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Who: Everyone
What: The open April log.
When: The month of April.
Where: All over.
Notes: N/A

April Open Log

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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[Wanda releases a low pleased huff of laughter.]

Is that so?

What would you do with me if you had me?

[She likes Rhy and while she doesn't think he's entirely serious, it's a lot of fun to flirt and it isn't something she gets to do a lot of.]

[Oh the things. He reaches out, running his fingers lightly across the back of her hand.]

Ensure that you sleep very well at night.

[Wanda grins, her smile kind and warm.]

Thank you Rhy.

If I find myself in need of a good night I'll let you know. [It's a sweet offer though she knows Rhy fairly well by now and she isn't interested in a single night of pleasure.]

[What a shame.]

Then you're looking for someone to be in a relationship with? Perhaps I can assist you in finding someone worthy of your splendor.

[Her smiles remains warm and inviting. Wanda likes Rhy and she's happy that he isn't upset by her refusal for a one night stand. She wants them to continue being friends.]

Thank you Rhy but do you think you can find someone like that?

[After today she's uncertain.]

I will endeavor to do so.

[He smiles and gestures around them.] I am a decent judge of character.

I look forward to it. Maybe you'll find someone here for me?

[At least if he isn't interested in them.]

Well, you shall of course have to tell me some of what you see,, before I can make a good show of it.

What I see?

[She glances around but her eyes eventually land back on Rhy.]

How about what I've liked in the past? Someone who likes me for me and isn't scared of me. [Her smile breaks slightly.] You'd be surprised how hard that is to find.

Why would people be afraid of you?

[Rhy cannot fathom it at all, and he definitely seems very confused.]

[Wanda lifts her fingers where sparks of red mist dance around each digit.]

Where I am from, powers like this are rare and what I can to... [Her lips press together in a tight line before she once again relaxes in her seat.] The media referred to me as a weapon. It's true, to a degree. I have a lot of power.

I don't want to ever misuse it but people are afraid of what they don't understand.

[His eyes are on the curl of power, and he can't help but smile.]

That's beautiful, what you do. You're not a weapon. You're art.

Yes but I don't think most see it that way.

But maybe this place is different.

[This place is definitely different. People haven't been judging him for his lack of magic.]

Well, you are here, are you not?

[She smiles and looks away bashfully.]

You got me.

I am. [She should probably stop thinking like that but its a hard thing to shake.]

[Perhaps it is hard to shake. But he’s seen worse.]

Have faith. I believe happiness will find you.

Thank you.

[With that, their date comes to an end and they are directed to another pair.]