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

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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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So sorry - I thought I'd replied to this!!!

foreverjack
2016-03-15 02:48 pm UTC (link)

[His mouth twists wryly when she admits she doesn't even know if Reid would get jealous over seeing them dancing, but he's trying to be good because, even if he doesn't really understand all the tiptoe-ing around, he does want Kitty and Reid to get back together, doesn't he? He always has! It's only that day of being married that's changed things, opened his eyes to feelings he never really acknowledged before but which are hard to shove back in the box once they've been out.]

Okay. [With a gentle squeeze of her hand, still holding his. They probably ought to watch that, too, in case Reid is looking their way, but frankly Jack's going to take whatever he can get right now.] I'm glad things are going better with him. I don't want to get in the way of that.

[Mostly.]

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It happens!

kitty_has_claws
2016-03-15 06:09 pm UTC (link)

Thanks for understanding. [Or accepting it anyway. She smiles softly at him, not minding the hand holding right now. She never apologized for hand holding!]

I am too. [It's exciting and it makes her happy, but also...] It still feels so fragile, you know? Like any wrong word or thing and I'm just going to lose him again. [It does feel stronger each day and her confidence with it is returning, but she hasn't really talked about this part of it with anyone. And as complicated as things can be with her and Jack they never feel complicated. Whereas she definitely can't talk to Pavel about it anymore. This is why she needs more female friends, isn't it?]

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:-)

foreverjack
2016-03-18 09:06 pm UTC (link)

[She definitely needs more female friends. They might actually understand the fragility of what she's going through. Jack really doesn't. He's not the sort of person who deals with subtleties. He hits things full in the face and if they don't work out, then so be it.

Still, he may not get it, but he is loyal.] I'm sure you'll work it out between the two you. [His mouth twists wryly.] I may have my gripes with him, but one those is how stubborn he is. And right now, I guess that's working in your favour. He'll make it work, or die trying!

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kitty_has_claws
2016-03-20 03:45 pm UTC (link)

[Her current female friends are Rebecca and Chuck who aren't all that different than Jack anyway, but at least there's no UST? At least none she's aware of.]

That...would be nice. Not the dying part, but... [She doesn't really see it that way though. He was the one who decided to end it. She was the one who was stubborn wanting to make it work. As hopeful as she is that part is still painful. Feeling like she could be discarded if things get hard is exactly the part that feels fragile to her now. Things always get hard. That's what life is.] Someone who wants to fight for me.

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	foreverjack 2016-03-23 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	[He bites his lip to stop himself saying he'd fight for her, and shrugs rather helplessly instead.] I think once he decides that's what he wants, he'll fight for you? [Right? And that seems to be where he is at the moment? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-23 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	[You already have someone else to be fighting for, Harkness! And you had a lot of chances to try before getting back together time.] Seems to be. [She looks thoughtful for a moment and nods.] It would be great if that's how it went. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2016-03-23 09:13 pm UTC (link)

[If this had been six months ago, before blue bands and Ianto and monogamy, he could well have been fighting for them both. The idea that he has to choose one or the other is still a relatively new one - or at least a new one for him to have accepted - and he can't help slipping now and then.

He takes a breath and gives her a rueful smile, finally and rather deliberately letting her hand drop.]

Well, let's hope that's how it goes! I... should probably go. I'll see you around, okay?

[He's not being very convincing, he knows, but somehow, conman or no conman, he's unable to pretend entirely that he's okay with this, even for her sake. He hopes he's also being firm enough that she won't make a big thing about it.]

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kitty_has_claws
2016-03-23 09:21 pm UTC (link)

Of course you will. [There's no scenario where she's just going to be okay with not having him in her life at this point. Jack is important to her even if Reid is the one she's fighting for.

And maybe if she were a less monogamous person or had been raised in a culture where she was more exposed to other ways of doing these things or maybe if she just had less trauma over loss and abandonment and didn't need as tight of a bond...

But that's not how it was.]

Have fun? Dance with lots of people?

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	foreverjack 2016-03-23 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	[He flashes her a grin that's a whole lot more natural and less belligerent.] You bet! [She gets his customary cheeky salute, and then he's gone, off to see if he can dance up a storm with those people here who'll actually have him.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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