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.

Although even Florida can get chilly during the winter, a relative heat wave is sweeping through, resulting in an impromptu Beach Body Competition sponsored by a local gym. ImPorts who are the buffest of the buff all the way down to the super skinniest (competing in separate weight classes, of course) are likely to be urged to join in for some fun in the sun and the extra attention they garner from native fans.

Those who just aren't interested in competing might be called in to judge another competition down the beach: a youth sand-sculpting contest! Only one team can walk away with the grand prize of a laser tag package, but can you bring yourself to be harsh on those wide, hopeful eyes?

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.

With Christmas coming, the producers behind a guerilla new reality show are hard at work getting new footage—starring you! Areas of the city with the most foot traffic have been absolutely blanketed in mistletoe. If you happen to pass beneath a sprig, you might find a small camera crew jumping out of nowhere, urging you to give the person next to you a smooch—and thanks to the strange radio waves coming out of the unit on the executive producer's wrist, you'll feel a little compelled to do so!

...except the compulsion isn't that strong, so those who don't kiss on the first meet can easily break out of it. Your next choice: give the camera crew a piece of your mind, or ask the would-be kissee out for coffee? They are pretty cute...

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.

Thanksgiving and Hanukkah have passed, Christmas and New Year's Eve are coming up, but what about holidays from home? This weekend, the Nonah Cultural Center is hosting a one-day event during which attendees can share stories of their traditions and celebrations (whether they are related to winter holidays or completely different ones) and sharing them with others, either on a small stage with a microphone or in individual recording booths, so that these tales of cultural traditions can be preserved for others to learn about. ImPorts from worlds that are not variants of Earth are particularly encouraged to attend. Small refreshment tables will also be open to those who speak.

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.

Saturnalia is just around the corner and Jeopardy is in full festive swing! The seven-day marathon of festivities includes a parade, with a ((cw: arachnophobia)) very special float from the Web Mistress's church; a day long city-wide paintball game; an attempt to break the world record for largest bingo game with everyone playing in dead silence; and a feast!

The final feast, of course, comes with the main event: ritual sacrifice. Of course, no one actually wants to do anything quite so base, in 2018, so the sacrifice is more metaphorical than actual: the kids of North Jeopardy High have spent three months building a giant chocolate Santa tied up in ropes to be slaughtered and fed to the city at large! Bon appetit!

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!

OOC NOTE: This Test Drive Meme is forward-dated ICly to OCTOBER 31st.

ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE NOTE! There will be NO APPS in December.

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.

Welcome to Heropa's first annual Spooktacular Halloween Beauty Pageant! 'Beauty' may be misleading, however, because all the weird and wonderful and horrible are welcome here. Entry is free as long as you come with a costume, and there are all sorts of prizes to be won - though it's clear pretty quickly that this is more of a way of introducing the public to a huge variety of make-up, fashion and costume companies than it is for any real prize.

But hey, who cares? Dress up, win a patented Hovering Broomstick (not for children under 12, some terms and conditions apply) and vote for your favorite costumes. Who knows - you might meet some new people under all those creepy masks.

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.

Halloween has gotten off to not a great start, in De Chima, because someone's amazing decoration idea has gone terribly awry.

A 20-foot animatronic robot of the Headless Horseman has gone haywire, and is running rampant through the streets, terrifying the Natives. Though it doesn't seem to be hurting anyone intentionally (if it could be say to be doing anything intentionally), it is still causing massive property damage and has run over a few people's legs when they tripped in front of it.

Hurry, imPorts. Someone's got to reign in this headless menace!

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... #THANKS TONY STARK, #ya muffin.

Halloween is a tense time in Maurtia Falls, especially since this year a number of street gangs have promised to bring mayhem to this... well, not-particularly-fair city. The police are out in force, on every street corner, and they don't look very happy about it. They're more likely to give you the stink eye or rough you up than any gangs might.

Or so you might think.

Later in the night, a bunch of people dressed as skeletons descend on the city, hooting and hollering. Their goal? Chaos.

And maybe a little looting.

They aren't powered, however, so be careful when trying to clean up the streets, imPorts. You may invite more of a mess than has already started.

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.

Tonight there is an extra electric spark in the air, because this is the night of The Great Pumpkin Hunt.

What is the hunt, you ask? Well, it depends on your age range. For the youth, or young at heart that want a nice peaceful night, there are clues scattered around the town that direct you to finding hidden pieces of candy and other little treats in different stores and city parks- yes, if you go in the store, the owners will still try to sell you Halloween-related items no matter what their wares are (pumpkin scented shampoo at the salon, anyone?). Have fun solving puzzles alone or as a team, but keep in mind it's first come first serve. If you see someone else about to take your prize, there may be some tricks needed to get it for yourself.

For the eighteen plus crowd (or those willing to get an adult to forge a guardian signature for them) there's Great Pumpkin Paintball hunting. Pumpkins with bulls eyes carved on them have been scattered all over the city, sitting on everything from fire escapes to grave stones to hidden in trees or under cars. Basically everywhere except inside buildings. You are randomly assigned to one of three color teams: red, blue, and yellow. Whichever team has the most paint marks on the most pumpkins will win access to the final boss fight against the Great Pumpkin. Shooting each other won't give your teams more points, but it sure feels good.

The final battle is against a 200 pound pumpkin that, thanks to the miracle of science, serves as the torso of a 12 foot tall robot. The metal arms and legs aren't designed to hurt humans, but it does stop around the pumpkin patch the battle takes place in, trying to avoid its pursuers and making a big, slipper mess in the meantime. It's 'hands' are also two paintball guns. If the pumpkin shoots you, you're out. But if your team manages to totally coat the giant pumpkin torso in paint the survivors all win your weight in candy.

05. Whatever city you were trying to end up in today, some of you happened to end up in Jeopardy, Nevada. Jeopardy, 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.

The Church of the Ancient Web Mistress is hosting its annual Halloween festival, and everyone is invited! The giant spider statue outside the gothic-style cathedral has been decorated with festive orange lights, and surrounded with nearly a hundred pumpkins carved with spider emblems into them. The Brothers and Sisters of the church happily hand out flyers to invite you to a number of spooky and community building activities! Enjoy the haunted house, barrel dunking for apples, pumpkin smashing and many more adorable activities. Like board games? So do they! Just be polite and don't give them weird looks for praising their Ancient Giant Spider God when they beat you at monopoly.

Sure, you didn't mean to come here, and you have no idea where here is, but isn't it nice that the Porter brought you for the festivities?

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