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Sphere Mods ([personal profile] sphererpmod) wrote in [community profile] spherememing2020-05-15 09:29 pm
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May/June Test Drive Meme

May/June Test Drive Meme

All you need is love.
So the Sphere heard that some of you guys are lonely. It doesn’t want you to be lonely so it has decided that even though it’s not really February the people within its confines and connected to them deserve to have a sort of Valentine’s Day anyway. Celebrating love (all sorts of love, definitely not merely the romantic sort) is on display. Think pink and red and white and loads of hearts and rainbows.

all you need is some kind of love.
In the middle of the merchant dome, some of the stalls pushed aside a large pink and white stripped tent is set up. Inside is a series of small tables, each set up with numbers and two seats each. When people go in and register to receive the number, they are given three initial options. Option one is romantic dating with further subcategories based on gender preferences (if any) and orientation. The second option is for friendship. The Sphere wants you to make friends! A third option only open to the adults within the Sphere is for hooking up and no strings attached sex. That is also sectioned by orientation and preferences.

Each option you pick allows people to talk for five minutes before people move onto the next person. At each station is the option for ice breaker cards. Think would you rather or describe your perfect date (date date or a friendship date. Whichever you’re working on.) Should players wish it, there are various unnamed NPCs around for people to chat up, hook up with or whatever. Go a little bit nuts with it.

it's all for a good cause
John put a post up that calls for the option to sign up for (or to be signed up by someone else) for a date that’s auctioned off. She somehow managed to convince Max to host said auction (but don’t ask how. You don’t want to know what she had on him) so he is your MC for the night.

The gala takes place in the same tent as the speed dating, but it’s been made over to look rather gala like. There’s fairy lights and silk on the tables and an open bar with circulating free champagne. And everything else of course. As always with the sphere there’s food in abundance, things that typically one might think of in a romantic context: strawberries and oysters and chocolate and finger foods. It’s that sort of party. None of it has any effect though. Too many people imbibing for that.

There’s a small band playing for people who are interested in dancing, and various NPCs are currently using it. It’s a good party, lively and inviting.

i get by with a little help from my friends.
So, you know how the people within the Sphere tend to force festivals on you? Well, a big part of those is always food and gifts. These particular foods and gifts tend to come in the form of small valentine’s cakes or candy, or flowers for those not inclined for food. The flowers are yellow however, because this isn’t about love. This is about friendship. There’s signs for free hugs, and random people have been hired to go about telling folks that so and so is their friend. Even if they’re not. But they’ll still follow you down the street and spout things like poetry and cheers in the honor of epic friendships. Even if they’re not really all that epic--the friendships or the poetry.

let's go to the movies, let's go see the stars
Some people may remember a few months ago when Alex badgered Max into letting them have an open area movie screening. This time she didn’t need to do it! In the middle of the rec dome, a large screen has been set up, and there’s space for people to have blankets or chairs from home set up in front of the screen. Various vendors have set up carts or stalls here and there, selling the sort of foods that one would expect at the movies (popcorn, homemade candies, soda, juice, wine and beer, nachos and that sort of thing) along with some that one may not expect: (full curry dinners, burgers, basically a bit like a food truck festival. If you can imagine it it’s there.)

Before the movie, there’s cartoons running, some familiar, and some not, and this is an event that people have seemed to have taken to well. Children run around here taken with the idea for the movie, and it’s a fun, summery festive sort of atmosphere with a community vibe, despite the wine and beer for sale.

we're heckling! it's good to be heckling again!
The movie is a buddy movie double feature, and both of them are rated R, but there’s no one checking IDs so go nuts. The movies that are being shown are Hot Fuzz and The Heat because that’s just what buddy comedies happen to be. But movies aren’t to everyone’s taste and there are some people who have taken this to go full on commentary about them. Do you join in or shush them? It’s entirely up to you!

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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-01 04:30 am (UTC)(link)

"Not too complicated, then." It was spoken with a straight face and it was anyone's guess whether or not Sephiroth was being serious. It sounded like a work of fiction, but those tended toward the convoluted and grandiose. Heavens knew Genesis had crammed enough literature into his head. The thought of his lost friend came with a pang of sadness he shoved into the background to focus on the present.

"Is that not how people work?"

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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-01 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Not too complicated? Tommy wanted to laugh. He likes this guy.

"Perhaps it is, but here doesn't work like normal things work. You get used to it. Might take you a few months. Takes slow people time to get used to it."
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-05 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)

"You'll find I'm not as slow as you believe." Though the implication wasn't lost on the man. "How does it differ?"

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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-09 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, really? Tommy laughs.

"If you manage it better, I'll owe you. But this place is weird. Nightmares haunt us. Your memories get posted where everyone can see and experience them. Oh, and sometimes the place tries to fall apart around us. You know, no big."
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-12 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
His expression darkens, but there is no distress let alone panic in those strange, slightly glowing eyes. If anything, there is an idling anger, cool in its certainty. This is a man whose wrath you don't want to ignite. It's in the subtle tension of his jaw, the square of his shoulders, the twitch of his fingers for his missing weapon. This is a man who contains seemingly limitless patience, but also a man who could burn the whole world down.

"I was right, then. Rats in a maze."
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-15 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Patience, fuck that shit. Sometimes you gotta watch shit burn. Provided it doesn't hurt good people.

"Don't look at it like that. That's just depressing. Think of it like a life you didn't get back home. It's what it is for me and my mom. You'll adjust."
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-17 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Watching is pointless. The fire is an end.

"I don't need a new life."

He wants his old one back.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-17 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
No, it's a beginning. It's a phase change.

"Well, you have it for now. Best make the most of it."
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-18 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but at what cost?

He frowned at that response, crossing his arms and looking off down the street. What did he do with so much time on his hands?

"Does this place have a library?"
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-18 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man, that’s a question Tommy doesn’t actually have a good answer to. “Maybe? Probably. Probably yes I could look if you want.”
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-19 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Sephiroth arches an eyebrow at the other man, the corner of his mouth twitching upward slightly before he nods.

"I would appreciate it."
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-19 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right. Stay here."

Tommy's gone in a rush that Sephiroth would be able to follow some of. And he's back, in about five minutes, grinning.

"Found some. But mostly it seems like the books are associated with the school.
Edited 2020-12-19 18:04 (UTC)
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-21 12:54 am (UTC)(link)

He watches curiously as Tommy makes his way off, frowning after he's disappeared.  That level of movement speed shouldn't be humanly possible. Was he also some sort of altered experiment? He busied himself waiting for the other's return by looking around at his surroundings.   When Tommy does return, he's actually leaning against a low railing nearby, reading what appears to be a takeout menu from one of the local cafes.

"There's nothing wrong with reading school books.  They may contain a wealth of information about the place." He closes the menu, tucking it away into a pocket of his coat. "That's impressive speed."

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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-22 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know that they have a wealth of information about here, so much as just a wealth of information," Tommy shrugs as he grabs a menu as well and stuffs it into the bag at his side.

"Thanks. I'm normally faster, but you've gotta be careful with sonic booms whenever is surrounded by glass domes, right?"
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-26 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I imagine the domes aren't made of glass." It didn't make physical sense that domed glass could survive the pressure around them. "But we all appreciate your attention to detail." He shrugged slightly. "Textbooks have their uses."
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-26 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Attention to detail. Tommy wants to snort in amusement.

"I'm just trying not to kill all of us because I'm impatient."
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[personal profile] wutaiwarhero 2020-12-30 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
He smirked. "Which is appreciated."
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2020-12-31 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, so I've heard."

Tommy laughs and offers a salute, and then he's just gone.