We're Gonna Party Rock Till The Day Comes Up!

[animusmods]

Characters: EVERYONE
Setting: Floor 38
Format: Whatever you feel comfortable with. Prose, action, it's all good.
Summary: The giant party is finally here! Mingle, Blind date and strange things ahoy!
Warnings: WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

Floor Thirty-Eight. Normally just a simple lounge, it was now Party Central.

It was clear Eikichi had put all of his heart into it. Say what you wanted about him, but he was a good manager and organizer. The place didn't look the same, with the flower bouquets strewing in odd corners, the bright pieces of tissues hung around like garlands. They had no balloons so they made with. A few banners hung into the air, the words crudely painted with Maya's name and wishing her a happy birthday. There was also a few others with the names of the birthdays Eikichi had managed to get.

At the entrance, there was a a few large baskets filled with corsages that Jun had prepared - acacias white (friendship and chaste love), yellow (secret love) and pink (friendship), white violets (Purity; Candor; Modesty; Innocence; Let's take a chance on happiness) and pink roses (Perfect happiness, please believe me; Friendship) expertly woven pieces of stems and grass meant it required no other materials than the flower themselves.

Of course, the meanings were not written. You just had a few to chose from. Then you could offer one to your date to wear on their hand...if you wished.

As Eikichi had said, no pressure.

...Except for coming, of course.

Those that were part of the blind dates had each been given a small piece of paper with a symbol.As they entered they could see a small sign instructing to try and find the other person with the same symbol. This would be their 'date' of the night.

On the farthest left to the entrance, they had dragged in a gigantic music system, with an area for a DJ to run (Tatsuya had helped with the wiring). Some large pieces of metals had been lined up to cover the floor, making a fake stage and on top of that, he had placed various instruments - along with those of his band, of course. The stage would be open for them to play later, regardless.

The main area reserved for food was a few tables that had been dragged in here, covered with whatever tissues they had found and filled with all the food they could take - some of it was typical stuff found in the cafeteria this week (but no gross stuff - Eikichi didn't want living maggots in his cheese today), the rest had been made by those nice enough to help with the cooking. There wasn't that much typical 'party food' as creating your own sweets and chips does take a while, but the jerky meats, the hot soups and the vegetables more than made up for it. The drinks were placed right besides it and who knew how many trips they had needed to set it all up.

There were also cakes on the next table, enough to feed at least everyone in the part a generous slice. Considering the ingredients and the people involved they ranged from the very simple to baked pies using the available fruits, and a single cake which appeared to have more work than the others. They did with what they had, and it was fantastic they had so much at all.

All the chairs and bags found in that room normally were tossed in a corner facing the central area so that people could sit down if they felt like it, but the central area was reserved to talk, mingle and dance once everything REALLY got underway.

It would soon too, once the crowds started to get bigger and bigger.

[OOC - Hello and welcome to the party log! Let's mingle and have fun because the tower doesn't let us have much of it. You can start a brand new thread when you are blind dating and mark them (EIKICHI AND MIYABI ), or if you want to do something like "JADE DJs A FEW SONGS FOR YOU" and people can reply to that. You can make multiple threads to a reply to, so if someone wants to talk to Eikichi, then someone else does later. Just make sure any closed threads are marked with [CLOSED] so other people know they can't pop in! Otherwise...it's free game.

The following are links to the sections to faster reading, and will be updated:
Entrance (Coming in)

Blind Dates
Yusuke & Sayaka ║ Leon & Kafuka ║ Ryoji (AU) & Chihiro ║ Rod & Yuko ║ Lelouch & Fi ║ Yosuke & Kyouko ║ Reno "Sparky"& Vriska [OU] ║ Naoki & The Disciple ║ Mondo & Amaterasu ║ Karkat & Xion (AU4) ║ Gamzee & Wriggle ║ Taro & Homura ║ Dave Strider & Jin ║ Siira & Ryoji [OU] ║ Lina & Ganondorf ║ Reno "Rusty" & Ronald ║ David Lalonde & Beat ║ Equius [AU1] & Link (LttP) ║ Yulin & Jade ║ Selene & Rude ║ Riku [AU] & Aphrodi ║ Eridan (Jade) & Cloud ║ Xehanort & Veigar ║ Tara & April ║ Jirou & Cross ║ Luke & Soma ║ Futomimi & The Dolorosa ║ Haruna & Sora (AU) ║ Rhyth & Marty ║ The Signless & Xue'Kol ║ Tifa & William ║ Riku & Naminé ║ Monobear & Makoto ║ Lisa & Adachi ║ Kidou & Urotsuki ║ Koujirou & Feferi ║ Kuja & Zidane ║ Gimli & Legolas ║ Kanji & Naoto ║ Xion (OU) & Yu ║ Sora (OU) & Kairi ║ Eriko & Naoya ║ Eikichi & Miyabi

Individual Threads (For Mingling)
Eikichi Mishina ║ April Sinclair ║ Dave Strider ║ Jade ║ Tara Maclay ║ Jun Kuosu ║ Gamzee Makara ║ Ken Amada ║ Momotaros ║ Emmett Brown ║ Gandalf ║ Legolas ║ Sayaka Miki ║ Mami Tomoe ║ Minako Arisato ║ Yu Narukami ║ Minato Arisato (OU) ║ Maya Amano (Birthday Girl) ║ Minato Arisato[AU] ║ Ishtar[AU] ║ Jade Harley(AU) ║ Link (TP) ║ Naminé ║ Aphrodi ║ Chidori Yoshino ║ Enoch ║ Lelouch ║ Hei ║ Asakim Dowin ║ Professor Hojo ║ Tohru Adachi ║ Ryotaro Dojima ║ Sauntering Snowstorm ║ Zelda ║ Xion [OU]

Activities
Dancing ║ ELVISH SINGING

Comments

ENTRACE

[animusmods]

[Post characters entering the party here!]

[isthatashortjoke]

Why in the blazing hells of the Void had he agreed to this mockery and nonsense!

Clearly because there was nothing better to do in this gods forsaken tower! And at the very least there'd be more pleasant foods than what the subpar cafeteria offered.

Maybe it wouldn't be too bad, if anything he could summon a meteor to crush them all like gnats, or stop time and mark them as cattle. In the meantime however, he'd make sure to keep an eye out for this secret encoded message on his piece of paper... That's what it was for right?

[moontothetide]

[...after a moment to get the threat of hyperventilation under control, Tara enters the party. She hasn't had much cause to wear a dress, in the dangers of the tower, and it's admittedly a bit nice to have that chance again. She's even quite literally let her hair down, for the first time in weeks, and with a few hours of preparation, has gone from rangy wilderness survival girl to...well, at least appearing to be the soft and sweet lover of floral print clothing that she'd been before the tower. Before the gunshot.

It's an odd feeling. Nice, but odd. Different. She's different. For one thing, she can't remember the last time she'd been on a date. Not even a romantic date, just...a date, with her and someone else who actually wanted to be with her. Everything else in the tower thus far had been chance meetings and plans and necessity. Nothing like this.

She could have not come. She could have stayed in her room or pulled up weeds in her chosen patch of garden and, really, who could have stopped her? The pain of losing Willow had faded to an ache in her chest, but it was still there and she knew from painful past experience that it would be a while before it faded entirely. Really, if she had any idea who'd signed her up for this thing, there would be Words.

...even so. It's been so long. She needs to be out, needs to be with people. Sometimes, that's the best way to start the healing. Besides. She's been a long time without love, real and honest and true love. A girl can dream, can't she?

Tara will dither by the door a bit, her card held tightly in both hands so that only the little flower symbol is visible. Gnawing on her lip, glancing nervously around as though expecting or hoping her match for the night to just present themselves, it's clear she's out of her element, and that the waiting is pretty hard on her. She might catch your eye, clearly wondering if she should come up and ask to see your card. Finally, she will:]

Um...h-hi. S-Sorry. D-Do you mind...?

[midgarhorizon]

Reno wasn't thrilled he had been signed up, not in the least. His plans had included either sitting next to his still for some alone time or trolling the party at the outskirts and seeing what horrible tragedy befell Rude and Rod.

He had no intention of actually coming until Eikichi had shoved this symbol thing into his hand. (Maybe he had been avoiding the guy after that network post.)

Still, he was determined to enjoy it. Hey, it was free food, and he had a small bottle of vodka to liven things up, too.

[sunglassing]

Could Reno see that tall and bald guy with a paper in his hand? The one who didn't look happy at all to be here? That was the friend he signed up for this blind date thing. And Rude was at least as annoyed as Reno, but at least the sunglasses hided it well. The food was nice, but even that wasn't so thrilling for him.

When he spotted Reno, he turned to him and looked down the paper he himself had in his hand. Welp...

"You too..."

(ノ- ◎ ∀ ◎ -)ノ

[pengeen]

[Kidou was the first one walking into the room, a look of irritation upon his face. A little while earlier, he and Sakuma struggled with getting Genda nice and clean; it was much like trying to give a bath to a cat. There was shouting and arguing, and it was all around troublesome but somehow they managed it. And since it was Kidou's decision to make sure Genda would actually take a shower, Genda made him agree to leave his goggles in his room to pay him back. It would be rude for Kidou to wear them during a date, anyway.

So, he waits a few feet away from the doorway for Sakuma and Genda, arms crossed and an eyebrow slightly raised. (For the record, he, Sakuma, and Genda are all wearing these uniforms, Kidou's cape tied around his shoulders.)]

[kickspenguins]

[Not long after, Sakuma joins Kidou at the entrance, looking a bit annoyed too mostly in combination of being in a place much too crowded for his liking and the aforementioned battle with Genda.]

This is starting to look like a lot more trouble than it's worth.

[At least they were getting fed though.]

[great_king_of_evil]

Ganondorf couldn't believe it. Here he was for that stupid "blind date" thing. If only he knew who was responsible for this mockery… Oh no, not the one who organized the party. The one who signed him up. The one who thought it would be funny to add his name to the list. He'd grab their neck and crush life out of them...

He wouldn't have come actually; if only it weren't for this dear Princess Zelda. She, who felt necessary to whine and complain on the Network about him being in those blind dates, about him being evil and dangerous. Well then, if only to spite her, here he was. He didn't look all that different from usual. His clothes were very similar to those he was usually wearing, if anything they looked new.

That was a special day after all, wasn't it?

He looked at the small piece of paper with a symbol he had been provided with, and then shook his head. This was ridiculous, but he forced himself to look, if not happy, at least normal and not too angry. And looked around.

[cant_be_tamed]

He glances in the ~*Great King of Evil's*~ direction, not thinking much of it at first.

...And then does a double take.

It's funny, he's less angry that Ganondorf is actually here and more surprised that he'd even show up to a party, because from what he's seen so far, Ganondorf seems like he's Lord of the No-Fun Zone, so seeing him here is kind of surreal.

[sunglassing]

Rude had no idea who had signed him up. He didn't even know if he cared at this point. Even though- He had his little idea of who could have done that... Anyway. It really was not interest in the blind date that had brought him to the party, no, it was his sense of duty. He had been signed up, he was expected to come and it was nothing harmless as far as he could tell.

So he had to come. He wasn't going to let down whoever that was that may have been waiting for him. ... Considering how quiet he generally was, it might have been better for them if he had not come. Like usual, he looked very formal- Full black suit on together with his sunglasses.

He stared at his piece of paper once more... Whatever. He looked around, searching for familiar faces, trying to gauge what other people were thinking about this party. Not looking for his date though. If he had a date with someone, they'd find him soon enough.

[cullscuttlefish]

[To say Feferi was excited was an understatement. She practically bounded up the stairs, her hair brushed till it shone, her tiara and her jewelry polished, and she'd even done her makeup.

She couldn't help but giggle when that piece of paper was handed to her. Her sign? She could so handle that.]

[moontothetide]

[Tara manages to execute a stumbling dodge at the top of the stairs to avoid the jubilant Feferi. She can tell even at this distance how much work the troll had put into her appearance, and so it's kinder to just get out of her way rather than expect her to notice anything in that state. Really, the sheer joy on the other girl's face is enough to make Tara smile and stutter out a hasty:] S-Sorry.

[keeps_count]

While this was certainly nothing like the events he recalled from Mirkwood, dancing and singing in the forest by moon and firelight, it had its own charm. And Legolas smiled as he walked onto what was most likely to become known as the party floor tonight rather than the media floor.

Blonde hair was braided much more neatly than usual, although he had considered leaving it loose, and he wore the clothes he had been left after he had gotten out of the pods. They may be his fathers back home but he was given them here and they were by far the nicest pair he had, aside from what he had worn to Aragorn's crowning.

In his hand he held the piece of paper he had been given, carefully folded into a small square. He remembered exactly what symbol it was so he didn't give it more than a single glance before folding it and going inside. The prince was still a bit curious, and dismayed, about being signed up for this but he wouldn't complain. If it made someone happy then he would be happy. He didn't pick up a corsage though, since he really had no idea what they were actually for.

Gamzee ==> Be pale chauffeur.

[hystericull]

((OOC: Gamzee and Karkat are entering together. Think of this as a double entrance post! Feel free to either jump in to their shenanigans, or start your own thread with just one or both of them by replying to this post! <3))

[It was harder to move today. Usually after a pie and a half, fluid, dreamlike movements came naturally to Gamzee because he felt simply weightless. ...Now, there was a distinct and quite hard-to-ignore weight. Specifically, on his arm. Karkat reminded him of an unwilling barkbeast being pressured for a walk. Honestly, he couldn't say that that analogy couldn't be applied to his moirail at pretty much any time of the day or night, but this time, he had good reason, Gamzee supposed.

Well, not a good enough reason for him, anyway. Which is why Gamzee took the initiative to sign Karkat up for the blind dates under a FOOLPROOF DISGUISE THAT TOTALLY DIDN'T END IN DISASTER, and then made sure he actually showed by dragging him here tonight. Awesome moirailing skills, he knows, he knows.]

Come onnnn, brother! You be harder to fuckin' tote around even than when I all gotta get the move on at my motherfucking pile, you all is. Ease the fuck uuup!

Karkat ==> Be the unwilling barkbeast

[papshooshing]

[ Karkat is still sort of snarling like a rabid barkbeast. he's struggling, kicking. flailing. there's not a chance that he's going to break free though. Gamzee is a lot stronger than Karkat. not to mention his moirail is definitely taller and that's also giving the indigo an edge.

he can still try though. ]

GAMZEE MAKARA, PUT ME THE MERRY FUCK DOWN! IF YOU DON'T RIGHT THIS GODDAMN INSTANT, I SWEAR THAT I WILL MAKE YOU LISTEN TO ICP FOR THE NEXT WEEK!

[ur_batteries_are_dying]

Fi looked no different as she entered, completely expressionless and floating around. She had no experience with parties or dates, which was to be expected for the spirit of a weapon, but she apparently had no choice but to attend. Especially considering the fact that someone had signed her up for one of the dates.

She was a bit curious as to who had done so but, unfortunately, she had no way of finding out. There were no words spoken from the spirit, her expression likely wouldn't change but she would be polite.

[vvvroom]

Well, Eikichi was busy socializing with everyone else and Jun was...being...Jun, so he might as well try his hand at being a Gracious Host. Besides, how hard could it be to greet people when they come in?

"Hey there, welcome...to..." ...Wow.

What are you?

[cant_be_tamed]

So. True (and slightly embarrassing) story. He never really went on the network yet. Not that it mattered, since word of a party was going around by word of mouth, so...why not check it out?

...Oh, it's a birthday party! That's...pretty nice, actually. He idly wonders who the lucky "Maya" is before finally deciding to come inside.

...

>You got a pretty flower! Apparently, they're being given away, so go ahead and keep it.

[crescent_mirror]

[wandering about, Maya mingles. At her own birthday party. Slightly awkward, but there was no stopping Eikichi (... right? Maya didn't know him that well. This Maya, at least). In any case, she decided to enjoy herself. It was sort of like clubbing with good food!]

Oh, hey, pointed ears! Are you a sort of elf?

[Yes, Maya, that's how to make otherworldly friends]

[sageprincess]

[The Princess of Hyrule dresses formally on normal days. On eventful days of celebration such as this?

She pulls out all the stops.

Sure, she's not one of the (un)fortunate to have been set up on a date, but that hardly means she shouldn't try to look her best, right? Who needs escorts, anyway? She enters without much ceremony either, glancing appreciatively at the array of flowers but ultimately passing over them. Better to leave them for those for the 'couples,' after all. Besides, she's not entirely here for fun and games, though that is a benefit she will happily reap.

She's here to make sure certain people don't ruin what very well may be a rare moment when the people of the tower are truly happy.]

[speaks_dirty]

"I'm going to kill whoever signed me up." Was her mantra until she entered the floor for this celebration. And even when she got there, it became her mental mantra. Not only had someone signed her up for a blind date but it was the terrible fact that the best thing she had to wear to something like this was her Turk suit or she'd have had to wear shorts and a tanktop.

She improvised by wearing her tanktop under her jacket and no tie. That way if she got too hot, she could just throw her jacket somewhere and worry about it later.

Still... Someone was going to die for this. Or at least hurt a lot. No, parties aren't her thing. WHATEVER GAVE YOU THAT IDEA?

oh, right, this is her birthday party. might need to make an entrance

[crescent_mirror]

[so, here's Maya approaching the floor, a bit... surprised at how lively the place is. She never had a birthday party this big before! But she's not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, so. Maya strolls on in, happily.]

[morituramfides]

[Someone fortunate, observant or bored enough might be able to catch Jin on the tail end of his very early exit-- he'd shown up only to figure out the mystery of the paper on his door, and wanted nothing to do with anyone here. He'd already managed to avoid contact for most people for more than a week. And being here already made him feel sick.]

[teifua]

Tifa wasn't sure about this, but she had decided she needed to get out and relax a bit. This place, despite the lack of food for that month and the monsters, didn't seem too bad as long as those admin people left them alone. It wasn't that much worse than the Nibel Mountains, she had to admit. After getting over the shock, it was even... slightly relaxing. Fight monsters, gather food. Something to get her mind on and not dwell on the horrors she remembered all too clearly from home.

Best of all? No Shinra Company.

Still, she had cobbled together a sort of simple dress in the workshop, remembering the lessons she had as a very small child standing next to her mother. It brought back fond, if a bit melancholy memories.

She looked at the crowd, wondering who she could have been given, and a small thrill rushed over her. Who knew what would happen?

[justabignobody]

[Well... Riku had maybe planned to come to this party - he had done his own share of secret sign-ups after all, and if unless fate had taken care of it (and he does have hopes for that, Sora tends to be pretty lucky after all) eh may have to do some... re-arranging. He is however rather unhappy at whoever decided to sign him up for this - really... what is he even supposed to do at a date.

He supposes it's going to be pretty short-lived anyways, at least that what he's planning it to become.

At least he had the presence of mind to leave his cloak behind for once, and while his other set of cloths isn't exactly festive either, it's probably still more fitting for this occasion.

Unlike the last party he attended here, he doesn't linger around the entrance, but is quick to join the mingling. He's got quite a few things to do after all.]