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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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He sounds like a fun sort of fella. Didn't last long, I suppose?
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Too long, for some. But he is no more and the kingdom has been lifted out of that mire.
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[ As he murmurs, more fixated on the change in their surroundings, he exudes his own icy chill that whispers out fast and thick to freeze the floor. Loki, unlike Maleficent, doesn't appear perturbed at all as he plays with her sideline powers. ]
He's not here at any rate, so there's that. You ... favoured the girl?
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[A quiet nod, then a small smile as she notices his own magic playing with hers. So she wasn't the only wielder of it here. That was interesting to note.]
I do. She is the daughter of my heart.
[Under control of herself again, she responds to the play of magic by sprouting ice-bells in a row around Loki's feet; little flowers that look like glass, but tinkle like ice chimes when moved.]
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Ah, and do you miss her very much here?
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[Weren't all Men dirty liars?]
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[ With a winning smile!! ]
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Will that do, you greedy thing?
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The hairs on the back of his neck tingle. ]
For now. But I really ought to give you something too, although I'm not sure how to go about doing so.
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[It pleased her that he enjoyed something so simple to her, reminding her a little of Aurora's wonder with magic.]
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[ Holding up his vine-strewn arm, his own magic glimmers bright green and he adds some sparkly illusory butterflies to the golden mix. Noiselessly, they flutter around the petals. ]
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[She watches his own magic bloom, reaching out to gently try to coax one of the butterflies to her finger before she realizes they are image only.]
I have not seen that before. Truthfully, I have not met many who wield magic such as I.
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[ He shrugs, encouraging his creations to fly around Maleficent despite them being his own constructs and nothing real. The gesture counts, he hopes. ]
I can owe you then, yes? I don't like doing that with people usually, you can be the beautiful exception.
[ Casually sliding that in there. ]
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If you feel so inclined, but I hold no debt over you other than that which you choose to repay or not. Another user of magic is always a treat to find.
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Do you work in the Quarantine, Mally?
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[Oh, he was trouble. With a capital T.]
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We're practically twins.
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Mm, I think there are still a few differences that keep us from being womb-mates.
[She was completely unaware of the pun.]
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[ Totally not prompted by the ruffling of her feathers, Loki twirls in a circle on the spot and when the other side of his face comes into view ... it's much furrier. ]
I don't see any!
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More illusions? If you like, I could turn you into something proper. Diaval always hated the wolves, but he didn't mind the dragon.
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[ Anything that herds close to his nature is an easy shapeshift, whiskers twitching and the tail under his coat swishing. ]
Diaval is ... ?
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[And she'd been amused all the more by it.]
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I could suggest a few people for you to change into fitting animals, if you like.
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[The fluid change from wolf to man didn't bother her in the slightest. In fact, it was almost familiar and she found herself a little more at ease in this stranger's company.]
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[ That sounds like something an Asgardian would do. Loki's smile tweaks. ]
If you bring it to me sometime, I can quieten it for you. Amend its behaviour so it's less annoying.
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