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

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[followyourstar]

Probably not. But hey, since we're here we might as well have fun with it, right?

[So they say, but someone had to talk them into trying this whole speed dating thing to begin with.]

[immortalpoet]

Have fun...

[NO BELIEVER IN FUN, THIS ONE]

Do you want to start, then?

[followyourstar]

[Yeah, that's a pretty tall order from Vergilius.... But they can still try!]

Right. Let me just...

[They stare off into the middle distance, using their oculars to browse the questions until--]

Oh! This one looks good. What's your favorite place you've gotten to travel to? Either here or back home?

[immortalpoet]

Travel to...

[A little "hrm" from him.]

I don't really have a preference for any of the Districts. Here...maybe here when the cherry blossoms were in bloom.

[followyourstar]

Cherry blossoms...

[They take a moment to look it up.]

Ooh... And these trees are all planted around here?

[immortalpoet]

Yes.

[A beat. Yes, he remembers the blossoms well. When he and Malkuth shared a drink, and...]

[...Well, he won't dwell on the past, now.]

I don't know if they survived, though. It would be nice if they did.

[followyourstar]

Well, if they did, or if there are any other places to see them... maybe you could show them to me?

[immortalpoet]

...Oh.

[He didn't expect that, somehow, and he's mildly awkward at the idea.]

[Well, not like a contract or something would stop him. Right?]

Sure. That would be fine.

[followyourstar]

[Sigh.]

Oh well, I guess it was worth a--

[...!!!]

W-Wait, really?

[immortalpoet]

Don't look so dumbfounded. It's not like I'm allergic to flowers.

[baka]

[followyourstar]

Well, yeah, I didn't think you were. It's just...

[It's just what?

They're going to look at some trees. It's not that big of a deal.

...So why does it feel like a big deal?]

Nevermind. I think it's your turn to ask something now.

[immortalpoet]

[Dante trails off. Well, yes. He can guess at their statement. That it's perhaps ill-fitting for him. Unless they mean that it feels like a big deal, or...]

[He furrows his eyebrows, feeling a little more awkward, but he's pushing the feeling down.]

[It's just seeing flowers together.]

...Fine. What's your idea of a perfect gift?

[Did he actually look at his ocular for this? Doesn't seem like it.]

[followyourstar]

[That was quick!

Luckily, they've had to give this question some thought already, thanks to their Christmas gift-giving endeavors.]

< Something practical, but meaningful--and that's whether I'm giving something or receiving something. I like the idea of making use of something while always knowing exactly who it was from. >

[immortalpoet]

Ah, so the knife was something appreciated. Noted.

[...]




[He sounds blunt, but maybe there is a shred of something glad it was right on the money.]

[followyourstar]

Well, yeah... Of course it was.



[...Wait a minute.]

You haven't been worrying about that this whole time, have you?

[immortalpoet]

Worrying? Are you kidding?

[BAKA]

[followyourstar]

[Rapidly mashing X to doubt]

You're the one who brought this topic up in the first place...

[immortalpoet]

I was curious, is all. Worrying applies a level of emotion that seems too presumptuous.

[...]

You can ask me something, now.

[followyourstar]

...What do you think of this place?

[They know he's given them advice about it, but they've never really asked him about his feelings about this world directly.]

[immortalpoet]

...I don't really have any strong opinions. I suppose I'm annoyed by all this. Then again, I'm a Fixer. Such is the life.

[Shuffled around, made to do tasks, but...his eyes grow a little brighter.]

No, on second thought. I understated myself. There is too much left behind. I do not care for LILITH and its desires.

[followyourstar]

[A slow nod]

I want to go home too. It feels a little weird to say given the, uh, comparisons between here and there, but... "Too much left behind" really is the best way to put it.

[immortalpoet]

You still have yet to carve your Aspect, Dante.

[whatever the fuck THAT means]

This shouldn't be something we should be steeped in forever. Limbus Company requires its manager and its guide.

[followyourstar]

[whatever the fuck that means indeed...]

I'm... trying not to imagine how things must be going without us right now. Oh, though I guess it might not be too bad? We all came from different times and I remember everyone being around when everything was happening.

[Assuming they all aren't from different Mirror Worlds on top of all that.]

Not that I'm using that as an excuse...

[immortalpoet]

And you shouldn't. The Sinners may have their Identities. But there is only one you, Dante.

[...]

And Limbus Company needs you.

[followyourstar]

[...Right. The company.]

It'd probably be difficult to find someone else with a clock like mine on short notice, wouldn't it? I'll take good care of it.

...It needs you too, though. Limbus Company does, I mean.