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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!
Leo Kershaw | Original
[ this is actually comfortingly familiar in a really aggravating way. not the exact task at hand - this is the first time leo can say he's had to track birds in a jungle - but he's old hat at grunt work. he wipes his face with his sleeve as the group takes a break, watching a small flock of the birds perched nearby, waiting for them to move again.
and, if only because the silence unnerves him, he'll attempt to spark up an awkward conversation with literally whoever might be nearby. ]
So, uh. This kinda thing happen often here?
2 - ᴘʟᴀʏs ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɢᴇ
[ leo isn't really a theater guy - he'd never had enough time in high school, and circumstances hadn't really changed much after he'd graduated. regardless, he's heard a lot about the free performances. it's not like he has any excuse not to go here, so he takes a blanket and settles in before the show with the rest of the crowd. after he gets suitably comfortable, he leans in to the nearest neighbor, asking in a stage-whisper: ]
Hey, any idea what's showing tonight? I couldn't find the programs.
3 - ғʀɪᴇɴᴅʀ
» Seeking: friendship
» Preferences: n/a
» Interests: bad movies, history, pulp-free orange juice
» Bio: if you've never ordered something like a triple venti half-sweet nonfat caramel macchiato then we should be friends.
[ character info! ]
3; username: fromtheshadows
important question though
can we still be friends if i've ordered a quadruple grande three-eights-sweet half-fat butterscotch latte
please say yes because i hated having to write that
do you know how much googling i had to do
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why would you do this? why would you say those words to me? do you like seeing strangers suffer?
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we're still friends, right?
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my name is ryan, remember?
i guess you followed me here, too?
[ But who is really following who??? ]
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okay wait no. seriously? okay look i'm not following you
[ ryan is a Person or Creature of Interest of course he's following him ]
and secondly even if i was there's no way i'd follow you into another dimension on purpose.
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[ The nearest neighbor is not at ground-level. The nearest neighbor has set up a red carpet. Atop which there is a small table shadowed by an umbrella with tassels hanging from it. Which hosts a refreshment platter (mostly desserts) and a cup of tea.
Which is picked up by the individual sitting at said table and not inviting anybody into her little slice of the universe. ] Still, perhaps some jewels lie hidden, longing for their proper setting.
OMG
he has no idea what to say to that, so he'll just awkwardly offer: ]
I hope it's a musical. I've heard the musicals are pretty decent.
cousbians sent their baby to theater camp
The most composed tea sip in the universe is happening right now. ]
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You know, I'm honestly not sure I'd be able to tell the difference.
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[ Hibiki puts down her teacup and settles back in her chair to watch. For someone who's down on the day's offerings, she sure is intent on watching them. ] Well, the heart makes such distinctions instinctively. If faced with true splendor, it always resounds.
[ because the japanese word for "resound" is "hibiki"
ahaha
ha ]
un: miin
un: l.kershaw
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[ you can't always choose the jobs you're good at. ]
but sure. what should i call you?
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[Delicious powdered milk]
Oh, I'm Miin! Nice to meet you!
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Couldn't say. Only just got here myself. [ He glances at the flock. ] I never heard of birds that lead you to medicine. Never heard of a lot of things here.
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Yeah, same. Still seeing new stuff every day, even.
[ and that part is said with a little gesture to booker's device. what the hell is that, exactly, he seems to be asking. ]
3; @j.andrews
guess we can't be friends, because I would totally order that if my town had a starbucks.
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what are the corresponding rage levels.
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