etcelsior | play nice

TEST DRIVE MEME

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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[ Well. That's just a little bit hawkward, isn't it? Outright staring is one thing, but this girl seems almost ... overt about it. So while M'gann finds herself in a double take, she will offer a hesitant smile to go with it? ]

Hi, I'm Aracely.

[ it's a statement of curiosity that seems to baffle her more than it's an outright accusation. she hadn't actually seen the transformation itself, but there's enough of the bundle of intentions and emotions in the air for her to pick up on it. (without being invasive, anyway.) ]

That's not what you look like, is it?

[ and there goes the tact. ]

[ There definitely went the tact. Not that M'gann was ever much better- but she had learned a little in her few months on Earth. Even if all this 'question' earns is a bit of a guilty look, hesitance, and a glance around. ]

Um. Yes and no? Or -- No, I guess not.

[ Is she going to change back though? Well... ]

[ Aracely glances around quickly, over each shoulder and then back at M'gann. ]

No one's going to do anything mean, everyone just gets really excited when they see new people. It's because we're heroes, that's why.

[ there are some things that Aracely can pick up about the situation, and one of those was the intention of the people around her (and specifics about emotions and thoughts if she was feeling nosy enough, and who ever knew what she felt were proper boundaries). ]

[ Would she be able to pick up on the waves of unease coming off the little pink toned Martian? The hesitance to let herself be normal infront of so many strangers, civilians. It was one thing to do so in the presence of her Team, to have that solidarity there, but on her own just seemed ... daunting. ]

They're... fans?

[ But they don't know her. How could they know she was a hero? Not that she wasn't- or well, hero-in-training so to speak. And more importantly, did that make this young woman a hero as well? If so, if she was telling the truth, then the worry should have lessened so.

Then again, she was trying to be more ... open about her status as a martian. Maybe now wasn't the best time to start staying hidden? So with no small amount of hesitance, M'gann lets herself shift back to green skin and golden eyes, arms tucked against herself in subconscious fret. ]

Oh, right, sorry. I'm M'gann. Are you um. Are you a hero, too?

Right, fans!

[ not exactly fans, but she wasn't the type to be pedantic. instead she hurries forward a little bit (completely and utterly without any sense of caution) and stands beside her (possibly too close for personal boundary's sake). ]

Yep, I'm Aracely, a superhero, but don't tell anyone, okay? This is Heropa, and sometimes the Porter brings superheroes here and sometimes those people don't really want to be ... but it's good! Everyone has powers. Well, everyone who comes from a different place.

Wanna go get a milkshake?

[ friends now. ]

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