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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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"That's what we're here for," he agrees. "Steve. I'm glad we have you here."
He can tell that at least Jason is experienced. He's calm when he talks about the monsters in a way that isn't bluffing. It's familiar. Steve likes that.
"Okay, we're here. And it looks like we aren't a minute too soon."
The area of the fence they approach is a mess, only holding together by luck and some frantic Perimeter Guards that are trying to reinforce the spot while fending off predators. Steve doesn't see anything he'd call a monster at first, but it is clear that the damage was done by something bigger than wolves or even a bear. Great. It was still there, hiding at the edge of the trees and waiting for a chance to charge when the Guard left an opening.
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Steve's grip, Jason notes, is strong, assured. Friendly, but confident. Amazing how much you could tell from a handshake.
"Thank you," he says, meaning it. "Hope I can at least prove my worth." Isn't that what he's always been trying to do, lately?
When they approach the fence, Jason kneels down, checking the bottom of it, looking for prints, so that they can get some sort of clue on what they might be up against. "I'm starting to wonder if the monsters might not necessarily be magical or mystical in nature," he says. "That was my assumption. But you know. Science. This could be something else entirely." He stands up and looks at Steve. "Just speculation, obviously. But the monsters must have a reason for attacking."
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"You will," Steve says. There's a promise in his answer. He's got Jason's back, because Jason is now his teammate. For this mission at least.
At the fence, Steve scans the wood beyond the border while Jason checks for tracks. He frowns at the mention of science, because that explanation makes plenty of sense. Experiments could be the source for unusual animals in a place called Quarantine. And he's never been comfortable with the idea of experiments. Not when the one that made him turned out so much destruction.
"You think they're trying to get through the defenses for a reason." It's not a question, and Steve thinks Jason just might be right. "They're certainly putting in a lot of effort if they're just scared animals. And they know how to weaken the perimeter."
Intelligent attacks. Not the random encounters with stray wildlife that Steve had been expecting at first. Even monsters wouldn't necessarily be this particular.
"Did you find any signs of what's been attacking?"