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riverviewlogs2017-03-08 09:49 am
- !mod post: holiday,
- !mod post: monthly mingle,
- degrassi: lola pacini,
- marvel (616): billy kaplan,
- marvel (616): bucky barnes,
- marvel (616): loki laufeyson,
- marvel (616): steve rogers,
- marvel (mcu): natasha romanoff,
- marvel (mcu): sam wilson,
- marvel (mcu): steve rogers,
- marvel (mcu): wanda maximoff,
- original: shigeru miyata,
- the adventure zone: taako taaco,
- ✖ buffy the vampire slayer: buffy summer,
- ✖ dc comics (dcnu): jason todd,
- ✖ dc comics (preboot): dick grayson,
- ✖ dceu: clark kent,
- ✖ dctv (arrow): curtis holt,
- ✖ dctv (arrow): ray palmer,
- ✖ dctv (flash): caitlin snow,
- ✖ dctv (flash): eddie thawne,
- ✖ dragon age: morrigan,
- ✖ dragon age: sera,
- ✖ lazer team: adam,
- ✖ magic the gathering: chandra nalaar,
- ✖ marvel (616): tony stark,
- ✖ marvel (mcu): scott lang,
- ✖ marvel (tv): matt murdock,
- ✖ original: benjamin holt,
- ✖ original: bryn zethir,
- ✖ original: cecelia wynn,
- ✖ original: letha regis,
- ✖ original: william holt,
- ✖ pokemon (xy/xyz): augustine sycamore,
- ✖ prison break: michael scofield,
- ✖ teen wolf: derek hale,
- ✖ the last of us: ellie,
- ✖ the order of the stick: roy greenhilt,
- ✖ the raven cycle: ronan lynch,
- ✖ the walking dead: carl grimes,
- ✖ the walking dead: clementine,
- ✖ the walking dead: rick grimes,
- ✖ true blood: alcide herveaux,
- ✖ vampire: the masquerade: fatima merali,
- ✖ vikings: ivar ragnarsson,
- ✖ yuri on ice: yuri plisetsky
introductory mingle: SAMPREMI
what: Introductory Log and Sampremi Celebration
when: March 8th - March 15th
where: In several different locations in the downtown area of the Inhabited City.
warnings: please put any necessary warnings in the subject lines
In the days leading up to March 8th, new residents may notice advertising around the city, everywhere from digital screens to paper flyers pasted on blank walls, featuring the name of the spring holiday in celebration of new beginnings, new love, and lust: Sampremi. The advertising mentions that there will be street festivals set up at various locations throughout the week and lists where the market will be set up on each day.
The main draw of the holiday is a roaming street market that features special treats and street food that can only be found during Sampremi, a bustling bargain market with any kind of goods you can think of, and fair games that allow a person to win a prize for that special someone.
i. street food
One of the major draws of the festival is the special street food that can only be obtained this time of year. Almost everything you can buy at the Sampremi Festival is meant to be shared - whether it's one piece of meat on two sticks or desserts baked with a narrow part in the middle for convenient tearing, everything is built in twos. The stalls sell everything from cups of soup, sandwiches, roasted or fried meat, deep-fried vegetables and cakes, dumplings, donuts, bagels, turnovers, and anything else you can think of.
Many of the savory dishes are based on the meat of a particular fowl native to the moon Riverview is situated on that has a taste and texture halfway between chicken and duck, cooked to be spicy (ranging from very mild to throat-burning). Many of the desserts are based around a fruit native to the moon that is spherical, red-orange, and has a light sweet taste that is similar to a combination of mango, pineapple, and strawberry. Both ingredients are considered to be aphrodisiacs. Of course, the foods aren't actually aphrodisiacs and any effect is purely placebo.
ii. fair games
The festival features an entire row of fair games ranging from very high-tech games featuring virtual reality and neon holograms to extremely old-fashioned games with darts and balloons or balls and glasses. The games all have prizes in various shapes and sizes, with the standard stuffed animals, but also with goods and special items donated by any business in the city; ranging from tiny prizes to huge and expensive ones.
Due to the nature of the holiday, many of the stalls are set up to cater to winning a prize for your partner, and due to the nature of the Quarantine, a lot of them involve aiming or other aspects of pretending to fight.
iii. shopping
Originally, the part of the street festival that involved an actual market, with stalls and booths set up with goods, was aimed primarily at romantic trinkets like flowers or jewelry, gifts intended to be purchased for a loved one. As time has gone by, however, this aspect of the market has increased, with many businesses participating, though the emphasis is still on small businesses and anything relating to local culture rather than booths for any of the larger more corporate businesses.
There is still plenty of jewelry to be found, for sure, mostly handmade and artisan, but the scope of the Market has widened immeasurably. The Sampremi Market is an excellent place to find specialty foods, clothing, jewelry, art, or other goods that were originally native to cultures on other planets in this reality, or other realities altogether. Many residents in the city use the market to share their unique cultural goods and traditional dress with others.
iv. adult
In a side alley of the Sampremi Market on any day, one can find an area roped off with a red silken cord, attended by members of the Perimeter Guard in casual dress who will ID anyone entering to make sure they are 18+. Once characters are permitted entry, they will find all of the adult offerings that the market has to offer.
Since Sampremi is, historically, a celebration of lust and physical love, the adult offerings are all set up to cater to two or more people of any sex or gender configuration. One can find an adult or sexualized version of almost anything that's featured in the main market, from fair games to adult goods to street food laced with actual aphrodisiacs (there are always warnings for food spiked in this way to avoid accidental consumption).
v. roommates or wildcard
Feel free to use this prompt to set up headers for a communal floor, or threads open to roommates for the purpose of getting to know each other. Or if you have an idea for a prompt that isn't in this list, set at the Sampremi Festival, feel free to write it up!
Credit (left to right): Theo Prins, andreasrocha @ tumblr, hrormir @ deviantart, nkabuto @ deviantart
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Yeah, it is. My friends and I were obsessed with ley lines and dead Welsh kings.
[It's partially true and close enough not to lying for Ronan. He just really hopes that Chainsaw stays away right now. Because if Billy has psychometry or whatever it is his friend's family member can do, he doesn't know what he'll feel when he touches that bird. Or, for that matter, if he touches Ronan himself.
Or he could just tell the guy about his dreams.
Ronan channels his nervous energy into a light kick, directed away from Billy. His foot drags along the ground.]
Tell me you study something more interesting.
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Probably bad if the guarded expression is anything to go by.
Billy is used to it though and he keeps his own expression carefully neutral, casual.]
Most of the rest of the time, I'm-- [he pauses, making a face.] Do you know who the Avengers are? Superheroes?
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[He's about to say those movies followed by saying he doesn't read comics either because in his world, that would be the reasonable response. Then he realizes that is not what Billy is getting at...]
You're shitting me. You're saying you wear a cape?
[Or whatever it is superheroes wear. He's pretty sure it involves capes.
If nothing else, his wariness has faded. He might not be a nerd, excepting latin, but even he can think it's cool. Of course, first...]
If you do, prove it.
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[And Billy isn't above showing off his costumes -- no phone booth needed or anything. He gives a grin, forgetting the darts for now.]
Alright, I can do that. Just-- don't freak out, okay?
[Maybe it's not particularly wise to use his magic out in the open, but-- from what he's seen? He's not really the only super powered person running around, so it can't be that shocking. Hopefully. Besides, it only takes a little bit of his power for his clothes to shift and change under blue light to his costume. Skin tight spandex, cape and all.]
Believe me now?
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[The way Ronan swears is near musical. He grins and checks out the suit. Slowly walking around as he looks Billy up and down. There's no interest in Billy on a sexual level. Ronan's too single mindedly monogamous for that. He's just getting a kick out of seeing a caped superhero come to life before his eyes.]
You look like such a fucking nerd. Amazing.
[He stops circling Billy but doesn't stop moving. He tugs at the leather bands on one of his wrists.]
So you don't have a problem with everyone knowing you can do your hocus pocus shit? Cause if you have a secret identity, you've blown it.
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[Okay, he can't even argue. He's a nerd and kinda proud of it. He also doesn't really mind Ronan taking a closer look-- he's pretty proud of the suit. The stars lining his arms and his sides actually move and shift like an actual galaxy-- which might be extravagant, but this suit is entirely his.
He shrugs at the question.]
Keeping a secret identity doesn't seem all that useful here, really. If my abilities can help, then I don't mind people knowing about them.
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I hope you're right.
[It then occurs to him that he is talking to someone who is, undeniably, braver than he is. Ronan has never tried to save anyone, which if Billy surely has, and he's told a handful of people the truth about himself.
Ronan resents Billy for a moment before his frustration turns on a more familiar and appropriate target-- himself. He frowns. And then he shifts, hands going into his pockets.]
Hey... What made you do this?
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[Hey, he's not offended, and really, he's been called worse and much more maliciously in the past. He idly crosses his arms after a moment, thinking that over.]
I guess after spending most of my time in school getting punched in the face repeatedly, it felt good to actually have the power to punch back when these abilities finally kicked in.
[He gives a wry smile, shrugging his shoulders. Although when these abilities kicked in, he nearly killed the guy because he couldn't control it. That was definitely not entirely something he was proud of, but it wasn't worth getting into.]
... And, at the risk of sounding like some stupid after school special or something, I think if I have it in me, then I should use this power to help other people. The people who can't fight back. Besides, I grew up adoring the Avengers, so getting the chance to be one? I couldn't pass that up.
[Plus, you know, the costumes.]
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[Of course that's what Ronan fixates on. It just doesn't make sense to him. Not that he'd ever gotten into a fistfight with his own bully, just retaliated in street races.
Maybe he'll fixate on the rest later. He just really wants to put it out of his mind even though it's there in the forefront. What good are his dreams and nightmares going to do anyway?
Oh, Ronan's too creative not to know the answer to that.]
But it makes sense. I guess.
[He shrugs and kicks the ground once more.]
There's a lot out there to avenge.
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[Which-- okay, those are all probably excuses. He'd been told a lot of times to stand up for himself, to not let himself be pushed around, but he didn't. He ran away because it was easy.
Something he still has a tendency to do, just in other ways.]
I guess so. Though right now, it's less about avenging and more about getting back, I guess.
[He shrugs his shoulders absently after a moment.]
How about you-- got any secret powers or abilities? If you want to share, anyway.
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Time and place, man.
[That's a yes.]
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[He gives a nod-- and lets his costume fade back to his normal jeans and t-shirt. No need to be all suited up here. He does give a curious look to the bird as she makes her landing on his shoulder, but--]
We can always get into that some other time. I'm Billy, by the way.
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Ronan Lynch.
[He gestures to his raven.]
This is Chainsaw.
[Yes, Chainsaw.]
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[He gives a short snort as he looks at the bird.]
Can I ask why Chainsaw at least? I mean-- that's quite a name for a raven.
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[Seriously, people name their pets shit like that and he gets side eyed for naming his raven something perfectly respectable? Ronan's judging all of them just as hard.]
No. You gotta have serious bite to survive where she's from. She's Chainsaw.
[Ronan almost cackles after that comment, clearly too pleased with himself. Billy will figure that out later, given his raven came from Ronan's dreams.]
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[But hey, he's never even had a pet to name, so who knows what he'd call his?
Probably something nerdy though.]
Well, I'm sure she's a very tough bird, I mean. You have to be, to live up to that name.
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[As if Ronan knows many birds, which he doesn't. Unless you count birdlike monsters, which he also doesn't.]
But I hope you didn't name your dog Spike. Or use it as your code name.
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[Because Lord of the Rings is still the best trilogy ever, written or made into movies...]
My code name is Wiccan, though.
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Well, if you're going to be a heathen, why not go all out?]
That's creative.
[His voice clearly says not. But at least it's not something like-- he doesn't know. Flying Superhero Man?]
Can't be any worse than naming your kid Christian, those poor bastards.
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That gets a laugh out of him.]
Hey, it was either that or people were trying to call me stuff like magic lad or something.
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When you put it that way, yeah. I'd rather take Cape Man than Magic Lad.
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[Which has to be the most ridiculous duo he's ever heard of, actually.]
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[He leaves it open to interpretation if he's talking about the code name, being a super hero, or both.
I've been in the back of a police car too many times anyway.
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[Among-- you know, various other issues his other teammates had. Future villain, drug abuse...]
But fair enough. I guess Cape Man will just have to wait for another day.
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[Oh but Ronan would enjoy that juicy story. Those things are even better when he doesn't have to live through it. He probably should have read comics as a kid.]
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