HSS Celebrates The Lunar New Year (a little late)

[dragonheartedgirl]

Who: HSS and Invited guests
Where: HSS Dorms
When: FORWARD DATED to Day 91, afternoon into evening

[ Heart Soldier Senshi's dorm has been completely redecorated today. Stepping off the elevator and onto the eleventh floor, you'll immediately find yourself greeted by rows of red-and-gold paper lanterns dangling from the ceiling and strings of colorful holiday lights set at the edges of the hallway. They light the way to the open doors, and inside yet more lanterns and twinkling lights festoon the the ceilings. Here, too, the walls have been lined with paper depictions of cranes, dragons, magpies, and the sun, a world of scarlet and gold. Underneath all this, the main table has been set with a crimson tablecloth and on top of that, plate after plate of traditional foods have been set out for guests to take from buffet style.

The bedrooms, too, are open-doored and emptied** of their usual furniture. Instead, they've been filled with chairs and tables obviously procured from the lobby downstairs and identically decorated for the occasion. Guests will find they can easily intermingle between the rooms to visit with their hosts and the other guests as well as eat. At each place-setting, guests will find confetti poppers, mini sparklers, and colorful squares of paper and tacks for guests to write a wish to hang on the long string that spans the back wall.

And for those people finished eating and looking for something fun to do, the arcade room is open and available with a whole host of games for competitive play. ]

[** All of the unnecessary furniture has been tinified thanks to AlcheME and stuffed into the closets should anyone care to go looking for it. ]

[ *** Although we've done our best to ping everyone who's invited, some of you play multiples and there's always the chance we could have missed someone. If you're uncertain if your character would have been invited or not, you can refer to this list. You can also DM any HSS member if you have questions on Discord or Plurk. ]

Comments

[foolishjourney]

I have a big appetite.

[foolmetwice]

Or a garbage disposal for a stomach.

[stealing some finger foods from Lily's plate. rude!!!]

[foolishjourney]

Black hole also works.

[he'll allow this, because he is a good kiss friend]

[foolmetwice]

[the best kiss friend!1]

Which do you prefer? Black hole, or garbage disposal?

[foolishjourney]

Garbage disposal makes me sound messy. Black hole sounds mysterious and otherworldly.

[foolmetwice]

You are the least mysterious and otherworldly person I know.

[MARS THAT'S RUDE]

[foolishjourney]

Wow. I shot myself in the head to summon a manifestation of my psyche. That's very mysterious and otherworldly.

[foolmetwice]

No, that's just super cool and also kind of concerning.

[foolishjourney]

Not all of us can have cool masks.

[foolmetwice]

I sense jealousy.

[teasing]

[foolishjourney]

Just saying, I'd love to have a cool magical thief outfit.

[foolmetwice]

[a soft snort]

You could probably buy one at the shop, if you really wanted to.

[foolishjourney]

It's not the same.

Probably.

[foolmetwice]

Well, it wouldn't be magical, so yeah. I guess not the same.

[foolishjourney]

Magical is the best part.

[pops a finger food into his mouth, chewing and swallowing before:]

Hey. Arcade. Wanna play?

[foolmetwice]

[his eyes light up]

Damn right I wanna play. Who's picking the game?

[foolishjourney]

[holds out a fist]

Rock paper scissors.

[foolmetwice]

[oh man oh man, competition on every single level of this interaction. Mars is into it!1]

[he sticks out his fist as well, chin tilted up]

One, two, three, shoot--

[ROCK]

[foolishjourney]

[SCISSORS]

Looks like you win.

[foolmetwice]

Naturally.

[don't sound so smug, Mars]

How good are you at first person shooters?

[foolishjourney]

I have absolutely no clue.

[foolmetwice]

Cool. I guess we're about to find out.

[leading him towards a co-op shooting game, then! it's probably super heroic in design and theme]

[foolishjourney]

Game on.

[the answer is: not too shabby! probably not as good as Mars is, but he has a good eye and good reflexes]

[foolmetwice]

[Mars doesn't remember too much about his sharp-shooter skills, but he can rely on muscle memory to carry him! once they reach the game booth he's snatching up the player one plastic gun, gesturing to the player two one with the barrel of same]

I can't believe people chose horses over a community arcade.

[foolishjourney]

[picks it up, inspecting it]

I voted for burgers.

[because of course he did]