Let's partyyyyyyy! [open]

[livingdeadgirl]

Who: EVERYONE.
What: A meet-and-greet party for everybody in Anchor!
When: early October
Where: the VR room lobby
Warnings: none yet
Format: go wild!

[ The day before, a wild network post appears, from the username @aa : ]

hi everyone!
i just wanted to let you all know
the meet and greet party previously discussed in this space
will be held tomorrow afternoon!

it will take place in the vr room lobby
and of course everyone is invited
refreshments and games will be provided
but if you would like a little extra challenge
please feel free to bring something to share!

attendance is mandatory!
(lol just kidding)
seriously though i do hope to see all of you there ;)

[ She's also posted handwritten signs to that effect in the mess hall and several of the staircases. Just in case! ]

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The day of, a party appears in the VR Room lobby area, as promised!

Though it's not brightly lit, the lights there are are brightly colored, creating a chilled-out evening atmosphere like you'd find at a club. Plush chairs and couches are interspersed throughout the room, and there's been a solid attempt to clean the place up, or at least do something about all the dust.

A shortage of conventional party supplies has forced Ami and Cho to get creative, so the tables and parts of the wall are decorated with paper flowers, and the buffet table is presided over by a number of ... weird, pink, glitter-covered, vaguely animal-shaped sculptures made out of spare plastic pipes and stuff. With googly eyes. If nothing else they're a conversation piece.

FOOD: The main offering is barbecue! There's a pretty wide assortment of meats, all of which Cho has certified safe for human consumption, and also certified delicious. Chips, dried fruit, and a few different desserts are available, including homemade chocolate chip cookies that Ami made herself (wich Cho's help). All the trays are helpfully labeled, including allergy information.

Any and all potluck submissions are welcome as well! Just set it down over here and make a little card of your own.

DRINKS: Sadly, the coffee machine is still out of order. But there is a cooler stocked with ice and a few different choices of juice and soda. Alcoholic selections are limited to two types of pre-mixed drinks, which are intentionally weak on the alcohol, but at least they're not tequila sunrises. If guests want anything stronger, they'll need to bring it themselves.

ENTERTAINMENT: In fiddling with the controls, Ami got the overhead speakers to play some music, but couldn't figure out how to modify the playlist, so it's just one song on loop. Maybe if she keeps the volume kind of low, no one will notice. No live music is scheduled, but if anyone wants to bring a guitar and jam for a while, they will be more than welcome to.

And most of the arcade games are online! Anyone for Fruit Ninja? Air hockey? Dance Dance Retribution? Virtual Billiards? Or perhaps you'd like to try out a full-simulation game in the VR Rooms proper? Now's as good a time as any!

Oh, and don't forget to enter the raffle! The winner will be chosen randomly and announced a few hours into the party.

Comments

[birdical]

Though she thinks to ask about the kinds of troubles Anchor has, Elleru doesn't get the chance as they arrive at the kitchen. She follows Cho inside, her head turning in every direction as she takes it all in, the aroma of food still strong in the air. There are pots and pans, metal sinks and tubs, another cart and a refrigerator on the far wall, as well as a few appliances she can't identify, as she assumes they were left out of her novels. While as technologically advanced as most of the locales in Anchor, it is utilitarian rather than decorative, more like an industrial kitchen than something found in a home.

And as her first time in a kitchen, Elleru is completely delighted.

"Ahhh, this is wonderful!" She claps her hands together, her ears lifting with her mood. "What an enchanting place this is!"

[tenuefarfalla]

Cho's initial guess for the reaction is that Elleru comes from a place with technology that she would consider primitive. Perhaps it has magic. The presence of magical means of performing everyday tasks seems to often coincide with less evolved technology. And then, oh gosh, look at the tips of those ears peeking out from her beautiful bright hair. That sure is a thing. Makes the argument for magic even stronger.

"I'm here pretty much every morning making breakfast, and every evening making dinner. You can come by any time you want. I can show you how to use the things in here, if you don't already know." She does not put voice to the assumption that Elleru doesn't know how to cook in a kitchen, but given the level of delight, she still thinks it's likely. Cho had been excited to see a kitchen with this level of potential production, but she wouldn't personally call it enchanting.

For the moment, though, she opens one of the ovens where a large pan full of pulled pork is being kept warm, and gets ready to heave the thing onto the cart.