Once you party with us

[knightime]

Characters: Dave Strider, the loser Homestucks with birthdays in December, Naminé, and everyone else who's in the Media Room at that time.
Setting: Media Room
Format: Either
Summary: Party in the media room. Look at all these stupid kids who have birthdays in December.
Warnings: Teenagers are dumb. Stupid shenanigans.

It wasn't really a proper party set-up. There were no decorations or anything that would signify it were a party. Dave didn't really have supplies or time to make anything and he wasn't really around to even plan anything in the first place.

Jason didn't really make it any easier by giving them only foodbars and water for this month either.

But he did try. He made those shitty paper ringlets to hang and he taped really crappy drawings of balloons to the walls. An attempt was made and he thinks his balloons are pretty fucking awesome anyways. It was a little sad. The list was a lot shorter than he anticipated. He ignored that nagging thought though. He didn't want to recall that a lot of his friends had left while he was gone.

Yeah, pretending that isn't a thing that happened.

Too busy admiring his really shitty attempt at birthday decorations.

Damn, he even made a cake. Ok. It wasn't really a cake. He mashed nutrition bars into a bowl with water and attempted to bake it. That...that didn't actually really come out like he hoped. Mostly, he put it in too long so the outside was completely burn yet the middle was still a really gross mush. No one was probably going to eat it. But it's the thought that counts...

It's a really gross fucking cake.

Obviously though, he should be in charge of birthdays all the time. "Fuck, I'm amazing at this." No, Dave. This is pretty shitty and you know it. You tried though. You tried.

[[OOC: Feel free to threadjack and mingle!]]

Comments

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[She is definitely lying, we can assure you.]

That's just the way traditions work, you know; weird-ass old practices that people keep on doing. Like blowing up the sky for the Fourth of July.

[Except she actually likes fireworks a lot haha.]

[lethechained]

[... Head tilt.]

Blowing up the sky?

[... How does that. Work if it's something that's traditional, do they replace the sky after every time--]

[....]

[Clearly this is another one of those very silly people. Dave seems to have quite a lot of company that way. More jokingly now,]

That sounds like a lot of trouble to go through for a tradition.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[They totally replace the sky yearly. Obviously.

A creep of a grin starts appearing however, when it seems like Namine's getting the joke.]

Yeah well, when these things first started, I doubt there was a lot to do besides try not to die of frostbite or typhoid. They had the time to waste away on lavish displays of "who can make the most memorable but still replicatable shenanigan."

[lethechained]

[Hey, it could happen. At least, it could would you consider what sort of worlds she comes from and the sort of world this one is, too.]

Oh! I suppose that does make more sense. [There's a little smile on her own face that's slowly growing.] I'm sure I'd rather do that than spend all my time worrying about frostbite and typhoid. [Not that she's certain what typhoid is, but it doesn't sound like very much fun.] If those were the only other options I understand why they'd spend all that time on it.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Fair enough. Would if she could be from the land of Chicken Little.]

Exactly. It's much more fun thinking about fancy ways to set up a Turkey Feast to drive housewives crazy thousands of years later than worrying about whether or not you're gonna have to cut your foot off next week.

[lethechained]

[In her universe, that's probably a legitimate place, so--]

Turkey Feast? How many of these traditions did they come up with? [Except that's joking, too, because even with her limited knowledge, she knows there are a variety of traditions and probably too many to name so easily.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Joke all you want, you're just lucky you're being spared from Jade arbitrarily listing off every single holiday tradition she can think of.]

Loads of 'em. Hiding chicken eggs from small children, dowsing the city in green, lighting up a child candle holder once a year-- really kind of impressive when you think about it.

[lethechained]

Huh.

[There's something of a familiarity, but some of these--]

It makes me wonder how they came up with some of those things. Besides having way too much time on their hands, I mean. [Head shake.] People can be so creative.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Good question. [It's one she's thought about before, but she's not sure that any historian has ever stumbled upon a legitimate answer. She really should've asked David while he was here.]

Boredom and creativity I guess go together to make fireworks? I know I've done a shitton of weird stuff when I was bored, though that was less Holiday Bonanzas and more sniffing the old cheese in the back of the refrigerator.

[lethechained]

Mm. Just another unanswered one, I guess. It's got a lot of company. [The universe is full of them--]

[Give her a second to giggle.] I suppose I should say you're pretty creative, too. [Because really? Old cheese sniffing? She's amused.] Even if it is in a different way. But you know-- no matter how they did it, I'm sort of glad they did. I don't know very many traditions, but... most of the ones I do know about seem interesting. [Not sure about the getting balloon air spewed at her part though, even if in hindsight it was rather silly--]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[We'd call old cheese sniffing was less "creative" and more, "inane."]

Heh, I'm not nearly as good as the turkey guys, though. But yeah, I gotta agree; way better celebrating at least something in the winter instead of just waiting for the snow to clear up. Didn't you guys have shit like that in your home universe?

[lethechained]

We do have Christmas. [That counts, right? She can't imagine it not counting.] We're not the only ones, are we? I'm certain I've heard of it being in other worlds, too. I know there are some others, but-- I'm... not the best person to ask.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Shit man, everyone's got Christmas! [And judging by the tone in her voice, it was probably one of the ones she particularly enjoyed. What kid didn't?] A world without Christmas is just a sad husk of an excuse.

At least, I haven't heard of one without it. I think I know aliens that have a version of it called...something about Eve's Pedigree.

[Swing and a miss.]

[lethechained]

Mm. I've always thought it sounded like a wonderful holiday. It would be a shame if there were entire worlds that didn't get to enjoy it. [And not just little Nobody girls missing out.]

Huh. [Give her a second to consider this.] Who's Eve? [Not that she necessarily expects her to know, but.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Well, I'm gonna guess this world doesn't have much Christmas spirit, unless the admins got a grand ol' tree set up in their corporate offices of evil.

[Just a theory.

to Naminé's question, she simply shrugged.] I'unno. That's just what I've heard them say before. I think it's some weird spin on 'Christmas Eve.'

[lethechained]

I suppose you may be right. ... I'm not sure whether it would be better or worse if it did. [Considering the methods of expressing that spirit miiiiight not be the most beneficial for tower inhabitants. Just maybe.]

Oh...! I think I get it. That would make sense.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Yeah she's thinking about that for a minute.]

I guess their idea of Christmas would probably decking the halls with balls of intestines and tinsel of human flesh.

[gross.]

Eve was also this super important historical chick from the Bible? But I don't think aliens would know about that so it might be the Christmas Eve thing.

[lethechained]

[The 'gross' is echoed in Naminé's expression, along with a hint of distress.]

Do you think they'd really do that...?

[She knows enough about to troll culture to know that it's quite violent, but--... well, actually, she wouldn't put it past them.]

Huh. You're probably right - I get the feeling that that isn't the same 'Eve'.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Probably? [Sheeee doesn't really wanna think about this anymore, eugh. Good thing the cake wasn't that appetizing anyway.] I mean, I don't even know what's normal in a world that has doomtowers like this, so I guess I wouldn't be surprised if they suddenly broke out the guts-y tinsel.

[At the latter part, she shrugs.] Maybe they have their own weirdo Troll Jesus Eve. I dunno.

[lethechained]

[Oh man. This is... definitely not a nice thought for her, either, if that frown is any indication.] They didn't last year...! So there's that. [Not that they won't get creative this year, but--]

Mm, maybe. I guess neither of us would know, anyway.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

You were here last year?

[Jade hardly even knows how long this place has been around, OK.]

[lethechained]

-- Oh! Yes, I was. I've been here for about a year and a half.

[... Way to say that like it ain't no thang, Naminé. There's really only a hint of weight to it and that's mostly because she knows it can be kind of troubling, thinking about being stuck in the tower that long oneself.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

Jesus.

[Jade may not have been the most emotionally intelligent person, but you couldn't hide that weight too well from a Time Player who knew that kind of emotional weight way too much.]

...Has it always been this bad?

[lethechained]

[Naminé smiled, though it was the sort of smile that was meant for another person's benefit.]

... It has. [It's regrettable to have to say it, but she's no willing liar.] The tower was smaller back when I first arrived, but... it's the same sort of place it's been the whole time I've lived here.

[reddeadvirtuoso]

So the only thing that really changed is that guy going construction happy I guess. [Well. She wasn't really sure what she was expecting when she asked the question, but. Whatever!]

That's dumb.