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

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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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[scholiast]

Oh... something down by the river would be lovely.

(Imagine living down there– the painting she could do. Lucretia feels a little dreamy just thinking about it. She collects two wine glasses from their spot on the counter, holding them up for Beverly to see.)

Can I get you something?

[dancingmd]

Oh, yes! I almost forgot -

(She digs around in one of the bags and pulls out two little vials of flavor shots.)

I've been hearing about these new syrup flavors that restaurants have been adding to coffee and wine and the like - I saw them in the store and thought we might like to try them?

[scholiast]

(Lucretia takes one curiously, turning it over in her hand.)

Taako was just telling me about these before– I think he's been using them in his cooking? I didn't know you could add them to wine, though.

(She offers Beverly a wine glass.) Let's give them a go.

[dancingmd]

Wonderful!

[She takes her glass, but then peers at the vial in her other hand thoughtfully.]

You know... I didn't think to find out how much you're supposed to put in.

[scholiast]

It might be like vanilla essence? So only a few drops.

(See Taako? She absorbs things.

Lucretia sets down her glass and opens her vial to look at the opening.) I guess the sensible option would be to start with a little bit and add more if it's hard to taste, right.

[dancingmd]

(She nods.) We wouldn't want to overdo it.

(They're totally going to overdo it, aren't they?)

[scholiast]

No, of course not.

(She winks, and tips a bit of bright syrup into her wine glass, putting down the vial so she can swirl it about the glass in contemplation.)

It's pretty. (She says, finally, lamely, and opens the bottle of wine with magic, using mage hand to lift it into the air and pour herself a glass.)

[dancingmd]

(You're pretty, Lucretia.

Beverly can't help but stare a little at Lucretia's magic. She's familiar with the idea of telekinesis, of course, but she rarely sees it in action.)

That's amazing!

[scholiast]

(She blinks, and grins sheepishly. Beverly, it's a cantrip...)

Oh– you haven't seen me use magic before, have you?

[dancingmd]

No!

[And she looks absolutely delighted to be seeing it now!]

I mean, there are psychokinetic species out there who could do something similar but it's a fairly rare ability, even more rare than telepathic abilities...

[scholiast]

Oh! Maybe I should show off a little more, then.

(It's cute, how fascinated Beverly is by it. Since Lucretia's more complex spells are hard to show people, she compromises by using prestidigitation to send a shower of soft, glowing sparkles into the air above their heads, white-gold and blue.)

[dancingmd]

(Beverly claps, her eyes lighting up as the sparkles rain down around her.)

Wonderful!

[scholiast]

(Aw she's such a good audience. Lucretia beams, so pleased by her reaction.)

Thank you. It's a good party trick.

[dancingmd]

I'll say!

(She grabs the bottle of wine and pours her own glass, the old fashioned way.)

Is that something anyone can learn or were you born with the ability?

[scholiast]

It's a learned skill.

(She holds her glass up and playfully clinks it against Beverly's.)

I'm actually still in self-training. I haven't touched my notes since I got here, though. Too much going on.

[dancingmd]

(Shereturns the clink and swirls her glass thoughtfully, letting the liquid form the vial mix in.)

Would... Would it be the sort of thing you could teach someone?

[scholiast]

Yes, on account of the fact that I'm currently teaching somebody how to use it. He's doing quite well, too.

(She takes a tentative sip of her own, then blinks, holding the wine up to the light.)

... Good goddamn. That's delicious.

[dancingmd]

Is it?

(When Beverly takes a sip, her eyebrows go up in pleasant surprise.)

Oh dear, this could be very dangerous.

[scholiast]

(She chuckles, nodding.)

Goes down a little too easily, doesn't it.

[dancingmd]

(She takes another sip and then squints at her glass thoughtfully.)

I wonder what's in it.

[scholiast]

Perhaps ingredients that can only be found here?

I'll ask Taako later... (Perhaps she should be a little more cautious, but it is very yummy.)

So, what kinds of cheeses are these?

[dancingmd]

Let's see...

(Beverly peers into the bag and starts taking out the cheeses.)

I got a gouda and a brie and ah yes, fontina! There's a couple of herbed goat cheeses as well. I ah... wasn't sure what you liked.

[scholiast]

(Yeah there's a couple there, huh? Lucretia turns her music back on, dialing it down to serve as soft background noise as she gets up to fetch them a little wooden chopping board and cheese knife.)

That's alright; they look fantastic! I like all types of cheese Beverly, I'm not a monster.

[dancingmd]

(Beverly laughs as she looks at all the cheese laid out.)

Good thing! I suppose I went a little overboard, didn't I?

[scholiast]

You cannot go overboard with cheese.

(She cuts herself a sliver off the closest wedge, and pops it into her mouth.)