riverviewlogs | [closed] a little party never killed nobody

who: The IPRE + friends
what: A dinner party!
when: Novemeber 18
where: Chez IPRE
warnings: some mild drug use (alcohol + marijuana)

Party time, motherfuckers.

After sending out invitations, the IPRE (mostly Taako, because he's the most extra of the group) spends a significant amount of the week preparing for the party, making sure they have all the food, decorations, and wine necessary to put on a good evening. The whole point of this is to be a distraction from a shitty month, and to get everyone together, since they have a range of friends who haven't all met each other. They've been talking about doing something like this for months, so it's nice to finally pull it all together.

Upon arrival (and despite Taako and Lup's involvement) the decorations are minimal. Couches have been transmuted from their regular fabric to rich velvets, there's a little glitz and feathers here and there, but they didn't want to go too hard on the theme. It was just a way to have a little fun with the evening. The bar cart, on the other hand, is definitely in line with Speakeasy, featuring a lot of gin and whiskey based drinks, though anyone with a preference for wine or beer won't be disappointed.

The start of the evening is dedicated to introductions and mingling, probably helped by the alcohol, though there's also cheese and antipasto plates set out, just in case anyone was worried about not being fed at something hosted by two chefs.

As a way to break the ice, and to get people talking and having fun before the evening really kicks off, the brick wall of the small living room has been set aside as the designated backdrop for a 'photo booth', which mostly consists of a few instant cameras, including one that takes what are essentially magical gifs, so long as the button is held down for 5 seconds. There are a few props that match the theme of the evening - fur stoles, feather headbands, felt hats, long strings of pearls - to make the photos a little more fun.

Once everyone is seated in the dining room, it's time for dinner. The food brought out for the main meal is warm and rich without being too heavy, slow cooked meats and roasted vegetables can be mixed with salads and lighter sides to avoid anyone slipping into a food coma before dessert has even begun. Everything is set in the middle of the table, for people to serve themselves, so they can pick and choose what they want to try. Lup has made at least one incredibly spicy dish, so be careful.

While there's no rush to leave the table, eventually plates are cleared away (by magic, so none of the hosts have to stop chatting) and everyone is ushered into the larger of their living rooms, where the small coffee table has been replaced by a seemingly floating table that's large enough to accommodate all the desserts. There are various pies (pecan, pumpkin, cherry), apple & maple cake, chocolate tarts, brownies and trifle. There aren't quite as many options as there were on the dinner table, but it's near a thing, especially when the section of the table devoted to cream, ice cream and sauces is taken into consideration.

Dessert is an extended affair, pies will stay warm and ice cream will stay frozen for as long as they remain on the table, so people can return and try more even as the rest of the night presses on. And although the food is, really, the main attraction of any kind of event that Taako is involved with, that doesn't mean there aren't things to do other than eating.

Once the dining room table has been cleared, (plastic) champagne glasses are laid out in what might be a familiar formation to anyone who went to college, especially when a ping pong ball is added to the mix. It's beer pong! Except it's actually prosecco pong, because this is a classy joint, not some frat. Or at least, that's the excuse.

There are a few other things to do, mostly in the more generic range of party games, including a deck of Cards Against Humanity that Taako discovered a couple weeks ago and had been delighted by. He's definitely going to wrangle people into a game of Never Have I Ever, maybe Truth Or Dare, and anything else he can think of that requires drinking alcohol and saying stupid shit. What better way is there to get to know people?

As things wind down, the backdoors open up into the courtyard, where a fire is set up, cushions and blankets placed outside for people to curl up with. The fixings for s'mores are available for anyone who somehow still has room to eat more food, and there's mulled cider just in case the fire isn't enough to keep people warm. It's a nice way to wrap up the evening.

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[Taako holds up a finger in a gesture to wait, then calls out to Lup:]

Lulu can you drop the vessel for a sec?

[Lup, who's sitting on the couch chatting to someone, makes a face at Taako but does as requested. Her body flops backwards, empty, as a red robed figure floats out of it; it's kind of hard to really make out much, under the robe, but there are hints of bones and fire amidst the blackness.

She dabs, then slides back into her body and returns to her conversation.

Taako smiles at Cassian.]

Horrifying spectre of undeath. She's what's called a lich, normally they're real fucking bad news but Lup and Barry kept their shit together so they're not evil.

[honestly. what the fuck. cassian is very used to all manner of weird shit from taako by this point but this one's bizarre enough to earn a slight face of wtf.]

Is that what happens when someone is resurrected? [he doesn't want to get into the fact that evidently his sister is dead which, hashtag relatable, but it's a party, not a death commiseration.]

Oh, nah, she's a special case? We uh... there was this one world where all of us but Lucretia died in the first couple days and it was pretty fucking terrible.

[It's not his place to talk about Lucretia's year alone, but... it was bad. It was very bad.]

Someone had to get the ship off the plane, for us to resurrect, so Lup and Barry turned themselves into liches, they separated their souls from their bodies. Even if they died, they could still work the ship.

[he takes it all in with relative stride but it's all so... odd and almost crazy to imagine a place where death is not permanent. where there's a choice like that even available. taako might sound careless about it, but it makes him wonder too if he really is that blase.]

Your universe is very lenient with death.

I mean, Kravitz did nearly kill us cause of the whole multiple deaths, like, that was a thing that happened.

[They only got out of it because Kravitz is a gay disaster t b q h.]

We've still gotta sort out what the fuck he's gonna do about Lup and Barry now. He probably won't send her to ghost jail, but the Raven Queen isn't gonna be super jived about the situation.

Most of these names mean nothing to me, you realize.

[most of everything is a lot to run through right now especially when it relates to death. HE DOESN'T WANNA.]

But it sounds like far too long a story to dive into when this is supposed to be a party.

Yes, fuck, sorry, I'll write you up the sparknotes version for later.

[Will he actually? Probably not.]

Do you wanna get your mingle on? I should probably like, do the rounds too, but I'll come find you later and we can talk about anything but all the stupid ways I've died.

[he doesn't know what a sparknotes is, but cassian already knows taako is not going to pull a sparknotes.]

[and honestly he does not ever really want to talk about all the stupid ways taako has died.]

You are the host. I should not monopolize your time. I have brought Jyn as my guest, so do not be surprised if you see her around as well.

I'll try to contain my shock.

[Which is to say: he would've bet his entire life savings that Cassian brought Jyn as his +1. It's why he didn't actually bother inviting Jyn.]

Oh, fair warning, Rin and Bryn both have dogs. If that's like, a thing you're not cool with I can let them know? Brantz is hella polite but Qiri's kinda young and still jumps a bit.

[Brantz is also FUCKEN HUGE but he fails to mention that part]

[his nose scrunches very very briefly, how dare you taako. they are not that predictable mmmmmygod he's a liar in his own brain.]

I have no issue with dogs. [he makes a mental note to tell jyn about the dogs and feels called out again?? even though taako has no idea??? dogs are better than people though, lbr.] I am sure I'll see them around, and you later as well.

[speaking off call outs:]

Try not to have too much fun.

[And with a wink, Taako flits off to go greet whoever just arrived at the door like the good host he's trying to be.]

[closed] a little party never killed nobody

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