riverview: test drive meme

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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.

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.

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Many thanks to 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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kay engel ✘ freier fall

[polizist]

✘ i. a call to arms

[If you think the quiet, stern-faced blond with the black eye and split lip carrying a riot shield and oversized gun on the transport has something to prove, you're probably right. Serious and subdued, he looks over his gun while the truck bounces over the bumpy trail through the jungle, and when they disembark the truck, he slams his fist against the shield a few times, pumping himself up before heading into the tunnels.

Kay will be throwing his all into the fight, and if you get in a tight spot, expect him to cover you with his shield, or call out with a strong German accent to ask for backup himself.]

✘ iii. trapped in a...

[OOC: Mild drug use (or smoking) in this prompt - responder's preference as to whether he pulls a joint or cigarette.]

[It's right near the end of the line when the SkyTram grinds to a halt. The only sound from the other occupant, a quiet man with a black eye, as the lights flicker and the vehicle sways slightly, is a deep sigh. Silence drags on, and then Kay is fishing in the inner pocket of his black leather jacket to pull out a joint/cigarette from it, then cracks one of the high windows open and leans against the wall. Lighting up, he takes a puff and exhales out the window.

It isn't till he's had a few drags that he raises a brow at the other occupant of the car and offers a half-smile somewhere between cocky and unconcerned, and speaks with a strong German accent.]

Hope you don't mind.

✘ iv. video; @engel

[Kay is lying on his back in one of the beds in Communal Housing, the phone obviously held high over his head, looking less than impressed with basically everything. He should probably be happy for the really fresh start, but he's not really happy with much anymore.

Except one thing. Thus this post. When he speaks, he drawls, his accent thick, sounding more than a little tired.]

Looking for a running partner. Someone who likes mornings. Anyone game?

✘ v. wildcard: in the club

[This is Kay in his natural habitat. He might be a riot cop, a fighter, something of an athlete, but a gay club is where he really belongs. On the dance floor, lost in booze and the beat, moving smooth and certain. And he's more than willing to reach out and catch his hand at the back of the neck of anyone he's even moderately attracted to, pull them in for a dance.]

✘ v. wildcard: open

Kay will be out and about in the city, exploring, checking out bars, running in the mornings, hanging around in the public areas of Communal Housing, including smoking on the balcony or staring out over the city. He will also be a member of the Perimeter Guard. Feel free to hit him up anywhere around the City or on patrol.

tmw i have to decide if there's fantasy weed

[spellslots]

[Taako likes the sky train; the view is kind of calming when he wants to chill, and it reminds him off the fake-moon base in a way that's reassuring.

So far, he's been lucky when it comes to the rolling blackouts, so he's a little surprised when the tram stops, though not particularly bothered about it. Worst case scenario he can just teleport out, but for now he's content to stare out the window and wait.

He isn't even paying attention to the only other person in the tram, at least not until a very telltale scent reaches his nose. He looks over in time to see that half-smile and laughs.]

I mean, I'll be honest, I'm kinda hurt you haven't offered to share.

I'm so happy that I made you ask the hard questions

[polizist]

[The half-smile widens into something a little broader at the response, and Kay's brow raises higher. Lifting a hand, he gestures for the other guy to come over and join him.]

I guess I'm a little shy in this new place. You know?

[Another puff, and he's holding the joint out.]

I've got more anyway.

first: does weed exist, second: is it legal

[spellslots]

I absolutely do not.

[Which makes sense considering the way he swans on over as if he owns the place, sliding into the seat next to Kay and plucking the joint from between his fingers with a delicacy that probably isn't necessary.

He's also apparently done this before, if the ease with which he takes a drag is any indication.]

The real question is whether you brought this with you, or if this place isn't as boring as I first thought?

iv. voice; @hanzo.s

[kuyamu]

I would gladly join you. [ it must just be one of those days, because Hanzo sounds exhausted too. ] It would be good to have a routine in this place.

iv. un / ulric

[wulf]

[ well there's something. he can't say he doesn't miss training with the rest of the glaives. this would be a good start. ]

I'd be up for it. How early are we talking?

[ he'll do it regardless. he's got energy to burn. ]