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quaranmeme2018-05-20 02:35 pm
riverview: may 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 34 Character Slots available.
● Reserves are currently CLOSED. Applications are currently OPEN and will close on June 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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Something strange has been happening in the city over the past few weeks, and it's starting to get kind of serious - people are disappearing. It started with a little girl whose parents are still convinced and terrified that she wandered off into the jungle to the north of the city, and things have only gone on from there. So far, a total of 10 children ranging in ages from five to their teens have gone missing, most last seen near one of the exits at the city walls or near where the river flows through the fences of the Inhabited City.
Today, it's reached the point where it's becoming a bit of an emergency. With so many sightings near the exits to the city, the government and Perimeter Guard have set up a joint search project, and are requesting volunteers to help scour the jungles in search of the missing kids. Any volunteers or members of the Perimeter Guard are offered a handout with images of the kids and will be forming a grid to search the entirety of the jungle. Which won't be easy, because it's not just a jungle out there - it's dangerous!
Normally, living inside the Inhabited City is a pretty safe bet. You can go day to day without running into a monster or risking any kind of danger requiring a fight. Generally, the tall, laser-fenced walls keep out anything particularly dangerous.
The problem with walls? They only go so high.
While usually assault from airborne monsters isn't a problem that's on the map, as residents who've been around for a while might remember from last year, there's a few weeks during late spring where a swarm of flying monsters not unlike feathery pterodactyls are migrating back to another part of the moon. They're only in the area for a couple of weeks, but during that time, residents can expect occasional attacks by swooping monsters if they should see easy prey. Usually, a good sturdy dark-colored umbrella is enough to keep them from seeing a potential victim or meal, but sometimes the attacks still happen. So the Perimeter Guard sends extra details, calling in all the reserves, to patrol the city and keep an eye out for citizens in distress. There's also a general call for anyone who's experienced at fighting to help protect their fellow citizens. Whether your character is being attacked or protecting someone else, be prepared - these monsters are quick and have very sharp teeth.
It's been all over the news lately, the restoration of the old abandoned Amusement Park that was successfully cleared out and repowered, and is gearing up for a grand opening. However, thanks to a team led by Aecinos Ixocia and the technical expertise of Aoba Seragaki, there's another entertainment feature that was powered up and cleaned up at the same time, and is ready to open over the weekend - the Hot Springs!
Flyers and other advertising has been put up all around the city to alert city residents to the fact that the springs are opening, and expounding the various amenities and activities that the springs have to offer. Among the touted features are mineral hot spring pools of various temperatures ranging from cool to near-boiling, said to have healing qualities that moisturize and soothe the skin, as well as whisking away stress. There are a lot of testimonials to the fact that the springs have had an impact on chronic pain, headaches, and even temporary, acute illnesses.
If soaking in a hot tub isn't your thing, there are also lap pools, a wave pool, and even a few waterslides that are cleaned up and running smoothly - there's an easy and medium one for the less adventurous, but the other two slides are pretty harrowing! There's also a lazy river with inner tubes intended for couples or groups of friends to laze on and enjoy the warm spring weather. For those with something a little more frisky in mind, there are special tubes intended for romantic pairs or groups that go through a Tunnel of Love that lasts for 10 minutes and affords a pretty decent amount of rose-tinted privacy for lovers to enjoy.
Ever heard of Tough Mudder, the Spartan Race, or Ninja Warrior? Well, something similar is brewing in Riverview. With the weather warming up, several companies in the city have contributed to the construction of a difficult obstacle course with three different levels of difficulty to make it challenging for people of all fitness levels. Featuring just about any obstacle you can think of, it tests participants' running, jumping, climbing, and other athletic prowess. It also tests participants' teamwork skills, since several of the obstacles can't be overcome without a little help from a friend or stranger.
But what about people with super powers? Isn't that an unfair advantage? Yep! It sure is! Any participants in the Mud Run are required to use a power dampener of some sort if they're super powered, so everyone is on the same level. Have fun with that!
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!
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[He has a very serious look in his eyes, like this is a life or death question. He can tackle the fact he was apparently here before another time.]
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I-- yeah, it's fine, Magnus, you're not my dad.
[It's complicated don't @ him.]
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Magnus considers this for a moment.]
Okay then. I approve. But if he messes with you, I'm going to give him a very stern talking to.
[Apparently Magnus Approval is necessary. It is, don't even question him on this. With that out of the way...]
Okay, now what did you say about me being here before? Is there another Voidfish?
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It's a complicated look, but he doesn't want to keep talking about it so this is what he's relying on.]
No voidfish bullshit on this one, it's kinda just how the Quarantine works. You were uh, you'd just got set up in Raven's Roost, didn't even know us at first so that was fucking wild. You-- ohhhh fuck Maggie. You sorta had a boyfriend here, I'll give you a second to sort through whatever that revelation brings.
[He's gonna have to call Dorian like asap.]
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[Magnus almost sort of starts... laughing, incredulously? Taako is taking the situation very seriously, which means this isn't a joke, unless Taako is being especially dickish right now. Which is a possibility. Magnus needs a second to sort through this, okay.
He's very quiet as he does, thinking of what could possibly lead to this.]
Taako, I don't... I'm not...
[Wait, there was some context here. He'd just been set up in Raven's Roost. Then...]
Then... I wasn't...
[Okay, no, he can't finish any sentences right now, that's what you're working with, Taako.]
Who... was he?
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So this is just how it's gonna be.]
Yeah, uh, you weren't. [With Julia, just to confirm that; Taako only knows the bare bones of that still, but he's put most of the pieces together. Magnus met Julia in Raven's Roost, they were in love, Julia died. It sucks.] His name's Dorian and he's still here so that's-- we'll sort that shit out at some point. He's a pretty alright dude, very handsome, so you got that right.
[He resists the urge to say "we're kind of alike" because he mostly means that in terms of being hella emotionally closed off and he won't @ himself like that even if it's true.]
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But more than that, this means this Dorian guy is gonna... Fuck. Magnus can't just pick up the pieces where past-him left off. It doesn't really work like that, not when Magnus hasn't felt ready for a relationship in years. But that means hurting Dorian, whoever he is. A "pretty alright dude".
He's not ready to tackle this, but he has to.]
...I'm gonna need to talk to him, huh?
[To... explain things.]
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Maybe that's why he wants to help.]
You want me to break some shit to him gently first? We've kinda got this thing where he gets drunk while I cook and we talk about feelings or whatever.
[It's a bonding experience. Or something.]
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Then he realizes that Taako extending the offer is a little unprecedented. It's more compassionate and generous than he expects from his normally more closed off friend, at least when it comes to emotional shit.
Magnus takes a deep breath.]
If you think it'll help. It... might be better if he at least knows I'm here before I just show up and...
[Potentially break his heart. Shit, this is so not ideal.]
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[Knowing Dorian even a little bit, Taako has a feeling that's going to involve a lot of alcohol, but that's a bridge they can cross when they get to it.]
I guess that's all the major stuff we're dealing with right now? Do you wanna come check our place out? Barry has some of his crap in your old room cause he was sleeping in there while Lup was sick - long story, she's fine - but we can clear it out if you wanna move in.
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[Makes sense, even if Magnus doesn't know the guy and has no idea how he's going to take it. That's just the problem, isn't it? He doesn't know a thing about Dorian other than that Taako approves of him, which isn't much to go off of.]
Oh-- Yeah? Sure, I deffo wouldn't mind moving in with you guys. Or back in. However that works. It'll be like we're Starblastin' it up again, only better because we won't be dying all the time and stuff!
[Magnus, however, notes mentally that... Lucretia wasn't mentioned in this. Whether that means she's living with them or not will be revealed in time, but... Magnus doesn't want to shut Lucretia out just because of a mistake she made.
He's already forgiven her, after all. They're family.
He'll have to remember to get ahold of her when he can, if she's not there.]
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[Taako gives Magnus a pat on the cheek, just a little bit condescending but in the patented Taako way where there's probably a nice thought behind it.]
Dying every now and then is kinda easier than some of the shit we gotta put up with here.
[It's not that he believes the people in charge are malicious or anything, though he has his reservations about the portal itself, but he's... realized that shit is fucked up, sometimes, and it's hard. Death is death.]
I'm gonna teleport us, you're not gonna puke on me, 'kay.
[It's a request, not a question, because as soon as he's finished talking he pops them both back to the house.]
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He takes a second to recover.]
No, nope, I'm good, I'm good--
[And he collapses into a plush chair.]
Okay. Okay. Nice, uh, nice place you got.
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[Teleporting always seems to upset her stomach a little, too, a side effect that Taako has fortunately been spared, considering how often he wastes spell slots on quick trips around town.]
But you know, thanks. It's been kind of a trip living somewhere, like -- the Bureau doesn't count cause we were just bunking there and after the Starblaster...
[He has a permanent residence and it's weird.]
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What? The Bureau totally counts!
[Magnus doesn't know why, but he's somehow?? offended??? that the Bureau doesn't count? Maybe because he spent a year thinking of it as the first home he's had since, you know.]
We were basically bunking on the Starblaster, too. But, I mean, yeah, there weren't a lot of... house plants or throw pillows, I guess. Or like. Backyards. I did miss having a backyard.
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I was being diplomatic, my man.
[Which is to say, the Bureau isn't any kind of home because their time there is irreversibly tainted by the fact Lucretia was using them and lying to them. There's a reason Taako got rid of his bracer.
But he lets it pass quickly.]
We've got more of a courtyard than a backyard but there's a fire pit, so that's dope. C'mon this way and I'll show you the room.
[He just like - assumes that Magnus is following as he leads him up the loft (it's probably a hell of a lot less staged than the pic lbr).]
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But the moment passes, and it's time to get excited about Magnus' new home.]
A fire pit?? Nice!
[He follows up to the loft and stares at his first new room in basically forever. It's very... domestic, in a way that almost stings. It's a good sting, though.]
Yeah, this is... this is good. I like the... windows. Very open.
[He might be getting a little choked up. He sniffs.]
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Okay, okay, don't get like - weird about it, it's just a room.
[He let Magnus have a hug but he's not dealing with emotions about living space.]
Used to belong to a teenage girl before she bailed on me, so if you find like any guns hidden away they'd be hers.
[Magnus was here previously, sure, but maybe he missed some.]
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[No questions asked about a teenage girl having guns here. Magnus recovered quickly from having his Moment about the room, and instantly starts digging through the room looking for guns or whatever else might be hidden away.
Weird, he's already got like. Clothes. You ever not buy clothes and then your closet was full of clothes that you'd totally buy? Because that weirdness is what Magnus is feeling right now.]
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[He casually leans against the doorframe as he watches Magnus rifle through the room. Taako's the only Taako who's been here, so he can't exactly understand how weird the situation would be, but he can guess that it's strange.]
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[You know, just point and shoot. Not that he's planning on shooting anyone, but like, if a monster gets fresh with someone, it could be handy to have a ranged weapon.
Not turning up any guns right away, he stops rifling through the closets and various other hiding spots and puts his hands on his hips, looking around.]
This room is very... deja vu. It's weird. But cool? But weird. I don't remember being here, but... you know.
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[Taako just makes a note to himself to introduce Magnus to... somehow who knows how to shoot? Cassian? Jyn? That'd be pretty fucking hilarious.]
I uh, yeah, it's gotta be kind of a trip. It's happened to a couple other thugs, the whole - leaving and forgetting shit, so you're not the only one dealing with this shit. But I guess this is all yours now.
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[It's totally the same thing.]
Well.
[He claps a hand down on Taako's shoulder.]
Thanks for taking me in. Back in. You know what I mean.
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I wasn't gonna leave you to the communal housing, I'd never hear the end of it.
[It's not like he offered because he likes having Magnus around.]
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[He knows Lup at least would probably give him shit for it, but it's funnier if Magnus pretends no one else would care.
So Magnus makes a face at Taako.]
You like me, don't you, Taako?
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