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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-02-29 07:36:00

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:mary wesson, :mingle, aidan reilly, aigis, carl grimes, charlotte charles, euphemia li britannia, felix gaeta, han solo, haruka tenoh, ianto jones, jack harkness, james howlett/logan, kanji tatsumi, kaya, kazuki makabe, kija, kitty pryde (aoa), leia organa, link, lyle dylandy, malcolm reynolds, martha jones, mgann morzz, michiru kaiou, nathan harris, nico di angelo, pavel chekov (au), rebecca crane, sam winchester, sarah williams, soushi minashiro, spencer reid, spike, suzaku kururugi, ton phanan, trowa barton, victor frankenstein, yuuki kuran, yuuri shibuya, zero kiryuu

DAY 365 — Anniversary Festival Mingle

Happy Day 365, Marina Nova!

Hear ye, hear ye! Inmates, prisoners, fellow underwater dwellers! Lend me your ears and hands and actually just bring all of you because we're having a ye olde Renaissance Faire to celebrate a full year in this bubble under the sea!

The dome has of course been decked out appropriately. Flickering torches light the pathways, interspersed with larger bonfires that you can cosy up to with that special someone - or perhaps just a glass of honey mead. Pennant banners hang across the gates and along the buildings, sporting the proud coat of arms of the prison (a lot of purple and octopi, for some reason) and many of the clothing stores offer time-appropriate options for those of you who still knows how to have fun. The kiosk has even been re-imagined into a castle.

Many areas within the dome has activities to partake in and, if you're skilled or lucky or both, prizes to win!

Sector 5 Gamegrounds: What better way to show your bravery than by participating in a series of tests of strength and cunning? Sector 5 provides the inmates with a chance to try such varied sports as varpa, caber tossing, ring toss or the very dignified sport of rövkrok, a type of wrestling that requires skill as well as no sense of shame. Not tough enough for you? There are also friendly foam weapons and armor available for those who want to engage in a chivalrous bout of hand to hand combat, test your archery skills — or maybe convince another prisoner to give you a piggyback ride and go jousting!

Competitors that do well enough and show outstanding bravery may be rewarded with a handful of rehab points, or a personalized pennant — or maybe a kiss from the lord or lady of your choosing!

Less violent activities: Not into skewering your neighbors on spears? Maybe you'd rather relax with a game of knucklebones, pick up sticks or Nine Men's Morris. Boards and instructions are readily available in several areas. If you're more creatively inclined there's also activity tables on offer where you can create your own coat of arms, bind yourself a flower crown or learn the art of illumination.

Food: The food carts in sector 0 are now carrying food fit for the occasion. Whole roasted pigs and poultry, wild rabbit in plum sauce, thick beef stews smelling of rich saffron, roasted vegetables (no potatoes here, no sir!) and cream-stewed cabbage for the vegetarians among us. If you're still hungry there's saffron pancake, ginger and clove cookies or bread pudding with raisins for dessert. There's plenty of mulled wine, honey mead, foaming beer, honeyd applewater and lingonberry juice to wash it down with. Enjoy!

Dance: As is custom, there will be a dance at the beach at the end of the day. Great fires will roar and a band of robots will strike up music suitable for dancing! Dress up in your finest satin and velvet, brush the extrement off your shoes and grab a partner!

Enjoy!

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forceful
2016-03-06 04:23 pm UTC (link)

[ but he has leia on his arm — leia, who is openly showering him with affection. she may go out of her way at times to uphold some modicum of professionalism in regards to her many stations, but in the absence of them, he's no longer required to trail after her like a silent sentinel. they can hold hands and fraternize like any other couple would without it being inappropriate or a larger issue. ]

Oh, quit your complaining. [ she jabs him in the ribs. ] I could've made you wear that. [ she points to a shop window and the costume on display. ]

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	bloodstriped 2016-03-06 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	[ It's a good point to be made, and Han is quietly reveling in the affection. Just a little harder to fully appreciate it knowing the only reason he's got so much of it is because they're both stuck in prison. ] You could've tried. And you caught me off guard getting me into this one, anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forceful 2016-03-06 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	If catching you off guard translates to you sleeping through me going shopping in some alien tongue, then yes. I completely caught you off guard. [ eyeroll. an affectionate eyeroll. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 12:37 am UTC (link)
	It does, and you know it. [ Affectionately annoyed. ] You find anything interesting other than these flowers? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forceful
2016-03-07 12:40 am UTC (link)

Questionable dishes, foam weapons, and a dance floor.

[ a questioning glance up at him from somewhere below his shoulder.

can han dance? it strikes leia that she honestly doesn't know. all the times she danced in his presence were with other dignitaries for purely political reasons. all about getting up close and personal with someone to talk up the alliance — something han wasn't there to do. she was the dancer, he was... well, at the time, their cargo runner and oftentimes, ride to the party. ]

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	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 01:53 am UTC (link)
	[ He misses the look. Dancing isn't really something he does. It's not an unfamiliar concept, but it's not something he's about to jump at, either. ] Sounds like they're trying really hard to have a party. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forceful
2016-03-07 02:57 am UTC (link)

[ but will he miss the frown? ]

A little too hard, if you ask me. Not that I'm not enjoying myself, [ and a large part of that has everything to do with him ] but it's a little too convenient that they're throwing some sort of grand celebration for this so-called anniversary. Almost as if its deliberately designed to distract us from that marker, and perhaps something else.

[ her hand slips into his. ] But I don't feel anything. [ and she sounds almost disappointed by that. ]

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	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 03:40 am UTC (link)
	[ The frown is, in fact, very noticed. So is her hand. He squeezes it after a second and considers the last thing she said. ] What were you expecting to feel? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forceful 2016-03-07 03:56 am UTC (link)
	I don't know. A disturbance. Something. [ one day the other shoe is going to drop, and all she can do is hope this stang legacy anakin skywalker left her allows her to pick up on it before that shoe hits the ground. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 04:12 am UTC (link)
	[ That sounds an awful lot like what Obi-Wan had called it when he felt Alderaan, but Han isn't dumb enough to say that out loud. ] Seems plenty disturbing to me. [ Cracking a dumb joke is not much better. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forceful
2016-03-07 04:17 am UTC (link)

That's not what I meant.

[ but she doesn't elaborate. now wasn't the time or place to touch upon how deep she's dug her heels into something she doesn't have much of a real understanding for. though really, how far off was she from knowing what luke did? it wasn't like he had much guidance, either. guesswork was really their best bet, and she'd be doing just as much of it back home, though she'll fully admit that prison life has pushed her to explore this part of herself more readily than she was willing to before. ]

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	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 05:16 am UTC (link)
	[ It might not be the time or place to go into detail about how, from his perspective, she's gone from throwing things at ghosts to having feelings. But they're stuck here, so they might as well make it the time and place for something. ] Yeah, I know. So there's no disturbances. Doesn't mean we can't find something somewhere. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forceful 2016-03-07 06:09 am UTC (link)
	With what means? [ she huffs in frustration. ] For once, I don't want to run around looking for answers. I want enjoy today. [ she squeezes his hand. ] If we come across something, fine, we'll deal with it, but let's not seek it out. Okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bloodstriped
2016-03-07 06:35 am UTC (link)

Okay. [ There's a brief squeeze of her hand. ] Whatever you say, sweetheart.

[ It's not like he can argue when he has flowers on his head. He could always try, is tempted to if only because the longer he stops to think about this place the more anxious and uneasy he feels, but half that anxiety is knowing how long she'd been here alone. And given how little relaxing she ever did back where they both needed to be, he can't bring himself to try making her stop. ]

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	forceful 2016-03-07 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	[ whatever she says? don't tell her that, but she would've likely tugged on his hand and begun leading him towards the dance floor regardless. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 03:33 pm UTC (link)
	[ Oh, no. This was not what he meant, but it's probably too late to pull up now. She's leading him out there and he's still got flowers on his head. ] You should pick one or the other. [ He is not doing both flowers and dancing simultaneously. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forceful 2016-03-07 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	Take that crown off and you're a dead man. [ don't make her order you to keep it on. she is fully willing to abuse every single power she has over you to keep those flowers in his hair. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 03:59 pm UTC (link)
	[ Whoa. How did he not see that coming? His free hand, with the band, is raised in surrender. ] Fine, fine. Don't do anything drastic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

forceful
2016-03-07 04:36 pm UTC (link)

I knew you'd see things my way.

[ said slyly as she tugs him the rest of the way. they're on the edge of the dance floor, at the least, and she guides his hands to their proper resting spots on her waist. hers come up to rest on his shoulders, and since she has no idea what his range of dancing involves, so she won' try to get him to do anything fancier than just swaying to the music. ]

Don't worry; nobody's going to care that you're wearing flowers. Half these people don't even know who you are.

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bloodstriped
2016-03-07 05:29 pm UTC (link)

[ Not like he has much choice. He doesn't mind the lack of choice, though. He's not in the mood to bicker about it, and definitely more worried about stomping on her feet than how he looks with flowers on his head. ]

I'm not usually the one people recognize at parties like this.

[ She is, because she's the royal rebel leader and he's just the ride to the ball. He's swaying well enough, though, even shuffling his feet a little so they aren't just standing there. ]

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forceful
2016-03-07 07:16 pm UTC (link)

In case you haven't noticed, this isn't exactly my kind of party. Those who do know me [ from those force-forsaken films or otherwise ] don't care who I'm dancing with. Relax. [ her hands come up to frame the sides of his neck for a moment. ] Madine's not going to come waltzing out from behind a tent. Here, it's just you and me. ...and Ton Phanan, but thankfully we both outrank him and he doesn't have a say.

[ a smile. indulge her this once and at least try to dance. please? ]

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	bloodstriped 2016-03-07 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	[ Thankfully. But it is much more her party than Han's, and he's trying to indulge her. He's just bad at it. ] Yeah. [ He sighs, and shuffles another couple steps. ] Yeah, I get it. Still gonna try to not trip you. [ It requires a certain unrelaxed level of concentration. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forceful 2016-03-08 04:24 am UTC (link)
	[ her fingers graze his cheeks for a moment, hands settle back on his shoulders. ] Follow my lead and you won't. Though I suppose this answers my question. [ can han dance? no, he can't. ] You never learned? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bloodstriped 2016-03-08 05:24 am UTC (link)
	[ He's following as best he can. Not too bad, actually, once he's more familiar with the movement. ] Wasn't any reason to. [ They've already gone over what he spent most of his time doing before they met. She can probably guess, very easily, why there was never a reason. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	forceful 2016-03-08 05:31 am UTC (link)
	Well, [ seemingly unable to keep her hands still, the fingers of one tug at his costume's collar ] you have one now. Unless you intend to stand back while I dance with everyone but you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)