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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-08-23 07:27 pm
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player-suggested mini-event: A STRANGER'S BED

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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ikols: & voices (you were raised by wolves)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-08-30 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The amount of time Loki spends around coffee shops can only be measured against his recent penchant for drowning his sorrows in his own bar. A blend of too many Green Miles and inhaling a shit-ton of the hipster aromas in his other hangouts leaves him more disorientated than he has been in a long time, blearily searching his phone for the address of 'STARK' because somewhere in his fuzzy mind he remembers Tony has moved out of the communal apartment.

Teleporting silently into the room, he crawls into bed with the figure whose blurry features look accurate enough and wraps an arm and a leg around Tony's with a grumble. Smelling of alcohol in a crumpled hoodie and worn jeans, he starts to doze with something like relief sagging in his limbs ... because Anthony is safe.

Being with his Tony usually is, anyway, and right now he can't tell the difference. ]
Edited 2017-08-30 18:58 (UTC)
buildsomething: (shadows)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-08-31 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Tony grumbles a little as a weight settles against him, half-surfacing out of sleep. He's tired enough to bypass any idea of freaking out, especially as the new body just settles in comfortably against him.

Though he does let out a long breath on something almost like a sigh and wiggles around to crack one eye open enough for a view of his new guest. If it were any other time he might feel something other than vague surprise, but for the moment all he can do is blink once.]


Loki? [His voice is rough from sleep and just sounds kind of absently curious. The other Loki. Huh.]
ikols: all the demons they survive it (hear the engines revvin)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-08-31 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A shuddering yawn parts over Tony's shoulder when he shifts around enough to see Loki there, plastered against him like he may have shapeshifted into a limpet with arms. Eyes closed, he hums back in the same gravelly, sleepy tone, and rubs his nose affectionately over to Tony's neck. ]

Sleep, sleep, sleepy ...

[ His arm curls around Tony's middle, fingers coiling in his shirt. The sharp scent of alcohol lives in his clothes without mistake. ]

Tired, Tony.
buildsomething: ([hud] how about that)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-08-31 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, as well as he'd gotten along with this Loki, the easy affection is...new. The very familiar scent on him might explain it, he's known more than a few people who get seriously huggy when drunk, but. Why come to him?

Not that he's entirely complaining. Though that might be because he hasn't waken up enough yet for the idea to occur to him.]


Can tell. [There's definite amusement in the murmur.] Not gonna stab me when my guard's down, are you?
ikols: is gonna have to kill me twice (i think that god)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-08-31 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A grunt lodges somewhere between a laugh and indignation. ]

Not you.

[ Other sounds make a mess of other words, morphing them into whines and hums. Soft fingertips seek out the hem of Tony's shirt and make a home there with slow trails, back and forth to match Loki's deep breathing. ]
Edited 2017-08-31 20:57 (UTC)
buildsomething: (my work)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-01 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Not him is good. Loki practically petting him is...well not bad, exactly, but it is a lot stranger. Tony does at least reach down to catch Loki's wrist and gently pull his hand away before it can get too familiar.]

Loki?

[Exactly how aware of things is he?]
ikols: you hate the way i lie (apologise)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-09-01 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's more like the Tony he knows. Loki curls into his side, hiding a frown in Tony's shoulder as he tries to stave off another 'Talk'. ]

Can I stay? Please.
buildsomething: (solemn)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-01 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tony opens his mouth and then closes it again. Does he actually mind the situation?

Not particularly. And Loki seems to be comfortable. So, hell with it.]


Sure. If you want. [He settles himself back down, letting Loki curve into him.]
ikols: like a young god (but do you feel)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-09-01 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If this closeness is all he's allowed, he'll take it. Maybe that's pathetic but it's been impossible to sleep without Anthony lately and Loki is too anxious about hurting him again to push for more. ]

Thanks ...

[ Burrowing down, he presses a somewhat apologetic kiss to the shoulder of the man he thinks is here and settles in for a long nap. At least until daybreak, which is when the puppy-like snores whiffle out and Loki starts to stir again. ]
buildsomething: (i am iron man)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-01 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tony clearly managed to drift back off himself at some point, and is still dead asleep as Loki stirs. Even someone shifting next to him isn't enough to wake him this time, he's down far enough that it would probably take being physically thrown out of the bed to get his attention. He seems perfectly comfortable, at least, sprawled out across as much of the bed as possible with someone else currently in it.]
ikols: but was forged in flame (& it's not by fire)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-09-01 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yawning himself awake, it's a grizzled chin he first sees and that's enough to have him settle in for a cosy ten-minute doze. It's only when he sits up and rubs his face, glancing down at the wrong Stark, that Loki feels his blood freeze. Which is a novel experience, given his heritage.

He turns away and curses under his breath, patting his hair to try and tame the nest on his head into something passable, but his sneaky exit of the bed is foiled when his foot catches in the sheet and his already hungover balance sends him wobbling off the edge with a dull thud. Maybe he can still creep out, this is ... salvageable. How the fuck did he even teleport to the wrong bedroom? It's impossible to know whether he's glad he screwed up or not. ]
buildsomething: (intent)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-02 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[That, at least, gets his attention. At least enough to crack his eyes open, blink confusedly when he sees nothing, and then slowly shift over to peer over the edge of the bed. Oh, there he is. Tony was pretty sure he remembered Loki randomly turning up to cuddle him in the middle of the night.

It should probably be a weird thought, but all Tony can bring himself to do is yawn.]


You okay there?
ikols: through streets every night (now we creep)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-09-02 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Groaning as Stark spots him, he rubs his face and awkwardly frees his foot from the bedding. His voice sounds raspier than a troll's legs. ]

Just peachy. Finding the door.

[ Although he sways as he rises and has to grip the bed to stabilise his balance, a hand covering his mouth quickly; his stomach rumbles a threat. ]

... Bathroom?
buildsomething: (checking twice)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-02 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tony's eyebrows lift, but he just gestures vaguely to the floor's communal bathroom before flopping back against the bed. Who knew gods could get hangovers?]

There's painkillers if you want them. [He says it absently as he lets his eyes close again. Tony likes to be prepared.]
ikols: it's a darker path (it calls my name)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-09-02 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't need ...

[ But he might try them anyway as he hurries into the bathroom to vomit up an impressive waterfall that even a god's bloodstream wasn't able to absorb. Hacking up the worst, he can be heard rinsing and brushing (Tony may need a new toothbrush after this), then the paler-than-usual Loki tries to walk back into the room with some semblance of balance.

He does better than expected. ]


Last night was ... I was not at my best. Didn't mean to crash.

[ Not here, anyway. ]
buildsomething: (i am iron man)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-02 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
S'okay.

[Without opening his eyes, Tony flaps a hand at him, apparently meant to indicate that he's not overly bothered. Considering how drunk Loki apparently was, a bit of cuddling is something Tony can handle.]

You in one piece?
ikols: of a hunter's moon (by the light)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-09-02 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Mostly.

[ Aside from his pride and the now curdled pit that was once his stomach, he's been in worse shape. Looking over at Tony, it's easier to spy on him when he isn't even garnering a glance and that helps, in a way, reassuring him that he couldn't have wandered his way into a more incorrect bed.

Anthony's eyes are cuttingly blue but far warmer than evasive brown. ]


I'm gonna ... [ Head out the normal way, taking no chances on magic while his head is swimming and he needs the support of the wall. ] Yeah.
buildsomething: ([hud] how about that)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-02 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Y'can stay if you want to.

[He's not quite sure what makes him extend the offer, other than the fact he's been there. That level of hungover, where you're not sure if you aren't still drunk? Yeah. Tony's been there.

And honestly, Loki hadn't been too bad of a roommate, wandering hands aside.]


Just gonna sleep more.
ikols: stand with me & fight a war (do you hear the lion roar)

[personal profile] ikols 2017-09-02 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't want to. I really don't want to, um, no offence.

[ Since Stark humoured him and did let him stay when he was being a drunken loser. Waving away the offer, he backs out of the room, unwilling to enjoy a long nap next to a ghost of an ex. He hasn't quite fallen low enough to do that while in his right mind, tipsy though it may still be. ]

You sleep, I need to get back to the Sanctum.
buildsomething: (just calm)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2017-09-02 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[It makes Tony give an amused snort, but he's not honestly offended. It does make him wonder exactly where Loki thought he was last night, but that's something to be pondered over when he's actually awake.

He lifts an arm again into an abbreviated wave.]


Kay. Have fun.