riverviewlogs | monthly mingle: PRIJATA

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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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I know we will.

[ It's just weird, even considering having a picture of his parents in any form. He rather likes the idea of having it up somewhere, though. ]

Let's go see more. Maybe we could find a couple of fun rides to go on. Oh— something like those cheesy 'tunnel of love' types.

You pick. I haven't been on any amusement rides before. Though maybe we can save that tunnel for the end after going on the more thrilling ones.

Well... [ He glances a little to the distance, to the largest ride at the park. ] We could go to the big roller coaster, then one of the water rides next?

[Victor’s eyes follow the coaster tracks up to that very first drop. His brain mentally calculates how fast they’ll be going on the way down]

Like I said, you love anything that lets you be in the sky. I guess I can give it a try.

Mm, mostly I love the rush.

[ He's admittedly curious to see how Victor will do at the roller coaster, most of all. Once the wheel finishes its full circle, they both climb out of their seats, and Jim promptly reaches for Victor's hand, weaving their fingers together as they head towards the next ride. ]

Come on. It'll be fun.

Mmm. I can see the appeal.

[He takes James's hand and even goes along willingly. No dragging required. The biggest rush he's felt before now was jumping into the portal created by Jefferson's hat. This will no doubt be much more of a thrill than that was]

So did you ride a lot of these back in Iowa?

[ He lets out something close to a snort, shaking his head. ] Are you kidding? Riverside never had anything this exciting. I did ride a few roller coasters in San Francisco, though.

[ And he also liked piloting shuttles with the inertial dampeners offline, which was almost the same thing. Except crazier, probably. ]

San Francisco... All I know about that place is that someone left their heart there. And it has a famous bridge. You really need to tell me more stories about your travels so I can live vicariously through them.

[ Jim chuckles a bit at the first part. ] It's alright. San Francisco is far from the most impressive place I've been to, but it was nice living there. Beat Iowa, for sure.

[ He nudges Victor's arm. ] One day we'll have visited every corner of this moon. I'd say that counts as pretty well-traveled.

It probably beats Storybrooke, too.

[That has him smiling and he nudges back] I've been working on my cardio and building muscle, so you'd better believe we're doing that. I want to go on all kinds of adventures with you.

Yeah. No offense or anything. [ He sighs a little. ] You'd like it, I think.

[ Given the chance, he'd love to show Victor around sometime. Well, one never knows. Maybe one day. ]

We do have plenty of adventures already. [ Wink. Victor knows what he's talking about. ] But speaking more seriously, you should also learn how to handle a gun. A phaser, at the very least. You might need to defend yourself out there.

[He chuckles, nudging him again] I know that. I just want to be able to do more kinds of adventures.

If a phaser is like a gun, I already know how to handle it. But it's been a while, so brushing up would be useful.

We'll do as many adventures as you want.

[ Jim evidently won't mind any of them, so Victor doesn't have to worry about that.

They reach the line for the roller coaster, which isn't particularly long and is moving along just as they get there. He looks up to the ride with interest, glancing back down at Victor. ]

More or less. It's a little more subtle than the guns you're probably used to, plus you can set it to stun so it does less damage. I just... need to know you can handle yourself, if we're caught by surprise out there.

I'll go to the shooting range to brush up if it'll help you feel more at ease. And that's the whole point of me jogging and building muscle, so I can handle myself.

It will. Thank you.

[ Jim smiles, leaning in to plant a kiss on Victor's cheek. The line starts moving again and he tugs the doctor along. ] So? Feeling ready?

[Then he'll start putting time in the shooting range. At the kiss, he smiles and nods]

Ready. A little excited, in fact.

Good.

[ Excited is better than scared, at least. They move along quickly, and after a short while they're guided to a couple of the seats and strapped in. Jim offers his hand for Victor to take. ]

[He may cling onto James's hand a little the higher they go up. It's not that he's afraid of heights or even the drop. But this is his first roller coaster, so having James to cling onto is reassuring.

When they descend, he does get that rush. He can hear the passengers behind them screaming in glee and he almost wants to do the same. He's grinning like a little kid by the time they hurdle on to the next part of the coaster]

[ Jim, on the other hand, has no qualms about shouting at the top of his lungs. He gets breathless by the end of it on the first drop, but promptly starts shouting again the moment he manages to draw more air in, laughing uncontrollably every so often too. The ups and down have his blood rushing through him head to toe at incredible speeds, and he doesn't bother fighting the reactions. ]

[Victor finds himself laughing, too, sneaking glances over to watch James react. He is absolutely adorable like this and Victor would take him on this ride again just to watch the way James responds to it.

Eventually he lets go of James's hands so the next time they drop, Victor's hands go above his head along with everyone else on the ride. The whole thing doesn't last more than a few minutes but Victor can still feel the energy and speed of it in his body even after they come to a final stop.

He almost doesn't want to get up, but the workers make him]

That... can get addicting. What am amazing rush!

[ They'll probably be feeling the effects of the ride for a while after they get off. The rush of adrenaline is a wonderful feeling. Jim practically feels his every cell dancing happily, and he's a little wobbly when he gets to his feet.

Perfect excuse to just hold onto Victor tighter and lean closer to him. He stops the doctor, though, tugging him so they're facing each other, then he places a slow, warm kiss to his lips, hands cupping his face. ]

That... is how I feel every time we kiss.

[He does indeed feel a little wobbly, but not in an entirely bad way. He finds a solid wall to lean on while they both recover. He holds onto James, making a pleased little noise as he's kissed. The adrenaline is still going from the ride and now James spikes it in another way]

Oh. So that's why you like riding me so much, eh?

[He chuckles, kissing back and nibbling lightly on James's mouth] I'll take you on that ride any time.

[ He snorts and laughs at Victor's answer, hands dropping to Victor's sides. He squeezes the doctor's waist lightly, though still trying to tickle him. ]

That's not what I meant, you pervert. But yeah, you bet I do.

[ Like that's even a secret. Parting his lips a little, he lets Victor nibble on them, tongue darting out briefly to brush against the doctor's own. ] Mm. Looking forward to it. As always.

I know exactly what you mean.

[He snickers a little. Yes, he can equate their kissing with that roller coaster. The same rush and adrenaline spike, the same excitement. Except in this case, it lasts much longer than just a few minutes]

You wanted a water ride next, didn't you?

Good.

[ True enough, kissing Victor is a rush that lasts longer than this. Just being near him does the trick, even. But that's more due to how he feels about the doctor, he's sure. ]

Yes. Unless you're afraid of getting a little wet. [ He winks at Victor, but he's already taking his hand and tugging him along to the splashiest water ride at the park. ]

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