[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

[worldexecute]

A library doesn't run on three or four librarians alone.

( so: yes. even then, the library isn't a typical one, so... )

There are ten floors to the Library--each has one Patron Librarian, and each of those librarians has several assistant librarians beneath them. I couldn't tell you how many there are precisely, ( yes she could they're the same employees as before they always are ) but it isn't a small number.

( all really basic information. )

How often do you all have meetings, and when is the next one? I'd like to sit in on it.

[coolerjunpei]

That's way too much library... Here I thought the campus library back in the day was big, and that was only four floors.

[He's not cultured, but surely libraries aren't supposed to be that big. Which floor is the floor that vores people like that dang bus-- no, he shouldn't ask.]

But uh, good to know. As for the meetings, keep an eye out for flyers for the next time and place. You could go right to Setsuna, he scheduled the first one—uh, send a message to "moment," that's him.

[worldexecute]

( setsuna, message "moment"... she's filing it away for after the party. )

Thank you. ( ... ) The Library is different than other libraries, in a way. I'd say it's the only of its kind in the City.

( there are libraries and then there is The Library, do you get it. does he also get she sounds pretty frickin' proud of her library being one of a kind. )

[coolerjunpei]

[He's sensing he should ask something nicer than "vore floor??"—]

Yeah? Besides being taller? What's it got that's so special?

[This is a Genuine inquiry, because he can tell she's proud of it... Please, tell him cool and probably incomprehensible things about the Library, he's ready. He's glancing at the chips, too, like, can he have some chips while he listens... please 🥺]

[worldexecute]

( she sees his glancing.... she will share. he can have some chips. she can't eat and talk at the same time, that's impolite. )

Under normal circumstances, only those invited to the Library can enter it. They received an invitation offering the knowledge they seek, and once they accept the conditions stated, they're allowed to enter.

[coolerjunpei]

[Hell yeah, he's going to have some chips. Not covered in drippy fudge though, at least not every single chip.]

So it's an exclusive Library for... who? Elites? Super-smart scientist types?

[worldexecute]

No, we've even had Rats and Sweepers come in. ( it's not all high-grade folks. ) The Library invites those it needs, or that it can gain something from, whether it be information on the City or information that can be used as bait for more important people.

( ... )

Those invited don't have to agree. ( she's pretty firm on this. ) They don't have to accept the conditions, and they don't have to enter the Library. It's still their own choice.

( it isn't. it really isn't. she knows that. there are no choices in the city. )

[coolerjunpei]

["Needs"... "bait"... The illusion of one normal building in Horrible City is already on its tenuous last legs. Junpei crunches a chip thoughtfully.]

To do what, though? To check out books?

[worldexecute]

Checking out implies they'd have to return them. Once a book is acquired, it's theirs to keep.

( angela pauses in speaking so she can eat a few chips too, careful not to get her fingers dirty again. )

Such a thing has never happened in the history of the Library, and it never will.

[coolerjunpei]

[Okay, well, point of order:]

Uh, wouldn't that make it a bookstore? Not a very profitable bookstore by the sounds of things, though...

["Why is it even called a Library?" joins Junpei's list of City questions right after "What is UP with the bird theme??"]

[worldexecute]

( she gives him a look like she thinks he's said the stupidest thing in the world. she does, by the way! )

No. Bookstores deal with money. More importantly, I'm the one who built it--I know best what type of place it is.

[coolerjunpei]

[chew..... So it's neither? Girlie you are confusing and strange.]

I guess I just don't get why you want to call it a Library if it's not for doing the core library thing... You could call it Book Paradise or something, you know?

[or something good, unlike book paradise.]

[worldexecute]

( yeah she is. )

Book Paradise... ( your naming sense sucks. ) What would you call someone's personal collection of books?

[coolerjunpei]

Honestly? Probably My Collection, but that's not as catchy. [as book paradise, specifically.]

Maybe something like, uh... The Archive? That's more I-keep-these-because-they're-mine than a library, if that's what you're going for.

[worldexecute]

( junpei by the wings she will— )

Fine. It's an archive, though if someone can defeat my librarians in battle, then they're allowed to take whatever book it is they desire. However, that's never happened, and it never will happen, because each and every one of them is stronger than those who enter the library's halls. Is that better?

[coolerjunpei]

[Junpei, ten minutes late, finally clocks "librarian" and "Roland my employee" and makes a mental note to bug Roland about the Dewey Decimal System later, for funsies. Ha Ha Roland Do You Fight With Bookmarks? etc. Nothing could go wrong.

He considers The Archive, anyway. Hmm.]

Yeah, that's great. What are you guys battling about, anyway? Just over books?

[worldexecute]

( The Archive doesn't sound as cool, Junpei... )

What's within them, yes: information. We don't just collect fairy-tales or novels.

( ...like, they DO HAVE THOSE THINGS but they have also way more important things. )