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- !mod post: holiday,
- !mod post: monthly mingle,
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monthly mingle: PRIJATA
what: monthly mingle: prijata
when: the month of june
where: anywhere around the city
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines
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.
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!
Credit: image i: Odysseas Stamoglou; image ii: Dave Arredondo; image iii: spainforpleasure.com; image iv: mit19237
Jeff | OTA
[ Originally, when informed of the speed-friending events, Jeff was pretty adamant in his no, thank yous. These things are just too much pressure. You've got to be interesting and memorable-- but not too memorable, not memorable for the wrong reasons-- and you've got to do it, like, right off the bat. Look, he may not have ever done the whole speed-dating thing before, but he's heard horror stories from some of his co-workers! And this is pretty much the same damn thing, only, y'know, platonic.
What if he met a new buddy, and they had a really great rapport, but then it turned out his new buddy didn't feel the same way about him, and never called him again, and then he'd be left with the sting of rejection, while all the other friends frolicked together and--
And it was a few days of going about with that train of thought that led Jeff to realize: wow, he's desperately lonely here (especially since his daughter, his #1 priority in life and also his main source of socialization outside of work-- oh god he has got to work on that when he gets home-- isn't here, because she's back on Earth and he's trapped on a moon and the only thing that's keeping him from descending into a full-blown panic attack is the fact that, supposedly, he can one day go home with no time missing, and if not, at least she can stay with her mother-- wait, is this aside developing its own aside?). He's lonely, and he could probably use some friends.
So... here he is. HIS INTERESTS AND HOBBIES INCLUDE:
- Talking about/listening to/playing music (not ruling out any genres here!!)
- Recreational (and responsible!) magic use
- Running, hiking, gym
- Movies where the dog doesn't die
- Shaping the hearts and minds of tomorrow's leaders yadda yadda yadda
- 420??(hastily scribbled out)And he'll be showing up to various events, such as those for:
- Fellow parents/guardians
- People ages 35+
- Magic users/people with powers
- Fellow educators
- etc ]
iii. club exhibition
[ If he keeps busy, he'll be less likely to do anything stupid, reckless, or otherwise loaded with the potential for disaster. So, that's why Jeff eventually makes some time to check out the club expo thing. He's an amiable guy, so even if he's not remotely interested in a particular club, he'll engage in a little bit of conversation if he's cornered by an enthusiastic club president or hobbyist.
It's fine at first, but man does it get old after a while. He wishes he were better at disengaging. Curse his friendly and agreeable demeanor. He just wants to find the clubs that mesh with his interests! Like... recreational sports, or amateur woodworking (something he has zero experience and barely a passing interest in, but one can always pick up new skills), or any of the stuff listed in the prompt above this one! ]
v. a) gramarye
[ It's nice of the city to hook him up with a job while he's here. Admittedly, though, Jeff was cautious when he was offered a job teaching at the magic school, because there's no way he wants to go full Merlin. Not with the infinite variables that one would have to take into account when teaching magical principles to a student body that spans the multiverse. Maybe somebody with a more scholarly background in magic could do it, but not him. Jeff only ever learned enough to cheaply exploit his gift until he accidentally almost summoned a demon that one time. (Look, he was 21 at the time, cut him some slack.)
Needless to say, the thought of doing magic regularly-- or teaching magic to a group of students-- makes him gunshy.
Thankfully, the teaching gig is more like... mundane subjects. Non-magical subjects, for kids whose gifts made it too difficult to function in a traditional classroom. That, he can do. Honestly, he's looking forward to getting started. This is the kind of job that could make a real impact! A great way to pass his time until he can get back home!
Now he just needs to draft some lesson plans and get to know his colleagues at Gramarye Magic Research. ]
PURE WILDCARD
[ choose your own adventure here ]
III
Alex was always more of a Bronte and Lawrence person then theoretical physics.
He almost passed the stall where Jeff was being waylayed, but something about the man's speech patterns reminded him of the conversation he'd had with someone on that stupid friendr site that Alex had forced him to partake in.
In the end, he decided to stop and follow the voice. Curiosity had never been a problem for him, but, he was curious. He glanced over the materials, making sure to show no real interest before he addressed the man.]
Gardening?
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He's already gone off on five "one more thing"s to add on the subject of soil. Jeff's been counting. ]
Heeeey!
[ He gives Richard a big smile in greeting, patting the other man on the shoulder. Hope you don't mind that overt display of friendliness. Jeff's working on his escape plan here. ]
Buddy! There you are. My new friend here was telling me all about the gardening club. [ Jeff waves a couple of brochures, so full of excitement. ] It's fascinating. Really. Let me tell you all about it at lunch-- [ Apologetically, to the gardening club rep: ] which we're late for.
[ Come on, Richard, play along. Help him out here, man! He doesn't want to talk about soil anymore! ]
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He was reasonably sure he neither got nor wanted to get the man's name at the time. Even now, the predicament he was in had been entirely his own doing.
One thing was clear though; the man had no intention of joining the damned gardening club. If it was the person Richard thought, it was the draw probably to grow hemp. So he'd gotten himself caught by an actual garden enthusiast, and now Richard had gotten caught by him. Which made Richard almost as bad as him in the end.]
I don't care about gardening.
[It was blunt and, as he said it he pointedly looked at the person who was talking happily about soil.]
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Let's just say that when Jeff dies, his tombstone definitely won't read "Cool under pressure (real or imagined)."
Thankfully, where Jeff kept dithering and failing to assert his disinterest, it looks like this guy's able to cut right to the point and break the enthusiastic gardener's heart with a simple, decisive statement. Well, whatever works, as long as Jeff's not the one to disappoint them. ]
Oh, well, uh. [ He shoots the gardener a contrite grin. ] Sorry, guess this isn't his scene. We should go. It was lovely talking soil with you. Bye!
[ Keeping up the facade of familiar camaraderie, Jeff's going to make a valiant attempt to guide the man he'd just conscripted into friendship away from the gardening club. But, to his (uh, small?) credit, he drops the act once they're out of earshot. ]
Sorry. I was just desperate to get out of that conversation. [ He offers his hand to shake. ] Jeff.
[ Nope, he totally hasn't put two and two together to realize that this is the skeptic he'd spoken to the other day, on Friendr. ]
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To his credit, Jeff did stop, and Richard appreciated that. He didn't need some random person pretending they were old friends every time they accidentally crossed paths.
When he offered Richard his hand and name, Richard reluctantly accepted. There was honestly no reason for him not to. Just offering a name didn't agree to a lifelong commitment, and it wasn't as if he were giving Jeff his home address or something.]
Richard Strand, and I advise you to learn to say no.
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It helps that Richard doesn't seem like a particularly sensitive person, so there's no fear of accidentally hurting the guy's feelings or anything. ]
Believe me, I'm working on it. [ Haha no he's not. But, wait. Jeff blinks, peering at Richard with belated recognition. The name helps things click together. ] We spoke before, haven't we? You're the guy with the theories.
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There had been an assumption that Jeff had already figured out that Richard was the same man from the friendr. After all, he spoke the same as he wrote. Of course, he still had to reply, well, he didn't have to, but he would.]
Yes, and you're the man looking for narcotics.
[It seemed an appropriate time to remind the man what he'd asked about.]
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Called out. Both in what Richard's saying to him and in what Richard's thinking-- luckily, Jeff's not privy to the latter, painfully accurate as it is. At least Jeff tries to look chagrined at the reminder of his, uh, quest for marijuana. ]
You make it sound so shady. I'm not, like, skulking around looking for dealers! I'm just-- [ Pause. Okay, so many he was actually looking for some kind of 420 aficionado group or something, just so he could get a hookup for some medicinal mari--
...
Oh. Wait. That is 'skulking around looking for dealers.' Jeff trails off, realizing he didn't really have a good argument lined up in his defense. ]
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iii
While she's doing it, Alex just smiles at him and makes a bit of small talk.]
There's actually a fair amount of us runners here, even if there aren't a lot signed up. You can always expect to see at least another person out there.
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Good to know. I figure this'll do until I can find a running partner. [ A beat, before he just begins to needlessly elaborate. ] I'm kinda one-on-one, usually. A fitness monogamist. [ Pause. ] Okay, that sounded weird. I just mean I'm not usually a club... person. So this is new! [ Uh... ] Anyway... I'm just gonna... [ STOP TALKING AND SIGN HIMSELF UP. ]
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It's okay. [And it was, because Alex was someone who could often ramble as well.] I'd offer but I'm a running monogamist as well, and I've already got a partner I run and [have a huffy little sigh because Alex is still not liking this yet, but Strand's gotta Strand.] do rowing with.
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ANYWAY. Jeff's brow lifts, because she doesn't seem to be all that happy about the rowing part. ]
I take it the rowing's more your partner's thing. I get it. My ex was really into scuba diving. She used to try to talk me into taking classes. [ S H U D D E R. NO THANKS. Scuba's terrifying.
...
Anyway. ] That was probably too much information from a total stranger. [ The whole, like, I HAD A WIFE AND NOW WE'RE DIVORCED tidbit, he means. Here, he'll offer a hand. ] I'm Jeff.
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Yeah, it's Richard's thing. But I drag him around enough places and make him do enough things that he hates so I'm probably lucky and getting off easy with just rowing. I expect that if there were a lot of annoying science conventions and talks, he'd be dragging me to those too.
[The smile definitely says that Alex wouldn't mind that too much, but there were things she prefers anyway.
But she's gonna offer him a hand:]
Alex Reagan. Nice to meet you.
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Yeahhh... That's how you know it's special, when you're both doing things you hate to make the other happy. [ He says it with a laugh, his tone light with good humor. Though, shit, maybe that's why he and Lisa didn't work out for the long haul. If only Jeff took up scuba diving...
Just kidding, their relationship fizzled for way more reasons than that! He shakes Alex's hand, his grip easy and friendly. Definitely not the kind of guy who goes into those firm power move handshakes. ]
Good to meet you. You been here long? I mean. On this... moon city, in general.
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Instead, Alex just shifts her focus onto him and the conversation. Her grip in return is easy and friendly, and confident because she meets new people all the time.]
You too. I've been here about seven months now, I think. Give or take a few days. I stopped counting so obsessively when I realized how insane it was driving me.
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...
Longer than he cares to calculate. ]
Seven months... Huh. [ That's like six months longer than he wants to be here. And god, Jeff's so tempted to mark each day he's away from home, same as she was, but he's also given to driving himself crazy with that kind of thing, so maybe he should follow Alex's lead and just... not. ]
So... Does anyone actually get sent back home from here?
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ii
He's largely trying to be friendly enough and tamp down on the desire to interrogate anyone he can make stand still long enough, but Peter is genuinely enjoying himself. Even just overhearing various other conversations is enough to keep in in material to research for weeks. If he didn't think it would make him look mad, he'd have his notebook out for scribbling down thoughts and ideas before they vanish.
Which isn't to stay he can't still be surprised. Like the almost literal doubletake he does at seeing an older bloke's hobby list.]
Recreational magic?
[Yeah, you're going to have to explain that one.]
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Which is one of the big perks of coming to an event like this! ]
Oh! Yeah, uh. I didn't really know how else to put it. [ In retrospect, he wonders if it sounds a little too... in the same vein as recreational drug use or something. ] I just mean liiike... casual stuff, you know? Spells to work on with my kid, so she doesn't try to learn everything on Youtube.
[ Magic for fun and education! ]
It's all pretty safe, harmless stuff. You know what it's like, right? Or is magic more... [ He mimes an explosion with his hands, complete with sound effect. ] where you're from?
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On Youtube?
[That's a start, anyway, the part he's probably getting caught on the most. So magic is that open, that how-to videos can just sit next to vlogs and construction tutorials. What would that even look like?
He shakes his head to clear it, and winds up offering a small half smile.]
Not quite explosive [aside from Peter himself, generally], but dangerous, yeah. And not exactly...public?
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He returns Peter's smile with one of his own, though there's a bit of a wince when he admits: ] Yeaaahhh... It can be dangerous back home, too. Er. And here, I guess. [ Since it's not like he couldn't cast awful spells here until he self-destructed, if he really were so inclined. Thankfully, he's not! ] It's probably the one universal constant with magic. 'Side effects may include: totally fucking up your life!'
[ IN ANY CASE... He regards Peter with a curious look. ]
Anyway. Is it a whole... secret society deal in your world?
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Less secret society and more secret world, I guess. It's all there, it's just that most people don't know about it. They call it the demi-monde. And actually learning magic isn't the sort of thing you can stumble into on accident.
[Learning about magic, possibly. But people are a lot more likely to be able to rationalize it, at least from what Peter's found.]
Is it something anyone can do in your world, then?
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As for whether anyone can do it, that's easy. Jeff shakes his head without even having to consider. ]
Oh man, no. It's more like-- genetic? You're born with it, or you're not. [ He leans back in his seat, trying to figure the best way to explain. ] And then it's like you said: you've gotta learn how to do anything with it. Practice. Work out your own spells. [ A beat. ] I mean, officially, they're not 'spells', and we're not supposed to say it's 'magic'. Seventy years in the open, and people are still, uhhh... touchy. About it.
[ So it's just easier to couch it all in euphemisms. You're not a witch, or a wizard, or a sorcerer or anything. You're just Gifted. ]
So how'd you get into it? Your parents?
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No, definitely not. For us, anyone can learn but you have to find someone to teach you. And I sort of...stumbled into it on accident.
[The last is finished in a very wry tone. Peter is just lucky that way.]
I haven't been learning for that long. About a year, maybe.
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A year? [ Man, his daughter's been learning longer than that. At least the, like, basics. Foundations. The dry stuff that every Gifted kids has to suffer through before they can get to actually putting it to practice. He leans forward, curious. ] So what'd you pick up in a year?
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