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

[soft_shelled]

[He could just let go of his weapon, it's not like he can't make a new one, but he doesn't.

Instead, he's making a desperate move when she moves to headbutt him. He moves into and angling into a way to make it so he'll take less damage from the headbutt. But well, his brilliant plan, not so brilliant. Because it's ending with his lips meeting hers a bit violently because it is still a headbutt, you know?

But he's in this now so, letting go of the bo staff and bringing both hands up to take hold of the sides of Kaga's face. He's committing to the bit.]

[harboredfeelings]

[ Hah! All according to plan, she's got him dead to rights! She feels their skulls connect, ow, and then something else warm and so--

Oh Creator's sake NOT THIS KISSING SHIT AGAIN. She's never going to another party, every time she does this crap happens, she's over it. All she has to d--

AND HE'S HOLDING HER FACE. Kaga can't pull back like she intends to, so instead she makes a startled "Mmmf!" of a noise and begins to, well. Not so much punch Donnie as she is repeatedly slamming her fists against his chest, and shoulders, and anything she can get at to make him stop kissing her. ]

[soft_shelled]

[It's a closed mouth kiss! Closed mouth! Donnie would probably be sick if he did anything risque like a french kiss, no matter who he did it with. But he is taking the hits to his chest like a boss, as he loosens his hold on her face. Running a hand through her hair, just going off what he knows about kissing from movies, before he breaks the kiss by pulling back and...]

... You done now?

[PROBABLY RUINS EVERYTHING BY TALKING.]

[harboredfeelings]

[ He almost gets away with it, he's almost smooth about it! The hand through the hair is a nice touch, Kaga almost feels something besides burning anger and embarrassment. ]

BASTARD!

[ And she slaps him. Open palm across the cheek. So that should probably answer his question. ]

[soft_shelled]

[Hey a slap is better than what she was doing before the kiss, so he is classing this as a win.]

I mean, yes? Since soft shells have a polygynous or polygynandrous mating system after all.

[This is him coping, by saying in the most nerdy way possible that his species of turtle doesn't mate for life.]

[harboredfeelings]

[ Don't count your chickens before they hatch, Donnie. Kaga sure is following it up by grabbing him by either side of his collar and just kind of

Shaking him. She's MAD. ]

SHUT. UP. Just shut your damn mouth for once before I rip it off!

[ Her face is beat red too of course. From the shouting or the kissing? Who knows. ]

[soft_shelled]

[He is shaken! He is used to being shaken, so he takes it, going limp to prevent any harm from being shaken.]

... was I that bad? It was my first kiss after all...

[Look, his brother is a loudmouth. He sometimes has to talk to be heard, also he feels like silence will make things worst.]

[harboredfeelings]

[ His first... oh Creator, that just makes this ten thousand times worse. Not only did he KISS HER in the lamest way possible but it was his first kiss? Is he going to pout? Is this going to ruin his self esteem?

It would serve him right!

But frustratingly enough this also leaves control out of Kaga's hands, and she hates that. ]

UGH!

[ THE most disgusted noise as she pulls him in and kisses him herself. It is not Sweet, Affectionate, or Gentle. Like everything else Kaga tends to do the gesture is very, very aggressive. If Donnie isn't careful she'll end up trying to bite his lip just to further get out her frustration

Spicy fox. ]

[soft_shelled]

[It wouldn't have effected anything, Donnie would have to hold such things in high esteem for it to affect him like that. And he was just fine with leaving things at that, but then Kaga makes that noise and then.

Yep that's another kiss. His eyes go wide, and it's not like he knows what a normal kiss should be like, he only knows these things via media after all. So just going to do what he thinks should work, bringing a hand to rest at her waist as he closes his eyes. Might as well enjoy this crazy ride!]

[harboredfeelings]

[ Kaga is not used to kissing! This is only her second time...! And somehow she's even angrier than the first time, which is saying something when Kabru really pushed her buttons. This one lasts for a few moments, eventually ending with Kaga growling and nipping Donnie's lower lip before pulling back and pushing him away.

She just stares at him for what seems like an eternity, hands still held up in the air while she tries to reboot and figure out what she's doing. ]

You... you tell anyone about this and I'll make you wish you were dead.

[ With a "hmpf" and a flip of her hair Kaga turns on her heel and stomps off, pausing to grab a bottle of something from the refreshment table and popping the top off with the thumb of her metal hand. She does not CARE what it is, she just needs a drink. ]

[soft_shelled]

[When he is pushed away from Kaga he stumbles a little and stares a bit dumbfounded at her. His face is flushed and a bit pink as well, and he doesn't try anything until after she speaks and turns to leave.]

... but we're in a public space.

[More muttered to himself, and he's also trying to ignore this weird feeling he's getting in his stomach. Which he knows for sure isn't nausea, or being grossed out, he's not quite sure what it is. Aside that it's confusing, but hey. He doesn't stop her from walking off, or attempt to follow her. Just staring off into space while in a ripped shirt. Totally unaware of what Kaga just woke up in him.]