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dilf quixote ([personal profile] icanfixer) wrote in [community profile] citylogs2023-08-14 12:59 am

[MINGLE, ESPECIALLY TO NEWCOMERS] ROOFTOP FESTIVITIES!!!

WHO: All!
WHAT: Rooftop festivities!
WHERE: On a rooftop of an office building in the second open district!
WHEN: 8/14, evening!
WARNINGS: alcohol, tba as it goes


Banner displayed inside the train station, outside city hall, and on the most used residence buildings.

Follow the arrows.

So you're unaware. Maybe new. Or maybe you just didn't care the first time you saw it. That's fine. Between the banners hanging around key areas, and the flyers quickly drawn up in a similar fashion scattered across the city, it's hard not to know something is going on -- and there's helpful arrows, chalked on building walls and the streets the day of the party, to let people know where to go.

The Rooftop

A splendid scene awaits those who travel heavensward. Fairy lights connect the corners of the roof access building to metal poles at the corners of the building itself, lifted by cylindrical supports where needed, each one held straight by pots filled with well-packed dirty and stone. There's multicolored stars hanging from some of the lights, while various painted flowers hang on others, and what greets the ears first is some royalty free party music played from a CD player off the the side.

There's a long folded out table in the center for those who'd like to share cuisine, just set and serve yourself! Nearby is a space for Daan to do some bartending as well, a man who can make a multitude of cocktails and mocktails for those who want something less alcoholic. Also, pints of various ice cream flavors in a cooler!

Don't worry -- they won't have any odd effects on them, Don verified the lack of them herself. Not all of them are normal. Think loaded baked potato weird.

For those who'd like a quieter space, there's beanbags and a swirly, fuzzy carpet to sit on more away from the center of the party area. This'll be a great time to play some games, such as truth or dare, spin the bottle, and... whatever else you play at parties. Get to know your fellow man and such. Play the violin.

Naturally, no party... hosted... by Don Quixote would be without a space to fight, if one wishes to show off a little! It's also taking place on a swirly fuzzy carpet, just so no one smashes their head in, and there's a neat little banner hanging down from a string of lights that says thus:

WIN THREE MATCHES AND A PRIZE AWAITS THEE!!!!!!!
- NO KILLING
- HANDS ONLY


What the prize is, no one knows. But come find Don Quixote with your battle scars and she'll grant it -- and stick around a while, 'cause this party's gonna end with a bang... that is, with homemade fireworks donated by "a friend" through Junpei.

Anyway, have fun!!! Share words about your worlds!!! The society your characters are from, the cuisine they've brought, how they're working out in the city -- help the new kids along, too. There's more vets here now than there were a few months ago, after all.

Navi: Truth or Dare - Two Truths and a Lie - Hydra Storytelling w/Junpei - Drink Up With Daan - Qixi Festivites

astraphilia: (when i was 16 my senses fooled me)

[personal profile] astraphilia 2023-08-16 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ "for some reason," please, Kaidan, surely you recognize a makeshift microphone! Reno grins easily at the acquiescence—for a second there he'd thought the guy would shrug him off—and thinks for a second. ]

Hmm... Tell me about something you'd do if you knew there would be absolutely zero consequences for it.

[ he's got a whole question bank in his brain, but he's trying to stick to ones that are interesting without being, like, overly personal (nobody really likes a stranger prying deep into their personal traumas, even if they are playing Truth or Dare). ]
abstractart: (6d6KTC1)

[personal profile] abstractart 2023-08-16 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh-?

[this is a pretty new way to wake up, honestly. he blinks his eyes open blearily, looking at her as she holds his wrist; usually he just gets shaken awake, or rolled aside, or in more extreme cases (tiphereth, usually) he gets kicked.]

M'used to the floor, it's fine.

[netzach that is not the issue.]
abstractart: (tzmCdwg)

[personal profile] abstractart 2023-08-16 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's fine. I've been having water too.

[there's ice in the cocktails. that's water right there.]
astraphilia: (don't you ever tame your demons)

[personal profile] astraphilia 2023-08-16 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ looking severely out of place is absolutely the best way to invite small talk—especially if the out-of-placeness is accompanied by a seeming willingness to be approached, as opposed to a misanthropic glare when anyone comes too near. (not that Reno imagines anyone too misanthropic would actually make an appearance at an event like this... but then again, you never know!)

by the time he's passing by the other man, looking like a wallflower at the edge of the party, Reno has finished his cigarette and most of his drink. having taken that edge of uncertainty off makes it much it easier for him to be the one initiating conversation. ]


Yeah, you could say that. [ he grins. ] Newcomer, so—no friends to party with yet.
spectreless: (And the only word there spoken)

[personal profile] spectreless 2023-08-16 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Fear not she's happy to interject with this chatty duo. ]

It's perfectly reasonable for more cold-blooded rules to be discarded without everything collapsing into anarchy. I simply refuse to believe everyone is out get each other if given a chance to behave otherwise.
abstractart: (DQvomit)

[personal profile] abstractart 2023-08-16 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. A part of a city's its people, though, so I'm not sure how much of one it really is with only us here...

[no indication of where it is, no apparent history... not much in the way of the arts either. it makes it feel all the stranger for it.]

I did though, yeah. I'm Netzach. [that comes with a little nod, easy and amicable enough.] Is all of this pretty familiar for you?
abstractart: (tzmCdwg)

[personal profile] abstractart 2023-08-16 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I just got here the other day. Name's Netzach.

[he takes that hand for a brief shake-- the grip's pretty thoroughly average, no attempt made to make any sort of statement with it or to draw it out before he lets go.]

Pretty sure it's not gonna have the specific beers I'm used to, either, but what I've tasted so far isn't bad. I never really went for cocktails before.
shtola: (pic#16610508)

[personal profile] shtola 2023-08-16 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
( just needs to confirm for herself that he's 100% alive, that's all. she'll let go now that he's responsive. )

This is not unusual for you?

( a brow is quirked. should she be more or less concerned for the possibility that he's hit his head. )

I'll not disparage the preference, but be that as it may, others are likely not to see you in a setting like this and I'd like to avoid the inevitable accident. Can you stand?
spectreless: (I stood repeating)

[personal profile] spectreless 2023-08-16 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, yes, from that description you've done a sensational job in capturing its likeness. But what was that part about the eyes again?

[ Wait it's probably for the best she doesn't ask for clarification. Too late now though. ]
onlythans: (💔 i am through with this)

iv: i do what i want and you can't stop me

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-08-16 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[It was inevitable, mayhap, that at a rooftop party with drinks and music and merriment (and Ryne, Ryne, his Ryne), Thancred would be in superior spirits — or at least be doing his damnedest to give off every impression of the same. While it's true he's been keeping a surreptitious eye on Y'shtola all night, just as he's been keeping careful tabs on Ryne, for the most part he's largely done his vigilance from a distance — letting his girls stand on their own in the light, while he keeps to the comparative shadows.

Until, that is, the inevitable happens: sooner or later any off-brand party jam is going to Alexa play a knockoff version of Despacito, and that means it's time to have a little fun.]


Favor me with a dance, milady?

[Fun fact #1: this is not actually a question. Fun fact #2: my alternative to this ref video was an Ed Sheeran song so be grateful.]
onlythans: (💔 it's not your fault you)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-08-16 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Water in addition, or water as substitute?

[HE MAKES FRIENDS WITH ALL THE DRUNKS IN THE TAVERNS YOU GREENBEAN HE KNOWS HOW THIS GOES]
spectreless: (nearly napping)

[personal profile] spectreless 2023-08-16 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there any particular reason you know this?

[ Please imagine the culture shock that is being ostracized as an eccentric by Victorian society then arriving here and meeting Don Quixote. To save face she clears her throat. ]

Wait, never mind that... While I personally don't understand the appeal I'm sure there are much worse pastimes to have.
shtola: (pic#16392096)

im grateful for you always

[personal profile] shtola 2023-08-16 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
( it's not as though she's the type to get belligerently drunk, so there's really not much to keep an eye on, nor is it particularly hard to. the party games are carefully dodged around, and the food is cautiously picked at. conversations are kept cordial when she makes them, content to simply watch the other guests in their cheer with a glass daan's provided for her some time ago.

the sideline is where he finds her, and there's a moment in which she wonders if she could stall what's likely the inevitable.
)

My dance card rather full for the eve, I'm afraid.

( with a list of people as imaginary as the card itself, but, she can't help it. maybe if she sips from her glass he would hesitate to part her from it so soon. )

I would've thought your nose would be under a skirt by now.

( not literally. his world isn't so narrow to be limited to skirts. )
onlythans: (💔 you can ride it)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-08-16 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm more than happy to take a gander under yours.

[This is how men like him get their fool asses killed but you know what, sometimes the remark is worth the inevitability.]

So, when might I expect your next scheduled engagement? I'll be certain to time my nosing accordingly, so as to put on a proper show.

[He's really gunning to get slapped here, isn't he.]
coolerjunpei: (nice neck)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-08-16 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Processing... processing... you know what? Fair. Probably deserved. If it's even true, old man...]

You sure it was a spin kick? How much of a spin?
coolerjunpei: (060)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2023-08-16 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
What? Don't apologize, that's how you play the game. As for the rabbits, it was a long time ago...

[How does he, uh, explain this without it being too graphic for a cute party among friends. Um.]

Let's just say there was an incident with our class pets, back in elementary school, and I tried to play hero over it.
shtola: (pic#16392150)

[personal profile] shtola 2023-08-16 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
( much to her credit, she does not balk outright. almost as if the passing comment is one she's not unused to hearing. her smile turns just a little more polite under the rim of her glass - seemingly sweet to most who would not know better. there's even a moment she allows herself a sweep of his taller frame, appraising, before she sets her glass down.

just in case.
)

Should you be so lucky. ( behave, thancred. they're in public and she'd rather not make witnesses of these perfectly nice people to another murder. ) If, say, I were to find you a slot, will you conduct yourself a little more properly?
onlythans: (💔 stop)

[personal profile] onlythans 2023-08-16 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, come now. You and Ryne have me outnumbered; I've no choice but to be on best behavior.

[Minus the, y'know, stuff that immediately preceded this remark which were decidedly not what anyone might call "best behavior".]

It would make her happy, I think — to see us having a bit of fun together. Just as continued evidence of old fences mended, and all that.
indwelt: (025)

[personal profile] indwelt 2023-08-16 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ .........................

Well, you know, this is progress. Better than nothing. He'll take it. ]


Would you like a hand?
nomoresharks: (I... Hm...)

[personal profile] nomoresharks 2023-08-16 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm... That seems a little unfair, don't you think. Everything else gets to move.

[He may or may not be pouting.]
gradenine: (pic#16527828)

[personal profile] gradenine 2023-08-16 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ roland didn't wanna step in for now - lack of faces makes playing these games pretty awkward, you see. but he has been keeping tabs on angela from afar, and her encountering don's ppodae energy was inevitable.

so before don launches another question, he's going to pop out of nowhere and place a hand on angela's shoulder. ]


Aaaall right, I think you interrogated her way too much already, Don. I'll take it from here.

[ gotta protect the boss, no matter how complicated the feelings are. hold on, he's going to peer at the drawing his bestie made ]

Oh, that actually looks good, Angela. Might wanna ask Netzach for more feedback on that in case you wanna pursue another hobby. [ he's teasing. ]
shtola: (pic#16392153)

[personal profile] shtola 2023-08-16 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
( that earns him a laugh - far more genuine than the threat of a smile prior. )

That's yet to be seen.

( but, what he says does give her pause, her gaze tearing away from his to search the crowd for a head of light amber. her smile only grows softer, then. )

A trifle in comparison for what she undoubtably deserves. ( her hand reaches for his forearm, a beckon and reassurance both. she does wish it were under better circumstances, but the girl will be cared for. ) You must be relieved.