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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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[come on sam, you have the (mis)fortune of knowing steve rogers better than most, which means you already know the answer to that question. he hesitates at the offered gun before accepting it. it just doesn't have the same familiar weight to it, and the only option it gives him is pulling the trigger. he doesn't regret that he gave up the shield, he regrets that he had to.]

I wouldn't worry too much about the teeth. [steve smirks in the other man's direction, and that's always a bad sign.] I'm the bigger mouthful here. They'll go straight for me. Just make sure you take them down when they do.

[Of course he does, which is why he's making Steve take a gun anyway. For his own peace of mind, if nothing else. Sure, he knows Steve can probably punch one of these monsters - whatever they are - to a pulp, but that doesn't mean it'll necessarily be the best option.]

Who said I was even gonna get close enough to worry about the teeth? They'll be chasing after a dinner of grade-A dumbass. [Sam grins back at him, an answer to that smirk - a facial expression he's more than familiar with when it comes to Steve. It means that he's about to do something goddamn stupid, and Sam's just going to follow him and make sure he doesn't get torn into pieces. That's the goal, anyway.] Unlike some people I could name, I know when to keep my distance.

[it's a compliment, sam. steve knows he can trust the man to have his back when he's doing something goddamn stupid.]

I guess that's one way of doing it.

[choosing an easier, safer option that's just as effective. what a concept.]

So what're your thoughts on this place?

[steve's eyes are scanning the horizon. but the tone and lowered volume of his voice suggests that he has his suspicions.]

Pretty coincidental that they supposedly have the ability to find people who feel like they don't fit in, don't you think?

[Sam doesn't think he's one of those - apart from being an outlaw right now, he's always been fairly content with his lot in life, and he knows he'd rather be back home right now.]

And if they make a mistake - oops, you're still stuck here for five years to work off all the trouble of bringing you here in the first place. No questions asked. Goddamn fishy, if you ask me.

A portal that can reach our world and beyond just happens to bring us both.

[plus wanda. plus bucky. steve would be more grateful to have his friends here, but he doesn't like that they're trapped in this place with him.]

I know these fences are supposed to keep us safe, but I can't help feeling corralled.

[like cattle. that really makes his jaw tense.]

One thing's for sure, it looks like we might be her for awhile. And a lot of innocent people have got caught up in it too.

[which actually makes two things for sure.]

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