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riverview: april test drive meme

riverview test drive meme

Welcome 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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prompt i: baiting the behemoth

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....

prompt ii: pest control service

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.

prompt iii: rainbow bite

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.

prompt iv: friendr/network

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.

Code to post your character's bio is in the textbox below, or you can just do a text version of the information in the app. An example of how it looks can be found here.

<center><blockquote style="width: 220px; margin: 0; padding: 0px; background-image: url('http://i42.tinypic.com/2uf53s4.jpg'); font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana; border-radius: 20px; text-align: center;"><div style="padding: 10px 0 0 0; text-align: center;font-size: 25px; font-weight: 900; font-style: italic; color: #528887; text-shadow: -2px 2px 2px rgba(150, 150, 150, 1);">F<span style="font-size: 16px;">RIENDR</span></div>
<center><img src="ICON URL HERE" style="border-radius: 50%; width: 70px; height: 70px; box-shadow:-3px 3px 2px 0px rgba(82, 136, 135, .75);"></center>
<center><div style="width: 210px; background-color: #528887; color: #fff; padding: 5px; font-size: 14px;">Name of Character</div></center>
<center><div style="width: 210px; background-color: #528887; color: #fff; padding: 5px; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"><b><small>AGE:</small></b> ##
<b><small>INTERESTED IN:</small></b> Male/Female/Any
<b><small>SEEKING:</small></b> Type(s) of Relationship(s)
<b><small>ABOUT ME:</small></b> Blurb goes here, can be as long or short as you wish.</div></center><br>
</blockquote></center>

Many thanks to

mistojen for coding this especially for Riverview!

prompt v: wildcard

Choose your own adventure and do something else in the setting!

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[jungle image is by Armand Serrano and Paul Lasaine]

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i (bait)

[He might be stuck here, but in some ways it isn't so bad. No-one here knows more of him than what he's willing to tell them, which is almost like a fresh start. Back home has his new team who might need him, his mom who he misses- and maybe something with Billy, he hopes, although it's still pretty new to him- but he's determined to stay cheerful about it as much as he can. No-one likes someone who mopes too much, after all.

While he's here, though, he might as well be useful where he can, so he volunteers for bait duty. He's a little young to do all that much and he doesn't really have much in the way of useful skills, but he does have enough strength to make carrying the bait effortless, he's hard to hurt, and he can shift his sense of smell off, which he has to admit he did pretty quickly after smelling the bait.

He's just waiting for his accompanying guards, because although he's almost certain he doesn't need them, it would be nice to maybe have the company. At least, he hopes so, giving the approaching person a small smile.]

Hi. Ready to go? I think they want this out of here pretty soon, and I don't blame them.

ii? (pests or paranoia?)

[It's been a long but not unpleasant walk. Teddy's quite happy to travel silently or listen as his companion sees fit, at least until he catches something out the corner of his eye. They'd said there might be danger, but Teddy isn't going to panic just yet.

He should probably warn who he's travelling with, though, so he looks sideways, staying as calm as he can.]

I'm not sure, but we might have company. You seen anything?

iii (yellow firefly)

[He saw the bug that bit him all right- hard to miss something that violently yellow. But he barely has time to think about it before the effects start settling in, and his breath catches. He's surrounded by people, and although he knows they're probably paying no attention to a teenage boy they don't know, he can't help feeling suddenly anxious about what they think of him. Are they laughing at him, do they want something from him, is he just irrelevant to them entirely?

He almost wants to leave, but- what if people notice he's acting weird? What will they think about him? And does he really want to be alone right now?

Moving carefully, he tries to find somewhere to sit, although it's hard when he also wants to keep an eye on the people around him. His gaze skitters over everyone, breath a little too quick for normal, at least until he finds somewhere a little quieter where he can settle with his head in his hands, trying to get his breath under control.]

iv friendr

[He honestly feels silly posting it, but- if anyone he knows is here, at least they'll be able to find him this way.]

FRIENDR

Teddy Altman

AGE: 16
INTERESTED IN: friends
SEEKING: old friends, mostly, but new ones would be nice too
ABOUT ME: Interests mostly include movies, videogames, basketball, and maybe exploring. I'm really not good at writing these...

[Billy had suspected a pretty routine task, honestly. Guard the guy carrying the bait, make sure no one gets hurt-- the usual stuff he's tasked with that he's gotten used to over the last couple of months. It's just he hadn't expected to see one Teddy Altman standing there. One that looks-- younger.

Maybe no one else would have noticed right off the bat, but Billy has spent years ridiculously in love with the guy to notice all the slight little differences. Longer hair, rounder face. Still all the piercings though, so there's that at least.

It's enough to make his heart feel like it's stopped beating for a moment, to make him pause in his steps.]

Hey--

[The word comes out hesitantly, drawn out as he struggles for words. It's not often that Billy Kaplan is speechless but this certainly achieved it.]

Um. I mean, yeah. We should definitely... do that.

[That was totally not as smooth as he meant it to be, but seriously. What is he supposed to say here? "Hey, Teddy, what's the last thing you remember so we can compare notes?"]

[For a moment, it almost looks like Billy is walking towards him, and his smile gets a little brighter, breath held for a moment. If Billy is here, things can't be that bad, right?

But once he gets closer, the differences get clearer, and he has to fight to hold on to his original expression, faking it as best he can- hopefully pretty well, given the practice he has at it. It's not the other guy's fault he looks so much like Billy, enough to be his older brother if Billy had one, and Teddy shouldn't make him feel uncomfortable for not being who he wants to see.]

...I guess so. Sure you're ready?

[Because whoever he is, he seems kind of flustered. Maybe it's the bait, or maybe it's the job they're about to do, Teddy isn't sure.]

I'm Teddy, by the way. What do I call you?

Billy.

[He tries to calm himself back down, offering up a smile instead. It might not be the most natural thing, but-- he doesn't want to weird Teddy out either.]

Sorry, you just startled me, I guess. [Putting it lightly, anyway.]

You're Teddy... as in Altman, right? Hulkling?

[It wouldn't be the first time he's seen a familiar face around here that ended up being... really different after all.]

[The use of his other name, and Billy's introduction, means he has to start again. Before he'd been trying to discard the similarities and focus on the differences; now he has to do the exact opposite. It's much easier, considering there's a lot more similarities.]

Asgardian?

[He doesn't mean to sound so shocked, but... he can't help it. He doesn't even really know how to act now, without any idea of whether they stay together or not.]

...Sorry. That's me, sure, but... Billy?

Wiccan now, actually. Someone pointed out all the really bad gay jokes that could be made with a name like that.

[Ouch. This Teddy really... is very young. He shifts his weight, idly rubbing at the back of his neck.]

Hey, Teddy. Um, don't be surprised... there are a lot of faces around here that might be familiar and... not. Iron Man, two Captain Americas... The Falcon who didn't even know he was big enough to be recognizable.

[His mom and not the one Teddy's probably met...]

Oh. Sorry. I'll try and remember that.

[...It's kind of easier to deal with the metaphysical implications of how there can be two Caps than it is to deal with the implications of someone who may or may not be his boyfriend from the future. Especially as Billy doesn't seem all that happy to see him.

Teddy isn't even sure he wants to ask, in case he stirs up some kind of mess. He makes himself be still and not fidget awkwardly, pretending the whole thing isn't all that weird with another small, practised smile.]

Two Captain Americas? Like... the original and one of the replacements from the 50s, or time travel, or alternate universes?

No-- it's fine. Nothing to apologize for.

[He takes in a breath, tries to relax. It's just-- this is so bizarre.

But he doesn't want Teddy to feel-- weird. Unwelcome here. He gives an easier smile.]

Alternate universes, definitely. But they're both pretty awesome, so... there's that? [He nods his head.]

We should probably get moving too, right? We can talk on the way or something.

Well, sure. It's Captain America, I don't see how he couldn't be awesome.

[The First Avenger can't be anything else, no matter how angry Eli gets about him.

He gives Billy a look, quick and not all that reassured. If he finds it weird, he's pretty sure Billy does too.]

Are you sure? I mean- I can probably do this on my own. Or they could probably find me another guard...

Teddy, no way. You're assigned guards for a reason, you know.

[And yeah, he knows that Teddy is strong, nearly invincible really, but... he can't just let him go either.]

Sorry I was being weird-- it's just. I haven't seen you-- the one that I know in months. I wasn't expecting this, that's all.

It'll be fine. I can always fly out if things get too bad.

[And... that really doesn't sound good for their relationship. Months? Is that since Billy got here, or before? He shifts his weight slightly, the only sign of discomfort he allows himself.]

You don't need to be sorry. It's kind of weird, right?

It's weird, but-- You're Teddy. We always work the best together, right?

[Well, mostly-- when one or the other isn't run off doing a dumb thing, at least.]

Don't worry about it.

Well... mostly, I guess we do. At least we don't argue all the time.

[They work together just fine when they're not distracted, at least. It's much better than Nate and Eli, always butting heads. And at least it sounds like they're still something in the future, even if it's friends.]

If you're sure, I guess we really should get going, then.

What's happening exactly? Back home, in your time.

[Because it sounds like... he's very new. He gives a short nod at and starts to walk.]

Come on-- let's see if we can help with some bugs, then.

Well, Nate just kinda admitted who he really is...

[And just after that, he'd wondered what he was doing hanging out with his new boyfriend and Kang the Conqueror in the Avengers mansion ruins, and then- here.

He catches up to Billy easily, walking next to him but not that close. Part of him wants to reach out and take Billy's hand, but he stifles it as best he can.]

Did you get to see the thing we're meant to be luring away? I haven't yet, but they said it was pretty big and not very smart.

Teddy "Hulkling" Altman | Marvel 616

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