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synflux2025-03-11 09:43 pm
peoplewatch) wrote in synflux2025-03-11 09:43 pm
OPENš LATE VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY
WHO: Newbies, oldbies, everyone is welcome!
WHAT: A Late Valentineās Party mingle, since Valentinesā Day was over Kaiju monthā¦
WHERE: āMANTRAā, 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:
āTo my dearest friends and teammates,
If we havenāt 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.
Valentinesā Day is a popular holiday in Japan that was sadly interrupted last month by the kaiju. My current client is holding a belated Valentinesā 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.ā
A location pin comes attached with the invitation. It looks like Kabruās become more adept at technology over the months.
Follow the location pin and youāll find yourself in front of āMantraā 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 otherās company. What kind of Valentineās 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 sideā¦
What can you do besides eat and drink?
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 didnāt get the opportunity to have do much for Valentinesā 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. ]
WHAT: A Late Valentineās Party mingle, since Valentinesā Day was over Kaiju monthā¦
WHERE: āMANTRAā, 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:
āTo my dearest friends and teammates,
If we havenāt 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.
Valentinesā Day is a popular holiday in Japan that was sadly interrupted last month by the kaiju. My current client is holding a belated Valentinesā 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.ā
A location pin comes attached with the invitation. It looks like Kabruās become more adept at technology over the months.
Follow the location pin and youāll find yourself in front of āMantraā 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 otherās company. What kind of Valentineās 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 sideā¦
What can you do besides eat and drink?
1. DANCING š
The DJ mostly plays trance and synth pop music in the background but heās happy to take requests. On the dancefloor,thereās always a group of tipsy guests dancing their hearts out, some dancing alone and others dancing as a couple. Thereās 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 š
Numerous cushions are set out around the venue for guests to lounge in and cuddle. Itās 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 otherās company. Finding it difficult to relax? The owner might give you a whiff of her special perfume thatās 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 š
Thereās 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. Donāt 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 š
In the spirit of Valentinesā 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. Itās 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 Valentinesā Day?
5. PARTY GAMES š
Whatās a party without party games? Throughout the night, people will be getting drunk and playing local drinking games such as the Kingās 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 š
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 didnāt get the opportunity to have do much for Valentinesā 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. ]
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[If this were one, she probably wouldn't be dreaming that he's beginning to nudge her at the shoulders to try and get her to sway in time with the music. But he is, so maybe this is reality after all.]
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N-Nevermind that. I think I should--
[ Blinks blinks. Wait, why is his hand on her shoulder? Why is he swaying her as if they were dancing? C-Clearly this can't be them dancing, she hasn't drunk her three mandatory glasses of alcohol for her to be inhibited enough to dance! ]
W-What are you doing?!
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[He knows damn well that's not why she wanted down, but sometimes he can play dumb as well as he can actually be dumb. Not that he sounds entirely serious, though; that smile is a dead giveaway that he's teasing her.]
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[ He has to be serious, as far as she's concerned! He's proven to be a kind (if only strange) soul before, he wouldn't purposefully terrorize her like that! ]
Besides, this-this is meant to be a special thing for romantic partners!
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[As someone who works at a club and sees strangers dancing with each other all the time, this is a brand new concept to him. Sometimes those strangers hook up after, but that's after! They don't have to already be doing that to start dancing! His hands are still resting on her shoulders, holding her there, but he tips his head at her curiously.]
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Y-Yet? [Blinks blinks.] YET?!
[ Is-Is that his intention here? His kindness is a disguised ploy to try and charm her? H-How terrible! She admires his good tastes, but: ]
What are you implying there? Villain! Pervert!! Degenerate!!!
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[He is pretty unabashedly and shamelessly those things! But that's a whole different conversation they hadn't even gotten to! Wait, she was upset about the "yet" part, right . . . ]
Oh, I didn't mean you've gotta or anything like that. Just that it's one way to figure it out, like going on a date!
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[ The gall! The shamelessness!! He should ask Ishtar, she'd probably say yes in a heartbeat! ]
I shall only go on a date with my destined love. I shall settle for nothing less.
[ How will she know they're her destined love before they even date? L-Look, she didn't think about those details, and that's not what's important there! ]
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[He's so damn dumb in so many ways, but unfortunately for Ereshkigal, he did think about that detail. It's the kind he notices! That said, his tone is genuinely curious, not sarcastic. Gigan just assumes that she does in fact have a good answer for this, and he just doesn't know it yet.]
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[ Why must he bring that up? B-But she does have an answer, even if it takes her a couple seconds to talk again. ]
W-Well, I will know obviously. [A pause.] I would have all the symptoms of someone in love. Butterflies in my stomach, difficulties to talk properly, intense blushing, a disregard for common sense. and of course inability to think rationally. [That's what people in love feel according to her romantic books.] And I do not have those symptoms right now...!
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[These symptoms she's describing . . . Gigan's never felt them before, which isn't a surprise to him, because he's pretty sure he's not in love—maybe never can be in love. There are feelings he questions sometimes that he couldn't even begin to put words to, but they aren't really like that. But doesn't Ereshkigal blush, like, all the time? And stammer a lot? And do things thoughtlessly that she then regrets immediately after?]
You must be in love with the whole base!
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[ ... ... ... ...
And lo: she throws a fist right at his face! ]
VILLAIN! [Fists won't do any more, so she grabs a bottle from a nearby table.] SCOUNDREL!! [Bottles are her going easy, so next she grabs a chair.] MONSTER!!!
[ Really a chair is being too kind, so now? She grabs the closest table and launch it his way.
Some would say this may be the slightest bit excessive, but pointing out things like that to a goddess is unwise indeed. ]