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riverview: test drive meme

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!


information resources

premise ● arrival ● setting ● ask a question ● calendar ● navigation


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.



prompt i: a call to arms

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.


prompt ii: into the depths

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.


prompt iii: trapped in a...

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...


prompt iv: friendr/network

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.

Code to post your character's bio is in the textbox below, or you can just do a text version of the information in the app. An example of how it looks can be found here.


Many thanks to [personal profile] mistojen for coding this especially for Riverview!


prompt v: wildcard

Choose your own adventure and do something else in the setting!


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goldcuffed: (i found god)

[personal profile] goldcuffed 2017-03-22 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Damen doesn't exactly share the sentiment. The poor emergency bulb looks like it's about to die again itself. Clearly the rest of the power is still out? Well, it should be clear, but he really doesn't know. He huffs out a short breath, resting one hand over his middle, the still-healing, bandaged stab wound beneath his shirt. "Until it goes out again, I suppose," he says dryly, tilting his head to look up at it, then back at the doors.

"I thought I should make an attempt. Other people use these strange features and devices without a thought, you know?" And he hadn't wanted to stand out more than he already does.

The curtsy gets a little smile out of him. At least some here still have manners. He bows his curly head in return. "Prince Damianos, of Akielos. The pleasure is mine, despite the circumstances."
inthemoonlight: (010)

[personal profile] inthemoonlight 2017-03-22 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
A prince? Goodness, how should she act? The only prince within her scope of understanding is the Prince Regent, and he would never be traveling alone. Then again, if the Prince Regent suddenly turned up, he wouldn't have his courtiers with him, would he? Hmm, quite the conundrum he'd be in. He'd have to hire people.

Well, Cecelia will do her best to be polite. She has no idea where Akielos is, but he must be used to a certain standard of society. She comes from a place with strict societal rules, and it's been difficult to loosen some of them here.

"Yes, indeed. This is certainly not the right venue to meet a prince. Goodness me. Is your home far different from here?"
goldcuffed: (you want a revelation)

[personal profile] goldcuffed 2017-03-23 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
Damen doesn't seem too concerned about protocol for the moment. This is not his kingdom, after all - he can hardly expect those who have never heard of Akielos to accept his royal status.

"Well, I suppose it's as good a place as any," he says with a humorous little smile, before he leans back down to push buttons again. It worked to make the thing move before, so why won't it now? "Very different. We certainly have nothing so... futuristic. It's beyond the scope of imagination. I've been trying to adjust, since they say they cannot send me back yet, but..."
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