OPEN💗 LATE VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY

[peoplewatch]

WHO: Newbies, oldbies, everyone is welcome!
WHAT: A Late Valentine’s Party mingle, since Valentines’ Day was over Kaiju month…
WHERE: “MANTRA”, an underground, alternative club in Neo Toyko
WHEN: March 10th
WARNINGS: Romance and shippy things, alcohol, hookah, suggestive things. Anything NSFW is to be appropriately labelled.

Around the 10th of March, Outsiders will receive a message in their ocular inbox from Kabru, the Outsider also known as @ rasgulla. The message reads:

“To my dearest friends and teammates,

If we haven’t met before, call me Kabru. When not on missions as an Outsider, I work as a freelance event planner for various businesses and private organizations within Neo Tokyo.

Valentines’ Day is a popular holiday in Japan that was sadly interrupted last month by the kaiju. My current client is holding a belated Valentines’ Day event and they would really like the Outsiders to come. There will be plenty of food and things to do. Even if you're not looking for a romantic time, I'd encourage you to come!

Please wear something comfortable. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Yours sincerely,

Kabru.”



A location pin comes attached with the invitation. It looks like Kabru’s become more adept at technology over the months.

Follow the location pin and you’ll find yourself in front of ‘Mantra’ in metro Tokyo, an underground, alternative club making waves for its uniqueness in the club scene. Outsiders will all be allowed in without much fuss. The owner of the club is a gentle woman who kindly requests that all guests take their shoes off and leave them at the side. There is a lingering scent of incense and the people hanging out in the club look remarkably calm as they relax; cuddling and enjoying each other’s company. What kind of Valentine’s day party is this? A New Age, alternative kind, apparently. The owner of the club wants to be promoting togetherness in a completely different way.

Thankfully, finger foods and alcohol appear to be abundant, even if Kabru would really like you to be mingling with the people! There is a bar with free flowing wines and spirits, and a table with hors d'oeuvres and small desserts as accompaniment. These can include sushi rolls, small sandwiches, crab cake bites, small skewers, chocolates, little cakes and tarts. Food aside, there is live music playing and guests are highly encouraged to dance.

Naturally, couples are also coupling up, but anything too raunchy is of course cordoned off to a private room. Also, ignore the people smoking electronic hookah at the side…

What can you do besides eat and drink?

1. DANCING 💗

The DJ mostly plays trance and synth pop music in the background but he’s happy to take requests. On the dancefloor,there’s always a group of tipsy guests dancing their hearts out, some dancing alone and others dancing as a couple. There’s no right or wrong way to dance and most people will not cast judgement. Give it a try? Better hurry, before some of the overeager guests try to drag you in.

2. CUDDLE PILE 💗
Numerous cushions are set out around the venue for guests to lounge in and cuddle. It’s highly encouraged, in fact! Especially after a vigorous dance session. There are people lying together in larger groups, and couples choosing to spend their time lounging and enjoying each other’s company. Finding it difficult to relax? The owner might give you a whiff of her special perfume that’s guaranteed to put you in a state of complete calm. It might even make you more open about lying together with someone else.

3. SPEED DATING 💗

There’s a speed dating round going on in one side of the club. Guests are numbered and paired up randomly, then given a short amount of time to get to know each other on a speedy little date. Don’t know what to say? A list of questions will flow in through the oculars to give you a prompt. (Please refer to here and here for some examples or make up your own!)

4. MAKE SWEET TREATS 💗

In the spirit of Valentines’ Day, the owner of the club is hosting a quick desserts-making workshop at the event. Guests will be provided with ingredients and taught to make chocolate or cupcakes, and they will get the chance to decorate it however they like. It’s highly encouraged to make something to give to your sweetheart or the person you admire. Do you really want to be the person eating their own chocolate on Valentines’ Day?

5. PARTY GAMES 💗

What’s a party without party games? Throughout the night, people will be getting drunk and playing local drinking games such as the King’s Game. Eventually, other games from the West get introduced by other people. These games include Truth or Dare, Spin the Bottle and 7 Minutes in Heaven.

6. TAKE SOMEONE HOME 💗

If it looks like you're having a pretty good time with someone else, a helpful robot will approach you and provide you both with a key to a private room. Some of these private rooms are normal and some are themed, similar to a love hotel. There's no need to actually do anything raunchy of course. You could just cuddle up and enjoy the warmth of the digital fireplace! Everything one might need for a nice time together (condoms, lubricant etc) will be readily available.

As the event planner, Kabru will be buzzing around and making sure everything runs smoothly, but he can be stopped for questions or concerns (pls be nice to him he has anxiety). Characters can sit out of anything they want, but drunk and overeager guests might decide to drag them in.

[ OOC: I put this up so everyone can enjoy a chill mingle after the chaos of last month! And also because we didn’t get the opportunity to have do much for Valentines’ Day given the timing. Naturally, please label any NSFW, add your content warnings appropriately, and state your boundaries and preferences in terms of shipping/gen/being tagged by younger/older characters. ]

Comments

[queenofkur]

[ W-Why is Nyuu talking like that? Or is that Lucy? She can't imagine Lucy talking like that, but she's seen more surprising before! Regardless, she doesn't understand why she's talking in such a stranger manner. S-She's not mocking her bout of anxiety, is she?

No, she would never. She's not that kind of person. ]

T-Thank you, you-you're looking really-really lovely too...

[ Said with what she wishes was a beautiful, confident smile... But is only a weak, anxiety-riddled smile. ]

[saudadist]

[ Oh, they're talking normally now? Well, whatever she wants to do! Nyuu doesn't think to mention it if it was just how Ereshkigal breaks the ice. ]

Don't be nervous, Ereshkigal-san, it's just me!

[ Hmm, hmmm, hmmmm...what's a good question to ask during these speed dating things? Maybe the poor goddess can't think of what to ask and that's why she's nervous? ]

What's a good movie you've seen recently?

[queenofkur]

[ D-Don't be nervous... It's easier said than done! But okay, she can take a deep breath. It's just Nyuu, she's adorable and so kind! There's no reason to be anxious with her. And she knows there are no romantic risks since she's with Godzilla.

Well, Lucy is but they share a body... But that mean they're all together? No, if she still shared her body with Ishtar, she most certainly wouldn't want to have anything to do with her lovers!! So does that mean Nyuu is dating someone Lucy may not even know? Will Godzilla think Lucy is cheating on him if she sees Nyuu with her lover?!?

... T-That sounds very complicated, huh. ]

I-I watched a movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice... [A pause.] It was very good. I liked Mr Darcy's portrayal a lot.

[ Of course, of course it's a romance. ]

H-Have you seen any?

[saudadist]

[ Oblivious to the goddess' inner peril, the pinkette hums in thought. If Ereshkigal is expecting judgement for her movie preferences, Nyuu is bereft of any such judging. Instead, those movies make up the bulk of what she wants to watch as well, when she's awake. ]

I saw a cute movie called Ever After! It seems like there were a few historical jokes in there I didn't understand...but the love story was very sweet.

[queenofkur]

I'm afraid I have never heard of it...

[ Historical jokes...? Like "Wow, your luck at love is as bad as Ishtar's"? Somehow she doubts that's what it would be... ]

Did it have a happy ending?

[saudadist]

[ Luckily for Ereshkigal, the historical jokes were mostly pointed at the English, as the movie was set in France, and some guy named Da Vinci was there with weird boat shoes? ]

It did! The heroine married the prince, her cruel stepmother and stepsister were allowed to work in her castle as maids, and the kindly stepsister got to marry a nice young man too.

[queenofkur]

[ Some guy? She'd been told this Da Vinci person is a woman!! M-Maybe this is some difference between worlds... ]

Aaah, that's a beautiful ending! [She can already imagine Ishtar working as a maid in her castle when she'll have found her destined love!] We should watch the movie together sometimes!

[ This way if she cries, she'll be here to comfort her! B-Besides, Ereshkigal hates watching movies alone. She's tried and it's a really bad feeling for some reason. ]

[saudadist]

[ Her eyes light up, practically glittering, if that's even possible. ]

That's a wonderful idea! We can watch that one and some others that I thought were very sweet.