❝friendship affirmation party❞

[guiltapalooza]

Characters: LOTS OF PEOPLE just look at the tags, gosh. Start your own threads, hop into others, and generally be free with your tagging decisions.
Setting: Floor 4, the one with the big glass windows and lots of couches.
Format: Action tags!
Summary: Clearly what the tower needs right now is a party, and Willow and Aradia have thrown one.
Warnings: Nada. Good clean fun.

[It's never exactly a clear day around this floor of the tower, but the billowing clouds outside the floor-to-ceiling glass windows are maybe a bit lighter and fluffier. There's a positive atmosphere spread across the whole level, mostly from the colorful lights sprinkled here and there, magical in nature and of all different colors. They glow like small fairies.

But the biggest pieces in the room are the couches and armchairs, strategically laid out in different circles, with tables in the center. Snacks and drinks stolen from the kitchen are on the tables, so nothing too spectacular-- but there are several batches of baked goods that Willow's made, cookies and brownies and so on. There's also some board games and decks of cards placed here and there, the obvious Earth ones included and some not so obvious other ones that she hadn't recognized.

Anyone who wants to is welcome to show up, whether invited or not, whether they know Willow or Aradia or not. Fun is going to be had, darn it. However, everyone on the floor, just for today, is privy to an anti-violence ward that will prevent any motions toward violence from completing. A punch won't land, psychic powers mysteriously won't do anything if they try to cause harm, and so on. As the tower is not fond of being affected in any way, this is an effect the characters have put on them from crossing the threshold from the stairwell, and it will be automatically removed when they leave. It is not noticeable unless they try something or are particularly sensitive to magic.

It also won't last forever, so if you really want to get into a fight, do it while the party's winding down. Willow's wards are good but they aren't up to altering-the-tower-without-major-consequences level, and she's made them mild enough to wear off on their own after several hours.

You're really here to have fun, though, right? You knew where to go because of the network post.]

Comments

[guiltapalooza]

Really? [Willow looks faintly curious at the comment that they've spoken before, but doesn't pry. She assumes Eridan would tell her anything really important.]

Dating, matesprits, pick your term, [she goes on cheerfully, letting the previous question drop. She takes a step in closer to him as if it needed emphasis.] I don't know everyone here, though, I just let Aradia invite the whole tower! I reject all forms of friendship discrimination and all that.

[wwaterboy]

Yeah, I remember talkin' to you about Dualscar.

[He nods, his fins flattening a little, then lifting once more. He suspected she was in a quadrant with Dualscar, but he couldn't get confirmation. As Willow moves closer, he slips his arm around her waist]

Yeah, wwe're matesprits.

[floreatnoctem]

Yes- [and to Eridan]- you were... very helpful. My thanks.

[She feels a brow rise at Willow's mention of 'friendship discrimination', wondering if she should point out the synonymy of the word with 'enemy' to trolls, if Willow isn't already aware. She decides against it though, and simply shakes her head a little in amusement.]

Well- congratulations to you, then. I presume you will need more dresses then, Willow?

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[Willow does want to know why they were talking about Dualscar, but asking that would only ruin the mood. (And as luck would have it, she actually doesn't know about friend sometimes meaning enemy to trolls.)]

Maybe, [she drawls, shooting the teasing right back.] Is there anything you'd like to see me in, dear? Chidori made what I'm wearing, and if she's offering...

[She's not serious about the 'dear'. Thankfully.]

[wwaterboy]

Really? Wwell good.

[He feels a bit awkward at that. He isn't a fan of Dualscar in person, but at the same time he idolizes him in theory. It's confusing as hell, but he doesn't know that Willow has strong negative feelings about his ancestor]

Wwhat? [At Willow's question, drawing his attention to her dress, his eyes widen] You made that? It's real nice!

[He flushes slightly, then leers playfully at Willow] I might have a couple of ideas for wwhat I might like to see you in, but I don't knoww if I wwant to share them wwith the general public.

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori either didn't notice the joke or let it roll right off her back- either choice was likely, really- and nodded slightly, giving a light shrug of her shoulders.]

I did, and if you wish, I have been looking for a few more things to occupy my free time.

[She didn't miss Eridan't look to Willow, and raised her eyebrows in an obvious show of surprise, fighting to keep her face from heating. Her attention turned to the troll then, and despite the pale blush threatening her own cheeks, stated mildly-]

I am not unaccustomed to lace and corsetry, if you are truly so inclined.

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[Willow on the other hand failed spectacularly at not turning red, and now Eridan has two redheads blushing at him.]

I think I would spontaneously combust if I tried to be intentionally sexy, but if you're really looking for more things to do, you know I could never say no to more dresses.

This one really worked out perfectly.

[There, a smooth, successful subject transition. When in doubt, just be blunt and pretend you aren't holding in a shocked giggle.]

[wwaterboy]

You're alwways sexy, so you don't need to try. [See? He's being reassuring, though he sort of likes that red blush on her cheeks.]

Corsets are pretty.

[floreatnoctem]

I could manage both, I believe. A corset on a dress, perhaps?

[Because really, the two of them are impossible not to goad just a little, even for someone as deadpan as Chidori. Though she is considering the idea of trying to make some type of corset dress quite seriously now.]

I would have to find materials, however.