open | happy (earth) new year, everyone!

[genice]

WHO: Any and all!
WHERE: 2nd residential floor lounge
WHEN: OOCly 12/31; today.
WHAT: Victor's ICly claimed the day as being the 31st, and subsequently celebrating the "New Year" with anyone who comes by! After sending out a post on the network inviting any of the new arrivals via anomalies to attend, people are welcome to come enjoy a probably very random seeming New Years celebration.
WARNINGS: There is food and alcohol here, beware!

The lounges are interesting spaces, and Victor didn't hesitate to roll up his sleeves and rearrange furniture in this section of the middle floor lounge. A cheery wave to anyone wandering through earlier on the 31st (by his calendar, he's quite cheerful in acknowledging how arbitrary that really is) while he goes about arranging things to his satisfaction, before he jets off again to finish preparing his olivie salad.

It's nowhere near fancy, but he's shown up again with a big, borrowed bowl from his work, containing the closest approximation of olivie salad he'd been able to manage working with the supplies he found on board. There's a tablecloth tossed over the table he's appropriated for holding the foodstuffs, along with simple plates, utensils, cups and bubbling wines (three, okay, that's toeing the line of careful financial management). He's even figured out how to get music playing, though it's hard to say if there's any unifying theme to what plays.

Perhaps the most ridiculous part of any of this is how he's constructed a small cone cap for the brown, fuzzy creature that had been delivered to his bunk last week. That it's a shaved ice cone inverted with the words "Happy New Year" written on it amuses him. The unidentified creature simply coos and purrs and wears the cone hat, not moving off the smaller table it's been set on.

"Happy New Year!" he says to just about anyone walking by, tipping his (oh so classy) cup their way with a smile. Welcome to the party. Bring something to contribute to the table? Very welcome to the party!

[ ooc: please tag in with your own top levels and enjoy a relaxed, informal celebration of the new year (per Victor)! ]

Comments

[finethanks]

1.

[One thing Eichi would love to be able to do is participate in events like this normally, like any highschooler would. His body has been pushed more and more lately, even from just standing around, but today he's actually feeling pretty decent. So long as he doesn't push himself too hard, he should be able to enjoy something like this!]

Ah, what a lively party this is...! It really is like we're all drawn together to celebrate something we share, in this way. Fufu, it's so pleasant that I could sing. ♪

[So he's around, looking amazed at different types of food and drinks and greeting everyone he can.]

2.

[But Eichi has also brought his own fun to the party! Since he knows others from his school would do something similar by bringing in something fun to do, he's decided to create his own fukuwarai templates and stands with a few blindfolds in hand, waving people over.]

Would you like to play a game? Let me blindfold you and we'll have a fun time~.

[This is how to introduce fun games... Anyway! It's nothing like fortune telling or tops or boardgames, but hopefully this will be the most fun.]

2

[remainingtwin]

Uh.

[Mio freezes, eyes wide at the sudden, uh, offer?? Who says something like that out of the blue? She glances around as if to see if he's asking someone else, or maybe if there's someone else who heard it, before fixing him with a skeptical look.]

You might want to sound a little less suspicious next time you ask something like that.

[finethanks]

Was it suspicious? [He asks this innocently, waving his blindfolds around a little.] Fufu, I guess it's not too strange to be paranoid in this situation. It's a game for children, normally, but I thought it would be fun. Would you like to try?

[remainingtwin]

More than a little.

[She still doesn't look convinced, which is less about him and more about her own home-grown paranoia. She peeks around him at what he appears to be suggesting and her face lights up a little with recognition.] Oh! Fukuwarai! I know this game.

[While she's still not certain about being blindfolded by some random person, she's at least comforted in the knowledge of the game he's inviting her to play. After a moment of internal debate she relents.] Alright. Sure. Why not.

[finethanks]

It's fun, isn't it? Fufu, here, I'll pick the template so it can be a true surprise. Put this on for me.

[He hands her one of the blindfolds, setting the rest on the table as he moves to pick out the Perfect Fukuwarai template for her.]

[remainingtwin]

[Mio hesitates again, before she shakes her head and gets on with it. Being paranoid might have helped her out in the lost village, but this was definitely not that. She was fine.

She ties the blindfold around her eyes and stands there uneasily, turning her head to gauge where he could be by sound alone. If he walks off and leaves her there blinded she's not going to be very happy!!]

[finethanks]

[He wouldn't dare! Not for her, at least. He wants to see what sort of face she makes. So, he picks up the mouth and holds it towards her hand.]

Here's your first piece. Fufu, let's see if you can figure out what it is and where it goes.

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[bespin]

[ Lando is skeptical of any game that involves somebody blindfolding him, to be honest. ]

How about you tell me about this game of yours and then I'll tell you how much fun I'll have.

[finethanks]

Fufu, is it a game you haven't seen before? [How fun! Okay. He turns to the table, gesturing to one of the templates. It seems to be just a blank face with no features.]

While blindfolded, you pin the features of the face onto this blank slate and see how it turns out in the end. [He holds up one of the eyes, in example.] They turn out funny, most of the time, since you don't know which feature you've picked up or where exactly it might go.

[bespin]

[ Seems innocent enough. Lando seems to debate things for a moment, then shrugs. ]

Sure, why not. I've got nothing better to do.

[finethanks]

Put this on. [He hands Lando a blindfold, and then turns to the table to set the rest down and pick out a template.] We'll create a wonderful piece of art. I'll choose which template once you've been blindfolded.

[bespin]

Alright. [ He takes the blindfold, eyeing the kid warily before putting it on. ] No funny business, now.

[ But he does finally tie the band over his eyes, setting his hands down on the table once it's secured. ]

[finethanks]

Here we go. [Moving the blank face right in front of where Lando's hands rest, he then picks up an ear and taps the back of one of his hands with it.]

Here's one part. The template is right in front of you on the table, so try to place this part where it goes~.

[bespin]

[ Lando takes the part being handed to him and feels around its edges with his fingers. Doesn't feel like a mouth or a nose... so it's either an eye or an ear. He's guessing ear. So he places it down approximately where an ear might go. Except he's misjudged exactly which ear it is, so it's on the opposite side. ]