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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-08-01 06:54 pm
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introductory mingle: RIVER FESTIVAL

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: Introductory Log and River Festival
when: The month of August; the bulk of celebration will be in week 1, but there is a party and fireworks display on August 14th.
where: Anywhere around the city.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

river festival


In the days leading up to August 1st, residents new and old will notice preparations beginning, a flurry of activity getting the city ready for the upcoming celebration: The River Festival. This holiday is in celebration of the river and the life that it gives to the city, as well as the heat of summer and forming bonds with friends, family, and romantic partners. The celebrations are marked by a community-wide cleanup of the docks and beaches along the river - particularly important considering the recent acid rain - as well as beachfront cookouts and parties (both private and city sponsored) and beach sports tournaments happening on either open stretches of beach or in special clothing-optional beaches, all capped off with fireworks displays on the evenings of August 7th and 14th.

a celebration of the river and togetherness


Following the hedonism of Carnivale, it's time for something a little more low-key and relaxing. The River Festival happens every year in August, and is geared toward community building through cleaning up the beaches and docks along the river and then using all that freshly cleaned beach to gather on. During the first week of August, there are various lightly-themed government-sponsored beach cookouts and parties geared toward family, romantic dates, or casual all-ages get-togethers for meeting new friends; there are also a few more racy parties at clothing-optional beaches around the city. Many private residents also take this time to gather together friends and family, and have cookouts on the beach with all the typical trappings of the beach barbecue. There are also various casual sports tournaments sponsored by community centers, gyms, and sports teams in the city, featuring prizes ranging from notoriety to sports equipment to big bucks. Finally, there are two fireworks displays, one on August 7th and one on August 14th, with free food, and various live performers beforehand.


i. cleaning up


The holiday starts off on a note that is just a bit more sombre than the rest of the season, with the cleanup efforts following late July's strange fog and acid rain blending into the usual tradition of cleaning up beaches and docks along the river. The cleanup is a group effort, with every citizen who is physically able pitching in to comb the beaches, where they pick up fallen tree limbs, garbage, and anything else that's accumulated during the winter and spring, and then raking the beaches to make them clean and ready to use. The cleanup of the docks is similar, with residents sweeping and hosing them down where necessary. This year, there are a lot of repairs to be made to beachfront structures that might've been damaged by the acid rain, so if anyone has some carpentry or building skills, those would definitely come in handy.

This is meant to be a community building effort, so many businesses in the area, more well-to-do private citizens, and the government have pitched in funding to provide lunches, cold drinks, coffee or tea, and snacks to anyone who's helping out with the cleanup efforts. All in all, the cleanup has a very friendly, welcoming vibe.


ii. cookouts and parties


The main traditions of the River Festival involve cookouts and beach parties. On August 7th and August 14th, the government as well as various corporations and businesses in the city, will be providing funds for large beach gatherings. On these days, there will be booths set up offering wares and freebies from various businesses around the city that have helped fund the party, large swaths of cleared beach where residents can don a swimsuit and catch some rays or swim in the river, massive barbecue setups to provide partygoers with all the standard barbecue fare, beach sports tournaments, dancing and musical performances, and fireworks displays (see prompts below).

The holiday isn't just about these big parties, though - many residents arrange their own barbecues, cookouts, beach camping trips, beach bonfires, and other riverside gatherings and outings. Many riverfront businesses offer discounts on services such as canoe or kayak rentals to go out paddling on the river, jetski or motorboat rentals for tubing, wakeboarding, or waterskiing, or mounts to take romantic rides in the surf. Additionally, there is an adults-only section of the beach where any of these activities can be done in the nude in a clothing-optional setting, including the big city-sponsored parties.


iii. sportsball tournaments


Is your character good at playing a particular sport that could, conceivably, be played on a beach? Chances are that during the month of August, a tournament will be set up for them to participate in. The tournaments are pretty standard, generally sponsored by community centers, sports clubs and teams, gyms, and other organizations and businesses in the city, with various levels of specialization, and levels of skill or competitiveness. The prizes also vary, with everything from plain old bragging rights to sports equipment or passes to gyms and community centers, to large lump sums of cash money. Definitely worth it, for characters with a love for sport.

Oh, and a lot of these tournaments are happening on the adults-only clothing-optional beaches, for those grown-up sports fans who like a bit of an extra challenge.


iv. performances and fireworks


On August 7th and August 14th at the end of the large city-sponsored beach parties, there will be evening performances all along the beach. Not as extensive as the musical performances during Carnivale, there are two large-name performers per night, with various lesser-known groups performing at random off and on throughout the day and night. Areas of the beach are cleared for residents to watch and dance to the music, both on the regular and adults-only clothing-optional beaches (acts will switch off between the two areas so both areas get both performances).

Player-characters who are musical artists, DJs, or otherwise perform are free to set up shop around this party and panhandle or put on free performances for publicity.

After the sun goes down, boats will head out into the water carrying a variety of fireworks, and there will be a beautiful display of exploding color in the sky for residents to watch and enjoy. The fireworks are highly advanced, incorporating old-fashioned gunpowder as well as modern technology that result in really beautiful displays that can take the breath away!


v. roommates or wildcard

Feel free to use this prompt to meet new roommates, for the purpose of getting to know each other, or hit up one of the mod-posted prompts for each Communal Floor. Or if you have an idea for a prompt that isn't in this list, set during the River Festival, feel free to write it up!



visual inspiration


click on thumbnails for larger view


Credit: image i: credit unknown; image ii: Albert Ramon Puig; image iii: Claudio Pilia; image iv: Alan Philips

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realists: (ro » hurrying)

d.

[personal profile] realists 2017-08-17 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ things jyn has done in the past twenty minutes: walked up four flights of stairs to shove her plate of food in her fridge, walked down four flights of stairs to go outside, realizes she'd left her new device in her room, and began trudging back up the stairs to retrieve it. why doesn't she take the lift?

reasons.

things jyn has done in the past twenty seconds: peeled her boots off in the middle of the staircase to dump out all the sand accumulated there and returned to stomping up the stairs barefoot. also, she stubbed her toe, swearing loudly in a rainbow of alien languages, including huttese. like, man, was she raised by pirates? ]


Karking farkled Sithspit, tooska chai mani, e chu ta. Kriffing fuck!

[ which, loosely translated, means: ouch. ]
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-17 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[eleven floors is too many, but cassian likes to use some of the stairs for exercise. part of him can't stop testing out the functionality of his leg and spine, and making sure he doesn't get winded from walking down the last few flights of stairs is a good way to do so.]

[what is not a good way to test it is to nearly stumble over his own feet when he hears a very familiar voice with a beautiful array of swears. he leans over the side of the staircase immediately, hands tight on the railing. about three floors down, he catches a glimpse of jyn, hopping around on one foot as her curses echo up the corridor.]

[for about two seconds he doubts its her just because he doubts any universe would be that kind to him; but he knows her too well that the hesitation disappears just as he calls out to her without a trace of restraint or thought.]
Jyn!
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-17 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ jyn doesn't gasp, but it's a close thing and cassian is blessed with the image of her twisting her head around quickly before going perfectly still. it can't be.

her tiny ember of hope puffs up into a tiny flame of hope but she tries to stuff it down because if it's not cassian, how is jyn meant to deal with that? she's already lost so much, too much. she's already lost him when he fell, she can't deal with finding him in this place and it not actually being him.

his shout was loud, it carried. hers is softer, especially compared to her cursing. ]


Cassian?
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-17 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[he sort of stares at her down the stairs, like he's afraid she'll disappear if he looks away. he hears her though, tuning out the rest of the background noise while he waits for anything at all.]

Jyn.

[this one is softer but still an echo, her name like a confirmation of her question that yes, it is actually him. he moves after that at last, if only because there are still stairs in the way and he needs to get down them! cassian starts off in a walk, but his speed picks up as he reaches the next floor, suddenly feeling like he's running a sprint and jyn's waiting for the baton.]
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-17 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ the flame bursts bright and jyn realizes she's sprinting up the stairs and frustrated that her legs are too short to take them two at a time so she has to take the stairs

one

at

a

time

like a peasant and that is too slow for this! she turns the corner so fast and hits the railing so hard that her entire arm goes numb from the metal bouncing off her elbow. it could be better. ]


What are you doing here! [ accusatory, naturally, like he'd lied to her about dying in her arms and wasn't whisked through a portal into another world. like he'd ghosted her for a different universe. ]
Edited 2017-08-17 05:09 (UTC)
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-17 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[it's nice being tall, because he can definitely take the stairs two at a time, so he does. they died but they're both here now, and he's trying not to let himself feel like maybe it's a second chance of sorts.]

Where else would you like me to be? [also accusatory! even as he practically jumps down the last two steps, leaving them at last on the same staircase. which he also descends rapidly, catching her more than halfway down, and he sweeps into her space without thinking, wrapping his arms around her in a hug. she always seems to bring out his impulsiveness.]

[no sand this time, except whatever's leftover in jyn's pants.]
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-17 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
How.

[ he's still a step above her and he's always been taller than her so she finds herself pressed firmly against his chest. they'd been nearly even on the beach, but jyn's grateful that isn't the case anymore because that means that cassian isn't slowly bleeding to death and growing weaker and weaker in her arms while their death approaches like a tidal wave of bright light that should have been beautiful.

her boots drop from her hands as her arms curl around his back, fingers splaying against where she knows his injuries should be. he'd fallen, she'd seen it. krennic had killed everything she loved. but then he had come back, like a miracle.

this isn't a second chance for jyn, it's a third. ]
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-17 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Probably the same way as you.

[because death and all that, in literally the same means. it's better this way, no gritty sand pressure on his knees, no bones feeling like they're going to burst through his skin. he takes a step down to be on the same one as her, just because it lets him be even closer.]

[cassian resists the urge to look towards the sky, made easier by the fact that they're indoors. he can feel her hand on his back and knows why it's there. his grip tightens, arms winding around her very small frame and reassuring both of them of - a lot of things, really.]


It doesn't hurt. I don't think.
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-17 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ her arms tighten, resisting the urge to check the rest of his injuries because she knows where they are. she'll check his leg later, stealthily. for now she scoffs, almost derisive except for the relief coming out of her pores. ]

You don't think it hurts.

[ that is not reassuring at all, it either hurts or it doesn't, there is no in between. ]
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-17 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[he huffs. no chastising allowed here, jyn.]

Sometimes it feels like it hurts, but it isn't limiting me like that sort of injury should. I feel like I was healed too quickly for it to be real.

[trusting medical personnel?? not on cassian's watch. he knows the fall really should have killed him long before the death star did, so to be up and functioning with only smaller aches and pains feels so FAKE. is his body even real either anymore??]
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-17 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't believe it either. [ she was barely injured, especially in comparison to cassian but all her injuries had miraculously healed, leaving her with only the lingering exhaustion that was simply part of never getting a break in her nonstop life.

but he'd felt so weak in her arms and now he is so strong and solid.

okay, let him go, jyn. let cassian go. stop hugging him. jyn does no such thing, finding herself completely unable to unwind her arms from around him, reveling in the sure feel of his strength surrounding her. ]


When did you get here?
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-17 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's the longest he's hugged someone in actual years, if he's being honest, and he knows he should let go too, but he doesn't either. it's a comfort. it's a much quieter press of affection than the scared and dying moments on the beach. this wrap of his arms has way more relief in it.]

I keep testing it, like it's going to suddenly break all over again. [jyn is the only person he would admit that to he realizes, maybe because he knows she was there and the extent of his injuries. yeah, that's gotta be it!]

Only a few days, maybe two or three, not long. I don't know how long it took them to fix me. And you?
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-18 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yesterday. [ she finally draws back, but not very far peering up at him carefully. ]

Do you believe it, what they said, about how we were brought here?

[ she isn't sure she does. she'd given in to trusting the force at the very end, knowing she would find her parents, her crew. she'd been a peace, knowing she would find cassian again.

and she has! she's found cassian again, but only cassian, and this doesn't feel like the force. not that she knows what it would feel like, honestly, she'd never felt sensitive to it like chirrut or her mother. it just doesn't feel right! she's not complaining, she's noting. this isn't any kind of force afterlife she'd expected. ]
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-18 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[she feels too far away now which is ridiculous because she isn't far at all. she hasn't even stepped out of his arms, which is nice, because it lets him keep them around her, settled against her back. it lets him look at her for real now too, no sand or dirt or blood on her face and very much warm and alive.]

[he doesn't want to believe it, but cassian has never put much stock in the force before. maybe it took them here instead of death. he doesn't quite have an answer, and again it's easy to be honest with jyn.]


I don't know. It's not like we had anywhere else to go - [no he doesn't want to talk about that with jyn, he already thinks about it enough.] Most of the people I've talked to seem to believe it.
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-19 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe there is something in the water.

[ she wants to believe, but jyn doesn't get very many second or third or fouth chances in life. this doesn't feel right. maybe it's just guilt that it's just them. why is she worth more than melshi or bodhi or sefla or chirrut and baze? why does she get to come here when that little girl in jedha died? why her instead of steela or her mother or maia...

she pushes down a sigh, forcing herself to focus on the present. ]


Where were you going?
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-19 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Or the air or food. [he says it kind of lightly because he doesn't want to get into this discussion on the the stairwell. there's another part of him that does want to believe it, because it means he has another chance. even moreso now that jyn's here, even if no one else is. it's been a very up and down time for him thus far.]

Outside, to see more of the parties, talk to more residents. Were you coming in? Where did they put you?
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-20 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ basically all the things they physically need to survive. what poor, cynical people... ]

Fourth floor, I left my comm... thing in my room. [ her nose scrunches up in distaste though because, ] You like parties?

[ maybe he does, maybe she knows absolutely zero things about him because they just met a few days ago and it's so weird to think about because it feels like it's been years. not even knowing him, but the past few days feel like they each encompassed an entire year. ]
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-20 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Eleventh, for me. It's not private, but there's no one else with me at the moment. [which is nice. he likes privacy.]

[he makes a face, equally distasteful.]
No. Not for the reasons people usually like parties.

[it's bizarre to answer, because it feels like jyn should already know everything about him. she already knows a lot of the important things, despite the reality of meeting her such a short time ago.] But they're useful. There are looser tongues, friendlier conversations.

[a spy's ideal basically.]
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-20 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ WELL GOOD she doesn't want him to like parties because he's secretly chill. a chill cassian is unimaginable. ]

I've got a private room. [ who is the captain now, what what

she wants to ask if he ever turns it off, being a spy, but what if the answer is no and what little they do know about each other is nothing but lies, no thank you, she will exist in her moments of blissful ignorance a little longer. ]
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-21 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[in another time or place, the revelation would easily be a proposition and one he's heard before but - it's jyn.]

That's perfect for you. [is he teasing?? or just being honest??? maybe both?? can he do that???? it's a strange place to find himself in, and he's still holding her though.]

[but he never does turn off the spy thing.]
Is it spacious?
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-23 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ LOOK. the only time she's ever had to share was in prison. jyn needs a private room, she isn't meant for sharing a room. ]

It's huge. [ it has a real bed (gasp!) and curtains and a soft fluffy rug that seems like it's made out of some kind of synthetic white fur and a desk for all the stuff jyn doesn't have. ] I have my own 'fresher.

[ which: exciting. the kitchen and all that jazz is still communal so cassian's apartment is actually more private but she doesn't have to share a room so that is all that matters to her. #blessed ]
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-24 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[she sounds so delighted and he finds himself - amused. which is strange but not unwelcome a feeling.]

Mine is not so big, but I have seen the communal floors. I'll take a smaller space over a massively shared one. [is he hoping no one else ever moves into his apartment?? abso-fucking-lutely. it's not even that tiny - he's stayed in smaller, cramped locations. it works for now.] There's another bed, but it's unoccupied.

I can show you. We should know where we are each staying.
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-27 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright. [ jyn steps back enough to move away from him, moving back to the stairs themselves to actually continue up them. yes, cassian, they're taking the stairs all the way up -- prepare yourself. ]

I have to get my comm anyway. [ they're going that way, she might as well. ] Have you got your own 'fresher?
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[personal profile] evasives 2017-08-27 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh. she steps away but it makes sense, it's not like they can just stand in the stairs all day. cassian follows her easily as she moves. they're already halfway up, and she's only on the fourth floor. the eleventh would be another story.]

It's private for the room, though I assume shared with whoever gets the other bed. [ie: no one, ideally.] There's a private kitchen too.
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[personal profile] realists 2017-08-27 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ her mouth turns down in a small frown. ]

I haven't got my own kitchen.

[ not that she particularly cooks, ever, the last time was years ago, but its sounding more and more like cassian's room is more private than hers and that's not particularly fair, is it? they have no ranks here, why does he get practically a home and she only gets a room? ]

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