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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!
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[ Holding out a gloved hand for one of them, her air is one of nonchalance. She wiggles her fingers impatiently and amends, ]
I don't want to do anything while you're holding onto it, you might get jumpy. Sometimes people freak out.
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Hold on. This isn't going to come with some sort of Faustian deal is it? Unlimited bullets for my soul or something like that?
[He's been around mysticism enough to know that sometimes, things just were not what they seemed.]
Not that I don't trust you, but if you're gonna get all magical with this, I just like to know the rules.
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No, but you can buy me a drink sometime. [ Both hands now spread for the gun, open-palmed and wiggling encouragement. ] The lady likes red wine, for the record.
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[With another brief hesitation, he hands the gun over. Worse comes to worst, at least he has another gun, right?]
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She doesn't use firearms and that would be the reason behind the way she holds it with one hand cupping the base as she aims for a leaf on the ground a few feet away, shuts her eyes, and fires off a bright green laser-like round like an uncertain amateur. She is. But! When she peeks at her handiwork, the leaf owns a brand new smoking hole. ]
Alright! I totally thought that would make it, like, disintegrate or something. Oh gosh, I'm so relieved it's not a crazy death-ray. Here you go! Infinite bullets. You are so welcome.
[ Jason can have his new and improved gun back now. ]
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You thought it was going to...okay. [He frowns lightly.] Are they all going to be green lasers from now on? Am I - am I shooting magic?
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Magic, yeah. It's part of me, I guess it'll only stop working if I die ... [ Like her own magic did, sort of, when Loki blew up during Asgard's siege by Osborn. She dismisses any concerns with a wave of her hand, hitching up the unsteady smile again. ] I'm the Enchantress. Don't think too hard about your gun, okay? It's an upgrade, I know what I'm doing.
[ More than half of the time, anyway. ]
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You don't share your body with some other psychic magical entity or something, right?
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Green eyes widen, narrowing a moment later as she shifts on the spot. ]
No? Pretty sure I don't.
[ Having only discovered her connection to Loki by chance, she's never felt any sort of bond with him. Then again, he never bothered to come and meet her, just like all the other asshole Asgardians, so who knows what her deal is. Sylvie's magic is strong enough to make the future Demiurge nervous and at least some of it derives from the former God of Evil, she tries not to dwell on the specifics of her power. ]
I'm ... I'm also called Sylvie. [ No point hiding that in this universe, with nobody to fool. Exploiting the Illuminati took the deception out of her. ] What's your name?
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Don't worry about it. Not like Enchantress isn't a name that...you know. It's no Beyonce, super rare sort of name.
[He slips the gun back into its holster. He'll need to get used to the fact that he won't run out of any ammo. It's a nice security blanket. For now.]
I'm Jason. [He holds his hand out to her, gives her a warm, friendly sort of smile.] And thank you. For the upgrade. It's - I appreciate it.
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[ But after a moment's huffiness she shakes his hand. It's nice to have one offered her way, for once, and his smile is cute when her standards for needing cheering up are low. ]
You're welcome. I wasn't feeling very well back home for a while, but now that I'm here my magic's gone back to normal. I'm glad I could help.
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What was wrong with your magic before?
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Chewing her lip anxiously, she goes back to rubbing her arms as if to stave off the cold. ]
I could only do parlor tricks after that. Teleportation and a few summons, spells to make things I needed like clothes. [ And alcohol. Her smile only returns when she gestures to his new gun, relief evident. ] It's so cool that I can do whatever I want again.