introductory mingle: carnivale

[riverviewmod]

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: Introductory Log and Carnivale Celebration
when: July 1st - July 9th
where: Anywhere around the city.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

carnivale

In the days leading up to July 1st, residents new and old will notice preparations beginning, a flurry of activity getting the city ready for the upcoming celebration: Carnivale. This holiday is in celebration of music, and the onset of summer and warmer weather. The celebrations are marked by street parties, an extensive program of live musical performances, with a large parade (and paid holiday!) capping it off on July 8th.

celebrating music, and summer

After a couple of months of low-key or even solemn celebrations, it's time for Riverview Quarantine to throw a good, old-fashioned party. Carnivale is a city-wide festival that pretty much everyone gets into, and many residents take the entire week off so they can enjoy all the festivities. With events ranging from impromptu street parties, free live musical performances, food stands, themed club nights, adult lounges with kink shows, and topped off with a massive party parade, the holiday has a lot to offer for anyone who likes to sing, dance, and show some skin!

i. street parties and food

One of the staples of the Carnivale festival is the spontaneous street parties and food trucks and carts. It's not unusual during the holiday to turn a corner and run into a group of people dressed in bright colors and sequins having an impromptu party with a few drinks, and then be invited to join right in! Carnivale is a celebration of music as well as summer, so most shops and stalls will be blasting danceable music into the streets to facilitate these little street parties - it's considered a sign of good luck for the owner of a business if an impromptu Carnivale celebration starts up in front of their door.

Considering the proliferation of street parties and people out and about to celebrate the warmer weather, local business owners also take to the streets. Food carts, stands, and trucks pop up on almost every street corner offering a wide variety of food from savory treats to sweet desserts. Many of the carts are offering one free item to anyone dressed up for Carnivale - anything shimmery, shiny, or brightly colored will do!

ii. live musical performances

One of the major roads in the city center has been completely roped off for the entire week, and all along this street, various temporary stages have been set up, each with a nice hefty sound system. Volunteers hand out printed flyers, and digital boards are set up here and there with schedules of various performances that are all free to attend, ranging from well-known popular music artists to new up-and-comers or independent artists who are looking to make a name for themselves. This event is very widely advertised around the city, and is accepting entries until the very last minute.

At couple of the acts might be familiar faces to some of the residents.

Eichi Tenshouin has signed up himself and his friend Tsumugi Aoba into the music festival as a first-time appearing idol unit called "Higanbana." Dressed in all white with splashes of color (blue, largely, with only their headsets being a red spider lily), they carry a very commanding and angelic image together. They'll have a routine that emphasizes their great harmony with each other, taking turns doing solo lines and joining together to show off each of their talents. Singing and dancing, they interact heavily with the audience and will encourage a lot of involvement with speaking between songs and gestures, winks, and so on. Basically, they intend to make this Riverview's very first prominent "idol performance".

For his performance, Otabek Altin will start with rock remixes of a few popular pop songs. He wants to make sure that it starts off with recognizable pieces for some people, and he certainly thinks it is something that could get people excited even if they don't know it. Then, it shifts into a few original songs. They are upbeat, rock songs that he put together with the intention to make people dance and move, since he is a DJ. He'll end his set with a slower piece he put together that is also an original. Through the entire performance, he's focused and quiet, though he may occasionally try and excite the crowd with a few words.

Any other player-characters who are musically inclined are more than welcome to assume their character was fit in for a performance, and can post up a top-level with a rundown of their performance to get bonus Activity Points for posting a mingle!

iii. carnivale parade

The other main attraction of Carnivale week comes on July 8th, which is a paid holiday for everyone in the city. The Carnivale Parade will be starting out by City Hall and winding through downtown in a lazy pattern so everyone in the city has a chance to see it. There will be all sorts of floats, dancers, marching bands, with all sorts of clubs, businesses, and other organizations represented. The theme is theatrical, big and showy, bright and colorful, sparkly and shiny, with loud music and lots of glitz and glamour. Observers can expect great music, excellent dancing and marching shows, neat vehicles provided by classic car clubs, the fire, police, and Perimeter Guard. They can also expect a lot of party favors, whether it's a sparkly plastic beaded necklace, a fan to take the edge off the heat, candy, popsicles, a temporary tattoo, or any number of other little treats or toys to be tossed into the crowd - some of them fit for kids and teens, others of a more 'adult' nature handed out a bit more discreetly to anyone who looks the part.

And make sure you wear your waterproof mascara - Carnivale floats have a tendency of spraying or spritzing water, both in an unspoken competition to see who can make the biggest water-refraction rainbow in the air, and to keep observers cool in the new summer heat.

iv. adult: lounges and kink exhibition

Thanks to the Carnivale tradition of showing as much skin as possible, some event organizers' minds have turned to topics of a more adult nature. In the evenings, residents may see clubs doing "lounge nights"; these adults-only events have bouncers IDing everyone at the door to ensure they're 18+. The themes may vary, from very specific niche themes like 'golden age superheroes' to broad themes like 'rainbows,' and each event is clearly marked as what it is - all-nude or clothing-optional, and can host events ranging from amateur to professional exotic dancing, food served off of nude bodies, anonymous masked hookups, or just provide a comfortable space where casual sex is encouraged with whoever happens to be around. Various legal substances can be found at these lounges, but nothing that would cause violation of consent, and every substance would be clearly labeled and have warnings to ensure that no one partakes unless they choose to. Please be sure to warn in the subject line for sexual content or drug use (since some mild party drugs are legal in Riverview).

For the weekend from July 7th-9th, there will be a kink exhibition in one of the large exhibition centers downtown, limited to characters 18+. The exhibition is a sexy adult informational convention featuring various kinks and fetishes. Whether you're into leather, latex, lace, or anything else, you'll be able to find the clothes, toys, guides, books, erotica, fiction, and a wide variety of other interesting stuff to explore. While the atmosphere is sex-positive and there are private and public (for the voyeurs and exhibitionists in the room) venues for having sex, it's definitely focused on exploration and information about different stuff to try.

v. roommates or wildcard

Feel free to use this prompt to meet new roommates, for the purpose of getting to know each other, or hit up one of the mod-posted prompts for each Communal Floor. Or if you have an idea for a prompt that isn't in this list, set during Carnivale, feel free to write it up!

visual inspiration

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Credit: image i: Roger Patterson Jr.; image ii: Syd Mead; image iii: screencap from the movie Paprika; image iv: siamon89

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Comments

[inlaid]

[There are clubs and halls in Khipari that celebrate Ghadd festival in style, in the old ways. For a few evenings the modern decor will be enchanted and give way to ancient furnishings, velvet covered chaises and satin cushions laid over intricately designed rugs, all amidst dimly lit lanterns and candles. They become rooms of plenty and decadence, and while it feels nothing like that here in this club...

The way that things are with Thor are enough to make her feel like she's there, though. She couldn't pinpoint what it is about him, the way he handles her or the way he speaks to her, but something about him gives her that same sense of sinful indulgence even with the warmth of the intimacy.

Her fingertips tighten into hard muscle as he presses between her legs, and she echoes his groan with a low moan of her own. Shuddering, she tightens her legs around his hips and closes her eyes.]

Deities, you're incredible...every time...

[worldsaway]

[When Bryn tightens around him, Thor lets out a deep, rumble of a groan. It cannot be contained, but he has no reason to contain it anyway. If anyone were to see them, it would hardly make him embarrassed. He has no shame for his intimacy, not with a beautiful woman like Bryn wrapped around him.]

Your body commands it of me. [He doesn't whisper it this time, he speaks against her ear in a haggard, audible tone. He moves his hips faster, but he keeps an even pace. He presses her back against the wall so he can release a hand to explore her body, tracing over her front and slipping upward to cup her breast firmly.]

[inlaid]

[Bryn finds it difficult to tell what it is that affects her more, the physical sensation she gets from Thor pressing between her legs in that unyielding rhythm, or the tone of his voice so close to her ear. She tightens her arms around him as his hand finds her breast, nipple tightening at the firmness of his grip.

With her arms and legs, and movements in general limited by their coupling, Bryn finds herself trying to reciprocate with her mouth, lips pressing to his skin where it's bared. She sucks kisses against the curve of his shoulder, into his neck with another groan, encouraging with the grip of her arms and legs and the squeeze of her body for him to keep going.] And if I commanded you to slow your pace, or to go faster, harder...would you obey?

[worldsaway]

Are you in a position to be making demands? [He asks, in a challenging tone. He'd gladly do anything to please her, but he likes a little push back. He likes fire, he likes to push and shove as much as he likes to touch and caress.

He persists with his pace, but his movements are harder. He's more solid and less fluid, rigid against her as he nips her. Now he's just trying to taunt her.]

[inlaid]

[There's nothing wrong with a man who knows how to touch and caress, and there are moments in which Bryn would happily while away hours learning everything about her partner in unhurried brushes of fingers and lips over skin. Even in the midst of coupling there's something to be said for taking it slow and easy, to draw things out so that the body doesn't miss a single flicker of sensation...

But Bryn too enjoys being with someone who doesn't just take it easy and go with the flow. Someone who brings a little edge and a little attitude to the bed. Or in this case, wall. Eyes dark with arousal, she groans his name with each hard thrust, not missing the lack of rhythm as it's replaced with rougher movements. Her fingertips find his back and they dig in as she presses her hips against him in return, meeting him midway as best she can. Consciously tightening around him as if trying to keep him pressed deep inside her. Turning her head, her lips find his ear and she scrapes her teeth over the upper curve as she exhales hot breath against his skin.] You were the one who said my body commanded you. What if I told you to nip harder, to leave a mark at my shoulder?

[No green boy taking his first tumble with another, and not a possessive boyfriend, the mark left behind would be a token of this evening. Not a sign of lack of control, nor a symbol to ward away others. Something requested, rather. A memento.]

[worldsaway]

[Thor loses himself more and more in his passion. Bryn is so beautiful to him, so attractive and charming and irresistible. He feels he could cross deserts to be intimate with her like this. He feels like she's quenching a thirst he didn't even know he had.

He was missing something, when he came here, and she's filling that strange little void. She's warm and fun and she makes him laugh. He hasn't felt so free or so eager in a long time. He's desperate to make her feel what he feels, make her moan and sigh with ecstasy.

This isn't his first time, and he's not in a rush, so it's not difficult for him to lower her down and shift her around so she faces the wall this time. His hands wrap around and he squeezes her breasts roughly, pressing and rubbing himself between her legs before he presses himself hard into her.]

I think it's easier from this angle. [He says, and he removes a hand from her breast to wind into her hair, brushing it out of his way so he can bite down hard on her shoulder. Then he removes his teeth so he can suck at her soft skin, appreciating her taste (glitter and all). His hips thrust harder, rougher into her, he wants to make her cry out for everyone.]

[inlaid]

[For the longest time, not just months but years, Bryn has been fully devoted to her life as a Council Agent. Her days and nights were almost entirely consumed by one mission or another, some task or objective required for the good of Askoupur. It's easy to throw herself into something like this because up until her arrival in Riverview such instances were few and far between.

Being with Thor feels like so much more. Perhaps it's the fact that for once she's with someone for more than just a one night stand or a weekend, or there could be something between them...as of yet undefined.

She doesn't linger on it now even though she certainly feels it. It's not just fun and games, it's not just experimenting with something kinky or public exhibition. There is a connection there.

Even as he lowers her back to the ground and turns her to face the wall. Bryn braces herself there, fingers splayed and forehead touching the surface as his hands reach around to her front. The squeeze of his hands makes her groan her approval and press back against him, welcoming the thrust of himself behind her.

She has no objection to changing positions, especially not when it means that he winds her hair around his fist to bare her skin for his mouth. His teeth find the meat of her shoulder and where she had groaned before she cries out loudly above the music and sound of others behind them. Bryn writhes, inner walls clenching down around him as he's pressed deep inside her, and shudders before long as he continues to suckle at her skin.

She lifts a hand up behind her to cup the back of his head as best she can, to try and hold him near her eve as he work himself inside of her as hard and as rough as she might want. Even as she finds herself twisting and moaning wantonly for him to keep going, to not stop, oh sweet deities...]

[worldsaway]

[Thor truly enjoys that Bryn is so easy-going and versatile in many aspects of their life. He rarely worries that she won't be enjoying something as much as he is, or that she isn't interested in what he's interested in.

He enjoys that she so easily moves into position with him, and it's a much easier position for him. He can grab her ass hard, clenching his fingers against the soft flesh of it as he starts to pound against her. He's barely holding back, just enough that he won't seriously hurt her.

Thor's hand slips around her underside, so he's leaning low over her. It traces down the shape of her belly until his fingers find the small, bundle of nerves that he loves to tease. The movements of his fingers don't match the moves of his hips. His fingers tease gently, rubbing soft circles while he thrusts fast.

All the while, he lets out low, rumbling moans of appreciation.]

[inlaid]

[And after all they've done, all that they've kissed and stroked, all that he's pressed himself inside of her over and over again, at last Bryn feels her pleasure ride higher within her. It spikes as he reaches around and slips his hand between her legs again, teasing and rubbing just the way to make her come undone.

She finds her release with a loud cry, body shuddering between him and the wall. Her feet keep her standing upright as he takes her in the club, but each thrust drives her through the waves of pleasure until she's mindless to anything but the movement and press of their bodies.

Eyes squeezed shut, she lets herself sink into the sensations, surrenders to this moment with him and encourages him with ragged groans and urgent words to come with her.]

[worldsaway]

[Thor isn't about to finish yet, not until he's savoured every sensation she's giving him. The way she heedlessly squeezes and tightens against him is a feeling he wants to enjoy for as long as possible, coupled with the groans of pleasure that she's making in his honor. He's desperate to finish in her but he's enjoying the momentary feeling that he owns every part of her.

Thor digs his fingers into her skin, just hard enough to leave red marks when he releases. When he releases, it's not just from her skin, but he releases into her. Everything he's been holding back comes forward and he finishes in her with a groan that's simultaneously strained, relieved and filled with immeasurable pleasure.

He thrusts through his orgasm, right until he can't stand it anymore. Then he pulls out, hands sliding up her sides to pull her back up to stand against him so he can bury his face in her hair.]

[inlaid]

[It's not the first time that Bryn has thought she might have made the time to have a social life back home if there had been someone like Thor for her to get involved with like she has here. It's not the first time she's thought he was incredible and magnificent. Not the first time that she's thought that sex with him couldn't possibly get any better.

And yet there she is, standing in front of him, panting and sweating and shuddering from what they've just experienced together, and alternating between gasping for breath and smiling wide toward the wall. She groans his name as he gathers her up against him, and lets her hands drop from the wall to rise up once more. Her arms wind up on either side of his head and her fingers delve into his hair as she takes a slow, shuddering breath.]

Deities...

[It's all she can manage to say. She feels skin against skin and her eyes are closed, savoring this feeling.]