third time's the charm

[odenson]

who: The NEETs, Chibita, anyone who was invited or wants to stumble across the party
what: A Belated Bday party for the NEETS
when: Afternoon-Evening, Dec 10th
where: On the beach in one of those convenient cabins mentioned in the mingle log
warnings: none insofar. Probably drunken shenanigans, bad karaoke and possibly feels? We'll see.

So once upon a time (that time being, specifically, on the TDM about a month and a half ago,) Ichimatsu mentioned to Chibita that he'd missed his own birthday. Naturally, Chibita suggested that they have a belated party to make up for it. Now, he's making good on that idea. It just so happens that the festival and the Beach Cabins offered above happen to be a rather good opportunity. So he's managed to snag one of them this morning, and claimed it for the party later.

Said cabin is now moderately decorated. There's a couple simple happy birthday banners up, as well as a couple non-helium balloons scattered on the floor. Chibita's set up a bit of food and drink in the kitchen for people to come in and nosh on. The table has been taken over by an array of finger foods, mostly. Chips, dips, veggies, bacon-wrapped-dates, shrimp chips, gyoza, salted chicken wings, and various yakitori. Oh, and, of course, oden. Because if Chibita's preparing the party, there is absolutely going to be oden.

There is, also, a cake. Said cake is homemade and looks quite similar to the one in this photo. But don't worry: that stick of oden is made of fondant and moulding sugar. The cake has also been safely tucked away in the fridge for safekeeping.

Aside from things to eat, there's also plenty to drink. Nothing really too 'hard liquor'-ish, though. Beer, wine and cider, mostly, as well as mulled wine on the stove, because it's cold and that's a great drink for the holidays. And plenty of soda and other non-alcoholic entities, for those abstaining or too young.

Additionally, there's several different board games in the shared living space for people to play with. Scrabble, Taboo, Pictionary, and even mahjong, to name a few. So have a go at those. There is, unfortunately, a TV screen that's been hooked up to a Karaoke machine. So that is also an option, to be used for good or for evil. There's plenty of space to lounge and mingle to your fancy, both inside and out. There's a fire in the fire place, as well as a bonefire outside, supplied with the necessary ingredients for s'mores.

So, uh...help yourself? Maybe you know any of these guys and were invited. Maybe you just stumbled across the party on the beach and decided to join in. The post is your metaphorical Belated Birthday Oyster.

Comments

[ragnarsson]

Exactly like one.

[He pulls the Pokeball out of his pocket and lets Skinfaxi out. There's a burst of light and then a large, strong horse Pokemon is standing there. The Ponyta takes one look at his surroundings and tries to hide behind Ivar. This worked well when he was a foal, but as a full-grown stallion, the effect is more comical than anything else. He shyly peers around Ivar at Ichimatsu. Ivar pats his neck fondly, his hand running through the flames with no effect.]

This is Skinfaxi. I've had him since he was a little foal.

[ichimyatsu]

[Holy shit. This guy has a fucking Ponyta. Ichimatsu gapes, and Nyanko yowls softly and dives behind him at the burst of light and subsequent fire horse, and the fourth-born Matsuno puts an arm back toward him to shield him for a moment, standing slowly.]

You actually have a fucking Ponyta. How.

[ragnarsson]

[Skinfaxi snuffles at Ivar's pockets looking to see if he has any spare sugar cubes. Disappointed, he huffs softly, and goes back to trying to hide behind his master.]

I caught him in the forest the first month I was here. It wasn't easy.

[Turns out Pokemon are pretty dangerous when you don't have the constitution of an anime character to fall back on.]

[ichimyatsu]

[He balks.]

You caught a Ponyta in the forest. Here. [Excuse his disbelief. See, Ichimatsu? Going outside can get you cool things.]

[ragnarsson]

[Ivar seems amused more by Ichimatsu's disbelief at how he caught the Ponyta rather than the existence of a fire horse at all.]

Where else would I have caught it? Just by him wandering into communal housing?

[ichimyatsu]

[He's Japanese, he's not surprised by much these days.]

I-- you've got a point, there.

[ragnarsson]

You should try going out into the forest. I'm sure there's more of them out there.

[Imagine catching a cat Pokemon like a Meowth, Ichimatsu. Imagine.]

i 100% missed this tag

[ichimyatsu]

[No he is too weak to this he would actually just die screaming, honestly. He clutches idly at ESP Kitty in the meantime.]

...ah, I'm not actually big on forests. [There's a good reason for that, and its name was Eluvio.]

[ragnarsson]

The one here isn't so bad. [There's a pause.] Unless you count the monsters.

[Minor detail, really, those creatures that could kill people.]