February Holiday Events!

[ten_fwd_mods]

♥    he loves me    ♥

Valentine's Weekend starts today! In honor of the holiday, your very own sneaky cupid Q will be doing a little omnipotent matchmaking - but no, he won't be putting on the diaper and the downy soft wings. It seems a small vial of Love Potion #9 was "accidentally" knocked over behind the bar, contaminating all of the drinks. If your character only consumes beverages produced by the replicators, you're in the clear; however, if your character orders from the bar, they are doomed to fall head-over-heels for the first person they see after taking their first sip.

Who your character falls for can be pre-arranged or completely random. Have they been working hard on a certain crush? Maybe they'd like to say hi to that cute guy across the room? Or perhaps they've been friends with this one girl forever and need a little push to take the next step? Plot with other players, or leave your posts OTA and go with whoever tags in first!

The effects will last from Friday, February 13th to Friday, February 20th!


♠    he loves me not    ♠

Perhaps omnipotent matchmaking isn't quite your thing, and you would much rather have someone a little more, well, human at the reins. It just so happens Mrs. Amelia Pond finds herself husbandless on Valentine's Day, of all days! Welcome to the inaugural year of Amy Pond's Blind Dating Service!

This event is entirely randomized, as it wouldn't be any fun any other way. You can sign up for romance, making new friends, or just meeting people you otherwise might not. OOC sign-ups will go on for a week here in this post, ending sometime on Friday, February 20th. Matches will be announced in the OOC comm that night. We will have a form in the comments section below where you can specify what type of date you're looking for. IC, Amy will have a post on Valentine's Day (that's this Saturday in the USA) where she will publicly announce her intentions and take IC sign-ups. The list of matches will then be published IC next Saturday, February 21st, along with a party post where dates can meet.



♣    we are never ever ever ever getting back together    ♣

Both of these plots sound like fun, but... What if you have a crotchety character who doesn't want to get involved? What if your character is too shy? Or maybe you are newly apped and haven't met any other characters yet? We have prepared a list of random scenarios to help your characters, in the same vein as a meme. We call this the "Date Gone Wrong" Plot Twist.

Your character(s):

(1) ...are locked in a closet together, or stuck in a malfunctioning turbolift for hours. What do they do?
(2) ...are forced to write and recite a love song/poem for their date. Do they go off the cuff, or spend hours making sure it's perfect?
(3) ...accidentally end up with the wrong date. Did that card say table 9 or table 6?
(4) ...are stood up. Well, that was rude! Here you got dressed to the nines and they didn't even have the courtesy to cancel! But they seek you out later, extremely penitent. Do you give them a second chance?
(5) ...have a friend sign you up. You think you're meeting your best pal for drinks, but they actually signed you up for a blind date and didn't tell you.
(6) ...get set up with your enemy. Of all the people you could have been matched with, why them? What's worse is you have to play nice through the whole date.
(7) ...make an embarrassing declaration. Was this a bad time to admit I'm pregnant?
(8) ...leave the bar. This formal date scene just isn't for them, so you hit up a replicator for a couple cheeseburgers and go on an adventure. Where do you end up?
(9) ...don't go on a date, but when they get back to their room they find flowers, chocolate, champagne - is it a secret admirer? Who could have done this?
(10) ...end up having a very successful date, and scoot off to find someplace more, ahem, private. Who could have anticipated the anti-grav chamber would be such a bad spot for sex?

These plot twists can be played with either of the events listed above, or a la carte if you have bigger and better ideas. Because they are random, their causes can be mysterious, blamed on the love potion, blamed on Q - remember, you're in space. Weird things happen.

If you're waiting for a character app to be processed, you can sign up as soon as you're cleared for comm access. We will keep reminding players about the sign-ups periodically through the end of the month so everyone has a chance to play!


➳   MARDI GRAS   ➳

Tuesday, February 17th, is Mardi Gras! Mardi Gras (also known as Fat Tuesday), is part of the Carnival celebrations, and serves as a good excuse to dress up, eat and drink rich foods, and have a good time. In honor of the holiday, Q (who is stunned humans could ever come up with such a fun celebration!) will transform Ten Forward into a bright and colorful party scene. Any food your character could possibly want, even if it's something the crew or the computers have never heard of before, will be available for feasting. Those who enter Ten Forward on Tuesday will be graced with costumes and carnival masks of the mun's choosing, as well as Mardi Gras beads. The beads will appear in strings around your character's neck, and throughout the day your character can give their beads to other characters as a symbol of attraction, friendship, or honor for some sort of accomplishment. Depending on what country you're from, Mardi Gras celebrations are all a little different, so please bring your country's favorite celebrations out on Tuesday for a little good fun! All effects will disappear by Wednesday.


WOW, that's a lot of events for February! And we'll be here to hit you with more in March! As always, all events are opt-in/opt-out, so if you're interested in one or several plots hit the comments section below and find the right top-level comment. If you're not, continue about your business. Here are the important dates and links one more time:

Now - February 20th: OOC Sign-ups for Blind Dating
Feb. 13th - 20th: Love Potion #9 Event
Feb. 14th: Valentine's Day! Amy Pond Begins IC Sign-ups for Blind Dating
Feb. 17th: Mardi Gras!
Feb. 21st: IC Blind Dates Announced + Party Post
Feb. 28th: Last Day for ALL February Events

>> OOC SIGN-UPS FOR BLIND DATING (RANDOM PAIRINGS)
>> OOC PLOTTING FOR LOVE POTION #9 (RANDOM OR PRE-PLANNED)
>> OOC PLOTTING FOR A LA CARTE "DATE GONE WRONG" SCENARIOS
>> OOC PLOTTING FOR MARDI GRAS
>> QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

Comments

MARDI GRAS!

[ten_fwd_mods]

Costumes? Masks? Beads? I'm having such a hard time deciding on what to do with my character.

Ideas? Plans? Evil enabling? Let's do this.

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[1st_starfighter]

I have Alex Rogan, Merlin, and Harry Dresden to throw at this, and I as yet, have no ideas. Save... masks!

Er, anyone else got ideas?

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[stark_spangled]

I would laugh if Merlin got thrown into this affair or this. XD

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[whereishe]

I don't know what to do!!! Though If there are costumes and masks Yuna will probably be there and silly excited.

I'm up for anything so let me know! I am going to try and actually think of ideas though this doesn't always end well for me.

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[dresdensluck]

There can be madcap magic costume craziness! Maybe there can be run ins with some of ours!

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[stark_spangled]

HELLO YOU!

So okay, I've been thinking a bit about Mardi Gras stuff and I know I'm going to put Steve in this terrible number, but I don't know if I'm going to give him his own post or just tag around. Since it's pretty late in the day, I may just tag around. But I want to see what you are up for with Steve and Yuna (or ANY of mine with Yuna, I can send her any of my others too!)

Did you just want to stick to Mardi Gras events, or were you interested in any of the other Valentines ideas? We'd talked about Steve and Yuna exploring the ship together before, so maybe scenario #8 from the Date Gone Wrong list would work for them? What do you think?

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[fishermansweater]

Okay guys, I can't do a heap with these plots because tag load but ... who wants Mardi Gras shenanigans with our resident celebrity playboy victor??

I am probably going to lock whatever post I do for tag load reasons so let me know if you want to do something.

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[ashen_key]

I feeeel we could toss together Mardi Gras and Finnick's Epic Dorky Poem of Dork. Annie doesn't really get to play around with costumes much, so, that could be fun?

[overprotective_hunter]

Alec needs to facepalm over the resident celebrity.

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[greystreetgabby]

OH MY GOD I JUST HAD A THOUGHT. WE NEED A MARDI GRAS KING AND QUEEN. FINNICK + ANNIE FTW???


OR wait should we do an actual IC election of silliness tomorrow with nominees and stuff? Do you think people would like that? I NEED TO GIVE SOMEONE A SHINY CROWN LIKE BURNING ALL OF A SUDDEN.

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[themerlin]

Merlin will likely be seen in various states of dress, of various shapes and genders, with wildly crazy costumes. Including just a floating mask, and possibly occasionally full-bodied wearing a mask and nothing else.

[treadswater]

Tentatively planning a Mardi Gras EP with my three ladies (Natasha, Gaila and Annie), but I do have homework to do and a bit of a tag backlog, so, hit me up for ideas and plots and things?

[themerlin]

Maybe I could snag a thread with Nat in that for Bruce if he gets in in time? And we can slowtime the heck out of it?

MARDI GRAS!

[magnetic_magpie]

Mags is going mysteriously bedecked in a ton of beads, all metal if that's all right. Costume I'll figure out this weekend. But he won't DO anything with them, because in general he doesn't have friends (though if any of the youngsters want shinies he'd give them to them because they are kids) and he finds tossing them at people because they are attractive crass. Clearly people should bother him.

ALSO the more German tradition he is familiar with is Pancake Tuesday/Doughnut Thursday so he's going to get him some kind of hot plate and be cooking. And feed anyone who wants any Sorry Roomie he's not sorry.

...he might attempt to drag this into the hall where he lives unless someone stops him. Or encourages him whatever fits your plotting needs!

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[doctorbrucebanner]

Merlin will likely be wandering around magically giving gifts and changing around his and others' costumes.

If you want your character's costume to change in some amusing or slightly embarrassing way, or for them to suddenly be sitting at a table with, like, a completely roasted suckling pig, or for candy to rain down on them at random moments, lemme know!

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[heirtothechair]

This is looking like the best option of the month for Marika.
Not that I know what she'll be doing, but details.


...Pirate wench costume instead of a Captain's?

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[bestworstqunari]

Bull plans to drink and have fun when he finds out it's a holiday basically dedicated to as much no masks though, and he already dresses in stuff that's basically holiday appropriately brightly colored. People should try to throw beads onto his horns from varying distances.

[therightpartner]

I'll have Peggy and Alec in on this.

Peggy will have costume (when I figure out what) and beads. Costume changing shenanigans are welcome. Actually any shenanigans with Peggy is welcome!

Alec will have beads which he could give to others. Costume changes by whammy will probably make him a grumpy demon hunter so that might be risky. LOL

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[immutablysam]

No ideas - but I'm definitely in for something. I'll gladly take a look through the ideas, and see where I can help out.

Steve Rogers | MCU

[stark_spangled]

I'm not sure what to do with Steve for Mardi Gras, so I'm looking for ideas. It could be a good opportunity to get him into a wild suit, maybe something like this or lmao this??

Help?

John Crichton | Farscape

[never_felt_better]

Like with Steve, I need some ideas here. I'm thinking of putting John in one of these, leaning heavily toward the Inca (Myan?) costume in the middle.

He'll also drink himself under the table with a n y b o d y . John's great at a party!

Kate Barlow | Holes (Western)

[ikissdhimbck]

Definitely hunting for costume ideas. The bigger, the better. I'd love to get her in one of those ornate headdresses, or a really nice mask.

She'll be mystified by the beads, but not offended. Hell, it might even be a good ice breaker. Kate has a pretty good sense of humor, and she could use a nice party.

Amy Pond-Williams | Doctor Who

[and_she_waited]

It's gonna happen.

Unless someone has any better ideas for me!

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[fishermansweater]

HEY GUYS. Mod Gabby and I (Mod JK in case you don't recognise me wearing my playboy) were wondering what interest there would be in an IC costume contest as part of the Mardi Gras festivities? What do you think? We were thinking a spot to comment to enter on the starting log?

Jack Benjamin | Kings

[whathemademe]

Jack's always up for a good party! He may even hide behind a mask. um but if people want to snatch him up for a thread, I am definitely enablable.