graduation!

[idolpro]

Who: Lavender & Friends
When: Day 190
Where: The Hotel Lobby

[ It's still far too cold outside to really have a nice picnic, what with all the snow and all, and so once more, the hotel's lobby has been transformed for another celebration. This time it's a LiliS graduation - you can definitely tell, with how the furniture has been transformed to weathered, ornate wood furniture, the very walls made of carved wood with climbing plants, both real and iron, twist around the furniture and archways. The floor itself might be wood too, but it's hard to tell - the whole floor, save for a pathway and a clearing, has been terraformed into a quilt of colorful flowers and even a few thin trees, all in the middle of full bloom as though it were spring. The pathway is made of smooth riverstone, leading up to a dirt clearing where the wooden furniture sits, save for the stray occasional chair that looks like it's being overtaken by the "wild" flora.

Largely, it comprises of tables with a strangely school-lunch combination of freshly baked goods - pastries and breads of all sorts of shapes and sizes and fillings - and conbini food - naturally, wrapped onigiri and egg sandwiches and bento sets, but even a serve-yourself oden bar - and while you could find yourself a single-person chair somewhere, rooted to the ground, the more likely seating will be around the small bonfire around the center of the clearing in the form of cut and polished logs. Here, you can even find marshmallows to roast, along with chocolates and graham crackers if you wanted to make smores (and of course, there are sticks to skewer them with).

In terms of drinks available, well, it's Robin, so there's really only one choice: it's all coffee, but different kinds of freshly brewed coffee, all in pots that accompany every table. They'll refill once they're empty, but they'll disappear - just like everything else here will - once Robin goes through the door.

Where is the smoke going? It seems like the ceiling has been raised higher for this joyous occasion, and the smoke from the bonfire just climbs up to the many vents up there. It's ... demon magic? Probably?

When Robin is good and ready, there is a wooden door carved into the wall beyond the clearing, along with a carpet of lavender flowers. ]

Comments

[maleficafe]

[if you want to talk to the birthday girl graduate in question, she's currently trying every single kind of coffee combo she can]

[endurism]

[Such intense coffee focus... she almost doesn't want to interrupt.]

So... today is the day, then.

[maleficafe]

Yeah. Thanks for coming.

[wastoldto]

[of course he wants to talk. and comes up to her, carrying a stuffed animal in his arms. it also looks like he hasn't slept.]

[maleficafe]

Are you okay? You look tired.

[foolmetwice]

[he's only been to one of these before now, so. . .]

Huh. . . so it's you?

[maleficafe]

Mm, it's me. Thanks for coming.

[worthathousand]

[ She waits a bit, giving the others their time with Lavender, but eventually Amaranth approaches Lavender, carrying a slender rectangle of a small velvet box in LiliS green. ]

Everything looks beautiful.

[maleficafe]

I'm glad you like it. I wanted something nice to do with everyone before I leave.

[endurism]

[She's here! Though hanging off towards the edge of things, aside from going out of her way to talk to Lavender.

And mostly looking very thoughtful, with a mug of coffee in hand.]

... So this is an "end"...

[wastoldto]

...yeah. Yeah, it is. [not happy.]

[endurism]

... It's a somber occasion, to be sure.

Are you going to be all right?

[theyregooddogs]

[dragged himself here on his own but not partaking in anything, just glancing at the decorations with a slightly offended expression. it is far too much . . . ]

[maleficafe]

Coffee?

[theyregooddogs]

No, I'll pass.

[endurism]

[Eventually:]

It's a strange atmosphere, isn't it?

[theyregooddogs]

Yeah, never sure what they're going for. Sorry for all the suffering, don't want you to remember us badly? Or is this supposed to somehow entice us to aim for our own graduation? Really can't wait to have someone elaborately design a party for people to be sad at me at.

[letgrow]

[Pouring a small cup of coffee and having a seat by the fire]

[maleficafe]

[sits next to her, resting her head on camellia's shoulder]

[letgrow]

[Takes her hand]

[opening_act]

[ Once the festivities have died down a bit (or at least, Lavender has gotten to say her good-byes), a pair of flowering vines descend from an eave, Exael standing on it balancing on one foot as she waves at Lavender ]

Someone has been a very good girl! You deserve a round of applause as you take your bow, don't you think?

[maleficafe]

[lavender sets down her cup of espresso and straightens up as she approaches exael]

Do I have to?

[opening_act]

To leave, or to bow?

[worthathousand]

[ big "mom on the porch with a shotgun" energy as she observes this ]

[worthathousand]

[ Amaranth, dressed in her LiliS finest, has found herself a place by the bonfire with a cup of coffee, which she's nursing in the manner of someone who can't quite decide if she likes the taste.

Whenever anyone passes by, she makes an effort to smile at them warmly, but otherwise she looks pensive, the corners of her eyes moist. ]