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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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[ The smile falls, and grief flits through his eyes briefly before he masters himself, shaking his head ]
Well. I am not in Ruby, so I suppose I should not be surprised you do not know me. I fear I do not know this Riverview, however. But... quarantine? Is there something wrong outside?
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It's the Abandoned City, only the Perimeter Guard really goes out there. Or they escort researchers that go out. The Quarantine... I suppose it's just for us to live until we've been here five years. Then we've the choice of moving to the Capital World.
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[Ciel steps off to the side, leaning against a wall.] I could tell you a bit but there's no guarantee it will be what you want to hear. We're brought here by the Portal, it detects people who feel... displaced, like they need a new home, and brings them here. Sometimes it's overeager, so the people that handle it try to return those people home as soon as they can.
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[ .............. Maglor pauses and then laughs, low and perhaps a little hollow ]
Well. They guessed aright, with me, in one way. I am Exile, and have no home, although Ruby was becoming something like one, to me.
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[Ciel eyes him carefully.]
I think they're always right in some capacity. The Portal can't seem to detect how genuine the feeling is, only that it's there. I'm sure they'll find a way to send you back as soon as they can if you bring it up.
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[ Maglor looks startled, shaking his head slowly ]
Such wonders Man has managed... Ah well. I have been a wanderer for a long time. I suppose I do not overly mind waiting.
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If you look up, you can see it. At least, most of the time.
Did they at least point you towards communal housing?
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[ Maglor does, and visibly starts, flinching in surprise ]
Oh my. [ he says softly and focuses back on Ciel with difficultly ]
No, I fear not.
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[Yes, he's staying.]
Hm. I imagine the sudden surge of people may have caught them off-guard. They're usually quite good at assigning jobs and housing to arrivals. I'll show you the way then, they must have some record for you.
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Very much so. Thank you, Ciel.
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You don't have to thank me. It's what any decent person would do, really. Helping someone new. Hopefully they'll be able to assign you a proper job as well rather than having to busk.
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[ Maglor laughs softly ]
Music is my life.
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[There just a little sigh.] Why not get a job with the ballet? I'm sure they could use mysicians.
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Employment will ensure you have a roof over your head, at least. And my father works with the ballet, I'm sure I could ask him to help. Somehow.
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I do not mind not having a roof - I have been a wanderer for too long! But if your father does not mind the trouble, I will not object.
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I'm certain he won't. He's rather enjoying his job, I'm sure he'd be glad to add to the ballet.
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Then I will not object in turn. [ He smiles ]
I grow old, and these bones enjoy a soft bed at times.
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Should I show you to community housing then?
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[ He smiles ]
Unless you think I should speak to your father first?