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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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"A surgeon and anatomist," he answers. "I studied at the Royal College of Surgeons at Edinburgh, and before I came here, I served as a surgeon on the HMS Erebus."
Well. Assistant surgeon, at least at first, and then events eventuated.
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"What kind of ship is the HMS Erebus?" It's not exactly jumping out on a limb here for Alex to assume that when she says 'ship' she's not talking about the space kind here. He doesn't have that kind of aura, especially when coupled with his facial hair.
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"The Erebus is—" he can't quite bring himself to say was, "—an exploration vessel; that is to say, she was a Royal Navy bomb vessel converted to polar exploration. She sailed in company with the Terror to Antarctica, and then to the northern Arctic, which is when I joined her crew."
This part is easy to talk about, at least.
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"Wow." Alex says that a lot, but she actually looks really impressed when he says that they were in the Arctic. Unfortunately, her history there is more than a little rocky, so she doesn't have much to go on other than: "that must have been really intense. And difficult."
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"Victor Frankenstein?" A frown. "He shares the name of the character?"
He’d read that novel years ago, as a student. Fiction didn’t take hold of him the way it did for other men and women he knew, but he had liked and respected it well enough.
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A beat. "I know it's a lot to take in, but I do promise you will get used to it eventually. Everyone does. It can just take longer for some people than others." Her eyes meet his, and she gives him a reassuring smile. Because if her partner can accept this, then anyone can if they just let themselves. After all, fighting against reality isn't helpful or good for anyone.
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"I...see," he says slowly. "I cannot pretend that it is anything but strange to me—but there is much I have had to accept as real in the last several days, and so what is one more strange thing?"
He smiles; it’s not, perhaps, the most convincing smile. But he’s trying.
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Of course, that didn't mean that Alex wasn't going home as soon as she was able to leave with Strand. They had a choice to make in the real world where they ended up saving it or well, running away so that Warren or whatever couldn't force him to open the door. Either way, staying wasn't really an option.
"But it does get easier, really. Eventually you'll just be like 'this guy is from the future and lives on a space ship. Cool.' Or 'Yeah, that guy just totally did magic, not a big deal at all."
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"I look forward to that day," he says, a little ruefully. "On another subject—may I ask, what is your occupation here?"
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"I'm a journalist, both here and back home. At home I work for an independent company called Pacific Northwest Stories, but here I work for the Riverview News Service."
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