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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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glitterpants: (( 8 karamatsu girl ))

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[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-06-09 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ a few seconds go by and he's leaning over the fountain, splashing lightly with his hands.. ]

OOOOOIIII! PICK MEEEEE!!!
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (just realized i had two ears)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-11 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[What a reasonable ending to a very-get back here are you serious.

She takes a step forward, ready to drag him back down if he tries to jump for it again. For his own safety, at least. So it's a pleasant surprise to see him simply splashing the water around. That's fine. In fact, she moves up to the edge as well and waits to see if a box will appear.
]

Now that's the way to do it! It's gotta come out for you this time.

[A pause and she glances around quickly.]

And if that doesn't work, let's try touching the water from the other side of the fountain.
glitterpants: (( 51 karamatsu girl ))

[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-06-12 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ He glances up and over at her, pausing his splashing for a moment. ]
Are you certain this magical fountain does not want my entire body as a sacrifice for its riches..!?

[ why is he yelling.. why does he want to get naked and jump in so badly. ]
Surely, a young flower like you has received her present already-- what did you do to obtain it?
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (i don't need your trophies)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-12 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
If you sacrifice yourself, then you can't enjoy the present. You have to stay safe or you'll won't see it.

[Don't people naturally avoid fountain jumping? Is this normal in his world? She doesn't know, but she'll try to save him from...whatever would happen. There might be a hundred tiny portals in there, who knows what that could do to a person.]

I just touched it, like this-

[She dips her hand into the water, wiggling her fingers a little.]

And it floated over after that.
glitterpants: (( 36 karamatsu girl ))

[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-06-13 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He studies her hands, squinting his eyes as if he is really taking it in. Maybe he isn't wiggling his finger correctly. So, he steadies his hands and.. gently tries to mimic her. ]

What did you receive from here anyway?
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (we were hanging out under the bridge)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-15 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[The fact he copies her right down to the finger movements is cute and it makes her continue on. A wiggle here, a wiggle there. It's too bad nothing is coming out for him. He's really trying here.]

It's a secret. When you get your present, we should show eachother! It'll be funner that way.

[Will it? Who knows. It sounds fun and she wants to see whatever he gets from the mighty fountain. She waves her hand under the water, like she's trying to say hello to the gifts.]

I'll bet you're getting something really cool and that's why it's taking so long.
glitterpants: (( 8 karamatsu girl ))

[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-06-17 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's Karamatsu's life, though. Trying so hard and getting nowhere. It's just his shitty luck.
When she says this, though, his expression hardens. This suddenly changes a whole lot. ]


Oi! A SECRET!? Are these presents really that great..!?
[ OH, he's splashing fervently again! Not good! ]
Edited 2017-06-17 03:07 (UTC)
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (alligator tooth and snakeskin spirit)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-18 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Why is this guy splashing everywhere?? Somehow she feels like anything she says is going to make the situation worse. It's time for plan b.]

Maybe the fountain needs a break.

[Is that how portal fountains work?]

I know! Let's go look around and let it rest. We'll try again in an hour.
glitterpants: (( 16 karamatsu girl ))

[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-06-24 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.. yes. You're absolutely right.
[ Karamatsu says, pulling his hands out of the water and flicking them dry by waving his hands. He looks over at Iris wondering in the back of his head why this girl wants to help him so much. Surely it wasn't just to prevent him from stripping down, right? ]

Maybe.. all of the magic has been used up.. it needs a nap.
carrotkeeper: <user name=ponponpon> (a turtle's dream in outer space)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-26 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Even fountains need a nap sometimes.

[Portal fountains, at least. She's willing to play along with that idea. It could be true. Although the fountain needing a nap doesn't change the fact he's still presentless. She'll have to do something about that before they part today.]

Oh hey, I didn't catch your name. I'm Iris.
glitterpants: (( 131 karamatsu girl ))

[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-07-06 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Iris. What a good name. ]
Ah, my name is Matsuno Karamatsu-- and I do not usually seek out reasons to undress in public. This was just a special occurrence-- a stroke of luck-- but I resisted the burning temptation, as you see.

[ don't??? say stuff like this.. ]
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (and squeeze down into a job cannon)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-07-07 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[W H Y]

...You did a great job, too. Keep it up.

[Now that she has his name, it gives her an idea. Hopefully one that will keep him from attempting to undress in public ever again, should temptation rear its ugly head.]

Oh, I just remembered something important. I'll be right back for our walk, so don't leave, okay?
glitterpants: (( 37 karamatsu girl ))

[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-07-08 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I do what I can to adapt to my surroundings-- a survival instinct.
[ why is he posing like this...... ]

Do not abandon me for long, young flower. There are creepy people out there.
[ like you, Karamatsu. Well, he's more misunderstood than anything. ]
carrotkeeper: <user name=ponponpon> (he just won't let go)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-07-08 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Call me if you run into any creeps. I'll chase them off for you.

[The pose. Those words. Young flower. He's a weird guy and she's worried about leaving him alone. Hopefully he doesn't get into any trouble. Despite how odd he is, he's not a bad guy and she does feel bad he hasn't gotten his gift, though she assumes it's on the way. So, she might as well get him one now. It should tide him over until the week's end.

Away she she wanders, around the corner and out of sight, into a nearby shop. Iris doesn't know him enough to pick out anything truly sentimental, but those gold chocolate coins at the counter are good enough, right? Who doesn't like those. Into a small box it goes. Which, great. Looks good. Truly magic fountain quality. She purchases both items and writes on the top of the lid:

to: karamatsu matsuno
from: the fountain

It takes a good 15 for her to accomplish this and when she's done, she hurries back to the area she left him at.
]