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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!
Ivar "The Boneless" Ragnarsson | Vikings
[Ivar watched the skies grow dark and ugly looking. This looked to be a bad storm, even worse than the one that had destroyed the boat he'd been on when he and his father had gone to England. But the storm brought a feeling of fierce joy to the young Viking. It reminded him of home and of the gods. Could they still see him here in the strange new place? He hoped so. Maybe it was Thor sending down a message right now.
He'll move to get indoors eventually, but for right now, Ivar is seated outside on a bench, head craned back as he watches the skies. Anyone who observes the teenager will notice two unusual things about him. The first is that the whites of his eyes are tinged blue as well as his irises. The second is that his legs are tied together with several strips of fabric.]
II. monster madness
[Hunting and killing real-life monsters? Ivar was definitely there. All he needed was his ax and he climbed onto a truck. Really, getting inside some wagon that didn't need horses to run off of was more terrifying than whatever he was about to face. He got a few strange looks from people as he crawled off the truck, but then, he'd been getting them his whole life. By now, he'd ceased caring.
He watched as one of the monsters, a spindly-legged thing with far too many teeth, scrambled right over the fence. It immediately made a beeline for the Viking. Calmly, he picked up his ax, and waited for it to come in view. The minute a clawed hand reached out to grab him, he lopped it off. Then he went for the feet, taking them out so he could bring it down to his level. Wary, the creature and he went back and forth, each trying to deal out damage to the other. Suddenly seizing an opening, Ivar brought his ax down right in the middle of the creature's head, killing it stone cold dead.
He wiped the gore off of his blade, a manic grin on his face as he looked around for his next opponent.] That was fun. Who's next?
IV. solution
[The jungle was hotter than any place Ivar had ever been in his life. He wasn't going to complain though. That would make him seem weak in the eyes of everyone else. Instead, he wiped the sweat off his brow, and continued crawling through the brush. The vehicle that had brought them this far had to be left a few miles back, but Ivar was keeping up fairly well with everyone else, considering all the brush they had to make their way through.
The blue glow is what caught his attention first. Hacking a hanging vine away, he looked up to see a pyramid in front of them. It was still a bit of a walk's away, but it was clear that this was a source of power. Being a Viking, Ivar saw only one logical solution to the problems it was causing.]
So how do we destroy this thing?
V. wildcard
[Want to do anything else? Let me know here!]
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Enjoyin' the weather, eh? It's going to be a big bluster, this one.
Re: I
[Ivar turns to look at the man, an expression of delight on his face at seeing someone else who wasn't going to let the weather prevent them from being outdoors. As the wind continues to whistle, there's a loud rumble of thunder from overhead. Ivar looks back up at the sky, waiting to see if rain will follow.]
It sounds like the gods are talking.