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quaranmeme2018-04-20 06:40 pm
riverview: april test drive meme
riverview test drive memeWelcome to Riverview's test drive meme! Feel free to dip your toes in on the test drive meme to try out your character in the setting, play out a mission, and get samples for your application at the same time!
● There are currently 25 Character Slots available.
● Applications are currently open and will close on May 7th at 10:00 pm EST.
● Providing all parties are amenable, threads on the test drive meme can count as game canon, as the plot in the prompts presented is game canon.
● TDM threads do not count for Activity Check, but they do count for Activity Bonus Points, so long as all characters involved are accepted into the game.
● Threading on the TDM is intended for prospective new characters, so top-levels should only be posted by players of these characters. Since the events in the TDM are considered game canon, characters currently in the game are free to use the TDM prompts for logs and posts on the regular communities.
Feel free to use the prompts below or create your own scenario. The setting is built to be flexible, so feel free to make things up as you go.
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For the past month, the flooding in Riverview has been out of control, and the attacks of strange mutated creatures from the swollen river haven't been helping much. While the water level has stabilized over the past couple of weeks, the river is still way, way out of bounds and keeping a large number of people in relief shelters or put up with volunteer families, causing significant damage to riverside properties, homes, and businesses. While residents have done everything they can to try to correct the situation, from machines and tech to magic and appealing to the River Spirits during the yearly Flower Festival River Spirit Procession, nothing has made any real meaningful difference.
On the 20th, almost a month to the day after the river started swelling out of control, anyone looking at the rushing surface of the water will start to see a strange glow just underneath it, and as the day progresses, glowing white tentacles start to rise from the surface of the water. As the tentacles rise from the surface, members of the Perimeter Guard will be setting up a protective barrier around the area to keep civilians back until they figure out what's up with whatever's in the river.
In the meantime, the presence of the glowing thing is driving the last of the nasty giant mutated crocodiles, carnivorous toads, and other monsters out of the river in droves. While the Perimeter Guard is still holding the line, volunteers are being called for to take out the monsters as they exit the river, menacing the rest of the city. Whether your character is a member of the Guard in training, helping keep the civilians safe from the possible new threat in the river, or a volunteer helping take out the fleeing monsters, their help will be more than welcome.
After a few days of study, Gramarye Magic Research's strongest mages have banded together and found a way to communicate with the glowing presence in the deep, using a wide variety of nature-based magicks from different realms. And what have they learned?
The presence is not just one creature, it is many, and they are awakening from a long, long sleep. Possibly almost as long as there have been people on the moon - it's hard to tell, when the creatures 'speak' so slowly. What the mages have managed to get from them is that it is their awakening and movement that's causing the flooding in the river, a combination of blocking up the river's exit through the fences with their bulk and an overflow of elemental water magic that is causing the river to swell with more water than it can hold. The creatures, who call themselves the 'Guardians of the Deep,' are eventually ruled to be completely benign, and their only request is to be helped on their migration to the sea - a trip that they usually take once a year when they are not in hibernation. The problem is that, since their last migration, the river has become a much more dangerous place, plagued by monsters and clogged with rubble from the Abandoned City.
Any resident with nature magic of any kind and who can communicate with the creatures, who is a fighter or member of the Perimeter Guard, or who has abilities that can help to clear the river of any debris or blockages, is invited to aid in the attempt to escort the Guardians of the deep down the river. Once they reach the delta and waterfalls, their path will be clear and they will be free to explore the ocean until they return to the city in late fall.
ETA: In response to a player question, the Guardians look like very large glowy amoebas.
The Guardians of the Deep are slow-speaking and they are also slow-moving. For a period of at least two weeks, they will be making their way from the center of the city down the river with the current, and as they travel, they'll be having a rather...interesting effect on anyone who is sensitive to their influence. This sensitivity is something a character may be aware of through a strong connection with or love of nature or animals, it may be a spiritual or magical sensitivity, it may be an emotional one, or it might simply be something a character is not aware of until they are affected. However, no matter what a character is or where they come from, they may be susceptible to the aura of the Guardians.
And what does that aura do?
Starting on April 20th and intermittently continuing throughout the next month, any characters with a sensitivity (feel free to make one up that affects your character, or have them be immune as per your choice) will lose an important sense. While sight is the most commonly lost sense, others may lose hearing, taste, touch, smell, or other senses unique to their physiology (whether biological, mechanical, or otherwise). The only relief from this loss is for the character to make direct contact with another character - any other character, in any way, as long as there is no clothing, material, or other matter blocking contact. As soon as contact is broken, the loss will return.
The effect can last for as long or short a time as each player wishes, and affect whatever sense is desired. Reprieve from the effect comes with skin-to-skin (or equivalent) contact with another character, and is not limited to just one other character - it doesn't matter who else is being touched, as long as it's someone.
During this year, there's been an influx of people from a dying reality consisting mostly of living plant people, and they've really taken the Flower Festival as a great opportunity to introduce one of their most honored traditions to the people of their new adopted world. The tradition involves sharing various types of flowers with strangers, with each type of flower having a different meaning and effect on both the giver and receiver - the bond of the exchange can spark emotion as well as physical responses that function in a unique way that affects almost everyone that participates, whether animal, plant, or even android.
Some of the flowers have been used up, but a few types still remain. Any characters exchanging the flowers with other characters, whether friends or strangers, will experience emotional/psychological effects, physical effects, or both once the exchange is complete. Effects can last for as short or long a time as the players involved want, and are as follows:
● Baby Blue Eyes - Trust/Healing the Inner Child
Emotional Effect: Either an inexplicable trust in the person the flower was exchanged with, or a generalized paranoia.
Physical Effect: De-aging. Characters can become a younger version of themselves, physically, mentally, or both. Whether or not their normal selves are of age, de-aged characters may not participate in adult prompts unless they're de-aged to something above 18.
● Rose - Friendship/Beauty
Emotional Effect: Openness and a desire to make new friends, or excessive competitiveness.
Physical Effect: A temporary glamor that makes both participants in the exchange appear as the most beautiful possible version of themselves, and improves their charisma.
● Valerian: - Relaxation/Heart-Opening
Emotional Effect: A near-complete erasure of anxiety and stress, or a dramatic inexplicable increase in it.
Physical Effect: Forced honesty. Both affected characters become incapable of lying. Whether they're compelled to blurt the truth or if they can keep their mouths shut or talk around the truth is up to player discretion.
[Flower meanings used in this prompt come from this site.]
Whether your character is posting up a silly word game, trying to get hold of a friend, or putting out feelers for people to go out into the fray with, the network is going strong.
Alternately, an offer for a free app is popping up on new arrivals' devices - Friendr is a friend-finder and/or dating app. If characters choose to install it, they will 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. 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.
Use the wildcard prompt to choose your own adventure and do whatever else you like in the setting!
tommy shepherd | marvel 616
[Tentacles. Of course it's tentacles, why the hell not.
More importantly: people are in danger. Tommy doesn't have to be asked to help - he's a Young Avenger, an old hat at the superhero gig, and he's already hard at work while most of the Guard is still getting their boots laced up. One of the benefits of being a speedster? It's moving fast.
Tommy - no, Speed - appears to the eye mostly as a green-and-white blur as he zips around, picking up any civilians in harm's way and moving them to safety. You may hear his voice as he dashes by:]
One side, people! Mutant coming through!
prompt v (network; un: SPEED).
so what do you snails do for fun in this town?
any bars that don't card i should know about?
prompt vi.
[got another idea? come at me!]
v; @actual.wizard666
So unless you're significantly younger than I'm used to...
And you'd better run faster than you've ever run before, because I'm coming for you.
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good to know lil bro ;)
& if uncle pete couldn't outrun me what makes u think u can?
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I'm going to catch you.
And hug you. And there will be no escape.
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again?
thx for the warning ig
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( except he's not chasing down tommy, but using his magic to pull tommy to him. there's the familiar shimmer of blue, yanking him from wherever the hell he's causing chaos into the sanctum's loft--two steps from where billy's standing. )
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Wha- ? Hey, no fair using magic on me!
[Also EXCUSE, Tommy was minding his own business, not causing chaos. That's Billy's schtick, remember?]
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( and he's not running off the moment he sets feet down in the sanctum which is good enough. one step forward, and billy's wrapping his arms tight around tommy's shoulders, digging his chin into his stupid shoulder. )
I've missed you.
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[ Off to the side of the mostly-through rescue efforts, waving the receipt he picked up at Trixie after his staff informed him of Billy's identical visitor, Loki rocks on his heels. ]
Ho, there! Whizziest!
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It’s Tommy. And when I’m wearing this? [He gestures to his whole ... green catsuit thing.] It’s Speed.
[Tommy gives the receipt in Loki’s hand a brief glance-over.]
You the boyfriend? Billy said the tab was on you.
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[ "The boyfriend". He likes how that rolls off the tongue.]
That's all well and good, I'm sure his intent was pure, but the fact remains: I know you not. Whyever should you eat free in my club?
[ As if he gives a shit; Trixie is more of a watering hole (and partyville) than even Loki cares to define, he just wants to check out how this infamous brother reacts. His flaxen hair and different colour eyes frame Billy's own face, but twisted with a coolness that Loki's fizzy witch of a boyfriend doesn't own. ]
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‘Cause Billy said so. [Honestly, why is this still in question.] You’re not calling him a liar, are you?
[Think very carefully about how you wanna answer that, my dude. Tommy may bitch endlessly about Billy sometimes, but he’ll absolutely go to bat for his twin when it counts.]
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Nah. It's Billy's tab, take it up with him.
[And if Loki doesn't - well, Tommy's been on the run for a long time for far worse infractions than unpaid diner bills. He's confident he can move fast enough to keep from being caught.
And yes, Tommy is busy, thanks for noticing. He's about to dash off, but honestly, this was such a waste of his time. Might as well give Loki a piece of his mind while he's still here.]
So you did notice everything going on here? [He waves vaguely in the direction of the nonsense going on with the river.] Was this really the best use of your time, or do you really just not have anything better to do? 'Cause I do. In case you missed it, there's people who need help, and you're holding me up.
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[ Batting his lashes as he folds his arms, he comments lightly and shrugs. ]
You're the nimblest out of the two of us, don't let little old me keep you.
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i
He's not paying attention and thus, doesn't stick to one side or move out of the way. In fact, he's more likely to get in the way and very likely to accidentally impose himself on Tommy's path.
Good luck avoiding the wall of muscle, Tommy.]
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He’s also used to people getting out of his way; New York’s probably fairly well-trained by now, so it’s not usually an issue getting around when, say, the Skrulls attack. Tommy ends up crashing right into Thor, knocked to a bouncing backwards skid by his own momentum. Whoops. To his credit, Tommy picks himself back up pretty quickly, shaking his head to clear the momentary daze.]
Ow. You got some kind of solid adamantium skeleton under there?
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As far as I know, it's just a regular skeleton. [He narrows his eyes down at Tommy.] You move so fast, you must be unburdened by a heavy skeleton.
v | un: w.west
[ Don't make him show you what fast really is. ]
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call it like i see it
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[Bring it on, my dude!!]
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Then you might wanna get your eyes checked.
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they’re still as gorgeous as always
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I see you're a funny one.
So what kind of speed are we talking about?
Faster than sound?
Faster than light?
Beyond?
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i’ve been breaking the sound barrier since i was just a kid
[Tommy. You’re still just a kid.]
does the name quicksilver ring any bells?
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[ Such a feat wouldn't even be classified as a power walk for him. ]
Can't say that it does.
Is that what you go by?
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