riverview: september test drive meme

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riverview test drive meme

Welcome 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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prompt i: fungal safari

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.

prompt ii: what a fun-gi

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.

prompt iii: tavernfest!

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+.

prompt iv: under my umbrella

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!

prompt v: friendr/network

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.

Code to post your character's bio is in the textbox below. An example of how it looks can be found here.

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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.

prompt vi: wildcard/recovery

Use the wildcard prompt to choose your own adventure and do whatever else you like in the setting!

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Comments

[ikols]

Some would say I'm as Tricksy as they come. [ She watches with a laugh on her lips as Owen's surprise manifests in a nearly direct trip to the ground. Loki shakes her head. ] It's not truly a trick, though, not an illusion. I can't shapeshift into something I'm not already.

[ Pivoting again, the young man is back in the wake of long hair and curves, falling into step beside Grady. ]

And it comes with a cost, so now let's really eat when we get to my club.

[myraptors]

...Yeah, let's do that.

[Feed him so he stops thinking about how hot you are, Loki, he wasn't really paying attention to it until thirty seconds ago. Owen hurries to catch up, suddenly much more concerned about being left behind.]

What does that mean? 'Something you're not already'.

[ikols]

You know those dumb quizzes people do to find out which sea animal they are or what colour their soul is? Like that, except I know my answers already. [ He shrugs, hands in the pockets of his coat as they walk the streets, his sense of direction allowing his mind to wander. ] I can't turn into a fly these days because I'm not that sort of person, but I can do a fox and otter easily. Horses, too.

[ He flashes Grady a curious look. ]

I'm also genderfluid, as the mortal term goes. I sway from one side of the spectrum to the other, as it feels right.

[myraptors]

[Owen absorbs this.]

Okay? So which sea animal are you?

[ikols]

[ Sheesh. ]

Otter, obviously. You?

[myraptors]

Couldn't tell you, since I've never transformed into one.

[ikols]

You're not using your imagination. Try.

[ Raising his brows as if to criticise that lack of fun!! ]

[myraptors]

[Owen rolls his eyes as if he hasn't thought about the answer to this question multiple times in his life.]

A dolphin.

[ikols]

They have sex through their foreheads, did you know that? Kinky.

[ Squinting suspiciously. Or is he teasing, we will never know. ]

[myraptors]

No they fucking don't. [HE DOES KNOW.]

[ikols]

They do! I watched a documentary once! Or was it dolphin masturbation? It may have been the dark side of YouTube that I got lost in ...

[ But anyway, ]

Why do you like dolphins so much?

[myraptors]

I don't care where you get your porn, your facts are shit. [ANYWAY.] I used to train them.

[That's how he knows.]

[ikols]

You're shit. [ No, wait; ] Are they as smart as their reputation says?

[myraptors]

[The hell he is!] They are. Smarter than you expect, sometimes, even when you get used to working with them. We had one once, learned if we trained her on a drill first then she would help teach the others how to do it. You see a lot of that with animals with a cooperative social structure, but it was damn handy for our purposes too.

[ikols]

Like ants. [ Wat. ] They help each other carry leaves. But water-ants, because dolphins.

[myraptors]

[Loki you are completely ridiculous and Owen is just going to side-eye you.]

Yeah. Exactly like water-ants.

[ikols]

[ HE GETS IT, don't hate. ]

So you've trained dolphins and raptors, what's next? We have a behemoth called Liam.

[myraptors]

[Hmm.] Never seen one before, but I'm ready to give it a shot. Also who named him that.

[ikols]

Explorers with no sense of drama. Anyway, Liam's like a whale-sized lizard-dog, he just wants to nap on mountains and play in the rivers, best left alone. I know! Why don't you train ...

[ Wait for it as he widens his eyes in mock-surprise, as if the idea is only just hitting him, ]

Me!

[myraptors]

[Yeahhhhhh] I'm not gonna do that.

[ikols]

[ He cocks his head, a smile dancing on his lips. ]

To say you'd conquered an Asgardian would be nothing short of impressive. A wonder, if you could claim it to be me. You don't want those sort of accolades?

[myraptors]

I don't train for the prestige. I do it to learn more about the animals.

[Not that he doesn't want everyone to be damn sure that he's the best at it, but. It's not a fame thing.]

Besides, training people is more trouble than it's worth.

[ikols]

Animals are better than humans! What a hero. [ Deadpan as the tease is, his curiosity is piqued. ] You aren't a people-person, I see. Is that why you were alone at the bar? Not into making friends?

[myraptors]

[Owen snorts.] Who says I don't make friends? I just don't need to have people attached to me 24/7, even at a party. [Pointedly,] Obviously I'm not alone at the bar now.

[ikols]

Yeah, [ the bounce in his step is so real as he shoots Grady a sidelong smirk, ] 'cause you got picked up.