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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.

drivesadesk

[Guess who got his five minutes of memory while he happened to be near his communicator? This guy. He seems excited and wild eyed as he shares the news.]

Guys, I remember it. I remember everything. Everything I gave up during all the...stuff, with the OTO and the goddesses. My home world, the plan to bring back Ozzie...everything. Our memories we gave up are coming back.

[A while later.]
[He comes back on, looking a bit unnerved at this video that he had apparently made.]

I...just wanted to let everyone know. I just came across this post. I don't remember making it. And...I also don't remember any of the memories that I gave up, so...I don't know what's going on here. I just didn't want to get anyone's hopes up. I just wanted to let everyone know. So I guess I'll see you all around in 11921.

[OOC: Please indicate whether your character is responding before or after the five minutes are up.]

anthropophagite

Someone was here before me, and they were "me". And the other me from last month's world, I suppose that would be "me", as well. Just how many "me"s are there? Are we all the same, are we all meant to become each other?

I may be overthinking things, but I can't stop thinking about them. I don't understand "multi-universes" or "parallel existence" or anything of the sort, so maybe that's why it's not easy to understand. But I have been thinking about it a lot and the books I read feel like they are talking about things too strange to be real.

How do I know I'm real? The real "me"?

youarespecial

[Kurt is at work right now, at the convenience store, leaning on the counter. He's wearing his human disguise at the moment.]

So, I had a surprise customer today.

[He turns the video to show a man in bright yellow tights and a ski mask, currently lying unconscious on the floor. Near the man is a weird looking laser pistol. The video turns back towards Kurt.]

He barged in here, demanded that I give him all the cash in the register, waving that pistol at me, so I punch him in the jaw. The guy proclaimed himself the Mini-Mart Menace. I'd like to see him pull this crap again when they need to wire his jaw shut.

ttwwiiccee

[ Twice is in full costume this time, and he raises his hand in greeting to the Network quickly before just launching into it. ]

Hey! Some of you know me but just to get this outta the way -- I'm Twice! And my main power's called Double cause that's what I can do! It ain't a secret! [ Some of the details are but most people who knew him or anyone who stalks the Network would know. He holds up a finger. ] I make one turn into [ He holds up a second finger. ] two! I can use it to make copies of people!

Right now there's rumors of heroes making trouble, and they might be imposters... So I just wanted to say --

[ His seemingly calm demeanor vanishes and he frantically waves his hands in front of his face and shakes his head. There's a desperation nearing panic in his voice. ]

I'm not the one doing it! Not me, not my doing, not my fault! I swear! Got nothing to do with whatever the hell's going on!

bestest_ladle

[The feed clicks on and Meeth is standing at her usual haunt: a kitchen counter. Or rather, she's on a stepstool at a kitchen counter, but it's not like that's visible onscreen.]

Okeedokee. I've been looking up videos on this BlueTubie website to try and adapt some of what I know to the ingredients I've got here on Earthie.

And some of these people don't have a cluie about cuisinie! It's like anyone can just set up one of these channels and talk all kinds of hooey! Or worse, the fancy ones are busy hawking a bunch of geegaws that you don't even needie! Getting people to waste all their money!

[WHICH STEAMS HER MORE? probably the latter. you do NOT need a specialized specific tool for only peeling garlic cloves.]

ANYWAY, I figured I oughta fixie some of the misconceptions floating around on the internettie. I know I'm going to talk about converting recipes and how to make edible thingies out of moss and bugsies, but I figured I might as well ask all of you people the kind of things you'd learn how to makie if you're not in a survival crisey.

genuinewrestleboy

[ Caspar seems cheerful as ever, giving a little wave to the camera. ]

Hey, you know how we're all supposed to have those nanite things? I heard they can change your body! So is it possible to make them make me taller? [ He's 5'2" and insecure about it, waving a hand over his head by a few inches. ] I just want to be taller, I can work on the muscles myself!

[ He snaps his fingers as he suddenly remembers what he actually wanted to ask the network about that was important. ]

Oh, and I think I need help figuring out my powers. I'm pretty sure I can probably do cool stuff with the bouncing, I just need someone to teach me how to do that! A lot of you are from worlds with powers and stuff like that, right? There's gotta be some trick to it I'm not getting!

ttwwiiccee

[ He spent a whole month trying to be quiet and not draw attention to himself but he really can't resist saying something ]

This whole competition to be the next hero - it's all about winning the hearts of the public, ain't it? [ Twice's tone of voice shifts the way it always does when his verbal tic, his contradictions kick in. ] It's about impressing a rich guy.

A big ol' popularity contest. Betcha it's not just about how many people you save but who you save. After all, rescuing some cute little girl's probably gonna score you more points than an unpopular weirdo. No justice in that. [ Another shift, almost like he's disagreeing with himself - ] Just the way the world works.

You can't all buy into it, can you? There's gotta be more of us that reject the hero thing! All alone. You know, the outsiders that don't belong here. Just me.

irondad

( For the record, Tony's not always the biggest fan of social media and, from the cursory glance he's given over the network here, his opinion's not likely to change. It can be advantageous, certainly, when hardcore fans of any and all genders aren't sending nudes to his 'gram or flooding the Stark Industries' Facebook with color commentary of Iron Man- forgetting, of course, that SI's been in Pepper's capable hands for years now.

Anyway, less getting off track, more getting into why he's poking around here in the first place.

Here's Tony, poolside with an iced tea. )

Hey there imPorts, new!Stark here with a favor to ask.

( Yeah he already grokked the whole multiples thing. That's not bothering him at all. Ever. Why would it. )

I need to borrow a small acetylene torch ASAP; can anyone bear to part with one for a couple of weeks? No need to schlep it to me; I can pick it up.

Got a bit of a time crunch going so, speak now or forever hold your welding gear. Thanks in advance.

(( ooc: just so I can get to everyone in a timely fashion, I'm officially at my tag-in limit, sorry! ))

knaval

[hello, america! there is a very large autobot on-screen-- looks like in his brief time away he hasn't forgotten how to balance the camera right! if riptide is good at anything, it's getting attention for himself! he's sitting on heropa beach and the angle shows that even without standing he's a good 20ft tall.]

Heyooo! I'm back, apparently. This planet hasn't changed much. Is the world still ending? I remember that being a thing. We should have an end of the world party if it is! Or one celebrating that it's not the end of the world if it isn't anymore! I've been in a void for a long time, a guy wants to get inebriated, y'know?

[a beat, then:] Oh, can someone show me how to drive? I can turn into a car now as well as a boat. Pretty cool. I won't do it drunk, promise. Maybe.

nightmarist

[ Ronan's in his car, the camera apparently affixed to his dashboard while he drives at - judging from the blur of the scenery in the windows behind him - a speed that isn't legal in Virginia or any other state. ]

Does anyone actually want this hero contest to be happening?

[ Casual slide across several lanes of traffic, no big deal. ]

I've been back in town for one whole day and the paps have been tailing me everywhere. Like they don't remember the thing I'm famous for isn't saving people, it's dildo pranks.

[ Look it up. ]

I think that technically makes me a villain. I mean... that and the thing last summer. Anyway, fame sucks and fuck corporate sponsorship. This scene was better when most people hated us and it was just a few weirdos on the internet writing porn. Am I right?

fridgeflower

Hello.

I've been assigned a very important task that I now realize I'm very ill-prepared for, having lived a life of quiet and pathetic solitude.

Please help:

1. Party game suggestions?
2. Venue recommendations?
3. Cocktail + mocktail recipes?
4. Public speaking tips?
5. Dance instruction maybe????

Thank you.

youarespecial

So, after many months of mulling it over and narrowing things down to what I liked, I think I've finally decided on a last name for myself.

From now on, call me Kurt Tesla.

[He holds up a new name tag from his job, with his new full name on it.]

cannotrest

Does anyone else here have the same name as a local, or apparently a lot of locals? Ashley Williams isn't that rare a name back home, either, but my work email had my middle initial in it, probably because of other Ashley Williamses in the navy, and my personal one was tied to my family's last home planet and ward, so it didn't happen as often. Plus there I wasn't famous until recently, and the other Ashley Williamses weren't also big names.

Here, I keep getting emails for a technical designer, a job I didn't know even existed until the first person asked me about fabric choices for a new season of clothes. Or game schedules and plane tickets for a netball player, or a male cheerleader. There's even a singer who I really hope people are reaching eventually, because she's being offered some cool-sounding songs.

Then there's the every day things. Job interviews. Family game night invitations for Uncle Ash Williams. A cousin's Bat Mitzvah. Online shopping receipts in a country I've never been to. Some single Ashley Williamses signing up for online dating.

Usually I just say, "Hey, you've got the wrong person, check their email address," and it's fine. But a few people say, "Prove it," and the only thing I can think of is to send back a photo. But then they realize I'm an imPort and they want me instead of their Ashley Williams!

[With glowing green circuitry in her skin and eyes, this particular Ashley Williams really does not pass for a local.]

Any ideas for an email address I can actually remember - so, no random numbers like Yahoogle keeps suggesting - and doesn't make me sound like I'm twelve years old?

xth_gambler

[Look, the scheming face of Luxord is back, and this time, it’s not plastic. Happy days. Still, the man looks pensive, and he isn’t exactly looking at the camera. Instead he is looking at a building off screen. And he does not look pleased.]

AtlanTech. Some of you may remember the extravaganza that they put on as part of the swear-in a few months back. I know I most definitely remember the event, and some of our fellow numbers in positions and situations I did not care to see with my own eyes.

[There is something akin to distaste on his normally schooled expression.]

Yes, I’m certain there were uses for many of their baubles of technology, things that will soften the lives of the native residents of this world, and potentially introduce infuriating complications into our own. Yet there was something there which caused me a prodigious apprehension.

Why, one must wonder, would a company be seeking to make a pretty flashing light that ran upon the energy and will of those of us made unwilling guests of this world? What value is there in a light that only seems to run upon the energy that is so dubiously claimed to be gifted to us by these nanites? Would it not be far simpler for them to determine what power source was driving these little parasites within our skins and use that for their pretty dalliances with entertainment? Or are their intentions more sinister?

I suggest to you that we are not merely a market they wish to sell to, or faces they wish to use to pander to the audiences who might purchase their goods. I suggest that they seek to come up with a different means by which to fight whatever tawdry battles this world has relegated itself to that are by no measure our business. I suggest that to them we are little more than disposable batteries to fuel their war machine.

[Here he at last offers a smile. It’s carefully calculated to be charming and inviting, two emotions completely beyond the abilities of the Nobody.]

And I suggest we unite to solicit answers from this organization. To be made aware of how this light show demonstration of theirs worked, precisely, their intentions upon its use, and whether it can be powered by other means. If it were to be a tool that they could power by other means and prove such, then we’ve no cause for concern. Yet if they cannot provide us answers or refuse to, then I do not believe anyone should support their efforts.

So my question to you, my fellows, is this. Does anyone have contacts within the organization? Is anyone good at parsing through technical diagrams, computer code, and electrical designs? And Are there those among our number who have a legal background who might be able to assist us in determining the best means of compelling the information we seek if the company is not forthright with a public plea?

codeofiron

How did you decide what you wanted to do here?

fridgeflower

Alright. I need a guinea pig. Or multiple guinea pigs. Maybe three or so, starting out?

Must have:
- Rabid fanbase that you want off your back
- Willingness to observe and record your day-to-day interactions while sticking to outlined daily prep instructions
- Willingness to provide small DNA sample

It's nothing elaborate or dangerous or super-weird, I promise! I'm just testing personalized people-repellent.

goldtoxicity

Sooooo...

Here's a question. What's the weirdest thing one of your fans has ever done? Or, like, the weirdest piece of content you've ever found?

Because I just found there are bwitter accounts dedicated to trying to prove I'm not actually dating my girlfriend? I thought it was a joke but they're in like, a flame war with someone whose really into it... Like, I know I shouldn't be reading it, but I just can't look away.

[ oh, right, wait, also need to be responsible. ]

Oh, right, almost forgot. Hi, I'm Josh Foley. I work at De Chima General. If you've got weird medical needs or something you need fixed, I'm your dude.

runningstart

I got a dream book for two dollars. Anybody want their dreams interpreted? I'm now a casual expert.

looking_sharp

[Enjoy your video of a man in a suit, the angle chosen for the video making sure that more light shines off of his sunglasses than anything else, making his eyes even harder to see.]

Looking for a Porter city gym. Best one you know. Need somewhere to practice and train. Or a training center for MMA.

[Life was harder without the training facilities his division maintained.]

Also. Somewhere that serves Wutain food.

[Will that even make sense to anyone? He doesn't care. His questions have been delivered. The message will either be answered or not. So he just cuts the recording there and posts it online. This is really a weird communication method people have set up.]

forcelight

[ ... so maybe you're familiar with Rey, but you might not be familiar as she is now -- not even she is familiar with herself in this way. She's sitting on what looks like the top of a park bench, one knee pulled to her chest, the device held out in front of her. Cupping her face in hand she looks at the camera with a distinctly unamused stare. ]

Did anyone else happen to wind up with an extra appendage or two?

[ As she speaks, two very large wings suddenly spread out from behind her back. Two very large, glossy black feathered wings which hang there, open and blocking out her surroundings at at least six feet on either side of her... before... they fall back behind her. ]

I guess... it's not that bad. The worst part is the feathers get everywhere.... But anyways, does anyone know how long this is going to last?

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