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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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[ It's late when Yuuto returns to the tenth floor, but not so late that someone isn't still awake in the common area. When he first sees the lights are on, he's ready to greet the usual who he's come to known as roommates within the past month.

Yet it's no one who counts as "the usual". Yuuto cants his head to the side as if it'll give him a better angle to see who the new presence is, though he does chime in with: ]

—Good evening.

[ It just so happens that when Yuuto makes his greeting, Hana isn't in the middle of a level in a game. Otherwise, she might have acknowledged him with a simple hum or nod of her head. As it is, she casts him a sidelong glance before giving a small smile and waving at him from the comfy position on the couch. ]

Hiya! I just moved in here so don't go thinking I'm some random weirdo on the couch, okay?

[ She's already had that happen and she'd really rather not again... ]

[ When she beams a smile and casts a wave, he finally gets a good enough look at her face for one thing to dawn on him—

... This is the same girl he met as Joker. Oh, yikes. What were the odds of this?

There's a flash of recognition that flickers across his face, but in the next moment he diverts his eyes downward, idly raising a hand to adjust the glasses on his face. Ahem. ]

—Not a weirdo. Got it. I wouldn't want to have to bust out the anti-weirdo spray again.

[ It's your lucky day!

She spots that flash of a change across his face, but she doesn't think too much about it beyond the fact that he must be surprised to see a new face around the floor. In the next moment, anyhow, he adjusts his glasses like a total dork.

What he says startles a chuckle out of her, though, not entirely expecting such a remark from someone who looks so... studious? (Nerdy. That means nerdy.) ]

Definitely not, but you should tell me where that spray is anyway. That'd be so handy for me.

[ Playing along and disregarding the fact that she's nowhere near famous here. Yet. ]

[ "Looks nerdy" is worlds better than "looks like that guy in a mask who was on the roof", so he'd take it. She isn't making any connections, though, so his demeanor relaxes, subtle as it may be. ]

I don't know, it's real expensive stuff... Do you have a weirdo problem going on?

[ She waves a hand dismissively, giving another little laugh and shaking her head. Of course she's not making connections... that mask is just so... good... ]

Nah! It would've been a huge help where I came from, though. I definitely had a weirdo problem back there!

[ Well, it's good to know there's no issues here; not that he thinks she really needs a spray. He remembers you versus the murderplants, Hana... Any weirdo would be stupid to mess with her.

Yuuto wanders away from the doorway, taking a seat in one of the other chairs in the room. ]

Fortunately, they shouldn't have followed you here. I guess there's a few benefits to showing up in a place where nobody knows you.

[ There's a thoughtful hum on Hana's part at that; she's not entirely sure whether she likes being in a place where nobody knows her... ]

Yeah, I guess. What's your name? I guess we're going to be living on the same floor from now on.

[ They sure are—although under these particular circumstances, she's already been much more pleasant. Guess the mask really was off-putting. ]

Yuuto Kurohane—it's nice to meet you. If you ever need anything, you're welcome to ask me.

[ He can be polite!! ]

[ Listen if a random dude in a mask approaches and startles a super cute girl walking by herself at night she is bound to be a little off-put!

That being said, Hana is still adjusting to this... being a civilian thing, or at least more of one than she was at home. It's odd not having her life sort of structured for her even though she likes to be independent; it was just the order of things for a world at war. She's— not even sure how to introduce herself, really. She's used to being D.Va for everyone but right now she's just— ]

Hana Song. Pretty sure I'm gonna be okay! I can figure things out. But... thanks.

How long have you been here?

[ Hm... So he really prefers to be independent, huh? Yuuto nods once in understanding; he won't encroach on that. ]

A month by now. There's others who are more experienced than me, but I like to think I'm pretty familiar with the city by now, at least.

[ On a superficial level, that is. Eventually, he'll get around to digging deeper. ]

[ Luckily for him, Hana's not particularly interested in digging deeper when she'd just gotten here. Superficial will do just fine. ]

Oh? So you know all the best places to get food, then?

Naturally.

[ He says this with an air of confidence, as if it were a notable accomplishment. ]

Anything in particular you like best?

[ She can't help but smirk when she says, ]

Spicy and sweet, just like me!

[ Okay, that gets a laugh out of him. That spunk of hers is kinda nice when she isn't calling him a weirdo to his face. ]

Spicy? I almost wasn't expecting that... but the sweet does balance that out.

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