Ride the Tide

A FFIV Community Festival

Our 2020 Ride the Tide Festival will be held on Leviathan at Costa Del Sol, on 04/04/2020 at 9:00 PM EDT. Music, games, contests, and more, sponsored by over a dozen RP venues on Primal! Come hang out, listen to stories, play some games, or just chill out in the sun! All ages welcome.

Everything at the festival is completely free!

Events

Main Stage Performances (island at x36.2, y25.4)

TimeActivityPerformers/Sponsor
9:30-10:00Minion BattlesCastaway Crash
10:00-10:30Play: "Time Heals All Wounds" by Natalie LinNo Honey & Augustine Fahrtwield
10:30-10:45Play: "Sirens with Standards"Elysium L'ternite
10:45-12:00Storytelling ShowcaseThe Library Contest Winners
12:00-1:00Closing Concert (ft. music from FFIX and FFXI)Syndicate Troupe

Games

Participants in games during the festival will be entered into the festival raffle with over a dozen prizes available! Prizes include a 60 day game card, Mogstation and Firmament prizes, and crafted glamour pieces. Raffle winners will be announced at 12:00 AM, just before the concert finale!

Shark Chase (ongoing, by the beach):
Shark rules: wait 4 extra seconds after the host signals start of the game. Then chase the three swimmers and attempt to capture them all. You are allowed to use sprint if you want.

Swimmers rules: jump in water when host signals start of the game. If you make it to party island in one piece you win. You cannot use sprint. Winners get an entry in the raffle!

Noodle Challenge: All festival attendees are welcome to make a charitable contribution of their time and help advance Noodle Science! Pi Makku of the Spicy Noodle House has prepared an array of experimental recipes in dire need of testing! All participants will receive a randomly selected noodle bowl, and depending on the degree of discomfort incurred will be compensated with rewards up to and including entry into the festival raffle!

Scavenger Riddle Hunt:
Step 1 - Acquire the mystery word. (Example: Lemonade.)
Step 2 - Approach a Tepette wandering around who's wearing the special accessory. Whisper them the the code word into a normal sentence. (Example: "Do you like Lemonade with salt?")
Step 3 - After the Tepette responds with their code phrase, save it somehow and go to the other Tepettes with that same special accessory. After collecting all the code phrases, solve the riddle!
Step 4 - After solving the riddle approach Madame Tepe and whisper the solved code phrase in a normal sentence. She will award you with the prize! (Entry to Raffle and 10x Meteor Survivor Fireworks.)-

Glamour Contest

Our glamour contest will be held from 9:30-10:30 at the Hidden Falls (x30,y23). Come watch our contestants show off their best warm-weather getup for the chance to win Firmament dyes!

Photo Booth

Come get a commemorative photograph taken on the Rhotano Privateer! Just talk to the Ferry Skipper (x33.6, y29.3) and he'll send you on over to work with one of our fabulous photographers. Photos will be available from 9 PM to 11 PM!

Card reading

Wondering what the stars hold for you? Our card readers (Magnus Giselbert and Sachiko Palluna) will be available from 9 PM to 11:30 PM atop Gullperch Tower (x29.6, y33.9). Come for a five- to ten-minute card reading!

map of event locations

Vendors & Menus

Come meet venue owners and sample what they have on offer, whether it's drinks, snacks, music, or dancing!
Contact information for individual venues is listed on our sponsors page.

Main Bar (x31, y30)

Zero XP:
Amaurotine Sour: Fresh squeezed loquat juice shaken with sweet syrup and hard liqueur.
Zero Memories: Our house special and strongest drink. Sweetened with juice to mask the harsh flavor. Not for those faint of heart.

Azure Parlor:
The Thornmarch: A caramel-apple cocktail that invokes the emotions of safety and comfort of a warm burrow, fluffy-white fur and a pile of kuponuts that weird cat-guy bribed you with to copy that emotion and stuff it into a drink. Wait, what-kupo?

Aleport Cherry Bomb: Yorick refuses to tell us what's in it. We know it has cherries, he ladles it out of a fuel canister, you chew it after you drink it and it makes your ears burn. We're fairly certain it's booze, though. Probably.



La Noscean Apple Tart: Yorick's sacchariferous signature! Sweet and tart faerie apples ripened to perfection and baked in a decadent sauce made with his favorite La Noscean spiced rum.


Wet Whisker:
Lominsan 75: gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, dry champagne
SDS Fenrir: cognac, cointreau, fresh lemon juice
Old Fashioned: whiskey, angostura bitters, a sugar cube, twist of lemon

Stalls (x33, y30)

Brio:
Pixieberry Tea
Lemonade

Garden of Eden:
Sinner's Bite: The exclusive Garden alcoholic beverage made from sweet forbidden fruit that will plunge you into sin. Comes with apple garnish.

Flaugnarde: A sweet pudding filled with delicious apples and special spices to balance the sweetness. The perfect dessert that pairs with our Sinner's Bite.

Rolanberry Cheesecake: Thick, creamy cheesecake decorated with sweet and sugary Rolanberry compote. One of the Garden's most popular desserts.

Dim Heart (cocktails):
Orange Mimosa
Apple Whiskey
Mon Blanc Red
The Cooldown

The Inkwell:
Rolanberry Shaved Ice
Battered Fish

Pi Makku's Noodle House:
Spicy Noodle: The hottest Dalmascan chili peppers and Yanxia peppercorn cover springy hand pulled Doman noodles. Top with ground dzo meat and pickled Gridanian vegetables, and it's a delightful blast of flavor, for those who can take it.

Meat skewers: The traditional Mi'qabob reimagined and flame grilled with the methods and spices of the Azim Steppe.

Tea: It's tea.

Elysium L'ternite Bar (x33, y29)

Lost Bikini: First you'll find the top, after a bit of this drink you may or may not find the bottom.
Shark Attack: Liquid courage at its finest! Most likely the cause of the shark attack to begin with but we believe in you!
Peach on the Beach: Peach included, beach to be added at consumer's discretion

Fae Light Beach Party (x31, y31)

Fae Light Ale
Precious Sapling

Tepe's Treasures Bar & Conversation (x32, y23)

Entrees

Finger Sandwiches: A normal sized sandwich cut into thirds and served as such. Comes with meat, cheese and produce. Perfect for a quick snack before getting back to the party.

Sausage Links: Delicious sausage with warm salty juices dripping down your cheek with every mouthful! Bun optional but probably wanted.

Jerked Jhammel: Thin strips of dried salted meats with a fancy name! Also known colloquially as “jerky.”

Pastries

Nut Bake: A single serving pie made with all sorts of roasted nuts and edible seeds. Crunchy, savory and delicious!

Apple Strudel: Exactly the kind of warm pastry you’re expecting. Apple and syrup filling, cinnamon on top, flakey crust somewhere in between.

Pastry Fish: Same combination of ingredients as the Apple Strudel but cut to the shape of a fish. Very La Noscean appropriate.

Refreshments

Triple Cream Coffee: A standard espresso based drink flavored with chocolate sauce and tons of milk. Prepared hot or iced.

Underground Spring Water: Bottled water with a fancy-sounding source.

Pineapple Juice: The safest option when deciding on what else to get! Chilled electrolytes and hydration, just what a sun-baked day ordered.

Rolanberry Shaved Ice: A rainbow of colors with options of ‘colors’ in lieu of named flavors. All identical in taste however, it’s basically just dyed rolanberry syrup on shaved ice.

Miscellaneous

Boiled Egg: It’s a classic. Cheap, easy, and free. Take one of our finest waterlogged eggs, rip off the shell and inhale.

Gysahl Greens: The latest and greatest in superfood fad diets! It’s Gysahl Greens! Yes food good for the birb, good for the soul! Actually, probably just feed it to your chocobo. Don’t really eat Gysahl’s.

Realm Reborn Red: Free with every purchase. Mostly used to spray the lingering stench of wine on your friends and enemies alike. You can still get drunk on it after you ruined the carbonation though.

Sponsors

The Azure Parlor
Hyperion - The Mist, Ward 3, Plot 41
Site

Brio
Excalibur - Shirogane, Ward 16, Plot 46
Hours vary (EST-based), seasonally themed
Site

Castaway Crash
Hyperion - Lavender Beds, Ward 15, Plot 3
Open Mondays for RP 9:30-11:30 CST
Minion fight nights every other Monday
Friday RP 8:30-9:30 CST followed by map groups
Discord

The Dim Heart
Excalibur - Lavender Beds, Ward 3, Plot 47
Open Wednesdays at 10 PM EST
Site, Discord

Elysium L'ternite
Famfrit - Lavender Beds, Ward 15, Plot 12
Open Wednesday and Sunday Nights, 10 PM-12 AM EST
Secondary location: Hyperion - The Mist, Ward 15, Plot 15
Site, Discord

The Fae Light
Behemoth - Lavender Beds, Ward 9, Plot 36
Open Fridays at 11:00 PM EST
Site, Discord

Garden of Eden
Behemoth - The Mist, Ward 2, Plot 40
Open Monday evenings
Site, Discord

Honeycomb, Seaside
Famfrit - The Mist, Ward 11, Plot 12
Open occasional late nights (PST-based)
Site

The Inkwell
Hyperion - The Goblet, Ward 21, Plot 19
Open Thursdays, 10:30PM - 12:30AM EST
Site, Discord

The Library
Excalibur - Lavender Beds, Ward 17, Plot 43
Open several days a week, late nights (PST-based)
Site, Discord

Pi Makku's Spicy Noodle House
Excalibur - Lavender Beds, Ward 19, Plot 21
Open erratically Wednesdays, 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM EST

Tepe's Treasures (18+)
Hyperion - The Mist, Ward 5, Plot 35
Open Thursdays & Saturdays 7-9 PM PDT (currently on hiatus)


The Wet Whisker (18+)
Hyperion - The Mist, Ward 20, Plot 47
Open Saturdays, 10:30pm-12:30 AM EST
Site

Zero XP Lounge
Lamia - Shirogane, Ward 12, Plot 45
Open late Sunday nights, 12 AM - 4 AM EST
Site

Thank you to everyone who participated in making this event happen!