WENDY PARTY WENDY PARTY WENDY PARTY

[hardcorduroy]

WHO: WENDY and close friends but really anyone who wanders in
WHERE: Lucky Cat Cafe in Heropa!
WHEN: New Years Eve to New Years Day
WHAT: FUCKING PARTY TIME PEOPLE
WARNINGS: wendy has fireworks

(if you're a close friend of wendy's (or even just someone she's talked to a couple of times), you'll have gotten a text a week before new years that goes like this:

"sup dude,
you should totally come to my new year's bash at the lucky cat cafe
y'know, the place i run
i got food and stuff (pizza included)
PARTY'S AT 8 BE THERE YOU KNOW YOU (probably) DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER PLANNED
PS BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE IF YOU CAN DRINK I'M 16

the cafe is decently decorated, streamers and balloons and confetti canons, poppers and sparklers THAT WILL BE TAKEN OUTSIDE DO NOT BURN DOWN HER CAFE along with a banner that says "congrats this year didn't suck". there's still leftover decorations lying around, people are more than welcome to spruce the place up a bit more if they feel it needs it. or just. throw streamers and blow balloons out at each other, blow off the poppers in people's faces, the cafe is your oyster. go nuts, she allows it and will probably encourage and participate.

and seeing how this is wendy who goes all out for parties, there's quite a spread at the cafe. she's ordered god only knows how many pizzas, endless plates full of pastries from the cafe, special off the menu items wendy made as well as regular goodies from the cafe. warning for you health nuts attending, there are limited options because wendy is a teenager and her friends are teenagers. they do not prepare for healthy eating. drinks are mainly sodas, juices, water, energy drinks if you need it. any adults will supply their own booze, don't let the young'uns snatch any.

and yes, kaneda, there is pie. don't eat it all.

and wendy's all about having a good time to go with that food. there's music!! maybe some hits you've heard, definitely some weirder ones you didn't even know existed. and yes, there is karaoke for those of you bold enough to attempt it. don't worry, she made sure to get ones with good old fashioned 70s and 80s classics for those of you who would be tempted by them (lookin at you, mabel). it will also be joined by a DANCE BATTLE!!! for those who want to show off their sick moves. but there's plenty of other activities! board games and card games, and, yes, wendy got 3 pinatas. one that's literally just a cardboard box with colored paper glued together and a post it that says "this is a pinata, another is a skull, and the last one is? 2016. everyone can vent their frustrations out on this. it's reinforced ultra strength cardboard so everyone can get some hits in.

but once it gets about five minutes to midnight, wendy books it upstairs to the roof of the cafe to show off...! her secret fireworks collection. as soon as that big ol' ball drops and the clock hits midnight, no one's losing a dress, but just their hearing. she's lighting up the biggest fireworks she could find without getting too illegal, beautiful and bright colorful explosions in the sky, and wendy is loving it. and is also doing something completely illegal.)

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[sasaeru]

[There's one party attendee who isn't a worker at the café, but she tends to be a little more interested in helping host it than in actually being a guest. She's someone who's been at the café as a guest, and Hunk might recognize her from the bright blue hair and eyes.

She pokes her head into the kitchen while he's ducked in there, speaking rather quietly but still audibly over the music from out front.]

Do you need any help?

[hunksmash]

[ Blue hair is pretty distinctive, even here. His back's to the door when she speaks, and he starts at her voice, whirling around. Nothing to be scared of, though! Obviously! And he lets out a relieved huff of a breath, clearing his throat. ]

No, I-- Uh. I'm just trying to keep everything at least a little clean, you know? That way there's less to do tomorrow.

[ He'd just been tossing some garbage. Nothing complicated. So he ties off the bag he'd just filled up and moves to the nearest sink to wash his hands, because you can't greet someone with garbage hands. ]

You come into the cafe sometimes, right? Or are there lots of blue-haired people running around?

[sasaeru]

[That's one of the jumpiest reactions she'd had to her appearance in a while, if ever. It startles her, in return, and she stands wide-eyed at the door for the moment it takes him to collect himself.]

Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you...

[The poor man when Wendy sets off those fireworks she knows the girl has hidden somewhere.]

I think there are blue-haired people, but I do come here often. I visit Wendy, and she helps my friend I out sometimes.

[hunksmash]

Yeah, that's... Wendy's pretty helpful. [ If there's an edge of doubt in his voice, it's because Hunk genuinely cares about people while side-eyeing the heck out of any less-than-sensible behaviors. And Wendy's got a lotta gusto for potential safety hazards.

But she's friendly and giving, so... There you go. Hunk dries his hands before offering one forward. ]

Name's Hunk. I'm the morning cook.

[sasaeru]

[That's Wendy for you. Hunk's attitude about her doesn't surprise Ulvida at all, and she even has a small smile on her face herself. She totally understands. Wendy's generous and friendly, but sometimes A Lot to handle.

She steps into the kitchen fully and extends her hand to take his, her handshake gentle but still firm.]

Hello. My name is Ulvida -- I just come here a lot, with Gran. You might have seen him, with the red hair...

[hunksmash]

Oh, yeah! Gran! [ Hunk doesn't need the description, because he just so happens to know that kid! ] He was living in the same house as my friend Keith, so I met him back when I first got here.

Good guy. Weird superpowers.

[ Like... why soccer? ]

[sasaeru]

Oh.

Seventy Cen-- Kogane.

[she may or may not have categorized that man in her mind by the food she cleared out of his kitchen in her first week here.]

... Gran can have his moments with or without the powers. Are you one of the people with the lions?

[hunksmash]

I am, yeah. I'm the yellow guy. [ As opposed to the red guy, and as if the Yellow hoodie he's sporting wouldn't have made his assigned color an easy guess. ]

Did you give Keith a nickname? I'll be he loved that.

[sasaeru]

Ah, I didn't call him by it often... but he had a lot of those cheap noodle cups. That was how we first met.

Are there just the three of you?

[hunksmash]

No. Not really. I mean, here, it was the two of them, and then the three of us, and then Pidge and Allura were here. [ And now it's just him and Lance, but it's not the count in this world that counts. Right? ] They're all-- There's five of us with the lions, and Allura, and Coran. Back home, I mean.

We're like a... You know. A color-coordinated space patrol with giant robots that turn into an even giant-er robot.

[ You know, that kinda thing. Happens all the time. ]

[sasaeru]

... I think I know what you mean.

In my world, on earth, there are children's television stories that flow like that. So there are worlds where those aren't just stories.