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introductory mingle: carnivale

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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[He'll be following gleefully after her.]

I'm quite game to being your guinea pig, love. Hot wax? Paddles? TENS wands?

What's a— no, you know what? Never mind. I don't want to know.

[She passes a few more booths she's not particularly interested in before spotting a side-room that seemed to be louder and more rambunctious than the other parts of the club. Curious, she goes to investigate, noticing the exotic dancers on-stage and how some of them occasionally got down on the tables to let their patrons lick off some whipped cream or other tasty treat off of them.]

Right. That's sanitary.

[Still following, he stepped up behind her when she peeked in the room, sliding a hand around her side to steady himself with her waist. Leaning down, he ran his tongue up the curve of her neck, flicking it at her earlobe before purring an answer to her.]

I don't think any of them mind, Detective. Besides, I would happily lick all manner of things off you, if you let me.

[She jumps, if only because she isn't expecting that sudden hot, wet press of his tongue along her neck. She presses one hand against his chest to put some space between them.]

Trust me. I didn't need you to tell me that for me to know it— yeah, hi.

[That last part said to one of the dancers that had made his way towards her, giving her a nice welcoming flash of his more pertinent parts and a wink before urging her further inside.] No, I'm good, I'm good, really— I was just looking— Lucifer.

I'd let you lick all manners of things of me, if you'd prefer. Nothing wrong with looking, love. That's what they're expecting, after all. This is a lovely visual display, and in some cases, an interactive one. We could find a table and play a lovely game of 'what can we cover with whipped cream'?

[Lucifer smiles at the dancer, watching him try to lure Chloe further in the room with that promising smile and also knowing that it wouldn't be anywhere near effective. Not with his Detective.]

[His smile may not be effective, but the physically pulling her inside part sure is. She's looking like the human equivalent to a pissed off cat right about now, body tense and expression sour as she's tugged towards a table in the back -- at Lucifer's apparent suggestion, apparently.]

I don't care how 'interactive' it is. If you come anywhere near me with whipped cream, you'd better hope there's a hospital around here.

Well then...

[Smiling, Lucifer moved to shrug out of his jacket, hanging it up on the hook provided near one of the empty tables, working on unbuttoning the waistcoat he wore, then the cuff links.]

You're welcome to bring it near me. Along with anything else that strikes your fancy.

[Yes, Chloe. Lucifer was getting naked in public. Again.]

And he's naked.

[Said matter-of-factly as she sips at the glass of wine that'd been set in front of her. Nothing to do now but accept her fate, apparently. Or slip away in secret, if she can.]

You know, I'm not quite sure what you're doing here. You look more like you belong up there.

[He looked over as he stood up from pulling off his trousers and boxers, stepping out of them and moving to fold them and set them by the rest of his discarded clothes. Yes, Chloe. He was naked. News at eleven.]

Is that what you'd like? To see me dance for you?

[She blinks at him, then glances at the stage. Then back at him.]

Oh, c'mon. You wouldn't actually...

[And yet she knows better, even as she says it. Because of course he would.]

Which is it, Detective? A dance or a little whipped cream or whatever other bit of tasty loveliness you'd like to put on me and nibble off?

[Yes, Chloe. He meant it. And he was shimmying a little closer as he said it, smiling as he held a hand out to her.]

[She waved that hand away, amusement flickering across her features despite herself.]

Oh, no. No, no, no. I'm not going anywhere that involves a spotlight; that's all you.

[With that, he turned and shook his backside at her, getting a collective whoop from around the room before he kissed his hand, blew her a kiss, then slapped it to his ass. There was an almost surprised look as he processed that it stung a bit more than usual, but then he was smiling, waggling both brows at her as he moved over to lean against the table.]

But this, my love, is all for you. What are you in the mood for?

[She holds a hand over her mouth to hide the smile and incredulous laughter rising up at his display. Dear God, why. Why. She is not turning red, damn it. Though her shoulders sure are shaking as she batted at him when he got close enough.]

Right now I'm in the mood for you to put your pants on, you idiot.

[He hopped up on the table, signalling to one of the other dancers who got some of their friends to pick up platters to bring over and ring around him as he settled onto his back. They all looked expectantly at Chloe, Lucifer running a finger down his chest.]

Are you saying that you find the idea of nibbling on me unhygienic? I can assure you that it's anything but, love. Angel. Not really prone to being inundated with germs.

Well, this is it. This is him outdoing himself. I'll have to solve my own murder case.

[Spoken to herself, resting her face in her hands as he literally presents himself to her as if to feast on, glancing over at the other patrons watching this display.]

I am not putting my mouth on you here.

I will.

[Said from one woman out in the crowd that started to move forward, which seemed to prompt the beginnings of a line-up.]

Ah-ah. Sorry, my dear... dears. But this menu is for that one only. I'm a taken Devil now.

[He looked over at her and reached out to drag his finger through the bowl of whipped cream closest to him. A dollop landed on his chest and he looked over at her.]

How clumsy of me.

[Something inside her does a summersault when she hears him say he's 'taken', though she refuses to inwardly admit it. Besides, she's too distracted by his... everything, and the catcalls from the crowd who either throw out lewd compliments and requests at Lucifer or start cheering for her to lick it off!

She looks him straight in the eye, hand still pressed to her mouth as amusement shines in her own.]

I always knew you were crazy, but this is a whole new level.

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I'm quite the loon for you, it seems.

[There was a collective laugh from out in the now gathering crowd, bets being whispered among people as to whether she'd go through with it or not. He licked the remains of the cream off his finger, looking over the options and dipping it in the chocolate sauce next. A drizzle dripped and painted itself over his chest, running over the dollop of cream before he smeared it over his nipple.]

Come on, love. I've just had a shower. I'm all squeaky clean.

[And apparently enjoying her eyes on him, if that slowly filling appendage between his legs was anything to go by.]

Nope. I'm out.

[She gives him a gesture as if to indicate she's pushing him away, moving to stand up, her face bright red even though she's still obviously amused. Incredulous and embarrassed but amused. And maybe wondering if someone'd drugged her and this was all an elaborate dream.]

Call me a prude all you want, but I'm bowing out.

[There was a collective 'aww' from the crowd, a few groans and some 'come on's filtering through. Lucifer ignored all of them, that smile melting off his face, falling as he watched her get up and, yes, to his eyes, reject him.]

Honey, you can't just leave the man like that. Look at him.

[Said by a dancer who was too busy ogling Lucifer to really pay too much mind to Chloe at the moment, but who managed to drag her eyes away to lay a gentle hand on her shoulder.]

No one here will lay a hand on him sine he's said no, but we'd love to see you enjoying yourselves. It's the carnivale, sister. It's a celebration. You seem to both enjoy each other, and if I were you, I'd be enjoying the hell out of that. No one here's going to judge you -- either way. Stay or go, but you're safe here.

[Oh, come on.

It's ridiculous how out of hand this got in the span of a few minutes, but here she is, standing in front of a dismayed and overly invested crowd and a very naked Lucifer. A very naked Lucifer that's looking at her as if she's just gutted him. And even though there's that part of her that feels, knows he's being over-the-top and utterly ludicrous about this whole thing, the other part feels a sharp pang at being the one who's put that look on his face.

She hardly feels the dancer touch her shoulder, too swept up in looking at the sad Devil laid out in front of her, but when she does, she frowns and lets her gaze drift over to her for a moment. And then a sigh slips out as she slowly eases back into her chair.]

Alright, alright. Fine. [Then at him.] I must really, really like you.

I hope it's more than just like.

[The smile was back, but there was a shy edge to it, as if he wasn't sure she was going to stay or not. He held out the hand with the chocolate dipped finger to her, leaving it just shy of touching her lips.]

Because I certainly more than like you, Detective.

[Despite the cheers from the crowd rising up again, she's not paying them much mind any longer, instead returning that almost shy smile to him. She takes his hand, holding him by his wrist just at face-level.]

Do you? I think it's pretty safe to say I feel the same. But you're still insane.

[A shake of her head before she huffs, drawing his closer and slowly swiping her tongue over his finger. Only before doing it again, this time closing her lips around it as her eyes flicker up to meet his.]

Only by human standards.

[It comes out as a whisper, his eyes locked on that perfect pink tongue and those luscious lips as they close around his finger. There's a noticeable perk in other places, that flagging member starting to fill back to life again, rapidly, as his pupils dilate.]

You are... magnificent. Have I told you how much I adore your mouth? All wicked barbed words and sultry smiles...?

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