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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 anyone's thread, either!

And remember to have fun!

01. Your memory is hazy and you might feel increasingly frustrated or anxious, or maybe you're excited as soldiers march past, barely glimpsing you. One second you're somewhere underground, the next you're enveloped in blue light, and suddenly you find yourself directly under Flordia sun's bright and burning glare. A female soldier steps toward you with a wide smile on her face and directs you to a car, ready to debrief you. You realize you are not the only one, surrounded by equally confused or eager faces... and you're all sporting a digital tattoo on your wrist.

02. Welcome to Cape Canaveral, where the smell of the ocean is in the air and locals are more than pleased to see new imPorts roaming their streets. They wave, they cheer, they ask for pictures as politely as they can. The more inhuman you look, or if you're wearing a costume, the more likely locals are to approach. Hey, enjoy the moment! The popular malt shop is offering you a free drink if you need it.

03. The technology in this world is certainly something. The cars are clearly modeled after popular 50s cars, but they hover several feet above the ground as they drive down the street. There are digital jukeboxes in restaurants, motorcycles also hover through traffic, advertisements can be seen on a digital projector on the taller buildings. Even kids on skateboards appear to drift a safe ten feet off the ground while playing!

04. Wherever you are, you can hear the loud revving of an engine, distance at first before you finally see it: a hovercar bursting around the corner, going beyond the maximum speed limit and just barely making its sharp turn. It doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, not with two police cars trailing it... and uh oh. Those skateboarding kids don't have much time to get out of the way as the car comes speeding down the road. You've been brought here for a reason Hero — so you better act fast.

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Uh, what?

[ Lana had briefly entertained the idea that she was going crazy. But if she's stuck here with legit crazy people... she doesn't know what to make of that. ]

...nothing.

[It probably should have dawned on her that somebody else might hear. Somebody who didn't know the context. Honestly, even if they did know the context...well, how exactly do you explain my friends and I talk to each other in our heads because our Martian teammate is a telepath?]

[Definitely a had-to-be-there thing.]

Just venting out loud.

I'm guessing you were 'recruited' too?

Yeah. [ It's clear from the look on her face what Lana thinks of the whole thing. ] I don't suppose you know how to get back home?

[Careful your face doesn't end up sticking that way?]

Much as I'd love to be able to say otherwise, I'm not even sure how I got here.

[ Lana laughs an angry, sarcastic laugh. ] Yep. Sounds about right.

So you gonna play along? "Fight the good fight?"

I'm weighing the pros and cons.

[Which, in the long run...let's be honest, if there was actually a good fight to be won, she'd be all over that. She just usually preferred it to be on her terms.]

[Or at least Batman's.]

[ Lana nods. ]

Pros, it's the same old shit I was doing at home anyway.

Cons, they kidnapped us to an alternate fucking dimension.

It's like you read my mind. [Pause] ...you didn't read my mind, did you?

Nah, not my power.

[ She smiles. ]

I'm Bombshell.

[Good. It was one thing to have a friend up in there all the time, but she drew the line at strangers getting an inside look at her thought processes.]

Zatanna. [With that out of the way, the smile returned. She even extended a friendly hand.] I like your code name. It sounds very...explosive.

[ That hand is getting shaken. And then, once Lana withdraws, she curls her hand into a fist and builds up a small amount of power, letting it loose at a nearby trash can. It explodes, but not hugely so, the lid flying off and the can toppling over backwards, dented. ]

Yeah. It may not be the most creative name, but it fits.

[It probably said a lot that Zatanna didn't even flinch. She'd been around her fair share of explosions.]

I guess I can't really say much.

I just go by what's written on my birth certificate.

[ Not a flincher. Good. Even some of Lana's teammates *cough*Kitty!*cough* still aren't used to her explosions. ]

Your folks named you Zatanna? That's... pretty cool.

Thanks. I've always been a fan.

[Except when it came to roll calls. Being last on the list every single time looses its novelty after a while.]

[ They should read it from the end once, just to mix things up. Lana herself is usually near the top, "B" for "Baumgartner." ]

So. What do you say we give this bizarro-Florida a shot, huh? At least it's still beach season...

You had me at beach season.

Although...I could have sworn it was New Years an hour ago. Even for Florida, this seems awfully warm for New Years.

Maybe the alternate reality thing messed with time too? 'Cause it was summer for me.

[ Heck, only last week she was hitting the beach with the girls. ]

That would be a first..

[She's dealt with alternate realties before...well, parallel dimensions, mostly, and only from one side of the divide...but they'd at least been running on the same timeline.]

Well, I was always a big believer in safety in numbers. Two's a good start. After you?

Alright. [ Lana leads the way away from the soldier and towards the city. Well, towards the beach end of the city. ]

I've never been to Florida before.

[Are you sure you weren't a mind reader?]

You certainly can't accuse them of false advertising. Sunshine State, indeed.

I'm going to need some sunblock and a pair of sunglasses at this rate.

Alright, shopping it is.

[ There are a bunch of stores nearby that ought to have what they need. Plus there's a malt shop with a sign: Free drinks for heroes! Lana points at it. ]

Hey, wanna get a malt?

Actually... [She stopped just long enough to utter a single word: sessalgnus. A dark pair materialized on her face in a display of wind and smoke. Perfect fit.] ...I'm good.

But the malt sounds good. I haven't had one in forever.

[ Lana raises an eyebrow. That was pretty impressive. She opens the door to the malt shop for Zatanna. ]

So your superpower is the ability to summon fashion accessories out of nowhere?

Well, I usually just go with 'magic'...but I guess that's one way of putting it.

[With a subtle, appreciative nod, she stepped inside. A blast of refreshing AC hit her. Very nice.]

Magic? Not very scientific. [ Says the science experiment ho failed high school chemistry. ] But it works.

[ She follows Zatanna inside, wiping the sweat off her brow and going up to the counter to take a seat. ]

Two malts, please. One chocolate, and...?

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