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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-07-01 06:21 pm
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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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littlemisskate: (Sad)

i. Street Parties

[personal profile] littlemisskate 2017-07-07 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Kate didn't know what to think of this place or it's party. She wants to say that it's better than being dead but Kate really doesn't know that for sure. When she'd first woken up here she thought that she'd been in heaven. After that her thoughts darkened until she realized that she'd been in the hospital.

They released her with a clean bill of heath but she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in her own body. It felt like it belonged to someone else. With her thoughts heavily weighed she wandered through the party, pausing only when she saw a glimpse of the sketchpad and the little doodled characters.

When she realized that she'd been staring she blinks and looks up at the boy drawing them. "Oh. Sorry. I didn't mean to stare. Are you tired of the party already?" She certainly was. She never liked big gatherings and she liked them less after her adventure at Twisters. To many people in one place was usually unpleasant.
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[personal profile] chumpelstiltskin 2017-07-09 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oblivious to the world around him, Dave has absolutely no idea he's being watched. Alright, maybe he has an inkling. In the way anyone does when they feel they're being watched without being fully aware.

He glances upward, over his aviators, when he realises he's being spoken to. All of a sudden, he feels like he's sticking out like a sore thumb here, but he tries not to act like he cares too much.

"Man, I was tired of it when I got here." He says, with a shrug. "You know when you haven't done something in a while? Like. I dunno, when you think you might like brussel sprouts because hating them was just the done thing when you're a kid. So you go buy this big bag of brussel sprouts and you cook them and you lift that fork up to your lips, like it's the god damn moment of truth, and you realise- shit. Brussel sprouts do suck. It's not conditioning, they're just lame." He shifts around, so he's properly facing her and not hunched over his sketchpad. "That's how I feel about parties."

Not that he's gone to a party that hasn't been a small thing with close friends for years now. He doesn't even consider those parties.
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[personal profile] littlemisskate 2017-07-10 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
His comparison brought a smile to Kate's lips. "I actually like brussel sprouts." She laughed softly, trying to hide her smile with her the palm of her hand. She had never been very picky about her food. She considered what she had been given a blessing and usually ate without complaint. "But I get what you mean. I'm not a fan of big parties either." Though probably for a different reason. "It's hard to get around the streets with everything going on."

She glanced to their left and right before facing Dave.

"I didn't interrupt did I?" She didn't want to make him stop drawing if that's what he was enjoying. Kate was having trouble keeping herself focused and aware of everything going on. She had a lot on her mind.
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[personal profile] chumpelstiltskin 2017-07-16 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Right, well that throws the metaphor way out." Is metaphor the right word? Suddenly he's full of doubt. He moves on easily enough when she laughs and smiles, because evidently something there landed.

"Yeah, it's kind of a weird introduction. I pretty much just got here, just got a job and started working and suddenly everyone is kicking off early and dancing and day drinking. Kind of blew my expectations out of the water, that's for sure." Dave shuts the book when she asks if she's interrupting, so she doesn't get the wrong impression.

"This? Nah. It's just garbage I'm working on for the hell of it." He shrugs. "I'm Dave, by the way."
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[personal profile] littlemisskate 2017-07-16 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate didn't mind the comparison. It was a cute and fun way to describe things. That, and she was pretty sure that she was the exception, not the rule, when it came to liking brussel sprouts. Her brother had hated them and would go through great lengths not to eat them.

"What job did they give you?" She didn't have a job. The welcoming committee had asked her if she'd like to be placed in one but Kate felt too out of sorts to think of a place where she'd belong. She hadn't considered having a normal job and now... she didn't know what she wanted to do. Before she had wanted to go to college but even then she didn't know what she wanted to study.

She had opted to take the time to find a job herself. There was a whole city for her to get to know.

"Kate." She introduced herself with another warm smile. "Do you draw a lot?"
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[personal profile] chumpelstiltskin 2017-07-19 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm Dave." His smile isn't warm and it's barely there, but he's not not smiling. It's been an experience, muddling his way through a conversation with someone he hasn't met before for the first time in a long time.

"They gave me a job in a cartoon network, so I guess now I'm contractually obligated to draw a lot. That's just about the only qualification for the job I have too." He's feeling a little overwhelmed by everything, if it isn't obvious.

"Where are you from, by the way? Feels weird to ask, but- Earth?"
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[personal profile] littlemisskate 2017-07-19 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate was open and friendly. She could understand Dave's reservations given she'd randomly begun talking to him and she didn't fault him for it. Being around guarded or uncomfortable people was becoming common for her.

"Sounds like it might be fun." She hoped to ease that overwhelming feeling but she didn't know how.

Kate laughed softly, "Not to weird. I'm from Earth; specifically Bethel, Texas." Like Dave, she didn't have that much of an accent. "That's where I was born." She'd been bouncing between there and Mexico for the last few months.