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Taako ([personal profile] spellslots) wrote in [community profile] riverviewlogs2018-03-09 11:53 am

[semi-closed mingle] kigu party!!!

who: The IPRE + cr + adjacent cr
what: exactly what it says on the tin: it's a kigu party lads
when: second weekend of march
where: Casa Del Taco
warnings: none atm! will update if necessary


[There's something strange about knowing he's been here an entire year. Twelve months ago Taako stepped out of the portal into this world and while it's tempting to be kind of morose about it (especially after the past month) he's trying to kick things into a slightly more positive gear. The party is his idea but the theme is Hana's, an idle suggestion about how fun it would be to get everyone into a kigu. The best part about the idea is that it requires minimal effort on Taako's party, because for all that he loves going all out for parties, sometimes it's nice to just throw something together. Especially when he's more interested in sorting out his relationship with Kravitz or hanging out with Barry, who he hasn't properly seen for over a decade. So it's a party but it's a laid back party, texts are sent out a week in advance and he spends any free time preparing for the night.

The house is left relatively undecorated aside from the addition of several oversized cushions and beanbags in the living rooms, but Taako also casts Magnificent Mansion to expand the space. He adds two home theatres, for movies, video games or karaoke, depending on who's in control of the room at the time. There are also extra bedrooms, in case anyone wants to crash for the night.

While the theme of the night - wear a goddamn kigu and look cute as fuck - isn't being enforced by Taako, it is being enforced by Hana, so anyone brave enough to get past the door without a kigu might have to spend the night avoiding a tiny meka pilot.

As expected for a party hosted by the twins, food plays a fairly big role, although like the rest of the evening they've gone for a more lowkey affair. Sliders, falafel, tamales, vegetable platters with dips, about five different kinds of fries (zucchini, polenta, kumera, potato, jicama) and mini pizzas; things that are easy to pop on a plate and eat without making a mess, but it's all fresh and delicious. The dessert and snack options are a little more impressive, between the flavoured popcorns and well kitted out waffle bar. There's candy and Taako's signature macarons, along with a veritable selection of wine, beer and punch, the latter both spiked and virgin.

Rather than do something as simple as baking cookies for everyone, Lup and Taako have a much more fun idea in mind. They've prepared separated batches of sugar cookie dough and laid out spices, flavours and additives; there's cinnamon, vanilla, choc chips, butterscotch, lemon juice, and mint, amongst pretty much any baking ingredient (here's some ideas for inspiration). Be careful not to mess up the wet/dry balance of the dough, although ruined cookies can be a bonding experience. Once they're baked (it doesn't take long), there's confectioner's sugar, butter, milk, water for whatever icing characters desire, as well as toppings such as sprinkles and crushed nuts.

There are a few things to keep people entertained throughout the evening. The sun room has been delegated as a mini day spa kind of space, with sheet masks, nail polish, lotions, and an assortment of hair care tools. There's nothing that's too complicated or that'll get too messy, but anyone who wants to get comfy and indulge in a little self-care is more than welcome to kick back and relax.

In those home theatres there are movies, games and karaoke songs from all different time periods and realities. Anything from Taako's media library is available, plus some extra video games that both Hana and Cisco supplied, from racing to PVP battles to VR. And a few very bad dating sims for shits and giggles. In the rest of the house, more traditional games are available, whether that’s board games like Clue and Twister, or party games like truth or dare and two truths and a lie. At one point someone breaks out a bag of marshmallows to play fluffy bunny. (There are so many of these things, make them up, I'm not your dad.)

Despite the general atmosphere in the rest of the Quarantine during Sampremi, the party is kept relatively tame, although some of the games might get a little risqué as the night goes on, it's not as if he can control what people do. So long as everyone's having fun, he's happy.]

bythehand: (NO SPACE ALLOWED)

finn

[personal profile] bythehand 2018-03-15 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ There are some who say the party doesn't start until Finn walks in, and they're very wrong, he does not impact the party level at all in a big sense. But he does walk in, and he's...... appropriately dressed for the occasion. There is a dress code, after all.

As he's pulling these waking hours in sort of the opposite spirit of his Sampremi rave adventures, Finn is back on balance with his usual attitude and energy. A little high-strung, a little tense. His face is on the easy to read side, though, and all indicators say that he's having a nice time, even if he's just hanging back with a drink and people-watching a little.

Finn wears his kigu with a level of sincerity that maybe goes against the point of having a kigu party in the first place. Well-- there's a bit of a hitch early on. At some point he does walk up to someone. Like right up to them. Finn is a personal space gremlin on a mission. He holds up his hands, which are not visible because someone went the full monty on the porg wings for some reason? ]


I need help cutting the ends of these things off. I can't hold anything like this.

[ Save Him. ]

[ Other possible Find Your Local Finn situations include:

cookie baking, which is predominantly a time of experimentation and shitty decorating. Don't worry, guys. The important thing is he doesn't burn them.

video games, where he mostly ends up sitting on a couch next to someone to offer commentary. Please don't take any of his dating sim advice. Please don't, if you want to win the date or whatever. Teach him to play Mario Kart if you dare. But be prepared to live with the consequences.

Shoutout to anyone who breaks out Monopoly in the board games times though, because Finn can and will get roped in if they're looking for players. And he will deadass look at it as a hardcore strategy game, and he will turn into a ruthless Monopoly monster. Not in like a mean way. It just Happens. He's got a hand on his chin to lean over the board like it's a fucking war room in here. He reads the rules and understands them??? This intersects his not-often-exercised competitive streak and his entire dumb education.

Or we can wildcard basically whatever, I'm always available for plotting and shenanigans. hmu. ]
Edited 2018-03-15 02:44 (UTC)
scholiast: <user name=rabdoidal site=tumblr.com> (★ 20 mins buying fantasy shorts)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-15 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
Fantastic.

(She'll meet him in the sun room then, with bowl of face mask in toe. She's pulled out a couple beanbags for the two of them, and she nudges his with her foot.)

When did you last visit the 'spa'?
dothelokimotion: (This is the fear that looms)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-15 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
Five or six months ago.

[ Loki was still finding his footing in Riverview. He had been more caustic, more insular. A lot of that has fallen to the wayside. ]

It was my other self's idea. Apparently it had many benefits.
shoplifter: (Default)

[personal profile] shoplifter 2018-03-15 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's like paint on a paintbrush.

[She eyeballs it, feeling a little silly in retrospect. She's had certainly overthought some of these things — had considered if maybe it's a special vial that makes nails grow in a new color. Silly her.]

Why isn't it easy? Does it hurt? I can handle it if it does...
dothelokimotion: (Comfort was the answer to all)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-15 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
It's hardly painful. It merely has a tendency to be messy if you're not careful.

[ He plugs it up again, waving the bottle. ]

Interested?
scholiast: <user name=anonbeadraws site=tumblr.com> (★ excellent)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-15 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I believe the term is 'shots fired'?

(Still, she's putting down the empty bowl and backing away from the bench, tugging the hood of her kigu back up. A good defense is important.)
umbrastaff: (68)

lup

[personal profile] umbrastaff 2018-03-15 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[birb kigurumi!]

I. Video Games

[ Of course Lup is playing video games, and of course she's very competitive. Whoever let her pick a racing game had no idea what they were getting in to, because she's definitely doing rainbow road, and she's definitely going all out on being mean with her shells.

Yelling and cheering, it seems the woman is absolutely here for the win, and like her brother she's not above some cheating... like tickling her opponent with mage hand in the middle of a sharp curve. ]


II. Cookies

[ It is hilarious to watch people try making cookies, and she makes little warning sounds now and then to distract them - even when they're not actually doing anything wrong.

Prestidigitation is a fun cantrip, so if something smells like its burning all of the sudden, it may or may not actually be true.

Being a baking snob aside, she's happy to help people who have genuine problems, though, and doesn't mess with the kids. Instead she scoots over some glitter sprinkles with a wiggle of her brows. ]


Everything's better when it's sparkly!

III. Chilling

[ Of course this is kind of a sleepover in cuddly character jammies, and Lup takes some time just snuggling up in couches and just enjoying herself. She's still getting used to her body and tends to get a bit of sensory overload at times, so it was super nice to just chill now and then and watch people.

She makes herself a little pile of delicious things and hoards them in her 'wing'. popping a few in her mouth now and then while watching people have fun. It makes her chest feel strangely full to see family and friends together like this - almost like the good years on the Starblaster.

If she sees someone chilling as well, she's not above draping herself over their knee if she knows them well enough. ]


IV. Wildcard

[ Go get her! ]
scholiast: <user name=doodledrawsthings site=tumblr.com> (☆ no dogs on the moon)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
(ya don't say)

I've never met your other self. (She pauses in getting the top off the little bottle of blue nail polish she's chosen, and squints at him.) Wait, you're not talking about one of those copies, are you?
dothelokimotion: (A sudden violent movement)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
No. He's a Loki from another dimension, similar to my own. You haven't met him because he prefers to be young and hip.

[ Though, Loki thinks to himself, his other self is probably older. Probably. ]
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[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
(Lucretia raises an eyebrow, amused.)

Are you saying I'm not young and hip?
dothelokimotion: (Illegal to consider their existence)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
Do you really want me to answer that?
scholiast: <user name=anonbeadraws site=tumblr.com> (★ i was a supporter)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, how cruel.

(She can't pull off the theatrics as well as Taako can, it's pretty obvious she's about to laugh.)
dothelokimotion: (When they do beautiful things)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ He nods sagely, with a straight face. ]

I'm positively diabolical. Withholding key information and all that.
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[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Please, it's nothing I don't know already.

(Loki, you're being unkind to the person with the face mask goop in their hands, watch yourself.)
dothelokimotion: (A sudden violent movement)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki has never been good at decisions anyway. ]

Sometimes it's worth repeating.
scholiast: <user name=ladygrit site=tumblr.com> (★ oh worm)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
Of course.

(Right, she's gonna use the spoon to flick a bit of green mud at him for that one.)
dothelokimotion: (It’s impossible to be killed by a gun)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ The blob hits his face and he gives her a positively wounded look. ]
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[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
(Lucretia gestures at her own face with a little you-got-something-there gesture, perfectly calm.)
dothelokimotion: (A thing which exists to be not known)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki delicately wipes it off before reaching for a towel. ]

That was childish.
scholiast: <user name=rabdoidal site=tumblr.com> (☆ big book fulla secrets)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
(She's still managing to keep a straight face, but her eyes are glinting.)

I hear it's important for a woman of my age to try and stay young at heart.
dothelokimotion: (A life of pain is the pain of life)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki frowns, taking that in. ]

How old are you?
scholiast: <user name=anonbeadraws site=tumblr.com> (Default)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
I'm...

(She has to put the bowl down so she can count on her fingers, hold on. Twenty-six plus one hundred, plus two, plus another twenty equals...) One hundred and forty-eight.
dothelokimotion: (The exact problem is currently unclear)

[personal profile] dothelokimotion 2018-03-16 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Loki looks a little blank. ]

Is that very old?
scholiast: <user name=_sukekou site=twitter.com> (★ WELL)

[personal profile] scholiast 2018-03-16 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
For a human? Yes.

I spent a century on the Starblaster repeating a single year; that accounts for most of the time. And I recently lost twenty more to a bad gambling decision.

(you know how it is)

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