and he doesn't want to give her any other reasons to keep asking him about it. He's kept that particular skill on the down-low for a reason and he's not looking to draw more attention to it.

So, with a sour expression on his face, his gaze turns out of the window instead, people watching for a while as he gets to grips with the fact that this is probably the longest conversation he's had with anybody since he arrived here. Travelling to different dimensions isn't new to him, but it generally doesn't take long for him to understand why he's been pulled from his own timeline and this place, so far, has remained an irritating mystery.

[eightfoldlight]

Pleased to still have her mystery acquaintance, her lion tail sweeps cheerfully with each quick step back to Rye's side. This time, she settles into the chair and oozes back into it. Yenh regards his cold shoulder with a vague smile, and allows it to stand long enough for another sip of her experimental drink.

That reprieve ended, she tilts her head and shifts sideways toward the window in an attempt to meet his eyes again. "As I was saying! Yenh Quryoja, professional adventurer. What shall I call you?"

[jup1t3r]

"Unimpressed. Irritated. Wanting to be left alone. Take your pick," Rye replies, frustrated beyond measure as she catches his eye leaning into his line of sight. Why anyone would continually throw themselves at his less than welcoming company is a mystery.

His parents didn't raise him to be this rude, though, and it's with a uncomfortable thought of how disappointed his mother would be if she'd heard him that he exhales heavily and finally turns his head. Clearly he should have picked somewhere to appear a lot further away. He'll remember that next time. With a put upon expression, he finally gives up a scant piece of information.

"Rye."

[eightfoldlight]

"Rye! A strong name!" A boisterous proclamation that she pairs with raising her mug to him in toast. Absolutely indifferent as to whether he toasts back, she drinks deep and long of the piping hot beverage as though it were foaming ale.

Yenh puts the mug down once it is half-emptied and licks her lips before speaking again. "Well, if you want to be left alone... why are you in a public house?"