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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!
valantin toreth | administration series
[ Toreth can't help but feel slightly underwhelmed at his effectiveness, here. He's not at all bad with a gun, of course, but some people around here are really fucking good with their bare hands or, oh, their minds. It leaves him feeling, well -- not insecure, per se, but a little miffed. Maybe if he had powers or special abilities he'd be doing a hell of a lot more good here. Maybe then he wouldn't have to actually find cover and all of that strategic crap.
At least he can take his frustrations out on the monsters.
If someone stumbles upon him, he's probably hiding behind a rock looking peeved. Either that, or he's walking up aggressively to you if he's spotted that you're 1) available and 2) have some sort of fancy powers. ]
ii. confined spaces
[ The whole day has been a series of close calls. Lights have been flickering in a few of the places Toreth's been to, but there hasn't been any catastrophic failure as of yet -- no automatic doors suddenly slamming shut, no serious power outages.
The elevator stoppage was, therefore, probably seriously overdue.
Toreth groans when it happens, and it's out of exasperation rather than serious concern about the elevator shuddering to a sudden halt. It's late and he's been out in the field all day, and the last thing he really needs is this. He'd been rather excited to get back to his room and indulge in some drinks, actually, a bottle of which he's just bought and has stashed in the backpack over his shoulder. ]
Fucking swell, isn't it? [ The comment is aimed mostly at himself, but he turns to the other occupant of the elevator, anyway, finding them in the emergency lighting. If he's going to be stuck somewhere, he might as well attempt to entertain himself. He just hopes he's stuck with someone interesting. Even better if they're attractive. ] Hope you didn't have anywhere to be.
iii. network | un: toreth
so, how successful are people with that hookup app, anyway?
colour me curious.
iv. wildcard
[ feel free to come up with your own starter! Toreth can easily be found at bars and clubs, and is 100% amenable to company! ]
i
...
[Having just sliced her way through the last lizard creature, 2B tenses and turns quickly at the sound of approaching footsteps. Seeing it's you and not another foe, she lowers her blade, looking somewhat more relaxed.]
All hostiles in this area were eliminated. You should be on your way.
no subject
The next bit comes across a little accusatory: ]
You are blind. Yes or no?
no subject
[In a moment of realization, 2B tugs at her blindfold.]
Ah. This? This is a standard issue YoRHa military visor.
It provides me with visual data during combat.
no subject
Of course it does.
[ Because little is making sense in this new world, but he'll roll with the punches as best he can. ]
Better visual data than your real eyes, huh?
no subject
[She sounds matter of fact at first, but 2B's question trails off, as if she was asking herself too.]
Though, without a support pod and satellite data, its functionality is limited...
no subject
Right. But still better. Fantastic. [ He continues quickly: ] Are you alone here?
no subject
[She glances curiously.]
Is everything alright?
no subject
[ Save for the monsters and the sheer amount of effort he has to go through to take one down. He smiles anyway. ]
Actually, I'm looking for a partner.
no subject
[2B's curiosity turns into surprise.]
What do you mean?
no subject
no subject
[She responds very quickly. Then, a moment of silence. But eventually, 2B adds...]
However I can't accept. I have my own missions and orders...
no subject
Missions and orders to...? We're all here to get rid of the same thing, aren't we?
no subject
[2B shifts her stance from one leg to the other, coughing quietly. She tries not to sound too embarassed at her earlier assumption. She's not very good at it.]
For the time being, I agree that we should work together. That would be best for everyone.
no subject
Perfect. That's just how I like it -- no strings attached. If we're around the same place, we look out for each other. If not, no big deal. [ He pauses, then holds out a hand. It's strange holding out a hand to somebody with a blindfold on. ] Toreth, by the way.
no subject
[2B looks down at the hand briefly. For a second it looks like she might actually shake it - but no, she's already walking away, glancing around in search of monsters in hiding.]
I'm counting on you to provide fire support.
ii
Not exactly. [His smile's a little tremulous when he looks over at Toreth.] I just got here a couple days ago, I'm still just settling in. What about you?
no subject
Same sort of story. [ He crosses his arms, absently watching the additional light from Yuuri's phone shining in the dark elevator. ] Is it as crazy for you as it is for me? I mean, monsters.
no subject
The monsters are new. [He worries at his bottom lip for a moment.] Would you believe me if I said I'd already experienced something like this before?
[It still feels unbelievable to him sometimes, and he's the one who went through it.]
no subject
Do you mean the whole being snatched out of your own universe thing, or the elevator thing?
no subject
I know, I didn't believe it when I first got to the other world, either. But you did just get here through the portal, so it can't be that farfetched, right?
no subject
So, what was the other one like? Does it stack up well to this little monster-infested hole?
no subject
The other place...there weren't monsters, exactly, but someone had recently killed a few passengers. We were on a space ship, so there wasn't exactly anywhere to go. [His brows draw together.] I'll admit, I'm sort of relieved to be out of there, but I'm worried for everyone else who's still there.