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.

<br><center><table style="width:300px;"><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #528887;"><td></td> <td style="padding:20px; padding-bottom:0; width:300px; font:38px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase; color:#c4c4c4; text-align:center; letter-spacing:2px; background-color:#2a2a2a; border-top-right-radius:50px; border-top-left-radius:50px;"><b>Friendr</b></td> <td></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right; padding:0; color:#528887;">«</td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a; padding:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:0; width:308px;"><img src="IMAGE URL - 300px WIDE OR LESS" style="border-radius:20px;"><br> </td> <td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; padding:0; color:#528887;">»</td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a; font:12px arial; text-align:left; padding:10px;"><span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Age:</b> your character's age</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Seeking:</b> friendship/romantic/anything</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Preferences:</b> sexual preference or n/a</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Interests:</b> three interests</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Bio:</b> 30 words or less</span> </td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:10px; background-color:#2a2a2a;"><font color="#528887">base code by</font> <a href="http://photosynthesis.dreamwidth.org/" style="color:#528887;">photosynthesis</td></tr> <raw-code><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #528887;"><td></td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a;font:20px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; color:#c4c4c4; text-align:center;">Character Name</td> <td><td></tr><tr><td></td> <td style="border-bottom-right-radius:50px; border-bottom-left-radius:50px; background-color:#2a2a2a; text-align:center;"><table style="width:100%; font:30px Verdana;"><tr><td style="text-align:left;"> <span style="text-decoration:none; color:#528887;">« ✘</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="text-decoration:none; color:#528887;">✔ »</span></td></tr> </table></td> <td></td></table></raw-code></center>
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]

Comments

Draco Malfoy | Harry Potter

[dracolucmalfoy]

Option 1

Draco did not need one of those contraptions to destroy these flowers. Though his feelings regarding memory loss were skewed. A part of him wished it. To forget some of the things that had happened to him, that he had witnessed. The abject fear he lived in for years. Fear for the lives of his parents and his own. But there were also things that he did not want to lose. Things he wanted to hold onto. This flower was too chaotic. Better left destroyed.

So Draco walked around sans the muggle equipment. His wand rested in hsi hand instead. Looking far less ridiculous than the others. Rolling his eyes at the sometimes far too gleeful participants. Restraint was obviously lacking in many universes.

"Incendio," Draco chanted each time a flower was found, created just enough fire to control and burn the flower away.

Option 5

	Friendr
«		»
	» Age: 20 » Seeking: Anything » Preferences: N/A » Interests: Potions, Magical Theory, Flying » Bio: I am Draco. That is all you need to know.
	base code by photosynthesis
	Draco Malfoy
	« ✘ ✔ »

friendr; » ✔

[brightline]

[Marco's friendr.]

you can fly??

[dracolucmalfoy]

On a broom with proper enchantments, yes.

[brightline]

are you a witch? I guess that would explain the magic part. seriously cool.

[dracolucmalfoy]

As I am male, I am a wizard. And yes, it ould indeed explain my magical interests.

[brightline]

[Oh, that's surprising.]

huh, I always thought a wizard was a totally different thing from a witch. learn something new every day.

I never saw magic before I came here. funny.

[dracolucmalfoy]

What, by Merlin, are you talking about? They are terms which merely differentiate between male and female. Regardless, I take your lack of knowledge to mean you are a muggle. Which in itself explains much of your magical ignorance.

[brightline]

when you put it that way, I guess they do both stir things in cauldrons and use wands to do magic spells.

okay so I'm getting that muggle means 'doesn't know crap about magic' and I guess you're right about that, I just can't tell if I'm supposed to be offended or not.

[dracolucmalfoy]

Hardly. If I wished to offend I would have called you something much different. Muggle denotes a person devoid of magic, that is all.

Also, one does not simply stir a cauldron. The making of potions is a very complex form of magic that many are not capable of mastering.

OOC NOTE

[dracolucmalfoy]

I regretfully posted this before bed and didn't realize until later that I listed his prose as Option 1 when it is, in fact, for Option 2. I apologize for not catching it while I could still edit the entry.

friendr; » ✔

[littlemisskate]

[Kate's Friendr]

I don't usually do this but I guess I'm looking for some friends. I know I don't know you yet but why is your name all we need to know? Your interest sound cool and they're equally a part of you.

[dracolucmalfoy]

Why does a stranger need to know more details of my life than what is listed? That is already more than I would normally provide without prompting from unknown people. If you wish to know more, then you will have to actually converse with me. Are you prone to giving absolute strangers your life's story without them even asking or being able to guage their potential intention in wanting to know these details?

[littlemisskate]

No, I suppose you're right. I'm sorry.
I like to think the best of people.

[There is a pause before the next text is sent over.]

Where is your favorite place to fly?

[dracolucmalfoy]

Reality is much different from dreams and fantasy.

That depends on my mood.

[littlemisskate]

Reality is also what we make of it.

What about right now?

[dracolucmalfoy]

Nowhere. I have yet to find good places to fly.

[littlemisskate]

When you do. Let me know.

[dracolucmalfoy]

I will.

5; @j.andrews99

[bikinimail]

[ OK the bio is a little off-putting, kind of makes him sound like a jerk, but he's interested in magical theory and so is she, so Jen will give him a shot. ]

✔

by magical theory you mean like... oslips and stuff?

[ ooc: Jen's friendr ]

[dracolucmalfoy]

I mean the theory behind magic. Spells, charms, hexes, jinxes, potions. The intricate parts that make up the whole leading to the end result, which is the spell that ends up cast. As for Oslip, I have no idea what you are going on about.

[He really is a bit of a jerk, but he is trying? Does that count?]

[bikinimail]

[ it counts a little. ]

ok so like, I'm REALLY new to the whole magic thing. but I thought oslips were the units of magical energy that you use to make a spell work, like to channel water or lightning or healing?

[dracolucmalfoy]

Not in my world.

[bikinimail]

oh. OK. I guess it makes sense that magic would work differently in different worlds.

could you teach me how magic works for you?

[dracolucmalfoy]

It would be useless if you do not already have the ability to perform magic.

[bikinimail]

OK but like, I have that. I did a lightning spell once, and another time I accidentally set a tavern on fire.

...long story.