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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-06-01 06:57 pm
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introductory mingle: PRIJATA

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: Introductory Log and Prijata Celebration
when: June 1st - June 8th
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 week. 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 week, 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 week.

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. ETA: 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 posts on the OOC community and the TDM.


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 week-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. unveiling the new friendr

Prijata this year is marked by something special - the unveiling of a code rebuild of the ubiquitous Friendr app! Anyone with the app installed already will receive a prompt to update the app, and if anyone hasn't yet downloaded it, they'll receive a quick, easily-dismissed pop-up ad on their device when they next access the network, asking if they want to. No one is obligated, and the ad is a one-time instance, intended to make sure any character who hasn't heard of the app gets a chance.

The Friendr app is a swipe-left-or-right style friend matching and/or dating app that is very common in Riverview, both for PCs and NPCs, and it has received an upgrade with a new appearance, a new interests line for more accurate matching, and a wide variety of themes so that the colors can be customized!

Please see the updated appearance below, with the 'default' color scheme. Players are free to change the colors or appearance of the code but please do not remove the credit line showing where the base code came from, out of respect for the code creator.


Friendr
«
»
» Age: your character's age
» Seeking: friendship/romantic/anything
» Preferences: sexual preference or n/a
» Interests: three interests
» Bio: 30 words or less
base code by photosynthesis
Character Name
« ✘ ✔ »



base code found here.

For this prompt, you can either post your character's new, fancy Friendr app profile in the comments, or provide a link to their updated code in an entry on their journal. Whatever floats your boat!


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


click on thumbnails for larger view


Credit: image i: Odysseas Stamoglou; image ii: 5ofnovember; image iii: Sina Pakzad Kasra; image iv: mit19237

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jiaasjen: theboysareback (eighty six)

[personal profile] jiaasjen 2017-06-13 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you'll have little difficulty there, though you may have to expand your criteria somewhat.

[ This being said he doesn't know all that much about the nightlife here. ]
finethanks: (☆ 34)

[personal profile] finethanks 2017-06-13 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
So were you anxious about that move, then? That's quite a long distance to travel for even a trip, let alone moving out completely.
bunnyblock: (can i just never wake up again?) ([19])

[personal profile] bunnyblock 2017-06-13 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
[it's easy to forget your hand is sliced open on three different fingers when there's so much to distract the mind. The others' arms snaking around him like that are... entirely strange. The action is done so comfortably, its as if the other is used to such a thing. And while he's not exactly used to the idea of being close to someone, it's a closeness he doesn't hate, and if it's what Aoba wants, he doesn't much feel like denying him.

As such, the hand behind himself relaxes against the arms around him, which certainly makes for the others' arm becoming a comfortable shelf for his bleeding hand as he enlarges the picture of the alien to take a better look at him.]


Did you hear him speak?

[Did he talk in a language that could be understood, or did he click or use different forms of communication? He's especially curious, now.]

...

Aa. A little smaller. [It's all been shrinking ever since he got here.] It's not bad.
somnioergosum: (I know you I walked with you once...)

[personal profile] somnioergosum 2017-06-13 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Fortunately.

[Chainsaw opens her mouth as if she may actually make the attempt to reason with Ronan. Instead she just says "Kerah," right in Ronan's ear. He winces before waving her off. If she wants to have a tantrum, she can throw one away from his ear drums.]

Go bug Adam.

[With his pet gone, Ronan looks back at Lucifer. His distaste for him has only grown. He has a dim view of liars. If only he knew.]

Why tell people you're Satan?
somnioergosum: (I dream of genies)

[personal profile] somnioergosum 2017-06-13 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Ronan slides his hand back, allowing Chainsaw to inspect Cain. That's all the explanation he needs. If he needed to be wary of this guy, Adam would have told him. He thinks.]

Oh, you know Adam.

[Ronan's voice is significantly warmer when he says that.]

How'd you like him?
couldkillthedevil: (Considering)

[personal profile] couldkillthedevil 2017-06-13 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. Seems like our individual worlds aren't so different after all, at least in that respect.

[The same could be said for guns and other weaponry from her world, after all. Anything could be dangerous or helpful, depending on whose hands they were in.]

You said they needed a pilot to function. What kind of training goes into that?
dispenserofjustice: (36)

[personal profile] dispenserofjustice 2017-06-13 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
It would make this transition easier until the mistake is corrected, sure.

Still, I'm not sure I'd want to take a friend away from "home." The galaxy definitely needs us right about now.
dispenserofjustice: (49)

[personal profile] dispenserofjustice 2017-06-13 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
It's "magic," right? What part of "magic" is trustworthy?

[There we go. One healthy, heaping portion of skepticism couple with a side of cynicism.]

There's no guarantee that it will be something practical like that, is there?
jiaasjen: theboysareback (seventy nine)

[personal profile] jiaasjen 2017-06-13 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
The same could be said for a lot of people here.

[ Okay, so somber topics aside, time to switch gears: ]

What sort of competitions do you prefer? Aside from the friendly kind.
dispenserofjustice: (33)

[personal profile] dispenserofjustice 2017-06-13 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
True. I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't.

[Yes! Good to switch gears.]

I prefer the ones stacked in my favor.
realimperfect: (Default)

[personal profile] realimperfect 2017-06-13 01:28 am (UTC)(link)

Crowds like this are a little unwieldy. Particularly when it comes to this kind of thing it seems. [ She doesn't understand it at all - the entire concept of clubs and things like this aren't exactly common place in Romdeau Dome. Most people preferred to be by their lonesome once they were away from the prying eyes of other people watching them for cracks - Re-L Mayer included. The more the other woman speaks, though... there's a part of her that recognizes it, in a way. Cadence and tone, if nothing else, small things, but enough to be telltale.

She's heard her before, it's just a matter of where - ]


You might. [ She pauses, then, as someone else shuffles past her, feet shuffling slightly to the left, and then back. ] I work in the police department, though soon I'll be moving to the detective post they've opened up... My name is Re-L, if that helps.

bottombitch: (pic#11445089)

[personal profile] bottombitch 2017-06-13 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ When you can't feel your nerves singing and the inflammation plumping out the edges of a cut or the sensation of your own hot blood weeping from your wounds... it's just a comfortable nothingness. Well, not comfortable if you don't know what you're missing out on. For Noiz, that thick blanket over his body is boredom personified. Pain would be different, interesting, welcome by default.

Aoba shakes his head, so close to Noiz's that his hair rushes against the knitted hat he wears, and he feels a strange, itchy sort of tingling sensation go through the strands. Normally that would make him flinch back, but he endures it. ]


I didn't, we only texted.

[ He wonders what sort of voice comes out of this thickly plated, almost insect-like figure. ]

I was thinking of asking him to join me on a salvage mission. Maybe you could --

[ Come too, he wants to ask, but then catches himself. He's locked his arms around him and turns to face him now, startled by his own forwardness. He drops his chin and pulls back, feeling self-conscious. ]

A-ah... sorry, I'm a little too close. It's probably feeling a little warm...
legendary_hands: (Trusting you)

[personal profile] legendary_hands 2017-06-13 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
For a moment, he started to loosen his hold as his eyes followed the fall of the water, daring just that little bit more to see the descent along the cliff side. Really, it was stuff you saw in pictures or on exotic planets and only sometimes back home. Definitely not in Georgia. His other hand, that had been resting on the bag at his side, shifted automatically to grip the strap as though that would give him more support for the slight sensation of dizziness as he went from looking down to out and over the distance.

Scrunching his nose a little at that slight vertigo, he finally turned his head back to Jim and let the corner of his lips rise in a half smile. "Pretty damn gorgeous." Angling his head a little, he added a little amused. "I always rolled my eyes at Romantic Era writers and their thing for nature. Guess this kinda proves there really is that sublime thing they talked about."

Stepping back, he felt his body brush against Jim's with the motion. "Worth takin' pictures of, wouldn't you think?" The smile on his lips widened just a little as he tipped his head. Opening up the satchel with his medkit, he pulled out another significantly sized box wrapped in brown paper and offered it to Jim. "They were talkin' about gift givin', saw this and thought just maybe you'd like it." It's a bit old fashioned, but he knew Jim liked classic things. And a manual SLR camera just seemed like a great gift at the time.

He just hoped Jim agreed when he opened it.
bunnyblock: was cause trouble ([34])

[personal profile] bunnyblock 2017-06-13 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
['Only texted...'
Honestly, that's a little disappointing. Not that it'd show on his face, his only expression change being for his small eyebrows to furrow in a little. He's already memorized the man--woman? Alien's name off the screen to keep an eye out for in the near and dear future.

If something like that existed, then...]


Maybe I could what?

[He looks down at the other as he pulls away, offering him his phone back. Wounded hand now hanging at his side, a gentle drip of blood falling to the floor, unnoticed. The wounds have started to clot a little, but that doesn't do much for the large, dark spot spread across Aoba's upper arm from when they were touching.

He opens his mouth to remind the other that he can't feel if it's 'a little warm', but he decides against it, shaking his head.]


You're really weird.
bottombitch: (pic#11445328)

[personal profile] bottombitch 2017-06-13 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
It's only something you've complained about before... even if you can't feel it.

[ Or had that been an excuse? It wouldn't surprise him. Noiz got strangely silent, clamming up when he felt vulnerable, he noticed. That impassive, blunt brevity he excelled at quieting to a startled, extended silence. Excused himself off his body after they'd bruised each other into a tired exhaustion with another pointless explosion of fists and frustration.

After that he'd done what Granny had done for him, and Noiz didn't know how to deal with it. But after? Things changed.

It was the last time he'd seen 'that' Noiz, even the one he fought wasn't the same but some puppet pulled by invisible strings cut only by using Scrap. ]


You'd know weird, wouldn't you, wierdo brat. But... maybe you could just come with me, meet this alien for yourself?

[ Aoba scratches at his forearm without thinking, wondering why there's a strange sort of tacky stickiness in his sleeve that makes his skin itch, but when he glances down, his fingertips come off it... red. ]

...Mn?
onblackwings: (intent)

[personal profile] onblackwings 2017-06-13 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her eyes are on his hands again as soon as they start moving, sharp and interested. Is that all the game is? She may be in a frail little human body, but she still has the eyes of a hunter. This should be easy enough.

First, though, to be clear:
] Show me the queen, first.

[ She's only... half sure he actually means that's one of the cards, and she's not sure what to expect from it. She's even only marginally aware that cards have uniform backs and varied fronts. ]
bunnyblock: a cursed body that cannot feel ([6])

[personal profile] bunnyblock 2017-06-13 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah. Caught. He had complained about it before as an excuse. The honest reason being more that he couldn't stand the far-off sensation of someone else touching him, like they were so far away but still there. It was even more lonely than not being touched at all, so making any other excuse other than don't touch me seemed like a good idea at the time.

His eyes flick to the side when the other offers to bring him to meet the alien and he opens his mouth to reply--

--only for his attention to be drawn to the other's hands. Ah. He lifts his own hand up to look at the cuts on his fingers, drying and still-dripping blood coating his own fingers.]


I want to meet him.

[Something that isn't human, maybe he could understand...
He shakes his head, clenching his fingers together, turning on his heel, hastily turns away from the other and heading towards the bathroom.]
aeturnus: (pic#11384517)

[personal profile] aeturnus 2017-06-13 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
He's a good kid. Curious.

[ Says the guy who barely looks out of college age.

When he's given space to see Chainsaw, he holds his hand out for her to do as she'd like. Not blocking her access to get closer and inspect anything else, though, just a starting point. ]


Hello. Again.
bottombitch: (Default)

[personal profile] bottombitch 2017-06-13 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Meet him? Sure...

[ Aoba inspects the sticky red substance, tacky, gluing his fingertips together when he touches them. He can smell iron off them, and realizes that dark stain on his sleeve is... blood.

He lifts his brown eyes just enough to see Noiz pulling his injured hand from behind his back, watching them impassively with those light eyes. They've already grown cold when they fall onto fresh cuts that will one day add their own signature to the map of scars on his hands. ]


N-Noiz! W... dammit!

[ He makes a weak, warbling complaint that falls short of forming complete, coherent sentences. He reaches out his hand but it's dirty too so... all he can do is follow after Noiz as he rushes to the bathroom. Really, Noiz! He said to be careful... and shit did he distract him? Is this his fault?

Worrying isn't solving anything, so he moves to act. ]


I'll get the first aid kit, just... run them under cold water a bit, okay? It should help stop the bleeding.
idolpire: (Look - Side 2)

[personal profile] idolpire 2017-06-13 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Coffin's too cramped. Trust me, when you wake up in one hand have to claw your way out of your own grave, you lose your flavor for sleeping in one after that. Don't mind sleeping on them, though.
finethanks: (☆ ah)

[personal profile] finethanks 2017-06-13 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Sleeping on coffins is even edgier than sleeping in them, somehow. That gets a pause out of Eichi, since it seems like he's really serious, and then he's leaning forward over his little booth and peering at him.]

Do you have fangs?
hellicious: (Smile - Charm 1)

[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-13 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Pain can be interesting, depending on the degree. I wouldn't recommend being shot and dying. That hurts.
aeturnus: (pic#11390975)

[personal profile] aeturnus 2017-06-13 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ That gets a snicker. He doesn't stop it because he doesn't need to. Not here, necessarily, and he'd imagine not with the Devil. What's he going to do, torture him over it? That's more humanity's territory. ]

Oh yeah. That one's pretty up there. So is burning to death and some others.
hellicious: (Profile - Frown 1)

[personal profile] hellicious 2017-06-13 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Why not? Despite what possibly other versions of myself or humanity likes to tell, I don't lie. Point of pride. Besides, no one ever believes it. People would much rather believe in method actors or someone being insane than believe they're talking to the Devil. But... I think some part of them knows.
bunnyblock: id be okay on my own ([41])

[personal profile] bunnyblock 2017-06-13 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine.

[Here's betting Aoba didn't miss the sound of THAT quiet growl--a sour expression as the other chases after him. It's not like it's the first time Aoba's seen him get injured only to not react entirely to it, only as if he's been mildly inconvenienced.

Once in the bathroom, he's quick do do as he's told anyhow, running his hands under the water (not bothering to check if it's hot or cold, it doesn't matter to him either way) and he watches the pink-tinged water swirl the drain before fading entirely.

It's frustrating, entirely. Having someone else about, seeing this sort of thing...

He quietly curses to himself, teeth clenched more in irritation than in pain.]