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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

Yeah, well, about that. I mean.

[Someone's suddenly feeling guilty/weird/awkward about a dating thing. He's not exactly, you know, a prime catch.]

I was, you know, just, uh, in the area?

[Why did he just say that as a question?]

[She offers him a wry smile.]

It would be alright if you came here on purpose.

[After all, Wanda is here as well, though she wasn't looking for a date in particular so much as just, well, an opportunity to meet people. To make friends. Perhaps meet someone to go with her to that overnight pool party that had been advertised for pairs.]

Perhaps I can help you find someone to talk to.

[See, not judging, helping!]

Of course it would be. I mean, hey, I'm just a, you know, convicted felon who hangs around with insects. What girl can resist that?

[Sane ones. He'd suggest that as the answer to that riddle. ]

But hey, you too, you know. Want me to beat up any creeps or something?

[Yeah, he's not only Evading^tm with extreme prejudice, but he's also trying out this Good Guy schtick.

It's a work in progress, okay?]

[Wanda lifts an eyebrow.]

I'm capable of beating up my own creeps but the offer is appreciated.

[What she's more focused on is him. It's far easier and more comfortable to think about his situation than her own.]

You, however, might try leading with the fact that you're a superhero who can harness science and one of Mother Nature's armies to protect others.

Oh, yeah, right. Guess I should have remembered that.

[He's new to the whole chivalry thing in the first place. ]

Yeah, I can get really...small. Definite chick magnet stuff right there. [Like his self-esteem right now? ]

Honestly, I only came for the free food. [Not entirely a lie! Free eats? Definitely an ex-con's best friend.]

[Wanda blinks at him, perplexed. He's always been a talkative man but she can't recall ever hearing him ramble quite like this. Fixing him with a concerned look, she takes a half step closer to keep their conversation private.]

Scott, is everything alright?

[He seems insistent on talking himself down and deflecting and she's not entirely certain why.]

[ Well, true. They haven't exactly had a lot of conversation time. Kind of like 'hi, you're awesome' and then a lot of punching. And, of course, awesomeness on his part, if he does say so himself. ]

Yeah, I mean. This whole place is great. Right? With the storm and the monsters and the speed dating....

[One of these things is not like the others....!!] I mean, seriously. Doesn't this seem a bit weird?

[Weird even by Avengers rules.]

[Maybe she's just reading too deeply into things but he seems like he's on the verge of a small break down. Lips pursing together, she grasps him carefully but firmly by the arm, and leads him over to a line of chairs off at the sidelines.]

Here, sit. [Her tone implies she won't accept any arguments. And once he's settled on his seat, she's going to find him a drink because clearly this is a man in need of settled nerves.

It takes her a moment but after a minute Wanda returns with two shots rum. She hands one to Scott.] Drink.

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