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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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Doesn't smell like boy?

[ He feigns alarm in his voice. ]

But I'm a boy...

[ IT SHOULD SMELL LIKE IT. (Whatever the scent of boy is supposed to be.) ]

Yeah, but boys smell gross.

[He smells nice.]

... and sweaty.

[Yuffie pushes herself up and sits cross legged on his bed.]

Did you need something?

[ So he doesn't smell gross and sweaty by a girl's standards. That's... you know what, he'll take it. ]

Yes; my bed, specifically. [ Yuuto cants his head toward it. ] ... Unless you want to scoot over and make some room. I don't mind cuddling.

[ Somehow, he manages to say this with a totally straight face. ]

[Yuffie wiggles her butt over before stretching back out along the length of his bed, this time with her head on his pillow. By general standards she's a very small person.]

I know how to share.

[It's said with a roll of her eyes. She is really curious if he's serious.]

...

[ Is she serious? Why are girls so bold at the worst of times?

Yuuto's prideful side, on the other hand, doesn't want to lose his bed—he had it first, you know. So he sits down. Flops back. Crosses his hands behind his head. And stares at the ceiling.

He's trying very hard not to appear awkward in any way about this. ]

If someone walks in, I'm blaming this on you.

[Yuffie snickers somewhere very close to his ear.]

Blaming what? We aren't even touching.

[She doesn't see what's wrong but she gets that he's uncomfortable. It's kind of fun. She knows she shouldn't be this mean but she can't help but chuckle at Yuuto's reaction.]

Well, no...

[ He can at least manage to shoot her a sideways glance. ]

But this is normally the type of thing only couples do.

So you don't want to be seen with me?

[Yuffie raises her eyebrow at him and then waits to see what his answer is.]

[ That is such a purposefully worded question and he walked right into it. ]

Are you implying you want to be seen with me?

[Yuffie laughs, she can't help it. Her palm presses against her abdomen to stop the laughter but it really doesn't help.]

Whoa!

[Her hip slipped off the bed and she crashed to the floor, still laughing.]

[ Typically, her laughter could have been taken as an insult, but as she slips off the side and lands on the floor with an audible thud, Yuuto can't help but break into a chuckle of his own. ]

I win.

[Yuffie finally stops laughing, wiping the tears that had gathered in the corner of her eyes.]

Careful what you say. I might take that as a challenge. Then you'll never get rid of me. [At least she's honest?]

[Yuffie pushes herself up to a seated position but remains on the floor. It isn't a completely uncomfortable floor.] That was a good laugh.

[ He won't get too cocky for now, if only because he'd prefer to avoid a repeat of this. Still, as he sits upright, the grin on Yuuto's face hasn't faded by much. ]

I guess that means I'm not your type, huh?

[Yuffie rolls her shoulders in a shrug.]

I'd like to point out that I don't know you but you're cute enough to be my type.

I do know where you sleep.

[She says that a little to thoughtfully, a smile spread across her lips.]

[ He likes you, new roomie. You give him nice compliments. ]

That would sound vaguely threatening if I wasn't going to know where you sleep in about a day, too. Which is hopefully not right here again.

[Yuffie snickers softly.]

Me threatening? Never.

[Cue an adorable grin.]

I should be sleeping someone on this floor.

[You know, when she does actually sleep.]

Then I suppose that means we'll be roommates.

[ Another new one, it seems... He wonders if people tend to come and go a lot; it feels as though he's always stumbling into a roomie he's yet to meet before.

It doesn't mean he'll stop putting on his polite front, though. ]

Nice to meet you.

[ Despite the ridiculous introduction. ]

It is nice to meet me.

[Yuffie flashes him a grin.]

Don't worry. I won't be around a lot.

[Sleeping isn't something she does a lot and she'll usually wake up and disappear.]

[ What a bold girl... ]

—Hm? Well... it is your room, too. I don't mind if you're around.

[ It'd be pretty silly of him to suggest otherwise! Even if the place doesn't lend to much privacy... But Yuuto typically hangs out elsewhere if he ever wanted any of that, anyway. ]

Good.

[Yuffie flashes him a bright grin because even after she moves, she's going to be around.]

Oh, if someone would get a after-nap snack. Where you suggest? Maybe a floor where they cook a lot?

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