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riverviewooc2017-02-19 07:56 pm
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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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!
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.
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.
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.
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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Steve Rogers. The pleasure is mine, Letha. If you hadn't interrupted him, who knows how long that guy would have kept going?
[Steve would have eventually just left, but this way out was far better.]
What do you do besides rescue strangers from flyers?
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[It hurts a bit to not have Aristeo around, but she's used to masking feelings like that. To the unobservant, it looks like she doesn't even particularly care that he's not around.]
And you? What do you do when you're not awaiting rescue?
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I work with the government. I handle investigations.
[Errands, really. He can't help but feel that Fury treats him like a personal agent.]
While I'm here, I guess I'm keeping animals out of town.
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[She doesn't usually hear of that as a job - investigating much of anything is considered a punishable offense in her hometown.]
I wouldn't mind hearing a few stories about that... I'd never traveled outside of Thornwell before I came here.
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[He doesn't recognize the name, but that doesn't mean anything. It could be a city where she is from and it might be from another world or simply out of the way. It's more her appearance that sets her apart.]
What is it like there? Maybe we can trade stories.
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[Honestly, she doesn't even know what New York is. The Regis clan divides the world into "Thornwell" and "the outside".]
I imagine it's different from other places, but I don't quite know enough about other places to know the differences. Perhaps the sight of risen servants is a bit more common.
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You mean you have servants? Does everyone in Thornwell live like that? I'd like to hear a little about your daily life and neighbors, if you don't mind talking to a stranger.
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[That, and she doesn't remember the last time she met a stranger. It's refreshing.]
My family are nobility, and the townspeople all work to benefit us in return for land in which to live. Most everyone in Thornwell is either a servant or one of my relatives, and I can't think of any exceptions to that. Our elders make laws, and our warrior guards enforce those laws... and I suppose the Queen has some say but only so far as she can budge the elders, and they're a very stubborn lot.
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[Steve is trying to create a mental image of Thornwell based on Letha's description. Her clothes certainly make sense now that he has some idea of her upbringing, and he already has a little impression of the politics she's used to. If it's the kind of place it seems to be, then Quarantine and the portals she came through have to be a shock for her.]
I'm guessing your city isn't like this one.
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[Everything about the Quarantine is a bit of a shock, since the worst she's ever had to worry about is her mean grandmother forcing her to marry an icky boy. But at least she's used to exploring the unknown and honestly, it beats sitting around at home.]