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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2018-06-02 10:21 pm
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monthly mingle: PRIJATA

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: monthly mingle: prijata
when: the month of june
where: anywhere around the city
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

prijata


In the days leading up to June 1st, residents new and old will notice preparations beginning, a flurry of activity getting the city ready for the upcoming celebration: Prijata. Riverview Quarantine has a strong culture of love, and they celebrate all types - Prijata is a special celebration of platonic love and building community through friendship. Prijata traditions include gift exchanges between friends, sharing meals cooked together by friend groups, and a variety of events and services aimed at making friends.

a celebration of platonic love


Prijata is a relatively relaxed holiday, focused mainly on friendship and platonic love - dedicated to appreciating the friends already in one's life, and opening oneself up to making new friends. Besides the private giving of gifts between friends, there is also a city-wide government-sponsored gift fountain that is open throughout the entire month. Included in the wide variety of events catered to finding new friends, are 'speed friending' and a large open exhibition where all the specialized clubs in Riverview can recruit for new members - and residents new or old can create a club and recruit.


i. gift fountain

While Prijata gift exchanges between friends are generally a quiet affair, done at friend-group dinners or parties, the element of gift giving does extend outward - community-wide, in fact. Throughout the course of the month, anyone living in Riverview Quarantine can drop by the huge fountain in the City Center, in front of the City Hall. They will find that the fountain is chock full of floating gift boxes in a wide variety of colors, patterns, and different shapes - though none larger than a shoe box. There are signs put up around the fountain stating that the boxes are magic and will only seek and open for their rightful owners. Characters will find that, upon touching the water, a box will float over to them, and when they pick it up, the top will unfurl like flower petals, displaying the gift inside. Sometimes, the box won't appear on the first try, since there's only so much space in the fountain at any given time, but if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Every person in the city (including new arrivals) will receive one gift by the end of the month.

Gift fountain boxes will contain one small item from each character's home dimension (or, for CRAUs, from their previous game), similar to the "items from home" bonus reward, but without needing to spend points. The item should be small enough to fit in a shoebox, sentimental, and cannot be something intended for another person's character. If you can't think of an item like this that would work for your character, something of similar size and quality to what's described above that would make the character very happy can be substituted.

This prompt can also be used for gift exchanges and for characters to receive the Government-given gifts that were suggested in the Prijata Pregaming post on the meme community. Any newly apped character is welcome to post on the meme entry as soon as they're accepted, and will be linked to it in this month's acceptance notification, so to all you pre-existing players please keep looking at the Prijata Pregame meme throughout app week and afterward to help give new arrivals a warm friendly welcome!


ii. speed-friending

This is pretty much what it says on the tin! Much like speed-dating setups, many bars, coffee shops, and other places that people might gather are holding speed-friending! It's your standard setup - characters enter and fill out a quick questionnaire about themselves, and flit from table to table looking for someone with great friend chemistry. Not all of them are general and open to anyone who walks in, though, with many being specialized to people who are invested in certain hobbies, occupations, or with specific sets of interests. With specialized speed-friending setups ranging from horror movie buffs to members of the Perimeter Guard to fashionistas to sports or martial arts to video games, no matter what your character is into, they're likely to be able to sign up for a special event where they can go looking for a friend who's into the same things they are!

For this prompt, you can put up a list of hobbies or interests your character has, and compatible characters can hit them up for a speed-friending thread, like the IC equivalent of the CR meme!


iii. club exhibition

Speed-friending is all well and good, but not everyone is outgoing or open enough to know if they have friend chemistry in only a few minutes. For anyone looking to find groups of like-minded individuals they can spend more than a few minutes with before committing to something as daunting as a friendship, there is a month-long club exhibition happening in the Town Square in the City Center. Table after table and booth after booth are occupied by existing clubs in the city, with an incredibly broad scope of focus interests and hobbies - enough that any character should be able to find a club with their niche interest represented.

And if it isn't? Characters are welcome to start their own clubs - much like a business, a character-run club can have space set aside in the city for meetings and event mingles that are eligible for Activity Point Bonuses for the organizer.



iv. amusement park & waterfight

Remember the Amusement Park that citizens of the city were working together to clean up and power up a couple of months ago? Well, the endeavor has proven to be a success, and after a lot of hard work and technical expertise, the amusement park is up and running! For the first two weeks of June, admission will be free to honor those who helped make the park usable.

Sporting just about any amusement park ride you can think of, from kiddie rides, merry-go-rounds, and ferris wheels to high-speed roller coasters and more extreme rides for the thrill-seekers, the park takes it a step further by adding in a lot of different high-tech attractions not available at conventional amusement parks. It has banks and banks of VR simulators that allow park-goers to enjoy a variety of adventures and scenarios, or join shared mutual worlds with other users to explore or take out their aggression with a VR first-person shooter. There are also rows and rows of typical carnival games, some heavily rigged and some not, with prizes ranging from dollar store trinkets to stuffed animals to bits of advanced tech.

For the month of grand opening, though, the amusement park is offering a couple interesting events - a naming contest for the park, and a park-wide water fight.

The water fight is opt-in, with participants signing up and being given a purple or orange flag, tank top, or cap to wear marking them as to which team they're part of. There are buckets of water balloons around the park that are constantly being refilled by staff, and water fighters can participate in special target practice games to win the use of a watergun for the duration of the day - how big your watergun is depends on how well you do in the game! Ultimately, there aren't any real winners or losers, because the point is to get wet in the brand new summer heat, but it's always more fun to cool off with a bit of competition involved, right?

The naming contest is another story. Anyone who visits the park is welcome to think up a name for the park, and all entries will be listed on a large LED board. Every customer who enters the park is invited to vote for their favorite name, and the name with the most votes wins! To submit either an in-character suggestion or a suggestion from yourself as a player, hit up the thread below with a new top-level; whether or not you have a neat idea, place a vote for your favorite! Votes are one per player; suggestions are one per character.


v. roommates or wildcard

Feel free to use this prompt to set up headers for a communal floor, or threads open to roommates for the purpose of getting to know each other. Or if you have an idea for a prompt that isn't in this list, set during Prijata, feel free to write it up!



visual inspiration


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Credit: image i: Odysseas Stamoglou; image ii: Dave Arredondo; image iii: spainforpleasure.com; image iv: mit19237

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justbeginning: (what a good figment)

[personal profile] justbeginning 2018-06-20 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah. Some of the tangled web of... what kinds of friends her people have made here unweaves. Elizabeth picks at a little more cotton candy. ]

I haven't really seen him. [ Or Rodney. Not since arriving, really. ] I'm not sure our schedules have been lining up that well.

[ Some of it, she thinks, is a little more deliberate on their part, something they're trying to hide from her, some impression they're not sure what to do with her. But it's also not a lie that things have been overlapping a lot. Carson told her about John's unusual relapse, and so of course John didn't make a habit of being very keen on visitors. Rodney's always been prone to long, unusual hours, like anyone on Atlantis.

And when the nanite virus broke out, so close for her on the heels of. Being put into a coma by a nanite virus and nearly dying. Back home. The time she wasn't spending at work, she spent in her room in the community housing building.

They haven't all been doing a very good job of things.

It's a little strange. Missing people you know are there. ]


But if he weren't at least okay, I know I'd be hearing about it.

[ carson is a gossip you heard it here first. ]
neversurrender: (pic#10177095)

[personal profile] neversurrender 2018-06-20 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[That's a relief. Despite his advice before about sticking up for herself, a part of him had worried about that culminating into a fight. She seems like a tough kid, but he knows that fighting would only make her situation with her case worker more difficult.]

That's great, Laura.

And...we already covered art. But what about P.E.? What's your favorite thing to do in that class?

glowfeelers: (37)

[personal profile] glowfeelers 2018-06-20 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mantis' bracelets of friendship are likely to be loved secretly by a few people!

She also gasps loudly when Peter tells her she's supposed to have one for herself as well, to match everyone she gives one to. The revelation is an exciting one, because it makes the concept of these little bracelets that much more wonderful to her. ]


I have not! I did not know that. I will find a common charm for all of us- oh! I will find stars. [ The crafty gears are turning. ]
neversurrender: (pic#9111012)

[personal profile] neversurrender 2018-06-20 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Does it have a scent? [He leans in just a little bit closer to sniff at the strange flower.] My mother loved flowers. Of course, we didn't have much of anything for her to take care of aside from a few potted plants on our porch. The existence of intergalactic plants would have thrilled her.

[His expression morphs into one of surprise. He really hadn't been expecting to receive anything outside of his core circle of friends. But he feels touched that Rey would think of him.]

You can do that. Or I can pick it up now, if you don't have any plans. I'll have to take a rain check on a gift for you though. I'm sorry, Rey. I wasn't expecting you to go to the trouble. I only handed out gifts to a couple of people.
11calls: (hmm)

[personal profile] 11calls 2018-06-20 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, back home noodles were from one part of the planet that bought it to Italy who turned it into bottles. They were originally asian, and as much as I like a good spaghetti as anyone else, these ones are different and sometimes better. They come with veggies and meat and sauce that's a little bit spicy if you like it...

[Don't let Alex tiny Candianness fool ya. She definitely is someone who likes things hot after so long of living in Seattle.]
glowfeelers: (38)

[personal profile] glowfeelers 2018-06-20 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
My face?

[ Mantis has to touch her face to see what Wanda is referring to. It takes a couple pokes, but she finds a pom pom and plucks in from her cheek. (Though that still doesn't de-glitter her, though). ]

Oh! I have looked at many materials, there are so many things that can be used to craft!
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[personal profile] talentedscavenger 2018-06-20 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Not much of one, I'm afraid.

[Though, Steve probably shouldn't go around sniffing strange plants, but it's nice to have another friend who enjoys flowers as much as her.]

But I'm sure she was delighted with them--I couldn't do that. There's not much soil, or water. I have a few though--some that are... [What was the word?] Succulents? They're really pretty. [And don't need much water, which is a nice bonus.]

I don't have any plans. [She wouldn't mind, but she's a bit...concerned that he may not like it. That's a normal reaction though, right?

As for a rain check, there's a shake of her head as she starts to walk with him back to her place.]


It's fine. I wasn't expecting anything in return. [Because it's something she's used to. Getting gifts in return was a delight for her, but always a surprised.]
neversurrender: (credit_auroralights)

[personal profile] neversurrender 2018-06-20 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
To play this game?

[He grins a bit to soften the tease.]

It takes a bit of training.

[And a super soldier serum or two.]

Hmm. [He considers for moment.] Okay. You're on.
sentiences: (Do not have to suffer disappointment)

[personal profile] sentiences 2018-06-20 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Both.

But singing in the car especially annoys him.
talentedscavenger: (Default)

[personal profile] talentedscavenger 2018-06-20 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Pasta turned into bottles? I don't understand.

[Rey is just going to try and understand as best as she can as Alex seems to list things off. Either way, having veggies and meat with noodles sounds like a good idea. She can already start to feel the beginnings of hunger grumbling in her stomach.]

Spicy is fine? I haven't had too many spicy things before, but I can try.
glowfeelers: (28)

[personal profile] glowfeelers 2018-06-20 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mantis listens, then nods.

Her lips are sealed! Her lying skills are incredible levels of terrible, so hopefully nobody needles her about it and sees how awkwardly suspicious she is, but other than that, the secret of Spider-Man is safe with Mantis. ]


I do not have a secret identity, but I understand now why you do. You are a good hero.
wit_and_sword: (resolved/resign)

[personal profile] wit_and_sword 2018-06-20 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
"That sounds like a fair enough trade." If they could find something to help her country, she would grasp at it with both hands. "Say you join me at the cafe near the library in a quarter past?"

That was a cozy enough spot to talk, as well quiet. Most, she suspected would be near the more rowdy parts of the city. It didn't escape her that this talk made him grimace, and a calm atmosphere might do them both some good.
angelic_archer: (Sad with emo hair)

[personal profile] angelic_archer 2018-06-20 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
"There's real demons, like described in various religions in my world." That should be a great distraction... if the poor Mundane doesn't panic over the idea. "There doesn't seem to be any here." Hopefully that will be somewhat reassuring. "My family used to hunt demons so living somewhere safe is better than the life we grew up with."
seeingscarlet: (happy; 071)

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2018-06-20 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry Mantis, you're going to be finding glitter on you for weeks.]

I haven't seen those since I was little. We tried to put them on a mask? But I think we just made a mess of the table. My brother was never very patient.

[There's a sad edge to her smile, but one that she's getting better at squashing.] I'm Wanda. Are you new?
yakyuuman: (134 homeruns)

[personal profile] yakyuuman 2018-06-20 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ He thinks about it for a total of three seconds. Sorry, he can only afford so much. ]

I don't think so! Besides, there are no matches if there are no other teams...

[ The idea of playing his first match in the stadium is super lovely and he's now instantly supporting it 100%! ]

Okay, I hope that works! Later I might check the network out to see if people are interested!

[ But then he'll probably forget about doing that because he'a scatterbrained fool. ]
bestsir: (smile)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-06-20 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Goodsir keeps meeting women who could easily wipe the floor with him—or, indeed, with at least half the sailors he's known. Luckily for everyone involved, nlike many men of his time, he doesn't find it particularly threatening.

"Then I would be grateful indeed for your company someday," he says. "I have already once found myself in danger from the wildlife here, and it might have gone poorly indeed were it not for another sorceress."
bestsir: (let's talk)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-06-20 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"I should be glad to," he says. He almost wants to shake her hand, as with any colleague, but hesitates for a moment, unsure if it suits her sense of propriety or not.
bestsir: (sad smile)

[personal profile] bestsir 2018-06-20 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Goodsir might have been more disturbed by this if it weren't for the creature that stalked the men of the Erebus and the Terror, something that any number of the men suspected of being a demon. Goodsir never was wholly convinced of that, but he was also fairly certain that it was not entirely of the material world either.

Not that he's eager to discuss those events with someone he has just met. Still, it keeps him from reacting with fear or disbelief.

"Then I am glad to know that you have escaped that, in coming here," he says with a little smile. "I believe—perhaps it is not entirely true, but it seems that many of us, in coming here, have changed our circumstances for the better. Or at least, have some kind of a second chance to—to prevail over our fates, as it were."
mutant_messiah: (Hm?)

II

[personal profile] mutant_messiah 2018-06-20 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Cable hears Jyu from several feet away. He wasn't posing the question to the mutant, but another person that gets startled by the volume of his voice. In their place is Cable, half organic-metal mutant from..well, it's a long story.]

America's favorite pastime? Sure.
Edited 2018-06-20 04:04 (UTC)
yakyuuman: (084 homeruns)

[personal profile] yakyuuman 2018-06-20 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
This America must be a really cool person if they like baseball!

[ He got that completely wrong... but he regardless continues talking as he regards the buff mystery guy with a huge smile. ]

How much do you like it? I love it! I'm glad it exists!
analienprince: (Default)

[personal profile] analienprince 2018-06-20 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... I need to see your training routine sometime.

[He gives a grin.]

Teddy, by the way. Seems like we should know each other's name, if we're betting.
analienprince: (Default)

[personal profile] analienprince 2018-06-20 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Teddy can totally agree that Tony Stark would have action figures of himself.

But he can't blame him. If there were Hulkling figures, he'd totally have as many as he could get his hands on...

He heads over to the shelves of figures thoughtfully.]


Do you think it's ever weird for people who come in here and see figures of themselves? Personally, I think it's kind of like a life goal...
analienprince: (Dimples)

[personal profile] analienprince 2018-06-20 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Your dad sounds like a really smart guy, you know.

[And this kid sounds like a really good one on top of it all.]

Sounds like he's got to be really proud of you too.
nostalgiabomb: (180)

[personal profile] nostalgiabomb 2018-06-20 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's an infectious sort of enthusiasm, and Peter huffs out a laugh. ]

Stars are definitely good.

[ Says the guy who calls himself Star-Lord.

Biased? Him? The very idea. ]


So that one can be for you. You wear a lot of green, too.
shoplifter: (pic#11316481)

[personal profile] shoplifter 2018-06-20 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
"She never shuts up," is the totally kind answer.

But she smiles a little, anyway.

"Sometimes people should stop and enjoy the quiet."