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riverview test drive meme

Welcome to Riverview's first 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 March 1st.
● All threads on the test drive meme can count as game canon once the game is up and running.
● TDM threads do not count for Activity Check, but they do count for Activity Bonus Points.

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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prompt i: batten down the hatches

If the sky has seemed a little more yellow-green than usual for the past couple of days, there's a reason for that. Meteorologists have been warning of a particularly nasty storm blowing in from the direction of the Delta in the Southwestern part of the Abandoned City.

The Quarantine is about to be hit by a nasty typhoon, and there's a lot to be done. Whether you're helping sandbag the banks of the river, which is bound to be swollen by the storm and flooding, weatherproofing your building, or just huddling indoors for warmth and helping reassure your friends, family, or partner that everything will be okay, it's time to take action!

prompt ii: monster madness

There's been a lot of talk around the Quarantine about the various predators and monsters outside the fence, and how they've been getting steadily more active, crowding the fences, trying to leap over them, seemingly driven by some kind of mania. There have even been increasing instances of predators that normally mind their own business attacking the fences wholesale, slamming into it over and over as if they're trying to find a weakness.

The good news? The fences have been holding. So far.

The bad news? They won't be holding for much longer.

The Perimeter Guard is in a bad way, and it's all hands on deck. They've also sent out a few of the Perimeter Guard Cadets to post up flyers around the city asking for temporary help in fighting off the beasts. So pick up whatever weapon you're best with, hop onto a truck transport, and head on over to the fences to help drive off the monsters and keep the Quarantine safe.

prompt iii: hold your lover close

With a storm rolling in that's going to keep everyone indoors, that might cause power outages, and is just frankly pretty scary, a lot of the clubs, restaurants, and hotels are doing special events to keep everyone's brains occupied and flooded with endorphins.

There are flyers around the city advertising various couples activities: speed dating, dance classes, overnight pool parties, and all-expenses-paid lovers' nights in.

The catch? The great deals only count if you're a twosome. So if you don't have someone to love, hit up speed dating in the indoor courtyard of Riverview's largest mall, or grab the first person you see and take the opportunity.

prompt iv: solution

After a day or two of storm activity, things are definitely not getting better: the rain is torrential, the monsters are attacking with increased energy and decreased rest times, and the distractions are starting to wear thin. Power outages happen off and on, a very rare situation in Riverview Quarantine.

The government has put out an all-points-bulletin imploring anyone with an exploratory spirit to help.

From what government science techs can tell, the storm isn't natural - after all, even the meteorologists were saying that the pressure systems seemed extremely strange. They've managed to narrow the cause to an area in the delta where the storm seems to be originating from, and are broadcasting the general location so anyone with the guts can head out into the storm and try to find the source of it.

Any characters who decide to penetrate the jungle in search of the source will find a device in the shape of a pyramid, with glowing blue edges about a day's walk into the Abandoned City. The pyramid is a malfunctioning weather control device that is causing wild pressure fluctuations and causing the storm as well as making the animals in the jungle aggressive and erratic. Characters can destroy or deactivate the device to end the storm.

This mission can be threaded out however you would like, in groups however large you would like, and more than one team can accomplish the goal.

prompt v: wildcard/network

Whether you're looking for help with a mission or just want to get to know your fellow new arrivals, your character can make a post to the network.

Or you can choose your own adventure and do something else in the setting!

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[ there's a snort that comes out of her throat that could either be armored amusement or confirmation, or a mixture of both. Alex's eyes are on the fence, as if she's more concerned that it may bite her than Loki's presence behind her. (the answer, though, is the opposite. she's Very Concerned with the presence behind her, but she won't show him. no; she's not keen on showing that kind of vulnerability.)

there's no one with her this time. no Hearthstone and Blitzen. no Sam. no Magnus. instead, there was a looming apocalpyse. she was used to it. while she couldn't currently count on them to have her back, nor could she count on the immortality granted to her as an einherji, she could count on herself, as she always had.

in an instant she moves, one foot in front of another, sprinting full force toward the laser obstruction in front of her. with a leap she's a falcon, soaring the upward length of the fence. there's a twirl in the air (as if there's a defiant laughter accompanying) and within a few flaps she's over height and dropping back down into the brush on her feet.

she dusts her hands. job well done. ]

There's always a chance. [ He rubs at a cut on his jaw, a frown showing in spite of the mask. ]

...But honestly I'm a little out of my element here. Probably the better option is dropping back until we know for sure what we're dealing with. We'll check in with the rest of the incoming crowd. [ He doesn't say team.

It's a problem. He can see that already. In Bludhaven he's working without a network, without a team or a family on hand pick up his slack. To share the burden.

But the Titans are a phone call away. Tim and Bruce 30 miles south. And there's Babs now, and he... well, he more than relies on her. It's been a while, a long long while, since he's been this alone.

On the other hand, sometimes one good ally is all you need. ]

That was a hell of a good showing, by the way. [ And he really can't help but give her a smile. ]

Taking the bottle, he arched an eyebrow at the being, unsure if he should actually drink it. He was still learning the rules of this place and back home, he knew to be cautious eating or drinking anything that wasn't from a safe place. Carelessness might mean being lost in the Seelie realm forever or getting turned into a rat. "Thanks. Do they need me to get back to work?"

They weren't going to let him in. At least not if he was by himself. Alec knew that all he had to do was find some other single being and they could sneak into the club, but it didn't feel right. Every time he was about to take a step toward someone, he thought of Magnus and the club lost its appeal. It didn't matter that he intended to patrol, it was a couple's night and his boyfriend was an entire reality away.

Maybe he should go back to his quarters and wait out the storm.

He'd done enough in the past few days. He could take a night off. Except that would give him time to think, to remember who was waiting back home and how he couldn't go back. No, it was better if he was moving around and helping others instead of feeling sorry for himself.

Alec noticed someone who looked like they were trying to get in the club without a date and started toward them when he heard footsteps. The sound didn't register as a threat so he didn't notice until he felt a familiar hand on his shoulder and the rain suddenly stopped pouring down on him.

Magnus.

As soon as he was facing his boyfriend, Alec grinned, all the sadness in his expression turning to joy and awe. Catching the belt loops on Magnus' pants, he pulled him close answering the question with a slow, deep kiss. There were a few catcalls and whistles from the people waiting in line, but Alec ignored them, focusing on Magnus being with him. He'd known that Magnus would find a way to find him, but he hadn't expected it to be so soon. For the first time since arriving, he began to feel like he wasn't completely lost.

Reluctantly pulling away when he needed to catch his breath, he smiled again, cupping Magnus cheek. He half expected him to disappear like a Fairy illusion even after the kiss. "I knew you'd find me."

According to the price tag, the bottle was from Target. How Alec got it was something else entirely. Best not to ask.

"Nah," he said, crouching down next to him. "Besides, it looks like you'd topple over anyway if you tried to work some more. Which won't do anyone any good."

[It's true, Eddie would've been impressed with almost anything magic-related, but a massive poison cloud and explosion? Super cool.

When Taako offers to float him down there, though, he hesitates, leans over and peers over the edge of the platform.]

Levitate? Really? You wouldn't like...drop me or anything, would you?

[Pinning a blue-eyed stare on Taako, he raises both brows questioningly.]

[He seems to give this question serious thought, because it would be pretty funny.]

Nah. [a beat] Probably not? [another beat] Nah, we're cool homie, I promise not to drop you.

[That's probably super reassuring.]

The grin that Alec turned on him, bright as the sun and twice as welcome, made his worries momentarily melt away. Magnus made an undignified noise of surprise as he was drawn in, a feeling of deja vu flashing through his thoughts as he was reminded of the night they'd first slept together. Alec had a talent for surprising the warlock, always so eager and confident when they were together as if to contrast the caution he exercised at the Institute thanks to the insecurities his parents had instilled in him. But this Alec, the relaxed one who fit his lips against Magnus' as easily as if they were breathing, was someone Magnus adored to be able to bring out in him. It made him feel proud not only of Alec for accepting this part of himself, but also proud that they hadn't shied away from putting in effort at the beginning of the relationship.

Kissing back leisurely, knowing they had the time for it, Magnus draped his arms around Alec's neck to keep him close. He spared a little of his concentration for a spell to dry Alec's body and clothes, fingers sinking into his hair to rid it of rain as well. Dazed as the kiss ended, he tried to chase Alec's lips for more but just smiled at him as he spoke. "You can't get rid of me so easily," he teased, hands sliding down Alec's neck to rest on his shoulders. "Luckily it appears to be couple's night, otherwise you would have been snatched up off the street in no time."

There was something slightly different than expected in the kiss, but Alec couldn't figure out what. Magnus' lips fit against his the way they always did. The faint warmth of magic was the same. So was the scent of of burnt sugar with whatever passed for sandalwood in this reality. But there was some little detail...

No, it was just separation that was causing the anxiety. He was looking for danger where none existed.

The feeling of of fingers in his hair made him press closer despite needing to take a breath. Gently nipping Magnus' lip when he tried to kiss him again, his expression softened to relief at having his boyfriend here. Safe and whole. Not like he'd been the last time they'd been separated. "I'm never going to try to get rid of you." Not after everything they'd been through to get back together.

Rolling his eyes, he tried to scowl but Alec couldn't fight back his smile. "No one is going to steal a grumpy Shadowhunter except a High Warlock."

Watching the other volunteer, Alec still couldn't decide if this was kindness or a fairy trick. Considering his reputation with the Seelie, it was better not to take chances.

"I'm stronger than I look." Not a dangerous thing to admit, even if Alec didn't know what type of being he was speaking to. He'd proven that he wasn't an average Mundane hours ago. "Just needed a break. There's other who need to rest more than I do."

Magnus sensed it, too, though it was difficult to put his finger on the change. The way that Alec hauled him in with the kind of easy confidence that seemed to speak of a long relationship could have been attributed to the unfamiliar situation that they'd found themselves in. Kissing in public wasn't entirely unheard of for Alec, and the fact that it was a reunion might have helped him not to care about whether or not strangers watched them as they kissed in the rain.

Shivering at the teeth on his lip, Magnus pressed their foreheads together and felt him readjusting his world for the second time in the last few days. He'd been prepared to live without Alec, something he hadn't thought he'd need to come to terms with so quickly. And yet here he was, another testament to how tightly entangled their fates were with one another. "Lucky me, then," he said with a genuine smile thought it held some tentativeness as if he wasn't sure if Alec would live out that promise.

He chuckled and kissed Alec again, simply to see if he would allow the indulgence. "You're not always grumpy," he pointed out as he smiled up at him. "But I'm not going to advertise that and invite competition. No one is going to steal you if I have anything to say about it."

Considering Alec's ears which poked out of his hair the fear is somewhat reasonable. Currently, Alec had nothing to with either court though he briefly was king of the Seelie court. Ages ago.

Snorting a little, he dropped next to the guy. "Hero?" he asked. From a pocket he pulled out a piece of wax paper from his coat and unwrapped it. Inside were round honey colored globs that smelled like honey. He took one and popped it into his mouth.

Really, only heroes tended to say things like 'I'm stronger than I look' especially if they looked like Alec.

"Nothing wrong with needing a break. I'm a big fan of breaks."

They'd only been separated a few days. He shouldn't feel like it'd been months. They'd been broken up longer than Alec had been stuck in the Quarantine. But that separation was something that Alec could understand and there was no way to fix it until Magnus had forgiven him. Being brought to another reality wasn't something that could be mended with words and he'd known that it might be months before Magnus and the others figured out how to find him.

That resignation had to be why things felt different. Magnus looked the same given that he wouldn't have access to his usual wardrobe and make-up. He reacted the same to Alec's kiss and his teasing. The details he expected were the same, except the uncertainty in Magnus' answer. Lifting one hand, he cupped Magnus' jaw. "Lucky both of us. We're together. We'll figure this out. One day at a time, remember?" Just like the promise they'd made on the rooftop of the house in Alicante.

Smiling as Magnus leaned in for another kiss, Alec kept Magnus close until there was no space between them. The hand that had been at his boyfriend's waist moved to his lower back, tracing patterns along Magnus' spine. "Even if you didn't have something to say about it, I'm not easy to steal. I keep lots of pointy things hidden away so no one can keep me from you."

The teasing light in his eyes turned to something serious as realized what he'd nearly lost. He wrapped his arms around Magnus, holding him for a moment to reinforce that he really was here. That meant that his hopes were possible. They could go home or he could see his family again someday. Izzy, Jace, Clary, Simon, they could all arrive someday or the two of them would figure out how to get back home to them. "By the Angel, I missed you." Pressing his face to Magnus' neck, he whispered the endearment that had been the cause of bad memories until they'd started rebuilding their relationship. "Aku cinta kamu."

Today?

[ Deflecting the first question with a wink, his expression levels out to a disappointed pout when the portable coffee makes an appearance. ]

No white chocolate mocha? Caramel latte? Up your game, Wing of Night. [ Although he gestures to have some black coffee, eh. Sure. ] You carry snacks around with you in case of emergency peckishness?

"That's not even the best part," he responds, chuckling inside his helmet, which lends a certain static-y sound to it. "But you really won't believe me if I tell you. I'll just have to show you if the opportunity arises."

He could also just shrink now, he supposes, but that seems impractical, given the fact that they're constantly being attacked. Right when he finishes that thought, too, Rick shoots and a creature falls.

But the brush gets cleared and as soon as Ray lays eyes on that pyramid, he already wants to get his hands on it too. He nods once to Rick as he steps forward, into the clearing, as if their plan needs no discussion.

"I'll try to be as fast as possible. But I won't have any idea what we're dealing with until I get over there." He takes another step forward, like he's ready to go, before turning back to Rick. "If something happens, and we need to get outta here, yell okay?"

After that, if Rick agrees, Ray walks into the small clearing and kneels down.

"All right little guy. Let's see what's going on."

[It's difficult not to judge. She understands that not everywhere can be so blessed, but if there are deities there she thinks less of them for holding themselves away from their people.

Assuming they aren't somehow blocked...assuming that the world isn't completely bereft of a divine presence.]

If there are, I haven't spoken to them yet. In this regard this place may be more like your own home than mine.

Would you want to meet them if they were here?

I'll see what I can do.

Plat = Platinum. Not that we use the actual coins anymore but the shorthand name has stuck since everything went digital. Platinum, gold, silver, copper.

[ She makes the air vibrate around her and doesn't seem to notice, the moment when a hawk enfolds her limbs and lifts her over the fence less surprising than it could be if it didn't feel so ... familiar. Widened eyes narrow with suspicion, no barriers behind his eyes; only the fence between them. He doesn't want to think about what her shapeshifting means, same way he tries not to pay attention to any of the Old Man's leftovers (and cruel as it sounds it's true, they are). ]

Flashy.

[ He's not a bird, can't fly. Earthbound, unlike Thor, and isn't sentiment just the damnedest thing? He can't lie his way around his own truths.

It looks like he crouches down until the green coat envelopes his limbs and shrinks, scaly and sleek so that a silent, slender snake can slither between the lowest point in the chainlinks. On the other side, it raises its head and the verdant gaze of the serpent remains exactly the same even as Loki rises out of its form.

He brushes off his knees, just for show. ]

A sparrow would have been less noticeable but that didn't seem to be what you were aiming for. Now that hurdle's over with, [ hahAH get it, ] what's next?

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Tilting his head into the touch, closing his eyes as he focused on the warmth of Alec's hand despite the cold air around him, he smiled and looked up at him with unglamoured eyes. "One day at a time," he echoed, though what he was meant to remember, he wasn't entirely sure. Perhaps it was just Alec's way of reminding him of the conversation they'd had after their first date, voicing the importance of effort in a relationship.

Magnus laughed against Alec's lips, nipping at them in appreciation for the hands wandering over him as well as the teasing protectiveness. Shivering a little as fingers pressed against the small of his back, he traced the shell of Alec's ear with a ring-clad thumb. "I've been known to conjure a pointy thing or two. I think we'd have anyone running for the hills if they tried coming between us." And that had never been his concern, not when it felt like they were more likely to have internal problems thanks to their numerous differences and Alec's sense of duty to his parents and Shadowhunters. That, at least, was becoming less of a sore spot for them both.

Breath leaving him at the embrace, he moved his arms down from Alec's neck to wrap around his torso and squeeze back. His hands gripped at the fabric of his shirt, holding tightly to remind Alec he wasn't about to let go. "I missed you, too," he said, foregoing any teasing about the length of time they'd been apart in favor of the truth. Sucking in a sharp breath, the Indonesian sounding so foreign on Alec's lips as well as in this time of Magnus' life, he pulled back and looked up at him with wide eyes. "Where did you hear that?"

[ ugh. ]

What do you want, anyway? Here to critique my shapeshifting? [ not just flashy or aloof, but also somewhat prickly. despite the tension that she radiates, she holds herself with an easy edge, resting her weight on her hip as she stretched the garrote between her hands. it shone in the shadows, a brilliant gold color. ] Get lost. I can take care of this myself.

[ in theory, she probably could. she was (painfully) aware that they were not at Hotel Valhalla, and any demise that she walked into would be permanent.

SHE DOESN'T WANT U OR UR BAD JOKES ]

Oh, sure. A few too many all night stakeouts over Papa Johns are a hell of an incentive to come prepared.

[ That and impromptu trips like this. ] Though I don't have much worth sharing just now. [ For what it's worth he looks genuinely regretful. ]

[The longer Taako is quiet, the higher Eddie's brow raises, until the elf is saying that he probably won't drop him and calling him homie which seems a little ridiculous, and then Eddie is laughing.]

You know what? I give up. Let's go for it.

That's the spirit!

[Put your faith in random strangers, you fool.]

One Levitate, coming up.

[He gestures with a hand, as if lifting Eddie into the air and - yep, he's now weightless. Taako has enough control over it that he can move Eddie sideways a little, then start gently lowering him to the ground.

True to his word, he does not drop him, just lets the spell go when Eddie is a foot above solid ground, figuring he seems capable of handling the tiny fall. And then Taako jumps off the edge, his umbrella popping open in full Mary Poppins style, as he floats down.

Neat.]

You don't hold back on my account either, Cap. [He tells Steve with a wry little grin. Bucky nods once at Michael, and as soon as he's off, the fight begins. He and Steve barely need to talk to communicate, doing so in gestures and combinations of motions and wordless shouts or clipped words. They have their teammate's back - of course they do.

Bucky takes off at a sprint, and leaps onto the back of a reptilian creature, knocking it into the ground and effectively distracting it from its would-be prey (Michael). He throws the shield, and it ricochets between two different creatures' heads before it bounds back to him. One out of the group continues its pursuit of their teammate, and Bucky shouts, wrestling with the first creature,] Heads up, Rogers!

There's more? As in a better kind of more? Idly, Rick wonders how a suit like that would stand against a horde of Walkers. The flying would come in handy. It's unclear whether or not the electricity would affect the brain of an already dead thing. Rick has killed Walkers a lot of ways though, so it might work.

He likes the way Ray seems to operate. Rick is a man of few words on a daily basis. But also, back home he and his people use minimal words during a crisis. They've become a well-oiled machine over time where they can speak with looks and hand gestures so as not to attract unwanted attention. With some it comes easier than with others. Ray seems to get it once they get to the pyramid.

He nods at Ray and then puts his back completely to him for the first time as he walks backward behind him to watch their flank while Ray gets to the pyramid. That in itself shows a level of trust that Rick doesn't easily give out so easily.

After a bit, he glances back at the other man. "It look like it's fixable?" He doesn't even think to look at the malfunctioning contraption. He wouldn't know one end from the other. Too high tech for him.

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