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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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Either way it was only a brief hesitation before Will gave a small nod of his head and also verbal assent to continue. ]
I'd like to see it.
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The route he takes Will in is a little circuitous, skirting around some of the known danger areas, until they reach the outskirts of the abandoned city. Buildings half collapsed, some almost fully in tact, with an air of desolation and stillness to them that seems unnatural.]
You haven't been out here before?
[How long has this guy even been here?]
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It was only once they had come up to the edges of the city that Will walked up beside Bucky, standing outside 'personal space' but otherwise shoulder to shoulder as his eyes moved across the scene before him. For a long breath the question went unanswered as the profiler soaked up his initial impressions of the desolation laid out before him.
When he did speak, his voice was distracted. ]
Just arrived, and cleared what I suppose is the standard initial orientation spiel. Haven't even bothered to stop by my assigned quarters.
[ Straight up the wall and now outside the wall, as you do. ]
Does anyone talk about what happened? Some of this damage looks almost ... surgical.
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It seems Will is one.
Only time will tell if that's because he's empathetic, or if he is equally as reluctant to be around people as Bucky is. But he appreciates it for now, and it means he's not skittish enough to already be looking for an escape from this outing.]
Not that I've heard.
[True, he tends to stalk and eavesdrop rather than converse.]
You might have some luck asking the native perimeter guard, if you trust them to tell you the truth.
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It wasn't wise to ever believe such a thing.
Aside from the fact that Bucky looked as if he could break him in two, if he took it into his mind to do so, Will found himself sliding into a comfortable give and take with the guy. Bucky wasn't pushing conversation at him and Will was more than happy to offer the same courtesy back, furthermore the man moved with obvious competency, which the profiler could appreciate as well.
Glancing over at the suggestion of the guard, Will gave a small nod and telegraphed his intention to start picking his way closer to the city. ]
Sometimes you can pluck the grain of evidence out of the lies. [ He remarked, as a way to invite Bucky along. ] Worthwhile conversations at least. Do we have a good relationship with the natives?
[ Please don't make him define 'we'. ]
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[Bucky is far too cautious to just accept the surface intentions of the people here. There's too much that they don't know, and he's not about to trust so easily as a lot of people seem happy to do here, he is so sure that there's something much more insidious underneath it all.]
Houses are provided, jobs too, and the locals seem happy to talk to anyone that wants to stand and pass the time of day.
[Not that he ever does.
He steps out towards the first of the ruined buildings. There's evidence of a recent campfire near one of them, the place he spent the night only two days prior.]
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Before he could comment, they passed the remains of a campfire, something Will had an intimate knowledge of, both through his job and through his own past times. Pausing briefly, he cocked his head to the side. ]
Do our monsters build small fires?
[ It's not an entirely sarcastic question. So far he's only experienced the flying feathered, dinosaur like monsters. Perhaps there were some monsters who were a little more organized and advanced in the use of tools and tactics? ]
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No, they're mostly just feral, like beasts.
[He hasn't seen any that have the intelligence to build fires, anyway.]
That was mine, I stayed out here a couple of nights ago.
[It's not too dangerous to reveal that. This isn't one of his regular safe spots, and he just won't use it again now.]
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Some people do stay outside the walls then?
[ This was a more genuine question. Will would definitely be hunting for his own space, sooner rather than later. Though it had been years since he'd lived at the Wolf Trap farm house, even his 'family' home had been almost hopelessly remote. ]
Has anyone started to type the monsters?
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[He bypasses the first question, there's not much need to respond since that would mean admitting that he's one of the lone people that's refused any sort of shelter in the main quarantine and is living in various abandoned places like a ghost.]
They seem to come in groups of the same sort, and the bigger ones know to keep away from the walls for the most part.
[Maybe not recently with those flying things, but before that.]
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I would think the bigger ones would be the bold ones.
[ He remarked, finally honing in on a piece of half destroyed building wall, and walking towards it.
Will didn't touch, but his eyes raked along the surface of the exposed structure, studying it for any evidence that might suggest what exactly had brought it down. ]
How many attacks have you survived?
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I haven't been keeping count.
[He skirts around the remains of the campfire and towards one of the more in tact buildings to the left.]
You can get a better lay of the land from the roof of this one. It's not secure, so watch your step.
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[ Will responded with just the one word to cover both of Bucky's statements.
Then, once again, he fell quiet as he moved behind the other man. Part of his silence was just the ease he had with being companionably quiet, and part was genuine concentration on where he put his feet. ]
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It's a good way of scoping out a possible opponent without seeming like that's what he's doing.]
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Regardless, Will didn't hold back because, well honestly, he couldn't afford to. He was fit, more fit perhaps than his small stature suggested, and he had basic field training from his time as a police officer and then access to the FBI courses. Combine that with his active, outdoor lifestyle, Will had confidence in his abilities.
While physicality was not the norm for his position -and he was no where near Bucky's level of competence- the profiler didn't disgrace himself. He never once called for a stop, or for help either. When they came to a particularly tricky spot, such as the climb up the sheer wall, he merely watched Bucky and then copied him exactly.
Just your average, every day stroll through a destroyed, abandoned city. As you do. Though the effort required seriously put the kabosh on any sort of conversation. Not that this seemed to be an issue for either man. ]
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When they finally get onto the roof, a crumbling little ledge that isn't at all sturdy, they're about fifteen stories up and the view over the abandoned city is quite clear for a fair distance.]
This is a good lookout spot, scout for monsters before you go deeper in.
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Otherwise, fairly squishy.
Balancing himself carefully on the roof, Will made his way over to where he had a clear view of the city beyond. To his eyes, it appeared quite large in a still and ghostly sort of manner.
It didn't take much for him to recreate the picture of the city in his mind, populate it with people going on about their business. He could draw it all the way to the point where the first shadow (an echo of the flying pterodactyls he's seen so far) fell, but then he had to stop.
He didn't know enough about the monsters of this world to build a profile; yet. ]
Is this what you do? Inventory strategically advantageous positions from which to observe?
[ Bucky had shown him two, so far and had done so with the certainty of a man who knew exactly where he was going. ]
That suggests military background?
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Maybe he's miscalculated. This man could be from his world, could even be HYDRA, and he'd never know. He's just put them in an isolated spot that could be a really bad idea.]
Not any more.
[Not army, not the Soldier. It's all he's going to give though, turning away to the edge of the building.]
You can find your own way back.
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He wouldn't label his own response as a mistake, exactly (usually when he made mistakes it was on a scale that lead to bodies dropping) but he did feel a twinge of regret. Not because he was afraid of being left to his own devices, he'd survive if he had to, but because he'd actually be enjoying Bucky's uncomplicated company.
Catching his lower lip between his teeth for a moment, Will weighed his misstep and his possible options before he held his position. He didn't expect that Bucky would appreciate being chased after, so he ... offered something instead. ]
My name is Will Graham. [ He said. He'd realized some time ago that they hadn't exchanged names. ] I'm an instructor with the FBI but I am also a special investigator on the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit. Which is a fancy way of saying that I profile, hunt and catch serial killers and then teach others how to do it.
[ For now he left off the 'I'm that guy who didn't kill all those people' which had been his snarky way of introducing himself for quite some time years ago.
He kept to the facts, giving Bucky the advantage of information as a way of apology. His hands were settled in his pockets and he exhaled a soft breath before offering, in a quieter tone. ]
I don't appreciate being psychoanalyzed either. I apologize.
I've only just arrived in this world, fresh from the portal. I haven't even visited where I'm supposed to be living while I'm here. My ... [ he searched for a word, lips twitching in a grin that was part grimace, before he continued. ] ... 'bad habits' are working over time.
[ Which was a way to say that his instincts as an investigator, and for survival were keyed to maximum as he tried to get his footing in a completely unfamiliar environment. ]
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He appreciates it, it's actually a subtle and welcomed way to go about things. It does give him more of the power and it doesn't demand that he shares anything in return. But at the same time, the news that he's with someone who's very job is analysing behaviour and coming up with answers is not a welcome one.
There's a few silent moments of hesitation while Bucky weighs up what he wants to do with this.]
You can call me Peter.
["You can call me" not "my name is". He's sure Will is good enough to spot that.]
I can be found around here sometimes, but I'm going now.
[It's too risky.
He turns and literally drops off the side of the building, despite how many floors up they are, relying on the serum to keep his bones in tact as he lands.]