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- !mod post: plot mingle,
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- marvel (mcu): gamora,
- marvel (mcu): loki,
- marvel (mcu): peter quill,
- marvel (mcu): sam wilson,
- marvel (mcu): thor,
- marvel (mcu): tony stark,
- marvel (mcu): wanda maximoff,
- original: shigeru miyata,
- star trek (tng): beverly crusher,
- star wars: cassian andor,
- star wars: jyn erso,
- the adventure zone: taako taaco,
- voltron: keith,
- voltron: shiro,
- ✖ animorphs: marco,
- ✖ buffy the vampire slayer: spike,
- ✖ chb chronicles: nico di angelo,
- ✖ dc comics (preboot): dick grayson,
- ✖ dc comics (rebirth): jason todd,
- ✖ dceu: diana of themyscira,
- ✖ dceu: steve trevor,
- ✖ dragonlance: khisanth,
- ✖ ensemble stars!: eichi tenshouin,
- ✖ ergo proxy: re-l mayer,
- ✖ fullmetal alchemist (03): edward elric,
- ✖ gundam 00: lyle dylandy,
- ✖ harry potter: draco malfoy,
- ✖ homestuck: dave strider,
- ✖ marvel (616): angela,
- ✖ marvel (616): stephen strange,
- ✖ marvel (mcu): stephen strange,
- ✖ marvel (tv): jessica jones,
- ✖ marvel (ultimates): tony stark,
- ✖ mushishi: ginko,
- ✖ original: jamie dodger,
- ✖ original: rin,
- ✖ osomatsu-san: ichimatsu matsuno,
- ✖ osomatsu-san: karamatsu matsuno,
- ✖ osomatsu-san: osomatsu matsuno,
- ✖ overwatch: genji shimada,
- ✖ overwatch: hana song,
- ✖ overwatch: reaper,
- ✖ persona 3: akihiko sanada,
- ✖ star wars: obi-wan kenobi,
- ✖ the adventure zone: lucretia,
- ✖ the adventure zone: magnus burnsides,
- ✖ the losers: jake jensen,
- ✖ the man from uncle: illya kuryakin,
- ✖ transfomers: verity carlo,
- ✖ vikings: ivar ragnarsson
player-suggested mini-event: A STRANGER'S BED
what: Player-Suggested Mini-Event
when: August 26th - August 31st
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines

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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Plenty of good came from loving my parents. Do you think I could have started a war to kill two kings for revenge if my father hadn't dragged me along just to watch him get tortured and handed over to die?
[He taps on the beer can thoughtfully.]
...Which now that I think about it might have been his intention all along.
[Ragnar always had been clever. He hadn't been king for nothing. He would have known his death would have been proper motivation to get his youngest to do something besides sit around and feel sorry for himself.]
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Might be. Parents are funny birds that way. Some have the will to sacrifice. Others cling too hard. So look at you, then. You're all daddy'd up now. What kind of father do you plan to be?
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[Two points in his favor on that regard, considering Ragnar had done both to him. Mercy killing or not, Ivar had held that and his abandonment of the family when Ivar was five against him. Of course, he'd promptly forgiven the man as soon as he'd come back again, but that had more to do with Ivar's subconscious desire and need for love in his life than any real desire to put the past behind him.]
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[Now he was just pushing to push, drinking his beer with a seemingly innocent look.]
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[He's no idea how old Spike is, but he suspects it's much older than he appears.]
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[The question was hilarious enough that Spike almost spit his beer out, laughing.]
God, no. I was too pathetic when I was alive to get a bird, and, well, once you're dead... doesn't really work that way.
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[Does this make him more mature then a centuries-old monster? Maybe.]
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You make it seem like having offspring is something I'd want.
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[Then again, so was Ivar. But he'd wanted children desperately. With the impotency he had, there was the distinct possibility he'd never get them normally. This might be the only chance he ever had to be a father.]
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[Look at that, Ivar. A little open honesty from the loser vampire.]
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Didn't even need that much myself. Letha was already pregnant when I met her. [He takes a long swig of his beer, finishing it off.] You know, part of me is glad she's gone. I'm going to do a better job raising her then she ever would have.
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[Having responsibilities did make it hard to do what he wanted. But he wouldn't give up Winter for anything. In a way, she was the only thing keeping him from going crazy.]
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[He shuffled closer to the window, tugging open the curtain a bit, showing a single beam of light that blazed down to the carpet. He brushed his hand through it, flames licking over undead, unclean flesh before he smothered it, letting the curtain fall back into place.]
Sometimes that makes it better. Sometimes it doesn't. Pain helps get over pain, you know. So either wreak vengeance on the mother, or find something to distract yourself and try to be a father. Can't be both, mate. Not right yet.
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I can't leave Winter. That'd be just doing the exact same thing Letha did, even if the reasons for it were different. Guess I'm staying here. [He's not happy about it. More like resigned to something he can't escape.] Besides, she's not going anywhere. I know exactly where she is anytime I decide it's time to go after her.
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[Wait, that came out wrong.]
Not that. Put that effort into it. Don't just be a dad. Be a good one. Far too few of those around. Or find something else to fill the hole. You're not going to get anywhere if you're torn on what you want, yeah?
[See? He was so helpful. This is why you let in stray vampires, Ivar. Best life teachers ever.]
And if you get a chance to, rip the bitch's throat out. Win-win.
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Guess you have a point. And I do intend to be a good father. [Trying is half the battle anyway.]
I dunno about finding someone else just yet. Maybe once it doesn't feel like my heart's been ripped out of my chest and stepped on. [Though he does think back to someone that's been on his mind an awful lot lately. Someone with dark eyes, messy hair, and who can shapeshift into different animals...but no matter. Fixating on Marco this early may not be healthy, but at least it's a type of coping mechanism.
He grins sharply at Spike's last comment.]
I intend to.
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[That was high praise coming from Spike. Ivar should feel happy.]
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[Ivar looks very pleased with himself. He always recognizes compliments when they come his way simply because he's so unused to them. Not much cause back home to give the poor cripple any praise.]
I'm glad I didn't leave you out on the porch. You're welcome back anytime.
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We'll have to see you in ten years, then. Live a little first. Go have your fun, sow your oats, kill a few hundred more people. Then we'll talk.
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[Always the chance someone would kill him before then, but Ivar liked to hope for the best. He wasn't planning to die, not until he'd conquered and become king, in that order.]
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