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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
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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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Gift Fountain (Hair Color: Bubblegum Pink)

Lola looked at the small black and grey leapard print backpack in her hands. The bag is completely empty, it's a nothing item that could have come from anywhere, but she's looking at the little nicks and stains and wear that an item gets from owning it a long time and she's... smiling.

She's just sitting near the fountain with her box that held a bag and she's smiling like this is the best thing ever.

Amusement Park (Hair color: Aqua Blue)

Lola's never one to shy away from sun, water, and some time off. She prefers the beach but the beach would probably have a loch ness monster or whatever. So a water park will do, plus they have rides! And that makes a lot of difference. Lola's not the least bit shy in a bikini with maybe a pair of shorts as well.

Sunglasses to shade her eyes from the sun she wanders around watching the rides and activities, and occasionally she'll find someone she feels she has to talk to and points out a ride, "Have you gone on that one yet?"

Waterfight (Hair Color: Orange)

Lola, while she's in the park wide water fight, is a bit of an odd sight. She has a pair of pistols a bit too large for her, and she's in a bikini with a crop top of her Orange team color. Not normally her color but she's making it work.

Oh yeah, she's also wearing a pair of white boots with a slight heel, covered in tiny pink gemstones. The boots do not go with anything else. And for Lola that should be a sign that something is very off about things. She always makes things work. Of course the boots make more sense when she manages to jump away from most fights like she was Spring-Heeled Jack.

Laughing and having fun firing water shots at anyone else playing. Stealth isn't really Lola's thing, nothing about her suggests that right?

Wildcard

Let Lola befriend you!

Fr: scavenger.rey

If you're not busy, I have something for you.

[A fairly simple text, nothing that could give away what Rey has for Lola. The girl who loves fashion and helped Rey add some color into her wardrobe. Something that could be used in Lola's home...or anything.

Really, Rey isn't sure about this fashion thing, and what she's picked out, she can only hope it'll have some use to Lola.]

im supr good @ making time
but mt me @ the cantina its just easier for me 😘💖

*There's not a lot of context so it could be anything. Being a good friend and checking on someone who has been super busy the past month working. Wanting advice on a boy. Wanting advice on a girl. Wanting advice on make-up. Okay, probably not that last one. But Lola can dream.*

*Sadly no context means Lola would rather limit how much time she's away from training new employees so she doesn't have to work so much over the summer. It'll cost money, but she wants to do fun summer things!*

Okay. I'll see you there soon.

[It took Rey longer than she would've liked to decode what Lola had texted back, but she does understand and sends out that text.

She would've preferred to have the package dropped off at Lola's home, but considering how busy both women were, it was best she do this in person. That way, at least the gift would make it to the receiver.

Ten minutes go by until Rey's at Lola's cantina, something she hasn't done before. It's nice? Not like Maz's but it has its charms.]

Lola?

*Lola's pretty easy to spot, the large tray balanced on one arm as she uses her other arm to serve out a small party with meals and sides. It also helps that the place isn't very large too. Lola doesn't react at first to her name as she finishes unloading meals for people.*

Andre will take over for a little while, if anyone needs anything.

*Once she tells the other server to handle all the tables for a bit she wanders over, not really all that glamorous in her purple work shirt and simple black pants. And all at once that professional, but polite and charming, facade melts back to Lola's far more casual friendliness with zero sense of boundaries. Enjoy the hug Rey.*

Hi! So what'd you need to see me for?

[Though Lola said Rey could stop by, it felt like she was interrupting the other. Lola was clearly working, and Rey had come in wanting to drop off a gift. She should've just left the box on the door or something. Not that what she got Lola was embarrassing, Rey didn't want to get in the way. And...she was nervous about it--wondering if she picked out the right thing.

What could someone give a woman of fashion like Lola? A handbag? What kind? What style, what color?

And now they're hugging, great.]

Hey. Yes, I wanted to give you something..

[Rey returned the hug, pulling back to give Lola a small box.]

Wanted to hand this to you--you can open it on your own time Just...in the spirit of the festival..that's all. [Or season, or holiday, what have you.

Point was...they were friends and to show she cared for Lola, she gave her a gift.]

Oh hush, the advantage of being my own boss is I can take five minutes to accept a present.

*Lola picks a table that's not been cleared, but it has seats and that's really all she needs. She motions for Rey to follow.*

I have something for you, but my bike doesn't have a lot of room for extra stuff so it's back at the mansion with all the other gifts I haven't gotten the chance to take to people.

*As for the present, it wasn't especially Lola's style. She could think of a dozen times she'd need a wrap like this to finish an outfit. The color was nice an unobtrusive, which helped. Still, before Lola's mind had finished working out how much value this had to her... she was smiling. Because Rey tried to find a fashion thing for her. Which was way better than getting the right thing.*

I love it. Thank you. Really.

Yes, but didn't you just open this?

[Rey is stubborn about things and she doesn't like interfering in certain things--like Lola's business!]

It's okay, I don't mind. I wanted to make sure you got your gift though...

[And honestly, she wasn't going to expect any gifts from anyone so there was that. But she should've dropped off the present! She didn't want to take up too much of Lola's time.

Or maybe it's the fact that Rey would rather not have to worry about if she got a good present for Lola. She didn't know if the other girl would like something with a print--or a different color. Rey thought it would be enough to keep Lola warm, and it could be used...for anything?

It's not until Rey saw the smile on Lola's face that she felt less stressed. Phew.]

You're welcome. I know it's not a bright color, but I thought it could work with anything?

If the place can't manage without me for five minutes, I'm in trouble. I'm trying to train staff so I can be here on less shifts.

*Rey you cannot escape Lola. She's tougher than you expect.*

Sometimes I need things that aren't quite as bright as I am. I'll find time to get my present to you once this place can do without me for a few more shifts in a week.

[No, no, she couldn't escape Lola. Not that Rey would try--except the first couple of times they were stuck with each other.]

Alright, as long as things don't get busy here.. [Then maybe she could stay for a little bit, give Lola a break and just enjoy her present.

Wait, she got something for Rey?]

I wasn't expecting anything--and no rush to get it to me. I don't mind, but thank you. [Whatever it is, it's bound to be nice.]

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monthly mingle: PRIJATA

Lola Pacini - OTA (Will Match Formats)

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text/action - ps sorry Lola is texting

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