tabularasa_rp | Heavenly Blanc Void Party

🥂 HEAVENLY BLANC VOID PARTY 🥂

Who: Everyone!
What: Heavenly Blanc mingle and info exchange
Where: The Heavenly Blanc Bar and Café
When: "August 1"; but really, what is time
Content Warnings: N/A

Maybe you heard through word of mouth, or got an invite from the barista and barkeep directly, or spotted the handwritten paper invites hung up around the area, but there is a gathering happening at the Heavenly Blanc Bar and Café TODAY! So feel free to stop by, hang out, have some drinks, and share some stories.

🍺 DRINKS: Coffee will be served by Ren, and Tifa will be handling the other drinks. There's a wide variety behind the bar, ranging from alcoholic to the non-alcoholic, with delicious cocktails (yes, including virgin ones for the minors) to pick from. And before you ask - no, if you are underage, you may not have alcohol. Tifa will be very strict about it, and anyone who tries to bypass her imposed law will be subject to room temperature tapwater for the rest of the party.

🎲 GAMES: Various boardgames that came along with Le Blanc will be made available for all to play, including a Shogi board for the strategically inclined (and whoever knows how the heck to play it). Along the side wall are two pinball machines, and while they don't light up and make sounds, the mechanisms inside them still work, so they aren't completely out of the picture! Next to them, between the jukebox and the door is a dart board. Please do be mindful when throwing darts, as the light filtering into the bar through the front windows is very minimal.

🤔 INFORMATION EXCHANGE: The important part! When all are gathered inside the bar, Tifa and Ren will make a small announcement for everyone:

"Now that we've all had the chance to take a look around and get our bearings, I wanna encourage everyone to exchange what you know, or what you've found. Even share it with the rest of us! Locations, ideas, theories - anything that could be useful in helping us all figure this out. We all come from different worlds, but we're stuck here, so we're in this together until we're not, yeah? Let's make friends and play nice, and most importantly, have fun today! Oh, and if you're coming and going, make sure to close the door nice and tight behind you."

"It's nice to see everyone. Since we're stuck here together, let's cooperate well."

☕ OOC NOTES ☕

This is the open mingle post for the Heavenly Blanc void party! Please feel free to top-level and tag around.

There is a top-level included here for you to post OOC notes of what their characters have discussed on the log, as well as their own thoughts about the world. If there is anything important that people should know, please reply to the top-level with the information, so that it's easy to find for everyone. General info posts about what your character will be talking about are fine as well. Just please try to avoid multiple edits if you can as you thread if you are going that route! for the sake of my dw inbox...

Because this is an info exchange/mingle post, we encourage thread-jacking. However, we know that not everyone is into that kind of thing, so if you are okay with others hopping into your threads, please be sure to indicate it in your top-level.

Questions about the log can be directed to the ooc post.

Have fun!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ there's a lot to take in with his story, and the picture it paints. though much of it is painted with the guidance of his words, having no context for the world he has lived and his experience. what she does know is the bitter taste of defeat, wanting to get to the next stage, and gritting your teeth through challenge. it also astounds her how duraludon reacts, easily understanding raihan as she does, that it makes her see just how much intelligence pokemon have.

she breathes out a warm laugh when raihan goes in for the hug, admiring their bond, and thinking of the ones she has had in her battles. with good men and women... it stings thinking what has become of them now and she must endeavor to grasp onto this moment of light. ]

You're quite the storyteller. I don't get all of it, but I got what matters. Reminds me of... well, combat I suppose. The shared bond you get when you work together, battling through thick and thin, never surrendering even when things look grim. ...Did you win your Champion Cup in the end?

Told you it was long. [ he lets Duraludon go, re-adjusting himself cross-legged in his chair. ] What can I say? I'm an interesting guy!

Yeah... sorry about that. It's kind of hard to talk about where we come from without using a bunch of jargon. [ he's learned as much from talking to everyone not from his world so far. thankfully, she's gotten the gist of it. ] That's exactly it! The rest of my team are as fierce as they come, but I don't think I'd be where I am now without Duraludon.

[ you might expect him to say yes with the way he's smiling, but- ] Nope! That honour went to my rival. It was a good battle, but we got creamed in the end...

There's always the next battle.

[ not immediately, they're stranded here for the time being, but in time they'll figure a way off. that's not important to dwell on right now. ]

Don't worry about the jargon either. Turns out I have a similar problem. None of you seem to know anything about space travel, or different races of people. Kind of surprised how well you're taking it really.

[ maybe it has to do with not being the only non-human? she's grateful for it even as she's astonished. ]

That's been my motto! [ for the past ten years... after losing every time... ] I've gotten stronger with each one, so I can't be too bummed out. That's the whole point of having a rival!

[ Leon had always maintained that he was kept on his toes as Champion because of Raihan, and he'll always take that as a point of pride. even if Raihan wasn't the one to steal that "undefeated" title, that doesn't mean that their rivalry has ended. he's come to terms with that, frustrating as it was to have been beaten to the punch. ]

I'm just trying to keep an open mind. [ he chuckles, allowing himself a moment of bashfulness. ] It's one heck of a learning curve, but it's like you said - we're sort of in the same boat. You took seeing Duraludon better than most people, too!

[ hearing his name, Duraludon looks between the two of them before lingering his gaze on Ahsoka. he lacks the cheeks and lips to smile, so he just sort of... opens his maw a little. ]

[ a rival, huh. did she ever have one of those? maybe ventress, but it kind of sounds like rivals are meant to be friendly. the only other padawan she was close to was barriss and that ended... badly. for both of them, for everyone involved at the end of the day.

at least duraludon is here to open his maw at her and warm her heart. a pure presence. ]

I've seen a lot of things around the galaxy. Duraludon is one of the cutest. [ anyone who doesn't agree just doesn't get it. look at him! ] I figure you two always travel together, but if you ever need someone to look after him for a while just let me know.

[ just throwing it out there, no big. ]

[ technically rivalries are supposed to be friendly - the whole point of them is to challenge one another to get stronger, though Raihan has seen a few in challengers his day whose rivalries ended up more antagonistic than supportive. there's only so much growth that one can get from a relationship like that. ]

No kidding? [ that makes Raihan's eyes practically sparkle, and Duraludon's seem to soften as well. ] That means a lot. He doesn't get compliments like that too often - not that calling him cool or strong is a bad thing, but I happen to think his cuteness is totally overlooked!

[ he knew he'd like what she had to say after their game, but now he respects her for her objectively excellent taste. getting that sort of comment from someone who has been to entirely different planets just hits different. ] We usually stay together, yeah. But if you're that keen on spending time with him, all you need to do is ask! He's not too talkative around strangers, but I think he's already warming up to you.

[ indeed Duraludon looks a little more docile than he did when Raihan and Ahsoka had started talking. his gaze is turned towards the floor a little, giving the idea of bashfulness. Raihan grins between the two of them, knowing what that means. ]

You can pet him, if you want! He's basically a huge baby.

[ she blinks, her smile tilting up with the permission, and looks down to duraludon. his gaze is down on the ground, so ahsoka carefully slips off her seat and takes a step forward. ]

Hey there.

[ she reaches out her hand and moves it up slow to set it down on the middle of his head. he's a couple inches taller than her, but she has no qualms pushing herself up slightly on the tips of her feet. ]

[ Raihan looks on with a smile, watching to see how she reacts to Duraludon. he's found in his time here that it doesn't matter whether or not you're familiar with Pokémon - the look that he sees in Ahsoka's eyes isn't unlike the one that he sees in Trainers with real drive. it's interesting how universal it is, especially in circumstances like this.

though his steely body is cool to the touch, the low, pleased draconic rumble that he lets out when Ahsoka pets him invokes the fact that he is very much alive. he looks down at her with calm eyes, understanding she means no harm as he opens his maw slightly to "smile". ]

See what I mean? Don't let the steel fool you - he's as soft as they come.

Heavenly Blanc Void Party

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