I am Sixteen, going on Seventeen (Open | Mingle)

[threatenwithcuteness]

who: EVERYONE
what: Lola Pacini's Seventeenth Birthday
when: 4/16 - late afternoon
where: The Sunset Diner
warnings: FUN!
note: This is a Mingle, tag each other, make new CR, it'll be fun! I'll leave some specific places to poke Lola, but if you wanna put in your own top level or whatever... go for it!

It took some haggling, but Lola got her boss to give her the space for a few hours today. Lola did all the set-up (minus food prep, which she wormed out of some of the fry cooks). She took over the sunrise side of the diner. The room of warm oranges and reds, but more importantly it had less booths and more tables. So some of those could be cleared out for the day. S he put soft blue and green bows and streamers everywhere. Put linens over the tables, swept the floor, made sure everything was clean and nice.

She set out some of the food already, serve yourself at one table. Most of it is an attempt at Mexican cuisine but given how the ingredients aren't exactly right she can't really call it authentic. She left a table aside for people to bring foods from home, she's still curious to try things that aren't of her Earth, or of Earth at all. She didn't bother with a table for gifts, she wanted them, but she didn't feel they would happen. She didn't want to get her hopes up. That never ended well.

Honestly Lola doesn't really know what she wants out of this. Friends? Maybe? Or maybe just to make something happen. If some other people become friends at her party that'd be enough.

Right?

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[oniondaughter]

Sieglinde stares rapt, as Lola tells the story of how she got the hair treatment. Some might be a bit judgmental that Lola would go and get a bizarre treatment that she didn't understand - but Sieglinde actually understands even less about untested medical treatments than most people, and she generally has faith that the people who offer them know what they're doing.

"Well he certainly did a good job of it. I've never seen anything quite like it, it's fascinating."

Watching Lola's shift as she speaks is like staring at a lava lamp or something. Visually fascinating in a way that she hadn't really ever expected a human being's hair to be. This land is so full of surprises.

"Oh, and it's also quite lovely, of course. It suits you quite well."

[threatenwithcuteness]

Lola's more than pleased at the attention. Proving even if what she did is absolutely the sort of thing Shay and Frankie would tell her not to do, it was totally the right idea for her. Pink seemed to be the color of choice for the moment, a few streaks of white in there.

"I know, there's nothing like it at home. And now I don't have to worry about redyeing my hair!" Which was a lot of work and a lot of time, now she just had to maintain it, the way she liked. "Supposedly there are some things I can do to make my hair a mix of colors that look really cool. As soon as it gets used to my thoughts."

"But... this sort of thing isn't for you, is it?" She didn't really think this was a thing Lin would want. Then again it was exorbitantly expensive if you didn't have a pass like her's.