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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!
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[He likes the cape, and the costume, but only on Billy. He's pretty sure it wouldn't be the same on anyone else. He doesn't think anyone else could ever take Billy's place, either. He'll always be important to Teddy- at least, he hopes so.
But the answer at least seems mostly positive, and he relaxes a little. He reaches cautiously for Billy's hand, a move he's still getting used to with his own Billy, but one he finds pretty comforting whenever he's uncertain.]
But you like me because I'm a dork. I'm pretty sure that's one of the reasons you date me...
[He smiles at Billy a little more confidently.]
And you know the earrings are pretty important to me, too.
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[He smiles when Teddy reaches for his hand, letting him have it-- even if it's probably not the best idea. Honestly, they just met here and they're sort of on an assignment.
But it's still Teddy and it's been a while since he's had this sort of contact with-- well, any version. He won't let himself be too distracted though.]
I like you for a lot of reasons, T, but being a dork is a huge one.
[He nudges at him lightly.]
I know. So-- all the weirdness aside, how are you handling this? Are you really okay here?
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Don't pretend you can't be just as much of a dork. I've seen your bedroom.
[With the door open, obviously, and pretty much all they'd done was talk and watch TV, but he does have an idea of how much of a nerd Billy really is.
He hesitates, but there's no point worrying Billy, so he gives him a reassuring smile.]
I'm okay. I can adapt easily enough, same as always.
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[Even if he is a giant nerd, Teddy seems to like it a lot anyway. His expression softens a bit and he nudges at Teddy.]
You don't have to pretend or downplay it, you know. I was kind of freaking out when I first arrived. I tried to wish myself back home so many times, but-- it looks like we'll be stuck for a while, I guess. It's not usually... too bad. There are a lot of interesting people here.
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I'll be fine, I promise. I just need a little time to get used to it.
[He spends a lot of time alone anyway, considering his mom's job and hobbies. It's not that much different here, although he'd like a little more privacy occasionally.
Caring or not, though, it's not a conversation he wants to have right now, and he happily picks up on something else to talk about.]
You got better at the magic thing, then? And you laughed at my mom's books...
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[He shrugs his shoulders, giving a short smile.]
I did, yeah, and your mom's books helped... a lot, actually. But they were still pretty goofy, you have to admit.
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[He'd helped. He can't help smiling a little, happy to have made a positive difference even in a small way.]
I told you you'd be amazing.
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[He shakes his head, giving Teddy's hand a quick affectionate squeeze.]
I'm not amazing, T, trust me. Hulkling is way cooler... and still totally my favorite hero.
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[He rubs the back of his neck with his free hand, although he can't help the embarrassed smile he gets. Billy doesn't give idle compliments, usually, so if he says something like that he might be exaggerating but he means some of it.]
Besides, Asgardian or... Wiccan, you'll always be my favourite.
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[And it's kind of cute, seeing Teddy almost embarrassed by it all. He nudges at him lightly.]
That's why we make a good team.
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[It's a weak retort, but it's what he has. He still squeezes Billy's hand though, appreciating the comment more than he can say. Greg always said it, but somehow it was always Teddy doing the dangerous parts while Greg stood around. Billy has his back, he knows.]
We do. I'm not exactly glad either of us is here, but... I am glad I have you to watch my back for me.
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[He teases lightly, giving him a look. He nudges at Teddy affectionately when he continues.]
I always got your back, Teddy, no matter what.
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[Once he wouldn't have even tried to say something. He'd have ducked his head and stayed quiet, instead. It helps that although Billy is a shameless and frequent teaser, there's never anything malicious about it, never an undercurrent he's ever found.]
And I've always got yours. Whatever happens, I'll always be there, right?
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[He gives a nod at that, and a softer look. Normally, he'd probably go in for a kiss or something right about now, but-- he can't do that. Not with this Teddy. That'd just freak him out at best, or make things even weirder at worst.]
I know, T. Believe me.
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[And he knows Billy knows that isn't always easy for him. He risks taking a step closer, arm brushing Billy's more.]
You said it was months since you saw... the older me. Is that because you've been here?
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[He makes a motion with his free hand, not really minding it when Teddy gets closer.]
I mean, on the plus side... I guess I got out of more school, but it came with the minus of a boyfriend.
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[Given the way he's holding on to Billy's hand, he hopes he isn't getting anything wrong, but he's going to make the assumption anyway.]
Sorry. I'm probably not the boyfriend you wanted to see, but... I'll still be here for you. I won't leave.
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[He shrugs his shoulders.]
You're Teddy either way. I'm always happy to see you, you know.
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[He's distracted by how sweet Billy is being, though. It's a little unexpected, but he's happy to hear it.]
I can't imagine not being happy to see you, either. But... I know it's all still pretty new for me. You don't mind that I'll have to get to know you again?
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[Which isn't an entirely bad thing, but-- he'll have to do some thinking about school.]
No-- I mean, not if you want to try and get to know me.
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[And Billy's always been one of the most interesting people he knows. The self-doubt seems a little out of place for Billy, but... he's sure it's nothing.]
We can work something out properly later, right? Talk about where to go, and everything.
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[He teases lightly before he nods. That's-- probably for the best.]
Sure. You need to settle in, anyway... you should be worrying about that.
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[Besides, who else is he going to use it against? He shrugs, reminded that this isn't actually a good time to be getting into anything serious.]
We need to get this mission done first, too.
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[He gives a short smile as he shrugs his shoulders, turns his eyes back ahead.]
We'll have time to talk after, right?
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[It seems likt a good guess; everyone seems to be put in the same building. He just thinks it's worth checking, too.]
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