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WILL YOU HELP SAVE THE WORLD?

Mask or Menace is a panfandom urban 'superhero' genre DWRP game, where heroes, villains, and everyone in between seek to survive and thrive in a world loosely parallel to our own.

hatejakku

[ So, after a lot of deliberation and (mostly) panic, Finn decided to just post something network-wide. He already knows that Bean is gone and doesn't want to discover any more surprises on his own. The thought of just going back to Base One and pretend nothing happened was nice but haha he might or might not be hiding at Cecelia's place. ~~If she hadn't kicked him out yet.~~

The video is just him looking all sad and confused and, wow, so awkward. But he takes a breath... and another- ]

Okay, so... I left again, I think. I don't remember anything about being home but I got a new job and new power and Cecelia said I've been gone for weeks so... yeah. Bean's name isn't on the-...

Is everyone all right? Did anything happen? I'll be home soon. I just- I don't really- [ Gotta take another breath to rub at the bridge of his nose. ]

Anyway. Hi, I'm Finn, for anyone I don't know. My new power is the Force. Like telepathy, sort of. I don't want it ending up like how my empath power was, so I'll take some advice from anyone who has it.

Okay, um...

[ He doesn't know what else to say, doesn't want to call out to some people in particular just in case something happened. Maybe they aren't there anymore or something. He's being a damn coward right now... Anyway, the message ends. ]

flightforfreedom

[ Hi MoMites, it's your resident Poe Dameron here, looking dashing as usual as he sits in his room, carefully painting the livery on a little x-wing model he's built himself.

He looks, well, bored. ]

Alright, everyone.

If someone can tell me a story about something that happened to them that is weirder than anything I've ever lived through, I will buy them a whole evening's worth of drinks. Or food. Or whatever is your fancy.

Don't even bother coming to me with the tame stuff. Trust me. I have seen some things.

[ He leans forward to disconnect the video, then pauses. ]

Oh yeah. Guess my three year Earthversary is in a month, but I'm fucking off to go watch Top Gun 2 when it comes out instead of throwing a party, sorry guys.

[ The feed ends. ]

perfectlyhuman

You are a sheriff in Starfall Hills, a small town just a ways off from Redmoon Canyon.

It's a lot like a Wild West town, but in another planet. There are humans and aliens living together, there's a lot of wooden buildings with big round windows. The saloon serves moon brew and Jupiter cola. Everyone wears big hats and books with spurs. An alien with a bunch of tentacles plays the piano in the corner.

Last night, a girl from a nearby farm came to your office to say all of her cattle as gone missing. She told you she thought there were less of them earlier in the week, but that day she came back from from the town market to find the whole field empty. All she saw was an open gate and hoof marks that suddenly ended just a few dozen feet from the canyon.

It's the next morning, and you have to figure out what happened, and hopefully get her cattle back.

What do you do first?

h2no

so what the fuck is up with that persistent urge to ruin your own life?

arithmethodical

[ She debates for a bit whether or not to do this with voice or audio, but she feels too shaky for either, and eventually loses patience with herself and the debate. ]

I've been asked by some friends of his to share information that Vision found about the ritual and how it might go. Might have to go.

I'm pretty sure we're all familiar with the prophecy by now, but if not, you can look at it here.

Vision found three things. First is that this thing, the ritual, the 12th of November kept coming up as the most significant time to do it.

Second is that the more imPorts who are there, the better chance it has of working. So show up if you can.

The third is the bell. There are two in Jeopardy it could apply to. The first one is the most obvious choice, the bell in the cathedral of the spider cult church. The other one is the Justice Building, which is apparently pretty much decorative. He wasn't sure if we're supposed to ring the bell at 3am on the night of the full moon, or if we ring the bell to get things started.

I did some of my own research, too.

[ There's a pause here, while she puts together her thoughts. ]

The rock known as the Altar out in the National Park near Jeopardy has no apparent connection to anything. No important myths, no significant legends. There's whispers about it being a place where people used to be sacrificed to guarantee crop growth, but I couldn't find anything else tying it to the prophecy.

The other thing. The twins. I tried to find out what I could about them. Their names are Layla and Sally Clapp. They aren't mystical. They're just two ordinary little girls. They dress differently so people will tell them apart, even though their parents want them to dress the same. They like spiders. They read books about them. They play kid games and have kid imaginations.

So who knows if they actually saw something or not. Who knows if they have some mystical connection to what's happening. They're a convenient fit to the prophecy. That's all.

salandidiot

[As the video starts, the network is greeted with view of a roughed up looking thug of a teen. Some may remember him from the embarrassing post he made looking for ladies or others may just recognize the uniform of Team Skull as the petty vandals of Maurtia Falls. Either way, Tupp doesn't look so great and neither does the small group of skull grunts huddled together behind him. The 'bedrooms' of the Shady Factory is in clear view, which is basically just a bunch of shitty beds pushed together in an old factory. It's probably always messy, but the large chunk of wall that's been busted open exposing their bedroom to the elements is a new development.]

YO! Shit here is wack! The Boss— I mean, Mr. Guzma—

[For someone coming to the network for help, Tupp looks pissed. There is hints of worry in the way he speaks though. Whatever he's trying to say gets cut short either way as his attention is pulled from his communicator. Off screen a high pitched trill can be heard.]

Shit— yo, homie hold this and get ready to run.

[The video fumbles a moment as the communicator gets handed off to a nearby grunt. Luckily they're polite enough to fix the view and keep the camera pointed to Tupp. It also shows just what made that weird noise. There's a strange looking jellyfish creature floating towards the huddle of grunts. It's tentacles raised threateningly?? Kinda hard to tell, but the kids sure seem spooked by it.

Tupp's standing between the grunts and the creature though as he holds out of one of his hands palm up and concentrates on forming a small golf ball sized flame in it. Once he's managed this he's quick to toss it right at the offending Ultra Beast. It explodes on contact which seems to daze the creature somewhat...? Fire against a rock type is... not very effective. Not only that but the burst of flames goes all over their bedroom as well. Thanks Tupp.]

What are y'all stupid? Go!

[It's enough of distraction for the group to run through the upstairs of the Shady Factory and make it to Guzma's room at least as they slam the door shut behind them. Once they're safe Tupp's quick to grab his communicator back from the makeshift camera grunt as he starts to gesture wildly to the camera.]

See!? Shits wack! But uh. The Boss, Mr. Guzma— we was fightin' those weird Frillish lookin' things off when things got real freaky. One of 'em just straight up ate him! It like— shit I dunno, became the Boss? I tried to get him back but...

[Tupp shakes his head with an agitated grumble.]

Yo, we need help. Boss needs help too! Help us save our boy Guzma!

[OOC: The log for this plot is here! Plotting post for all this is here!]

flightforfreedom

[ For such a chatty guy, Poe doesn't seem to post to the network all that much. And today? He looks decidedly less than chatty.

He's standing on what seems to be the tarmac of a military airfield, dressed very purposefully and carefully in his full Air Force formal uniform, the double bars on his epaulettes marking his rank as Captain. He isn't usually a man for pointless theatrics. (Pointless stunts is another thing altogether, but this doesn't seem to be about that either.) Clearly, the uniform and the setting have a point.

So he gets right down to it. ]

As you may have heard by now, the State Department has declared a national state of emergency thanks to the mess that's going on, and looks like it's getting worse, fast.

I've been asked to talk to all of you on behalf of the brass, here.

While the military has been - uh - less than enthusiastic about hiring imPorts as a whole, and we're still barred from active duty, they've decided to open up recruitment during the current crisis. Just not exactly for the Army.

Essentially, they're looking for super-powered personnel who are equipped to help handle all the damn weirdness that's going on. They're putting together Emergency Response teams, debriefing and giving a little training, then sending them out into the wild. Mandate is to suppress and contain inter-dimensional anomalies and try to stop the things from spreading.

I know a lot of you have mixed feelings about the Military on this world. Trust me, they've got mixed feelings about you, too. But as long as we're living on this planet, we're sharing it, and if everything is going tits up, then it's going to happen to all of us. We may as well work together.

Anyone already on super-powered teams is probably better off staying where they're at - though I can help coordinate you with Government efforts, if you're interested.

Anyone looking to sign up as Emergency Responders should know that only Registered imPorts can apply. Sorry folks, I didn't make that rule, I'm only here to repeat it.

[ He clearly looks a little uncomfortable, though what exactly about the circumstances or what he's saying is making him feel that way is unclear. ]

Regardless of what you think about any of this - for all intents and purposes, and however long you've been here: this place is our home. I don't really care how you figure out to protect it or who you do it with, but we all need to stand together before everything falls apart.

[ He stares at the camera a few more seconds, and then the screen goes black. ]

arithmethodical

Do these people look at what we can actually do before they give us jobs? Is it just me?

[ There's a certain false bravado in the words, like someone clinging on to the one thing that might be at least somewhat within her control. ]

I'm a bus driver. I should at least be in engineering, if they're not going to give me something with wings. The company I'm supposed to work for won't even let me get a look at the guts of the bus. They want me to drive that thing every day but they won't even let me see what it's made of.

forcelight

[ It's late when this video appears on the network, most people might be sleeping at this time. Some of you might recognize the face looking back at the camera, a bleeding cut on her shoulder - holding something in her hands ... just out of the view of the frame. but she looks... the same. no worse for wear, mostly annoyed if anything. ]

I'd ask what the point of sending someone out, only to return them without letting them set foot home first was but I doubt anyone would be able to give me a solid answer. I apparently was gone three months, I have a new living situation and they expect me to sell swimwear when I don't have the first idea of how to do that.

Finn? Poe, if you're both still here... I remember this place.

[ Really her swimming skills are... barely skills. Her shoulders slump and she holds something - two somethings up. what was once the hilt of a very familiar lightsaber, broken straight in half. ]

And... I'm going to need help repairing this.

[ she hesitates, as if to say something else - but thinks better of it and turns off the feed. ]

flightforfreedom

[ PRIVATE: It's nearly 3 in the morning when Poe finds himself outside the porter building. Usually he would make a series of phone calls, but the late hour means he just sends texts. So his closest friends will get a brief text message that says simply: ]

i'm back

[ PUBLIC: The next morning he makes a post on the network itself, for everyone. He's on video, standing outside his home - Base One - just outside Nonah. And he looks annoyed. ]

So. Firstly, uh, hey everyone, I'm back. So that's the good news.

The bad news is, the company I hired to handle my affairs in case of a terminal port out have really fucked up. They had instructions to send out some stuff if I was gone for over a month. Which, well, I wasn't - two weeks is not a month - but they went and sent them all anyway.

So uh - if any of you got packages from me? Please just ignore them?

For everyone else, I would advise avoiding "Just Will It" to handle your affairs. I thought it was neat that they had a special "imPorts only Port-Out Package", but apparently they have no idea what the hell they are doing.

If anyone has advice for how to better handle this kind of thing, I'm all ears. Because my set up did not go according to plan. Is there an import-run business for this sort of thing? Maybe they would get that sending my will out early would be a piss-poor move.

nightmarist

(( OOC: In reference to this, for all the new folk. ))

[Just as so many predicted, here is Ronan Lynch, once more alive and well. While his bedroom could be easily mistaken for a holding cell of some kind, he's not in chains or locked in a vault somewhere. His device is propped up on the windowsill while he goes about cleaning up the destruction left in the wake of Kylo Ren's grief. He barely glances at the camera as he addresses the network:]

That got pretty fucking dark.

[To say the least.]

You know, ending up on a hit list is sort of a Lynch family tradition, but I never pictured it slapped up on the internet superhero forum. I mean, we don't really do heroes where I come from. And there would've been money involved somewhere in there, back home. But still. Holy shit.

[He sweeps the remains of a shattered stereo into a dark corner of the room and leans against the broomstick, glancing off toward the unseen window. It's not a gloomy day in De Chima, but it's perpetually a gloomy day outside his bedroom.]

This wasn't Cassandra's fault. Or Psychopomp's. It wasn't even fucking Kylo Ren's fault, though I know he's everyone's favorite villain. He's the one who ended it, by the way, so. You know. Maybe say thanks and send flowers.

[He rocks his head back with a roll of his eyes, like he's remembering something else that's awfully annoying.]

And your reports were bullshit. I didn't lose control of my power. I lost myself while the rest of you were out there using me. And I worked exactly the way I'm supposed to. You guys were just so fucking messed up you couldn't figure out what to do with me when you got a hold of me.

Bright side? That was probably your one and only chance. You can stop counting on my "potential to be useful" in the future.

[Looking at you, Jadus, you creep ass.]

jadus

[Following Jadus' conversation with Kylo Ren, he sees no reason not to go public with the information he has.]

Ronan Lynch is the cause of the anomaly affecting the East Coast. He is believed to have been involved in an attempt to gather intelligence on Atropos. This has led to a power malfunction that will continue to worsen without intervention.

Lynch acts as a conduit between minds. While he is able to make these connections, he cannot control you through it, and is subordinate to the minds he touches. But your secrets are not safe, not from him or from others he has connected to you.

Through him, thoughts can be made real. It can give you strength, but it can also manifest things you never wish to face.

His powers have the potential to be useful in future. But for now, they are a mortal threat. Some may wish to contain him, but know that only destroying him will end the connection he creates.

Kylo Ren is with him. By the link you all share, you may find them. And may you do what is necessary to end this anomaly, before it brings doom to us all.

hatejakku

[ Finn waves at the video and immediately gets down to business. ]

So, Archie and I have been talking and we’re wanting to get the, uh- Heal Squad? [ He glances off screen then looks back. ] We want to get the Heal Squad together again. Basically, we want it to be a group of imPorts with healing abilities that can get together in case there’s a crisis. So, if you have an ability like that or if you have any medical knowledge at all, we’d be interested in… getting together?

[ He looks off camera again. ] Archie, I have no idea what I’m doing.

[do you think there will be some actual advice, from archie’s end? oh, no. he’s still slightly off camera, and a party horn suddenly blows, hitting finn lightly in the face. archie leans in, still blowing it, big grin on his face.]

That makes two of us, ha! Right, so, some of you might remember when our dearly exPorted Magnus Chase had the idea to gather the imPorts who can actually and are willing to use their healing powers. Be they Porter given or otherwise. Finn an’ I figured that it would probably be an idea to throw that back together, given the constantly rotating nature of this shitshow.

[he gives a big cheesy thumbs up at the camera.] So the plan is the same as before, sound off if you have a power and you’re willing to help, keep this broadcast bookmarked for the names that’ll be noted down that you know you can call if you want ‘em for any reason rather than using the medical services here, and sign a legal document acknowledging none of us are actually doctors! Foggy, that one’s for you!

[ Finn, after jumping and scrubbing at his eyes because of the sudden party horn, now smiles at the camera almost like he’s holding back a laugh. He waves again. ] If there’s any more legal stuff we should look into, feel free to let us know. Thanks, everyone.

the_horror

[Video of a young man in a dark blue hoodie sits at a computer, scratching his head as he leans back and looks at the feed.]

Okay, so, I’m new here, I know that, but I am curious about those who have been here a while. Why is it no place but Jeopardy has ghosts? And have any of you seen anything yet?

Which brings me to that place outside to Web Mistress Cathedral. I’m pretty sure I didn’t see it when I was exploring the area before, but there it was today. I must have got turned around or something...

[he runs his hand through his hair a moment, head tilting as he considers something.] It’s got a graveyard to it. Looks like a old mortuary or something. I’m thinking of checking it out, if anyone is interested?

Let me know. And let me know what your thoughts are on the lack of ghosts in the area. I’m looking for theories to research.

[he leaned forward to switch off the video]

flightforfreedom

[ Hi, Network. It’s your resident flyboy, once again broadcasting to you from the sky - this time directly from an F-22 cockpit. So he’s got his helmet on and there’s a lot of background noise as he yells over the sound of engines. ]

Okay, so.

Anyone here tried getting a tattoo? Beyond our extremely fashionable government given ones, I mean. [ Wryly. ]

What happens to it?

I mean - we port in, we port out, Force knows I’ve done that enough times to be sick of it. But my question is - does the tattoo stay? Like- does it just disappear between being ported in and out again? ‘Cause I kind of want one but also I feel it would be real irritating if I had to get re-inked every time the porter decided to fuck with me.

I mean. I don’t even know if this body is the same one I first ported in with. I’ve gone back home, what, three times now? Four? Do I just reset every time? Does this body age, at all?

Wait - would the nanites just fuck up my tattoo anyway?

... Maybe we should start petitioning the government to see if they’ll give us nanite-based tattoos just to get around the existential crisis. That sounds like a good waste of time.

[ There’s a pause, and then: ]

Besides that, sounds like there’s some weird shit going down again. Anyone else find something that shouldn’t be here, beyond the ones I’ve already seen on the network?

khajidont

[ When the feed turns on, imPorts will see two people: first is Jaime in the foreground, in his full Blue Beetle costume and Batman - a smaller person, different from the version some may expect - standing silently beside him. ]

Hey, everyone. Blue Beetle and Batman here -- we’re the new representatives of the Justice League, and we figured it was about time that we say hello to everyone - including you newbies - and talk a little about what we’re all about. Like I said, we’re the Justice League. We’re a team of imPorts who’ve volunteered our time to work together to help out in times of crises and to keep as many people as possible safe… kind of like we did after the nukes last year. We’ve got the power to make a change, so that’s exactly what we try to do.

If you want to join up and be put on active field work, you’ve got to be Registered. [ Jaime shrugs. ] That’s just the law. But if you’re not Registered, it doesn’t mean you can’t get involved - there’s plenty to do behind the scenes and for outreach work. More importantly, you don’t have to be registered if you’re new to having powers and all you’re looking for is someone to help you control them. We figure that’s just as good community service as anything else, and we’re here to help you as best we can.

Now… this isn’t a job. None of us get paid. We’re just people who have the resources to do what we do, which means that if you’re interested, maybe we can help you too. [ Jaime glances behind him at Batman, then turns back to the camera. Batman nods, finally speaking up. It’s a low-pitched and distorted sound, run through a vocoder.]

Not 9-to-5 like Aegis. We’re superheroes, not police. Registered trainees can do field work, but not as full members. Separate team we supervise. [ And she gestures for Jaime to go on, now that she’s said her elaboration. ]

Field work’s a pretty flexible term. If there’s a natural disaster, we’re there. If something goes buggy with the Porter, or if an imPort, I dunno, does something and everyone suddenly goes crazy and starts doing crimes - something that’s happened before - we’re there too. Like Batman said, we’re not military, and we’re not the police - but if something goes wrong, we step in. Registered trainees are people who just join up and the people who are too young to know the ropes yet. I won’t lie. Fieldwork is dangerous. Really dangerous, depending on what it is. And we want to make sure that everyone’s ready for it. But if you’re gonna do it at all, you might as well do it where you’ve got other people watching your back.

Let us know if you’ve got any questions or if you’re interested in joining up. It’s a serious commitment, but it’s one we think is worth it. [ He pauses, then gives the camera an awkward little salute. Batman just. Presses a hand to her forehead, and flicks a quick wave with the other. ] Um, yeah! That’s about it.

[ … ]

Bye.

[ He cuts the feed. ]

[ OOC: The Justice League is a player-run organization made up of volunteer superheroes! If you’re interested in having your characters join/gain mentors from the senior members, please sign up HERE or feel free to contact Zero or myself for further details! ]

ghoulking

[ video comes up, and there is Kaneki and Cass looking at the camera. He is sitting down with a serious expression and nods at Cass to let her know he will start ] It has been a week since the Death Island Swear-in, and we actually have a lot of things to discuss. [ so… many… ]

During the Swear-In, myself and a team of imPorts met with an OTO representative from a less extreme branch of their organization. We talked and they said all they want to do is to send us home: this branch has no plans on killing us, but they also don’t really care about Atropos. All they want is for us to go home. So they suggested us working together on just that: they want us to establish a spy to report back on government and imPort projects regarding the imPort multiverses and multidimensional advances. In return, they’d do the same and tell us about their own interdimensional travel efforts. [ by kaneki’s expression, he is not Impressed. ]

We decided we would ask the imPort community what you want to do. Ideas, options, opinions. I do want to remind you, however, we never established direct contact with the OTO before, this is the first time. [ so it’s good to think things through.

After, Kaneki will look back at Cass because this trip is not over yet. ]

Yeah, I’m here too. Again. [ She’s starting to realize this is a pattern, at this point. ] So, if you’re wondering about the actual permanent-death-inducing laser cannon that caused what we were all memorializing over there- it’s not there anymore. And it’s probably in the hands of OTO. Because we can’t have a single fucking moment of peace around here, obviously.

[ After taking a moment to rub her forehead: ] Specifically, it’s owned by a company called Agile Systems Solutions that OTO owns most of the stock of- well, companies associated with them do. Let’s just say it’s OTO and get it over with. Kaneki’s thinking we should pool our combined riches and harness the power of late capitalism to worm our way in, so if you’re an imPort that actually has money, feel free to pitch in, I guess. Or whatever you want to do. Point is, something that can off any of us for good is in the hands of a bunch of mass murderers who want to murder us specifically, which makes me think we probably shouldn’t trust them with any spies...but obviously we’re all leaving that to you people. Try not to lose your shit.

That plan from- uh- Psychopomp and I last month is still on the table, by the way. [ She sighs. ] Like I said. Try to actually think before you pitch a fit, here? We kind of have a potential apocalypse to prevent.

((ooc: mirror network))

hatejakku

[ Finn's not thrilled about using the network considering who all is on it, but he also sees no other way to reach out to people on a large scale. There might be a little spite there, too, though. The fact that some people from the First Order might see isn't going to hold him back.

But he is definitely, 100%, going to text this one out, though. Totally not for the sake of thinly veiled and slightly illusionary anonymity. Not at all. ]

This is my first time being on Earth, but a friend tells me that I was here for a long time several months ago. I don't remember any of it.

He said that it was something like other versions of ourselves? Is that the general idea or are there more theories? Apparently, this happens almost regularly, so I'm sorry if this has been answered a million times before. But does the Porter have to the ability to take the individual from different dimensions? Or is it doing something to us during the transfer that was unintended?

I also have no idea what to do about the people who knew me before. I'd like to reconnect with them, but I don't know how or if they'd even want to, all things considered. Can't say I blame them if my friend's theory is right.

[ He could always flash his face around on the network and ask everyone if they recognize this man, but, eh, he'd rather not. If they know the name and that he's been gone, people could probably put the links together, he figured.

Then, after thinking about those he'd already met, he added: ] And do all of the imPorts have a military background or is that just everyone I've run into so far?

darkpants_warmfeeling

Hey everyone, happy New Year. The Porter is starting its cycle again, so here's a welcome to all the new imPorts getting brought in. I'm Commander Jacob Taylor of Aegis Force, a team that works with the government to protect people in the Porter cities. You can ask us questions, report any information you have on trouble happening, or ask for help if you need it. Our group is always ready to respond when things go wrong.

I've been here a long time, and I've learned that being imPorts means our community has a lot of power. A lot of advantages that most other people don't have. Some people - and not just imPorts - think that power means you can step on others with no consequences. Treat people like they're playthings, or less. Aegis exists to show people like that how wrong they are. There are rules, and they still apply no matter how strong someone might be.

So here are a few examples I'd like to give of what NOT to do while you're here:

( cut for length )

These are not polite suggestions. These are basic guidelines that everyone should be able to follow. If you break them, Aegis Force or somebody else who gives a damn will find out and make it their problem. On the other hand, if you want to help hold the line, we'll be happy to work with you. Recruitment's closed for the moment, but Aegis can always use more allies and contacts.

That's about it for now. If anybody's got suggestions for what you'd like to see added to the list, go ahead and let me know. This probably won't be the last time I'll have to go over these.

grandtheftequine

so who can and can't read this?

( ((nsfw text inside)) )

asking for a friend ;)

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