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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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The bit of information about Osomatsu's house has the fifth born startle like he's just heard some shocking news, his eyes turning into a cat shape with large pupils. ]
No way! You didn't steal it or anything like that?
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Nah. I guess a lot's changed... it's been a little over a year since I've seen you, even if you probably just saw me yesterday or something. We're all working? It's weird.
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It's no use thinking about it too much, and he knows that. He skips ahead of Ichimatsu and wriggles his sleeves in front of him, suddenly looking excited again. ]
I'll believe it when I see it! Lead the way, nii-san!
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It's not leading if you're in front of me.
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[ His slippers slide across the ground as he turns on his heels and trots back towards Ichimatsu, going past him and then half-gently and half-roughly shoving him forward. ]
It's fine like this, yeah? Now you can lead!
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Looks like it. Steer to the left?
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[ With that he starts moving along with Ichimatsu, pushing him in the direction indicated as he's not at all bothered by his broher's weight. Did Ichimatsu-niisan become a car now?! ]
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...it's not home, quite, but. It works.
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When he sees the house, he ogles at it in marvel, his sleeves flapping at his sides as if he's a penguin. ]
It wasn't a joke then?! Waaah it's real! So pretty!
[ After the initial surprise he shows a gaping smile again. ]
Gimme a tour of the place, Ichimatsu-niisan!
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...We'll get you a key made when I'm done showing you around.
[The tour is largely uninteresting-- they still share a bedroom, a futon to boot, but it's only three of them. Soon to be four, and Ichimatsu can't quite shake the numb tingling excitement of that notion. It's foreign in a weird way to have Jyushimatsu around again, but he wouldn't trade it for anything. The spare room is just that-- spare. Furnished, but empty, other than a station of sorts where Ichimatsu feeds his four (4) cats. ...That's a story for another time, though. He shows him the main room, the bathroom, and then frowns for a while at an odd set of stairs that disappear into a hatch at the ceiling.]
...I've got a greenhouse on the roof, you wanna come see that?
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[ It may be uninteresting, but Jyushimatsu will be zooming in every detail that catches his attention (pretty much everything) as his eyes sparkle in delight. Their old house has nothing on this super pretty place, although the feeling of homesickness will sit in him for a long time. Might as well focus on things that make him excited, like the greenhouse Ichimatsu has just mentioned. ]
Yeah! Lemme see, nii-san! Come on, come on!
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Careful, these stairs are kinda steep. You're welcome up here whenever, just mind the cats, this hatch closes kinda hard and they like to follow you up here.
[As he says this, one of the kittens seems to appear out of thin air and scamper up the stairs with them, waiting patiently near the hatch. Ichimatsu chuckles, and pushes it open for her.]
That's Momo. There are two others running around, a black one and a white one, and you remember Nyanko.
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[ He just nods through Ichimatsu's speech, tailing behind him. It's awesome how there's a greenhouse on the roof, and he can't wait to play around and chill with Ichimatsu without the risk of falling down like with those unstable shingles in their old house.
Then he sees the kitten and coos at it on reflex, following it with his gaze. He turns to Ichimatsu again and beams at the mention of Nyanko. ]
He's here too? I wanna see him!
[ He flails giddily as if he didn't see Nyanko just a few days ago. ]
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[He nudges the hatch in the roof open the rest of the way and braces it with his shoulders, gesturing for Jyushimatsu to head on up.]
It shouldn't be locked, but don't touch any of the plants until I'm up there.
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Mhmmmm! I won't!
[ He makes a further affirmative noise and follows right after Ichimatsu, climbing up with ease. He might be some unruly little shit, but if Ichimatsu tells him not to do a thing he'll try his hardest to remember and be good. The excitement can be read all over his face. He's a bottomless pit of eagerness right now. ]
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[Your brother might have become kind of a drug dealer while you weren't looking, Jyushimatsu.]
[He holds the door open for him and gestures for him to follow, the calico cat sprawling elsewhere in the sun.]
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[ He's a faithful boy and will follow his immediate big brother anywhere! Even if said big brother becomes a drug lord and spreads his dark power all over Riverview. Curious beyond what should be allowed, Jyushimatsu bolts past Ichimatsu and looks at the inside of the greenhouse with hyper fast darting eyes.
What is this future drug lord hiding? ]
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[For the most part, they all just look like normal plants, but beneath each of them is a marker with a name, scrawled in Japanese alongside something written in roman letters-- he's not sure what the original language of Bajikan was, but the plans all had Western-sounding names, to start. He found Japanese equivalents mostly for his own ease, because trying to pronounce a bunch of Western-named plants all the time got real old and made Karamatsu entirely too happy that his dark-minded little brother was practicing English.]
[Anyway, weird plants. He does, at least, have some normal shit growing, too.]
...guess I never figured myself the type to garden, but.
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His gaze skips over the names as he gives them not much thought. When he's sure he took in every feaure of each plant, he turns to Ichimatsu and tilts his head. ]
What made Ichimatsu-niisan want to raise a garden, I wonder? You never mentioned wanting to do anything like that back home!
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Ah... it's, kind of a long story, I guess. [Or you could simplify it, but you don't want to.]
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[ He brings his sleeves on his mouth to cover it, noting the trouble drawn all over Ichimatsu's features. ]
Is it a bad story? Do you not wanna talk about it?
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Not... exactly? It's not great but I guess it could be worse... [He just might leave out the part about finding a desecrated body in space.]
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[ Jyushimatsu can be considerate at times. If it's a bad memory he doesn't want to dig it up and make Ichimatsu sad. ]
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...maybe another time, then. [It's a lot to talk about, and not all of it is bad, but it's... Just a lot, really.]
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I wanna help you with the plants! Maybe we can make this greenhouse even prettier than it already is!