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quaranmeme2018-02-18 06:06 pm
happy first birthday, riverview!
riverview fourth wall memeIn 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.
● 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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Use the wildcard prompt to choose your own adventure and do whatever else you like in the setting!
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[ Children are better at lying, anyway. Loki doesn't mind too much if they can't but Ritsuka seems like a sharp little thing.
They shortly arrive at one of the large touch-screens planted in the middle of high-street, where Loki taps it to highlight where they are. A list of locations drop down the side of the map, waiting to be selected. ]
Here, you're the blinking red dot. What's your destination?
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He looked at the list and tilted his head. Well, even this world surely had to have a library right? He could just tuck himself into one and hey, maybe even sleep there for the night while he figured things out.]
Um... does this place have a library?
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[ Tapping the right locale, a blue line glows between the red dot and where the library is. Curious why a child wants to hang out with some dusty books, he holds in any questions for now and simply watches Ritsuka. ]
Do you have a phone with which to take a photo of the map? It's the fastest way to keep it with you, in case you don't see another along the way.
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No... Ah, but I do have my digital camera, at least! [He pulled that out, the camera never something he went home without and took a picture of the map and the line leading to it.
Now he just has to pray he can follow the map...]
This is really great, thanks again, Loki-san. [He smiled up to Loki, though he did wonder if he would need to do something in return for the adult for such kindness.]
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[ What kind of kid doesn't have a spiffy Starkphone or the equivalent? He senses time-shenanigans may be at play, eyeing the camera like it may be another limb; Ritsuka is so proud to have it. ]
That's very resourceful of you, Aoyagi-kun. Would you like me to help you find the library on the map, since this is your first visit there? You could tell me why you have a camera with you, along the way. I don't think I've ever met another person who carried one.
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He zooms in and his ears perk up to Loki's question even though his gaze remains on his review screen. At the mention of even more help, he swallowed, momentarily panicking that this would come with a much higher price for the help but at a bit of a loss to say no unless he wanted to ask someone else.]
Um, are you sure, Loki-san? I mean, you've already helped me as it is... and I mean, if someone sees you being this nice they might get the wrong idea. [There, he offered the older man an easy out, no way he wouldn't take it. He was probably just being really polite... and Ritsuka was intentionally ignoring that latter question about still carrying a camera rather than the fancy new phones.]
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I can stop at my pub along the way and grab lunch, it's no trouble. [ He hums, crossing an arm as he taps his chin and regards Ritsuka's ears and swishing tail thoughtfully. ] The people I know will find it a lot less weird if I look like you ...
[ The Avengers would probably think he was just up to something else, ironically. He nods, clearly making up his mind, and when he shakes his head two fluffy foxy ears rise up from his black hair as if they were hiding there all along. A shake from his hips and a bushy tail flourishes out in a red-orange rush a moment later. ]
Ah, this seems more appropriate.
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[Shit.
He swallowed again.]
Er... are you the real uh... Norse God Loki? [Or did he just embarrass himself MORE?]
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[ He hesitates, then offers a hand as his smile softens. ]
I'm not here to trick you, Aoyagi-kun. Will you trust me to take you to the library?
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He bit his lip and lifted his hand, his fingers twitching as if he might pull them back any minute before he reached out and finally took Loki's hand.]
Um... just... yeah... okay. [He was going to say "just to the library" but he hesitated, not sure he wanted to anger a god.]
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Keep your camera out, I'll let you navigate with the map and only step in to help when you get lost. Deal?
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We uh, go this way. [He gestured east and wondered if he should tug on Loki's hand but decided better and just started walking. Loki had well over a foot in height on him, he could easily keep up.]
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Hmm. Decidedly not thinking of the dead, he goes with Ritsuka at the slightest tug as if the boy is holding onto a feather instead of a five-hundred pound godling. He makes himself light enough to be dragged around, if necessary. ]
They do phones with excellent cameras on them now, you know.
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[And he also didn't have more than like... four people he talked to, what was even the point of having a phone. He had his dummy cell and that served him just fine.]
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[ The foxy pair atop his own head wiggle about pointedly. ]
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Some people never lose their tail and ears.
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Ah, I understand. Well, for as long as you have yours, they're lovely and suit you very well. [ His free hand itches at his own fluffy ears. ] Mine are overdone, perhaps. Quite the mess! But I can't change them.
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[ He could offer up a much more accurate summary but giving Ritsuka the opportunity to add something to the conversation can't be passed up. Loki tilts his head curiously, inviting a lesson. ]
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[ Nodding sagely as if only just learning this, he swings their hands as they come into view of the library. A foxy tail swishes. ]
Will you be okay from here on, Aoyagi-kun? Do you know your way home for later?
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Thank you for all the help you've given. [He gave a small bow.]