MOVE-IN DAY
Welcome to Cadelle, cuddlers! The city is — for the most part, at least — very happy with the first wave of volunteers who have chosen to spend time here! To help everyone get settled a little easier, Mayor Drake and her team have put together a series of helpful booths, each staffed by friendly citizen volunteers who are more than ready to answer any questions characters may have.
▸ First things first: visitors will need to visit City Hall to officially enroll as a Cadelle citizen. Once complete, they'll receive their Welcome Packet, which will include all of the most important items for settling in. Characters will find keys to their apartment and associated mail box, their housing assignment, and their pre-activated CuddleCard, ready to go. In addition, the volunteer coordinators have included a newly printed map of the city, as well as contact information for various city-run organizations, just in case!
▸ Due to the influx of energy from all of the new visitors, the city’s computer systems have been experiencing some "minor hiccups". While this is nothing to be concerned about, characters may find themselves mildly inconvenienced — they may have received keys that don’t work in their door, or been issued someone else's room assignment unknowingly!
▸ If they've arrived during regular business hours, characters are, of course, able to visit the maintenance office on the first floor of each building for help switching out their mismatched keys or determining their correct assignment. However, getting settled after hours will require a little extra creative problem solving — like asking a new friend if sharing a bed for the night seems reasonable, sleeping on the couches in the public lounges downstairs, or maybe even roughing it for the night outdoors. (Of course, there's always the frowned-upon methods of breaking and entering... not that you heard it from us!)
▸ As with any move-in day, there’s bound to be lots to see and do. Characters may need help carrying their things, or even just help finding their way around. If they're lucky enough to find their room without problem, they may not be so lucky in their assignment. They may find themselves living underneath someone who's got to be part elephant (who stomps that much at 6 AM?!) or just above someone who insists on burning every batch of popcorn they make! Get out there, meet the neighbors, and see what this city has to offer!
CITY SCAVENGER HUNT
A few days after the big move-in weekend, characters will find an unread message on their CuddlePhone, encouraging them to check out the CuddleTalk network for a very special message from two very special guests. When they do, they’ll find a cute (but admittedly very cheesy) video message from Cadelle’s volunteer coordinators, Flora and Cornelius. The video highlights a few of the most popular destinations in the city — Blaze Pizza, for example, the home of the ninety-second wood-fired pizza, or Dinah’s, where you can enjoy a literal bucket of fries perfect for sharing.
At the end of the video, a link will come up for characters to click if they are so inclined. They’ll be directed to a sign-up page for a city-wide scavenger hunt, with a grand prize promised for the first team to complete the challenge.
Want to participate?
▸ Characters will be able to sign up for the scavenger hunt either on their own or with a friend. (The prizes remain the same regardless of the size of the team, so if your character wants all the money for themselves, they'll either want to race it alone or pick a very generous teammate!)
▸ Among the many delicious dining destinations around Cadelle, characters will discover three venues that the volunteer coordinators have tapped as their current favorites. Somewhere in those three venues, characters will find a beautiful framed photo of Flora and Cornelius.
▸ When characters find the photo, they'll be instructed to take their best selfie, being sure to capture themselves, the framed snapshot, and their teammate (if they chose to bring one along) in the shot.
▸ The first group to send in all three selfies will win the grand prize — one month's stipend worth of extra CuddleBucks! However, all competitors who complete the challenge will be rewarded with a token of appreciation — one week's stipend worth of CuddleBucks, just for playing along!
▸ While characters explore the city, they just might find some "bonus" surprises along the way. Keep your eyes peeled!
Helpful Hint: To find the secret locations (and any hidden bonuses along the way), check out our CITY DIRECTORY for all the amazing destinations your character can explore! Feel free to sort by category on the left, and click your way through your first big adventure in the big city!
Mod Note: For fairness, the "grand prize" winner will be determined by RNG in a drawing on August 4 at 3:00 PM. If your character would like to be eligible to win the grand prize, please be sure to leave us a comment so we can include them in the drawing!
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cuddlecity2017-08-01 12:00 pm
it's beautiful never apologize
that's what it sounds like, and it's enough to make sara stop in her tracks as she starts to climb over the rubble into her brand spanking new apartment. she turns her head, absolutely grinning as she recognizes the voice and lays eyes on kara danvers, immediately looking a hell of a lot happier than she did about ten second ago mid-kicking her door down. )
I think it's a little late for that, Kara.
( damn, she's happy to see her. )
welcome to trash, population me.
nevermind the fact that kara's the reason that sara's door didn't work in the first place. that's not relevant. she doesn't need to disclose that little detail, does she? not anymore, anyway. the bigger issue here is the door in fragments in front of sara's room...
... which, apparently, happens to be right across the hall from kara's room, where kara had just been sleeping. in her bed, in her room. across from sara's room, where sara will sleep. in her bed.
the mental image of the last time she'd seen sara lance in a bed flashes through her mind, and kara has to swallow down the thickness that pulls in her throat before she can stammer out another word, trying hard to fight the flush that she just knows must have bloomed on her cheeks. maybe it'll help if she crosses her arms over her chest, adjusts her stance, tries to look tough. maybe that will distract from her momentary fluster. )
Obviously. I can't believe you would kick the — okay, I can believe it, but ... where are you going to sleep now?
( because sleeping in a room without a door was just not something kara's brain was capable of accepting. )
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stepping over the rubble back into the hallway so she can lean back against the wall next to her now bare doorframe and folding her arms over her chest with a tip of her head, she responds, ) I dunno — I'll figure it out. ( you know, 'cause not decisively knowing where you're gonna sleep is super casual like that. )
Seems like I'm not the only one with housing issues — the line downstairs was hell. I'm lucky I even found out my apartment number. ( and she shrugs. ) What's one more thing on their list?
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( a world-weary, what-am-i-going-to-do-with-you sigh slips through her lips, one more imitation of the dad brand kara danvers is apparently attempting to personify this afternoon, and an instinctive push at the corner of her glasses leaves her feeling a little less overwhelmed by this entire thing. this thing being the pile of rubble in the threshold of sara's room, opposite her own, and the fact that it leaves said room basically inhabitable in the interim. who knew how long a new door would take to procure? )
You have to sleep somewhere. ( the suggestion takes root in her mind long before she's ready to say it, but the smirk stretched across sara's mouth pulls the words from her mouth. ) You could stay with me, if you wanted. You could keep an eye on your stuff, you know, just look across the hall, instead of...
( going elsewhere? there's a strong likelihood of exactly where sara lance would wind up going, and kara's not exactly sure she's a preferable option to it. which might explain the almost apologetic follow-up of: ) You don't have to, obviously. I just thought I'd offer.
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Kara... ( sara starts, equal parts "you don't have to worry about me" and "you're too sweet to me", a little dismissive, except then —
wait. her voice lowers, eyes narrowing veeery suspiciously. ) How'd you know about my door, huh? ( a step closer, a very playful accusation brought forth: ) You're the one who broke it in the first place, aren't you, Kara? ( and another step, smile still playing at the corners of her mouth, stopping short right in front of the other blonde, looking at her expectantly.
she's figured you out, kara danvers — you and your deflections. )
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( semantics. sara destroyed the door, but it had been dysfunctional since early this morning, when kara had shoved her key in and twisted hard enough to break the metal off inside. )
You... ( but there's no lying outright as far as kara's concerned. she's never been good at it, never had any sort of poker face or a strong enough stomach to handle lying straight to someone's face, especially not someone she considered a friend. and sara was a friend — maybe a complicated one that made her stomach do strange things sometimes, but still, she was a friend. lying to her, even over something silly, just felt wrong, and kara's sigh of surrender comes fairly quickly after. ) ... yes.
But it was an accident. I swear, I must have misread the sign, I thought it was my room...
( east and west are just a few letters off, after all. there's sincerity in her defensiveness, a genuine worry of sara's disappointment. or worse, her anger. )
I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to.
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I'm not mad. ( just disappointed? no, she is not continuing this whole dadly vibe going on in this conversation. her gaze meet's kara's, insistent. she's not mad. sure, it's an inconvenience, but it's a pretty small one, all things considered. who needs a door? clearly not sara lance, or she wouldn't have intentionally wrecked the shit out of hers and braved the line for the maintenance office instead.
sometimes? little inconveniences work out in her favor. sure, she can't close the door to her new apartment, because it's laying in splintered fragments on the floor, but it meant that she got to see kara danvers. got to find out that they're apparently neighbors. that seems like a fair enough trade-off for sara. ) Actually, I think it's pretty funny. Day one and we're already wreaking havoc. Seems par for the course.