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

[wise_maiden]

I've seen you around children. You do have a certain gentleness that... stands out with them. It must only make it harder on you.

[greenjacketed]

[ he's taken aback by her compliment -- it even widens his eyes, only slowly giving way to a slight smile. it's not a bad thing to hear about one's self.

even still: ] Ah, lass. If I'm decent wiv'em, I'm nothin' in comparison to yourself. Corralling a whole bloody school of them! If my little girl ever turned up here, you can be sure I'd see her education in good hands like yours.

[wise_maiden]

[As always, compliments cause her to blush, even if she's not aware of it.] ... Well, I do appreciate the thought. Although my point was... for you not to sell yourself too short, even where home is concerned.

[greenjacketed]

...I had no parents of my own, Miss Sage. I'm not sure I'd even know how to be father if given the chance.

[wise_maiden]

Being a parent isn't exactly something you can groom for. Even people who have grown up in more ... standard circumstances can have trouble sometimes. All I'm suggesting is... don't be afraid to be a part of her life, even if you're not the one raising her.

[greenjacketed]

...I suppose I'd like that, should her uncle permit it.

[wise_maiden]

You won't know without trying, someday. Hopefully you can come to that conclusion for yourself when you need to.

[greenjacketed]

Here's my predicament, miss. I won't remember this resolve when I go home, will I?

[wise_maiden]

Indeed... which is why I said that we can only hope an idea like it comes to you when you're back there. Situations... can change.

[greenjacketed]

[ and if he's very lucky, the situation back home might change quite dramatically should jane gibbons accept his proposal. not that he allows that thought to bind his hands here in luceti. he's a good man, but he ain't that good. ]

I reckon there's things all of us want to keep in mind upon our eventual returns, eh?

[wise_maiden]

Oh, I wouldn't doubt it. No matter how this place might seem... there's still a learning experience in it. [She too, had to learn that the hard way.]

[greenjacketed]

And this -- [ he waves at the whole party ] -- is quite the experience. But I'm afraid I must take my leave, ma'am. I've a girl to keep an eye on.

[wise_maiden]

Oh, goodness, don't let me keep you. But I do thank you for the company.