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.)

Comments

[sasaeru]

[At some point during the night Ulvida had to duck away from him and his waltz with the piñata to avoid getting clocked over the head, and she also remembers him from different activities around the party. Her conclusion about him was that he was a bit too extroverted and loud for her, in ways that were different from the extroverted and loud boys she knew from home. As a result, when she finds that the closest empty chair is the one next to him, she hesitates.

But it's already past midnight, and she's just as exhausted as she's wide awake. She'd really like to sit. And right now the boy looks pretty quiet, too. Maybe he's tired as well.

Making a quick decision, she wraps her blanket wrapped around herself -- made out of her powers, it's light and shimmery, like she'd stolen some aurora from the skies up north and draped them -- tighter and approaches, dropping herself lightly in the chair beside him.]

Happy New Year, [she says just to be polite]

[thepalinpaladin]

Happy New Year.

I like your blanket, very stylish. Gotta order one of those off amazon for the couch.

[Maybe he is tired because before if his energy and loud were at an 11 he's pulled himself back down to a good solid 4. He only gives her a brief look and nod before directing his gaze back out at the crowd, not near as bothersome as he was before.]

[sasaeru]

Ah, thank you.

[She kicks her foot up and lets it flutter at the ends.]

I don't think you'd find it on amazon, though... I made it.

[thepalinpaladin]

You'd make a killing selling them. But they're like the stars the kid made, right? Won't last.

[sasaeru]

Gran's?

[It has to be him because those stars are still floating around the party. She smiles, because any mention of him right now makes her do that]

You're probably right. I usually fall asleep and it's gone in the morning, so it's probably only for a few hours. Are you cold? I can share.

[thepalinpaladin]

I'm not cold but I wouldn't mind being a little extra cozy. With the blanket, I mean.

If it's like Gran's stars then it's all.

[Waves a hand, not wanting to wax poetic about how nice and warm they are somehow]

[sasaeru]

... Warm?

[Maybe Gran said something a lot more poetic that this boy doesn't want to repeat. But instead of pressing, she nods and picks up one end of the blanket and tosses it Lance's way. Even with the space between their chairs the blanket stretches easily and falls over Lance's lap. And it is, like the stars, comfortably warm.]

[thepalinpaladin]

You guys have the coolest power. That is yeah, warm.

[pulls the blanket snug against him, enjoying that feeling. It's warm in a way that's always comfortable, never too much. The world's most perfect heated blanket or sunny spot]

Except it makes me wanna crash and if I fall asleep before I get home Hunk'll hafta carry me.

[sasaeru]

Hunk... ah, from the kitchen.

Even if you fell asleep, I could wake you up. I think he'll be here all night for the people who stay for breakfast.

[thepalinpaladin]

...I can't be outlasted by him.

[sasaeru]

Is it a competition?

[thepalinpaladin]

It is now.

[sasaeru]

... It only sounds like you're digging your own grave.

Now that you made it a competition, you're the one who has to stay awake when you're already sleepy.

[thepalinpaladin]

That's how I live my life.

[sasaeru]

Constantly digging yourself a grave?

[thepalinpaladin]

..............sad but true.

[sasaeru]

[...]

I hear on Earth they call people like you masochistic.

[thepalinpaladin]

That's fair.

[sasaeru]

Are you actually one of those, then?

[thepalinpaladin]

Heh. No. I don't like getting hurt. If I was into that my life would be way way easier.

[sasaeru]

... You said you were friends with Hunk, and he's a teammate of Kogane, who used to be here.

Are you a lion too, then? Kogane had his parked outside of the house often.

[thepalinpaladin]

Outside? Blue comes inside with me. Nothing is too good for my girl.

[sasaeru]

Blue?

Oh, I'm sorry. What's your name? I'm Ulvida.

[thepalinpaladin]

I'm Lance.

[boy would it sure be easy to be a monster right now. So THIS is the girl, huh...]

[sasaeru]

Lance.

[That's an easy enough name to remember. Without any idea what he's thinking about, she pulls her feet up onto her chair to curl up under the blanket, peering at him curiously.]

What are those lions for? I live in the same house Kogane used to be, but I never had the chance to ask.