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- !mod post: holiday,
- !mod post: monthly mingle,
- degrassi: lola pacini,
- httyd: hiccup haddock iii,
- logan: laura,
- magnificent seven: billy rocks,
- marvel (616): billy kaplan,
- marvel (616): loki laufeyson,
- marvel (616): steve rogers,
- marvel (mcu): gamora,
- marvel (mcu): peter quill,
- marvel (mcu): sam wilson,
- marvel (mcu): thor,
- original: shigeru miyata,
- star trek (aos): james kirk,
- star trek (tng): beverly crusher,
- star wars: cassian andor,
- star wars: finn,
- star wars: jyn erso,
- star wars: poe dameron,
- star wars: rey,
- voltron: keith,
- ✖ dc comics (rebirth): jason todd,
- ✖ dceu: steve trevor,
- ✖ dmmd: noiz,
- ✖ dragon age: anders,
- ✖ ffvii: valeria myles [knife (f)],
- ✖ ffxiv: x'rhun tia,
- ✖ ffxv: ignis scientia,
- ✖ fullmetal alchemist (03): edward elric,
- ✖ game of thrones: daenerys targaryen,
- ✖ game of thrones: jon snow,
- ✖ gintama: gintoki sakata,
- ✖ gravity rush: raven,
- ✖ gundam 00: lyle dylandy,
- ✖ gundam 00: tieria erde,
- ✖ kuroshitsuji: ciel phantomhive,
- ✖ kuroshitsuji: undertaker,
- ✖ league of legends: varus,
- ✖ marvel (616): angela,
- ✖ marvel (mcu): sif,
- ✖ marvel (tv): frank castle,
- ✖ marvel (tv): lauren strucker,
- ✖ marvel (tv): matt murdock,
- ✖ marvel (ultimates): tony stark,
- ✖ marvel: ava orlova,
- ✖ miraculous ladybug: marinette (ladybug,
- ✖ my hero academia: present mic,
- ✖ my hero academia: shouta aizawa,
- ✖ my hero academia: toshinori yagi,
- ✖ original: rin,
- ✖ osomatsu-san: chibita,
- ✖ osomatsu-san: ichimatsu matsuno,
- ✖ osomatsu-san: osomatsu matsuno,
- ✖ overwatch: hana song,
- ✖ overwatch: reaper,
- ✖ red vs blue: felix,
- ✖ red vs blue: locus,
- ✖ shadowhunter chronicles: alec lightwoo,
- ✖ shadowhunter chronicles: jace wayland,
- ✖ star trek (ds9): odo,
- ✖ the adventure zone: lup taaco,
- ✖ the adventure zone: magnus burnsides,
- ✖ the covenant: caleb danvers,
- ✖ the covenant: chase collins,
- ✖ the raven cycle: ronan lynch,
- ✖ vikings: ivar ragnarsson,
- ✖ xenosaga: citrine
introductory mingle: HARVEST FESTIVAL
what: Introductory Log and Harvest Festival celebration
when: The month of November.
where: Anywhere around the city.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines
In the days leading up to November 1st, residents new and old will notice preparations beginning, a flurry of activity getting the city ready for the upcoming celebration: The Harvest Festival. This holiday is in celebration of the harvest season and autumn, as the moon transitions into its winter period, and is characterized by indulging in the plenty that comes with the harvest season with loved ones, cleaning house figuratively and literally, and making sure that those in need don't suffer during the winter. Celebrations tend to focus around food and charity, with citizens enjoying and sharing cultural meals and sharing stories, or participating in any of the wide range of charity projects and events going on during this season.
The biggest traditions of the Harvest Festival are centered around giving and sharing. Charity is central, and the each year the city sets up a large open tent with warm places to rest for anyone who might be homeless and a table capable of sitting over 50 people at any given time, with a round-the-clock catered feast for anyone who wants to sit and have a meal with anyone else who's dropped by. Besides this, there are a wide variety of events benefiting charities in the city, including a karaoke concert, stray animal round up, and the annual "stuff swap" where residents clean their homes and donate anything they don't need to those who might be lacking. There is also a tradition of writing down repressed or bottled up thoughts, feelings, regrets, sins, and other troubles and tossing them into a bonfire to go into winter with a clean soul.
i. harvest feast & stuff swap
For the first few days of November, anyone dropping by the city center will notice a large tent structure being put into place - by November 3rd, as the last of October's ghosts fade into nonexistence, a veritable banquet hall will have been sent up. For a week following the setup, anyone who drops by the hall and steps inside will see a large table laden with food. Bread, stew, fruits and vegetables, soups, roasted meat, and almost anything else one can think of will be on the table, along with plates, silverware, and cups. Anyone is free to take a plate, settle down at the table, and help themselves to a meal.
The Feast is staffed entirely by volunteers, who do the cooking, cleaning, and tidy up the dishes and area afterwards, keeping the constant stream of food coming. Whether your character is heading in to sit beside a stranger and strike up a conversation, or volunteering their time, energy, or cooking skills to the hall, they're more than welcome.
One corner of the hall is entirely dedicated to the yearly "stuff swap." There's a long-standing tradition of fall cleaning in Riverview Quarantine, where residents will thoroughly clean their homes and rid themselves of excess in preparation for the winter. The extra things that aren't needed can be dropped off at the city center where the Feast is set up, and anyone who is in need of a particular item that has been donated can take it free of charge. This is an honor system, so please be kind to others! (Or don't.)
ii. charity karaoke
On the weekend of November 10th and 11th, while the Feast will be cleared away, the tent is being repurposed for a new event - a Karaoke Concert for the needy! Set up as a makeshift bar and lounge area, the space will be fronted by a large stage where singles or groups of people can choose a song and karaoke their hearts out to a crowd of spectators. There's a by-donation cover fee, and guests are encouraged to reward the best (or most hilariously bad) renditions of beloved songs from across the multiverse with digital "tips" that are transferred to the karaoke performer's charity of choice.
Whether you're a spectator tipping a performer, or a performer who's singing their heart out on the stage to benefit a variety of charities from the homeless to the animal shelter to children in need (and almost anything else you can think of), the Karaoke Concert is both hilarious and heartwarming.
iii. stray animal roundup
One of the main charity events that seems to happen every year is the stray roundup. As the seasons turn and it gets colder and colder at night, many residents who have a soft spot for animals band together to round up as many stray animals as possible and take them to shelters where they can be rehabilitated, given a warm bath, fed, and have a safe place to sleep. Volunteers take to the streets with crates and nets or restraining poles as well as generous bags of treats of food to entice the strays with, and capture them safely to be brought back to the various animal shelters around the Quarantine. Any animal who's caught is put up for adoption, and volunteers are encouraged to take home any strays that they bond particularly well with, or are invited to foster animals in their homes.
Whether your character is a die-hard animal lover, looking for a new pet, or just wants some wacky hijinks trying to chase a wily critter around the streets, they'll be suited up with supplies by other volunteers and released into the fray. The most common animals to be found are cats, dogs, and small domesticated foxes, but feel free to assume that your character is rounding up a reptile, rodent, bird, or a domesticated alien critter. Playing a thread with this prompt is a great opportunity to get a cute alien pet for your character without spending AP.
iv. letting go
On the evening of November 15th, a series of large bonfires will be set up all along the beaches of the river, and as the night falls, people begin migrating to the beaches from all over the city carrying slips of paper in a wide variety of colors with words written on them in a wide variety of languages, and throwing them into the fires. This is a way of psychologically and emotionally cleaning house for the residents of the Quarantine, because the papers they bring contain the stories of their pain, poems written about the feelings they bottle up, a venting of their anger and fear and resentment, all to be eaten up by the flames and washed away by the river with the next rain.
No matter where a person comes from, they carry pain and suffering and hurts that they must hide. This is a welcome opportunity for characters to write out their thoughts and feelings and release them. And if the symbolism of burning them isn't enough, there are always other people around the fires who are willing to listen, to hear all those things that people keep locked up inside. Share a story willingly, listen to someone's story, or just get caught holding your deepest darkest secrets on a really vulnerable piece of paper...it's up to you.
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 the mod-posted prompt to create a Communal Housing floor mingle. Or, if you have an idea for a prompt that isn't in this list, set during the Harvest Festival, feel free to write it up!
Credit: image i & iii: Bastien Grivet; image ii & iv: unknown (stock/hobbiton)
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[And Shiro turns to making dinner. There were a lot of things that were easy so he's going to pull out some of the ready-heat meals that he had bought for an occasion when he didn't want to cook]
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The new cat, on the other hand, decided to investigate what Shiro was doing... by circling his legs.]
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Well, hello there. You hungry?
[He crouched down to offer her his hand]
I guess we should get some food for her too.
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[Yes, he's asking the cat who is still rubbing against him]
We have chicken so I think we can do that for tonight and then worry about the cat food tomorrow.
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Chicken could probably work. Do cats eat grains? [Keith had no idea.]
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If there is a lot of protein in them. Corn and stuff like is usually filler in cat food. We can try, see if she'll eat any.
[He gave her one more pet for standing up and going to get the chicken and start working on that for the humans and the cat]
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Do they normally eat that kind of stuff, though? I mean, cat food, okay... but... just seems weird, I guess.
[Keith watched as Shiro started working, and the cat continued to stay close to his feet. Keith couldn't help but wonder if she was hoping to trip him and get him to drop something.]
Yeah... she's a jinx.
[Red rumbled a little.]
Think so? [Keith chuckled.] Red says we should name her that.
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Well no, you're not going to see a wild cat hunting down corn on the cob, but it has protein which is what they want. Some cats eat popcorn.
[Yes, she was circling a lot and when Shiro has stuff settled to start cooking, he grabs some leftover meat out of the fridge, putting some on a plate for her]
You think? Might work.
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Well, we could try it and see if she starts answering to it.
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[Shiro put down a small dish of leftover turkey for the cat while he finished up with dinner. Get her to stop circling]
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Well, no. I imagine they aren't. You don't see videos of cats playing fetch and doing all that kind of dog stuff.
[Actually, Keith... videos like that do exist because some cats were cool like that. This one was just... way more independent.]
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I'm sure they are out there. It depends on the cat really. Some of them are very much like dogs. Others could care less.
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[Keith glanced at Red for a moment. There was a soft rumble, and he got the distinct impression of "don't try it" from her. He smirked a little and then went back to his comm.]
Something tells me I won't be so lucky this time around.
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[Black is thinking "you got that right"]
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Black's even less likely to than Red.
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[There was a grumble from the lion like it was answering him]
I guess so.
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C'mon, Red. Might be fun.
[There wasn't even a noise in response, but Keith laughed a little.]
Nope.
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[Since that's what made the most sense about that interaction. Soon dinner was pretty much done. Shiro plated some more food for the cat before working on the plates for himself and Keith, bringing it over to him]
Let me know if you need something else.
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[Keith put the communicator aside for now, gingerly shifting his leg so he could sit up properly to eat.
He gave Shiro a small smile as he took his dinner.]
Thanks. Sorry to be such a pain. {He dropped his gaze to the side, definitely feeling guilty.]
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It’s okay. Just try to be more careful next time. For now, rest.
[Shiro went to get a dining room chair and sat down nearby so he could eat with Keith]
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[Careful. Right. A subtle way of reminding him that he needed to control that temper. He nodded.]
I'll try.
[It wasn't like Shiro hadn't been through this with him before.]
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[Since they are eating, he'll save the lecture for the moment]