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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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Everything here is beyond anything in England, even Blavat's laboratory doesn't match this. [This is as close as he's getting to admitting he's clueless.]

But I'm not going to sit back and hope for the best either.

[Well. Glad that didn't take so long to figure out at least.] Mm. Looks like we'll be going home sooner than I thought. I'll get packing straight away. [Look at the fire that lit under his ass. He's not moving.]

[Why? Why does he ever subject himself to this for any extended period of time?

Oh yeah, because even if he's learned some... detestable things about him, he's still familiar and has been a part of his life since he was born. Hard to ignore that.]

You can't honestly be content to just stay here?

[So he has been. He offers out one of those delicious soft chocolate sandwiches he caught earlier.] Have you tried these?

[He's not ignoring the question. This is the answer. One of them.]

[For once, he'll go along with it. Mostly because he's running out of energy to be argumentative. So he'll reach out and accept it, looking it over.]

I haven't. I've tried food the stands have offered though. [The gelato was nice.]

[Mmm. Those were delicious too. He'll have to pick up a few of those chicken legs with the tangy sauce on the way back, if they're still open and selling any.] They don't sell these anywhere I've seen and I can't understand why. I would.

[He's waiting for it. With high expectations like this boy has, he's more likely not to like it. Funny Ciel didn't mention not liking the vendor foods.]

They had to have gotten them from somewhere. Things don't just suddenly exist in large quantities like this. [When in doubt, rely on logic!

He works at the wrapper for a moment before it tears open, almost falling but Ciel does manage to catch it. And then he eyes Undertaker for a moment before trying a bite.]

It's... [Good but he doesn't want to fully admit it.] It's alright.

[And he mostly tried the sweets offered rather than real food. As if he'd be surprised.]

[So tasty. He should slow down on these, really. He's already spoiled half of his dinner. He fiddles with the packaging around a green lollipop and points it at the sandwich he just gave Ciel.] Likely just for events like these. The candies, I've seen around, but not those little delights.

[He'd expected that reaction, and it gets a soft sound out of him and he pops the lolli into his mouth.]

[They probably both should. In general. Ciel's already spoiled his entire dinner by this point. Sebastian would have commented on it if he were there.]

That would be a waste. And poor business method. It would be better to present them seasonally, around this time if this carnivale happens annually.

[Meh shrug.] Maybe they did. I've only been here for a few days. How long have you been here?

Only a couple days, not long enough for my stipend to go into effect, it's made it harder to explore. As has this celebration.

[At least he has income instead of being sent to a home or something. Who knows how long that money will last though.]

Very new, then. Hm. [He goes back to watching the parade, what of it he can see.] You'll have fun with that.

[So much fun. Luckily, Ciel is smart if nothing else. Managing money won't be impossible.]

I'll leave you to it then, you're clearly enjoying yourself. [He sees those beads.]

[He's not bothering to hide those beads either. They're cheap, and odds are he might toss them away later to someone who likes them better, but for now he's wearing them.] I'll do just that. You watch yourself out there, won't you? [It's not really a question. He doesn't trust the people of this city to all mean well, especially to a child alone, even if that child came from a noble family. Status isn't really something that the natives recognize.]

[There's a small huff.]

I don't go looking for trouble. And who here would really start trouble with someone as young as me? [That was mostly rhetorical. But, oh, sweet ~~summer~~ winter child.]

[Do you see this half face? Do you see how much he doesn't believe a word of that?] Don't know. Haven't been here long enough to tell you... Don't know that I would tell you even if I did.

[Rude, he's plenty-!

Mostly-!

Kind of capable!]

Of course not. Is that because I haven't paid your price or because I had Sebastian destroy all your Bizarre Dolls?

Neither. [He chews gently on his lollipop, not hard enough to make it crack. Oh no, he wants this one to last.] I'm simply not obliged to say, even if I had that knowledge.

[He wants to comment about him probably not doing this to Vincent but even he knows that's a low blow and incredibly unfair. So he just huffs again instead.]

Fine. Enjoy the parade. [He's going to find some dry clothes.]

[He flaps a sleeve in farewell, still watching the parade. Certainly is a long one!] I surely am.

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