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

Enoch [AU1] | Open

[warriorscribe]

Enoch was sitting off to the side at a small round table that had once held something that had been taken by now - when it was cleared, he'd dragged it off to the corner with the chairs and beanbags. He watched the dance idly from time to time, his finger running along the table's curved edge when his focus waned.

It wasn't the blood loss, if you'd seen him before; no, he'd had that healed. But it was just that...well. They'd been planning a party at Meridian. He, Armaros, Ashraf, Asato...mostly Armaros and Asato with him coordinating, but it was still going to be a party.

And this one, this opportunity to reflect, in good health...it reminded him that it would never happen.

((ooc: Obligatory stick in the mud. Anyone care to pull him out of it?))

[alephbet]

After he'd decided to take a break from dancing, Aleph picked a beanbag chair to sit in that happened to be next to Enoch's.

"Enjoying the party?"

[warriorscribe]

Enoch glanced over at the long-haired man that spoke to him. "I thought I would."

There was a pause before he spoke up again abruptly, deciding he would elaborate after all. "I...suppose you could say it's made me homesick."

[alephbet]

"I guess it could. I'm sorry." Aleph hadn't been away long, but the party called to mind other halls and other dances. "Have you been here long?"

[warriorscribe]

Enoch has to actually think about that. Time seemed to fly now that he had nothing like the journal, like the events he experienced in Meridian, nothing to mark the days by. Not that he cared to mark the passage of time in this state.

"It...must be a month, at least."

[alephbet]

"A month..." Aleph echoed. "I can see why you'd be lonely."

[warriorscribe]

Enoch nodded. 'Lonely' was a good way to put it. He had so few here he knew, and his heart still ached for those he'd lost, particularly in a situation like this.

[alephbet]

"Is there anyone here who can fill the void a little?" Not replace it, because there was no way to replace lost friends. But fill their absence.

[warriorscribe]

Another nod. "I do have one friend from there."

And he was still getting used to that. Getting used to the earth spirit's presence here meaning...they were right about Meridian being destroyed. Getting used to everything it entailed.

[alephbet]

"That's good to hear. I guess I could say the same."

...If you called Lucifer a friend.

[warriorscribe]

Enoch wondered if it was selfish to be glad Sola was here. This place was terrible, and while he was worried about what her presence here meant, he was still glad to see her. Still grateful on some level to be able to speak with her.

"It's...good to have someone to trust in this place."

[alephbet]

"Agreed. In a place like this, we need to be able to rely on each other."

[warriorscribe]

Enoch wasn't sure how to respond to that. He knew he could be relied on, himself...or thought he could. The failed attack on the pods was reminder enough that reliability, too, was up to the administrators here.

So he simply nodded, more acknowledgment than agreement.

[nemophila]

"Is everything alright?"

Socially graceful he wasn't, but he could at least tell when someone wasn't having a very good time. Not that he really faulted the guy for sitting off to the side (this party was kind of huge, to be honest), but he certainly didn't seem to be in the best of moods.

I apologize for this late failure of a tag ;;

[warriorscribe]

Enoch looked up at Jun as he spoke. The boy might be surprised to see recognition in his expression.

Was he rescued from Meridian, too, or was this like Naoya? "...Jun?"

no worries~! c:

[nemophila]

"Hm?"

Well, color him surprised to know that this guy knew his name already. Surprised, and a tad bit suspicious. "Yes, that's me. Have we met before?"

[warriorscribe]

Enoch's eyes lowered. So it was just like Naoya. "I've met...another you, I suppose. Have you heard of anyone else from a city named Meridian?"

[nemophila]

Oh that...got a bit of an eyebrow raise. Another him? With the revelation that technically everyone was from a different world, he supposed it was possible, but... it was still... odd. To say the least.

"I don't think I've heard of that city before. Is that where you used to live?"

[warriorscribe]

"Not originally, but...before I came here." Enoch's fingers traced the curve of the table some more. "I recently learned the being who had been maintaining it was killed. None of us were aware..."

[nemophila]

Everyone in this place meant there were all sorts of worlds being destroyed, probably on a daily basis-- but the novelty of it never quite wore off.

"It seems that many people are unaware of the true problems facing their homes until it's too late."

A bit of a beat, and then, "I'm sorry. I know what it's like to not be remembered."

[warriorscribe]

Enoch shook his head - it wasn't that nobody remembered Sola, it was... "...It happened when we were asleep. I only learned she was killed because she's been brought here."

[nemophila]

Well that was. Concerning. "A quiet death is at least preferable to a violent one. At least I hope that was the case."

Better to die in one's sleep and not suffer than die at the forefront of a battle and wait did he just say his city was here?

"Wait. 'She's' here? Your city?"

??????

btw re: your CR chart, Enoch is either Chariot or Fool, not quite sure which.

[warriorscribe]

Well, that was the first time anyone's made a connection like that. Enoch went still for a moment, confused but trying to sort out what, exactly, to say.

"...No, she wasn't Meridian, itself. She only maintained it."

oh, tyvm! 0u0 I'll look into it more when I'm not foolishly tagging at 2am

[nemophila]

Trust us Enoch, the guy's already met the manifestation of England or something, his mind worked in interesting ways.

"A single being able to maintain the entire city though?" Sounded like some sort of Fischer King tale, to be honest.

[warriorscribe]

That's all right, Enoch is as comfortable being a teacher as he is a student.

The hand fidgeting with the edge of the table stopped, and he rested it in front of him instead as he thought back, inclining his head slightly as if expecting to find some answers beyond his retelling.

"She was once a part of the spirit that guided the land there. The spirit that was the land, so in a sense she was indeed once Meridian itself. But she's...something else, now, her own being."