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riverviewooc2017-04-20 11:42 am
riverview: april 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!
● Reserves are currently OPEN.
● Applications open on May 1st.
● 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 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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Recently, a team of skilled explorers went out into the jungle to the Northwest of the city to follow up on several sightings of a giant lizardlike behemoth that's been skulking around outside the walls, a creature whose level of aggression (and therefore how dangerous it might be) was unknown. The team, while not exactly as stealthy as they were supposed to be, did manage to find the creature, which they found to have about the intelligence and temperament of a very, very, very large dog. And whom they named Liam.
Having established that the behemoth (which is around the size of a blue whale, snakelike in shape, but with four legs, brown striated scales, large claws and teeth, bad breath, and an affinity for face-licking) is not an intentional danger to the city, the authorities could not rule out the idea that it might cause accidental damage to the city, walls, or crops around the city. As a result, research has been done and a new mission has been drafted and recruited for - baiting the behemoth. The objective of this large-scale mission is for many small, quick-moving teams to take behemoth bait deep into the jungle for the purpose of luring the massive but mostly-harmless creature away from the city and hopefully to a new, less-inhabited feeding area. There is room for many different teams, and all of them should be heading deep into the jungle heading directly away from the city, going Northwest. The authorities in question have come up with a wide variety of food and pheromone scented lures that range from mild to truly stinky, so which type your team gets is up to you.
Each lure is small enough to fit in a cage-shaped canister that can be carried like a backpack by one person with average strength, and each lure-carrier will need to be accompanied by at least one or two fighters. Why, when the behemoth is peaceful? Well....
The behemoth might not be aggressive, but unfortunately it's picked up some unwelcome companions. After last month's near-disaster where a colony of lizardlike monsters had taken up residence in tunnels under the city, wreaking havoc in the power grid, and were subsequently either killed or flushed out of the underground, some of the local fauna has been bumped down the food chain.
The fauna in question is a very large pack of mammalian six-limbed creatures that usually live in the trees and hunt oversized insects in the underbrush. When the lizards escaped the underground into the surrounding jungle, and drastically reduced the population of the insects the mammals usually feed on, the predators became parasites, attacking the only thing left that is more docile than the insects they usually feed on - the behemoth. These creatures are quick-moving, well-camouflaged in the jungle with mottled brown-and-green fur, and sport massive teeth and long tongues that allow them to stick to whatever surface they land on.
Hungry as they are, they will make no distinction between the behemoth's juicy hide and the lure-carrying teams that are trying to help it. Hopefully, their ranks can be thinned enough that the behemoth survives the trip to its new home.
Not everyone is cut out for missions into the jungle or cleaning up angry predatory parasite monsters, but that doesn't mean that staying home means being safe from the weird things that come out of the portal. In the early morning of April 20th, drawn by the warmth of the rising sun, a massive swarm of rainbow-colored fireflies emerges from the portal into the quarantine. Unlike regular fireflies, though, they are bright enough to glow even during the day, and these bugs have bite! While generally harmless aside from stinging a little, the bite of the rainbow fireflies causes certain kinds of emotional response to become heightened, depending on the color of the firefly in question. While scientists have never run into these bugs before and have no idea how it works, they can cause this effect in any kind of sentient creature that is capable of emotion, including androids and characters that are usually unaffected by substances. The effects on emotions are as follows:
| ● RED: Lust/Anger ● ORANGE: Honesty/Openness ● YELLOW: Fear/Anxiety |
● GREEN: Jealousy/Envy ● BLUE: Sadness/Grief ● VIOLET: Love/Affection |
When a character is bitten, the effects on their emotions can last anywhere from an hour to a week, depending on the character's psychology and resistance to certain emotions - for example, if a character has a hard time dealing with their grief, the effect of a blue firefly may last longer than other colors. How the characters manifest the heightened emotional response or sensitivity is up to the individual player, as different body chemistry or other circumstances might change how characters are affected. Red firefly bites have a 50/50 chance of affecting a character with lust or anger, though characters who have not reached sexual maturity (underage characters) won't get get the lust effect.
Firefly effects can be easily avoided simply by avoiding the fireflies. It won't take long for some of the geniuses in the Quarantine to start making and distributing firefly repellent, and characters can expect sales of mosquito tents to skyrocket.
These alien fireflies have a lifespan of around a month, and they are unable to procreate outside their native environment, which means the last of them will be dying off around May 20th.
CLARIFICATION: In response to a player question, the effects of the fireflies CAN layer, so they can be affected by more than one at the same time. Red fireflies with the lust effect don't make characters incapable of controlling themselves, just heighten feelings of arousal/desire.
Whether your character is posting up a silly word game to distract people from the dangerous mission going on, 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.
Many thanks to
mistojen for coding this especially for Riverview!Choose your own adventure and do something else in the setting!
Prompto Argentum | FF XV
01 [ Prompto feels like a pack mule—No, definitely correct that! He feels like a chocobo darting to and fro through a forest with a damn behemoth on his heels! If he ever rides one again, he'll never take the bird for granted. Ever. Not after this haul. ]
How much further is it?
[ He's trying not to make it sound like a whine, more of a inquiry, but him and his two bodyguards know he's itching to dump and run as soon as possible. Not only from the monster following them, but from all these blood-thirsty bugs chewing at his arms. ]
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02 [ Aww yeah, on the flip side, this is pretty heroic being the guard. His gun may not be in sight, but Prompto is on high alert. He's all over the place like an excited dog looking for predators and sniffing out clues to keep the cargo safe. The cargo being the person lugging a small bait cage further into the thick forest. ]
Man, this is just like a fantasy game. Mission got, now to mission complete...
[ Forgive him, but Prompto is in his own little world at the moment enjoying the atmosphere of an MMO all around him. ]
FRIENDR
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[ That's not just you getting into character, Chocobro. That's the sound of a rapidly approaching bird, claws raking up the dirt and gravel as it pounds away in hot pursuit of some fleeing monster that is just not havin' it. Gladio gives up the chase when his eyes fall on a familiar
chocobutthairstyle. ]Oi, Prompto! Need a lift?
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[ He is insanely envious right now despite the grin running from ear to ear. Total envy right here in his heart oh em gee. ]
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[ Gladio swings one leg after another off the Chocobo and lands heavily. The Chocobo ruffles it's black feathers and fluffs up. ]
Out in the wild, if you can believe it. I think I can get you one, too. [ Gladio throws an arm around Prompto's shoulders and musses up his hair with the other, then takes his burden from him. This is the price to pay for what he's got to offer you. ]
Go on, take him for a spin. He's restless.
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[ He throws a thumb back at the poor person behind him. ]
I don't have time for a spin. [ And while he has conviction and pride in his voice, it's clear the way his eyes slide to the chocobo he is a little torn. ] Even if I'd want to.
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it's friendr as promised
[This is not the swipe right you were dreaming about.]
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now my dream has been realized!!! /o/
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youre captivated by my cheesy line
others will DEF follow
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1/2
2/2
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ooops codefail u saw nothing
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friendr
bada bada bada bada
what song?
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if youre happy and you know it
clap your hands???
[ Don't put him on the spot, Iris! It never ends well. ]
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Bet you're making a lot of new friends with that friendr thing!
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bet youre makin bank right?
or does Gladio have to screen all your friends first hahaha
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friendr
Are your rates competitive? Fufu, nevermind that, actually. If I can see your work, then I'll gladly offer my own price well worth it. ♪ What do you say?
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maybe this is just me but
mmmaaaybe dont type out your devious laughter next time
because now Im concerned :|
what do you even want photographed dude
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I'm an idol, you know, so photographs of my performances are what I'm hoping for. Or things like photo-shoots where I can make myself known.
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like a singer?
thats pretty cool dude!
yeah I mean Id be down for that
lemme send u some pics from my camera
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And then the victory music plays, right?
[ Look, Rose might not be as video game savvy as some people but she knows a thing or two. Turns out roadies love to play games in their down time after shows. She spent many a night couch surfing watching or helping complete games both old and new. ]
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You're sure you're okay, right? The bait isn't too heavy?
[ He's pretty much a beanstalk himself, but Prompto's used to hauling camping equipment around. A bait cage wouldn't be any worse. ]
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[ She'll have to play guitar for him someday now. Not that she really needs an excuse to play the guitar ever. ]
Psht, I'm fine! Trust me, I'm a roadie. I carried speakers bigger than me before.
[ ... With the help of other people, of course. ]
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FRIENDR
[ Sorry, Prompto. You've stirred the curiosity of a less than modern sort from a place where music is a Big Thing. ]
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its a device that takes pictures
[ Not helpful, but he tried. ]
oh I have LOTS of songs in my heart
too many to count
I just cycle thru them depending on my mood at the time
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[ Is it some sort of enchanted construct that it could maybe do something like that? And forcibly? She's pretty persistent when her curiosity is aroused. ]
I wonder what you sound like now. People can be so very full of surprises.
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it captures an image of whatever you point the camera at
its pretty awesome
takes a lot of skill ;)
uhhh according to my friends
high-pitched and obnoxious
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