livingdeadgirl: (smile 4)
Ami Aihara (Aradia Megido) ([personal profile] livingdeadgirl) wrote in [community profile] redshiftlogs2019-10-03 08:09 am

Let's partyyyyyyy! [open]

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! ]




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.

tenuefarfalla: need raw (merf)

[personal profile] tenuefarfalla 2019-12-16 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Cho just nods. "You are not the first person to tell me that. I mean, it's not the best compliment I've ever gotten, but I think it means you like me. At least a little, which is nice." She likes him, too. He didn't leave her. They didn't leave each other. That's not always a given. Most people leave, even if they don't want to, they still leave.

"I can try and get the equipment together in the next few days. Take some actual measurements and render a support for the extended foot. I'm sure Peter will let me use one of the 3D printers to print it out, if they're not all busy making replacement parts still." She knows they don't actually belong to Peter, but he's the one who fixed them, and she thinks of them as his.
kaballin: (At Ease)

[personal profile] kaballin 2019-12-17 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not the point I was trying to make, but sure." Whatever helps her sleep at night. But seriously, he is entirely perplexed why she even talks to him let alone takes the fucked up things he says as compliments.

"That sounds like work. A bunch of work. You don't gotta do that you know."

You are making him feel bad with the one ounce of empathy he has.
tenuefarfalla: need raw (wistful)

[personal profile] tenuefarfalla 2020-01-04 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
"I know I don't have to. I want to. You're uncomfortable, and I think I can fix it, so I want to." It's pretty straightforward in her mind, though she does know enough to know that she's not normal.

She puts her tablet back into sleep mode, and replaces the stylus. "Whatever point you were trying to make, I think you like me." She points up at him, as though she's working through a logic problem and he's her sounding board. "I think... that I'm your friend. What's so strange about wanting to help my friend?"
kaballin: (Psycho)

[personal profile] kaballin 2020-01-05 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
"What."

It's not even a question, just a word. Because he is beyond confused now. It's as if someone was standing there insisting the world was flat and the sky was green - he's not sure how to even process that. The last person he'd been friends with was Stryker and they'd both gotten killed trying to save the world.

Also Kabal had kind of fucked up a Black Dragon operation because he was busy eating pizza on Stryker's couch and .. well.. forgot.

He doesn't even have any other words right now. Error 404: Kabal is non-responsive.
tenuefarfalla: ** (teehee)

[personal profile] tenuefarfalla 2020-01-14 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
"You don't want to make me do a bunch of work, because I'm your friend. Except you are also my friend, and I want to help you. Which evens out to us pulling a Frankenstein on your bed and you holding all the heavy bits for me to make it easier. Right?"

She reaches for him, patting his forearm. "We can talk about it later if you want. Are you goig to stick around after the party and watch me take down all the decorations again?"
kaballin: (You gonna fight me?)

[personal profile] kaballin 2020-01-14 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Kabal needs to go kick someone in the face immediately. Or trash public property. Commit arson. This feels wrong. Bad and wrong and he doesn't like this one bit.

"No I'm gonna go.. do .. something." He needs to break something and get his tough guy cred back. Friends. Psh. He doesn't have friends. Last time he had a friend they both got horribly killed. He's just going to go now.

Away from here.

And this.