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quaranmeme2017-06-19 09:05 pm
riverview: june test drive meme
riverview test drive memeWelcome 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!
● Reserves are currently OPEN.
● Applications open on July 1st.
● 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.
● 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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Whether you've just arrived in the city or you've been here a while, and you have a sensitivity to the spiritual, magical, multidimensional, or anything else outside the realm of everyday normal, you've probably noticed a distinct uptick in weird feelings, strange nightmares, or daymares - hallucinations of scary things that are lurking just behind you.
You're not the only one who's noticed it.
There are rumors going around that the psychological and spiritual disturbances are due to the emergence or re-emergence of a deity. Some people say that it's something new that's come through the portal with the sharp increase in new arrivals recently, and others say it's simply an ancient spiritual presence or some ancient incorporeal monster that's been somehow awakened. Gramarye, the top-tier magic research center in Riverview Quarantine, has been studying anyone who's felt this presence, and have recently confirmed that whatever it is, it's being fed by all the extra energies and prayers and thoughts as the city's population increases. The one thing everyone agrees on is that, if the expanding community is feeding the entity, then the entity has got to go! Teams are being assembled across the city to travel into the Abandoned City or the forests outside the walls and look for anything like an abandoned temple that can be destroyed or that contains a relic that can be broken or pacified by a ritual. You're looking for something that will solve the problem, or for other evidence of a way to solve it. The mission might be dangerous, though - there are the usual dangers of venturing out into the wilds, but this time, characters may also face booby traps, spectral or physical guardians, and if the entity itself gets awoken? Someone will have to kill it.
The mission is open to multiple teams, multiple deities can be named (both made up or from characters' various canons), and there can be multiple outcomes. If you complete the mission in a TDM thread, and all characters involved are apped and accepted, you can submit the completed mission thread to the exploration page once you are in the game!
The problems the city is having this month are not just ethereal - there's something a little more scientific stirring up trouble. Recently, a large research company in the Quarantine has been trying to develop a monster repellent to provide to explorers who are traveling outside the walls, in hopes of protecting them from attacks. Unfortunately, the containment unit used to store the repellent - which is still in its experimental stages, not even yet tested on animals, let alone people - completely failed, leaking the experimental repellent into the environment around the facility. This facility is close enough to the wall that the repellent has permeated the groundwater and soil in the area and leeched underneath the fences.
Even more unfortunately, the repellent seems to currently have an almost opposite effect on monsters than its intended purpose. It's attracted the attention of a large colony of carnivorous plants that has thrived just outside the wall for decades, living by attacking fellow monsters that are dumb enough to try the fence in that area. Now, instead of going for other monsters, the plants are drawn to the failed repellent and are climbing the walls in search of the source, craving more of it. Residents have been asked to both help clean up the tainted soil by the wall and to fight the carnivorous plants in that area.
The carnivorous plants are in the form of vines ranging from the thickness of a pinkie finger to nearly half a foot thick, that grow incredibly fast, writhing together to form thicker tendrils. The leaves are about a foot wide at their largest and have stingers around the edge that cause a painful rash, and the flowers are large and red or orange, capable of spitting thick globs of acid that can cause burns ranging from very serious (red) to moderate or mild (orange or yellow-orange). They can be defeated especially well with fire, extremely strong pesticides, and edged weapons - vines do not grow back once they've been cut.
The carnivorous plants aren't the only ones feeling the effects of the spilled experimental repellent. Recently, an intrepid team went on a mission after hearing rumors of a type of monster outside the walls that might be able to be tamed and used as valiant steeds. The team was successful and the possible steeds, which turned out to be Chocobos!
So far, the Chocobos have been comfortably in training, learning how to wear saddles and carry people, but once they get a whiff of the repellent in the air, or gotten a taste of it in their water, they kind of go a little off the wall. Or, over the fence, as the case may be. Highly energized and unwilling to listen, Chocobos who have been exposed to the repellent will get free of their pens and start stampeding around the city. Citizens, it's time to team up to tame the wild Chocobos! Let the wark games begin!
The local wildlife aren't the only ones affected by the experimental repellent spill. While at first they didn't think it had any effect on sentients, they're having to start reevaluating that particular theory, because residents are definitely feeling it. Whether they're inhaling it in a gust of wind that smells disturbingly of ozone, or sipping a glass filled from a tap in the area of the spill and tasting something like chlorine, it's getting into residents' systems.
Once ingested or inhaled, the repellent can have two effects on an affected character: an overaffectionate mood, or an anti-social mood. The effects can vary in type, swinging from affectionate to cranky and back again at the drop of a hat, and they can also vary in intensity and manifestation - it all depends on body chemistry, both within an affected character, and in the interactions between two characters. So whether or not your characters liked or disliked each other beforehand, maybe their chemistries are very compatible or not compatible at all, and feelings might be a little...out of the ordinary.
Affectionate moods can range anywhere from a casual 'I love you man' to romantic or even carnal ideation; anti-social ones can range from being nervous around crowds or other people to being outright aggressive with other people. The repellent does not remove inhibitions and characters are able to control themselves. Emotions might be heightened, but these effects should not be used to facilitate things that would normally be completely out of character. Please put content warnings in subject lines.
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.
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.
Choose your own adventure and do something else in the setting!
iv because I am an awful person?
I.
[uhhhhhhh.]
Don't know how I feel about ninjas.
iv you mean awesome person?
Well, if we go on a date you'll have time to make up your mind!
[Her arms loop around his as she slides up to his side. Who needs personal space?]
Then I can show you how awesome Ninja's are. [Which translates to how awesome she is.]
iv !!!
You going to try to kill me, too?
[Someone has Bad Ninja Experiences, okay? Annnnnnd, now she's touching him. His hand clenches, nervously, the mechanical servos whirring loudly. As if this needed more help being awkward. ]
iv !!!
I'm not planning on it. Besides, why would I let you see me coming if I was going to kill you. That's just bad planning.
[What kind of Ninja has he met!?]
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Yeah, well, they were Resistance.
Not good at planning.
[Not that he's a planning genius, himself. Just road routes.]
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I don't know what you mean. [Her tone is short and defiant.] As long as you aren't a buttface I won't do anything but snuggled with you. Well maybe not just- [Her voice broke off before she can go into details.]
So it's settled! Where are you taking me on our date!
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But that sounds like one of those 'protest too much' things. Eh, wouldn't be the first time.]
Snuggle. [Uh. ]
Why? [He's just curious. And confused. And he makes no promises about the buttface thing.]
[Right. Date. Where does one go on a date? What do you even do on a date? ]
What does a ninja even like doing? [Fair question, right?]
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That's easy. [She always has a why though her reasons don't always make sense.] You look strong and you're tall and rugged and cute. Unless you're super boring I think that's a good start.
[Yuffie thinks about it for a moment.]
Around here. I'm not sure but I'm also a girl and I like things that girls like.
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[Frankenstein's easiest way to deal with things involves silent glaring and/or running them over.
He'll tick over those. Tall, yes. Strong, yes. Cute? ??? ???? Grace Tickle had said something like that, but, well, Grace was...Grace was about as authentic as plastic. ]
Great. That's helpful.
What do girls like? [No clue. None. Whatsoever.]
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[She's used to dealing with difficult people or completely ignoring their concerns.]
You're welcome.
Let's see. You could buy me flowers or take me out to eat or to see a movie or we can snuggle and watch a movie at your place.
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[He's pretty sure he already knows. He's just...not that interesting. Why he has fans? No clue.
Of those options....? C is definitely off the table as Far Too Terrifying. B? A? B at least makes sense. ]
Why do you want...flowers? [eww?]
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Because Flowers are pretty but they don't last and involve no responsibility to keep track of.
[She's at least honest?]
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Just wondering if you liked to watch things die slowly.
[Sorry. That's how his mind works. Flowers: die. Then again, so do people. ]
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No but what makes flowers beautiful is that they don't last forever.
[Everyone dying isn't as sad as a thought to Yuffie. She's sort of used to it. For most of her life the world around her has been dying.]
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[ Right, he's still blindsided by the 'date' thing but even he is dimly aware that, you know, this might not be proper date conversation. Give him a minute. ]
Maybe food. [That was one of her options, right? What are the odds he could make a conversation about food go awry? Anyone want to place any bets?]
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Let's not talk about dying. Food is a much better topic.
Where are you going to take me?
[Since it's a date, he's clearly going to buy her something to eat.]
Do you think any of the places here have dumplings?
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I don't know. Any place that doesn't serve crickets.
[His bar for edible food is pretty low.]
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[Assuming there are more dates.]
Come on. I know the way.
[Yuffie had amazing balance. She wobbled a little bit but continued onward, dragging him with her.] What's your name again?
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[Seriously. And he's still not quite convinced he's going to survive *this* date, much less up to date number five. ]
Not sure I have a choice. [Sure, he could probably try to plant his heels and refuse to move, but, well, he was starting to get curious. Even if this was (as he still suspected) another Resistance plot to try to kill him, well, it was interesting.]
Name's Frankenstein. [It feels weird not to be instantly recognized. Weird and, well...not bad.]
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[Yuffie laughed before shaking her head.] Everyone has a choice. [She is a firm believer in that everyone can do what they want when they want. This means that you'll have to live with what comes next but that doesn't stop people from doing what they choose. Some people simply choose not to make a choice and let others decide their fate.
Yuffie can never let someone else decide her fate.]
Is it really? That's a pretty long name. I'll call you Frank! I'm Yuffie Kisaragi. The beautiful white rose of Wutai.
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[O. Rly.]
And 'Yuffie Kisaragi the beautiful white rose of Wutai' isn't a long name?
[Because, seriously, that's like the longest string of words he's capable of putting together! ]
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Yuffie Kisaragi is my name. The Beautiful White Rose of Wutai is my title.
[She flashes him a bright grin.]
I'm the princess of Wutai.
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Still a lot of names. [For someone who finds 'Frankenstein' too long, especially.]
Hff. Imagine this place must be a bit of a step down for a princess.
[Not to mention, you know. Him. He's not exactly polite, respectable or swanky company.]
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Yuffie. Call me Yuffie and this place isn't so bad.
[There needs to be more materia...]
Anyway. Come on. You are going to buy me food~
[She begins to drag him towards the restaurants, pausing when she reaches the first one that smells like it's cooking some sort of meat.] Let's eat here. [It looks like a nice place too.]
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[He's not one to criticize people's names, but...that's a weird name.
And he's still adjusting to this place himself--mostly not having a car. And having to, you know, talk to people. ]
Food. [He could get behind food. And if he's honest, she is beautiful, and, well, there are worse things in the world than having a beautiful woman demand you buy her food. Way worse. ]
You're going to have to order. [Because he has no clue.]
Do you want to move this to the Carnival or something?
I'm all for it! :D
Re: I'm all for it! :D