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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

You would have if you had been here sooner.

[He catches the implication and looks back at Bucky without hesitation. The man might not want to be around him, but he's stuck now.]

Well, since you're here now, have a seat. You should dry off and rest. We don't know when we might need to move again.

[Hopefully the storm will break in a few hours, but there's no guarantee. Still, Steve tries to calm the other man and get him to sit. He's too tense.]

[He doesn't sit, but nor does he leave. Instead his eyes dart quickly around the room, cataloguing the exits and blind spots where someone could hide, and then takes up a position with his back to the wall.]

I'm not staying long.

[Not long enough to need to dry off, anyway.]

Why not?

[Look, he's not going to bite you, Bucky. Steve actually looks disappointed to hear that Bucky isn't planning on staying.]

It's still pouring out there, and it looks like it'll only get worse. Stay.

[Even if Bucky does take off, Steve could catch up with him. And then there would be two idiots lost in the storm. Steve's look says he's weighing that option.]

[Why not? Does he need to ask? Bucky fixes him with a blank sort of look.]

I can handle myself, it's only rain.

[He's lived through worse, so has Steve, there's no reason to fuss.]

It's getting ready to flood. Stay here. Everyone is scared. They need someone to keep them calm, not disappear and make them wonder who might be next.

[Too bad, he's fussing. He has civilians to worry about as well as Bucky's safety. Comfort might just have to take second chair for this one.]

What food did you find?

Apples, pears, bread, some sausages.

[It's easier to answer the direct question than to address how ludicrous it is that he might be someone to keep civilians calm.]

You can have some if you want.

[Steve settles down near Bucky. Not too close, but close enough to hold a conversation (and too close to escape from, if Bucky decides to bolt). His posture remains relaxed, at least not giving an outward impression that he might give chase.]

Thanks. We'll need energy. Whether the storm dies down or not, some of us are going to have to check the fences.

[Any amount of near is too close, and so Bucky shifts away to lean against the wall nearer to the door.]

I know. I'm going to go out and do that soon.

[He wasn't going to, but it's a good excuse to get out of here for a legitimate reason.]

[Steve frowns as he sees Bucky lean away. The small movement is enough to let him know that the other man is anxious to leave.]

Don't. The storms just going to get worse. Wait for now. Give people some time to settle down so you don't cause a panic.

Nobody is going to panic if a man they don't know walks out.

[Nobody will even notice him go except for Steve, he's good at slipping away unseen when he really needs to.]

If it's going to get worse, the defences need to be checked now.

[Steve knows Bucky is right. If he slips out, he probably won't be noticed by many--but Steve will notice.]

You're going out there alone? If it's bad, you won't be able to handle it by yourself.

[That makes him bristle a little, brow furrowing.]

I can handle it.

[He can do it by himself, Steve!]

I'm sure you can.

[The answer isn't sarcastic. He knows that Bucky, because this is undeniably Bucky, can take care of himself in a hostile situation. However, that doesn't mean he's going to leave him to do it. He doesn't for a moment consider just letting the man run off in a dangerous storm on his own.]

Pass me a pear?

[Bucky is stuck with him.]

[That scowl only deepens, but he pushes the entire bag of food towards Steve rather than get him out a single fruit, mostly because it means he can just nudge it with his foot and not get any closer.]

You're not the Steve I know.

[Not that he really knows any Steve. He shouldn't have said that, stupid mistake.]

[Okay, that one makes his brow furrow. He gives Bucky a look that is both questioning and vaguely insulted, but more by the fact he doesn't know what to say to that.]

Okay? I don't know what Steve you know, but I can't change who I am.

[He pulls the bag forward the rest of the way so he can collect his pear.]

You won't get anywhere if you have too many expectations.

[He grunts, feeling wrong-footed now by this whole situation, and shifts abruptly towards the door.

He's going, he's had enough of being in here. Better the storm than Steve. Any Steve.]

[And Steve gets right up with him. Bucky should expect that from the man that is sticking close by. He acts as if he's just going to tag along whether Bucky asks him to or not. Especially with the storm outside.]

[He hesitates just outside the door when Steve follows him, voice low and hard.]

I have somewhere else to go, don't follow me.

[Steve frowns at the back of Bucky's head.]

It's still dangerous out there.

And I said that I can handle it. Back off, I don't want you with me.

[And with that, he'll leave. This has gone on long enough, he needs to be away from Steve.]

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