riverview: may test drive meme

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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 June 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 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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prompt i: search & rescue

Following rumors about a magical healing spring deep in the jungle, a group of intrepid explorers ventured out to verify whether it existed or not. After finding the spring inside an ancient temple overrun with tree roots and flora, they brought samples back and discovered that the spring did, in fact, have healing properties. Just like the rumors said.

Until the authorities decided what to do with this information, no actions were to be taken, nor information revealed to the public at large. Unfortunately, the news leaked and spread to the alternative science communities as well as the top minds at Gramarye Magic Research. With interest piqued, several more unauthorized expeditions set out beyond the fence in search of the spring. And once the information leaked beyond these scientists and scholars? Everyday citizens also launched their own excursions into the jungle, many bringing ailing family members or friends along for the ride.

This month the mission is to deploy teams of skilled citizens into the jungle to rescue some of the less fortunate, unsuccessful parties. Some of these people will be trapped or set upon by monsters, unable to move forward to the spring or back to the safety of the city. Others have simply run out of supplies and need the teams to restock them so they can continue their trek. And some groups have managed to reach the spring and collect their own samples of the spring water, only to find themselves struggling to return to the city before the samples lose efficacy. Feel free to create your own party to rescue, and get a team together to do so!

prompt ii: death from above

Normally, living inside the Inhabited City is a pretty safe bet. You can go day to day without running into a monster or risking any kind of danger requiring a fight. Generally, the tall, laser-fenced walls keep out anything particularly dangerous.

The problem with walls? They only go so high.

While usually assault from airborne monsters isn't a problem that's on the map, there's a few weeks during late spring where a swarm of flying monsters not unlike feathery pterodactyls are migrating back to another part of the moon. They're only in the area for a couple of weeks, but during that time, residents can expect occasional attacks by swooping monsters if they should see easy prey. Usually, a good sturdy dark-colored umbrella is enough to keep them from seeing a potential victim or meal, but sometimes the attacks still happen. So the Perimeter Guard sends extra details, calling in all the reserves, to patrol the city and keep an eye out for citizens in distress. There's also a general call for anyone who's experienced at fighting to help protect their fellow citizens. Whether your character is being attacked or protecting someone else, be prepared - these monsters are quick and have very sharp teeth.

prompt iii: homesick bazaar

Over the past couple of weeks, the portal has seemed really fixated on food. Almost every time the portal changes location, new bundles of food are near the entrance, ripe for the Perimeter Guard Orientation Team to pick up and drag through. As a result, the Orientation Team has set up a free bazaar outside City Hall. The Bazaar lasts from the 20th until the 31st of May, and is completely free, featuring tables and booths laden with food taken from the other side of the portal. Many of these foods will be familiar to characters in the City, whether it's that special brand they're totally addicted to or a plate of grandma's family recipe.

Everything at the Bazaar is totally free, and anyone joining in on the feast is encouraged to share (read: gently not allowed to leave until they do) and to tell stories about the origin of the foods from their own home. It's a multidimensional foodie's paradise!

prompt iv: prijata pregaming

Prijata is a holiday in Riverview celebrating platonic love - essentially, it's a celebration of friendship, geared at showing appreciation for existing friends and finding new ones. While I won't spoil the rest of the prompts for the introductory mingle, one of the main staples of Prijata is gift giving, and the Government of Riverview gets into the spirit of it by giving small gifts to everyone who's arrived since the last Prijata.

This prompt can be used to give a quick idea of what your character is into so other characters or players can suggest gifts to be given them (or to give them) if they are accepted! More information can be found in the Prijata Pregaming modpost.

prompt v: 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 vi: wildcard

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

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[river market image is by Tyler Edlin]

Comments

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

The formal title is 'special agent'. The official paperwork lists me as a teacher of behavioral sciences at the Academy, on consultant status with the BAU; licensed to carry.

Which is a fancy way of saying I have a temporary badge and I carry a gun, but if I shoot the wrong person the FBI can deny responsibility for putting me in the field.

[bestrobin]

So you aren't a real FBI agent.

Why not?

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

Better question is, why are you asking?

[bestrobin]

As a member of the community you'd be "protecting" as law enforcement, I think it's a valid question.

So - why not, w.graham?

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

It may be a valid question, but unless you're a member of the agency with which I'm seeking employment, you aren't warranted an answer.

[bestrobin]

Fine.

What jobs are you qualified for? Besides teaching.

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ Will considers continuing to be difficult, then reminds himself he's supposedly an adult. ]

I catch serial killers.

[bestrobin]

So does my father. Among other things.

( The question is more out of curiosity now. )

How many have you caught?

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ He makes note about the father comment, while then taking a few minutes to actually ... count.

Some of the lines are a little, blurry. A fact he's not going to get into over a text conversation with a stranger. Eventually he sends. ]

15

[bestrobin]

​Impressive.

( He means that. He knows how often things of that nature go unsolved, and to be able to solve that many is something to be commended on. )

What else do you do?

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ Though he could have read the single word as a snarky commentary, Will decided to take it at face value and appreciate the thought. As such, he readily responded to the question. ]

I teach. At the FBI academy, I teach agents how the minds of serial killers work.

[ You know, the fun sort of classes. ]

[bestrobin]

( For his age, Damian has accomplished a lot in terms of education. But he's always open to learning more, especially anything that might give him an edge over the other, former Robins (and specifically Drake). Even more than that, he's curious to see what kind of experience this man might have to share. )

Do you plan to teach here, w.graham?

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

It is one of the occupations I am considering.

[ It was his comfort zone, for the most part. ]

Though as I explained to someone with a similar question, I'm not sure this ...world, is particularly beset by a serial killer problem.

[ A pause and then he did add. ]

Not counting the actual monsters outside the walls.

[bestrobin]

There are sure to be plenty of monsters inside of them.

( He knows firsthand how particularly cruel other people can be. )

If you decide to teach, I would be interested in learning your particular way of thinking.

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ In Will's opinion, humans had a depth for cruelty that far exceeded any other breathing creature. He's heard about the monsters outside the walls and he's experienced the flying feathered threats from above. To him, these were merely animals following their instincts to hunt; not deserving of the word 'monster'.

For now, though, he kept that knee jerk judgement to himself. At least till he could learn more, and it had little to do with this current conversation. ]

If I end up with an instructor position I will try to ensure you're aware when I'm holding courses.

Though I can't promise that the city government will want me to teach the same material I did at home.