happy first birthday, riverview!

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riverview fourth wall meme

In honor of Riverview's ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, players have voted for a fourth wall style event where players and non-players alike can indulge a few whims, try people out in Riverview's setting, or share small slices of their homeworlds with friends. This is a place where anyone can throw a character they'd like to play in the game, an AU version of a character they already play, a character who might not normally be appable, or a few threads with canonmates that they might not get otherwise.

Create your own scenario - the setting is built to be flexible, so feel free to make things up as you go.

how it works

● Top-level posts can be made by either current players, potential players, or just people who want to dabble in the setting or engage in some threads with current players.
● Doubles of characters who are currently in the game cannot be posted to this meme. If a character is listed on the taken list and couldn't be apped under the canon AU provision, please do not play that character on this meme.
● Aside from the above, characters that would normally not be appable can generally be played on this meme: AU or heavily altered CRAU versions of characters (providing the original is not in the game or you play the original), dropped characters (providing they have not been re-apped by a new player), that second character you wish you could play that's too closely related to the one you already play, among many other options. If you have any questions about what's okay, just drop them on the Mod Questions Thread.
● The explanation for this event is Game Canon, so threads in this event can either be non-canon meme-style fun, or remembered by characters going forward, providing both parties are amenable. Threads on this post can be used for Activity Points providing both characters are accepted into the game, but cannot be used for the monthly Activity Check.
● Threads from this post can be used as app samples providing the character in question is appable and not an AU.
● Ideally, all characters who are not currently in the game should be played by someone, if you are fiending for your character to introduce someone in the game to someone from home that isn't likely to be played, that someone can be NPC'd in a thread.
● Settings brought from characters' homes can range from as small as a table or desk to as large as one city block.

a little taste of home

It's a well-known but not often talked about truth that sometimes people who have come to the Quarantine didn't exactly want to come. Whether it was a mistake, or the portal picked up on the faintest short-term feeling of displacement and jumped the gun by pulling someone into the Quarantine, some people just don't want to be here. And while the government and the scientists employed by it try their best to find ways to send people home as quickly as possible, it's not easy.

And for some residents, it's not enough.

On the morning of February 19th, some residents have decided to do something about it. A group of highly-intelligent, scientifically-minded people have banded together trying to find a way to make pinpointing specific other worlds easier, but a year's worth of research hasn't proven very successful. So instead, they've decided to bring a little bit of home to Riverview. How?

A virus was released into the general network - every device connected to Riverview's internet equivalent has been hit with it. It's not a very malevolent virus, though, geared toward all of the city's many, many holoemitters, cameras, and other types of sensors. Through various complicated algorithms and a direct line into the Perimeter Guard's open database of information on other worlds, all of Riverview has become holo-capable.

Throughout the city, almost anywhere that they go, characters may find themselves running into a little piece of home. Whether it's something as simple as the desk from their bedroom back home, the block they lived on, the bridge of their starship, the unfamiliar world they were pulled into before Riverview, or the meadow they like to watch the stars in, it might show up. And with those locations come people.

Characters may run into holographic versions of almost anyone they can think of. And, much like the locations, those people feel, smell, and sound perfectly real. They are fully interactive, and they come across exactly like the real thing. However, unlike the real thing...they're going to disappear. Whether it's within an hour or two, or if they stick around until the virus is shut down on the evening of February 23rd, they will eventually fade away.

(Unless your enabling game is strong enough and the character's appable, of course.)

faux-riendr

Since the virus is affecting the whole network, there's one other thing that the holograms can use - Friendr is a friend-finder and/or dating app. Even a hologram can 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 (however one-night the stand will be). 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.

<br><center><table style="width:300px;"><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #528887;"><td></td> <td style="padding:20px; padding-bottom:0; width:300px; font:38px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase; color:#c4c4c4; text-align:center; letter-spacing:2px; background-color:#2a2a2a; border-top-right-radius:50px; border-top-left-radius:50px;"><b>Friendr</b></td> <td></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right; padding:0; color:#528887;">«</td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a; padding:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:0; width:308px;"><img src="IMAGE URL - 300px WIDE OR LESS" style="border-radius:20px;"><br> </td> <td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; padding:0; color:#528887;">»</td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a; font:12px arial; text-align:left; padding:10px;"><span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Age:</b> your character's age</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Seeking:</b> friendship/romantic/anything</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Preferences:</b> sexual preference or n/a</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Interests:</b> three interests</span> <span style="color:#c4c4c4;"><b>» Bio:</b> 30 words or less</span> </td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:10px; background-color:#2a2a2a;"><font color="#528887">base code by</font> <a href="http://photosynthesis.dreamwidth.org/" style="color:#528887;">photosynthesis</td></tr> <raw-code><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #528887;"><td></td> <td style="background-color:#2a2a2a;font:20px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; color:#c4c4c4; text-align:center;">Character Name</td> <td><td></tr><tr><td></td> <td style="border-bottom-right-radius:50px; border-bottom-left-radius:50px; background-color:#2a2a2a; text-align:center;"><table style="width:100%; font:30px Verdana;"><tr><td style="text-align:left;"> <span style="text-decoration:none; color:#528887;">« ✘</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="text-decoration:none; color:#528887;">✔ »</span></td></tr> </table></td> <td></td></table></raw-code></center>
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.

tdm prompt i: carnivorous harvest

During the upcoming festival of lust, also known as Sampremi, many of the highly-anticipated seasonal delicacies that are about to be baked, broiled, steamed, candied, and pickled are made from a type of fruit called the Lababerry, which only grows for a couple of months a year, in the warmer rainforest area to the north of the city. Businesses all over the city are gearing up for this year's festivities, ready to prepare the highly-anticipated treats everyone is craving, and while the usual harvest has already taken place, demand is high enough after last year that it's outpacing the harvest, and many, many businesses are offering very large rewards for harvests of the Lababerries.

And why are the rewards so large?

While the Lababerries are still in season, the usual harvest happens early in the spring, before the rains fall so heavily and the plants they grow on come out of hibernation. This is because the plants they grow on are highly carnivorous, willing to chew on whoever might be stopping by to pluck their sweet fruits. The plants are equipped with an acid that thickly coats the tops of the leaves, which are capable of clamping onto any intruder. The acid is fast-acting on non-biological materials, and slow-acting on skin and flesh. Once it contacts skin, it turns it into a sludge that the leaves suck up.

But hey, the rewards are very, very much worth the risks. If you want to start your time in the Quarantine with a pretty penny in your pocket, this is the job for you.

tdm prompt ii: need somebody to love

In preparation for Sampremi, a lot of the clubs, restaurants, and hotels are doing special events to encourage people to pair (or trio, or group) off in anticipation of the particular sexy set of festivities for the season. There are flyers around the city advertising various couples activities: speed dating, dance classes, overnight pool parties, and all-expenses-paid lovers' nights in.

The catch? The great deals only count if you're a twosome. So if you don't have someone to love, hit up speed dating in the indoor courtyard of Riverview's largest mall, or grab the first person you see and take the opportunity.

tdm prompt iii: wildcard

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

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[beyond human by Franklin Chan]

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Natasha Stark | Marvel 3490

[modelsixtythree]

i. around

[There's a suit of red and gold armor wandering around the Quarantine. That may not be all that unusual, but to anyone who might recognize it, this one looks a bit different. It's thinner, sleeker. It seems almost like there's very little weight to it when it moves, like it's cloth instead of a few hundred pounds worth of metal. Though the biggest hint might be the fact that when the helmet occasionally comes off, the face underneath is decidedly female.

Well, that and the fact that she very deliberately will not go anywhere near any of the various bars.

Mostly Natasha seems content to just poke curiously at just about anything that crosses her path, even flying out past the wall a few times. Hey, she's got the armor, might as well use it. She's a fascinated explorer, trying to see as much of this odd new place as she can. It's not like she hasn't dealt with weirder, after all.]

ii. faux-riendr

	Friendr
«		»
	» Age: 34 » Seeking: Shiny new faces. » Preferences: Sorry boys and girls, I'm married. » Interests: Shaping the future, kicking ass, and American History. » Bio: CEO of Stark Solutions, Avengers co-leader, Iron Woman. I do it all backwards and in high heels.
	base code by photosynthesis
	Natasha Stark
	« ✘ ✔ »

iii. wildcard

[Natasha can be just about anywhere, so throw me anything you like.]

[hottubsandcheese]

Whoa, I'm really hot as a girl!

...woman, that is. Woman.

[modelsixtythree]

Oh, sweet summer child. Are you like nine?

[hottubsandcheese]

Nineteen.

Who are you married to? Is it dude Natasha?




...that's. Probably a confusing question.

[modelsixtythree]

If you mean Red, then no, as interesting as that would probably be. Also she's not a guy.

i

[inebriety]

[There's yet another Iron Man flying around and the design is different enough to conclude that it's not a new version of the old man's. This means there's another Tony around. He definitely needs to introduce himself.

While Natasha has stopped to examine something Tony takes that as his cue to wave and approach.]

Hello, Iron Man!

[modelsixtythree]

What do you mean Man?

[Though even just the name is enough to pull Natasha's attention towards the man talking, even if she pauses to study him once she's gotten a good look. There's something familiar about him, though she can't quite put her finger on it. Either way, Extremis is noting a whole fleet of connections on the guy, and that's more than interesting enough.]

Do I know you?

[inebriety]

Iron Non-gender specific identity of your choice?

[He goes with it easily enough, looking thoughtful as he thinks about what that might mean.]

I'm the guy version of you!

[modelsixtythree]

[That gets a laugh out of her, clearly somewhat startled.]

Iron Woman will do.

[She pauses for just a second, then reaches up to pull the helmet off. If she can't trust herself, who can she trust?

...as long as this one isn't evil. Again.]

Or Natasha will do.

[solvabilities]

I'm sorry, what???

Stark solutions??

[modelsixtythree]

Yes? Is there a problem with that?

[solvabilities]

I guess that one is actually new to me.

What happened to Stark Industries?

[modelsixtythree]

Ask Stane.

[Yeah, that's not still a sore subject at all.]

[ikols]

[ He knows all the different suits of the Iron Folk around these parts, the very first of their number from his own world having left him with a vested interest in their ranks. That's why he waves his sword at the new style of armour from atop a building, right on the topmost corner, having raced to the roof for a better look. Over here!! ]

Ahoy! Stark! New threads?

[modelsixtythree]

[If someone waving a sword at her didn't get her attention quickly enough, the light glinting off a pair of gold horns definitely does it. She pulls herself into a hover a little ways away from him, eyes narrowed slightly behind the helmet.]

Loki?

[ikols]

[ That's .. not the gravelly tone he's used to hearing from behind those helmets. A few octaves higher, even with the vocoder. ]

Aye. Er, are you Potts?

i;

[neversurrender]

[Steve is on his way back to the communal housing building after a patrol when he spots a familiar flash of red and gold. Glancing over, he sees what he expects, a suit of armor moving around, inspecting the shops. But looking at it closer, something feels...off. Something in the way it moves maybe.

But he's quick to shake it off and approach. He knows that Tony is constantly tinkering with his suit, trying to improve it. That's probably all it is.]

Hey, Tony. Trying out a new design on your suit?

[modelsixtythree]

[She's already turning towards him before he's finished speaking, Extremis pinging off the username on his phone. There's only the briefest moment of disappointment once she sees him, though. It was probably too much to expect.]

Hey there, Cap.

[Natasha's voice is still unexpectedly warm. This may not be her Steve, but it is a Steve, and she is pretty fond of the man.]

Wrong Stark, I'm afraid.

[neversurrender]

[He stops in place a couple of paces from her once she turns around, surprise evident on his face. Definitely not the Stark he'd been expecting. Which means she is a Stark. With a suit of armor. So...either she's Tony's sister from an alternate universe or she's...Tony. But a she. He's not sure which he finds more mind-boggling.]

Ahem...I see that. And which Stark would you be?

[He's going to start assigning them numbers at this point. Or nicknames.]

[livingsymbol]

You run Stark Solutions?

[modelsixtythree]

I do indeed. Is that surprising?

[livingsymbol]

Actually, yes. Are you related to Tony?

[He's quick.]

[wingedman]

...how happily married?

[yes he wants to tap that hush]

[modelsixtythree]

Samuel Wilson, are you propositioning me?

[wingedman]

You put a picture like that on a dating app and you need to ask that question?