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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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[ With only one hand now loosely curled around Hiccup, he walks two fingers up the leather scales that make up the rider's armour. Ice flutters out in whorls over a red-painted pauldron. ]
For example, tonight a handsome dragonrider on a mighty steed of fire and brimstone whisked a godling through the skies.
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The next comment makes him snort out a laugh, and he looks down at the hand tracing icy swirls over his pauldron. Handsome? What? No.] See, there's a big exaggeration. [He remarks dryly.] And a slightly misleading statement! His plasma blasts aren't really very brimstone-y.
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His hands leave Hiccup to spread out, swerving up and down on the air-currents. ]
Plasma is badass, much better than brimstone. I give Toothless full marks! And, you know, [ leaning forward as he pretends to fly, he peeks over Hiccup's shoulder with a playful smirk, ] just because a fella is the God of Lies doesn't mean he's the pathological sort.
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He looks back over his shoulder at Loki, not entirely knowing how to react. Before he was fifteen, nobody looked his way, and he's really only used to Astrid thinking of him that way. It's easy to turn it into a joke.] Well, I guess if you like talking fishbones. But, hey, you know a little about me now. What about you? Not all the stories can be true.
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[ The conversation is cheerful, friendly, buoying his mood so that he can admire Hiccup's green eyes and the sky surrounding them in equal amounts. Slumping against him companionably, he loosely weaves his fingers together around Hiccup's waist once more, charmed to be asked about himself when it doesn't happen often.
Or, well. Ever. ]
Let's see. My name is Loki, I enjoy long rides on dragons and walks on rainbows, lilac and brown interior decor, and my favourite food is a toss-up between sushi and Korean barbecue. Also, I happen to be deified. Does that meet your expectations?
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I've learned not to stick too closely to expectations. [He smiles wryly.] I've never heard of sushi or Korean barbecue. Are those god things or, like, traveled the world things?
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[ Chattering away, his spirits continue to rise. These are the same sort of easy pleasantries he shares with Dick, refreshingly casual. He wants to give Hiccup anything and everything, on impulse. ]
I have a tavern-come-club called Trixie, by the way, we serve breakfast at all hours. You're welcome to eat there for free. We have a necromancer for a bouncer, he's only a little younger than you if you need help settling in. You can trust Nico. Nothing rattles him, not even skeletons.
[ BadumPSH. ]
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Toothless lets out a little roar, inquisitive, tilting his head a little to glance back at Hiccup and Loki.] Yeah, bud, if any place in the city sells sushi, we'll get you some.
Yeah? That's a generous offer. Thank you, I'll definitely stop by to see it, it sounds nice. [The comments about necromancers and skeletons get a nervous little laugh out of him though.] Well, that's good, because I am most certainly rattled by things like skeletons.
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No harm will befall you under my roof. Or your dragon, for that matter.
[ Wriggling in his seat for a better grip, he wheedles over Hiccup's shoulder. ]
Can we go a bit faster?
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But then he's grinning, green eyes alight again as he looks over his shoulder.] Oh we can do faster. You sure you're ready for all this?
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[ Settling into his seat with tightened knees and his arms around Hiccup, he tucks his chin behind the rider's shoulder and gives a muffled yelp. He really hopes this doesn't turn into another experience like squealing beside Lorelei as they dived into Asgard from space, that really turned over his dinner. ]
Okay, go!
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Alright, let's show him what we've got, bud! [Toothless roars in unbridled joy, and suddenly they're plunging in a spiral, his wings half-curled. He drops several yards through the open sky before he shoots back up, quick as lightning given reptilian form. Night Furies are notoriously fast and agile in the air, and this one is no exception; even the prosthetic tail-fin operated by a human doesn't slow him down. Hiccup changes its position without thinking, natural as breathing, fingers curled around the saddle bar and body bent in a gentle curve, shifting with Toothless' movements.] Yeah!
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It's not heights that scare him, it's the idea of falling. Hard to trick your way out of that.
Hiccup is much more graceful in the air than he is on land, that much is for certain. Loki loves flying but, unlike Hiccup who is clearly half-dragon himself and born to it, the godling finds comfort in his driver's ability to get his belly back on the ground, the apprehension of all low creatures (snakes, foxes, otters) a tight knot in the pit of his gut. ]
It's cool!
[ Because even so, it is. ]
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Hiccup smiles over his shoulder, wide and encouraging.] It's okay. Trust me. We've got you.
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I trust you. How long have you been flying?
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About five years. I got the idea after, well. It's kind of a long story. Toothless was injured, lost half his tail fin and he couldn't fly without it. So I built him a new one, and at first I had to control it. Now... we just like it this way.
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[ Reaching down, he pats Toothless's side at the edge of the saddle. ]
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That bad? You have my sympathies. I come from a village where some vikings make a sport out of not taking baths.
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[ He sniffs Hiccup for show, wrinkling his nose in a tease. ]
Um, although, perhaps I could show you how indoor plumbing works ...
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He laughs.] Come on, I don't stink! And the orientation guys explained all that when I got here. It's similar to our fire prevention system on Berk.