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riverview: test drive meme


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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Jack | Samurai Jack

[personal profile] jacktothefuture 2017-02-28 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
I
[He's never really said much the whole time he's been here, some things simply do not change from one world to the next. Besides an initial angry demand that he be returned to his home at once, only to be told that such a thing might not be possible for some time. Though his frustration hadn't abated entirely he had at least resolved himself to do what he must. Whatever world he was on, there were those in need here and he was bound to aid them however he could. At least for the time being. Besides, if the portal could transport a person across worlds perhaps it could also transport them across time.

So when the warnings of the storm came, Jack was right there in the thick of it. Lending his strength to the efforts. Whether that's stacking sandbags, lashing ropes to shore up walls and structures or leaping from nowhere to brace a load somebody's struggling with.

Toward the end of the day he'll move off to the side with a simple meal of stew and bread. Should he see somebody emptyhanded, he'll pause before offering up half of the bread to them.]


Here. It is important for everyone to keep up their strength.

II
[Now this was sadly nothing new. Monsters and beasts terrorized every corner of the world he called home and this place is no different from the looks of things.

Upon his arrival it hadn't taken long to hear tales of a pack of savage predators that struck from a deep, dark patch of forest only to vanish again before the Guard could snare them. Fortunately, a plan had been devised to capture the pack, however the plan required a volunteer to act as bait. A risky task that nobody had dared volunteer for. Until now.

Dressed only in a plain white gi, sandals and armed only with a simple sword, the Samurai stepped out beyond the safety of the walls. Rain dripped from the straw hat he wore on his head as he surveyed the trees before him. Then he turned his back. Sat. And waited.

He could play his part and, he trusted, so would his allies at the wall.]


III
["We need somebody just like you! It's super important!"

That had been how the request had been framed. As something of fire importance to the security and wellbeing of the people in the Quarantine. And, well, when phrased in such a way how could he possibly refuse his help? He couldn't, that's how. So he'd agreed readily, prepared to confront whatever danger or hardship awaited--

And now he's seated at a folding table, behind blinking in confusion at the bizarre setup and glancing down at the card in front of himself that simply read "Jack."]


I... do not understand. What is the meaning of this?

[Perhaps he should have asked what exactly "speed dating" was before he agreed to this.]
greatcleavage: (talky man)

I

[personal profile] greatcleavage 2017-02-28 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[They might not have exchanged a word socially all day, but Roy already felt something of a kinship to the other warrior. Wherever he'd been lending his efforts, so had Jack, with the same focus and determination, and results that could not be questioned.]

[But even Roy's strength, both natural and magically augmented, had its limits. So when he spots Jack off to the side and wanders that way, it's with a hand raised to ward off the offer.]
I had something earlier. What I'd really appreciate is just a place to sit out of the way. If you don't mind.
livingsymbol: ([S] You want to put that where?)

III

[personal profile] livingsymbol 2017-03-13 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack wasn't the only one that had been roped into the situation through vague words and an urgent plea for help. Steve is seated in a chair across the line of tables with a similar name card of his own, reading "Steve Rogers" in a plan print. The blond man looks less than amused, but it's not technically dangerous. He supposes they are helping in a way.]

The meaning? I don't know about meaning, but they want us to pick up a date. These things are supposed to help you meet people.