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

[keepitup]

It's maybe one of the few times his experience with Oliver Queen's less talkative side is working to Ray's benefit. He and Oliver are fine now, of course; Ray might even call them friends, but their personalities are nothing alike. Oliver prefers not to talk, whereas Ray sometimes can't stop talking, and the clash has given him some stray experience in picking up on certain cues. He's not exactly good at it, but he's not totally oblivious either.

There is however, a certain innocence to way that Ray already trusts Rick, because he doesn't even give a second thought to his own back when he kneels down and fully immerses himself in the blue glow of the pyramid. And he takes Rick's trust for granted too, because he's still new to doing heroics and Ray ... sometimes Ray doesn't remember the lessons he learned in the boardroom when he's out doing good with other people.

"I hope this blue light doesn't suck out my soul or something," he says, smiling and mostly to himself, when he reaches with a gloved hand to pick it up. What an interesting little contraption. The pyramid itself seems to be some kind of container, but given the way it's vibrating Ray can already tell that what he can see is just a shell. This is definitely tech of some kind.

"X-ray scan, please." And as he holds it up, his heads up display begins to scan the device. A few seconds later, he can see inside. It is definitely tech.

"Gimme a second!" he responds back, not quite a full yell but his voice a little louder since he's lost track of how far away Rick is now, and he isn't interested in pulling his focus away from the pyramid. "I wonder if there's some way to..." He's pushing, poking, turning, trying anything to see if it'll unlock.

[usandthedead]

In a way, Ray reminds Rick of Tara, always there with wit and sarcasm to fill any silence. Although, thankfully she knows when to be quiet too since sound draws Walkers in any direction. But the wit and jokiness of Ray is making Rick miss Tara and her own humor. It's both nice and not for different but obvious reasons.

As Ray works, Rick can't help but have half of his attention on the area around them and half on what Ray is doing. That suit of his is some kind of engineering marvel the likes of which Rick has never seen before. It's interesting. He's curious. But watching Ray use it to his benefit, displaying the amazing things it can do is almost a distraction. He has to remind himself to pay attention enough to keep Ray safe enough to work miracles.

Rick knows how to fix an engine or even hot wire a car, but beyond that he's useless when it comes to stuff like this.

Thankfully, he gets to prove his usefulness when two creatures come running into the clearing, all fangs and claws. Rick dispatches them quickly enough. One with the hatchet and the other with his pistol, both head shots cause that's a tried and true method of stopping most anything.

"I think they're gettin' more agitated as time passes." And they both know that this thing is what's causing it. "Not that they'd be friendlies on a good day, but... they're probably not always so aggressive. Most animals I know have a survival instinct." These are just... wild and rabid.

As Rick's said this, he's come closer to Ray again, peeking over his shoulder to see what he's doing.

[keepitup]

There's a lot for Rick to look at, if he wants to look. The colors on Ray's suit aren't incredibly vibrant — it's built more for stealth than for style, but there are lots of self-moving parts. When Ray adjusts his body position, the bolts on his joints turn on their own and parts of his suit periodically emits a faint glow.

The shot that Rick fires into a creature let's out a bang — whether it's a moment of serendipity or fate is a question Ray isn't prepared to answer, but as the shot rings out, he simultaneously presses on all three sides of the pyramid and a line of tiny metal bricks crack open.

Rick's already talking, but Ray turns around in a moment of excitement. Having left the shell on the ground, his hands are now holding what looks like an advanced circuit board with an antenna, powered by ... he isn't sure yet, but he knows it's small. He's excited because it's so small, but the device is still vibrating in his hands. There's two ways to disable it. The first, which is to basically bash the device until it stops working, isn't a solution that even crosses Ray's mind. The second then, is to figure out a way to disable it. There isn't an obvious red button, or off switch, but Ray thinks that if he can just manage to break access to the power, the whole thing will go down. He needs to be able to cut something tiny, and his energy beams are too big, at least as his current size. His eyes glance over to Rick's hatchet for a second before nah, a blade like that can't possibly work.

"Okay Rick. I know how to disable this — uh, I think — but I'm going to need you to guard it for a minute. Just make sure nothing comes over and ... um ... eats it or anything like that."

Which, really begs the question of where exactly will YOU be Ray? But he doesn't seem to realize that it's something he needs to explain.