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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!
Shalimar Fox | Mutant X
[Overwhelming. That's the first thought that comes to mind as Shalimar explores the new world she finds herself in. Nothing here is familiar, even the aspects that aren't so terribly far removed from what she'd see at home, and with instinct priming her senses to the fullest of their abilities, there's that much more of the unfamiliar to take in all at once.
She's alive. After the explosion, she can be glad enough of that. But that doesn't stop a distinct awareness of where she is and who's around her that sees her quick to correct her path away from anyone straying too close to her. She's not even entirely sure she has a destination in mind so much as she wants to learn her new environment. And maybe figure out what the heck she does with herself when Mutant X is really all she's ever known.
But that can come later. For now, she has a more pressing concern, and if it lets her get a feel for the people around her so much the better.]
So. If I want food that's inexpensive and not terrible, how lucky am I going to be?
Test drive prompt 1
[Fruit-picking. Not exactly the most thrilling job option but right now, a job's a job and if they're willing to pay so well for something that should be so straightforward then Shalimar supposes she shouldn't question it.
In retrospect, perhaps that was a mistake. There is such a thing as too good to be true, after all, but never let it be said that Shalimar is without her impulsive side.
Still, all seems to be going well...at least until her hand brushes one of the leaves while reaching for the fruit and she finds herself unable to withdraw. She's quick to react, kicking the connected branch hard enough for it to break so she can plant her foot on it and use it as leverage to tear her hand free.
Only afterwards, as she examines her hand and considers how lucky it is that she heals quickly, does it dawn on her that she's destroyed some of the precious fruit as well.]
Hope that's not coming out of the paycheck. I figure they accounted for hazard pay, right?
friend.r
» Seeking: friendship. maybe more down the line
» Preferences: If I'm interested, you'll know
» Interests: Fashion, fitness and good food
» Bio: I walk on the wild side. And I don't let anyone hold me back
Those fruits though
That and the idea of something happening to Shalimar sent his guts into a twisting mess of needing to do something. She was already free by the time he was at her side and put an arm around her shoulders protectively, as though she needed his protection, and frowned down at her in concern.)
What happened? You're bleeding.
So damn rude of them
Which meant, even as she'd been hoping to shift the focus away from what might be wrong with her, she wasn't surprised that Brennan had zeroed in on it right away. He always was, always had been protective of her even in circumstances where it was clearly unnecessary but for once, she couldn't quite begrudge him the contact or the concern.
He was home in a place that was anything but, after all.]
Fair warning, the plants get a little clingy. And you know that's never really been my thing.
[At least there was room enough to keep things lighthearted. Honestly she was more worried about her clothes than her hand and even then only because funds were tight for now.]
Seriously (also I'm so sorry for the delay! My life exploded)
He didn't have the feral need for family, or familiar scents (and he honestly didn't think about them that often, either).
He nodded, frowning at her hand.)
Yeah...I noticed. Are you okay?
(that's okay! Hope things are getting back under control for you)
[Never mind that this was more than a little scratch. So long as she wasn't being eaten by a plant still, that was good enough for her.
Not that her hand didn't sting a little but since when had she not played down how badly she was hurt.
She did step away, then, recovered enough at least to want to push beyond this particular incident.]
Now the plant, that might need a little more time to recover. Maybe they can take that as a warning for letting greed get the better of them.
[Even if they were being well-paid for this job, Shalimar had to wonder at the sense of collecting something at a point where the something being collected from was this dangerous.]
(It is...slowly)
(He frowned, looking back toward the tree uncertainly before looking back to her.)
What if it was poisonous?
(He wasn't exactly nature boy on the best of days and the Quarantine hadn't done anything to change that...even if they were living with a bunch of aliens. At least these weren't trying to use them as a power source. This universe had much more polite aliens.)
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[Shalimar is not the best at nature either, being far more used to city environments, but she's happy to assume that much, at least. Not like she's never been one to play down the risks of a situation before now.
Still. That alone, she knows, is not going to stop Brennan from worrying and thus from continuing to make An Issue of it.]
But if it makes you feel better, I'll ask the question once we're done here.
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Yeah, okay, but...wouldn't it be immune to its own poison?
(He has no idea. At all. She knows more than him about just about all these things, actually.)
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[Not that she didn't appreciate that he was worried about her. But this was far too much worrying for something she'd sooner brush off as an experience to look back on when it was less immediate.]
Now, shall we?
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Sure. (He motioned.) After you.
(That didn't mean he had to be happy about it.)
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[She knew only too well that he wouldn't be happy about it but he'd backed down for now. That was as much as she ever could hope for.
That done, she turned her focus back to the berries, trying to salvage what she could from the damaged parts while still very conscious of not touching anything she shouldn't be.]
Not that I'm planning on being out here much longer anyway. Not unless they're about to bring us better protective gear.
[That is to say, any at all.]
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Yeah. I always told you nature had it in for us, Shal.
(Remember the locusts? Remember them?)
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[Really, she probably should have expected something like this. When did anything go smoothly for them, whether there should reasonably be snags or not?]
Too bad we're only half here. And the half not as well equipped for this, too.
[Something tells her Jesse and Emma would have an easier time of this one.]
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[This one's new, Shal. Really new, kinda weird, also sort of cool.]
Seriously. Can't we have some nice party to crash?
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[It is new, and she kind of wishes they had someone of the group here who'd know how to figure things out more than she's likely to. But things are as they are and how better to cope than to joke about things.]
I'm pretty sure that doesn't really count as work. But who knows, maybe on Quarantine zones people pay for strangers to show up unannounced at their special occasions.
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[But he's slowly becoming less and less convinced, and that's troubling.]
...professional party crashers. [He laughs.] That sounds sound like a bad gig.
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[Not to say that little talk had been bad, but it had been an explanation and maybe that was just how things were done around here.]
Right? Say goodbye to ever getting invited to anything again.
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[And he smiles, though...he might have been a least a little genuine...he did offer her a hand, though.]
Are you kidding? When was the last time we ever showed up somewhere invited?
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[She's managing to navigate well enough that she doesn't seem to really even notice the offer of help; she's focusing more on carrying what they have managed to gather and not getting attacked by any more plants.
She always has time to tease him, though.]
Well. Someone hasn't learned how to get flexible with the definition of 'invitation'.
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Hey, invitations never stopped me before, did they?
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[Well. Maybe Jesse would be an exception. But Shal's had her fair share of mischief in her past even before it became her job, even if she escaped that world sooner than Brennan did.]
Anyway. Sooner we can get shot of this stuff, sooner we can go do something we really want to be doing. I know any more nature and you'll start breaking out in hives.
[Not really, but she knows he's a city boy and she's not afraid to tease him about it.]
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I'll start breaking out in something, alright.
(OOC: Maybe good for ending?)