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

[hellicious]

[The hand under her shirt moves to slip under her bra, touching her skin to skin as he starts to rock slowly up against her in a steady rhythm, kiss hungrily devouring her as his passions override any other sense. She's here, on his lap, touching him and letting him taste her and he can't do anything but oblige her. Oblige himself, because there's nothing he wants more in that moment than her, than to please her.]

[couldkillthedevil]

Oh.

[Gasped out a little brokenly against his lips, body practically trembling in his grasp as he overwhelms her with his... everything. Her knees tighten against his hips when she feels him rocking into her, her own making a similar motion as a wet heat settles between her legs through the layers of fabric.]

[hellicious]

Chloe...

[That broken whisper of her name a borderline prayer as he teases her lips with his, need deciding to take the reins from him as his other hand slides up under her shirt, flicking open her bra with a light twist of his fingers before both hands are fondling her, tweaking and teasing her nipples.]

I really wish you were wearing a skirt.

[couldkillthedevil]

Sorry.

[She swallows past the dryness in her throat, chest heaving with her quiet pants. She feels hot, stifled by the warmth of the club and the restriction of her clothes, though his hands on her bare breasts has her head tilting back and eyes fluttering shut in momentary pleasure.]

Should we... should we move?

[hellicious]

Why be sorry? I love how easily you turn me on. I'd love to move, Chloe. In you, over you, under you... however you'd like me to.

[Oh, yes, he knew what she meant, but he was also enjoying seeing her letting her hair down, so to speak, out in public. This was a whole new side to her he was getting to see, and frankly, he liked it.]

[couldkillthedevil]

Yeah, well, unfortunately neither of us are in a good position for you being in me, hence the question.

[She lets out a shaky breath and runs a hand through her hair, trying to get her bearings. Honestly, she's a mussed up mess right about now, body flushed with arousal and bra hanging in her shirt from her arms.]

[hellicious]

We could be. If you... turned around.

[His fingers lightly played over her nipples, hefting her breasts up and kneading them as he let himself rock against her gently again. The king of temptation was himself tempted, and wasn't that a bit of a laugh.]

[couldkillthedevil]

[Her brows furrow at his suggestion, not out of exasperation (for once), but in contemplation as she considers how that'd work. Lucifer's not the only one who's tempted.

Slowly, softly,]

Here?

[hellicious]

Mm. We can shift over to the middle of the booth more. The table would hide it. Just... slide down your bottoms and I'll undo my trousers...

[He leaned in and nibbled along her neck, dragging his stubble over that sensitive skin to reach her ear.]

We can make a game of it. See how quiet we can be.

[couldkillthedevil]

I doubt the table would be enough to completely hide something like that.

[The way they'd be positioned, the flushed looks of pleasure on their faces, the little moans she's not sure she'd be able to keep inside. She almost tells him no right then and there, or offers to take him into a backroom somewhere at least. But then there's the part of her that enjoys what they're doing, doesn't want to separate herself from him. Who feels a little thrill run down her spine at the thought of doing something like that in such an open space.

She's quiet for a long time as her mind works. When she speaks again, it's while she's pulling away.]

At the far end of the booth. It's darker.

Added content warning: sexual activity in public

[hellicious]

[He hadn't expected her to say yes. Oh, he'd wanted her to. Hoped for it. Desired it above all else in that moment, but he hadn't truly expected it. Hearing her give in had him letting go of her breasts and sliding his arms around her to pull her in against him, his mouth finding hers as he kissed her, growling softly against her lips.]

Vixen...

[Even as he growled that out, he was shuffling them further along the booth, not paying attention to anyone else around them. He was fixated on her.]

[couldkillthedevil]

[It's a bit awkward, shifting sideways in their current position. But she helps him as best she can, lifting up in his lap and shuffling over in the booth on her knees even as she keeps her arms around him. Having the table directly behind her doesn't help either; oh, it does when it comes to hiding the evidence of what they're planning to do, but she's kind of pinned in place until she can properly turn around.

She smiles against his lips.]

Mm. Have to be quiet...

[hellicious]

Shall I give you something to bite on?

[He was grinning, reaching for her pants to flick open the button and slide the zipper down even as she was trying to turn herself around. What? He was clearly helping.]

[couldkillthedevil]

I'm more worried about you.

[Said on a smile of her own as she rests her forehead against his for a moment, reaching down to tug his hand away so she can try and maneuver herself around, slowly sliding her feet to the floor so she could turn.]

Hold my hips.

[hellicious]

Me? What for?

[He gladly moved his hands to her hips, steadying her so she could situate herself properly. He could feel his body throbbing in time with his pulse, his groin aching in that familiar way it did around her lately. Wonderful.]

[couldkillthedevil]

You're louder than you think you are.

[Oh, he certainly wasn't a screamer, but he enjoyed making noise just like she did. She pursed her lips in concentration as she turned around, that throbbing heat between her legs still a persistent reminder of her wanton need, before she grinned and started to imitate his accent as her hands gripped the table.]

Mmmm, Detective, you cheeky little thing. Just like that.

[hellicious]

You are a cheeky little thing. With a rather nice backside.

[His hands slid up to her ass, giving it a squeeze before one of his palms slid lower, between her legs to cup her, feeling the heat that beckoned him like a sexual siren call.]

You'll have to keep my mouth busy somehow.

[couldkillthedevil]

There's plenty of food on the table still. Or me.

[She really can't believe she's doing this. Her heart is racing as she slowly peels his hand from between her legs. If only so she can start working her pants down, already aided from his earlier working of her buttons and zipper.]

Can you get out of your pants okay, or should I just get off you?

[hellicious]

[He laughed, unable to help it with all the innuendo she was lacing her phrasing with.]

If there's one thing I know I can do, Detective, it's get out of my pants for you to play with. And yes, love, there's plenty of food on the table, but I'd want to lay you out among it and dine on you, which might be a bit more obvious than this.

[His one hand moved to his trousers, undoing the button and zip in barely a whisper of movement. She'd feel that jutting cock pressing against her back as his pants spread open.]

[couldkillthedevil]

[Oh, she feels him alright. If not the hard jut of him than that heat pressing right against her even through their clothes. She glances at him over her shoulder with half-lidded, dark eyes as she works her pants down a little more, panties following until she's ready for him.]

Shh. Later.

[hellicious]

[There was something almost intoxicating about her being in a rush to have him. Her wanting him as much as he did her. His arm went around her waist, lifting her up a little too effortlessly if anyone happened to look over, but he started to set her down slowly, his other hand at his cock to guide it to just the right...]

Oh... mmm.

[Hotter and already slick, he felt himself start to press against her entrance, leaning in and nipping her shoulder.]

[couldkillthedevil]

Ah.

[A quiet little exhalation as she feels him line himself up against her, body completely still aside from the way she quivered in his grasp. She almost regrets not being able to see him, hold him as he slowly slides his way home inside her slick heat, knowing he'd be quite a thing to behold.

So instead, she just works her hips over his cock as he stretches her, using the table to press herself down until he bottoms out.]

[hellicious]

[He leans his forehead against the nape of her neck, holding her there against him as he's fully sheathed inside her. There's a pulse there, a mingling of their heartbeats where they're joined. His hand slips back up under her shirt, cupping her breast as he flexes himself inside her.]

Lovely. You're so lovely.

[couldkillthedevil]

[He doesn't move much besides to flex himself a bit, just so could feel him twitch and throb inside her. Her inner walls grip him soundly and she feels him cup her breast, her own hand grabbing his other one to gently lead it to her other one for him to cup.]

You-- you too. Wish I could hold you.

[hellicious]

Later. You can hold me all night long, love.

[He follows her urgings, both hands on her breasts, kneading them as his teeth nibble over her neck. He stops at that fluttering pulse, licking at it before he gives it a quick bite at the same time he presses up into her.]