EVENT LOG: FEATHERLY HAVEN RESORT & SPA

[lucetimods]

Who: All the lovebirds!
What: A bit of pampering and hijinks. Original event post here.
When: Feb 17th
Where: The Featherly Haven Resort & Spa (aka the hot springs)
Rating: If you feel your thread is heading for something steamier, please either fade to black or take it to an appointments post.

Also -- don't forget to add in your own character tags!

On the 17th, all characters will find an embossed invitation tucked inside the front cover of their journals, asking them to gather up by the hot springs for a marvelous party at the Featherly Haven Resort & Spa. Upon arriving, they’ll find that the area has been temporarily transformed into a luxurious vacation retreat. Although the weather is just as chilly as it should be in mid-February, the hot springs are compellingly warm and once the sun sets, the area is lit by grand torches. The usual hot springs buildings are somewhat incredibly replaced with what looks like a swanky resort -- though the building itself will disappear soon after the Shift’s end. There is a sizeable lobby, complete with plump couches and a droid-staffed bar. Each and every one of the hotel’s rooms is a honeymoon suite, stocked with champagne and fondue and yet more platters of fresh fruit. Courteous (albeit stoic) droids tend massage chairs and manicure stations on the resort's first floor, shaded by billowing, cream-coloured curtains. Others will be passing around festively coloured drinks, platters of fresh fruit, and -- of course -- huge complimentary towels to wrap up in once your soaking is complete: the whitest and fluffiest and most spa-like towels you ever did see.

Available both in the rooms, outside by the hotsprings, and in heaps inside the lobby, are little foil-wrapped and bite-sized chocolates. As with other items in previous years, each of these chocolates comes with a dizzying side-effect upon consumption:

White Chocolate will overwhelm its consumer with the desire to talk and -- more specifically -- the desire to share. Upon eating this treat, characters will want to chat the ear off of anyone near them, perhaps spilling some personal details in the process. But being chatty is a two way street, and so they will also press upon their conversation partners for details of their own lives. It’s a lethal combination: a nosy over-sharer.

Milk Chocolate will flush its consumer with the desire to be warm and affectionate with those around them. Hugs and kisses on the cheek will abound. Upon eating this treat, characters will want to throw their arm around those near them -- clasping close friends and associates alike. Personal space is no longer an issue.

Dark Chocolate will inspire quite another flavour of affection in its consumer. Upon eating this treat, a character’s libido takes over the driving seat. Many people around them become terribly terribly attractive and, as lust courses through the character’s system, they’ll hope to convince someone back to their suite for a little hanky panky.

Chocolate Coated Marzipan -- smooth and silky on the tongue -- evokes a spontaneous sense of...marital bliss. Those who chow down on this treat will find themselves tracking down someone they know they simply don’t want to live without. Whether this is someone they were previously attracted to in the week or a total stranger, your character will find themselves proposing marriage. And, (in)conveniently for them, all marriages may take place in the resort’s own Vegas-style wedding chapel! All ceremonies will be performed by a droid-officiant who looks disturbingly like Elvis Presley. Witnesses are optional but encouraged.

Comments

[cilantro]

[Cilan seems vaguely surprised at that--as far as he's aware of, you're very well liked in his world. (And if he had ever heard anyone call the Subway Bosses "creepy" or "suspicious", he would definitely be having words with that person... >_>) He looks down at his hands, only now remembering Pansage's existence, who seems to have fallen asleep at some point by us either before or shortly during Emmet's presence here.]

As a Connoisseur or even as a Gym Leader, you need to get used to criticism you may receive from others of the same profession who don't agree with your opinions on certain tastes. I don't let that bother me, it's only natural to have different perspectives--even I have had disagreements with others over things like that. [If you can call them "disagreements" since they usually involve Pokemon fighting to prove who's right and who's wrong. Being unhappy because he came out on top over them or having a different opinion than him is not what bothers him (well unless that opinion is very wrong but ssshhh) it's when he's being disliked for just how he is. Cilan takes out a pokeball to recall Pansage now--a part of him is maybe a little thankful that his Pokemon isn't awake to have to witness how awkward he feels. But now he's feeling kind of restless again, and without really thinking about it, he's using his now more available arms to properly hug Emmet himself now--an act he normally wouldn't really do in public because he would worry about being too forward around someone who might not appreciate it. But this feels nice.] I'm just surprised...and...actually, maybe a little overjoyed that you would think that I was "special", let alone more than just as a friend...

[And yes, Emmet's free to think there's an emphasis on the word "you"--he would have likely thought you'd be interested in people with more...ah, appealing tastes than us.]

[infinitegrin]

[Emmet hugs back, pleased by Cilan's response. He could feel his heart pounding in his ears, and it'd been a while since he felt this sort of elation around someone. Cilan's hesitance about his "worthiness", or however it was actually being interpreted, worried Emmet to some degree... but it was washed a bit in how happy he was to have a level of reciprocation and appreciation.]

Is it okay? If I ask to be with you, is that okay?

[He still hadn't heard what Cilan felt for him, after all. Even Emmet could show a level of restraint and hesitance.]

[cilantro]

[Right-minded Cilan would think this was rather sudden and wondering if this was something better handled at a different date to properly sort out how he actually felt and such (is this really "romantic" or "familial" or "really good friends" or what) and should we be worried about Ingo potentially killing us over this. Experiment-influenced Cilan, who is only dimly aware at the moment of the possibility of Luceti "shenanigans" at work here, is far too comfortable where he is right now and saying no would not only be a really depressing taste, it would be kind of a cold one too. Besides, right-minded or not, he likes the feeling of being with or wanted by someone, romantically or otherwise.

Cilan doesn't quite have a vocal reply--he's starting to actually notice that he's been sharing some rather odd or personal thoughts of his more than he normally would and he's a little nervous that whatever he says next is going to somehow go even further off the rails. If he has to bite his tongue for that then so be it as he gives a slight nod, hugging Emmet a little tighter...though he's Cilan, he can't really be that quiet forever as he speaks a little absentmindedly.]

...As long as it's not a station we're rushing towards, of course. [If that...makes sense...? More things to add to the list of things we will regret saying when the experiment wears off on us? Knowing our luck, maybe, but for now, he's fine with being close like this.]

[infinitegrin]

Right. Arrive on schedule, of course.

[Emmet's happy, and it feels like that's all he's ever needed to hear. He holds Cilan close, easily dismissing any worries and simply enjoying the happiness of the moment as it stood.]

[cilantro]

[There's probably a conversation that needs to be had at some point--properly explain that whole "worthiness" issue and such, but as it is, Cilan's pretty content now and more than happy to keep hugging Emmet. Why is it that he hadn't thought about doing that more often?

...Oh right, common decency and something about other people's personal space. The latter of which he had a habit of ignoring to an extent, but even then he never usually hugs people or even his friends--usually he's a little concerned that it would seem too improper or unwanted. So enjoy the cuddling while you can, Emmet, this is probably the most hugging Cilan's done for anyone that wasn't his brothers and he may be slightly reluctant to do so much hugging again at first when the experiment wears off...]