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- !mod post: holiday,
- !mod post: monthly mingle,
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- dragon age: dorian pavus,
- logan: laura,
- marvel (mcu): bucky barnes,
- marvel (mcu): mantis,
- marvel (mcu): thor,
- star wars: cassian andor,
- star wars: jyn erso,
- star wars: poe dameron,
- the adventure zone: taako taaco,
- voltron: keith,
- ✖ animorphs: marco,
- ✖ chb chronicles: nico di angelo,
- ✖ dc comics (rebirth): jason todd,
- ✖ dc comics (rebirth): jonathan kent,
- ✖ dctv (flash): cisco ramon,
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- ✖ death race 2050: frankenstein,
- ✖ doctor who: bill potts,
- ✖ dragon age: anders,
- ✖ drakengard 3: one,
- ✖ ergo proxy: re-l mayer,
- ✖ fdtd: kate fuller,
- ✖ ffvii: vincent valentine,
- ✖ ffvii: yuffie kisaragi,
- ✖ fullmetal alchemist (03): alphonse elr,
- ✖ fullmetal alchemist (03): edward elric,
- ✖ gundam wing: duo maxwell,
- ✖ hero: thom creed,
- ✖ katekyo hitman reborn!: byakuran,
- ✖ kuroshitsuji: undertaker,
- ✖ legend of zelda (botw): link,
- ✖ mad max: the dag,
- ✖ marvel (616): stephen strange,
- ✖ marvel (616): victor von doom,
- ✖ marvel (mcu): sif,
- ✖ marvel (mcu): stephen strange,
- ✖ marvel: ava orlova,
- ✖ miraculous ladybug: marinette (ladybug,
- ✖ natsume yuujinchou: takashi natsume,
- ✖ nier gestalt: yonah,
- ✖ original: andrew warner,
- ✖ original: halbert,
- ✖ original: max kiesler,
- ✖ original: rin,
- ✖ original: tris clark,
- ✖ persona 5: yuuto kurohane,
- ✖ pokemon (xy/xyz): augustine sycamore,
- ✖ shadowhunter chronicles: magnus bane,
- ✖ the adventure zone: lucretia,
- ✖ the idolmaster (cg): arisu tachibana,
- ✖ the man from uncle: illya kuryakin,
- ✖ vikings: ivar ragnarsson
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
Laura Howlett | August 14th | OTA
[Arriving in Riverview has been quite an event for Laura, but ever since she'd left the compound she'd grown up in, everything feels like an event. Hit the ground running, metaphorically or literally. Her case worker Linda is not a bad person, she's decided, just a little too clumsy and ill prepared for her job — ultimately, she's not what Laura wants to deal with. So as they move along the beach, Laura makes a quick dart to the left and loses her.
Bless Linda's heart.
Laura walks along the ocean, eyes wide as she approaches the waves with some awe. She wanders close, not quite touching the edge of the foamy wave as it rolls in. The sand reacts strangely — it's dark and feels so different, and she can't help but step hard and watch it grow from liquid to solid all over again. She's not remotely dressed for the beach in her jean jacket, but she's got some killer sunglasses on. They have cupcakes on them.]
OPTION B. FIREWORKS.
[It doesn't take long, later in the night, when her focus is solely on the fireworks.
¿Qué fue eso? ¿Qué es ese ruido?
And then the thoom-crackle-pop of fireworks follow.
When they start, the sound and energy behind them send her running to the nearest picnic area, away from the dangerous things that seem to pop off like gunfire; the underside of the bench has a few pieces of gum stuck to the underside, but they're coverage enough. The colors are beautiful, there's no doubt, but the sound crackles like thunder in her sensitive mutant ears. Her darks eyes peer out from under the bench, intense and anxious. Look out, if you're planning to sit down. There's a kid under there. Why are those fireworks screaming? Everyone seems to be enjoying them, but they remind her of worse things. Sinister things.
... They are pretty, though.
More vibrant than birthday candles. How do they get the colors in them?
How do they fill up so much of the sky? She mumbles from her safety:]
... Like Vegas...
OPTION C. FOOD.
[Linda the tragic case worker finally does find Laura a little later, the poor dear. She stays by with a more cautious and weary eye as the mutant child gives in to her hunger and looks over the hamburger section on one of the tables. Hamburger... hamburger. She knows them in theory. They're a very American thing, hamburgers. One of the nurses said McDonalds is popular, is in some cities in Mexico, or perhaps they could someday visit a puesto de hamburgesas. A silly little thing that she said to make them more hopeful, maybe. She still hasn't really gotten to try one.
She's no clue how to set one up, either, so she just puts down two buns and starts stacking layers and layers of meat. Layers and layers of cheese. She grabs a ketchup bottle and starts to douse the not-a-burger with it. Someone please save the child, she's practically making a hamburger salad with ketchup dressing. Though, funnily enough, Laura may not notice them too quickly; Linda has helpfully supplied her with ear muffs, so that the popping of fireworks may not be so startling to her just yet.
Doesn't necessarily block out the smell of gunpowder. It's strong to her nose.
Stinky.]
A.
Do you not have a swimsuit? Did you just arrive.
*Lola smiled, she's very friendly and completely unarmed... and soft looking. She's pretty much the least threatening thing unless there's a newborn kitten on the beach.*
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Laura looks the girl up and down, a bit confused at what she's wearing, brow furrowing behind her large and oh so stylish glasses.]
A — swimsuit?
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Um, like this? If you're going swimming you want something that won't take on a lot of water weight. Plus at the beach it gets really warm so a lot of clothes are just uncomfortable anyway.
There's styles that are more covering, if that's a concern. I know mine is really skimpy.
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The nurses helped combat it, though. She glances back at the water.]
... It is not dangerous?
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C
Normally, she wouldn't say anything, but she is supposed to be working as a mentor to young girls in the community, so... ]
That's too much ketchup. [ And then, since the girl is wearing earmuffs, Bill gives a wave that's in her line of sight to try to get her attention. ]
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She doesn't say anything; she waits patiently for whatever this adult's trying to say.
Depending on what she says, she'll either surrender some attention or... you know.
Ignore her and turn away rudely.
Either/or. We'll see how it goes.]
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You're drowning your burger.
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But that is introspection for later; it's not a night of quiet reflection. Her eyes widen slightly and she looks at the food like the whole scene of her murderous food crime. She imagines the burger bun adrift at sea, followed by the tomatoes and meat patty.]
Drowning? Es sólo comida.
...
Does it taste bad?
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C
He watches her fondly for a moment, increasingly aware of the fact that she probably doesn't know what she's doing here. Since he has absolutely no manners, he'll poke her ear muffs until she pays attention to him.]
You shouldn't shy away from accompaniments, you know. Some cheese would do a world of good. [He points at a pile of slices.] Onions, too. Jalapenos if you like spice. Tomato, flavoursome. [He points at things as he mentions them, and adds them to his burger as well.]
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......
But she seems willing to give him a chance to speak — this guy's got a lot of muscles. He might really know how to knock heads together, she thinks... but she also won't hesitate to punch him if he deserves it; a lot of people do, you know. Bad men. But this one doesn't seem bad yet. Her fingers release him, expression softening into curiosity.
She glances from the pointing hand to the many foods.
Indeed, she seems to be absorbing every single thing he's saying.]
... Jalapeños, sí.
["Si no te gusta la comida picante... no pruebes nunca un jalapeño."
[Sometimes, she does miss Gabriela and her wisdom.]
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Yes, delicious. [He dips the serving spoon into the bowl and holds jalapenos over her plate in offering.]
Would you like to add some, or are you only interested in consuming the flesh of beasts? Is that how you maintain such a strong grip?
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I like all the food.
[Food in Transgien was limited and not particularly fantastic. She holds out her burger for the offered jalapenos. Sure, why not.]
I like... pringles. And green beans.
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A aaand ahh apparently they're on the same floor
Somewhere, Arisu's own case worker is keeping twenty feet away, after the girl demanded she needs to stand far off and that being treated like a child was embarassing.
As she's standing near the oceanside, she sees the other girl wandering by. They're about close in age. Never seen that type of sunglass design before. It's nothing that would fit Arisu herself, she doesn't think, but it works on this kid. ]
...ah. Stylish.
[ She pays the girl a compliment aloud as she wanders closer. ]
excellente
¿Qué dijiste?
[She heard, in theory, but she's never really faced the concept before. Sure, there are things she's wanted, things that appealed to her before. She loves her horned horse shirt, no matter how beat up it is. But 'stylish'. What is a stylish?]
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[ Was that Spanish? Arisu doesn't know a lick of it. The only language she knows is Japanese and some English words.
From the questioning tone, she assumes the girl either didn't hear her or she had confused her. She can't blame her, especially since she just blurted a single word out loud. She was unclear. "Stylish" could be referring to anything. ]
...Your glasses. They're stylish and they suit you well. It's... [ A pause. Cute? Somehow, that doesn't seem right. ] It's a cool look.
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B
You can see them better out here, you know.
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There's not a shred of trust there, but she does speak after a lengthy silence.]
They're explosions.
[Not safe, she says without saying it. Her tone speaks enough.]
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Only in the sky. It can't reach us down here. We're safe.
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a.
jyn sees the little girl dart away, sees her wander along the sand and meet various people, but jyn doesn't move toward her until she notices that laura is drifting toward the adults-only area of the beach. no one had stopped jyn because adult but she decides to cut the girl off before she gets close enough to notice all the nudity. ]
Hey.
[ she offers a pear like fruit, her second as evidenced by the other in her hand with a bit already taken out of it, gesturing toward the water with her chin. ] Do you think you'll go in?
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Laura glances over at the ocean with some skepticism. Or perhaps grim uncertainty. She can't particularly swim, so the idea of leaping into something that could kill her isn't really something she's entertaining. She steps closer, but looks at the pear with a bit of suspicion. Stranger danger, and all that. Cuidado con los extraños, Gabriela told her. She has never forgotten the nurse's kindness or cautionary tales.
She shakes her head, though.]
Dangerous. Too big.
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It's sweet.
[ she doesn't watch to see if the girl takes the pear, however, glancing out to the water and dipping her head in a little nod. ] It is big, [ she agrees conversationally. ] And dangerous. But you can learn how to avoid the dangers.
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b
Briefly, he freezes in place before bending over just enough to see who's hiding. When Yuuto spots it's a young girl, the only shift in his expression is the subtle raising of his eyebrows. ]
... That doesn't look very comfortable.
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It's pretty.
But it also doesn't feel safe yet.]
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Yuuto glances up at the splash of blue and green that fizzles out through the night sky, illuminating the area for only seconds, then back down towards the hiding girl. ]
Is the noise bothering you?
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