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crosslaced ([personal profile] crosslaced) wrote in [community profile] lifeaftr2018-11-22 12:38 pm

you and me in the moonlight

Who: You!
What: A year end party MINGLELOG to help everyone recover from the Shit we’ve been through.
When: Forwarddated to Nov 24
Where: Enso E4, close to the ST Temple
Warnings: Mark as necessary, but none expected.

As the end of November draws near…… it’s time for that player plot the mods hinted at in their latest announcement.

Laurent’s Witch Labyrinth! -no, actually, it’s just a party.

[preparation]

All day on the 24th people are hard at work setting up on the golden beaches of Enso. The Storyteller’s Temple can be seen from the site and vice versa; it’s just a short walk away. There’s quite a bit to be done, so every extra pair of hands are welcome!

[the party]

As evening falls, a series of torches light up the party site for the lost; most prominent are the three large campfires spaced out across the beach, offering a variety of gathering spots for those who don’t like the loud partying going on at the other one.

There’s more than enough food to go around. An entire Cariborn is being dug up from the sandy soil way up the beach, having been roasted in the ground. There’s a wide variety spread out on tables… of handwaved origin… maybe they’re the ones left around from 4/20?? It’s probably fine. Herb- baked vegetables, fresh fruits, meat of various types, pizza!! and yes, Muffet’s Magic Blackberry Alcohol abound.

We’ve also got party favors. Amongst them, it seems like..... owo are these sparklers?

Come hang out! It’s a well-deserved break.

[activities]

The children (and adults so-inclined) have some cute party games to have fun with. There’s a simple little ringtoss area set up, with rings that aren’t even proper circles (listen, Laurent tried) and wooden stakes in the ground to be ringed.

Across the wide stretch of sand there's a lot that can be done- want to build some sandcastles? Pick some shells? Fight some crabs? The beach is dotted with doodles in the sand, inviting you to join in.

The biggest attraction is perhaps the petting zoo- well, it’s a cluster of animals just hanging out, but you get the idea. Located far up on the beach and away from the danger of the waves, the petting zoo has three whole Chocobos, two whole Tigerlilies (one of which is clearly guarding the Chocobos), and one whole horse. Sometimes two horses, but the grey wandering one is wearing a plaque that says “I BITE. PET ME CAREFULLY.”

[storyteller?]

Yes, ST-chan is invited! I’m leaving it to them to top-level or tag out at their leisure. Keep an eye out for the bunny god, they’re Coming.
counterblows: (} follow the disorganized religion)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-06 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing permanent?

[His gaze is calm and assessing. He's pretty sure that, if they were injured in a more debilitating sense, it would be both obvious and probably taken care of by now.]

[The kinds of injuries that endure after death aren't the kind that heal over.]
forwearemany: (other side)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2019-01-06 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
(They lived and were repaired, thankfully.

Shepard-Commander followed Anderson into the sea.)


Negative, save for cosmetic damage.

(They already knew she wasn't suitable as an ally, so the stabbing distressed them less than might be expected.)
counterblows: (} then we're all just fucked)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-06 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't think so.

[That sort of thing would probably have been made obvious by now.]

But either way. It's not an easy thing to handle. Losing someone like that.
forwearemany: (Butwhy)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2019-01-08 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
She was already lost to us.

(You know, when she abandoned them to die.

And yet...)
Edited 2019-01-08 01:14 (UTC)
counterblows: (} if home is where the heart is)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-08 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Is that what it feels like?

[Quiet and deliberate; not overly skeptical, but he knows how complicated those sorts of things can be.]
forwearemany: (Side)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2019-01-09 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
She abandoned us.

(Except, as they've told Wash before, this Shepard-Commander is not the same.

...Not that that stopped her from hurting them.)
counterblows: (} and it's kinda funny)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-09 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Expecting the knife in the back doesn't make it hurt any less when it happens.

[Speaking from bitter experience with that one. It's still a knife in the back. You don't ever build an immunity to it, not really. You just grow numb to it. It hurts less, but the devastation is always the same.]

[It depends on how much of you there is left to destroy.]
forwearemany: (Flashlight)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2019-01-10 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
She did not knife us in the back.

(The wound clearly came from the front. Additionally, they started that altercation by trying to physically intervene.

...They are absolutely uncertain of how to properly talk about this.)
counterblows: (} to you)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-10 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
It's a figure of speech. Knife in the back.

[He almost pantomimes the act of a hand closing around the hilt of a knife, and thinks better of it.]

It means betrayal.
forwearemany: (other side)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2019-01-11 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
We are aware.

(Does it even count as a betrayal when they were the one who started the altercation?

They were trying to save her life, but still.)
counterblows: (} then we're all just fucked)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-11 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Wash shrugs, and looks away.]

Just putting it out there. Can't've been easy.
forwearemany: (Side)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2019-01-15 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
...It was not.

(They finally admit.)
counterblows: (} follow the disorganized religion)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-15 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, [says Wash. The word almost doesn't make it out. He forces it to regardless, because that - that's easier.]

It never is.
forwearemany: (Side)

[personal profile] forwearemany 2019-01-19 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
...Affirmative.
counterblows: (} then we're all just fucked)

[personal profile] counterblows 2019-01-19 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
[He lets that hang in the air for a minute, maybe longer, before giving himself a shake with the air of someone effecting a reset.]

Take the time off while it's here. I think we could all use it.