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riverviewlogs2017-08-01 06:54 pm
- !mod post: holiday,
- !mod post: monthly mingle,
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introductory mingle: RIVER FESTIVAL
what: Introductory Log and River Festival
when: The month of August; the bulk of celebration will be in week 1, but there is a party and fireworks display on August 14th.
where: Anywhere around the city.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines
In the days leading up to August 1st, residents new and old will notice preparations beginning, a flurry of activity getting the city ready for the upcoming celebration: The River Festival. This holiday is in celebration of the river and the life that it gives to the city, as well as the heat of summer and forming bonds with friends, family, and romantic partners. The celebrations are marked by a community-wide cleanup of the docks and beaches along the river - particularly important considering the recent acid rain - as well as beachfront cookouts and parties (both private and city sponsored) and beach sports tournaments happening on either open stretches of beach or in special clothing-optional beaches, all capped off with fireworks displays on the evenings of August 7th and 14th.
Following the hedonism of Carnivale, it's time for something a little more low-key and relaxing. The River Festival happens every year in August, and is geared toward community building through cleaning up the beaches and docks along the river and then using all that freshly cleaned beach to gather on. During the first week of August, there are various lightly-themed government-sponsored beach cookouts and parties geared toward family, romantic dates, or casual all-ages get-togethers for meeting new friends; there are also a few more racy parties at clothing-optional beaches around the city. Many private residents also take this time to gather together friends and family, and have cookouts on the beach with all the typical trappings of the beach barbecue. There are also various casual sports tournaments sponsored by community centers, gyms, and sports teams in the city, featuring prizes ranging from notoriety to sports equipment to big bucks. Finally, there are two fireworks displays, one on August 7th and one on August 14th, with free food, and various live performers beforehand.
i. cleaning up
The holiday starts off on a note that is just a bit more sombre than the rest of the season, with the cleanup efforts following late July's strange fog and acid rain blending into the usual tradition of cleaning up beaches and docks along the river. The cleanup is a group effort, with every citizen who is physically able pitching in to comb the beaches, where they pick up fallen tree limbs, garbage, and anything else that's accumulated during the winter and spring, and then raking the beaches to make them clean and ready to use. The cleanup of the docks is similar, with residents sweeping and hosing them down where necessary. This year, there are a lot of repairs to be made to beachfront structures that might've been damaged by the acid rain, so if anyone has some carpentry or building skills, those would definitely come in handy.
This is meant to be a community building effort, so many businesses in the area, more well-to-do private citizens, and the government have pitched in funding to provide lunches, cold drinks, coffee or tea, and snacks to anyone who's helping out with the cleanup efforts. All in all, the cleanup has a very friendly, welcoming vibe.
ii. cookouts and parties
The main traditions of the River Festival involve cookouts and beach parties. On August 7th and August 14th, the government as well as various corporations and businesses in the city, will be providing funds for large beach gatherings. On these days, there will be booths set up offering wares and freebies from various businesses around the city that have helped fund the party, large swaths of cleared beach where residents can don a swimsuit and catch some rays or swim in the river, massive barbecue setups to provide partygoers with all the standard barbecue fare, beach sports tournaments, dancing and musical performances, and fireworks displays (see prompts below).
The holiday isn't just about these big parties, though - many residents arrange their own barbecues, cookouts, beach camping trips, beach bonfires, and other riverside gatherings and outings. Many riverfront businesses offer discounts on services such as canoe or kayak rentals to go out paddling on the river, jetski or motorboat rentals for tubing, wakeboarding, or waterskiing, or mounts to take romantic rides in the surf. Additionally, there is an adults-only section of the beach where any of these activities can be done in the nude in a clothing-optional setting, including the big city-sponsored parties.
iii. sportsball tournaments
Is your character good at playing a particular sport that could, conceivably, be played on a beach? Chances are that during the month of August, a tournament will be set up for them to participate in. The tournaments are pretty standard, generally sponsored by community centers, sports clubs and teams, gyms, and other organizations and businesses in the city, with various levels of specialization, and levels of skill or competitiveness. The prizes also vary, with everything from plain old bragging rights to sports equipment or passes to gyms and community centers, to large lump sums of cash money. Definitely worth it, for characters with a love for sport.
Oh, and a lot of these tournaments are happening on the adults-only clothing-optional beaches, for those grown-up sports fans who like a bit of an extra challenge.
iv. performances and fireworks
On August 7th and August 14th at the end of the large city-sponsored beach parties, there will be evening performances all along the beach. Not as extensive as the musical performances during Carnivale, there are two large-name performers per night, with various lesser-known groups performing at random off and on throughout the day and night. Areas of the beach are cleared for residents to watch and dance to the music, both on the regular and adults-only clothing-optional beaches (acts will switch off between the two areas so both areas get both performances).
Player-characters who are musical artists, DJs, or otherwise perform are free to set up shop around this party and panhandle or put on free performances for publicity.
After the sun goes down, boats will head out into the water carrying a variety of fireworks, and there will be a beautiful display of exploding color in the sky for residents to watch and enjoy. The fireworks are highly advanced, incorporating old-fashioned gunpowder as well as modern technology that result in really beautiful displays that can take the breath away!
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 the River Festival, feel free to write it up!
Credit: image i: credit unknown; image ii: Albert Ramon Puig; image iii: Claudio Pilia; image iv: Alan Philips
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Sure. There are kids all over the place. I'm guessing that's not normal where you're from?
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[And sick babies don't live very long.
It doesn't occur to her that this is kind of morbid to talk about, it's just the way things are. She's been kept inside for her whole life to limit her exposure to polluted air, polluted food, and the harsh sun.]
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Jon digests that thoughtfully. ]
Well, uh. The air's pretty okay here?
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Having trees must help, she knows they do something with oxygen; she's been reading up for her job (another weird concept).]
You've got a name?
[Some people don't.]
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[ He dusts his hands off as much sand as he can before he offers it. Mostly out of manners. Jon wouldn't mind if she didn't shake it. ]
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I'm called the Dag.
[You're such a dag had stuck a long time ago.]
Do you have parents?
[It's not a judgement, not a where are your parents, she's just curious, the way she's curious about everything.]
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[ How does this work?? ]
My dad. My mom's not here anymore.
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Just Dag will do.
[She's pretty much done with her section of the moat, but has started using the sand she's dug up to create little cars. Or attempts at cars.]
Does it happen a lot, family being here together?
[She's not used to being alone.]
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[ Jon eyes the cars curiously. ]
Uhm . . . I guess? It depends. Not everyone ends up with their family here.
[ His case is odd. So was Damian's. Ed's too. ]
Are you missing someone?
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I have f- three sisters.
[Angharad is gone, she doesn't have four sisters anymore.]
And Furiosa, but she wouldn't much like it here.
[Too many people, too much noise. Furiosa seemed so at home in the desert, with the Vuvalini, and the Dag doesn't think the inaction here would suit her well. Like a wild animal put in a gilded cage.]
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Hopefully, they'll show up soon!
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[They grew up together, with nowhere else to do.]
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[ Looking for that silver lining. ]
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[Like 80% of the people she's been exposed to were trying to capture her and return her to Joe, but then, the Vuvalini, Max and Nux were all okay, so it's been a mixed bag.]
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All the ones I've met have been nice. But I'm also a kid so people are nicer in general. But I still don't think anyone will be mean to you.
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[There's not really much distinction made; Joe's children got special treatment, but that's not something inherent to all children.]
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Children have to work, if they can.
[The ones that make it to like, five, are put to work.]
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Yeah, there's no way they'll let kids do that here.
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[Instead of working, which is an odd concept even if it's, well. She got to play as a child, instead of working, but she's aware that her circumstances are drastically different from the majority, and it's not like she got free range of anything more than the vault.]
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Yeah. I also do my chores around the house . . . go to school and study. Learn about the world. I don't get to play all the time. Mom says everything in moderation.
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Never went to school, but Miss Giddy taught us. Words and history and maths.
[She was never a big fan of the maths, failing to see its relevance (at least history was interesting), but Miss Giddy wanted them to know as much as they could.]
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[ Jon no ]
Would you have liked to go to school?
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I think so, but I don't know. There's been no schools for a long time.
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[ Though maybe the Dag and Damian isn't the best comparison. He shrugs as he pats down the sand some more. ]
Since you helped build the moat, you should name the castle too.