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

[wonderlandgirl]

Levi! You're looking better.

[Idols should not eat this much food especially not in public but it all looks so nice and oh dear.

[Justification: those breakfast eggs.]

[backstory]

[He smiles at her from behind the large eye patch he has on, covering his left eye.]

I feel a lot better.

[While he may be a little tired he feels so much better than before.]

[wonderlandgirl]

I'm so glad. Oh, but... is your eye all right now?

[Is it polite to ask? Is this perhaps just a sensitIV thing?]

[backstory]

[His hand lifts to gently touch the patch. . . ]

This is the kind of style we sometimes wear in my unit. Most of my outfits all came with such an accessory.

[Um...]

But while my injuries were healed the other day, it left a scar. It might be alarming to look at, so I have been keeping it covered.

[He doesn't have a lot of funds right now, so it's not... his number one priority yet.]

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh--!

[Checking... her own funds yeah you sure bought a lot of clothes lately, Wednesday]

I - I'd help if I could, but... I don't have a lot myself, I'm afraid. I'm sorry.

[backstory]

Oh-- please don't worry about it. I'm not really concerned.

[So she shouldn't worry either!!]

It will be taken care of eventually. I wouldn't want you to spend your points on me.

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, and here I just bought a lot of new outfits... I'm sorry, Levi.

[Imagine prioritizing something so silly over... something like this.]

I - could give you half the cost, if it would help? It's 500 points, isn't it?

[backstory]

[ Waving his hands!!! ]

No, no, you really don't have to! Please keep your points and use them on useful things for yourself! I'll earn some points back quickly, so it isn't an issue.

[It's really fine!!]

Please, I would be happiest if you were able to spend your points on things for yourself, or that make you happy. I really am fine.

[wonderlandgirl]

If you're sure, but - if you can't see properly, you could really get hurt. Levi, promise me you'll see to it soon?

[This isn't because she thinks he's prettier without the eye patch.

[No.

[Really.

[Promise.]

[backstory]

. . . I'm honored by your concern.

[She worries about others a lot, doesn't she.]

I'll take care of things.

[His smile is warm, then.]

But you shouldn't spend tonight fretting over me. There are lots of activities to do. Is there anything you've been wanting to try?

[wonderlandgirl]

Hmm... did you get a chance to write a wish yet? I did a couple, but I keep thinking of better ones. I think I was a bit vague before, and it's not that bad to want to wish for something really specific, is it?

[backstory]

I haven't done so yet. That doesn't sound like a bad idea though.

[Will the gods be able to hear their wishes from here?]

I don't think it is ever wrong to have a wish, even something specific. It's what you desire, right?

[wonderlandgirl]

Well, if the general ones cane true it's not like I'd really need the specific ones, but... I guess it's not bad to think a little smaller?

[Like,

['please fix Levi's eye' smaller.

[Maybe.]

[backstory]

Did you wish that everyone be free of this place?

[wonderlandgirl]

Wouldn't that be best for all of us?

[backstory]

Of course. I was just thinking that it is very like you to wish for something so selfless.

[wonderlandgirl]

Well, everyone would include me... so I'm not sure it's really selfless, Levi. But I would like to see an end to all this, somehow.

[backstory]

I hope for the same thing.

[His master foremost, but everyone of course. And he knows his master would not want to leave without doing what they could to help everyone else here, too. That's just the kind of person she is.]

Then if I hope for the same thing, our chances that it will come true are even better.

[wonderlandgirl]

You'd really wish for that as well? Then we have to make sure you get to write one!

[backstory]

It's the most fitting one here. I'll let you lead the way.

[wonderlandgirl]

Okay! They've got a table with all the slips on over here...!

[You are following, right? Quick check over the shoulder just in case--

[It's pretty crowded in here, and easier to lose track of one another than you might expect.]

What color do you want? I think blue would be nice for you.

[backstory]

[He is following...! And he does stop once she's lead him over to the table. He looks everything curiously. Senshi really did go all out. And it's genuinely nice to see everyone together here.]

Blue is fine. It is one of my favorite colors I think.

[And white, but you know...]

[wonderlandgirl]

Okay then!

[Hmm hmm hmm hmm~♪

[Here! She hands over a slip. Maybe she should do another one herself, since she's here.]

I think I like pink the best. That's probably pretty obvious, though!

[backstory]

It's very gentle, like a flower. It's refreshing in a place like this. I think it suits you well.

[Puttnig aside the fact that he's often in pink as well. When it comes to her though, it's fitting. While she can seem a little anxious at times, overall her personality is bright and soothing. He takes the slip with a smile, and then finds something to write with, holding it within his claw.]

Then--

[He begins to scribble his wish down.]

There we go.

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, thank you...!

[BLUSHING.

[Thank goodness Levi is preoccupied with his own wish. If she just - does another of her own? Maybe by the time she's finished writing her cheeks will have cooled enough she can simply pass it off as it being a little warm in here--

[Please let Levi be happy, she writes.]

There, I did another one too. We can pin them up together.