riverview: test drive meme

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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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Comments

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[chrisms]

Unfortunately not. Just the monsters. It'd help though, to know what else is out there. Even a map of the terrain'd be nice or something.

[ it's all pretty unhelpful in terms of intel and he'd have asked one of the guards for a little more information if they didn't seem too concerned with getting the help out there. he frowns a little bit, seated with a wrist propped up against his knee and slowly working a very small globe of light between his fingers. beyond that, he doesn't look to be very armed at all save a small kit strapped to his thigh. ]

You look ready for 'em, though

[ tipping his head towards her and shifting his frown to a little bit of a smile. it wouldn't really due to linger on that here--they'll do what they can to survive. ]

And I'll have your back if you want. [ he offers out a hand, not hesitating. ] Tris.

[zethir]

[Terrain was another thing Bryn had considered as well, though she'd hoped that learning about the monsters might give her an idea of the terrain by extension. Evolution was an interesting thing, and all kinds of beasts would adapt to the area. Granted, everywhere in the Quarantine seems overgrown enough to leave little to the imagination with regards to what they'll find out there.

Instead, her eyes watch the little globe of light that he plays with. It trips to and fro between his fingertips, with casual skill that Bryn finds comforting. If she's going to be working alongside magic users she'd rather be working with someone who knows what they're about and can exert such precise control.

She takes his hand when offered, and shakes it, firm but not too hard.]

Bryn. And I'll have yours as well. You look just as ready. [She tilts her chin toward him, toward the light.] I assume that magic of yours is more impressive in the field?

[chrisms]

[ if there's anything he's learned through the years, it's that nothing ringers truer than the old adage of strength in numbers. he holds her hand a moment, his own surprisingly cold to the touch. her grip is firm, steady. ]

Just a little more impressive. I heal, but could blow a thing or two up if it comes down to it.

[ he doesn't like it. he tries to avoid it, but sometimes the fight is inevitable and you have to get dirty some days even though you don't quite want to. he extinguishes the small light with a pinch of his fingers together, smiling. ]

[inlaid]

[Bryn notes the cool grip of his hand, but as much as she knows that stress leeches blood away from the extremities, she doesn't take it as a sign of nervousness before the battle. Not in the least.]

Well, it sounds like you're the person to keep by my side. Think you can keep me alive when I inevitably do something thrilling and stupid?

[She flashes him a quick grin. She's skilled, she's competent, but Bryn is well aware of how the adrenaline gets to her sometimes and pushes her a little too quickly. Makes her more of a daredevil.]