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

[icanfixer]

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

Comments

[coolerjunpei]

[okay,]

Uh, let's see... One time I got my ass kicked over some rabbits. Another time I almost died on a Ferris wheel. And I... dropped out of school?

[icanfixer]

The third!

[ ... is it insulting that she believes with all her heart that he would almost die on a ferris wheel, and he would get his ass kicked over rabbits, but he would never drop out of school? ]

[coolerjunpei]

[she has... so much faith in him...... academically anyway. at least he can win at party games like this.]

Game show buzzer noise, nope. Second guess?

[icanfixer]

[ no. ]

Junpei, I am proud that thou art an honest man, but thee hath disappointed me! To be learned is a rarity in my City, only those who live safe within Nests are given such a prime experience, and to simply toss it away? I should ex-squire thee.

[coolerjunpei]

[this is not 2 truths 1 lecture, c'mon]

Ah, uh... look, I had something I had to do. It was after the first time I got trapped in one of those "games," [remember those!!] I had to find someone. Couldn't exactly go to class and write papers, too.

[icanfixer]

[ bestie education is IMPORTANT!!!

but

given what she knows, don only gives him another disappointed look before she relents and shakes her head. ]

Then it is not thy fault, though I wish thee had been able to continue. Um, then I shall say... the first.

[coolerjunpei]

[thanks... he shrugs, like, it is what it is. he probably won't ever go back and finish his last semester, so he's not going to Lie and say he will!! points for not lying?]

Uh... nope. [hey,] Do I really seem like I'd almost die on a Ferris wheel...?

[icanfixer]

Rather, I did not think thee would fight someone given thy self-spoken lack of battle prowess.

[ so yeah. asskicked or not, choosing to fight........ ]

[coolerjunpei]

[well he did get his ass kicked,]

I was a kid, and the guys who hurt the rabbits were threatening my friend. I didn't win, they just got bored of punching me in the face and left.

[icanfixer]

[ by the wing........... her voice begins to shake a little, so overcome by shame and pride in spades is she. ]

Prithee, no matter how difficult it may be, I ask that thee forgive -- nay, if nothing else, pardon my misunderstanding on the matter! Thou'rt truly a brave, good man, even as a child! There is nothing shameful about withstanding a terrible beating from others, so long as it is to protect the weak!

[coolerjunpei]

[oh my god don]

H-Hey, it's not that big of a deal! [but it's the dramatics and Excitement that are embarrassing, making him gesture with both hands like hey, keep it down, jeez.] Don't get me wrong, I don't regret it or anything, but it was a long time ago...

So, is it your turn now?

[icanfixer]

[ ough.... how could she Ever have doubted her man... shame be her, a knight unworthy of such a title if she could not for a second think that he would step in regardless of his ability to withstand a flick to the forehead--

oh right. ]

It is. Ahem!

[ ... let her think. okay. ]

I am engaged back home, I do not believe in reading maps, and I have willingly eaten raw chicken.

[coolerjunpei]

[hmm, eyebrows raised Curiously... let him ruminate for like ten seconds.

okay.]

The first one? I feel like you'd have mentioned it by now, the way you talk about your other coworkers.

[somehow he's entirely certain of the chicken one so it's either "believe don wouldn't gush about an engagement" or "believe don is too don for maps," soooo.]

[icanfixer]

[ oh........ that is true. ]

Perhaps. I have not thought too much about it, nor of how I may be in such a relationship, but thee may be right in regards to myself -- I like to speak of those I am fond of, and I am fond of my friends.

[ so surely she will also speak of a betrothed? hmmm. ]

Regardless, thou'rt correct. I have no such engagement, save to Justice.

[coolerjunpei]

No time for dating on the work bus, huh?

[he didn't mean to make it serious and navel-gaze-y, honest... but keeping an engagement a secret just seems sooo anti-don. he's rooting for her as a squire should.]

What's the raw chicken story? You know I've gotta ask.

[spectreless]

[ Eyeballin' that tie. The red is nice but that pattern is criminally off-centre so it's hard not the notice. ]

Surely it's the rabbits.

[coolerjunpei]

[It's a nice tie, thank you!! Well, he honestly thinks it looks good, but wearing it over his crummy t-shirt is him doing a bit. It's nuanced. That aside:]

It's not the rabbits. I got punched in the face a lot over the rabbits.

[spectreless]

[ Visible concern less for outfit choices and more for the rabbit inspired abuse now. ]

Oh, my apologies for the presumption then. What... happened there? Even without any context it sounds dreadful.

[coolerjunpei]

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.

[spectreless]

Good on you for taking a stand. Uh,

[ It's a great game to play for those with trauma roulette. As much as she could get mad on his behalf something tells her it's best not to linger on what sounds like the distant past. So here's a lopsided smile and a perfunctory thumbs up. ]

...Unless you nearly fell it's hard to imagine you could perish on a ferris wheel. Was that one the lie?

[coolerjunpei]

[He was like twelve, it's in the past!! It may have been a formative experience for multiple people but it was also a long time ago and this is a party, so, ahem. He sort of chuckles in awkward thanks, yeah, he's so cool...

A-Anyway.]

Yeah, that's the one. And I dunno, I always thought they looked pretty fragile. Ready to snap right off that stand thing and roll away.

[spectreless]

That sounds like quite the lasting nightmare of yours if you've spent this much time thinking about it. Have you ever been on one?

[ Junpei seems like the kind to be able to take a friendly tease. She'll test that theory with a lopsided smirk. ]

[coolerjunpei]

You never know what can happen with a big wheel.

[He holds his hands up as he says this to gesture in a... big wheel pantomime. You never know!]

It's been years, but yeah, I've been on one. When your seat thing stops at the top and it starts swinging? That's some formative nightmare type of stuff.

[spectreless]

Well, I'm not so sure that I've ever been on one myself. Do you really swing that much at the top?

[ Thank you Junpei she would've never been able to envision it without the pantomiming. It enriches the picture of one that she's probably definitely maybe seen. ]

I can only guess that it must have been too new of an invention for me to get the chance to experience.

[coolerjunpei]

[......he doesn't know when the Ferris wheel was invented, he's realizing,]

Must be a different-worlds thing? But uh, yeah, it'll swing pretty far if you're with a bunch of dickhead kids who think that's funny.