riverview: january 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 2 Character Slots available.
● Reserves will open on February 15th. Applications will next be open between March 1st to March 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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prompt i: behemoth herders

Starting around the 20th, residents of the city will start hearing some pretty disturbing rumors circulating - the rumors originate with some members of the Perimeter Guard who are returning from patrols, pale and a little panicked. They're reporting that a herd of terrifying beetle-like behemoth monsters lumbering toward the city - one female leader clocking in at 60 feet long and about 20 smaller male companions, each around 30 feet long. Unlike the Behemoth who showed up earlier in the year, these ones are nasty, sporting horns and big enough to knock over trees and displace even the bigger monsters in the usual crowd, and they've already breached through the wall of the Abandoned City and are heading toward the city itself. A herd like this could cause some serious damage, maybe even enough to compromise the wall of the Inhabited City. Thankfully, the Perimeter Guard has a nice big ace up their sleeves in the form of a small fleet of mechs, but the problem is that the mech are still in beta-testing, prone to breaking down, and there aren't enough to go around. This means that there's going to have to be some serious support on the ground.

The attack on the behemoth beetles is two-fold. The first order of business is to send out anyone with big powers or big guns to wear them down, beating on them the old-fashioned way, with brute force. The second is to circle around behind and, while the monsters are distracted, try to herd them away from the city using bright flares, fireworks left over from the Festival of Light, and even more big guns. Volunteers to do the shooting and supplying the brave souls going out into the jungle are welcome!

prompt ii: drift compatible

What do you use to fight a giant monster? A giant mech. And thankfully the Perimeter Guard has been working on something just like that - a new fleet of 20 three-story-tall mech suits meant to be manned by two people. With the behemoth herd approaching, the Guard is calling for anyone with piloting experience, or even people willing to take a quick course in it, to help man the fleet and head out into the fray, stomping through the brush and fighting the behemoths either in the Abandoned City or the jungle outside it. The goal is to take them out, take them down, or at least help the ground teams herd them away from the city and discourage them from returning.

Mechs are piloted by two people working together - while it's not exactly drift compatibility, the two characters need to act together, with one directing where the mech goes and keeping an eye on the terrain, and the other one manning the guns and keeping an eye on the mech's defenses and energy and ammunition levels. This takes a lot of concentration and cooperation, and this day is bound to forge a lot of new friendships....and probably a few mortal enemies. On top of the difficulty of working with someone who may be a total stranger, don't forget the mechs are in beta-testing and are only being used as a last resort, which means they have a bad tendency to break down in unexpected ways.

Each mech is fitted with two large canon-style guns that can be semi-automatic or automatic with a limited amount of ammunition, one plasma sword, and a force shield that can take four serious hits before it is depleted. They have a finite amount of energy storage and are able to be in continuous use for 3 hours maximum before shutting down. Out of the fleet of 20 mechs, the mod only expects about 5 to still be functional at the end of the battle, so feel free to have characters destroy them in threads. If any player (once accepted to the game) is interested in having their character take over the mechs as a project going forward, feel free to PM the mod account and we can talk it out!

prompt iii: the crystal caves

Once the city is safe enough that it isn't in poor taste to advertise fun outings, residents will start seeing ads for a new attraction in the city - the Crystal Caves. Presented as an excellent date spot, the caves are beautiful natural formations only recently discovered just a short walk outside the city. With the path cleared and patrolled by hired security to ensure that the trip there is safe, happy couples (or singles, but why go alone when you can bring a special friend or two?) can walk through the caves.

Inside, characters will enjoy a short walk along a twisty cave path where the walls appear to be made of semi-opaque crystal that shimmers with different colors, looking almost a little like the Northern Lights. After this path, the caves open into a series of beautiful caverns that seem to be made of pure crystal, with jagged crystalline formations in wide varieties of colors, some of which look almost like they've been slowly melting for decades, molten and shimmering. Visitors can find booths offering rock candy crystals on sticks and other treats, souvenirs, and for those without as much exploratory spirit or patience, guided tours that point out some of the more beautiful formations. There are also a few smaller caverns that have been converted into overnight camps where groups can stay the night and enjoy a catered group breakfast in the morning!

prompt iv: dream a little dream

If there's one trait that entrepreneurs in Riverview Quarantine all seem to have in common, it's jumping the gun and opening attractions or releasing new products before taking the time to conduct enough tests. The Crystal Caves are no different, unfortunately, though in this case the effects are a little less distressing. Residents who traveled to the caves will find themselves tossing and turning at night anywhere from a few days later to a week later, depending on their mental fortitude, and slipping into incredibly strange dreams. Varying from wild flights of exhilarating fancy to personalized nightmares depending on the personality of the dreamer, the dreams are incredibly vivid and realistic, with everything feeling, smelling, sounding, tasting, and looking completely real.

The strangest part of the dreams, though, is that anyone who'd looked at the same particular crystal as another person and seen their reflections in it will experience the dream with that person as an equal participant, able to share the same dream-granted abilities and experiences, able to work together as a team or hinder progress. Whether that person was a partner, a friend, an enemy, or even just a stranger observing the same formation at the same time, if their reflections appeared on a crystal together, they will find themselves sharing each other's dreams off and on for about a week. Some dreamers might even find that just thinking about a particular person they know as they fall asleep can pull that person into their dream, even if they weren't in the caves together.

This effect can be shared between just two people or larger groups, and the dreams themselves can belong to any character affected or be a combination of all of their dreams. The dreams themselves tend toward the positive more than the negative and the fanciful more than the realistic, but where they fall on that spectrum depends largely on character temperament and personality. Characters affected simply have to have looked at the same crystal in the caves, even if it was on a different day or at a different time, or for characters who would not have gone to the caves, be thought of by a person who has while they fall asleep.

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

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

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Barry Bluejeans • The Adventure Zone

[alldenim]

( ooc: hey uh if you don't wanna be spoiled for TAZ avoid this guy at all costs! )

iii. the crystal caves

[ He's seen a whole messload of beautiful sights. Sunrises and sets with three suns. Beaches that glisten with literal diamonds lining the ocean floor. Flowers of pale hues that sway in the breeze. Lup when she first wakes up in the morning... Absolutely stunning sights. This, though, some hope that he's going to be able to use these to get back to her after so long. This is just about the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. He could almost cry. He isn't, though. He's a man with a mission.

He's just arrived and he's been told about these caves. And he figures that if he's been ripped away again, his best option is to use what he knows about planar research and immediately dive into the earth. Nearly literally. He doesn't want to die again. Well. He doesn't want this body to die again. His Stone of Far Speech isn't working. He can't feel his connection back to the Astral Plane. He hasn't been able to call in sick from his boss. Overall diagnosis? We got ourselves a disconnection problem. So, he's here, searching high and low for the right kinds of gems he needs.

He approaches you with a warm smile, casual. He knows better than to cause a stir. ]

Hey, you uh. You seen any Alexandrite around?

iv. dreams

[ The water seems vast and black. Cold. But eyes flutter open and you see that you're just in a cool lake on a chilly fall night. Water so still that only your motions dare to shake it. Which is strange considering how much the chilly autumn breeze is picking up. Stars reflect perfectly onto the glassy surface.

Then, you blink and you're not in the same mind anymore. You're not staring up at the stars with a feeling of sad weight t your chest. You're wherever you needed to be. Barry sits up, the only sound besides the wind finally tumbles out of is mouth, sounding coarse and confused. ]

What are you doing here?

v. friendr

	Friendr
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	» Age: 40... more or less » Seeking: Friendship » Preferences: Don't be a boring dick » Interests: Science, necromancy, jeans » Bio: Just a nerdy guy who probably needs more of a social life, y'know?
	base code by photosynthesis
	Barry Bluejeans
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holy shit barold.............. also friendr because i can't resist

[spellslots]

[It's been, technically, a long ass time since Taako has seen Barry. Sure, yeah, he's got memories of the whole drinking Junior's ichor and fighting the Hunger shit, but it hasn't actually happened for him yet, at least not from his perspective.

So of course the first time he 'sees' Barry again is when he's idly scrolling through Friendr.

He reluctantly swipes whatever the fuck way you're supposed to swipe, but rather than text Barry, he just sends:]

glad you appreciate fine art

[alldenim]

[ But of course, things are completely normal for Barry. Well, as normal as can be for someone who's just been ripped from his job as a reaper away from his friends and family again.

Using voice, because that's what he's used to with Stones of Far Speech, he immediately replies. Although, he hasn't figured out you make a call. Because so far it's been pressing the little mic button and ending a recording. Weird, he thinks, but he could see the up sides. He's excited and happy and so fucking hopeful. ]

Holy shit, Taako!! Are you okay?! Are you both here?

honestly who doesn't

[spellslots]

[Barry you useless fucking nerd.

Taako's had a year to get used to this level of technology so as soon as he's listened to that recorded message he actually makes a phone call like a normal person.]

Nah, I'm dead and in fucking hell cause you made me look at a stupid bee with jeans badly edited on. [He can't quite help sounding a little happy and fond despite all that because he loves Barry, even if he'll never admit it out loud.] We're both here, Lup's uh, out right now but - hold up, I'll send you our addres, you can get here easy.

[And ding! There's a text notification with the address for Chez IPRE.]

[alldenim]

[ Oooooh, so that's how it works! He answers with the same kind of sarcastic joy to his own voice. Taako is his own brother, in more than just the 'literally 100 plus years of you being one of the only people I consistently saw' way. ]

Hey, the bee's got style, I don't know what you want from me.

[ Is there an auditory way to give a hug? The big manly kind where you pat the person's back a little too hard? That's what Barry's tone gives off in spades.

He pulls away to look at his phone and clicks the link. He's figured out links and how they open up to a fucking map that travels with you! Back onto the phone and he's immediately walking. ]

Boy these assholes jumped right to the good spells, huh? This ... Phone? Is it a phone? Whatever it is, it fucking narrates god damn directions to me, Taako.

[spellslots]

The bee is a menace and so are you, Bluejeans.

[Being familiar with both Barry's hugs and his tone of voice in varying situations, Taako can pick up on what he's trying to get across there and it's... he missed it, if he's being honest with himself. More than he really ever expected to when they started on that fucking mission all those years ago.

Maybe that's why he starts idly fussing around the house while he waits, starting a new pot of coffee and starting to gather ingredients for sandwiches for himself and Barry.]

All that kinda shit is tech, not magic, I know a couple dipshits who'd be more than happy to explain the ins and outs of it all, but my expertise is pretty much in taking rad as hell selfies.

[Obviously]

[alldenim]

[ These things all happen in quick succession:

Barry pauses at the realization of, ]

This is tech?

[ and actually stops walking because his nerdy boner brain could not handle moving legs and processing the sheer joy of that. Only to realize that's not the important thing right now and continue onward and ask ]

What the fuck is a selfie?

[ And finally, the third and most important realization to strike him in less than 10 seconds (well done Taako) ]

How long have you been here?

iii

[franciscoramon]

[ The funny thing is, Cisco has heard a ton of stories about Barry, from Taako and Magnus and Lucretia, and most of all from Lup of course. But he had never seen the man in a vibe, had never seen a photograph of him or even one of Lucretia's sketches. So when he runs into him in the Crystal Caves, he just seems like any other guy.

When the guy talks to him he turns, eyebrows raising as he tries to determine if the stranger was addressing him. ]

Uhh... maybe? What's it look like?

[ There's something about the way the man asks that makes it seem, if not urgent, at least more important than mere curiosity. Enough that Cisco holds up his phone, offering: ]

I've been taking lots of pictures, um, so if you wanna scroll through and look for it, I can point you in the right direction?

[alldenim]

Kinda like an oil slick was a gem stone.

[ That's about as close as he could possibly come to explaining it? He guesses? He brightens up at the phone and takes it from him. ]

Oh sweet, thanks!

[ While these devices are very new to him, Barry is... adaptable to say the least. Especially to new technology. He starts to flip through in only one direction. As he looks, he keeps up the conversation. ]

You been here long?

i'm just assuming for humor's sake barry's not wearing any ipre gear

[franciscoramon]

Iridescent? Gotcha. I don't think I saw anything quite that technicolor, but give it a whirl anyway and make sure.

[ Cisco's natural reflex to help people who are in need has, in this instance, overridden his good sense, which he realizes a moment too late as Barry begins swiping through the pictures. Eddie had gotten called away, some urgent case back at the precinct, but most of Cisco's wandering through these caves in the last hour had been with him. And while there are plenty of pictures of the crystals they'd seen, there are also a lot of selfies. Very sappy selfies of the two of them, hugging and kissing each other's cheeks and generally looking like two dorks in love look when they're taking pictures together.

He feels his face go very hot and clears his throat, saying: ]

Just uh- just ignore those ones.

[ He's a mess, and very grateful when Barry asks a question that he can answer instead of focusing on how embarrassed he feels right now. ]

'bout a year. Which is totally crazy, it doesn't feel that long at all. What about you, you a newbie, or an old veteran?

nope i'm team 'whatever works for the thread'

[alldenim]

[ Oh, Barry has spied those. He glances up to give the young man a nice big ol' grin. He's still flipping, though. ]

In love, huh? Same reason I'm here.

Lup. Get back to Lup. You could find everyone else again better if you had Lup.g

Me? I've been here a coupla hours. I need these gems to get back to my world. Or... One of 'em anyway.

[ There! That... looked pretty close. Whether or not they were gonna be pure... He had to try, right? ]

This, hey! I think this might be a type of it, huh? But uh.... Well, anyway, you wanna show me where these are?

[franciscoramon]

[ Cisco laughs when Barry quite rightly guesses that he's in love, still very embarrassed, but glad that the guy isn't giving him any grief about it. He gives a tiny, happy shrug. ]

Seriously? Damn, you're keepin' it together way better than I was, a couple of hours after I showed up here.

[ He'd been in a complete panic, paranoid and distrusting everything he'd been told about this place, and the portal, and the intentions of the people who'd brought him here. Cisco's smile goes a little brittle, thinking about it. It's easier to see, looking back, what a very bad place he'd been in, at the time, just based on the intensity of that reaction. He had been full of fear, not wonder or excitement or curiosity. It had taken a while before he felt safe enough for those things to come.

Cisco leans over to see which photo has caught Barry's eye. He nods slowly, taking the phone back and flipping through a few photos in each direction, reminding himself of the context, and... yes, he does remember that particular cavern. ]

Sure, I can do that.

[ He's pretty skeptical of whether or not this dude is going to have any success with whatever magic he's planning on doing, with those gems, to get himself back home. It seems like that's probably not going to be possible, to him, but he doesn't want to squash this guy's hope. And besides, it's not like he's some great big magic expert.

So he sticks his hands in his pockets, nods for Barry to follow him, and heads in the direction of the cavern from the pictures. As they're walking, he asks: ]

Lemme guess, you're some kinda wizard or somethin'?

[ Seems a logical enough conclusion to draw, given the circumstances. ]

[alldenim]

It's uh. Happened to me a lot.

[ 100 times. Well, 101, he supposed. Hands in his pockets, he follows the kid along. It's a crapshoot, a bit hopeless, but Barry 'Lich Bitch' Bluejeans isn't a man to give up easily now, is he.

He shrugs a shoulder at the question. ]

Yeah that's close enough. Definitely a magic user. You?

[ He was guessing not by the way he asked that question. ]

oh god oh man, also iv

[scholiast]

(Perhaps she's supposed to feel unsettled, lying flat on her back with the cold water rippling when she lifts her head. Lucretia has a beat to stare at the stars and try to glean any information from them before she 'wakes up', back in herself. She sits up with a sigh, and blinks as a tear rolls down her cheek.

Wiping it away, she turns– and Barry is sitting next to her.

She's relieved to see him. She's been looking for him for two years now, on and off, following vague and frustrating leads. He's been as lost to her as Lup, and for too long. It's so good to see him here, safe and unharmed. He's looking at her, his mouth scrunched in confusion and Lucretia wants to take his hand, but uncertainty holds her in place. What are you supposed to say to a guy whose life you've inadvertantly ruined?)

... Hey. (nailed it)

[alldenim]

[ He gives a soft chuckle. ]

Hey.

[ He... Look, he loves her. She's still family. He's not done healing but she's family. And that's not something so easy for Barry to just ignore. ]

Didn't expect to see you in my dreams. No offense, but it's uh. It's usually another lady we both know.

[scholiast]

(Lucretia relaxes, her shoulders slumping. Okay. This is... good. This is good, she can handle this. When he mentions it being a dream, she looks about herself properly; it's true that she can't tell where they are right now. Interesting.

Barry's next comment makes her snort.) Yuck. Besides, how can I be in your dream but entirely self-aware? I think you're in my dream.

[alldenim]

[ ... Hm. He blinks at her as he tries to process this. ]

But... so am I. So... We sharin' a dream or what?

[ Wait. ]

Are you-- here? At this Riverview place?

[ If this was going across planes, they really needed to know that. ]

[scholiast]

I should hope so. I've been here for over half a year, now.

(The statement about sharing a dream actually doesn't surprise her; she runs the palm of her hand up over her forehead like she's trying to iron it.)

Something like this has actually happened before. Shared– memories, experiences, all of it through dreams. Believe it or not, events like this are actually normal.

yo can i go ahead and add you on plurk?

[alldenim]

[ He blinks a few times. Half a year. Half a year. When you've experienced more than a hundred and now stare down at the concept of infinity as a Lich... You'd think time would mean less. It doesn't. If anything, it means more. Especially because Lup isn't here. Not that he knows of. ]

Wow, jeez, Lucretia... What are we dealing with here?

[ What was this place...

She probably didn't have any more answers. They seemed pretty hard to crack just from his initial intake. And, of course, dreams made you a little out of it. He hugs his knees. ]

I'm glad you're here, though. You know that right?

for lup

[alldenim]

[ He had spent a few days just sort of... wandering. Thinking. He'd been to the crystal caves to try and find some Alexandrite or Onyx to get back to either plane he called home, since his typical teleportation magic (thanks Krav, what a boss) wasn't coming close to working. He needed to get home. He needed to be with his family again. Lup, Taako, Magnus, Merle- the list went on. He needed to be back with them. After all these years...

But that stupid app he started up when he first arrived paid off. Taako contacted him, welcomed him, gave him a better run-down of what was going on in general. Told him who was here and all that. Even Lucretia. Cool, so their family was more or less together now. He could continue his research later.

For now? For now he was going to surprise his beloved lady. He shed his red robes (though still in jeans and a t-shirt) and climbed onto the bed. She'd be home any minute so. He did what any sane person would do. He laid out like one of her French girls, ready to be drawn. ]

[umbrastaff]

[Lup spent a lot of time with her body these days, watching it in the murky water. It was technically done by now, she knew... but if she had to admit it (to herself) she was a bit scared that something would go wrong.

Loki's fake vessel for her was amazing, but she had gotten used to the dullness of the sensations in it, and the way it required thought to stay on her and not fall off and reveal her lich form.

(...and of course, it was handy to just be able to shrug it off when needed and go full lich powers on things rather than have to die to get access to that.)

For now, however, Lup is quiet when she comes home - just giving her brother a wave before heading towards her room. A nice trance and maybe a shower, and she might be able to gather her thoughts a bit.

Then she opens the door.

Then she sees him.

Here.]

...Bar?

[Lup says, shocked enough for her voice to waver. This better not be a dream, or another Riverview thing. It had been over a decade since she saw him, and their reunion had been less than an hour before she came back to this stupid place.

Lup definitely does not cry, but she's throwing herself over her Barry with a scream of joy.]

[alldenim]

[ She looks tired. Long day at the office, huh? He couldn't wait to hear all about her life hear. How things were, what she'd already manage to test and find out about their captors, what her favorite restaurants were, where the best spots were for blowin shit up.

Right now, though, he was opening his arms wide and chuckling. He was so stupid happy that she was here. That some of them were here. Without a moment's hesitation, he pulls her in for a deep and meaningful kiss on the lips. God, he was afraid he was gonna have to go without that for longer...

He pulls away quickly, though, as he notices something... weird. ]

Jeez, babe, you get a boob job while you were here?

[ These were noticeably bigger??? ]

[umbrastaff]

[ She's kissing him back like she needs it to live, burying her fingers in his hair and pushing herself close. It's her Barry, it's his taste, his scent, his warmth. Everything she had dreamed of for so damn long. It's almost overwhelming to be able to feel him, and she's at loss for words.

Well. Until he says that. ]

I haven't seen you in over a decade and the first thing you notice is that my tits are bigger?

[ She shoves him, but it's affectionate in the midst of the mix of emotions she's having. ]

The guy who made it didn't take measurements.

[alldenim]

[ Woah woah. What the fuck. He was all ready to tease and prod and poke her about it until that. ]

A decade!? Babe... how long have you fucking been here?

[ He keeps forgetting they're at different times. But now he realizes she could just be from right around the fight of the big bad or something... Still.

His hand comes up to gently stroke her cheek. He missed her, even if it had only been days. ]

[umbrastaff]

Uhh... I haven't been keeping score. I meant the time I was in the umbrella.

[She looks at him, brows a little bit furrowed in concern. How much does he know about this place? About them?

When was he even from?]

When I first got to this place, in my memory we were just about to get lichified. Then later I got a memory thing and it brought be hella forward. I was out of that shitty staff for like... less than an hour before I returned here.

[Lup covers his hand on her cheek with her own, steadying her breath.]

I missed you so much. I didn't get to smooch your brains out.