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quaranmeme2018-06-20 06:40 pm
riverview: june 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 47 Character Slots available.
● Reserves are currently OPEN. Applications are currently CLOSED and will open on August 1st 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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After the unveiling of the newly cleaned-up amusement park, it's been going strong, open to the public and seeing heavy traffic flow from residents of the City. After all, it's been a while since a new attraction opened in Riverview. Slowly but surely, the people in charge of the park have been keeping it open later and later into the evening, testing the strength of the wall and trying to see how many monsters the bright lights and cheerful music and chattering crowds draw.
And it's all seemed to be just perfect - until the middle of June. It started with a few little critters, mostly the size of toy poodles and vaguely crablike, they skittered around the bottom of the laser fences, testing the strength of it. And then more of them started coming. By the 20th, there are probably hundreds of little toy poodle sized crab critters prodding at the fence, making a racket and making the guests nervous. Not a huge deal, not at first.
But apparently toy poodle sized crabs are really delicious, because predators have started coming over to the fence to feed on them. Between the horde of crab-critters and the marauding predators, there's starting to be a dangerous buildup of pressure against the fences.
The Perimeter Guard is putting out a call for anyone willing to help disperse the horde, and the owners of the amusement park are throwing in vouchers for free passes to the park (and all the fun rides!) for anyone who takes up the call. Care to join?
The amusement park isn't only the place where pint-sized monster pests are showing up - they're everywhere. Inside the city, they're a little smaller but far more insidious, and almost impossible to get rid of on a large scale. After a bit of consideration, the Government, in cooperation with the Perimeter Guard, has decided to set up a little competition to help with a bit of pest control. A scavenger hunt!
From the 20th of June until the 20th of July, the Government will be offering a reward to anyone who can prove they have 'taken care of' 5 or more each of the four pests causing mayhem in the city - a mildly-poisonous leathery-winged reptile that feeds on eyeballs, a mutated rat-like creature that likes to nest in the hair of sleeping people and animals and has a high-pitched scream that can cause disorientation, a beautifully sparkly delicate moth-like creature that causes intense mood swings through pheromones and hormones, and a creature that looks exactly like the standard domesticated foxes many residents keep as pets but who spit fire when angry.
The reward for bringing in proof of taking out 5 of each of these pests will be around 250 Units, or a gift or gift certificate of equivalent value.
Perimeter Guard Captain Anali Apple has released a statement regarding this challenge: 'And to all the animal lovers out there, if you've got a problem with killing these guys, then by all means go gather them up before they get killed. We'll reward people who catch and release, long as they're not in the city.'
Welcome to Riverview Quarantine! What's your talent?
Everyone who arrives in the Quarantine gets a short interview to try to place them in an appropriate job, but this month it's a little different. With Carnivale and its focus on creative performances right around the corner, the Orientation teams are asking an extra question - do you want to join a talent show? Characters new and old are invited to attend and perform in the Riverview's Got Talent show on a large stage in the city center, performing any kind of talent they might have, from singing to dancing to art to martial arts to magic or anything else you can imagine! After the performances, there will be free refreshments and a meet and greet so performers can get some feedback on their performance (please be kind!).
Since new characters or players may feel a bit shy jumping in on this one, there will be a mod-posted subthread for existing players to post up a quick description of a performance their character might put on for new arrivals to respond to. Any existing players should keep their top-levels to this prompt and this sub-thread, and only new characters should be responding to them - if you want to play out talent show performances and interactions with two characters already in the game, please post it on the logs community.
Residents new and old might notice advertisements going up around the city for a brand new restaurant - the Blind Date Café. A pioneering concept by a born romantic in the city, the Café is a concept business where it's Dragosta (the celebration of romantic love) all year around! Singles, or people who are into polyamory, can come to the Café and tell the host/ess what their romantic preferences are (gay, straight, bisexual, asexual, etc.) and be seated at complete random with someone else at the Café who has compatible preferences. Once the random pairing is seated, they can order from a pretty standard restaurant menu at one of the lovely flower-and-candle adorned tables with a complimentary glass of wine each (for the first 100 customers!) and share a nice romantic meal.
Paired up with someone you don't get along with? That's just fine. You can totally take your meal to go. Paired up with someone you really like, and you both decide to go on a second date? Both meals are on the house!
And what about people who just aren't into romance? Well, thankfully one of the preferences you can pick is 'platonic,' in which case you'll be sat with someone who might just be your new best friend...or your future worst enemy! Who knows?
New arrivals to the city (as played on the TDM) will receive a voucher to the Blind Date Café with their welcome to the city, entitling them to a free meal.
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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Fixing himself another beer, he shakes his head. ]
It's a huge thing to turn away a traveller. Asgard's winters were insanely harsh to the point of mirroring Jotunheim at one point, so it became a matter of life and death to help out those passing through. They had the right to invoke safe hearth and home for a night, at least, in order to save their soul.
It caught on with the mortals too, once they'd evolved enough. No offence.
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None taken. [ Owen drawls, chuckling. Look at them, they're slightly less hairy monkeys who can stand upright. And build shit with wheels. ]
In that case, I'm officially invoking my traveler rites. O, generous Loki, please let me crash on your couch. [ Maybe use his shower, too. ]
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[ He bows his head, bottle held in an extended grip because he can't curtsey on a couch but he can go through the obvious motions, and after a flurry of activity as his hair grows out, when he lifts his head again Loki is no longer a man.
Just to get the upper hand on Owen's sarcasm, she grins. ]
I actually am a princess.
[ More smug than anything else currently, however. ]
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Owen ends up snorting some beer up his nose, choking on his drink. Just in case anyone's keeping score, yes, Loki's definitely got the upper hand now. ]
Jesus Christ, what the— [ He coughs, trying to clear his throat while staring at Loki. Then staring some more. (There's a lot of Loki to stare at.) ] Couldn't give a guy a heads up, huh?
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I'm still me, I'm always me. [ One of her legs stretches out to rest an ankle on his knee as her smile widens. Her foot jiggles merrily. ] I could turn into a snake just like our friend, if you'd prefer.
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I don't know... would you still be able to talk to me as a snake? [ He raises an eyebrow, lips twitching a bit. His leg moves, knee nudging back against her ankle. ] Not that I'm asking you to. No offense to Freyja or anything, but you're much nicer to look at like this.
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How charming! I've not been told so when a woman for quite some time. Usually my boyfriend is only attracted to me as a man, physically speaking. I may just remain as I am to eke out far more of your flattery!
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[ Could be having double the fun, eyyyy. ]
Enjoy it while it lasts. I'll get used to it eventually. [ Maybe. Like, way down the line. Right now, he's still kinda stunned. ]
God. This place really is insane. [ He shakes his head, taking a really long swig from his beer. And he thought he'd seen it all. ]
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[ A little attention in every form is always welcome, if not craved. ]
Where you're from, the oddest thing is the park full of dinosaurs, then? [ She pauses for a second, shaking her head. ] That came off condescending, sorry. I think that's pretty out there too, for the record.
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[ Not that Owen will ever cease sparing attention her way. He's weak like that. ]
Well, I've seen only a little of what you can do, and it's already more than I've ever thought possible. [ She's probably earned the right to come off at least a bit condescending. ] But yes, I'd say that's as wild as it's ever gotten in my world. Pun not intended.
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You talk about the new park as if you know it well.
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[ He shrugs, mouthing his last piece of bacon, then taking a drink from his beer. ]
And before you ask, I worked with the velociraptors.
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I love raptors! How in the name of Odin's beard are you not mincemeat between their gnashers right now? Have you ever petted one? Did it have feathers?
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I raised them, actually. Yes to petting, no to feathers. Which isn't to say that velociraptors didn't have them originally, just... not the ones in my pack.
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How did you raise them? Did you get bitten often? Have you ever petted one of the T-Rexes?
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[ He trails off, heading on a brief stroll down memory lane, nail of his thumb scratching along the edge of the beer label. ]
Blue never bit me. She was... special. Different from the others.
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Was she alright when you last saw her, this Blue?
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[ He purses his lips, drinking just so he has something to do. A distraction. ]
That was over two years ago, but she's still there. On that island.
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[ Chewing her lip, she looks pensively between Owen and his beer. ]
I've, uh, petitioned the portal for things from home before. In my experience sometimes it listens, if you ... wanted to ask it to bring her here. To the outer jungle.
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[ Probably for the best, Owen's told himself over and over in the past. At least the animals get to roam free on their own, without human interference. Until they all die out again eventually. ]
Bringing a velociraptor here? [ He says it with some skepticism, not allowing himself to even entertain that possibility. ] Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
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I could ... be of assistance, perhaps. Maybe. [ To clarify; ] I could track her with a spell.
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[ God, no, he shouldn't even be remotely considering this. He was fine not having Blue around before. He'll be fine now too. ]
Why? I mean— why are you offering to help?
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[ It's a funny sort of question from Loki's perspective and it prompts a wry smile. ]
She won't find her way here on her own, sounds like, and you could be around for five years at a minimum if the portal doesn't send you home before then. I've been on this moon almost two years and I only saw my brother last month: now he's gone again.
You obviously miss her a lot already.
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Whether I miss her or not is irrelevant. I wasn't going to see her again back home, either. [ He wouldn't go back into that island just to find Blue. He's not crazy. ] What I meant is, why are you offering to help me? We've only just met.
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I've been trying to be ... better. With people and, ah, in general I suppose. I didn't used to be so obliging. [ She winces, wrinkling her nose as her tone turns flatly frank. ] I was actually pretty awful.
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