player-suggested mini-event: A STRANGER'S BED

[riverviewmod]

who: everyone in Riverview!
what: Player-Suggested Mini-Event
when: August 26th - August 31st
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

a stranger's bed

As a lead in to September, Riverview's ♥ Month of Romance, this is a completely optional mingle that will cause affected characters to end up in each other's beds. There are various options for both established and new CR. While it's easiest for characters still living in Communal Housing, anyone who has moved to their own homes can be affected and end up finding their way to Communal Housing, or within their own housing.

Residents of the Quarantine may notice that various businesses selling food and drink - cafés, diners, bakeries, restaurants, and other such establishments - are heavily advertising a new flavor that's supposed to be the biggest thing since pumpkin spice. A flavor additive that's said to subtly change the flavor of whatever the diner is eating or drinking to optimize the dish, drink, dessert, or any other food item it is added to for each person's individual taste, it's been selling like wildfire and is the latest trend.

After the cause of the rash of amnesia was revealed to be plant-related, sellers are keeping the origin of the secret ingredient very close to their chests, since it is a derivative of a recently-discovered plant dubbed chameleonis. Depending on the method of ingestion, this additive can have a variety of unexpected side effects, but only once the person who has ingested it becomes sleepy. Methods of ingestion include:

● Ingestion: Beverage: When ingested as a flavor shot to drinks ranging from sodas to coffee to alcoholic beverages, it can cause a desire for closeness to a particular other person. Affected characters end up crawling into bed with that specific other character when they become sleepy.

● Ingestion: Food: When ingested as a flavoring added to a baked good or other meal, it can cause an intense desire for body heat when the character becomes drowsy. It won't matter to an affected character who is providing the body heat, so long as it's someone, and they will end up sleepily crawling into someone else's bed for warmth.

● Inhalation: When inhaled ether from a steaming hot beverage or soup, or as an essential oil or aroma from a bakery, it can cause disorientation when a character becomes sleepy. Affected characters either aren't sure which bed is theirs and simply crawl into the closest one, occupied or not, or become convinced that another character's bed is their own.

Feel free to post up a top-level for your own character either affected and invading a random bed or unaffected but open to having their bed invaded by affected characters, or tag around to other people's top-levels.

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[deathkid]

[ realizing how tense he is ( it's obvious given he's not wearing a shirt; the scars on his lithe but strong muscles stand out, even in the gloom ), nico takes a deep breath and tries to relax. the soothing feeling of a hand rubbing his back helps, though he's normally opposed to touch. it's surprisingly comfortable and soon enough he feels his heart rate slow. ]

So you chose me?

[ it doesn't seem like a strange question to him because he still doesn't know marco that well ( not that he doesn't want to; in fact, he'd like to know marco very well ), but nico tries not to think too much into it. he's still haunted by his dream and he's not sure how to explain. ]

Seems like you chose the wrong person. Sorry about that.

[brightline]

[Once Nico seems to calm down a bit, Marco drops his hand and leans back on his own hands, shoulders a bit hunched, looking at the other boy. He notices the scars, but doesn't really think much of them - morphing might take care of Marco's scars, physically, but that doesn't mean he hasn't got any.]

Yeah, I did.

[He shrugs, then blinks.]

Choose you, I mean. Not choose the wrong person. Man, this is not the first time I've been woken up by someone screaming.

[deathkid]

[ it's so strange, nico thinks, that anyone would pick him to sleep with, even if it's as innocent as could be. he knows he's often cold to the touch and his general aura tends to creep people out. but marco isn't bothered by either, it seems, and nico can feel heat creeping up his neck to settle in his cheeks. ]

I've never really shared a bed with someone. Why did you choose me?

[ he wants to know because he knows how easy it is to fall into a crush and he's falling now, especially given they're still sitting in the bed together. it's the most intimate thing nico's ever experienced and part of him wants to escape while another part wants to stay exactly where he is. ]

[brightline]

I have a few times. Mostly with my best friend Jake, a long time ago. But I've slept around other people a lot, and most of them had nightmares just like I do.

[Shrugging a bit, he lifts his hand to rub at an eye, still a bit groggy. When Nico asks why he picked him, Marco shrugs a bit.]

I know you, and I liked hanging out with you. I didn't think you'd mind or feel weird about me just, you know, being here.

[Glancing up at Nico, he offers a little smile.]

Hope I was right.

[deathkid]

[ at the words "slept around", nico's ears turn a bit red. but he tries to keep his embarrassment under wraps as marco continues speaking. the little smile he receives as marco looks up at him makes something squeeze in his chest and he clears his throat. ]

Yeah, I guess it's fine. I mean- I don't mind. It's... kind of nice.