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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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How... are you?
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still sort of tackling the fact that a good chunk of my life was basically a lie but
i wanted to talk to you about that, actually. i'm not gonna yell at you or whatever but like
in person?
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Of course. I'm more than happy to answer any questions that you have
Or at least, I'll try. You know more about all of this than I do, currently
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i just barely got off the floor after partaking of junior's wastewater when i was suddenly here so
i think you definitely know more than me about how all that happened
can we meet at like
a tavern... or something... are there taverns on this moon
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Let's meet up, pool our knowledge.
Magnus, I'm sorry to be the one to have to break this upsetting news to you but there are no taverns on the moon
There are bars, though. Would you care to join me at a bar? Or a cafe?
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this moon is both better and worse than our moon in so many different ways
a bar i... guess...????
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Actually, never mind, just explain it in person. It might be easier
Here
(And she sends him coordinates through over the messenger to a quiet little bar she likes within the city limits.)
I'll see you soon.
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be safe, see you there!!!
[Magnus arrives rather quickly for someone who's new to the place, orders a braggot, gets offended when they don't have braggot, and then settles for a fucking wheat ale I GUESS. They'd have braggot in a tavern, is all he's sayin'.
He stews over his drink in a quiet corner. He knows Lucretia likes quiet corners, and maybe wouldn't want to announce their whole biz to everyone in earshot.]
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It's not like she can pretend he hasn't noticed her come in, but she still pauses to order a glass of red wine to carry to the table, shooting awkward glances at her phone as she waits. Do they others know that Magnus is here too? How does Taako feel about this, specifically? Last time Magnus has shown up they'd levelled a small street having a fight about whether or not to inoculate him, and she isn't looking for any repeat performances of that any time soon.
But all of that flies out of her brain the moment she sees him; he looks... different. Older. He's weathered her plan's decade well. He looks very handsome, which is a strange thought, though he ruins this almost immediately by giving his beer a filthy look before he sips it. Lucretia pauses, setting her glass down neatly on the table, unsure if hugging is a viable option right now.)
Hello, Magnus.
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But he sees her, sees the person he's just remembered has been his family for the better part of a century, and he doesn't see the person that tore it all away. He just sees Lucretia, and thinks he might not have gotten to see her if the universe had adjusted just so, if she had gone the way of Merle or Davenport and simply never arrived here.
And he stands up immediately and hugs her tightly without another thought.]
Hey.
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Of all the people she's talked to about everything Magnus has perhaps been the most forgiving of them all. Maybe she didn't need to be so nervous; but how couldn't she be? Knowing what's happened to him, all that he's gone though because of her. A mere hug isn't absolution by any stretch of the word, but it does soothe her bubbling panic.
She hugs him back for a long, long moment, as tight as she can.)
Hi.
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He finally, finally steps back, placing his hands on her shoulders.]
You have a lot of explaining to do. But I missed you.
[They were together, certainly. But the Director kept her distance, and Magnus didn't know how deep their bond truly was. He didn't know she was his family, the same as everyone on the Starblaster. That ship was home the way Raven's Roost was home. The way the Bureau became home.]
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Lucretia has to touch the tips of her fingers to the corners of her eyes when he lets her go with a soft sniff; she knows she just saw him, but this is a different Magnus, and she can't help but be overwhelmed by everything that comes with that.)
I know. I'll explain everything, I promise.
(She's hoping that Magnus might explain some things too. She doesn't like to push Taako for information about the Director, as deeply curious as she is about that future side of her. She takes her seat, and has a fairly undignified slurp of wine.)
You came from just being inoculated, correct?
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I was basically still on the floor, yeah. And by basically I mean literally. An action packed episode of remembering. Barry was about to help me up, I think. I barely remember what was actually going on around me, it was just... all of it at once.
[He wasn't there for Lucretia's helping Taako and Merle through remembering, but Barry tried his best. Magnus was certainly not as gently coaxed through a story the way Lucretia, the journal keeper, would have done.]
...All that remembering, and I still don't know why.
[He thinks she was... there, when he forgot. He thinks he saw her crying.]
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As for why... well. She clears her throat.)
Well...
Basically, I was– I wanted to put things right. You remember the state of Abeir-Toril, all... the war, and the chaos. I couldn't stand by and watch it fall to ruin, not when we had the power to fix it. So I decided to take matters into my own hands.
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[Said not without a little bit of bite. Sure, remove the memory of the war and the Relics. But why steal a century spent together? Why tear them apart from one another? Why erase Lup? Why--]
Davenport could barely say anything that wasn't his own name. Lup's entire existence was erased. That's not an explanation.
[But he knows she didn't want to do it. The last thing he saw was her face. That's what keeps him from getting angry.
There was a reason. There had to be.]
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Do you remember the cycle that I spent alone? It wasn't– I didn't find that easy, not by any stretch of the word, but I still did the damn thing, Magnus. I did all of that by myself and I... I thought that I could do it again.
(Her voice is calm. Underneath of the table she's twisting her hands together tightly, digging her nails into the backs of her hands.) You were all suffering so much, I couldn't bear it. I had the thought to put you all someplace you could find happiness and safety until I had rounded up all the relics and converted them back into Light, just... just for a year. It was only supposed to take a year.
But it didn't turn out that way. Davenport– when I tried to erase... um, around the ship, around the mission, too much of him came away with it. Lup disappeared too soon before I could put everything into action and I panicked and–
(She pauses, and exhales, reaching up to pinch the bridge of her nose.) I wish that I... Taako told me that it takes an extra decade before everything comes together. I'm already at two years. I thought that was mistake enough, but this... I'm so sorry, Magnus. I know it's a lot to ask, but please trust that I never meant for it to happen like this.
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[Magnus goes a little quiet, processing this. Raven's Roost was just the product of a mistake. Julia was an accident. Happiness and safety... He could've had it, if only rounding up the Relics were easier done than said.
She's only two years in. She doesn't even know about that. Should he tell her?
...He doesn't want to put that on her shoulders, too.]
A lot happened during that decade. It gets fixed in the end, mostly, but... Lucretia, we're all in this together. You didn't have to do all that yourself. We-- I care about you too much to leave it all up to you.
Just... promise me next time some world-ending danger comes up, you come to us first. Or even just me. Deal?
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Not much, not enough... but Lucretia knows that they were in love. That Magnus and her married. That she died in the raze of Raven's Roost. She isn't sure how to begin addressing that, and he doesn't bring it up, so she remains silent.)
I'm sorry, Magnus. (She repeats, and reaches out to lay her hand lightly over the top of his wrist.) I just– wanted to be able to fix everything for you.
(There's a very tiny, unbidden part of her that knows she had imagined a repeat of the triumph, too. Like the aftermath of cycle sixty five, when they had all marvelled over how capable she was, how she had saved all of them, all by herself. When they had told her that they were so proud of her.
Not so much this time, huh.)
Deal, (she says, and her voice comes out a little tight and funny. She clears her throat, repeats herself.) It's a deal.
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He can understand it. He can't understand leaving them out of it, but he can understand the need to take matters into her own hands.
After all, didn't Lup do the same?]
I'm holding you to it, Luce!
[He points across the table at her.]
I better not find out you're conspiring on your own to bring world peace! Moon peace! Whatever!
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I have no grand plans for the Quarantine as of yet. I'm taking a fucking break for once, Magnus; this is like a paid vacation.
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[So there.]
But a vacation from the Hunger sounds pretty nice.
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(She laughs, and this time it's genuine.)
I've been here for a year, Magnus. I almost feel settled. The Hunger can take a back seat for a bit: it's Lucretia's time.
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A year... Well. It's a nice place to settle. As long as you're enjoying yourself.
[Magnus isn't quite "settled" yet, still sort of anxious about the whole Hunger thing, but you know... He's been told it goes well, and he's still barely gotten here. Maybe he'll settle. Maybe it'll be a whole thing.]
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Yes.
(Honestly, this is a touchy subject because she is enjoying herself. She's made a facsimile of a life for herself here and she knows that she has to leave it the moment the portal opens back up to take her home.)
Maybe a little too much so.
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