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quaranmeme2017-08-20 08:59 pm
riverview: august 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!
● 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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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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
Use the wildcard prompt to choose your own adventure and do whatever else you like in the setting!
a birb!!
[ There's a lot of people starting his name and ending it with a question mark. He's used to that at home certainly, but in an alien world of apparent strangers it's becoming a small one after all. ]
I see. That is good to know.
I suppose I will use both then.
I have a question, though.
Why did you pick that username?
[ Because Bruce would prefer not to be given Hell plzkthx. ]
Yes, a wayward birb~!
[ He's concerned first off for Damian, he's used to being disappointed but... Damian. Even if they don't get along his little brother was his concern. ]
A smart move, never close off a useful option.
Funny story there.
[ He cant say its a song that reminds him of Bruce, Dick and the family. Nope. ]
It's a song, one I like. We can leave it at that.
well those are the best kinda birbs
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How old are you?
[ So there, Mister Hell Giver. ]
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I'm 23, but I met the Bruce Wayne of my Gotham when I was around 12. I'm not anything important though, no one he would remember so don't worry about that.
[ Jason, NO. ]
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I find it hard to believe there are people so insignificant as to have no importance.
But perhaps the opinions of a fourteen year old will not mean much.
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Either way, there are a few Gothamites here besides me. So you will not lack in people, Mr. Wayne.
Also, the opinions of a fourteen year old always matter. Something you may want to remember in the future. Just some friendly free advice.
I dont have sufficient icon expressions for this!!
One of my closest friends is a kid from the streets as you say.
I have learned a lot from her.
More than I can say about private schooling.
[ Street urchins are the wave of the future, okay?? ]
And please, call me Bruce.
I will remember that.
LOL its always a problem.
[ Doesn't matter, Kids from the streets ended up as super villian's or dead anyway. He never really knew much about Bruce's childhood besides the death of his parents. ]
You'd be surprised, it's good to have both forms of education. Something I learned from a brilliant asshole. He told me to always be prepared in everyway. You may not be the strongest but you can be the most prepared.
[ Oh, god where did he hide that bottle of whiskey...]
I'd really rather not. That implies familiarity. And trust me, you don't want that. I'm bad news.
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[ But Bruce keeps that to himself. Selina wouldn't appreciate him talking about her to strangers, even if they would never cross paths. ]
Reading takes care of that sufficiently.
[ And there's a lot less bullying from books, which is very appealing. But, you know, it's likely a good thing this man can't see Bruce's face right now because he can't keep a small grin from breaking his usually stoic face. Bruce isn't sure who this man is trying to impress in this situation, but with his own background in "bad news" he's not very convinced. ]
I see.
I will respect that.
But what should I call you?
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Yes, it does.
We'll see about that. Anyway, you can call me Todd.
[ He didn't want to give himself any hopes here. ]
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[ What a dorkus name cough cough ]
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[ You have no room to judge, Bruno. ]
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Wouldn't that create familiarity?
You seemed against it a moment ago.
[ Shaddup, pixie boots. ]
icon for maximum pain
But point made. Later B.
[ Sir, you are small enough to get a swirly, don't test him. ]
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