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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-04-01 07:02 pm
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introductory mingle: FLOWER FESTIVAL

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: Introductory Log and Flower Festival Celebration
when: April 2nd - April 15th
where: In several different locations in the downtown area of the Inhabited City.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

flower festival


In the days leading up to April 2nd, residents new and old may notice advertising around the city, everywhere from digital screens to paper flyers pasted on blank walls, all advertising an upcoming holiday: The Flower Festival. Celebrating springtime, beauty, joy, and togetherness, the festival heavily features floral themes and dancing. The advertising mentions that on April 10th, a paid holiday, there will be a Blossom Picnic, as well as lists of various public dances at clubs or other open venues, and adult raves.

a celebration of spring



The Flower Festival's main event is the Blossom Picnic on April 10th, but it also features traditions of sharing food and drink, and dancing that span over the course of the whole two weeks. There are a large variety of events going on throughout the city, from dancing lessons in any wide variety of traditional dances, to old-fashioned sock hops, to adult raves complete with mild party drugs. Feel free to use the prompts below or create your own event at any point during the festival, and if your character creates an event and hosts it in a top-level, you can submit that thread for extra bonus points.


i. blossom picnic


The main event that kicks off the second week of the Flower Festival is the Blossom Picnic on April 10th. A relaxed and low-key event, it draws several thousand people every year to the spacious Riverview Central Park, where there is a generous lawn lined with various blossoming trees, and families, found families, lovers, and groups of friends are encouraged to lay out a picnic blanket and share food. There will be live bands playing (but not loudly enough to distract from conversation and peacefully watching the petals flutter in the wind), a variety of demonstrations of traditional cultural dances from many different realities and planets, and a ton of ice cream vendors. This is an excellent festival not only for celebrating togetherness with the people who are already important, but for mingling and making new friends.

Characters may either pack their own lunches or they can purchase pre-packed Blossom Festival lunches. Stores and street markets are carrying a wide variety of specialty food that is only available at this time of year - predominantly pastries, an assortment of types of candies, and ice cream treats all in various floral flavors, as well as a sort of ambrosia salad based around a sweet rose-flavored cream and a native fruit that is bright green and tastes like a combination of peach and citrus.


ii. dancing lessons


Starting on April 2nd, there will be dancing lessons offered almost everywhere you look! From partner dances to group dances to line dances; sexy and sensual or innocent and childlike - almost any type of dance you can imagine is represented, from any reality or planet that has people in Riverview Quarantine.

Additionally, the Riverview Central Community Center has multiple rooms blocked off so anyone who knows a dance from home can teach it to others in their community - sharing is caring, after all. Characters are welcome to block off one of these rooms and offer lessons in any dance they happen to know from home (and these sorts of thread starters would be eligible for the mingle AC Point bonus)!


iii. flower festival dancing


This is pretty simply what it says on the tin - in almost every club, community center, or other public space, there will be dancing at almost all hours of the day or night, formal and informal. Musicians bring out their instruments and play in the street for demonstrations of cultural dances and music at the same time as clubs are offering VIP cover charges for exclusive dances, and you can find anything in between.

There are also many low-cover-charge raves that allow under-18s so younger characters can stay up all night and dance like crazy. The legal drinking age in Riverview Quarantine is 14, and so anyone over 14 can enter and indulge in a few drinks, dancing, and playing tag with a non-intoxicating version of the colored powder featured at the adult raves. There is copious amounts of security on site to ensure that everyone is safe, as well as nurses and off-duty police officers to offer advice or care for anyone who overindulges out of lack of experience.

Grab a partner, a group of friends, or just cruise and mingle the various dancing events.

Characters may also notice that most of the street markets and clothing shops are offering clothing that features floral patterns, flowers as accessories, and that show a lot of skin - for men, women, and anyone in between!


iv. adult raves


Advertised on flyers and digital screens around the city, made to pop as if they were under blacklight, is a series of adult raves that are happening in various large empty warehouse spaces around the city, including one that is listed as the danger rave and hosted in an abandoned factory outside the inhabited city walls. With bouncers at the door to ensure that anyone entering is 18+, the raves are comfortably adult in nature. Clothing is optional, showing skin is encouraged, and there are a lot of neatly tucked away spaces for attendees to get some time alone with one or more than one person, as well as spaces intended for orgies. The atmosphere is sex-positive and non-judgemental, open to any orientation or preference, with various forms of protection available for free, however, to ensure that everyone plays safe there are sober security teams out en masse at all premises to oversee the events.

(CW: DRUG USE) In each location, there is one specific room where attendees can enter, and dance or play tag with brightly colored powder that contains small amounts of a legal party drug commonly available in Riverview, which is absorbed through the skin. Not much more intoxicating than having a few beers, the effects of the drug are a pleasant low-key buzzing euphoria, positive sensitivity to touch, a heightening of desires for intimacy, and a mild lowering of inhibitions. Once a character has been hit with the powder, the color lingers on the skin so other attendees can know who has partaken, but once the powder makes contact with a surface it deactivates, meaning that partakers can safely dance with non-partakers without sharing the intoxicating effects.

Please be sure to warn in subject lines for any threads involving drug use. And remember, there is always security to intervene and make sure everyone is safe.


v. roommates or wildcard


Feel free to use this prompt to set up headers for a communal floor, or threads open to roommates for the purpose of getting to know each other. Or if you have an idea for a prompt that isn't in this list, set at the Flower Festival, feel free to write it up!



visual inspiration


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Credit: third image by Steve Goad; other images found on uncredited on Pinterest or Google images - please let the mod know if you find credit!

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supersweet: (You could try asking people nicely)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Arms flailing, he accidentally hits Bucky in the face (and it might actually hurt, sorry Bucky). Usually he's caught up in the sky in mid-air, not so close to the ground and his fingers accidentally tighten on Bucky's arms.

His expression is half guilty and sheepish. ]


Whoops?
advanced: (disguised)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ow.

He's not expecting to get hit so hard in the cheek that he suspects it will bruise, but he puts it down to a lucky shot. Jon might notice that one of the arms holding him, underneath the thick fabric of a hoodie and gloves, seems much more rigid than the other.

Bucky doesn't hold onto him long, immediately trying to set him on his feet.]


You hurt?
supersweet: (I live in a world made of cardboard)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wow, he didn't even flinch, Jon thought, briefly stunned. Even an accidental hit by Jon could send a person flying. Still staring, he finally remembers his manners and straightens his posture. ]

No. I'm all right. Thank you sir.

[ A beat, before adding with wide-eyed curiosity. ]

You're really fast.
advanced: (concealed)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's still a bit surprised at his own actions, he hadn't even thought before running in. It's nice to know that buried underneath all the violence, some of his better instincts have survived.

He shrugs slightly, brushing off the mention of his speed.]


You have folks here?
supersweet: (You needn't be afraid of me)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jon shrugs. They've been separated before. Even in alternate realities and dimension-bending scapes. He's not too worried . . . yet. ]

I don't think so. But my dad would probably show up soon.

[ Because he's Superman. ]
advanced: (determined)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He can't just abandon a little kid, even though he's already regretting getting involved at all.]

Yeah? What's his name?
supersweet: (Superman was born Superman)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This is why secrets were hard. Jon had no idea who he should look for first. Superman? Clark Kent? Lois Lane? Either one of those names could tip off their identities and . . . he promised. Dredging up a confident smile, he replies. ]

It's okay, I'll know when he shows up.
advanced: (hollow)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't look entirely convinced, but he's not going to argue. He can barely hold a conversation with a fellow adult, he's not going to be much better with a kid.]

Where've you been staying?
supersweet: (Doing the right thing is its own reward)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well. Deep down, he's kind of amused. Deep down. ]

Sir, I'm ten. That's not the kind of information I'm supposed to give to strangers.
advanced: (determined)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[He raises an eyebrow just slightly, maybe a tiny bit amused.]

You just fell out of a tree and I don't see anyone here supervising you, I'm gonna take you back to safety. If that's your housing, then you need to tell me. It's that or the police station.
supersweet: (Now I had to be that giant for him)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Definitely not good. So much for enjoying the festival. ]

I can go back on my own . . . My case worker probably wandering around looking for me.
advanced: (watching)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright. What's your case worker's name, we can look for them together?

[Sorry, kid. He's trying to do a good thing for once.]
supersweet: (Can't throw morality in the garbage)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bucky might be better than the average human, but he's probably still slower than Jon. He sighs. There's no getting out of this. ]

Her name is Miss Jones.
advanced: (wry)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
What does she look like, you see her anywhere?

[He doesn't think Miss Jones exists.]
supersweet: (They will race behind you)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jon can see her . . . but Bucky probably couldn't. ]

She's probably at one of the stalls. I've got her number on me as well.
advanced: (annoyed)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Come on then, let's go to the stalls.

[He really is trying to do the right thing, but just mentioning heading into the throng of people makes him visibly tense. It's the worst thing to do from a tactical standpoint.]
supersweet: (He made me feel like a giant)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-07 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Now he knows how Damien feels. Still, he catches that note of tension and Jon's compassion wins out. ]

Or I can call her. You can hang back and she'll pick me up? You don't have to do anything you don't want to.
advanced: (intensity)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-07 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
What are you talking about?

[He's not tense, you're tense, nobody is tense!!!]
supersweet: (Doing the right thing is its own reward)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-08 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
You're all tense and glare-y.
advanced: (dangerous)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-08 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He just becomes more tense and glares more, which clearly is a good argument to give.]

Come on, we're going to the stalls to find your social worker.
supersweet: (Superman is what I can do)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-09 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jon lets out the most put-out sigh. ]

Okay. Just follow me.

[ He tried. ]
advanced: (back)

[personal profile] advanced 2017-04-09 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[He does as he's bidden.

He keeps close to Jon, body completely tense, as they weave through the crowd. If it turns out that Miss Jones is real and there, then Bucky will hand Jon off to her easily enough.]
supersweet: (I live in a world made of cardboard)

[personal profile] supersweet 2017-04-10 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ This guy would give Batman a run for his money. Probably. Jon flicks his gaze back at him from time to time as he lets his other senses spread out into the festival. Finally he picks up Miss Jones' voice. His legs pick up speed as he heads over to the stall where she was eyeing some handmade jewellery. After a few minutes, she gives Bucky a nod while Jon hangs back with her. ]