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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2017-03-08 09:49 am

introductory mingle: SAMPREMI

who: everyone in Riverview!
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

sampremi celebration



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.




street market



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!



visual inspiration


click on thumbnails for larger view


Credit (left to right): Theo Prins, andreasrocha @ tumblr, hrormir @ deviantart, nkabuto @ deviantart

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livingsymbol: ([S] modeling for that superhero porn)

[personal profile] livingsymbol 2017-04-04 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[There's always a bit of distance between Steve and the others. Even when he doesn't mean it, there's a certain wall between the first Captain America and other heroes. Steve recognizes it, but he doesn't quite know how to handle it. The use of code names is just a natural formality, one that keeps things professional because they are all used to acting like the hero when they are addressed that way.

Steve is surprised by the kiss. It's not something the other Avengers from his world would do. Whether they find him attractive or not, they give him too much room to consider trying that. The mantle keeps him apart from them even if Bucky has the shield. The confusion is so strong that Steve doesn't hide it, eyes wide and the confidence for once leaving his expression.]


Sam?

[It's not the name that catches him.]

I'm not- [That Steve? He doesn't know if there is anything between the two of them, and it seems too much like presuming for him to finish that thought. He doesn't know enough about Sam to make any judgments about what he might do under normal circumstances, and in the end he's left with more questions.]

You sure this is really a good idea?
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[personal profile] wingedman 2017-04-04 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Sam's used to a more informal structure - not sloppy, Steve would never let them be sloppy, but they've all lived together when off-duty, trained together. It's part of their cohesion as a team. (Was part of their cohesion.) And as far as Sam's concerned, Steve, any Steve, is just another man. That's how he's always treated the one back home, and that's how he's going to treat this one.]

I'm in a different damn dimension. [Sam laughs, but doesn't pull back. His hand slips to the back of Steve's neck, thumb stroking the skin there.] At a fertility festival on a moon. I'm not sure about anything, but I know how to do this. If you're interested, that is. If not...[He shrugs.] No hard feelings.
livingsymbol: ([S] Oh baby baby it's a wild world)

[personal profile] livingsymbol 2017-04-06 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
No hard feelings.

[Steve echoes Sam's statement, but it seems more like a question. Like Steve is figuring out what he thinks about it. He still doesn't pull back, and he doesn't answer right away either. It's not as if a kiss from a new friend puts him off. He just doesn't like to make these decisions lightly--maybe because he can get overwhelmed and end up doing that all too often.

But the invitation is genuine and that makes a difference. Steve leans in, kissing Sam with a deliberate restraint, pulling back just as it seems like he might push for more.]


I'm sure you know how to do a lot more than you're taking credit for right now. Give me some time to think about it. I'm still not sure what I'm doing here. This... I'd hate to start something and not be able to follow through.
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[personal profile] wingedman 2017-04-06 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sam lets Steve take the lead with the kiss; one of his hands settles in the small of his back, and the other cups his cheek, but he doesn't try to push for more, and he lets him pull away, as much as he might want more.]

All right. [He just shrugs casually; like he said, he's not going to hold his decision against him.] Want a drink? I think we could both use the chance to get to know each other.

[Which is the sort of thing normal people do before they proposition other people, Sam.]
livingsymbol: ([S] I'd follow you anywhere.)

[personal profile] livingsymbol 2017-04-14 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
It might be best to do some introductions, yeah.

[Steve smirks a little at the irony of that. It isn't lost on him, and even though he doesn't mind a kiss from Sam, he did basically just start getting to know the man. His first thought, even in the middle of the red lantern alley, isn't intimacy.]

Let's get a drink.