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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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[ Yes, he hates on a dead guy, what of it.
Also, excuse me? You are reading to kids and performing magic tricks while the place is about to flood. He is (was) carting sandbags to at least lessen the impact of the flooding. Beating his metal chest wouldn't do anyone any good right now, he wants to build a legion of
The engineer has his mouth open, something adequately annoyed and perhaps snarky about rainbow umbrellas when Loki angles the light and--
Well then. That's -- interesting.
Tony pokes it, curiosity on his face. ]
Shielding capabilities? Does it only work with rainbows or is it just light oriented influence?
[ He says light oriented influence because he refuses to say magic. Because S C I E N C E. ]
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[ Might have some science behind it but it's Light Elf sorcery, who knows how those guys work their shit? He isn't going to debate it for Stark's benefit. Tony's hand will go straight through the rainbow shield with a shimmer, as if it isn't solid, and some of the bolder kids (forgetting about the incoming storm along with their fear) scoot around them to do the same, making a game of it when their fingers come back wet.
Loki stands with a hand on a hip, attention mostly on the other man sidelong save for when a small child starts painting a smiley face on his coat with rainwater. He pretends not to see them, continuing with his explanation to the others. ]
The Elves use the sugar-water storms to their advantage, blinding their opponents with iridescent beams from their shields and skewering them on sharpened gumdrop spears. If you get stabbed and try to pull away, the honeyed blade sticks to your guts and pulls them out for the sugar-ants to start swarming when you fall to the ground, eating you alive while you're inside-out.
[ A few kids pull faces, others laugh. It's the best storytime! ]
But nothing can get through the shields while they're up. We're just like that old saying, As safe as Light Elves.
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It doesn't. In fact, it just makes Tony want to call it something completely ridiculous even more. But won't right now because-- well, that is a rather interesting version of events you are telling these children Mr. Silvertongue. Not that Tony is going to stop you from telling them about it, but he is going to have to actively try to hide a twitch of a smirk.]
Sounds like Candyland meets a gory version of Risk. Do they ride into battle on unicorns with horns made of candy canes, or perhaps semi-sentient clouds of cotton candy?
[ Tony is still poking at the rainbow though, he might even squat down a bit and pull out his phone (honestly, more like really tiny computer whatever) to take pictures and tries to get readings on the thing.]
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The unicorns are extinct, their parts were last sold on the Midgardian black market, as far as I know.
[ BOOM, HAVE SOME FACTS SINCE YOU LOVE THEM SO MUCH. ]
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I thought there were still some in the Forbidden Forest. Man, Thanos is going to be so angry there is no more unicorn blood.
[ Wait, wait a second...]
...wait, did they actually have candy cane horns then? Because I feel like that would clash with the rainbow shield thing.
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You say that like unicorns in general make sense.
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[ He goes back to studying the light thing. He still wants to know how that works okay. ]
Can things get out of the shield? Is it like a one way kinda deal or no?
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[ Daring him to try without actually saying it. ]