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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!
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Oh, I'm Hiccup. And you are?
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As in, the throat condition?
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Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. [He says dryly, with the tone of someone who has had to explain this often since arriving in Riverview.] No, my parents didn't hate me. My tribe believes that hideous names scare off gnomes and trolls.
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[ Never mind that, he shakes his head and offers a hand. ]
Loki, God of Mischief. Always nice to meet a viking. So old-school!
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He does a bit of a double take at that, though.] Loki, like- like that Loki? Actual Loki? Oh, wow, uh. [What do you even say to a god. Help.]
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Very wow, much Aesir. Please don't pray too much while we're sharing a moon, it's hard to turn that noise off without being realms apart.
[ Vaguely waving at his head. ]
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You know, a couple of my friends once dedicated their lives to pranking people in your name. It'd be great if I could have a condemnation on 'setting the village on fire' to take back.
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[ Setting an entire village on fire sounds like some dramatic pranking, he won't rain on that parade. Not since it's in his literal name, aw. ]
The last time I met a fan, I asked her if she'd like to see any tricks. Have any requests need granting? I can but try.
[ His efforts being far more sincere when it comes to helping people who actually like him. ]
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The vendor, however, is less enthused when Loki asks about tricks and requests.]
Ah, no, no that's okay, I think we're good. Right, bud? [Toothless mrrs. He's made a dent in the fish, but even he is slowing down.] I guess we'll see if dragons get stomach-aches...
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[He brightens a little and passes back his empty tankard to the vendor, then motions for Toothless to follow him.] Of course. I'm pretty proud of Berk, actually, we've done so much in the last five years to coexist with dragons! You'd love it. Probably. I mean, I don't know who wouldn't love it.
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The whole place is riddled with dragons, you say? And no one gets eaten? [ Glancing over a shoulder, he adds, ] No offense, Toothless, you seem lovely.
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The question makes him frown slightly, though. Toothless falls into step with his rider and Hiccup rests a hand on his large head, thumbing over his smooth scales.] It's not like that anymore. We had them all wrong, for hundreds of years. We thought they're just vicious beasts but they're- they're not! They were only trying to survive, the same as us.
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Did anyone think so before the two of you became acquainted?
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Not on Berk, at least. I was the first viking on Berk who wouldn't kill a dragon. [And then he parrots Astrid's words to him from five years ago, with a smile,] First to ride one, though. [And then he shoots Loki a sidelong glance, the glitter in his eyes gone a bit mischievous.] Do you... want a demonstration?
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If you want to. You coming?
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He didn't expect a dragon to come along. ]
If neither of you minds ... [ Putting his phone away, he nears Toothless to pet his side where straps loop around the beast's belly, petting him gratefully. ] I'll try to stay lightweight. Are you sure there's, ah, enough room for two?
[ Because Loki loves flying but hates the falling part that usually ensues. ]
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[He flashes Loki a wide smile, full of eagerness to soon be in the air. A young man with the soul of a dragon.] We won't drop you. Just slide on behind me and hold on.
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For the record, if you drop me I think you get cursed for a million years or, um, something.
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Let's go, bud.
[A few people in the throng startle as the dragon spreads his wings wide and takes a running start into the air, beginning a quick ascent over the city. Hiccup moves in sync with the dragon as easy as breathing, leaning just slightly this way or that when he turns, prosthetic working the tail-fin mindlessly, and the three of them soar.]
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[ An undignified Eep! leaves him as Toothless does his stuff, muffled against Hiccup's back when they take off and Loki's grip cinches in securely around the dragonrider's waist. He peeps over armour once the rhythm of the flight banks out, humming appreciatively. ]
Smoother than Thor's goat-chariot.
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Thor seriously has a goat-chariot? Why goats? Does he just like goats?
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Loki's grip eases as they gain height, sitting up to enjoy the view. If the thinning air wasn't such an issue for Hiccup he would love to go higher, take a dragon like Toothless through the stars ...
His reply is distracted as he plays his fingertips through the wispy clouds, turning them into snowflakes. ]
Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder, giant god-eating goats from the troll-lands. I tamed them with a magic bridle for him ... as a gift.
[ Sort of. A humiliating one, but still. The goats are pretty fearsome. ]
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Wow. I thought those were just kinda crazy stories, you know? Vikings love embellishment and one-upping each other's storytelling. I swear the dragon that ate Gobber's arm gets bigger every time.
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