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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 did. [He admits after a second of considering if that’s giving too much information. But he figures people arrive all the time into this place, telling him where isn’t going to make much of a difference when he doesn’t even have his name.]
This place is new to me.
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[ Or he could be angry, or confused. People don't really adjust to being here so quickly unless they, like Clark, have some idea of what it's like to be outsiders.
There's no harm being friendly to someone new, so Clark volunteers information about himself first. ]
I'm from Metropolis. [ Then he remembers very few people here recognise it. ] It's a city in the United States. What about you?
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[That part isn't exactly a surprise. But he's so... nice about it, it makes Illya slightly distrustful. Probably unfair to Clark, but no one is better at being two-faced than Americans.]
I am a Russian man. [Because he is a) proud and b) aware that it's hard for him to completely hide his accent right away.]
Who was the cook?
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Probably Lola. She's one of our roommates. If you want any pie, I made it. [ Clark likes to bake, so there's usually at least half in the fridge. ] Tea and coffee are over there, in that cupboard.
[ Russia spans eleven timezones. 'Alexei' doesn't answer with a city, and gave no last name. Cagey guy. ]
This might seem like a strange question, but what's the year where you're from?
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He reaches for the tea because he figures may as well do something with all that nervous energy. He'll get to the food once he has the drink. He decides that nothing too bad can come from revealing the year, so he can at least offer that bit of information.]
1963. And it is a strange question. Why? What year was it for you?
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Clark wasn't planning to stick around for breakfast, but he takes out some vegetables to cut for a sandwich. He might as well look as normal as possible. He also takes out extra plates and knives in case Illya wants some for himself or another roommate comes in. ]
That's a rare one. For me, it's 2013. A lot of others here are from around the same time.
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If we are brought from different worlds it makes sense we would also come from a different point in time.
[He starts looking for the kettle after a glance at what Clark's doing. Solo likes to cook, he wonder if Mr Kent does as well.] Can you tell me about the future?
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[ Clark enjoys cooking because of the intimacy of a meal. He won't be making any gourmet risotto, though. ]
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What can you tell me about technology?
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Everyone has these.
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And what are 'these', exactly?
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[ It's already unlocked. Clark presses various apps. He shows Illya the maps and camera functions. ]
This is a search bar. Type something in and press the arrow at the bottom right.
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But what really gets his attention is the search bar. He has no idea the phone is going to store information, so he figures it's safe to look for certain people. He's quick to write 'Gaby Geller' in it, or as quick as he can be when getting used to that kind of keyboard. But nothing comes up except some unrelated results. Same when he changes it to 'Gabriella'. He takes a moment to himself, pursing his lips in thought... but eventually he also writes 'Napoleon Solo'. He's not surprised when nothing shows up except some mentions to a certain other famous Napoleon.
He sighs, and when he looks back at Clark there's a hint of vulnerability in his eyes for a millisecond. It's gone rather quickly.]
My... teammates are not here.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
[ He empathises deeply. Clark's spent most of his life by himself. He would never say he was alone: he had the Kents. Then, he met Lois. He misses her sometimes.
Illya looks like a guy who can manage for himself, but it can be hard walking into a world like this. He can see the future in his hands and have to deal with multiverses being real. ]
What did you do, back home?
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I was rowboat champion. [Which isn't a lie. It's easier to convince people when you're actually being honest.]
You?
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I'm a reporter. They gave me the same job here.
[ Clark's done with his sandwich but he doesn't sit at the counter yet. The kettle's about to whistle. ]
Do you want to look at anything else on my phone?
[ He should introduce Illya to Bejeweled. ]
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Illya's eyes wander on the screen as he takes a look at all the shiny, colorful buttons announcing what the phone can do. Eventually he finds Friendr app and he raises an eyebrow.]
What is this one?
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Er.
[ He's going to explain a dating app to someone from the 1960s. It's too late. This is his life now. ]
I haven't used it yet, but it's very similar to something we have at home. I think it should work the same way. You fill out your profile and it matches you to what you're looking for. You swipe for yes or no. They get a message, and they can agree to talk to you or decline to.
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What do you mean, what you are looking for?
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Usually it's someone you're interested in romantically.
[ He decides not to include that it could be a girlfriend or boyfriend. ]