Midsummer Bash

[puppy_lancer]

Characters: Lancer, the people he invited to the party, and everyone else who wants to stumble in
Setting: Floor 25, July 5, afternoon
Format: Open
Summary: Lancer throws a party for midsummer, since the Tower obviously needs a breather.
Warnings: None so far.

[To be honest, Lancer wanted to have the party in the evening, sometime around twilight. That would have been the most romantic time for it. Unfortunately, when in the Tower, one had to account for things like monsters. As a result, he had to hold it during the afternoon. But it wasn't too bad of a compromise.]

[This was, of course, a more simple affair than Diarmuid's birthday. For food, he had hauled a couple of tables up here and lined the table with dinner food. The centerpiece was a cake which had a heart drawn on it in red frosting. In one corner of the meadow, he had used some boxes and tarp to make some sort of booth where people could hide from the sun (and steal kisses off of each other). In the center of the meadow, he had piled a large stack of wood, perfect for lighting a bonfire by the party's end. The structures had all been surrounded with wreaths made from the meadow's flowers.]

[As soon as he's done with the setup, Lancer will sit down next to the firewood pile, waiting for people to come.]

Comments

[notagiraffe]

[Once the fire is lit Taiki sits near it, watching it sadly. Being on his dead world has made him withdrawn and quiet, or more so than usual, and the bloodsickness of the last month hasn't completely abated.

Still he watched quietly, not quite confident enough to join in or initiate conversations, but happy to watch and answer if spoken to. After a week on his dead planet he liked being not alone, being around others even if they were a little scary and smelled of blood.]

[marriedthebloke]

...I wonder where they got all the wood.

[Sola-ui muses to herself, standing right next to Taiki. She too is basking in the glow and the warmth of the fire.]

[notagiraffe]

Probably the forest... there's lots there...

[He blinks realising she probably hadn't been speaking to him] Sorry...

[marriedthebloke]

...Thank you.

[She smiles at the boy. Though she had been talking to herself, an answer was certainly welcome.]

Then it must have been one very strong person, or several people who were invested in this festival.

[notagiraffe]

I guess... people like parties so they probably worked together...

[marriedthebloke]

Given all the different worlds we've been brought from, it seems to be a constant.

[A pause.]

But if they waited a little longer, they could have celebrated O-bon.

[notagiraffe]

O-bon... [He blinks, he hasn't given much thought to the festivals he attended as a child, a world away from the Twelve Kingdoms and especially this tower] That's next week right?

[marriedthebloke]

It's next month. But it's still a summer holiday. It...celebrates spirits.

[Oddly appropriate in a Tower full of souls.]

[notagiraffe]

I know... sorry... I haven't been on earth for a while... I forgot the date... I always liked that festival though... I think we should celebrate it here...

[marriedthebloke]

I suppose I'll ask to see if there's interest. Perhaps one of the people here can hold the festival in August.

[notagiraffe]

You could do it... um if you wanted...

[marriedthebloke]

Me?

[She frowns, and then she shakes her head.]

I don't think I know enough people here who can help me arrange such a huge affair.

[notagiraffe]

I can help... um and I can ask some people... they might want to...

[marriedthebloke]

...I would appreciate that. If you find me the people, I suppose I can talk to them.

[notagiraffe]

I can do that... [He's not too good at talking to people himself] I'll ask around...