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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!
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I can, but by the time I do it on this end chances are it won't be an issue. We might as well wait it out.
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I know you've probably been busy lately, but-- are you okay?
[Because the stench of booze says maybe not...
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I'm no worse than I've always been. Why? Have we met?
[Tony thinks he'd remember if they're the type to show concern.]
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Are you not Tony Stark?
[Okay, now this is weird. Are they dealing with some weird, alternate timeline again...]
I'm Wiccan, of the Young Avengers. The Tony Stark I know tried his hardest to get me to stop being a superhero. I guess you're not him, sorry...
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I have always supported our next generation, but I have to ask why did you name your team after black ops? It's not very superhero-y.
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[He gives a confused look.]
Black ops since when? You guys are the heroes where I'm from. I mean, I grew up reading stories about you all the time...
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[Billy leans back, crossing his arms as he lets that sink in. At the question, he gives a shrug of his shoulders.]
A guy who'd become a friend of mine came up to me after my abilities kicked in, I was about sixteen, and asked for help against Kang the Conqueror. So, you know, a guy who messes with time felt avenge-worthy.
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[Tony takes a little longer to answer his first question. Thinking about who's on the team always lead to remembering everyone they had lost.]
Steve, Thor, Monica, Clint, the Spider people pitch in occasionally, but it's mostly just us now.
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[Because Kang is pretty serious business when he shows up...]
So not that different from our world. It's just we go by Avengers. You were one of the founding members, you know. You, Cap, Thor...
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Everyone's still okay?
[Although he figures that if they've managed to inspire a new generation, things had to be good.]
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[He shrugs his shoulders.]
Thor may not be here, but Cap is-- if you want to talk to him.
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[He thinks it's better that Thor isn't here. He's not sure if he could cope if this other universe's Thor wasn't as friendly as the one he knows. At least with Steve he wasn't able to lower Steve's opinion of him.]
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[He shrugs his shoulders.]
Which is hopefully a thing that can happen in this place too.
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Are things not going that well here?
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[Some may call that being a pessimist, but it's generally safer in Billy's opinion.]
I work on the perimeter guard and so far, there's been nothing we can't handle.
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[Even if he's not exactly a physical fighter, he's got enough spells to keep himself and others safe...]
But there are normal people in the guard, sure. As long as you have some skill to fight...
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But I'd expect they're be more trained to keep up with those with powers.
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[He shrugs his shoulders.]
It's really cool.