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riverviewooc2017-03-20 10:20 am
riverview: test drive meme
Welcome to Riverview's 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 April 1st.
● Providing all parties are amenable, threads on the test drive meme can count as game canon, as the plot in the prompts presented is game canon.
● TDM threads do not count for Activity Check, but they do count for Activity Bonus Points, so long as all characters involved are accepted into the game.
● Since this particular TDM is plot-heavy, current players are welcome to do their own top-levels to interact with the plot. However, since it is still a TDM intended to help potential new players get involved, there will be a special additional +25 Activity Point bonus for any thread submitted by a current player that involves a potential new character rather than focusing on existing CR, for this TDM post.
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. Thanks to player-created plots, this month's Test Drive is set to effect the game setting for the next few months, so please enjoy!
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plot overview
After just over a week of increasingly serious blackouts and brownouts around the city, the team in charge of the structural integrity and defense of the wall has found the source of the problem, and posted a network entry explaining that the issue is caused by a large quantity of lizard-like monsters that have compromised the underground infrastructure of the city, and requesting volunteers to help do a full-scale manual extermination of monsters and assess the damage and do urgent repairs.
The most urgent request presented is for people to help clear out the monsters in the underground tunnels - and there are a lot of them! With estimated monster numbers in the area of 500-1000, ranging from adult to juvenile, there's a lot of work to be done to clear out the underground infrastructure of the city. The Perimeter Guard will have a steady stream of transport trucks going to escort any fight-capable residents who want to volunteer out to the tunnels. They will also provide weapons of various varieties as well as short training sessions on how to use them safely in a confined space for anyone who doesn't have their own.
Whether you fight with a weapon, your fists, magic, or poison darts, your help is more than welcome down in the tunnels. The only real request is to keep seismic or explosive abilities or attacks on the mild side, and to be careful not to poison the city's water supply! Other than that, go wild.
Clearing out monsters is all well and good, but they have definitely done some damage to the city's infrastructure. So it isn't just the brawn that needs to step up to help the city, it's the brains. There's a call for anyone with any kind of special ability that would help with emergency repairs. Whether it's engineers, chemists, anyone with first aid, runners to distribute supplies, or any other special ability that would help out in the underground tunnels and fix some of the damage that's been done, anyone is welcome to help. And if you think it's just scientists who are needed, think again - magic is a well-known if not-well-understood facet of life in Riverview Quarantine, and some of this stuff works on a more arcane level than a mundane one.
And, of course, all of these brainiacs are going to need a little backup, so any bruisers to act as escort and protection are also welcome.
Not everyone has the skills or desire to head out into the jungle and fight for the city, and that's perfectly fine. Inside the Quarantine walls, life is carrying on as normally as it can. That is, aside from the ongoing blackouts.
Wherever you might be in the city, you run a pretty decent risk of getting trapped somewhere for a short period of time. Whether it's trapped in an elevator, a tram car, a store, the housing you share with someone you barely know, or anywhere else in the city, it could happen to you. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship or a meet-cute to tell your grandkids about...at least, that is, if you get along with the person you're stuck with...
Whether your character is posting up a silly word game to distract people from the dangerous mission going on, trying to get hold of a friend, or putting out feelers for people to go out into the fray with, the network is going strong.
Alternately, an offer for a new, free app is popping up on people's devices - Friendr is a friend-finder and/or dating app. If characters choose to install it, they will fill out a short bio and parameters for what they're looking for, upload a snap of themselves, and then proceed to browse for matches. This is a typical swipe-left-or-right type app.
Many thanks to
mistojen for coding this especially for Riverview!Choose your own adventure and do something else in the setting!
logan | x-men
iv — no need for friends
v — drinking to drink
v;
Awfully polite of you to care what our kidnappers think of your smoking habits, sweetheart.
[She says it playfully, no hint of the simmering ire just beneath the surface. Count the ways she isn't a fan of involuntary incarceration, no matter how pleasant the stay.]
no subject
I care about keeping my drink, not their opinion.
[ "sweetheart". well, that's not something he gets called often. so after a moment of heavy deliberation, he adds: ] Honey.
no subject
For the record, [and she does strongly considering keeping the game up by adding a rather put-upon darling into the mix. Saccharine? Probably too much.] there's no posted signage warning off smoking.
[She leans in a bit, careful not to infringe too mightily upon a man's personal space and in the world's most conspiratorial, Aussie-and-South-African-accented style whisper,]
I think you're safe for now.
[She retreats back into her own personal bubble and more loudly,]
But don't worry. If anyone tries to take your drink, I'll rise to the occasion of protecting your honour, darling.
[oop, there it is. her cheeky little grin pretty much says it all.]
no subject
Heroic. [ is his only comment before he starts smoking. ]
no subject
My middle name.
[She gestures for a shot of something pleasantly alcoholic from behind the bar, and nods her thanks to the bartender. After a moment's consideration, she holds up a second finger to make it two.]
And speaking of names, do I get one to go along with tall, dark and brooding, or do I have to make one up?
no subject
so he draws his shoulders up in a shrug, blowing out smoke. ]
Logan.
no subject
I'd have figured you for more of a Syral, honestly.
[It's one of the most common names where she's from, equivalent to Bob. She rubs a thumb against the condensation on the side of her drink and then lifts it up to give it a try.
-- Interesting flavour. Bit nuttier than she likes, but not terrible as far as shots go.]
I'm Shai. Late of the Lattice. Don't suppose you've heard of it?
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[ he hasn't heard of her or of whatever the lattice is. he also doesn't think he's much of a syral, if only because the name isn't all that common as far as he's concerned.
so "no" it is. he takes a deep drag from his cigar and puffs out the smoke in almost-rings. seems he's content to leave it at no. ]
I
So why the claws coming out of your fists? Why not just buy a pair of claws to wear instead?
*She's still setting monsters on fire, and her hair is still a living flame on the top of her head. But clearly the weirdest thing here was claws in your hand.*
no subject
no one he needs to think about saving. that's good, 'cause he's a shit saviour all things considered. no saviour at all, really. ]
Never seen a mutant before?
no subject
*Mutants are a totally not human creature type except on Ravnica where you get elf mermaid mutant shamans. Ravnica is weird.*
I've seen people with metal limbs, and metal on their limbs, and limbs made of living metal, but having fleshy stuff outside of the metal bits is new. And looks uncomfortable.
v
[To Logan's right is a man balanced precariously on his stool, leaning back as far as possible without falling over. He's furiously but determinedly trying to spark up his lighter without much success, hand cupped close to his face.]
Do what you will, buddy.
no subject
[ logan keeps watching for a moment to see if the guy will fall over, but when it doesn't happen within the first thirty seconds of him looking, he gets out a cigar, preps and lights it.
after a moment's hesitation, he throws his lighter at the guy. ] Catch.
[ maybe that'll make him fall over. maybe it won't. ]
no subject
Hey! Why dontcha warn a fella next time, huh?
[A grudging pause as he uses it to light his cigarette on his first try, slipping his own one back into his pocket. He adjusts his shades as he turns to face Logan, lighter dangling from his fingertips.]
But thanks. [Two fingers flick out in a parody of a salute.] 'ppreciate it.
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Sure.
[ he's a talkative one. ]
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You want this back or nah? Cause I'm always addin' to my collection of lighters I've bummed off strangers - 'specially if they've chucked it at me. You might never see it again. [It disappears up one trenchcoat sleeve, and Tommy winks. Not that Logan can see behind the shades, but it's the principle of it.]