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.

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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

[distressedude]

[Oh. This is beginning to tread on dangerous ground, not unlike that conversation they had the last time they spoke to each other. Perhaps... this really was for the best. Even knowing his own feelings may be real, pushing those feelings on Kohan when he's already had to deal with false feelings of his own... how selfish of him, to have ever even considered it.]

[But why does his heart still ache so much? He's not so sure it's just the chocolate making him wish he could be closer to Kohan right now.]

...it's painful, isn't it. It would be certainly make life easier if we never had to deal with things like this...


[Whether caused by the malnosso or otherwise.]

[personafalsify]

Yeah.

[ In some ways, he's still afraid. Still afraid to take a risk and trust himself. He was so hurt the last time he was wrong about what he thought and felt. He doesn't want to go through that again. ]

Soon, though. Soon it'll be okay again.

[ ... won't it? ]

[distressedude]

[It takes a lot more effort than he's like to admit for him to manage that halfhearted smile in reply.]

...yes. After all... everything stops once the experiment is over.

[personafalsify]

... Yeah. It just... fades.

[ But he doesn't sound convinced. Before he can dwell on it, Kohan takes a breath and quickly changes the subject. ]

If they left this here, I'd probably want to visit this place more often.

[distressedude]

[Ion can't help bit wonder about that statement, but at the same time, a change of subject is more than welcome right now. He takes it right away.]

...I think I would be more inclined to come here as well. Most people only enjoy the hot springs when the weather is cold, but the cold weather is the reason I never come up here in the first place.

[personafalsify]

It is nice when it's cold out... But getting to and from the bath can be even worse. If you don't like that cold period before you get back and dried off...

[distressedude]

...all things considered, I would probably catch a cold before I even got wet.

[personafalsify]

Yeah right, you don't get sick that easily.

[ ... Right? ]

[distressedude]

You'd be surprised. I've managed to catch a cold in the middle of summer before, after all.

[personafalsify]

... That sounds like you got it from something else, then.

[distressedude]

I've always been like this, though. [He just usually never complains about it.] Anise always scolds me whenever I stay outside for too long during the winter, because I usually end up coming home with a fever... I've missed school a few times because of that.

[personafalsify]

... You should drink more juice. [ This will solve everything, yes. ]

[distressedude]

[The best advice!!] Perhaps I should give it a try. Though I already drink plenty of tea as it is, and that's supposed to be rather healthy for you...

[personafalsify]

Juice is different, though. It has vitamins, and things like that.

[distressedude]

Well, I do try to have at least one glass of orange juice at breakfast every day... do you really think more would help?

[personafalsify]

I think so. My--... Riku's mom had him drink a lot of juice whenever he got sick.

[ Oh whoops there goes that train of thought ]

[distressedude]

[Oh, Kohan. Saying things like that makes it even harder for Ion to fight the urge to go over and give him a hug -- and for a moment, he almost starts to shift over. But just as soon as he starts, he stops, realizing there are probably more than enough other reasons for why Kohan would want space right now instead. Especially in the hot spring.]

...then I'll take your word for it. Who knows, it could be the thing that finally helps me to get over this.

[personafalsify]

[ yeah no half-naked cuddlings thx ]

And if not... can't really hurt, can it? I've never heard of juice making anyone sick.

[distressedude]

[BUT IT COULD BE FUN.]

I imagine you'd have to drink an awful lot for it to have a negative effect.

[personafalsify]

Yeah, exactly.

... Not sure what else might help.

[distressedude]

Perhaps if I try asking around, I might find more suggestions? And... maybe with that, I'll get better even faster.

[He doesn't quite believe that, but maybe if he says it enough, he can pretend to believe it more convincingly.]

[personafalsify]

Sure. Who knows, maybe some world has some medicine that fixes you right up.

[ But actually believing that would be putting far too much faith in a long shot. ]