riverviewlogs | introductory mingle: PRIJATA

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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

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» Preferences: sexual preference or n/a
» Interests: three interests
» Bio: 30 words or less
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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

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

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[ What? He didn't say anything. He just looked at her and smiled, that's all. ]

I see. [ He nods, though he offers the only hypothesis he can think of. ] Then the portal must have broken that link somehow. Assuming you can't still feel his presence. Psychic links can be broken, after all, even if some effects might... [ He trails off, a particular memory coming to mind. ] Linger.

[She shakes her head sadly.]

I can't. We couldn't move more than a couple of feet from one another without feeling ill, much less cross universes - the link was broken the moment I came through.

Then I think you've just answered your own question. [ Jim smiles. ] Although I can't tell you how the portal managed to break that link. But you can try to ask around, if you're comfortable with it. In any case, I go out to the portal every so often, if you ever want to come along and see it for yourself.

But if the point is that the portal is supposed to be rescuing you from danger... it's not very effective. [She sighs.] That might be a good idea, though, for me to take a look. I wasn't exactly in a state of mind to be studying my surroundings, before.

I don't think there's necessarily a 'point' to it. The portal simply interprets a certain feeling of displacement, more present in some cases than others, and tries to... fix it. It's arguable whether it does this on its own, or if it has some form of conscience, but it might also be some part of its programming. I use the word 'programming' loosely, here, since I'm sure it's not quite like a computer like the ones we're used to.

I don't necessarily mean it has consciousness but...

[Then again, while the Bajoran wormhole itself doesn't have consciousness, there certainly are sentient minds at the helm.]

I'm just... worried. About him.

[ Jim nods, offering her a sympathetic look. He can understand that much. And all too well. ]

That's to be expected. You can try asking our hosts, if you want to. I mean, I'm not saying you have to believe them, but so far they've seemed plenty forthcoming whenever I pester them with questions, and they let me look into pretty much any information I might want or need. At the very least you can see what they'll tell you about it, if they might have any idea what breaking your mental link might've done to your Captain.

[ As he speaks, they reach the park by the river, and he gives her a moment to look around. ]

[She leans on a handrail as she looks out at the water thoughtfully.]

They have been very helpful, and welcoming. There's no doubt about that. But I got the impression they're used to receiving people who are... maybe not exactly happy to be here, but relieved at the very least not to be there.

[ Jim nods. ] That much is true, yes. They're used to most people being here voluntarily— but they've also been just as helpful towards everyone else, if more so in cases where people want to go back home sooner rather than later. I don't think it's very common for them to get people here who don't actually want to stay, so they do their best to try to help.

Do you? Want to stay?

[She asks it without thinking and immediately regrets it, flushing red as she looks back at him apologetically.]<

I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that.

[ It's a question he's been asking himself as of late, and given their conversation topic, it doesn't surprise him much that she asks. He smiles instantly at her apology, tipping his head. ]

It's alright, I don't mind. [ He does fall quiet for a moment, though. ] It's... complicated. I miss home. I miss my ship, and my crew— I miss my work. I know I have a purpose there, and that means a lot to me. But... I like it here, too. This place has given me... well, let's call it a very unique opportunity. I get to have something here that I'm almost sure I will never have back home.

[She nods quietly, looking back out at the river again. It doesn't take much detective work to put two and two together, based on what he's said earlier. Dr. McCoy. Bones. That's what's different here. No doubt at home they'd run into some of the same exact problems she and Jean-Luc have, the same problems any commanding officer finds themselves running up against in matters of the heart.]

You never know.

[She allows herself a small smile.]

My husband was a Starfleet officer too. Far outranked me, at the time.

[ There'd always be the fact that he is Captain, and while there are no regulations against a more personal and intimate relationship between him and someone on his crew, it would still pose something of an issue, at the very least in the way they worked together and how much focus they'd need to have for plenty of other obligations. But mostly, Jim just... isn't really sure they'd ever get to a point where they'd just sit down and examine their relationship at any deeper level. No time for that, anyway. No time for much of anything, Jim sometimes thinks.

They have plenty of time here, though. Even if, admittedly, it hadn't taken them a whole lot of that to jump into bed together. But anyway. ]

Well, he's a Lieutenant Commander. I don't outrank him by that much. [ He offers with a smile and a raised eyebrow. Jim doesn't seem particularly surprised that she's figured it out, but then he wasn't trying to be especially secretive about it. ]

But you are his captain. [She sighs softly.] That always does complicate things.

He was always my best friend— my only friend for a good while, even. [ His gaze drops slightly, though he smiles. ] That would've complicated things more, I think.

[She laughs and shakes her head. Must be something about the Enterprise. ]

I know that feeling all too well.

[ His lips quirk a little more in amusement, and he turns to look at her. ]

Do you now?

My captain... Jean-Luc... [It seems silly not to say his name at this point.]

He is my best friend as well.

Ah. [ It clicks in his mind now, and he can't help a small knowing smile. ] I see, then.

[She ducks her head.]

As you say, it's complicated.

[ He hums understandingly, nodding at her. ]

Maybe he'll show up here, too. You never know.

[She doesn't respond right away because she doesn't know what to say to that. While it would definitely put her mind at ease to know Jean-Luc was safe, she's not sure she would wish this situation upon him either. In the end, her answer is noncommittal.]

Maybe.

[ He takes it as an end to their conversation, and he easily lets it rest. He understands the difficulty of it all, really, and while he knows that both he and Bones are enjoying their time here, he knows not everyone would welcome being stranded until they could get sent back home. ]

Anyway— if there's anything else you'd like to ask, or any place you'd like me to show you around, fire away.

Thank you.

[She rests a hand on his forearm and her smile turns a little warmer.]

I'm glad to have found you. It helps, knowing there are some people from home.

That, we certainly agree on. [ He smiles, tipping his head in a small nod. ] Even someone from a hundred years before you.

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