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quaranmeme2017-11-20 06:55 pm
riverview: november 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 22 Character Slots available.
● Reserves are Open. Applications will be open from December 1st until December 7th.
● 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.
● 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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After the reawakening of a hydroelectric power relay station in the Abandoned City last month, due to the power surges sent through it by a resident, there have been multiple scouting parties out to the station to try to get it permanently up and running. Getting this set up would really help with making the power grid more stable and would be a solid first step toward expanding the size of the livable city. The only problem? The path along the transit spur is still not properly secured, and any trip out to the station is liable to draw animal attacks from the surrounding overgrown buildings.
Each team that has headed out to help get the station up and running has had ample bodyguards and fighters to protect the techs, but those kinds of expeditions aren't exactly sustainable. This month's focus is on setting a temporary but solid perimeter fence around the length of the spur line to allow for regular transit trips out to the power station. Anyone who volunteers will join one of the small teams that will clear the area around the track, or will follow a clearing team with a small hover-sled that carries 10 posts. Once the each post is set up (through being driven into the ground or attached to a tree trunk or other structure), a force shield and line of laser beams will engage between the newest post and the one before it, allowing the teams to slowly erect a zone of relative safety for anyone who wants to travel along the spur line.
Have your character start up a team or join an existing one and help get things moving toward expansion of the city! This mission will be assumed to be completed as of December's Test Drive Meme.
It isn't just security that's needed along the tram spur line - the whole thing needs to be activated and made to work so it's a quick and easy train ride from the Inhabited City to the power station. That means that the tracks and tram cars need to be repaired and the whole thing needs to be cleared of debris and plant life. It also means that supplies will need to be run along the spur line to aid anyone working on the repair.
Whether your character has some kind of technical, mechanical, or construction expertise that would allow them to help with repairs, is a fighter that can help protect teams on the semi-secure train line, or is just willing to help cart hover-sleds of supplies along the tram line for the teams, every little bit helps!
The upcoming holiday in December is called Hygge and it is a celebration of familial love and found family. Characterized by meals with family, time spent together, and cuddling up around bonfires with found family, it's very focused on a close-knit group that already exists.
But what about the newcomers? People who've only arrived this month or last month and haven't had a chance to put down roots and make those connections? It certainly isn't fair for them to be completely left out!
To deal with this problem, the Government of Riverview is hosting it's annual "More Alike Than Different" convention, an event where anyone who hasn't had a chance to develop a warm, comfortable circle of found family or close friends to celebrate Hygge with can come and find people who may be like-minded, share problems or interests. The convention lasts from November 20th until Hygge begins on December 1st, and features an open space full of cozy half-circle couches where people can settle in and create a sign or other indication of the shared experience being discussed there. This is a quick and easy way to find groups of people that you have things in common with, for better or worse!
How It Works:
● This prompt works in a slightly unusual way, and will happen in the prompt iii sub-thread. Players can post an OTA top-level for each individual character but use this sub-thread for prompt iii specifically.
● This sub-thread will work similarly to the Bakerstreet "Support Group" meme, where a player can post a blank top-level under the sub-thread with something about a character that they might have in common with other characters. Then they can post up a conversation starter with their character that other characters with similar experiences can join in on.
● The subject of the top-level can be traits, life experiences, interests, or anything else broad enough to encompass more than one character. Examples: "Underappreciated Geniuses," "Troubled Mech Pilots," or "People Who Love Pets More Than People." The mod account will post a couple of generalized top-levels to get the ball rolling and spark some ideas.
With the increase in rainfall in the Quarantine lately and the dropping temperatures, a bit of trouble has been brewing with some new delivery drones used by an online shopping conglomerate in the city. The drones have been malfunctioning due to leaks in their outer core, and have been functioning in a way they're not quite supposed to.
Instead of picking up items from the depot and dropping them off to the intended recipients, the drones have, instead, been taking items from random places - whether it's stolen directly off of a casually shopping resident in the marketplace or taken from an open window or a house balcony, things are going missing all around the city. And where are they ending up? Well...anywhere that's been delivered to by the online shopping conglomerate in the past year, which means pretty much anywhere!
Whether your character is losing a personal item to a rogue drone and chasing it down, or finding an item that might belong to someone else, just include a note for anyone who might like to lose or find the item, and see what kind of random new friends can be made while returning the items to their rightful owners!
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!
Aeacinos Ixocia | Original Character
[ Listen here if the 30 foot long snake man isn't enough to help with protection then y'all have a serious problem. Aeacinos has a thirst for blood so he really...likes fighting? Also he might just be shoving whatever debris out of the way with his body, since he's a bit stronger than most. And for anything that's way too big for people around to handle well...he can always just transform and just shove stuff out of the way. He's good for that. But please don't attack him if you see a giant 50+ foot tall serpent on the rails. He might have to eat you if you do that... ]
Prompt Four: Drones
[ He looks totally pissed off as he slithers through the streets looking for the drone that stole his very important item. Honestly what the hell was a drone going to do with it anyway?! He looks so peeved and will huff arms crossed as he curls himself up in the park, a stance he uses mostly for striking quick. And then he sees it, the damn thing that stole what was rightfully his. Hopefully you're not in the way when he rears up and strikes with an inhumanly fast speed, grabbing the drone and breaking the whirling blades without any effort. Cradled in its grimy claws is a...weird looking sandwich with a dubious looking aquatic animal stuck and slathered with whatever the hell kind of sauces. Aeacinos looks content as he takes a big bite out of it. His expression content.
For anyone who might be staring he'll just give a sharp glare and tilt his head at you. Please don't disturb the giant snake man and his fish lunch. ] What are you looking at?
[ Listen he lives for the simple pleasures in life, okay? ]
Prompt: Friendr
» Seeking: I seek a good fight, or those who wish to cross blades with me
» Preferences: Hm.
» Interests: food, fighting, worthy comrades
» Bio: I am one of the divine generals for my goddess, Enki.
Prompt Wildcard
[ Hit me up with whatever suits your fancy! ]
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Admittedly, Aeacinos is most certainly on the larger side of things, but that's no reason to gawk. If anything, Shouji is relieved there's someone else in this group that can help with the heavy lifting. Shouji might have six arms and enhanced human strength, but he's can't do everything on his own.
He's content to work in silence with the other man for a while, but after they work together to move a large fallen tree off of the tracks, he finally speaks up.]
Let's take a short break, I need a drink.
[Strangely, the boy's voice doesn't seem to come from his face. Rather, one of the hands on his six arms morphs into some kind of weird nub with a mouth on it, and that speaks. It's a tad unnerving to watch, honestly.
With that, he walks over to the hover-sled and opens the small cooler on it, retrieves a bottle of water with one of his five other arms, and then holds it out in Aeacinos' direction.]
Would you like some water as well? I brought plent.
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I appreciate the offer. [ As a being of the ocean he can definitely get behind some of that. So he'll nod and take said offered bottle. ]
You are quite strong for as young as you are. What is your name? [ He doesn't recall catching it. ]
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Meanwhile, another hand morphs into a second mouth and responds. Multitasking is one of his many skills.]
Thank you, you're quite strong as well. My name is Shouji Mezou.
[He finishes the water, the arm-hand smacks its lips for a moment before morphing back into a hand - which he extends for the naga to shake.]
And your name is?
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You are a human, correct?
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[Shouji doesn't know what to make of that. And, honestly, he's not exactly the soldiering type - but that's not exactly a conversation he wants to have with a stranger in the middle of nowhere. Let alone a stranger who likes armies enough to have one of his own, apparently.]
Yes, I'm human. Am I right in assuming that you are as well?
[Ordinarily he wouldn't even ask. This guy may have the lower half of a snake, but that's hardly unheard of in his world.]
Friendr
I'd be interested in a spar. What sort of blade do you use? If you don't mind my asking.
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[ He tends to use his claws, tail, and fangs as well. ]
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I was just curious. I primarily use a chakram or katana myself, though I'm trained in a few other styles as well.
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friendr
i've never heard of a goddess named enki. what's she like?
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[ There's a lull in his replies though, he's stuck here unable to fight for her and at her side. It really pisses him off if he's being honest. ]
I can only that she is...safe. This damn place taking me away from her it's rather frustrating knowing that I can't fight alongside her.
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[like bishamonten. and not at all like the freeloader god that she's closest to.]
Are you her shinki?
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A shinki? I know not what that term means, but I and a few others are her primary guard.
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four!
[Ah. Cute!]
[That train of thought is quickly interrupted when his eyes train onto her, that's a little scary and makes her feel decidedly like a small hamster.]
Ah! N-Nothing! It was just really cool for you to catch it out of mid-air like that!
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I would hardly be a warrior if I could not even take down a weak adversary such as these drones.
[ His tail will flick a little as he takes another bite. ]
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Really? So- you could definitely take down more, right?! [she leans in a little bit, still staying a good distance away from the other's personal space but- baby steps!]
... I mean, after you finish your meal.
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Of course. These are nothing compared to what I have faced before.
[ There's a 'hm' from him as he eyes Uraraka again. ]
You are asking for my aid then? It will not be free. What have you to offer me?