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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!
video » @LOKIOFASGARD
The sheer relief of it not being King Loki all but rounds his shoulders forward.
He watches it five times before dredging up the nerve to reply, even more uncertain because (I saw your face in a spell years ago) his twin's older face gives him the creeps. Hairs stand up on the back of his neck when he connects the call, frowning, making use of his screenname; he wears a green hoodie and black jeans, mortal attire, but his eyes are brighter than normal. ]
Charm the entire Quarantine, why don't you.
[ Hello, me. ]
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But it subsides quickly. Nothing has been taken from him (yet) and anger will do him no favors. ]
A place called Quarantine does not require charm.
[ A beat. ]
What are you wearing?
[ There's a hint of incredulity. ]
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[ He doesn't seek to dwell on an explanation right now though, lips quirking as he keeps his gaze level. Judge-y, sure. No other Loki that he has met has ever appreciated Midgardian culture (none but the Boy, although he was always different) and he can afford to be wilfully obtuse. ]
Clothes. What do you plan to do, wander around in armour day and night?
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I would not be wearing that.
[ If Loki must deign to wear mortal clothing, it'll be the good kind. ]
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[ Chin in a hand, he slumps back on his couch and rakes the appearance of his alt-self, squinting as memories surge and blur. This one held a staff, he's sure of it. Maybe if he asks Billy to look back in time later so they can see the image again ... Hm. ]
Are you the one who invaded there with the Chitauri?
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I am he. What of it?
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[ As if bursting onto Midgard with an army was a good idea. Ah, but ... ]
Had the Avengers formed their little group before you appeared on the scene?
[ Time-lines are difficult to pin down when life takes different turns across the multiverse, although some key events stay the same. The otherverse Avengers do seem small in number. ]
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[ And Thanos was not the person Loki wished to cross. He managed to toe the line well enough to gain his army, but the balance of power was clear. And at that point, Loki had nothing but his wits to scramble for. It was a poor deal, one Loki imagines, Thanos will carve out of his skin.
But Thanos would have to catch him first. ]
They had not. Not that they were bursting with camaraderie when they came together either.
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[ Time limits are no great love of his, an organic chaos in his methods brings out the best results for them in his experience. Not that he offers up this thought to a possibly mad Loki. ]
Ah, then you brought them together. [ Long before the Old Man became the God of Evil, then. This new Loki is younger than he expected and for some reason that tinges his wariness with pity. Musing wryly to himself, he mutters, ] You're going to kick yourself for that for years.
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Most likely. But Earth is no longer my concern.
[ There were definite setbacks to the Avengers, but Loki has left behind his earthly ambitions. He's no longer angry towards Thor's love of mortals, their changed existence and how it changed his brother. It still rankles because Loki has not learned to let go, to let it lie in the past where it should remain. Everything that hurts, everything that stings, Loki holds too close. ]
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[ Both his silence concerning a possible second-party in his oddly forthright invasion and the unwillingness to off-load anything but haughty salt.
He remembers being like that. Maybe, if this Loki's universe is younger, Ikol is one of the driving storytellers weaving those horrid tales about himself that he tried to destroy for good, lending gravity to the fates of other Lokis. He fervently hopes not. He doesn't want to carry the baggage of any echoes that leash him to a particular role in any existence. ]
I should think not now that you're stranded on a moon.
[ Rolling with the misdirection, he feels out the other's POV with a gentle nudge. ]
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[ And Loki has no one. He's free of the All-Father, of Asgard's contempt, even Thor. His (faked) death had been the completion Loki was seeking and even though that will be undone when Thor finds him again (which he will. The man has the instincts of a bloodhound), Loki has cut his ties. He is no longer chained to the Loki of the past.
(or is he?) ]
Are you so concerned for my mischief?
[ It's quite clear this is a changed Loki. ]
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[ Just to be a truthful dick about it. ]
Mischief isn't venomous, it doesn't cause harm. It doesn't invade other worlds for fun or seek to rule them, at least, not intentionally. I know myself, of course I'm concerned. [ Cocking his head, he uses his youthful sweet looks to attempt a harmless reply, one that can't help but brim with an undercurrent of untrustworthiness as he bats his lashes. A pretty viper. ] Aren't you?
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You've clearly had time to think about it. Dwelling. No doubt you've done your fair share of damage under the guise of mischief before you came up with that definition.
[ His voice is a low murmur. ] To know yourself, though, is a curious turn of phrase to say to me. Who are you then? Whose skin have you put on?
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I am Loki. I am myself first, last, and always, and I ask again ... aren't you? We ought to speak in person sometime to discuss that.
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[ It's oddly blunt and sharp, almost spontaneous. There is nothing in it for him. Just an invitation to more doubts and second thoughts. Loki has no interest in that any longer. ]
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Because I think you have more than enough free time, for one thing.
[ You lonesome, unpleasant creature. ]
Don't be so defensive. If I wanted to ruin you I wouldn't be so public about it.
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For a moment, glorious and bright, he won. All else pales in comparison. ]
You've already cited plenty of reasons why I should be on my guard. But I suppose you are not wrong. I have time and not much to do with it.
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[ As if there was any doubt as to his Loki-ness, mastering the full-tilt diva act of hanging up without warning ought to assuage it. TTYL, SELF! It's time to collapse and fret for a few hours. ]
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