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riverviewooc2017-05-19 11:04 pm
riverview: may 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 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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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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
AILANE | show by rock!!
[ailane is currently picking at an uncomfortably personalized selection of steak tartare, foie gras, and, uh, a pile of nasty potato chips and limited-edition sweets in flavors she's certain aren't made anymore. she's simply Too Good to give in and gorge in front of other people but, oh, my god, she wants to. but boy would it be improper to just inhale it. but oh my GOD she wants to. she hasn't even had these cookies in cocoa-mint flavor before!
instead she picks delicately at the foie gras with a cracker.]
Hmph. This isn't as good as the one my maid makes at home.
[except it totally tastes exactly like that one. it's eerie, actually.]
FRIENDR
hello bazaar
[ shu☆zo says it with a sparkle☆ in his voice, having come over to ailane solely due to recognition. (and it wouldn't do to sit alone, besides.) his selection is nowhere near as extensive as hers; he sets down only a bowl of rainbow sherbet, with star-shaped sprinkles generously heaped on top. ]
It's a good thing you have so much else to pick from, hmm? [ hmm. ]
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Idiot. Why would you pick that when there was real gelato?
[look at these two, doing nothing but judging each other's choices.]
I suppose I could allow you to sit with me.
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anymore.his smile only broadens in response to her distaste. ]My my, how generous of you. [ to let him sit here. ☆ ] But maybe you should be a bit more concerned with what's on your own plate?
[ he taps his spoon on the side of his bowl for emphasis. she has exactly the sort of spread you'd expect from someone equally parts rich and spoiled, after all. for once, he's the more modest one in the equation. ]
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... I don't have to like you, just because we're from the same world.
[don't expect anything like camaraderie out of this, is what she's saying. but... she guesses she doesn't mind it for right now.]
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thankfully, honesty isn't a problem he has to deal with. ]
Well, we'll just have to do our best! [ he says it with a wink and a flourish of the spoon, of course. ] It's always better to have friends, isn't it?
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No. [blunt!] That depends on the friend. Sometimes it's just too troublesome to have to care about other people.
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I don't know if I'd only say sometimes. [ ☆ said with the infinite generosity that he has, of course. he suffers so nobly for the people around him. ] Isn't everyone we know a bit of a handful?
[ actually, he's not even sure how much overlap there is, but there's no way that's not right. ]
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Ugh. Of course. [god if only she REMEMBERED murdering all of you with the dark powers of baroque pop.] Plasmagica are all saccharine fools. [that's actually pretty fond for her!] And the Crimsonz -- nothing but imbeciles!
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Oh? I think it's impressive how they actually manage to fire up the crowd. [ he pauses. too subtle? ] Despite their sound, that is.
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[much like someone else's band, but she's letting that go. they're bonding right now, after all.]
And their clothes! Do you think they ever look at themselves? Who dresses them!
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Unfortunate that BRR seems to give them so much creative control. [ though, he glances over ailane again-- does she have much room to talk about outfits? ] I guess there's just no accounting for taste! [ ☆ ]
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How diplomatic of you. Is it in your contract that you can't just outright say that rival bands dress like clowns?
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[ it is a valid question. he's fairly certain this counts as a grey area in terms of restrictions, all things considered. there are only so many multi-dimensional contingencies you can write into the paperwork. ]
But no, even in a place like this ☆ I can't be heard saying something that would break any of our shared fans' hearts.
[ not that there are any around, but still. ]
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[juuuuust saying.]
No one knows us here. I don't know why they've brought us. They don't even listen to our music!
[she would understand if they were fans who felt the need to see them in the flesh (and fur).]