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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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[ Loki doesn't sit at the bar, he simply hands Owen a menu and orders his usual bacon roll. ]
The club is downstairs in the basement, VIPs upstairs. I wanted the lounge to be a middle-ground for those who wanted a break from both or simply somewhere to lunch. I grew up across-dimensions eating in diners.
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Owen puts in an order for pancakes, since that's in his head now, and bacon, since that's also been thrown around.]
What's the difference between the club and VIP?
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Upstairs are private curtained booths and the bar is free; like the ground-floor except it's a party for my friends on me. It's a little swankier.
[ One of the staff walks over with two beers, one for Loki and his guest, since the owner walking into Trixie has not gone unnoticed. He takes his and sips, playful eyes glittering at Owen. ]
I suppose I'll let your tab slide today, too.
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Well, if you're offering, I'm not gonna say no to a free meal.
[He looks around appreciatively, casting his eyes toward the stairs as if to imagine what the different floors look like.] You put all this together yourself?
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I came into some riches that allowed me to set down roots, but I wasn't about to build a giant ivory tower for myself. [ He lives inside a metaphorical one every day where other people are concerned. ] I also liked the idea of getting to have breakfast on-tap whenever I wanted it.
[ He grins, possibly lying or not, and drinks his beer. ]
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Most people just cook themselves breakfast whenever they feel like it, instead of building a club around the idea.
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Most. [ He doesn't disagree, neither voicing his thoughts as he shrugs. ] I'm not sure you can make it into the VIP lounge, though ...
[ 'Up to something' is a mild way of putting the sly look that he wears. ]
You probably couldn't handle the entry fee.
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I'm not really a VIP status kinda guy. Give me some good music and a beer, or a few shots of tequila. [Considering.] Or some pancakes.
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You really are a basic bitch, Owen Grady. [ Like Loki isn't. See: the hipsterviking hashtag. ] You wear it well.
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What the hell does that mean?
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[ His warm smile only dims when the food arrives on respective trays for both of them and he sits up, distracted. It takes time to cover an entire bacon roll in ketchup and that requires his attention.
Casually through a bite of his bap, he asks, ]
I can't tell, I'm curious. Are you bisexual?
[ Since it's been knocking around his head since they met and Loki can't really tell, even with the obvious attraction Owen showed toward a woman. As Owen said, he's not a complex man ... merely perplexing. ]
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Owen is already a quarter of the way through his pancakes when Loki makes him choke a little. That's not a question that just gets asked a lot.]
...No. Not as far as I know. [He raises an eyebrow, and mostly to avoid any weird silences, he takes another generous bite of this very delicious afternoon breakfast.] You check in with everybody about that?
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[ Another shrug, this one relaxing some of his posture as he relents on further flirting. It doesn't mean he can't get to know Grady, it's ... just a lost distraction that isn't ketchup. ]
You're a little slow on the up-take, you know.
[ His lips twitch as he glances over. ]
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[And he pops that bite into his mouth.]
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[ Although he does enjoy the sparring. A lot. And chuckle at the breakfast quip. ]
What did you teach your dolphins and raptors, how to be unexpectedly sassy when cornered?
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[But he's gonna take his free breakfast, thank you very much.]
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It's not. I wanted to get that out of the way, clear the air. You're inscrutable, did you know? I usually get a read on people quite well, but you're ... so human.
[ 'Normal' may have been taken as an insult. ]
I was told to be more honest with people.
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Well thanks, I get that a lot. [Punk.] Are you not used to guys wanting to hang out without taking your pants off?
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[ He says it pointedly, waving his bacon roll to the club where patrons mill about. As if by being on his turf he's with them and not alone, were it not for Grady ... so that would be a yes, he isn't used to anyone spending much time in his company minus some flirting.
Tony came to be his friend, and yet Loki screwed that up. Not an option. ]
You're being rude over a free meal.
[ Who's defensive, not Loki. ]
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[That says a lot and he's definitely not that oblivious, okay, but that doesn't mean Loki is wrong about him being rude or that Owen wants him to feel like it.]
Fair enough. It's very good, by the way, your chef knows what he's doing.
[He snatches up a piece of bacon for emphasis, enjoying that immensely.]
For the record, though, if you looked like a woman more often, we'd be having a very different conversation. [He gestures a little bit at Loki.] No offense, you're a... very pretty guy.
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[ The compliment greases the wheels of conversation as he relaxes, picking at his roll. He supposes Grady is being decent enough to deserve a more in-depth explanation. ]
Anyhow, I couldn't just ... switch, not for the sake of it. Ah, I mean, technically I can for moments here and there, but being housed in the wrong body is too stressful to enjoy. Like if you were in a banana suit and everything felt weird to you.
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[Owen himself can't remember feeling uncomfortable in his own skin. It probably happened around puberty, since that's the time for it, but ever since then he either hasn't thought about it or has been pretty satisfied with the results.]
So you really are a woman? [If Loki can ask him about his sexuality, then Owen's gonna be point-blank about this, too.] Not just looking like one, but top-to-bottom?
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Yes, top-to-bottom. [ Excuse his smirk, he's literally five. ] Shapeshifting is different to casting illusions, all the latter does is paint over a reality that remains the same.
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[He means that.]
So how often do you feel like you're in the banana suit?
[Just... out of curiosity.]
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[ And on that note he takes a bite out of his roll to finish it off. ]
I was brought up as a son of Odin and I am, mostly. [ A whole host of double-meanings could be made there. ] Dad accepted me for who I am, shortly before I came here. I think he shed a tear. It was ... surreal.
[ But not unwelcome and how was Odin ever going to not be weird in some way when showing Loki affection? ]
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