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

[advanced]

[Again, the slightest ease of tension seeps out of his posture when the assurance comes, though he doesn't acknowledge it.]

You're not eating?

[signifies]

[ right. food. ]

I was waiting for it to cool down.

[ He picks it up without incident. if it hasn't cooled down enough and it's noticed, he'll find an explanation. ]

[advanced]

[He does notice, he's always on high alert, it's enough to have his eyes narrow. But he doesn't mention it, realising that might open him up to the same sort of questions.]

In weather like this, it's better to eat it as hot as you can.

[signifies]

[ He smiles at that mother henning. ]

I could say the same to you.

[advanced]

[He holds up his half eaten sausage as if in demonstration that he is, in fact, eating it while it's hot.]

You should get some rest after eating, I can keep an eye on the flood defences.

[What he really means is 'I can sneak away and find somewhere else to hide while you're sleeping'.]

[signifies]

[ excuse you ]

If it's all the same to you, I'd rather stay awake for a little while.

[ Sleep is a habit he's getting back into only because of the city. ]

[advanced]

[His expression flattens, heart rate picking up a bit as he starts to feel trapped.]

We should watch in shifts, make sure the defences don't break down, it makes more sense to get some sleep.

[signifies]

[ Oh, so this is one of those things he has to be careful about. Clark nods. He's sure he can find 'Simon' on short notice if he was really in trouble. ]

All right. I'll take a nap. Wake me up after twenty minutes? I'll keep watch for you.

[ He'd be gone by then, but the promise doesn't expire. ]

[advanced]

[He nods.]

Got it.

[He waits until he thinks that Clark is asleep, watching his breathing pattern even out, before he slips out of the shelter. He leaves the bag of food behind. He has no idea that Clark will be able to hear him even when he wakes up, because he hasn't gone that far. He doesn't want to try another shelter and maybe get caught with people again, so he's sitting out by the sandbags, sheltering himself from the worst of the wind and rain with his hoodie.]