imeeji_frontstage | HSS Celebrates The Lunar New Year (a little late)

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. ]

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Don't just stand there, Intensity, [ slips past him. ] are you coming or what?

[Could make a joke about how Yugi is small enough of course he's able to slip past him, but he's trying to be a good house guest---

Oh who the fuck is his kidding? What are manners?]

Obviously, pipsqueak. Sure you'll tall enough to ride some of these rides?

[ pipsqueak. ]

[ skids to a stop and turns around, flashing him with a bright smile. ]

-oh, good, what a relief, cause for a second there I thought having your head in the clouds was starting to affect your brain. [ YOURE TOO TALL. ] H- Hah, [ not funny. ] yeah, I'm sure if I stand on my tip toes I'll be fine.

Then let's pick one where height doesn't matter.

[Hey.

Hey Yugi.

How do you feel about Dance Dance Revolution? Too bad Anzu isn't here to kick the crap out of both of them]

[ (ಠ ∩ಠ) ]

Fine. [ going to stare at the ddr machine. ] You sure you're not going to trip over your own two feet?

[ anzu would absolutely wreck them without so much as breaking a sweat. ]

Doesn't that work to your advantage if I do?

I want to win fair and square, Intensity. It's no fun if you give me a handicap by kicking your own ass.

Ha! Then don't fuss over me. I can hold my own in any game you have in this quaint little arcade of yours.

[Or King's.

Details. Details]

I guess the DDR machine will be the judge of that.

[ going to look through the list of songs and pick something fun and upbeat... and then select one of the higher difficulties. ]

[Makes sure to select the "highest" difficulty.]

Please. Don't insult us.

[ selects dynamite rave. ]

My bad. [ this is going to be disastrous. yugi doesn't think he's going to be able to ddr any kind of successfully. ]

[Well, it's better than a lot of music selection that he could have chosen.

And while Intensity is not graceful at it, he's doing a passable job at hitting all the correct steps. Enough to move them on to the next round anyway]

[ yugi is probably a little less successful, but he's not doing a terrible job of keeping up. no doubt he looks ridiculous trying to quickly hit all the arrows flying up the screen though. ]

[ and look - he's already got the next song picked out... just for you, intensity. ]

... Is that my avatar?

[One. raised. eyebrow.]

He's got almost as much leg as you so probably.

[Huffs a little. Say WHAT now?]

Unfortunately, there's no one here short enough to be you. Best go with the robot.

[ is not offended by the suggestion. ]

I think I will~ ready for round 2?

Obviously. Are you?

I was waiting on you.

[ he feels like he’s getting the hang of it, so he does significantly better this song, even though it feels like the dance steps are all over the place. ]

It almost feels like it’s getting easier. [ tries for a smug smirk. tired, who’s tired? ]

[Not this guy who at some point had to ditch the trench coat to keep from tripping over it (and also lose the weight).]

Almost?

If I didn't know better, I'd accuse you of holding back on me.

tch. Not a chance Intensity. I’ll even let you pick the next song. Do your worst.

[I am canonblind to DDR. Assume he picks some techno song with 3,000 star difficulty]

That meet your bar?

[ fuuuuck. ]

Yeah, uh, sure... [ he's so screwed. he might have been able to pass the other couple of songs, but he's not coordinated enough for this. ]

[ so he's going to play it smart and just barely pass by only hitting exactly half of the arrows; down and left. ]

[Guess who goes for all the ARROWS: this guy.

Guess who should have not gone for all the ARROWS: also, this guy.

Well. At least he passed.

(But at what cost?)]

[ he's honestly surprised intensity doesn't drop dead the moment the song concludes. ]

Intensity? Are you okay?

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