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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!
Patrolling the Streets
That being said, the imposing presence admiring the building just as he rounded the corner was surprisingly familiar, but not unwelcome. As the mage came closer to the Commander, he cleared his throat so as not to startle the man. The quickest way to stop a mage from magicking was with speedy sword, after all, and he's watched the Commander in combat. He'd like to avoid the pointy end of his, thank you.
"Good Afternoon, Commander. Admiring the locale edifices, are we?" He turned as he came nearer, facing the building as well and looking up. "Or is it you're simply jealous of its state of repair? It certainly puts the state of Skyhold into perspective, doesn't it?"
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It's something that Cullen can get behind.
And to say that he's pleased to hear someone from home that he knows would be an understatement. However, the flippancy, he hasn't missed that at all.
"It's certainly different from Skyhold, that's true. From what I understand, there hasn't been a long stretch of abandonment here." He points to a building that reminds him of some of the White Spire in Val Royeaux and another next to it that is...very metallic. "These styles do bring new meaning to eclectic."
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"As eclectic as the residents, to be sure, Commander." Indicating the same two buildings, Dorian motioned between the two. "It's very likely the architects are from two separate worlds, and neither of which were Thedas." And a rare expression crossed his features at the next: humility. "It really makes one feel small, doesn't it?"
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Besides, the deck was already stacked against the mage. As someone who knows what that's like, Cullen's always been more likely to sympathize with him.
"I'm not sure. That one building looks like it could've been built by the dwarves." He's not being completely serious, but it does remind him of the Chantry in Kirkwall. Before Anders blew it up.
"Small? I was unaware you actually knew what that word meant, Serah Pavus."
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The corner of his lips tilted up in a smirk at the slight jab. He also found Cullen's surprising sense of humor refreshing, as unexpected as it was entertaining, even if it was turned on him.
"Size isn't always important, Commander. Skill factors in as well," an d he turned from the buildings to regard Cullen more fully. "More so, in most cases." He hazarded a glance back toward the building and nodded. "It does, indeed, though," and he looked back to Cullen. "It's also vaguely Nordic, which is a term I've only learned since coming here. Many worlds share similarities, and not only in architecture. 'Templar' isn't exclusively Thedosian, nor is 'Inquisition'." He made a motion toward the Quarantine at large. "As I said. Small, though perhaps 'common' would be more accurate." He grimaced. "But I'd rather use small. Common is painfully droll."
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And any time Dorian wants to have his ass stomped in chess with interesting conversation, Cullen is so there. And also to jab him a bit with some words.
"You have a point. You can maim someone with a greatsword as well as a dagger if you're skilled with the weapon at hand." Innuendo is easy, especially with a skilled speaker.
"I've already come across someone familiar with the term Templar. It wasn't a very pleasant conversation." But Dorian's reluctance to use the word common is amusing to Cullen, a man who grew up as a relative no one in Ferelden to become who he is today. "Common is only a bad word if you see it as so. Small as well. But I suppose both are better than 'ordinary'."
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He could do with a little less gloating, but that was a personal preference, and while Dorian acted irritated with it, it was actually refreshing. There was a reason Dorian didn't have many friends, after all.
"Or a butter knife if you really put your mind to it." Innuendo Dorian had in spades.
"Yes, 'Inquisition' is apparently seen as something zealous and unnecessary as well, at least to the natives of a world called Earth. They've had an Inquisition or two go south rather terribly, it would seem." He smirked at Cullen's comment, rolling a shoulder in a slight shrug.
"Common, of course, meaning common place rather than unique. Ordinary fits the bill as well, I suppose." And he raised an eyebrow as he looked over to the taller man. "But well all dream of being special snowflakes, don't we? Who wants to be ordinary?" And after a beat, he added, "Well, I suppose you may. You're quite skilled at humility."
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And, excuse you, one of the two boasts a lot and he happens to have that fussy little mustache.
"True, a butter knife can some some damage if wielded properly." He looks over at Dorian, face impassive like he's not about to say something that is completely meant to be taken 'the wrong way'. "Of course, some of us are equipped with much better arms than butter knives, but others must make do."
It's rather nice to have someone to have these sorts of conversations with, here or back in Thedas. His men would never cross the line, Cassandra is far too stuffy for 'cheeky comments', and, well, Varric sometimes crossed the line. Dorian has always had the added benefit of being not only Tevene but a mage as well: a perfect match for Cullen in that regard.
"If one were to listen to what the Chantry clerics were saying after the debacle at the Conclave, they were prophesying our own heretical end." But to see all those Revered Mothers eating crow, even for a man of faith like Cullen, was a bit satisfying. More than after watching them spout so much bile about the Inquisitor.
"As much as you believe otherwise, Serah Pavus, even I would like to be known for something worthwhile. Humility isn't a dirty word."
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And excuse you. He's never boasted about anything that wasn't thoroughly warranted. He's brilliant, has accomplished many things without the influence of his House, he's witty, charming, well-dressed, and damned gorgeous. Just appreciate it, Cullen.
His lip curled in a smile at Cullen's quip. The good Commander never did let himself relax nearly enough for Dorian's taste, but could play that game. "Yes, indeed. Some of us have rather versatile staves. Other have to make due with our sharpened bits of metal."
He laughed, deeply and heartily, at Cullen's remark. He did, indeed, enjoy the idea of proving the stuffy old hens of the southern Chantry wrong, and on many accounts. "Oh yes, and I too, would prefer to be known for something worthwhile, Cullen." His emphasis on the word was meant a bit of defense on his behalf, but he wasn't offended, and his tone didn't suggest otherwise.
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