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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-05-01 07:22 pm
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introductory mingle: MEMORIA

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: Introductory Log and Memoria Commemoration
when: May 1st - May 8th
where: Anywhere around the city.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

memoria


In the days leading up to May 1st, residents new and old will notice preparations beginning, a flurry of activity getting the city ready for the upcoming celebration: Memoria. A more solemn celebration than Sampremi or the Flower Festival, Memoria is a week-long time of remembrance for those lost in the Great War and the epidemic that decimated Riverview Quarantine's population 10 years ago. Memoria traditions include lighting lanterns for the dead, telling stories about lost loved ones or lost homes, eating meals with loved ones, and a special gathering to send floating lanterns down the river in honor of those lost.

a solemn commemoration of those lost



While the main city-wide event associated with Memoria is the floating of lanterns down the river on the evening of May 8th, the holiday is generally seen as a time of reflection on and appreciation of things that have been lost - people, homes, cultures, and planets. It is also a celebration of the things that remain. Many locally-owned shops will host displays of culturally-significant food, and will hand out informational flyers sharing the unique customs of their own homeworlds. There is a heavy emphasis on sharing time with family, friends, and lovers, and anyone who is able to will cook meals or treats for loved ones, or at least purchase them something good to eat.


i. hanging lanterns


Throughout the entire week of Memoria, residents will be hanging lanterns around the city. Lanterns are generally placed in greater number in places of passage - streets, bridges, and all alongside the train lines are particularly well-decorated, as are any trees alongside paths, and most homes and businesses have a profusion of lanterns around their doors and windows. This tradition is twofold; some people believe that the lanterns are hung in these places in order to guide the spirits of the dead back to those who still love them, other people believe that the lanterns are to give light for living loved ones to find their doors in times of darkness...many people believe both.

No matter what your character might believe, you can be sure they will find themselves offered a lantern for free from various businesses or friendly citizens passing by, and invited to hang it before the sun sets, or they may be handed a bundle of lanterns and asked to help share them with others.


ii. sharing life


Throughout the city, characters will find groups of people gathering to share hot drinks and talk about their loved ones lost, their homes and planets, or their experiences during the Great War and the epidemic. Anyone who has lost someone, who has fought to survive, who is feeling cut off and homesick, is welcome to sit and share their story. If your character chooses to sit and to share their story, they will find that people will gather to listen, will generally be respectful of the telling, and may share their own similar experiences in return. This is an excellent time to air grief in an environment where most people understand and respect grief, and a good time to deepen the connections to others around you, to understand them better.

There is also a very large focus on cooking or purchasing meals or treats for loved ones during Memoria, with many people taking meals with everyone they care about during the week of the holiday. Some go the extra mile and will hand out baked goods (usually chocolate or cinnamon), packets of candy, or other little treats to acquaintances, especially if they would like to form a closer bond with them. This is a great time for characters to reach out to someone they would like to get to know better with a surprise treat!


iii. floating of the lanterns


On the evening of May 8th, just before sundown, many of the city's residents will head toward the banks of the river, where they will light lanterns in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, in honor of their dead loved ones. The types of lanterns vary wildly, based on personality (either of the person floating it or the person they are honoring), culture, and many other factors. Some lanterns are very simple, others are incredibly complex, but the one common feature they all have is that people write on the shades of them - they write about their feelings for their loved ones, their wishes for their relationships and friendships, a memory from childhood or home, or even just lines of poetry or lyrics from songs that express something they miss, or something that hurts them.

Once those emotions are written on the lanterns, the lanterns are set free, floating down the river in the darkening evening, in a cathartic gesture shared by most residents of the city. Waves of lantern floating will start around 7 pm and continue until the sun rises on the morning of May 9th.


iv. 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 Memoria, feel free to write it up!



visual inspiration


click on thumbnails for larger view


Credit: image i: glowconcepts, image ii: by trenchmaker, image iv: cherryorange; image iii: found uncredited on Pinterest - please let the mod know if you find credit!

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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-05 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there is no part in peggy, not even a single one, which is comfortable with this entire farce. grief is sitting deep in her bones, she carries it with her wherever she goes but much like taako, she tends to shut it in some hidden drawer. very rarely does she allow it to open ( perhaps because what's inside is so painful and so private ).

her entire prim appearance changes when he passes her the lantern. she was merely passing by, thought to come by and say hello, nothing more. now, curls bunch, she takes a step back.

she thinks fast, her posture changes. no longer prim and proper, rather open and inviting and downright charming. she winks at the vendor, her accent is suddenly dyed american; dramatic and stylish, like the female movie stars of old. ]


Sorry sugar, this one is late for our date.

[ and what a terrible concept for any romantic outing, lanterns and date, the vendor seems to realize that pretty quickly. peggy's arm slips into taako and she tugs him away.

the act drops once they're within a safe distance. ]


Honestly, man, passing them onward onto some poor other bastard?
spellslots: DNT (and I'm sad to the core core core)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-06 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[The act catches him off guard so much that he barely manages to stumble through a half-assed apology to the vendor as Peggy tugs him away. It reminds him of Kravitz and that's the last thing he needs in the middle of a festival celebrating the dead, because for all Taako's jokes, he's worried about Krav.

By the time they reach that safe distance, he's mostly got his thoughts in order, though he's still a little off balance.]


Sorry, bubbale, I might've panicked just a tad.
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-06 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
-- One thing I've never been called.

[ it's grumpy but it is accompanied by a smile. her arm is still linked in his. she seems to be happy with this facade of two people on a romantic outing, it makes the other vendor keep a distance.

she should have thought about it days ago. ]


Happy to be of help. Where are you heading?

[ in other words, how much time does she have to enjoy this safety from all things grief. ]
spellslots: DNT (would you get down on your knees for me)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-06 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's The Worst at pretending to be straight when it requires any kind of talking or acting, but linking arms with a friend is something he'd do normally, so he can play along in that capacity at least.]

I owe you one, for sure. [Actually, he hums thoughtfully, then adds:] Which I can do right now, if you're up for a quick trip to the market and then my place for dessert. I can whip up something from your home, if ya want.

[The "feed people you're friends with" part of the holiday is the only part he can get behind.]
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-13 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
You cook?

[ she doesn't know why she's surprised. peggy doesn't, it's one of those things she's rather good at failing at. home economics was never a class she paid much attention to. ]

I could do with a pastry.
spellslots: DNT (but it's always)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-13 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I do way more than cook.

[With his free hand, he digs his phone out of his pocket and pulls up his instagram, then offers the phone to Peggy.]

Used to be a pretty famous chef back home, too, so you're in for a treat.
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-13 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
-- These are extraordinary.

[ a rare compliment from a woman who is usually so sparse with them, she looks at the pictures and then at him. ]

The colours of those pictures are sublime.

[ look at the wonder on the face of a woman who sees instagram for the very first time. ]
spellslots: DNT (beauty queen on a silver screen)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-13 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Taako talks a big game and is very good at acting smug and self-assured, but when Peggy pays him a compliment he looks genuinely pleased.]

Thanks, that's real sweet of you.

["sweet", get it??

He's the worst.]


I will admit to using filters, they come with the app and make the colors pop a little more, but they're pretty bright.
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-13 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell no one.

[ she has a reputation to maintain. 'sweet' isn't a part of it, horrible pun or not. ]

Filters? what are those?

[ look at her peering at those photos with genuine interest. ]
spellslots: DNT (the rise the fall)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-13 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[He mimes locking his lips and throwing away the key, then gestures for her to hand his phone back.]

It changes the image kinda, lemme give you a demo cause I can do this shit but I don't really get it, ya feel?
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-14 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Let us see, then.

[ she gives him back his phone and peers at the little screen. People seem rather attached to these little devices. While she only ever had a phone in the hallway of her boarding home, even she could appreciate the practical sense behind being able to reach anyone at any time.

but for pictures, too! whatever's next. ]
spellslots: DNT (beauty queen on a silver screen)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-15 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He immediately has just, the most regrets, because now he realizes that he has to scroll through his photos to pick one.

Taako opens instagram and very quickly scrolls past a bunch of a) selfies b) selfies in which Eddie features or c) pictures of Ellie making faces at him, until he gets to a simple picture of a tiered cake.

And then he starts selecting the filters one at a time, letting Peggy see.]


I say this completely without irony, as a fucking wizard, but I'm pretty sure it's magic.
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-16 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she says nothing of it though she does note them all and not without a bit of a smile. Finally, she takes in the different pictures and reaches to touch the screen until the picture changes to black-and-white. ]

There.

[ she points at it, one red nail nearly touching the screen. ]

That's the only manner of photograph I know of.
spellslots: DNT (would you get down on your knees for me)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-17 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, uh, we don't even got that back home.

[They have magic kind of portraits, but there's no cameras.]

So you're from an earlier version of Earth? [No, that's not the right way to word that.] Earlier in Earth's timeline?

[There we go.]
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-17 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Most who are here, seem to be from the year 2016 or a little earlier. I'm from 1946. Well before them.

[ she looks at the photo, moves a finger against the screen until sharp colour flows over it. ]

It's much brighter this way.
spellslots: DNT (pop that pretty question right now baby)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-18 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
El's from later than that, so you're not the only weirdo.

[Which is a bit rich coming from the wizard elf, a fact he's well aware of judging by the amusement in his voice.]

Right, though? That's basically what I do, sometimes just cause the camera doesn't capture the colours great in the first place.
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-25 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[ wry, dry. you're so charming, Taako, her heart is a flutter. ]

It's quite the portfolio. What shall you be baking today, then?
spellslots: DNT (and I'm sad to the core core core)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-27 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ur welcome]

Well, I picked up some berries at the store yesterday, thinking about trying a tart with them and there's an order for salted caramel and hazelnut cookies due soon, gotta do a test run of those. [He hums, thoughtful, then adds:] If I double the pastry I make, we can add a savory tart into the mix. Mushrooms? Or something with goat's cheese? I'd have to roast some tomatoes, but that's not hard...

[He's lost in food thoughts now please excuse him.]
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-30 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
For the love of - you're making a dessert, not a feast. Had I known it'll be like this, I would have at least brought a bottle of wine.

[ or preferable, whiskey. ]

I forbid you to go through so much fuss.
spellslots: srsly DNT (when the lights dimming down)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-30 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Three things is not a fuss, it's a regular weekday.

[He cooks for him and Ellie, most nights, and he occasionally makes lunches for Lois & Clark, plus there's everything he makes for his business.]

If you want a fuss I can break out a souffle.

[show off.]
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-30 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ god, that does sound tempting - ]

Not one bit of a fuss. The tart, yes, and maybe some tea.

[ and, almost sheepish, she adds: ]

I'd offer to help but I trust that would only get me banned from your kitchen.
spellslots: srsly DNT (I'm with the boys)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-31 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
If you insist, one tart and some tea.

[These are both things he can achieve relatively easily, especially since he acquired some new tea from Eichi recently.

As for whether or not she's allowed in his kitchen...]


You seem pretty capable of following instructions.

[Even if she can't cook(tm).]
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-31 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You're one of the only people I know who would say that.

[ most of those she worked with would claim Peggy Carter is incapable of following every the simplest of instruction without going and changing things, bending rules, improvising.. ]

I might have to quote you on that.
spellslots: DNT (to misbehave)

[personal profile] spellslots 2017-05-31 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Unless you've got a head injury I don't know about, I'm pretty sure even an idiot can follow basic instructions.

[He's assuming that she would want to be cooperative because there is cake as a reward.]
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[personal profile] mannerism 2017-05-31 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
It would require patience some would say I don't posses.

[ but then again, berries. a tart. ]

I do enjoy proving others wrong, however.

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