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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!
Buffy Summers | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Oh come on!" The small blonde grumbled, head turned up at the darkened sky. "AT LEAST GIVE ME BACK MY STAKE!" Buffy shouted in frustration, eyes set on watching the winged and impaled creature take off into the night. There was some part of her hoping it would die mid-flight and drop right out of the sky so she'd be able to go in search of her weapon to retrieve it. While the stake might not seem like much to anyone else, other than what it looked like; a sharp piece of wood, it had sentimental value.
No such luck though.
After realizing the creature wasn't going to literally fall out of the sky and was actually long gone, Buffy extended a hand in offering to help up the person, or being, she managed to shove out of the way at the last possible second to keep them from becoming snatched up by the flying monster. "Sorry about the sudden shove." She apologizes turning her full attention to the other with a quick once over to make sure they weren't too bad. "You okay?"
v; friendr
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So when the girl offers her a hand, she takes it, braces herself easily and stands, doesn't bother to brush the dust off her ass.
"I'm fine."
Her voice is a little wary as she looks at the blonde from under the rim of her hat, but wary as she is, she's grateful for the help.
"It run off with your weapon, then?" A beat, and then, "We could go after it. Bet it won't get far."
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Taking a step back to cant her head and get a somewhat better view of Anne's face, Buffy nods, "Yeah. One stab in before the thing took off in retreat. It didn't even attempt to fight back." She was only slightly disappointed. "Stupid monster bird." The last bit was said under her breath.
"Definitely. Two pairs of eyes are better than one. Plus it doesn't seem safe to part ways when I'm sure there are more where that one came from." Comforting thoughts ahoy.
And because manners come after monsters, where she's from anyway, "By the way I'm Buffy." A small smile and a wave of her hand in proper greeting and introduction.
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"It's a coward then. Makes it easier prey."
Some of the wariness bleeds out of her, she licks chapped lips, and her mouth curves into a slightly crooked smile from beneath the brim of her hat, from behind the sheaf of red hair that hangs at the side of her face. When the girl waves at her and introduces herself, Anne mimics the movement, and nods.
"Anne." she says, voice quiet, the voice of someone who's more accustomed to watching or acting than speaking, and she straightens her clothing for a moment before looking off after the retreating bird, pale eyes narrowed, and produces a knife, holding it at the ready, "If there're more, I'll be ready this time. It's gone off that way, might leave a trail if it lags low enough."
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No apology necessary. [ He offered in a soft voice. ] Though I believe I owe you a 'thank you', all the same.
[ He really needed to remember not to let himself get mentally distracted when he was outside.
Giving his pants one last dusting, he re-directed his attention towards the young woman and blinked. Will was well aware of his fairly diminutive stature, but the evidence (particularly the lack of anyone else around them) would suggest she'd slammed him down like a rag doll. Physically speaking, she didn't look like she should have been able to slam him down like a rag doll.
Curious. ]
You pack a hell of a body check.
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Anytime. (A pause.) I mean not anytime, obviously. Only because I'd rather not have big flying things attacking soon. Or ever again.
(She can't help but to glance back up to the sky in caution.) You don't happen to know what that was, do you?
(Snapping her attention back to the man in front of her Buffy gives a sheepish shrug, hand coming to scratch at the back of her neck. She knows the question written on his face all too well. A tiny blonde able to knock a grown man, no matter his sizing, on his ass? Yeah, it's not the first and not the last time she'll experience the look.)
So I've been told. (Buffy smiles wryly.) Again, I'm so sorry. (A sincere apology. Really she feels like crap for it. But on the plus side no one is monster bird food. Yay!) It's just, well, I saw the thing, then you, then I looked back at the thing, and instinct took over. I'm a lot stronger than I look.
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He stood quietly as she spoke, eyebrows slowly lifting as she had a very unique pattern of speech. Meaning she kept speaking. It reminded him a little of Price and Zeller when they got on a tear but with her he just politely waited it out. ]
I get that impression. [ He said, voice still soft and gently modulated. ] And in this instance I'm simply going to be glad for it and thank you again.
[ He looked up, though the creature had long since flown out of sight. Err, perhaps if Buffy headed down towards the east she might fight the body and her ... ]
You said something about a stake? Like short, sharp, wooden thing, often used for holding up tomato plants?
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You know what they say about first impressions... (Talking and saving people are two things she excels at. In her eyes anyway.) Yes! (Changing subjects is another. So she's going to focus on the topic of her missing weapon.) For tomato plants. Or tiny fences. Maybe even vanquishing vampires. (Normally she wouldn't bring up the subject of vampires, but in a world where feathered pterosaurs were swooping down at people like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, why not mention it? Maybe she'd be able to gather information on what else could be lurking out there.)
Are there any of those running, or flying around?
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Will executed a couple of blinks as the words 'vanquishing vampires' entered the conversation in what appeared to be a legitimate manner. That was going to take him a moment to process, even if he was getting better at trying to wrap his brain around some of this.
The last challenge had been space travel. ]
Would I be able to readily tell if there were?
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Buffy will let the information settle without interruption because it doesn't sink in for a lot of people right away. She was once in those shoes herself. Space travel? This was going to be a fun world. Although being brought here through a portal must constitute as some sort of space travel, right?)
It depends. Where I'm from vampires don't have reflections and can't be exposed to the sun. Those are some clues. Then there's the tell-all being their "you're dinner" face which goes all sorts of ugly bumpy.
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Looking at Buffy, he decided to err on the side of discretion, rather than disclose that. Instead he gave a small nod to show he understood her, before shaking his head in the negative. ]
Can't say that I have anyone fitting that description. But I've only recently arrived, so I can't say I've been exposed to the majority of the population.
[ And then, because it was the next logical question and he really couldn't help being drawn to it; it was the whole stake thing. ]
Are actual vampires a problem, where you come from?
[ Forgive him, Buffy. In his world, they are merely on the page, described as sometimes sparklie. ]
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How long have you been here? (It seems a reasonable thing to ask. She's hoping it's not years. Really hoping.) Assuming you came through a portal, too.
(A firm nod at the question. Although problem was an understatement if ever. It's all good. She's a little envious. A world without vampires seems like it would be nice. Is it nice?
Oh, the sparkle ones. Buffy knows all about those. On paper only. The ones she deals with do not sparkle. Thankfully. They just tend to have no souls, except for two.)
Kinda. I mean yeah they're a problem and it's sorta my job to make sure they don't make bigger problems.
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Will had been taking a breath to answer her question, but held his tongue when she continued to speak, waiting her out so as not to interrupt. ]
I did come through the portal, a few hours ago. At least it feels like hours, not real sure how time is supposed to move around here but portal, orientation, information about housing, not yet got to housing, dive bombed by dinosaurs. I'd say that sounds like a few hours work?
[ Seemed reasonable to him. ]
Your job? [ It wasn't that he didn't believe her; his odd emphasis on the word 'job' was more curiosity than anything. ]
V - username: bigbad
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Do we get matching pins or something? If those slippers can get us home you've got yourself a deal.
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What size are you?
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I was partially joking but... a five and a half. For future reference. Though I have to say, I'm a little surprised you don't somehow know that already. Where were you just before the portal happened?
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Why would I know? I'm not a shoe-man. I don't have a bleeding empire of shoes waiting for some Cinderella Slayer to come along. I was in bed. I think. Last thing I remember is sleeping, then I woke up here. Harmony's going to think I ran off on her.
Which is good.
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You and Harmony? Harmony and you. Right. So you and I are not friends. At all.
As far as shoe sizing goes, seeing as you've gotten your ass kicked by me often enough I automatically assumed you'd know the size of my feet.
(There's a bit of Slayer sass to cover up the omgwtf moment.)
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Friends? I hate you. I've tried to kill you on numerous occasions and vice versa. Only reason I'm not is I've got a stupid chip in my head that says I can't. And as soon as I find a way to get that out, Slayer, you and I are going to have a talk.
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Keyword being tried for both of us. Why wait? We can talk now. Unless you have evil plans with someone else.
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Along with other things.]Because I don't mean talk. I mean battle to the death. Seriously, are you all right, Slayer? Bumped your head when you fell out of bed?
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Among other things.Except friends with benefits only works when both parties are friends. Usually.)Sarcasm doesn't translate well by text. I knew exactly what you meant. Yes, I'm fine. The whole being Narnia'ed has me for a loop a little.
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You know I was told they have a living vampire here. Seems wrong.
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(Sure she magically teleported here without knowledge of the how, but will call bullshit on a living vampire without proof.)
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