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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!
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Anyways, Tsumugi nods and gets in line. Those are some nice pastries, though! Hopefully these will make Eichi feel better. And so he comes back with some eclairs and two cups of black tea -- just how Eichi wants it. ]
Here you go. ♪ [ starts serving them around -- jeez, is he Eichi's butler now ] Just tell me when you're ready to set out. Though relaxing in a place like this isn't too bad.
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[It goes about how he thought it would. Tsumugi listens without even a complaint, and Eichi is left pulling his tea a little closer and wrapping both hands around it. It would be way too easy to fall back to the way things used to be, using Tsumugi for his own sake and Tsumugi going along with all of it. He doesn't know how to put his foot down and tell him to stop, does he? That's so dangerous. It makes him hesitate on even saying when they should leave.
It's probably all of that that gets him to finally open up a little.]
This is actually the second place I've been thrown into after being yanked away from home. I was in space before, you know? It's a good thing you didn't end up there, Tsumugi. It was so stressful on my body that I'm surprised I survived. ♪
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S-Space? Like outer space? The place where Leo-kun usually rambles on about?
[ It really is bizarre hearing Eichi having gone to space instead of. You know. Mr. Ucchu~! ]
Well, of course it's going to be stressful on your body! Astronauts require special training and body conditioning to get used to the harshness of outer space. For someone with your condition to even survive up there...
[ Ah, there he goes again, worrying his ass off. Okay, calm down. Sip your tea. There. ]
You really are unbelievable, Eichi-kun. ♪
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[Crazy, right?? Space AND aliens. He won't talk about all of the murder that happened around that time, though, since he can tell Tsumugi is already worrying.] My discomfort there must have been what drew me here. There are a handful of people that came here from that place, so it's good to know that I'm not alone, but it's a little troubling to think that I might be sent back there rather than the "home" we both know and love.
[There's his point...]
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[ He looks down at his teacup. That's right -- they were all drawn here because something dire had happened. To have Eichi go back there, though... ]
W-Well, I don't know anything much about space aside from what I've read from books, but... It probably won't be as bad the last time you were there! Even so...
[ A wistful smile. ]
I do wish we can go home together. Someday.
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If he continues on with this conversation so carefree, then won't Tsumugi just fall into place beside him instead of stepping out on his own?]
Let's worry about that when the time comes, then. For now, what are your plans here, Tsumugi?
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[ Takes a bite of the eclair. To be brought here without warning... Of course Tsumugi will be at a loss at first. But he'll manage. Nothing like thinking positively to get through these dire times! ]
But maybe I should get a part-time job first... Knowing myself, I'll just take my usual post at the library if this place has one.
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[He doesn't specify what, but it should be clear he means practice his idol duties like singing and dancing.]
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[ It's easy to do on their own, anyway. Vocal exercises, jogging -- all in a day's work. ]
What have you been doing nowadays anyway, Eichi-kun?
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I perform at four different night clubs. It's true that I was the only idol here before you arrived, but I've been working hard to change that. The clubs I've been performing at have been shifting largely to center around an "idol" style, but I still have a long way to go.
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[ Like those dimly-lit and rowdy places he's read about in books, filled with bunny girls and strippers and -- oh god. Oh god, oh god. Tsumugi immediately pales at the thought. ]
Ah, but it's good that they're going for the idol route now! I'm so relieved! Ahaha...
[ don't laugh it off you nerd ]
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I wonder what sort of routine you're imagining I have, with a face like that. [Teasing... Does he really need to tease more. But he chuckles.] It seems that my angelic image does even better than I would imagine in places like those.
[THAT MAKES IT SOUND WORSE...]
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[ EICHI-KUN... ]
But! What if you'll get taken advantage of?! I know you're capable of a lot of things, Eichi-kun, but a lot of stuff does happen in night clubs! Very... unsavory things...
[ Please snap him out of it. ]
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[He's just saying! Even if he is a naive rich boy.] Don't worry, Tsumugi. I'm already 19 now, you know? If I don't follow what paths I can here, then that would be abandoning my dream with the world I was stolen from. I refuse to do that.
Besides, if I just let my scarf flow naturally from my shoulders and onto the stage, the crowd goes wild and is pleased with just that. [EICHI]
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But 19... He really has been gone for quite a while, hasn't he? Of course Eichi would learn to adapt despite his condition. How silly of Tsumugi to even underestimate him. ]
I guess you still got it, Eichi-kun. Even in different universes, everyone's all but charmed by you.
I still don't know whether I should really continue being an idol for now, but if you do want someone to perform with you... You know where to find me.
[ Just like old times. ]
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[He's thinking about this, perhaps even more so upon realizing that it'd piss off Natsume.] I'll let you know if I can schedule something for us, as a test to see if you'd like to do more. I would hate to see you sitting around in the library without even a thought going towards performing, you know?
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[ being the Organizer and all ]
But it's not as if Natsume-kun's going to appear here as well and drag me back home, right? And we don't have to act as if we're back in one unit... We can just perform as ourselves.