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Jamie Dodger ([personal profile] smokedout) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-06-30 01:32 pm

Tired of this human duet...

who: Jamie Dodger and YOU! (run.)
what: General catch-all with an open prompt that can be used for mingling.
when: June 25th through the end of July.
where: All over the place.
warnings: Dodger. Lots of swearing, drug use, sex and violence.

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Lampyr is Here for You.

If anyone missed his commercial, or simply didn't want to respond to it, they may instead find his second marketing scheme. Around the city, usually hidden in alleyways, you may find a small display similar to sample trays in grocery stores. Each has a sign that says "DRINK ME" in a bright neon color, which matches the covered trays of drinks below it. Sketchy? Absolutely, but curiosity may take the better of you... or maybe you read the inscription on the table siting the tempting results of the liquid.

RED - ENRAGED LAMPYR: Feel as strong as an ox! Filled with bravery and fighting spirit! Defeat your foes without giving them a chance!
ORANGE - HONEST LAMPYR: Open up your inner emotions! Come to terms with startling truths! Share with others to learn their deepest secrets!
YELLOW - FEARFUL LAMPYR: Enhance your adrenaline! Give yourself goosebumps or share with enemies for a frightful surprise! Raise the stakes of night-time hide-and-seek!
GREEN - ENVIOUS LAMPYR: Test your social safety! Learn the intentions of others! Share with friends and lovers to learn their honest opinion of you!
BLUE - GRIEVING LAMPYR: Strengthen your bonds! Open the depths of your feelings! Instigate attachment with others!
PURPLE - AFFECTIONATE LAMPYR: Let go of your reservations! Accustom yourself with touch and social comfort! Become cuddly!

Each display also features a very crude drawing of a firefly showing the appropriate emotion, although it looks like a kindergartener drew it. One of these days Dodger will have to hire an artist. While your character will not see Dodger initially, he is watching from a nearby hiding place and will come to observe and mess with them if they take a sample, to see the effects of the drink.

The drink tastes spicy, savory, sour, bitter, sweet and minty respectively, although not particularly good regardless. They all have an aftertaste like cough syrup. Obviously the effects don't exactly match up with the claims; they simply give you a very strong form of that emotion, which may lead to side effects. Bloodlust, impulsive truths, paranoid hallucinations, a compulsive need to check your importance to others, uncontrollable crying, or a lovedrunk, affectionate stupor are respectively the most common side effects. Though the effects are strong, they are significantly lessened within an hour (when they stop entirely is up to the player) and the character will never do anything they are morally against.

While Dodger will generally try to speak to anyone who has inadvertently become a test subject, feel free to make open top-levels for others to come across your character in an affected state. Please assume that Dodger is watching them during their exchange, though, and any information passed between them is now known by him.
onblackwings: unless you're into that (maybe not a smile to trust)

[personal profile] onblackwings 2017-07-18 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It's really growing on her, being pinned down to be kissed. She'd have guessed that she'd hate being immobilized by anything, but in practice, things look a lot different when a bed is involved. Who knew. She smiles lazily up at him, hair splayed against the bed and not bothering to resist his weight.

"A name is worth considerably more than a little bit of detail about who you've eaten. Ask something else."
onblackwings: (cat & mouse)

[personal profile] onblackwings 2017-07-18 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
The question has her looking a little amused. Just him asking it confirms he's suspicious that she's not human -- and she'd been so careful to reference the woman she'd met as the first person she'd ever met, not the first human. Oh, well.

Fortunately the most honest answer she can give doesn't really say much beyond confirming his suspicions -- which, at this point, she doesn't mind doing. She offers a shrug, and says, "I don't know."
onblackwings: [onyx] (04)

[personal profile] onblackwings 2017-07-18 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The kisses are nice, but not that nice. Plus, she's wise to the manipulations now. She tips her head accommodatingly, which doesn't change her answer in the slightest:

"I'm not going to tell you that." The smile that goes with it looks a little fond, though. "At least, not now."