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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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I do try.
[ He gestures to the bazaar still bustling around them. ]
Now, then, tell me -- if mushrooms aren't to your liking, what does strike your fancy in this lot?
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Her eyes dart from stall to stall and plate to plate, suddenly overwhelmed. She hadn't realized how hungry she was. ]
Oh! [ She points to a table stacked high with round, griddled pastries. ] Those sweet cakes look just like the ones they make in Dinas Rhydnant.
[ And so she walks over to the stall, pausing a moment to look over her shoulder and see if Rin is following. ]
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Can't say I'm familiar with that name, but if it's a mark of quality, you shouldn't deny yourself. Especially since this is all free for the taking.
[ There's a 'for some reason' subtext to his tone. ]
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[ But she catches a tone in Rin's voice and pulls her hand back. ]
Do you think it might be a trap?
[ Let it be known that Eilonwy is a cautious girl, difficult to take advantage of. ]
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That said, he ate the mushroom, and he feels just fine. ]
I have no reason to suspect our hosts, as yet. They seem keenly interested in our comforts.
[ He shrugs. ]
Eat the cake. If their aim is to fatten you up, they have a ways to go.
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And besides, she was hungry, and the cakes smelled so good. She takes an exploratory nibble. ]
Fatten me up, like a witch in a story? [ She frowns, and takes another bite of the cake. It is evidently pleasing. ] I've met a real witch, and she never tried to do that.
[ Her face is brave, but thinking about Achren makes her angry and sad, or some mixed up combination of the two. Achren was never interested in her comforts at all. ]
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[ He arches an eyebrow. He doesn't take a cake for himself--he doesn't like sweets--but he's watching for her reaction, nevertheless. ]
Most witches I've met were not terrifically kind, regardless of their plans for your belly. So, either you were lucky, or she was gracious. Though that'd be luck in and of itself, of course.
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This isn't my first adventure. [ Her tone has some satisfaction in it. Adventures were much finer than sitting all day trying to make your stitches get closer. ] Never in a place like this, though. It's bigger and smaller than I'm used to, all at once!
[ She doesn't want to talk about witches. ]
What about your home? Is it much like this place?
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[ He murmurs. ]
Let's say this city is bigger and smaller than I'm used to, as well.
[ Not quite true. He's lived above ground for nearly ten years. Still, he was raised in the suffocating closeness of the Underdark, and some part of it will never quite leave him. ]
But that's hardly important.
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[ She takes another bite of her cake. ]
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No. I suppose it isn't.
[ It isn't polite to pry, after all, even when people are acting very suspicious. ]
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Zzzzzzzzz. [ She's trying. ] Mmm, you're right. I've never heard such a sound before. [ More than most, because Welsh hasn't got the letter z at all. ] You must be from a very strange place indeed.
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[ His tone's maybe a bit joking, but really ... he's not joking. ]
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[ She had to say it. After taking another bite of her cake, she adds, cheerfully: ]
But I believe your home is dreadful.
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[ He grins, shrugging. ]
But one cannot control one's birthplace.
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Or where one ends up, some of the time.
[ He really was a very curious dwarf. She didn't think they liked to leave the underground at all. ]
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[ The most curious of dwarves.
He bows slightly, his braid slipping over his shoulder. ]
Speaking of, though, I find this bright sun a little wearying. I shall leave you to your pastries.
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Farewell, then.