lap eight // day 271 (open) // IT'S PARTY TIME

[amphibian]

Who: EVERYBODY
Open: Open
When: 271
Where: In the empty space around the monument!
What:

PARTY MINGLE GO
Format: DO AS YOU PLEASE AND FOLLOW YOUR HEART
Warnings: If anything comes up, put it in the subject lines!


[As everyone wakes up bright and early this morning, it isn't going to be hard to miss what's changed in the empty space around the monument Just in case, though, signs with indicating arrows line the campground where the Bastion's newest guests are staying, reading, in Ura, "This way to the party!"—wait, party?

Oh yes. Anyone Aoi had managed to grab the day before ought to be prepared for this. A great big banner stretched on two poles over the monument reads "Welcome to the Bastion!", written in Ura again; there's a little variation between the handwriting, since Zanya wrote some and Zahi wrote others.

Every last piece of the area that can have something hanging from it does: Zuko's lanterns hang off all the nearby trees, and her streamers, mostly red and sometimes gold, line absolutely everything, including but not limited to all the chairs and tables Ryu got together and helped arrange. Other things you're apt to find everywhere: flowers. Between the Psiioniic, the Disciple, Ghaleon, and Crona, there are more flowers than anyone could ever figure out what to do with. Aoi's best has been done, though: garlands are hung up around furniture, tied around tree trunks, woven through branches, strung between the branches of adjacent trees, wrapped 'round the monument, and so on and so on. A lot of care has been put into making sure they look good instead of just being thrown every which-way.

A few mismatched vases sitting on the tables have some flowers sticking out of them, too—perhaps exactly enough in each to make a flower crown, hmm? There are no party hats, so some improvising will have to be done.

There's all manner of tasty treats placed on all the tables, of course: a platter of picked donuts is to be expected, given Aoi's hand in all this (and thanks to Naegi, there are plenty to go around and they're arranged almost elaborately), but Rin, Zia, and Mirielle have provided all manner of homemade goodies that aren't just Aoi's favorite desserts. Bon's made a cake that Aoi has proudly placed in the center of one round table and surrounded with the rest of the desserts.

Instead of food, one table has a chalkboard propped up on it instead, with a box of colorful chalk beside it. Aoi's already written a small message in the corner—Thank you, everyone! with a smiley face beside it—and doodled a couple of flowers around the edges. The board's five feet long and there's plenty of chalk to go around, so there's certainly room for collaborating on something!

Not far from all the food sits the enormous stack of Legos Aoi purchased at Ibuki's suggestion. Legos. Please keep your shoes on, for the love of god. Some of them have already been arranged to form half the outside of a floor and a chunk of wall up to Aoi's chest so everyone has an idea of what's supposed to be done with things, but there are more than enough to start new projects. On the other side of the monument, closer to the collection of shop buildings than the gazebo, the soccer nets Otoha and Takamura built out of Skyway scraps have been set up (flowers have been woven in and out of the netting, of course). Aoi's brought out not one, but two of the soccer balls given to her during the festival, just in case of a soccer ball malfunction or if the game gets big enough that everyone decides rules are for losers and the only way to play soccer is with multiple things to kick. In the absence of paint, Aoi has decided to use more streamers as field markers.

At the gazebo not far off (naturally, it's covered in streamers and flowers as well), there's a set of speakers and an amplifier ready for use—Ibuki's, of course, and the little note Aoi's written that reads "For Ibuki-chan!" (with the wrong characters for her name, but points for effort) confirms it. Her equipment from Colin has all been set up, too: the spotlights on the top and bottom of the gazebo will shine in all sorts of colors when Ibuki turns them on, and there are some additional bits and pieces to the sound system to help make everything that much noisier. Aside from hanging decor, the space in front of the gazebo has been left empty so that there's enough room to dance!

To the side of the gazebo and just behind it is the unreasonably long rope Shing somehow managed to scrounge up. Like absolutely everything else, it has a chain of flowers wrapped around it. A streamer's been tied around the very center of it in a bow, and hopefully that makes its intended purpose as a tool of tug-of-war obvious enough.

If Aoi has anything to say about it, this is going to be the best goddamn welcome party ever.

Enjoy the festivities!]

Comments

OTA

[scary_music]

[Ibuki had been convinced to play something ... out of her usual genre. Some rock and roll, a bit of j-pop and j-rock.]

[And, of course, the occasional slow dance music]

[She'll take a break every so often, mingling around, being a spaz, eating snacks... she'll be everywhere, so feel free to approach her at any point!]

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko will catch her during one of her breaks just to express her relief.]

I'm glad you decided against the "death metal."

[Did Zuko influence that decision? Who cares. She's still relieved.]

[scary_music]

A-ahaha...

Ibuki's totally disappointed though, but, but... like, living through the party is totally worth it! The last thing she wants is to cause an international incident! Who knows what the Urara-chans would've thought, huh?

They could've buried her in rotten tomatoes!

[daughterofursa]

[Tomatoes??]

I.. don't know about that, but Aoi worked hard to make sure this was welcoming for them. That music isn't exactly... welcoming.

[scary_music]

Y-yeah, yeah, I know, Ibuki totally knows that!

Like, culture gap! Uwah!

Gyaaaaaaa- Ibuki is totally going to jam out some death metal at the venue when this is over!!!

M-maybe some of the Urara-chans would like to listen in on that? Maybe some of them will like it?!?!?

[daughterofursa]

Maybe.

[Zuko is skeptical but you never know.]

I'm sure some of them will at least be willing to try it now that they've heard your other stuff.

[scary_music]

Mmm...

Well, well, they can at least try it if they want! We can say something like... like...

Hey, Ibuki's going to jam out some really heavy music in the venue now! Way more metal than what she did at the party!

Yeah, it'll be like a party after the party!

[daughterofursa]

That should be warning enough.

[scary_music]

Yeah, yeah! Okay!

Ibuki can make an announcement at the end! Unless Ibuki wears herself out by then! Whoops!

So, so, Zuko-chan, Zuko-chan... why don't you ask Aoi-chan to dance? Ibuki can put on a slow, romantic song for you two!

[kuma_killer]

[While it isn't exactly like what he was used to, the music was still somewhat familiar to him so Takamura could enjoy it. When she came down for a break, he'd make his approach, grinning from ear to ear.]

You're pretty damn good!

[scary_music]

[Ibuki laughs a bit]

It'll be even better once Ippo-chan is up to speed on drums, just you wait!

[She's not... even sure if she should count on Makoto and Patchouli as part of her band anymore because gosh they need to get their instruments]

But but, even better than what Ibuki played now, you should totally hear her when she's playing her favorite genre! It's amazing!

[kuma_killer]

[Give it a second to register.....and.....]

Wait...drums? Ippo?


Ippo-chan?!

[scary_music]

That's right! Ippo-chan!

Ibuki's number one drummer and doki doki!

[... not embarrassed to talk about her relationship with Ippo. At all]

[kuma_killer]

So you....and Ippo....[Oh man, this is a lot for him to process.]

When? How?

[scary_music]

Sixteeeeeeeeeeeen days ago!

Who knows how, who knows? It's the magic of doki dokis at work! Kyaa!

[kuma_killer]

[So it's relatively recent too! What the hell?! How did Ippo manage to snag himself such a cutey? And more importantly...why's he been holding out on him?!]

Riiiiight. So, you sound like you're pretty happy together.

[scary_music]

Why wouldn't we be? Why not?

[The reaction from this fellow is kind of weird-]

Ooh, are you Ippo-chan's father? Are you going to tell Ibuki to stay away from your son, because you want to find a good and proper girl for your boy? Kyaaaaaaa! Soap opera drama has suddenly entered Ibuki's love life!

Re: OTA

[twinked_witch]

[As Ibuki approaches the snack table, Megaera happens to be there, facing towards her and clapping lightly.]

The music's been great.

[scary_music]

Yeah, yeah! It could be better though!

But, but, sad! She was convinced by Zuko-chan to not play Ibuki's favorite! What a shame.

[twinked_witch]

[Megaera... Hasn't yet heard Ibuki's favorite, so she's going to guess Zuko had a good reason for this.]

Hrm. I presume that it was a guess based on the audience? I mean, we really didn't have much idea what the Ura would like ahead of time, so...

[scary_music]

Yeah, yeah! Exactly! The last thing Ibuki wants is to cause an international incident with the Urara-chans!

But, but, Ibuki was thinking of having an after concert later, and give them a warning ahead of time that it's more hardcore for the more adventurous Urara-chans!

[twinked_witch]

That... Actually sounds like the right way to do this. Trueness to oneself is important, after all.

[Megaera chuckles.]

Presumably that'd be at that venue you set up?

[scary_music]

Yessssssss!

The iBooty Shuffle! It'll be amazing!

You'll be there, right? Meg-chan? Right?

[twinked_witch]

Possibly. Mostly because I'm also keeping up with Patchouli, so if she goes, I'm going for sure.

[scary_music]

Well, if she won't go, then you should drag her!

As Ibuki's supposed future bass guitarist, Patchy-chan should be there, anyway!