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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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It's... hard to explain. But it's a literal light– like, a ball of it. Usually white. Are you sure you haven't seen it?
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No, unfortunately. Only ball of light I've seen is the sun. If you mean smaller... definitely no. Why?
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My friends and I have been travelling together for a long time now, trying to find them. I was hoping there might be one here, but nobody seems to have heard of it.
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[ He shifts, gestures to a nearby little cafe where a fair number of residents are hanging out to avoid the current menace. Raises his brows in question. ]
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(She's deep in thought now, and stops walking to pull a small notebook and pen from her jacket pocket. Opening the book, she starts to write hastily, quickly noting down exactly what Jacob had said, and a couple earlier thoughts regarding the creatures that had flown at them.
When she finally looks back up, she realizes he's waiting for a response to something that had gone unsaid. She winces.)
Sorry, I missed that.
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It's fine. I was just seeing if you wanted to stop inside somewhere, maybe get a drink, wait and see if the Perimeter Guard clears these guys out for a while?
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Sure, that sounds nice. (Making friends is something she's still a bit shit at, but hey, practice makes perfect?)
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So, Lucretia. What do your people in your world do when monsters attack?
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Well– I have some very capable friends, who do a lot of the fighting for me I suppose. And they use fists, and magic, and all sorts of weapons.
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[ It's a genuine surprise. That she'd have stronger friends to rely on is cool but kind of worrying. Just what are regular monster-filled worlds usually like...??? ]
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(Privately, she'd much rather know magic, but she hasn't got up the courage to ask their team's local wizards for any pointers just yet.)
How were you planning on fighting them? It looked like you were thinking about it at one point.
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Not really fight it so much as, uh, take a hit?
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So we're both as bad as each other, really.
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Pretty much. Birds of a feather, us two.
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(Too soon.)
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Sure. No bird references.
In all seriousness, yes, I think we were both pretty bad there. It worked out pretty well.
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(She can't help giving him a fleeting grin.) Would you tell me more about your world? What's it like?
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[ He doesn't even seem to mind. Just tips his chair back partway and glances at the drinks menu standing on their table. ]
Biggest difference I've found between here and home is the ghosts and the Enforcers. No one else really has that.
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You're right, I can't say I have either of those. (Probably a good thing re: ghosts.)
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I'm a bit torn on if that's a good thing or a bad thing? It means most people don't get to say goodbye, either.
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(And then she's momentarily lost in thought, thinking about people that she would have loved to have said– well, anything to, before they had passed, let alone 'goodbye'. She nudges her pocketbook open with one hand and jots down a careful note, suddenly quite somber.)
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Sorry, didn't mean to go all macabre. It's not a bad world. Just more death-attuned than most.
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(Her world is... memory-attuned, she supposes, and writes that down too.)
Do you miss it?
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I... miss what's not here with me.
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Do you think you will go back, though? I'm a little nervous about being trapped here myself.
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