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𝔊𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔰 ([personal profile] simplicitas) wrote in [community profile] sticksandbones2023-08-01 02:37 pm

[OPEN] elsword's housewarming party!

Who: Elsword & You
What: Housewarming party!! Snacks!! Mysterious river noises!!!! A mushroom probably!
When: Early August, in the evening
Where: Elsword's house :D
Warnings: frat boy party stuff probably


Elsword has been building a house. And, when August rolls around (time is weird here, just go with it, it Feels like August ok) he manages to complete it. Which means...

a) moving really shitty furniture into the actual rooms, sorry this is all the Shopkeeper could spare, he'll buy and/or make nicer furniture later
b) installing a chandelier (dangerous!)
c) going around to the grove's residents to ask if they want to live with him
and
d) inviting people to have a "housewarming party", and explaining "I've never had one before but it sounds like fun" (you are here!)

There's food aplenty (mostly fish) cooked up and ready to eat, and the Shopkeeper has provided further party snacks, which is a fun way of saying there is a single large bowl of pretzels on a coffee table that looks like a halved tree. There are apples picked from the apple tree by the river's edge (Elsword has already thanked the forest for those). There's water. It's not the most extravagant party food, but there should be enough to go around. Just be sure to share with your fellow housemates and/or current partygoers, please, it's only polite.

There are games, too, but not anything too exciting. Elsword doesn't have any board games, and video games are a myth where he's from, so you'll all be playing verbal games like Two Truths & a Lie or Truth or Dare, which may or may not devolve into the most fratboy shit ever. There's no liquor here to make you immune to questioning your life choices, after all.

Outside on the patio are some of those awful, terribly uncomfortable plastic chairs likely pulled from the back of the General Store, but at least you can sit down and enjoy the sounds of the river nearby. The rushing waters, the sound of something croaking, maybe some gurgling... it's all very normal. There's nothing happening in the water. Elsword has even tried to create fake fireflies outside by using some of his magic to make little yellow orbs that float and bob in the air. It's quieter than inside, too, and is a nice escape from the partying. A relaxing time.

At the end of the night, after everyone has partied out, Elsword takes to cleaning up. He'll tell you not to worry about it and just let him handle everything, but if you stick around to help, you might find him staring into the shards of a mirror.


[OOC: hi this is a mingle. please do the mingling. do not kill each other. ty.]
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-08 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
You read as the adventurous sort. Am I mistaken?

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-08 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
You could say that. It's more the matter that I have not considered any place my home in years.

( girl you're eighteen. )
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-08 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
[girl you and Mizuki are driving him insane... but he gets it.]

It's understandable. I grew up much the same.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-08 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
It was worse when I was younger- barely spent a season in the same city. I found one, recently, but... it still doesn't feel like home.

... The funny thing is? I'm an architect.
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-08 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[...alright, that will get the stoicism to crack for a second. Gnosis affords a raised brow.]

Truly? You're quite young — did you go to school for it?

[hi yeah they're off topic now]

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-08 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, well, my handlers thought that since I was the team leader of my squadron- annnnd the primary caretaker since none of those boys wanted to bother learning to cook or clean or anything, I'd be happier if I knew how to build our own bases and stuff so I could put things to my specifications and defense preferences. It's just that 'secret lairs' are soooo trifling and it's really better to just learn the whole field.


... Got my degree at fourteen. This probably is actually a bad thing, but hey! I'm still good at it.

( ARE. ARE YOU JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT? FELICITY. )
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-08 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
...correct me if I'm wrong, Felicity, but you are not from Terra, nor are you part of Rhodes Island, yes? If that is the case, I have to say, you'd fit right in.

[Said in the tone of: It's a found-family, but also there are a lot of children on-board with whacky abilities and backstories like that. Sort of that suspicious brow-raising tone, but Gnosis does not have many Facial Emotes in him. He's already stopped looking shocked at this point.]

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-08 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Nope! I'm from Earth. ... Though, I know how my history is. If your entire world is full of people like me, I almost feel sorry for it.

( she gives a wry smile before it turns almost primly smug- )

But only almost. I'm kind of amazing, after all.
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[personal profile] succiduous 2023-08-11 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Gnosis affords what might sound like one fourth of a laugh if you really listen closely.]

I feel quite sorry for us Terrans, too. At least you don't want for confidence.

[personal profile] amethystic 2023-08-11 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
When you survive the sort of things people like me survive, it's warranted. And kind of necessary?

( the horrors persist but i stay silly downright incredible )