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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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She raises her voice to be heard over the commotion around them. "Were you harmed?"
She has never been as talented with healing spells as she is at creating potions or using more destructive forms of magic, but she feels certain that any minor healing makes her a valuable asset here and now. Fortunately, she sees no immediate sign of injury when she spares the time to look at other woman, and she holds out one hand to quickly help her up.
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"You hand will not burn me?" she asks, having no idea how this whole thing works. Seeing fire spring from her palm as if it was something natural has Cecelia's head swimming. How does she do that?
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Where magic is concerned, this place has little in common with Thedas. There are those here, she knows, from worlds even less magical, as difficult as that is to imagine; she assumes that must be the case here. Her hand stays out, palm up, and she briefly wiggles her fingers.
"It seems we are allies at the moment. For now I am the least of your worries."
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"Indeed. Thank you so much for that timely intervention. I am afraid that I am new to this weapon, but I was assured it was the simplest for me to use." Of course the men back home had shooting parties, but she certainly never attended one. And they didn't use such small guns anyway. They had rifles or some such thing; she's no expert.
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Her eyes linger on the gun for a moment before returning to the other woman's face. "I have little experience with these weapons myself. Let us hope they were right."
She gets the impression that her new ally is not much of a fighter.
"I am Morrigan."
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"I am Cecelia Wynn. A pleasure to make your acquaintance, though I do wish the circumstances were better." She gives the fence a worried look. "All our efforts will be in vain if we cannot push them back enough to repair the fence."
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"Agreed." It would be nice to think she has not simply survived a crisis in her own world to be plunged into a crisis in this one. "On both counts." Her eyes stray to a pair of volunteers struggling with the fence. "It seems fire is a helpful deterrent. I can cast a barrier on you if you would like," she adds, an afterthought. "A temporary effect only, but until it is worn down their claws and teeth will be less of a concern."
Helpful, she imagines, if Cecelia's confidence with her new weapon is not high.