riverview: test drive meme

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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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Comments

[lushton]

So you're both as stupid as each other, okay.

[ A roll of her eyes, folding her arms, and the shield vanishes as Sylvie teleports into the sky above. There she levitates, vaguely hoping the dumb beast (and the clawed animal, hah) accidentally flatten each other with the suddenness of her absence. ]

[somnioergosum]

[The night horror goes down on four legs beside Ronan. Ronan paces, kicks the air, and spits on the ground where Slyive was.]

Forget her!

[Whether or not that's directed at the night horror, the creature leaves.

Ronan grabs the nearest monster by the throat and this time he doesn't stop punching it.

Now this is why he doesn't like airheads.]

[lushton]

[ Brute. Forget her? if his attitude wasn't so awfully ungrateful then she would gladly leave, but the way he spits on the ground incenses her pride.

Other monsters gain a green glow to their eyes as she takes control of their minds and persuades them to start encroaching on Ronan instead of bothering with other people in the immediate area; not to fight and draw the ire of his pet beast, merely to loom and showcase her manipulative powers when pissed as they block him in. The creature battling Ronan tries to retreat into Sylvie's round-up, its expression slackening.

The new circular wall of monsters pays her no attention where Sylvie floats above as the Enchantress. In a twisted way, she thinks (hopes) Amora would be proud, but mostly she aims to scare Ronan. ]

Am I easy to forget now?

[somnioergosum]

[Ronan's not intimidated when he looks up at Sylvie. His expression is, in one word, seriously?]

Yeah. Now who's drawing attention?

[The night horror comes back around. Ronan says nothing to it. He's no longer convinced Sylvie's the wrong target. For all he knows, her powers are from a demon and he's not inclined to acquiesce to people who ally with demons.]

Stop being a waste of time!

[lushton]

They won't hurt me if I tell them not to, I don't care if they eat you. And you should be grateful, I was trying to help!

[ Feeding off her mindset, the mini monster army beneath her starts to snarl and bare their fangs. ]

[somnioergosum]

Trying.

[For Ronan, being scared is something that happens when he's not angry. Once under attack, there's no room for fear. There's only existence. Blood flowing through bulging veins, the cracked skin over his bruised knuckles. Why should he fear now when he' so alive?

Also, why should he fear when his night horror, the raven-human hybrid of Ronan's nightmares, is flying at Sylvie with claws outstretched. This one can't be controlled.]

[lushton]

Ugh! You're such a jerk.

[ Landing on the ground, she directs her monsters to get in the way of Ronan's beast and its claws, forcing them to protect her as she glares at its owner. ]

I hope you do die out here!

[ Even if she isn't actually going to engage him directly and instead opts to stalk away. ]

[somnioergosum]

[Guilty as charged.

Ronan immediately takes the opportunity to run away from Sylvie and her monster friends. He has a stunningly low sense of self-preservation yet in spite of that, he doesn't want to die anymore.

Still, parting is such sweet sorrow. So he bids Sylvie a fond farewell by flipping her the bird.]