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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!
no stress!!
[The umbrella is pointed forwards, as thick yellow fog begins to form in a near perfect sphere around the monster, almost obscuring the thing from view as it shrieks in pain. (And takes 28 poison damage).]
Nice! Totally worth the spellslot.
[Feel free to finish it off with the sweet laser gun, Eddie.]
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[It comes out a little strange, and a little broken, mostly because Eddie figures he's in some kind of shock over things that are supposed to only exist in movies he barely pays attention to existing in his direct vicinity. Eddie's eyes are wide as he watches the umbrella wave in the monster's direction and then the cloud of yellow fog around it.
Well. That's obviously poison.]
Oh. Cloudkill. I get it.
[And with that, he lifts the gun, squares his shoulders, sucks in a breath, and slowly releases it while he takes aim through the fog. A precise squeeze of the trigger, and the laser pierces the fog - only to spark some kind of explosion. The whole section of wall rattles as a fireball explodes around the monster - which is screaming in pain, now, but not quite dead - and mostly-harmlessly into the woods.]
Oh my GOD! [It's half horrified and half giddy.] Apparently science and magic are not a good combo. Or at least that poison and this laser.
[Stating the obvious? Yeah. But really, the obvious is ridiculous enough. So instead of being witty, he takes aim again, and shoots off another blast.]
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[Note to self: Cloudkill is potentially explosive. It likely negates the long term effects of the spell, but it'd be handy in a pinch.]
Looks like a pretty good combo to me, my man, that thing isn't coming back to give us shit for a long time.
[Especially not with the second shot Eddie fires.]
That's gotta hurt.
I hope that wasn't too presumptuous of me, but. Explosions tho.
[Eddie says it with a bright laugh, because, when it comes down to it, what guy (or girl, being completely honest) doesn't love a good explosion. Especially to take out a horrific reptile-spider monstrosity?
And when that final shot cuts through the leftover poison and smoke from the explosion, neatly finishing the monster off, Eddie lifts the gun, tilts it up, and blows imaginary smoke from the tip. Winking at the elf, he laughs and holsters the gun.]
Looks like we make a pretty good team.
no it was amazing i love it
The antics earn Eddie a laugh, although Taako makes a point to also roll his eyes just to make sure Eddie knows how silly that was, which is very silly.]
For sure! It's lucky they got us here to save their asses.
[Because it's not like the Perimeter Guard have been managing to keep the place secure for years.]
Did they just like, give you that? [With a gesture at the laser gun.] 'Cause that's wild.
excellent.
Right? What would they have done without us. This whole place would've just gone to the dogs.
[A little glance to the side, and he grins again.]
Yeah. I mean, they gave me an orientation on how to use it and all that, but. [A shrug.] I'm a cop, though, so I guess they felt okay trusting me with a massive laser cannon.
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[Give the dude a massive laser cannon after a brief orientation sounds perfectly logical, considering a secret organisation decided to trust Taako with the fate of the world, and he's just a shitty wizard.]
Do you think we should like, go check that it's dead or whatever? Make sure it doesn't have any friends?
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[A little smile, and a beat, then-]
Even though I've seriously never seen magic before and didn't even believe in it until about 10 minutes ago.
[A laugh, and he shifts cautiously closer to the edge of the platform, peering down into the dark crater and cloud of ash that's leftover from the monster.]
I don't see any movement, at least.
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[He's more than happy to take a compliment when it's given, even if he's apparently dealing with someone who hasn't seen cool wizard shit before, and would likely have been impressed he a first level spell. But whatever!]
I got levitate, if you wanna float your way down there.
[His umbrella has Feather Fall in it, so Taako is fine to get down.]
when u notice a html fail after it's been replied to for three days
When Taako offers to float him down there, though, he hesitates, leans over and peers over the edge of the platform.]
Levitate? Really? You wouldn't like...drop me or anything, would you?
[Pinning a blue-eyed stare on Taako, he raises both brows questioningly.]
it's ok it was readable that's all that matters
Nah. [a beat] Probably not? [another beat] Nah, we're cool homie, I promise not to drop you.
[That's probably super reassuring.]
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You know what? I give up. Let's go for it.
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[Put your faith in random strangers, you fool.]
One Levitate, coming up.
[He gestures with a hand, as if lifting Eddie into the air and - yep, he's now weightless. Taako has enough control over it that he can move Eddie sideways a little, then start gently lowering him to the ground.
True to his word, he does not drop him, just lets the spell go when Eddie is a foot above solid ground, figuring he seems capable of handling the tiny fall. And then Taako jumps off the edge, his umbrella popping open in full Mary Poppins style, as he floats down.
Neat.]
/lamely ties this off