riverview: august test drive meme

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riverview test drive meme

Welcome to Riverview's test drive meme! Feel free to dip your toes in on the test drive meme to try out your character in the setting, play out a mission, and get samples for your application at the same time!

● There are currently 17 Character Slots available.
● Applications are open and will remain open until such time as there are 30 or more character slots available at one time. Applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis. Any applications in excess of available spots will be placed in a queue and processed as drops or activity sweeps happen.
● Providing all parties are amenable, threads on the test drive meme can count as game canon, as the plot in the prompts presented is game canon, and may continue while applicants are waiting on the queue (including spanning multiple TDMs).
● TDM threads do not count for Activity Check, but they do count for Activity Bonus Points, so long as all characters involved are accepted into the game.
● Threading on the TDM is intended for prospective new characters, so top-levels should only be posted by players of these characters. Since the events in the TDM are considered game canon, characters currently in the game are free to use the TDM prompts for logs and posts on the regular communities.

Feel free to use the prompts below or create your own scenario. The setting is built to be flexible, so feel free to make things up as you go.

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prompt i: flock together

After a significant chunk of intense research, both magical and scientific, hindered pretty badly by the fact that scientific and magical researchers are not, in fact, immune to bouts of amnesia themselves, the verdict is in. A cure for the pollen-induced epidemic of amnesia effects has been found in a very unlikely place. Rather than something high-tech or a complex magical spell, the cure is simple herbology - a red leaf on a particular species of tree, ground up with a mortar and pestle, and brewed into tea will completely reverse the effects of the amnesia within 4 hours of ingestion. Of course, the side effects of the tea are a little uncomfortable, and depending on the person they can span a wide range from nausea to fever and chills to a serious 24-hour flu. Some people are lucky enough to get off completely without side effects.

Still, someone's gotta go out into the jungle and gather those leaves, and those people will need a protection detail. The teams of foraging explorers and their protectors are assembled quickly and sent out with the instructions - follow the birds. There are several species of a parrot-like bird that are native to the moon that make their homes in the trees the leaves come from and feed there, and these birds will quickly lead the teams to where they can find the supplies for the necessary cure.

prompt ii: flame on

While the intrepid teams head out into the jungle to gather up the cure, there's plenty of work to be done inside the city. After identifying the particular flower that's been sprouting up around the city and spreading its amnesia-inducing pollen, volunteers from the Perimeter Guard, Fire Department, and Police Department are handing out pictures of the flowers and equipment to destroy them to anyone who's willing to lend a hand.

That equipment? Small, portable flamethrowers capable of incinerating the plants with a single pull of the trigger.

Volunteers are welcome to wander around the city with the flamethrowers and destroy every plant they set their sights on, and while there will be ample supervision and regular patrols by various types of authorities, there might be room for a little foul play if the wrong person gets hold of the gear.

As the day wears on, the first batches of antidote tea will start being handed out, with volunteers carrying around containers of it on their backs and handing out cups to anyone willing to take them. The tea tastes...pretty good, actually! A little sweet with a distinct citrus aftertaste. Nice!

Characters are welcome to volunteer for either of these efforts. For any affected character who did not or could not take the antidote tea, the effects of the pollen will wear off within 12 hours of the flowers being destroyed, which will be in the late evening of August 21st.

prompt iii: white elephant

A day or two after the amnesia ordeal is over, some members of the Perimeter Guard Orientation Support team start putting up flyers and sending out ads over the network and screens around the city for a Stuff Swap at the Perimeter Guard headquarters on August 22nd. Anyone in the city is welcome to bring books, clothes, household goods, jewelry, or any other items that they don't want and to trade them for other items that other characters are willing to give up.

One man's scrap is another man's treasure, after all, and the Orientation team thinks that maybe the act of sharing, give and take, will help new arrivals to integrate more easily with the people who are already in the city. And maybe it will give them a chance to stock up on useful items they didn't arrive with!

prompt iv: plays by the plage

Throughout the last half of August and the first half of September, advertisements are also being spread for an event called Plays by the Plage, featuring both professional and amateur performances of famous plays from all over the multiverse. The performances are free, and anyone who wishes to attend can just bring a blanket and picnic basket and watch the plays. The quality of the performances ranges from intense, beautiful, and moving to horrific and so-bad-it's-good.

Anyone who wants to put on a performance of their own is also more than welcome to set that up, cast it, and act their little hearts out on the big or small stage!

prompt v: friendr/network

Whether your character is posting up a silly word game to distract people from the dangerous mission going on, trying to get hold of a friend, or putting out feelers for people to go out into the fray with, the network is going strong.

Alternately, an offer for a free app is popping up on new arrivals' devices - Friendr is a friend-finder and/or dating app. If characters choose to install it, they will fill out a short bio and parameters for what they're looking for, upload a snap of themselves, and then proceed to browse for matches. This is a typical swipe-left-or-right type app.

Code to post your character's bio is in the textbox below. An example of how it looks can be found here.

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Friendr base code is by photosynthesis.
The code in the textbox is for the default color scheme, but the Friendr app has a wide variety of themes, so feel free to customize with colors and patterns as you see fit, but do not remove the credit line out of respect for the creator of the code.

prompt vi: wildcard/recovery

Use the wildcard prompt to choose your own adventure and do whatever else you like in the setting!

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[parrots in the jungle image is signed]

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Mordred | The Legend of King Arthur (AU)

[eternalmagic]

[AU information can be found here.]


.I. flock together
[He's always been quite at home in the woods. The forests where he grew up, certainly, he knows better than anywhere else in the world, even after so much time has passed. Back there, even the trees knew him.

But the jungles surrounding Riverview are much different, and Mordred doesn't speak its language yet (such as it is). His investment in the quest for an antidote to the amnesia epidemic is mild at best, but getting out into the jungle is worth doing for its own sake, and necessary if he ever hopes to familiarize himself with the energy in the earth of this place. He might not have needed the excuse, but the foraging expedition provided one anyway. At least in his company, they won't have to rely on so much barbaric hacking-and-slashing. Polite, seeking ripples of magic coax the more indulgent undergrowth gently out of their way.]

Mind the roots. And the spiderweb.



.IV. flame on
[There is something playfully apocalyptic about the sight of people wandering around with flamethrowers or backpacks full of tea, respectively. Mordred leaves them to it. Undoubtedly the amnesiac population will be glad to have their memories back (and also comfortably embarrassed about whatever transpired in the meantime), which is all very well and good, and he wishes them the best with it.

Nevertheless, his carefully transplanted flower is trapped under glass with its toxic pollen, subject to the sorcerer's protection as it rapidly becomes an endangered species within the city limits.]

No, not this one -- this is mine. Thank you. Burn the other ones as you would.



.V. [un: medraut]
Manifestation lessons today, 7:00 PM, on the east bank of the river by the first wall. Expect to get wet.
Latecomers will be used for demonstrative purposes.

iv.

[ikols]

Mine, actually.

[ Helmed and all, Loki appears out of thin air with the help of his shadowthread coat, hand outstretched for the plant which the sorcerer is so foolishly coveting. Loki can't blame him, and yet. ]

Hand it over, sparky.

[eternalmagic]

[Hell.

He makes no particular disguise of looking this new arrival up and down, sizing up a threat that he will be defending against regardless. Beneath polite words, magic begins to weave itself swiftly and silently into place like a shield. He may not be able to stand for long against what he perceives to be a deity of some kind, but Mordred is not a pushover.

(...'sparky'?)]

Ah... no, thank you. There's plenty that don't have fire on them yet -- I can lend you some enchanted glass if you like.

[ikols]

[ Quavers of his own sorcery knit into the air, cooling the temperature. Head cocking, a smile peels across his lips and he gestures once more. ]

They're all going to be set alight, no exceptions. These plants have caused trouble long enough. [ Specifically to Loki which is why he intends to see them turned to ash. ] These are highly contagious, you won't know you've lost your mind until the world is a blank slate and you have to question your very name.

[eternalmagic]

With all due respect, I appreciate that, but I know what I'm doing.

[The glass containing the offending flower is not only thick, but near gold with the strength of the charms upon it to anyone who might be able to perceive such things.

Little magic feelers are gonna... pry a little bit at that chill. Don't worry about it, he's just eternally curious, and increasingly fascinated. And although he doesn't need to explain himself to anyone, he does so anyway.]

I have no plans for it. Simply preservation. [Read: 'If you bully me out of this one, I'll just go and find another.']

i.

[inlaid]

[While Mordred has always been at home in the woods, it took Bryn to learn to be comfortable out in the wild. She was born and raised in Khipari, the capital of Askoupur. Hundreds of years ago the city had first handled their population boom by building up into the air and down into the ground, but over time it had expanded across the mainland, pushing the city walls out, and out. For centuries magic and technology had mingled and ruled the land in equal measure, but the advances of technology had overtaken magic by leaps and bounds during the last hundred years, turning Khipari into a bustling technology where greenery was reserved for the land of nobles, rooftop gardens, and protected public parks.

It wasn't until she'd joined the military that she'd been given her first wilderness survival seminars, and when she'd been recruited as a Council Agent she'd been taught so, so much more.

Enough that the city girl felt just as ease in the jungles of Riverview as she did its city. Enough that she's been working as a surveyor for months now, and it's clear from how she dresses now that she's used to tramping through the wilds.]

Thanks. [She flashes the man near her a smile and minds her step over the roots, and sidesteps the spiderweb only to avoid disturbing any of the larger spiders that may be lurking. She's short and slight in frame but nonetheless bends leads forward with confidence. The magical assistance is appreciated, however.] Haven't seen you out on these missions before. New to the quarantine?

[eternalmagic]

Oh yes, very. [He offers her a glance with a polite smile of his own in it, as a thick bundle of hanging creepers ripples out of their way as though gathered by a chance breeze.] Do I stand out, you think?

[The smile flickers to a smirk only briefly before it easily disappears. Large insects zip through the trees, humming close to their heads before veering sharply aside, and a brightly multicolored python draws his curious attention for a moment or two before he moves on, turning his attention to the path forming ahead. From time to time, he still glances toward the canopy.]

My name is Mordred. Did I hear them call you Bryn?

[inlaid]

[For a girl from a world that isn't Earth, the name Mordred doesn't raise any more interest for her than any other name. She accepts it without word or comment.]

You might've since it's my name. [Bryn's eyes scan forward, above and below in a seemingly endless cycle, always aware of their surroundings no matter how deep they get or how safe the area behind them seems. She shifts her bag over her shoulders, glancing up for a moment to watch the birds as they begin heading deeper into the trees.] And no, you don't stick out, I'm just observant. Not everyone is brave enough to head beyond the fence. Then again your skill set seems like it probably comes in handy out here.

Where are you from?

[eternalmagic]

[How refreshing! He likes it here already, and more than he did a minute ago.]

Well -- that's the hope, anyway. [So far it's going well, but Mordred is still in the introductory phase with the natural energy around them. It's quite alien in its own way, and he's lucky that courtesy counts for a lot among all sorts of living things.]

Ah... [He pauses, tilts his head, and then looks back at her with a slightly puzzled furrow to his brow.] I'm not sure how that question gets answered here. South Wales, or Earth?

@fromTV

[spellslots]

["Manifestation" isn't a term he's familiar with, but it sounds like it could be something magic related, enough that he's willing to show some interest.]

What are we manifesting, pumpkin?

[eternalmagic]

We'll be starting small, with light and personal magic. Novices are encouraged, professionals are welcome.

And Mordred is fine.

[spellslots]

No impersonal magic then? 🤔🤔🤔

[eternalmagic]

I'll consider it for extra credit.

v; @j.andrews99

[bikinimail]

OK.... what is manifestation, exactly?

[eternalmagic]

It's a form of magic. This is a class for novice magic users.

[bikinimail]

oh OK cool. I'll be there!

[eternalmagic]

Have you had any prior experience with magic?

V

[dragonring]

((ooc: Dave is from a canon that deals with the Arthurian legend - he's the descendant of Merlin. If it's not something you wanna deal with, I totally get it, so feel free to ignore this! Also his ring was made from Excalibur, if that's something Mordred can sense.))

[Dave's username reads catstate - a science joke. But he's here for the magic, and - welp, he can't deny that medraut calls his attention.]

"Manifestation". Is that like summoning? Or you want to manifest the elements?

[eternalmagic]

[ooc: oh, AWESOME. I am totally down for this, as long as you're okay with some seriously bad blood. and he would be able to sense Excalibur (just not through the internet, obvs).]


[It's a damn good thing that username clues him in to precisely nothing at all.]

Excellent question: manifestation is a very broad form of magic, and while summoning and elementalism can fall under that category, this is a beginners class and we'll be starting very small. Are you experienced?

Gimme all the bad blood yes! (surprise, Dave kinda destroyed Morgana, oops)

[dragonring]

Yeah, around a month and a half of magic shenanigans. But I guess we should call it a crash course, so I got some things like the elements down already.

rude??? (w/e they haven't even talked in centuries)

[eternalmagic]

In that case, nothing against your capabilities, I highly suggest giving a try to at least one lesson or two. Magic learned quickly often translates to magic learned poorly, and magic learned poorly is dangerous.

There is no obligation to stay, should you feel confident enough after the experience.

text @lightemup

[umbrastaff]

It that a euphemism?

[Welcome to Taaco hell twins, take two.]

[eternalmagic]

[sweet silver bells]

If it was, it'd be a better one.

[umbrastaff]

That's the spirit, it was a little too vague.

So what's the manifestation stuff? Something like conjuration?

[eternalmagic]

Sometimes it can be. In broad terms it's exactly what it sounds like: magic that is visible. Perceivable. For beginner purposes, it's a very basic method of familiarizing oneself with one's own magic. We won't be contacting any spirits on day one.