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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[suckstobestrange]

But then we would have to be at odds, it's practically school rules.

[wingedman]

Slytherins hate everyone, though.

And I would totally be able to kick your ass at Quidditch.

[suckstobestrange]

Apparently I'm a shitty Slytherin then because I don't hate you.

But you're not wrong there. Would you follow the protag-bait and be Seeker?

[wingedman]

[Aww, Stephen. Sam might just reward that sentiment by brushing a kiss against his shoulder.]

Um, with my flying skills? You damn well bet I would.

[suckstobestrange]

[That kiss earns a faint hum from the sorcerer, lips pulling to a grin.]

Gonna spoil Gryffindor's winning streak like that.

[wingedman]

Doesn't matter, they'll end up getting extra points and winning the House Cup at the last moment, even if they lose the Quidditch Cup.

[Sam yawns, his eyelids starting to feel heavy once again.]

Gotta say, this is better than going out and jogging till dawn.

[suckstobestrange]

Gotta fight the system.

[Stephen's not budging from where he's tangled up, far too warm and comfortable to do much moving.]

Without a doubt.

[wingedman]

Mmh.

[Sam finally loosens up from the tense posture he's had since he woke up, sprawling over Stephen again.]

Why'd you come over, anyway?

[suckstobestrange]

You know I have no idea? Just suddenly really needed a bed and apparently mine wouldn't do.

[wingedman]

[Sam pauses thoughtfully.]

Did you have a latte?

[Guess who had a latte earlier this week?]

[suckstobestrange]

A latte? [A shake of his head before there's a brief 'lightbulb' moment.]

I did grab some tea on my way out of work.

[wingedman]

With that new flavor, right?

[siiiiigh]

I crawled into Stark's bed earlier this week. After having a latte.

[pause] Not the one in a coma, that would just be weird.

[suckstobestrange]

This place is hilarious.

[But he's not as upset as he could be, not really. For all he hadn't planned to be here, the fact that he was meant Sam didn't wake up to deal with his nightmares alone.]

I wasn't going to say anything but yeah that would have been weird no doubt about it.

[wingedman]

Isn't it?

[And Sam doesn't really care why Stephen felt the urge to come here, he's just glad for his presence.]

Pretty sure Loki would've kicked my ass, too.

[suckstobestrange]

[Better this than alone, Stephen knew that all too well.]

Yeah, without a doubt. Or he'd just make your life hell until he figured you learned your lesson.