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quaranmeme2017-09-21 08:26 pm
riverview: september 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 40 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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With the fall months starting to set in, the leaves changing color, and the pumpkin spice lattés freshly unleashed into the Quarantine, many minds in the city (or at least the ones who've been around for over a year) are turning to the fall mushroom harvest.
Every year, several of the Quarantine's fanciest boutique restaurants are competing to make the most original new recipes with classic favorite mushroom varieties harvested fresh from the jungle. These glowing little shrooms are a rare once-a-year delicacy that half the Quarantine is totally bonkers for, and a restaurant can turn a really serious profit from capitalizing on those cravings. Of course, that means that they need to source the mushrooms from the jungle, which is much easier said than done, considering the fact that the monsters out there like the delicate fungal flavor just as much as the people in the city. So, restauranteurs around the Quarantine are putting up signs and advertisements everywhere from billboards to just after the credits of your favorite trashy reality TV show.
The monetary rewards for returning with a fruitful fungal harvest are extremely high, so if you're looking to feather your nest egg a bit and are willing to do a bit of exploring and brave some beasties, head out into the jungle in search of bounty.
The restaurant business isn't the only business that's interested in providing a chunk of change for some mushrooms from the jungle - there's also a less reputable trade in the type of mushrooms that don't end up in risotto. While the advertising is more covert, it's not much less obvious, particularly since the glowing mushrooms aren't exactly contraband and occupy a grey area, legally. In fact, if you're curious, you can pick them up at most of the outdoor markets around the city.
And what is it the mushrooms do? Well, in a way that's quite common when mushrooms are involved, things get a little trippy. Depending on the type of mushroom a character tries, there could be a wide variety of effects, most of which center around size changes and hallucinations or weird dreams. Whether it's all in a character's head, or they're actually changing size depends on the type of mushroom they ingest. Welcome to Wonderland!
NOTE: The mushrooms can have physical effects to change a character's size from however tiny you would like to go, up to a maximum of 15 feet tall, or they can have whatever sort of hallucinogenic or dream effects you choose, including dream sharing between characters who eat the mushrooms together. Be sure to warn in the subject line if you use this prompt in a way that resembles drug use. All effects wear off in a maximum of 24 hours.
Every year on the last full weekend of September (the 22nd until the 24th this year) there is a special event called Tavernfest. A mash-up of Oktoberfest and a renaissance faire, Tavernfest is a tradition celebrating and promoting various local breweries in the Quarantine, along with food that pairs well with their beers, in a setting that hearkens back to historical periods. Costumes are encouraged, and everything about the fair is rustic and simple, from the cooking methods to how the brews are served to the various fair games and attractions.
Considering the nature of the Quarantine, though, 'historical' can mean a lot of different things, so expect to see people dressed in a wide variety of historical costumes from their own worlds and planets. The sharing of culture is encouraged at Tavernfest just as much as it is everywhere else in the Quarantine, so attendees are highly encouraged to wear the historical garb of their own worlds and talk about what it means to them!
NOTE: Riverview's legal drinking age is 14+.
This one's pretty simple - this is the month where autumn is really starting to kick in, and autumn on this moon means lots of rain showers. In fact, the rain can be so prevalent that there's a long-standing trend of people in the Quarantine using umbrellas like fashion accessories. They can get quite fancy, matching them to their outfits or carrying umbrellas that are adorned with decorations ranging from cute to high-fashion to bedazzled.
The one difference between umbrellas and regular fashion accessories? Umbrellas are meant to be shared! Riverview Quarantine has a culture of sharing, and that's never more apparent than in the chilly autumn and winter months when the rain is falling and everything's damp and miserable. So whether your character is out and about sporting a fancy umbrella with room for one more, or if they forgot theirs and are looking for a generous stranger willing to spare some shelter, hopefully the culture of caring will prevail!
Whether your character is posting up a silly word game, 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!
Danny Rand || Marvel Cinematic Universe/Netflix series
Danny didn't know what to make of the mushroom he'd purchased. It was a curious thing and curiosity often got the better of him. He'd been assured that it wasn't poisonous and he was inclined to trust the random stranger that had sold it to him.
He munched on the mushroom as he made his way around the city. It was tasty, reminding him of the roots and mushrooms that he had eaten while in K'un-Lun.
The effect was gradual. He saw a shadow flicker at the corner of his eyes and then a familiar face walking through the crowd ahead. He paused when Bakuto stepped out from behind a group of people, turned and smiled at him. 'No.' He pushed his way rudely through the crowd, only to find that Bakuto had vanished.
'The hand is dead. They can't be here.'
Danny took off again, chasing the shadows that flickered across his vision. He paused when he reached an alley, Bakuto standing at it's end. As Danny stepped forward his fingers curled into a fist and his hand began to glow. Bakuto laughed, 'Do you really think you could kill me?'
Without thinking Danny rand forward, his fist slamming against the building at the end of the alleyway. Brick and rumble rained down around him as he turned, frantically looking for the apparition. What Danny didn't know was that it was all in his head.
Laying next to him on the ground is a bright yellow umbrella. Someone had convinced him to buy a few days before and he'd been carrying it around since. He doesn't use it right away. Instead he waits until he notices someone attempting to get out of the rain.
Danny grabs the umbrella and rises to his feet when he spots someone who could use it. He fumbles with the latch, trying to get it to unclasp as he runs up to the stranger.]
Here. [The umbrella springs open.] Take it.
[He's too wet to care.]
» Seeking: Friends
» Preferences: Wemon
» Interests: Martial Arts, Music (Killah Priest, Camp Lo, Outkast) and Sparing
» Bio: Been out of touch with things for the last 15 years. I have a lot to catch up on. I'm a billionaire, back home. I don't know what people would want to know about me.
v VOICE
[Then again, this guy could be an asshole. But he does have good taste in music. ]
v VOICE
I'm actually still getting used to having money again.
VOICE
[Verity will never be accused of being too polite. Or polite at all.]
I get it man, really I do.
...well, not really. No one's gonna pretend to be nice to me thinking I'll shove a pile of cash at them.
VOICE
[Which he doesn't sound too concerned about.]
And I'm pretty sure that no one is nice to me just because I'm rich.
[At least not in his experiance but it's mostly because people keep telling him that he doesn't know what he's talking about and that he needs to stop.]
Re: VOICE
[ It wasn't technically true back home, either, since Tarantulas kinda sorta healed her. ]
All right. I'll bite. Why ARE people nice to you, then.
VOICE
[He doesn't think that anyone does care. He's actually a little surprised that she read his friendr.]
They usually aren't. At least not until they get to know me.
VOICE
[ Of course she read it. She's bored. And it uses short words.]
You know, you're supposed to do the standard 'things I'd like to do with you for fun' stuff. Long walks on the beach, intergalactic crime spree--that kind of stuff. What makes you work, man.
[Someone's spent waaaay too much time on the internet.]
VOICE
[He pauses and takes a minute to think.]
I am the Iron Fist.
That takes up most of my time.
Re: VOICE
[Sorry for the giggling. Verity's got the maturity of a 12 year old.]
So, what do you do when you're not Iron Fisting?
VOICE
I had tried to help run the company but I got voted off the board.
[Turns out he's really bad at a lot of things.]
Re: VOICE
[Because, that just sounds weird. And she's trying to remind herself that Iron Fist isn't the same as Ironfist.]
Yeah, well, that's probably because you were trying to shake shit up. Bureaucracy hates that shit, man.
VOICE
[Danny is not at all subtle.]
I did find that out... you know, after the fact.
Re: VOICE
Oooooookay. What's a Kunloon?
[She'll bite. ]
And why didn't you put that in your profile thing. Chicks dig protective guys. I mean, not like creepy stalker protective, but, you know, hero protective.
v
[ jesus christ, rand. your profile blows. ]
v
[He has no idea how to make a profile and this is not the first time he's gotten criticism for it.]
ii
He likes walking through the city, Toothless plodding along on all fours at his side, one of Hiccup's hands curled loosely around a leather strap of his harness to steer them out of the way of crowds when necessary. They take in the sights and smells and stop to ask questions about this or that. He just happens to be nearby when there's a bit of a commotion. Sending a concerned glance at his dragon, they slip after the man pushing and shoving through the crowd, stopping at the mouth of the alleyway.
The far wall is a destroyed mess. How in Thor's name... "Hey, hey, are you- are you okay?" Toothless rumbles anxiously at his side, huge eyes narrowed, pupils a bit slitted.
ii
The voice calls his attention to the present though it isn't Hiccup that Danny's gaze was drawn too. His eyes are focused on Toothless, meeting the young dragon's gaze without fear or worry.
"There are still dragons." He heard himself say the word as his fingers uncurled. He knew dragons, had punched through the heart of one of them, and as he looked into Toothless's eyes he saw something. Innocence, a brightness that he hadn't seen in K'un-Lun. He had to protect that from the Hand and those who would miss use the dragon's power.
Danny felt his whole body strain as he tried to focus. The boy had asked him something but his thoughts were too cloudy and loose to grasp.
no subject
"Yeah," he agrees, voice calm, attempting to soothe the obviously slightly unhinged guy. "Yeah, this is Toothless, we're not going to hurt you. You, uh. You look a little keyed up there. Is everything okay?"