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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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flamebandana: (normal 12)

[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-06 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. It's okay.

[He's surprise she expected him, but perhaps it shouldn't be that surprising. Maybe it was the same sort of expectation within the Polar Star Dorm back home.]

Thanks for cleaning.

[This is was what it will be like living with normal people... Normal as in not living with a rich girl who made him do all her chores. Maybe it'll be nice sharing the chores.]

I'm Ryou.
Edited 2017-06-06 01:54 (UTC)
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (i'm cultivating mass)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-06 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Nice to meet you, Ryou. I'm Iris.

[This guy is so calm. Does he know he's in an alternate universe? Maybe the novelty has worn off already, even though she's still reeling from the information.]

You ready for the tour?

["The tour" being the whole apartment area, which he can likely see from where he's standing. She's got energy to spare though. He's probably getting this tour regardless of what he says.]
flamebandana: (normal 24)

[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-07 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Nice to meet you too, Iris.

[He nods, looking around.]

Sure.

[And just to confirm his suspicions...]

We're splitting the chores, right?
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (do backflips every single day)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-07 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[That's an unexpected question. While it's a weird concern, it's not a bad thing that he's trying to sort out their roommate duties.]

Yeah, of course. And hey, since you're new here, you can split them up for us.

[What a welcoming gift! He gets to decide who takes out the trash and who has to vacuum on Mondays. It's a great honor. Don't make her regret it Ryou.]
flamebandana: (normal 18)

[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-07 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
All right. I can do that.

[That sounded easy enough.]

Okay, the tour--

[He walks over to the kitchen area, putting a hand on the counter.]

It's small, but I guess it'll have to do.
carrotkeeper: <user name=ponponpon> (it's like a clown that's a baby)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-08 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry. It gets the job done.

[The kitchen itself isn't small to her. For a teenager learning to cook, it's just the right size. Two people might be pushing it. Maybe that's a chore they should split in or it might get crowded some days.]

We've got everything we need. Oh, and I went grocery shopping the other day. There's a ton of fresh vegetables in there. You can use whatever you want.
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[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-09 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
You went grocery shopping.

[He has to repeat it, because it's amazing that she does things. Since she brought up vegetables, that reminds him of something important.]

Fresh vegetables... good. I know I mentioned splitting the chores, but do you care if I do most of the cooking? Depending on the hours I work, I can make breakfast and maybe dinner every day.
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (and fire off into job land)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-11 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah. Gotta eat somehow.

[That's a very generous chore to take on right off the bat-one meal a day? Sometimes two? She'll have to step it up on her end to make this balance out. What's a tough chore? Bathroom duty? Probably that.]

No, I don't mind. It's your choice. You sure you wanna take on that much?
flamebandana: (normal 21)

[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-14 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Please. I need to keep my skills sharp.

[He's rather deadpan all the time, but still there is a difference between before, and the seriousness in his tone now.]

I'm a chef - I'll also be working as one. But cooking for work and home are different. One is more, uh, freeform than the other.
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (he's lived here for years)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-14 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright then, the job is yours. I can't wait to try your first meal!

[There's a tint of excitement in her voice as she says that. Unless Ignis is around, her meals tend to be lackluster and boring. It'll be nice to have a chef around, especially one willing to share his meals.]

Oh, I'll keep buying the groceries from here on out if you're gonna cook. Just put a list on the fridge and I'll be sure to get it for you.
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[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-15 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Ryou nods.]

Let me know when you're going again so I can go with you. I wanna see what kinda stuff they have.

[Probably judge everything. You know, normal stuff.]

Especially to look at their selection of fish. Unless there's a fish market somewhere, which would be better.
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (me a money needing a lot now)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-15 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's so much variety, even picking out cereal is a struggle. Fruity oats or toasty pebbles? It's too difficult. She usually goes with whatever has the best coupon.]

You know, I haven't seen a fish market, but I know a guy who could get us the freshest fish around. I'll ask him if he's up for the challenge.

[Somehow she doesn't think he's going to mind fishing sidequests.]

Let's go to the store tomorrow. I think they're having a sale and I forgot something the last time I went.
flamebandana: (normal 02)

[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-15 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow. That is music to his ears.]

That would be great.

[If he were the type to jump for joy he so would be right now. But since he isn't, he just nods.]

This all is already too easy... It feels like a trick.
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (couldn't even make I more smarter)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-15 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean?

[The alternate universe stuff? Or the grocery stores? Or something else? It's hard to tell what this guy is thinking and she has the feeling that won't change anytime soon.]
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[personal profile] flamebandana 2017-06-21 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
I lived with a rich girl and her family since I was a kid. I hated it at first, but over time they became my home. It's just that Alice, the rich girl, was the type to make me do everything for her. Clean her room, carry all of her bags at once. If I didn't do as she says when she says it, she'd throw a fit.

[He puts his hands in his pockets.]

I didn't mind after a while, but I'm sure you can see how this is... different.
carrotkeeper: <user name=livebites> (we were hanging out under the bridge)

[personal profile] carrotkeeper 2017-06-24 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[It sounds like Alice thought of him as more of a butler than family. Still, despite the fact she also grew up in a rich family, surrounded by doting butlers, she can't imagine ever ordering them around like that. Not that they needed any prompting to take care of her. ]

Guess you better get ready for your new life. I clean my own room and carry my own bags. You just have to worry about your stuff now.