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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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[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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That's great. Good for you guys.
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What about your family, what's it like?
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It's just me and my dad, but I haven't seen him in a few years. He doesn't travel, and I did a lot of it once I got out of college.
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[ It may be somewhere confined to Earth but that isn't to say Loki assumes it will be a boring journey. ]
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Would you say you're more of a soldier or an adventurer?
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I guess I'd have to say an adventurer. [He grins wryly.] Things just work better when I'm the one calling the shots.
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You remind me a little of my brother, he always used to insist he could lead where others would not.
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He staked his whole sense of self on that idea, I didn't say it was foolproof. Sometimes it's not fun but it's better to fail.
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If you're in a position where the safety or lives of other people depends on your leadership-- [like, say, being in the military, or training prehistoric alpha predators] --failure isn't an option.
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[ Is this a staring contest, or. ]
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Depends on your ability to do it.
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[ Cocking his head with a look that would find Owen naive, if he liked him less. ]
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And whose call is that to make?
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The person who owns more common-sense, I'd say. When I was taxed with leading warships of warriors to a conflict, I asked if they would slaughter all their enemies' babies in their sleep. When they cheered for blood, I dispatched them.
There's no point in leading or saving maniacs.
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[He's prepared to be very stubborn about this, but from his point of view, he and Loki are talking about different things.]
Look, I can't relate to ending up with an army of baby-killers at my back, but humans do some pretty fucked up things too, so let's say it's all the same. The point is that a leader is responsible for the people following him. If you're gonna be that person, you accept that responsibility. That's the whole point. And sometimes no one else will do it, but it still needs to be done. Yeah, Loki, maybe a bunch of cold-blooded murderers shouldn't have someone calling the shots for them -- but a leader is a leader. The one in charge has a job to do.
[His brow is furrowed now, quite serious.] Some people shouldn't be in that position. But some of us are gonna step up when someone should.
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It's quite annoyingly attractive, finding someone who will argue comprehensively. That's one reason why he continues to smile benignly and feels no offence; the other is the pure Asgardian sentiment of "Do the thing or shut up" that Grady bleeds. ]
Now you sound more like Balder, my dead brother.
[ Although he says it with a faint hint of something like a compliment, unstirred to criticise any further. ]
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I don't know what to do with that.
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I was paying you a compliment. Balder was brave and responsible, unlike many.
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[Sort of an awkward compliment, though, and Owen isn't even sure if thanking Loki is entirely appropriate. His brow does furrow a little.]
But I'm sorry to hear that he died.
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