lap seven // day 270 (open)

[amphibian]

Who: Aoi and every resident of the Bastion she can get her hands on.
Open: HELL YEAH
When: Throughout day 270
Where: WHEREVER YOU ARE; she's hunting people down!
What: Aoi has big plans and a small amount of time and she needs everyone's help to make this party happen!
Format: Action tags preferred, but I'll match!
Warnings: N/A

[As soon as the travel party set out towards the Bastion, Aoi decided what needed to be done. It didn't have to be anything too extravagant, especially since she'd be focusing on making it happen as soon as possible without any pre-planning, but a welcome party for the group of Ura who had come to stay with them was absolutely necessary.

She stayed up late last night putting together something like a plan: scribbling lists of what they'd need, what to do—a tall order, certainly, given all the Bastion's residents, but she wanted the party thrown as soon as possible. If she waited too long, it wouldn't be a welcome party anymore!

With enough help, though, she could get it done in a day.

And that's why Aoi's scurrying up and down the Bastion today. If she hasn't disappeared to go work on her own contributions, she's darting in and out of the public buildings, jogging across the open fields, and heading right in the direction of absolutely anyone she sees—except, of course, their newest residents; she's got a good enough head on her shoulders to be friendly when she passes by any members of the new group of Ura instead of actively avoiding them, but they can't know about the party. A surprise is the only way to go!

So she'll be reaching out to all of the Bastion's other residents—seriously, all of them, even those she doesn't know so well. A group effort is the only thing that's going to make this happen, after all!]

Hey! Hey, you! I need your help! [She'll run over to anyone she spots anywhere, glance around furtively to make sure none of the new Ura can listen in on her top secret party plans, lower her voice, and lean in.]

I wanna throw a party.

(( ooc: Partylog will be a separate post made later! Timing-wise, Aoi will be recruiting assistance throughout the day so that decorations and food and such are prepared, just not put out, and either having people stay up late or wake up early to help put things out during the night so the party's ready the following morning, but we'll probably handwave the actual set-up unless anyone is particularly inclined to threading it out. Tags and partylog might be delayed depending on how bad the blizzard I am smack-dab in the middle of messes with the power. ))

Comments

[daughterofursa]

[Of course Zuko is going to lend an ear to whatever Aoi is up to, but she looks a little bewildered on learning exactly what. A party?]

And you need my help?

[amphibian]

Of course! I wanna try to surprise the new group we brought back tomorrow morning with a welcome party. Since we gotta get it done real fast, I really really need your help!

[daughterofursa]

Well... It's a good idea, but I don't know anything about parties.

[amphibian]

Anything? [She seems distressed, like not knowing about parties is the worst thing that ever could happen to anyone.] Well...well then there's no time like the present to start learning, right?! You just gotta take it one step at a time and it'll all come together into something super fun! So, like...we'd need food, and decorations, and things to do...you put 'em all together with a bunch of people and you get a party!

[daughterofursa]

You should talk to Rin, see if she's up for cooking.

[Notice how she's not volunteering for decorations or things to do because she's still lost on those.]

[amphibian]

Right! I'm gonna have to go find her afterwards. Do you cook, too, Zuko?

[daughterofursa]

Just fried rice, remember?

[She has not. exactly been practicing either.]

[amphibian]

Haven't figured anything else out, huh? [She makes a teasing tut-tut noise, but she's smiling.] That's okay! We still need, like, decorations and stuff done, too—I thought we could set it up near the monument where there's a lot of open space but it's not in the middle of nowhere, y'know? But we're gonna have to make it look nice!

[daughterofursa]

I guess if you tell me what to do, I could help with that.

[amphibian]

Weeeeelllll... Oh! D'ya think you could be in charge of streamers? We'll definitely need streamers!

[daughterofursa]

What are streamers?

[amphibian]

[...

damn it]

They're like...strips of real long, thin paper, and you hang them on stuff like banners so that everything's more colorful!

[daughterofursa]

Oh. [Banners she understands. Although mostly in the context of.. war banners...]

I guess we'll need some- poles to hang them on, first. [Right?? Aoi are you sure you want to entrust her with this.]

[amphibian]

[thiiiiiis is gonna be good]

Oooh, good thinking! We can pin 'em to the edges of the tables and stuff, too, and around the tree branches so we'll have 'em all over the place.

[daughterofursa]

[You're okay with all the "streamers" being red or gold, right? That's colorful.]

Okay.

...what about lanterns?

[amphibian]

Oh! That's a great idea! We should definitely get some pretty lanterns, and hang 'em up all over the place... Think you could help with 'em?

[daughterofursa]

Sure...

[She sounds all manner of unsure, but come on, Zuko, it's just some banner things and a few lanterns. It's not like she's never hung anything up before.]

[amphibian]

Thanks, Zuko! You're the best! If you wanna bring 'em to me when you've got 'em, I'll put everything away so we can bring it out late at night. That way it's a surprise in the morning!

[daughterofursa]

[She's the best? Well.]

Right. I won't let you down.