Heavenly Blanc Void Party

[starshower]

🥂 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!

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Hornet | Thread-jacking welcome!

[gitgudprincess]

1. Inside
[Hornet regrets coming here. Hornet is not made for social gatherings. Hornet is made for two things; flitting mysteriously around corners, and putting the fear of god into strangers.]

[Neither of these are particularly polite, so she is forced to go around socializing until she grows sick. When that happens, she slips away to find a more comfortable spot.]

[By her standards, that is. Most people would not consider perching like a gargoyle on a metal pipe near the ceiling 'comfortable'. Hornet considers it an ideal spot both for observing the goings-on of the party, and for remaining unnoticed herself. Very few people think to look up. Thus, she is quite comfortable.]

[Those who do will likely be startled to find a blank white mask staring back at them, barely visible through the gloom. Don't worry, she's probably not a ghost.]

2. Outside
[Once she tires of haunting people inside, Hornet retreats to the outside of the building. By which I mean the roof.]

[Hornet stands at the edge of the roof, staring across the landscape. She hadn't visited this side of the mountain on her way down, and while she doesn't regret having spent so much time holed up in her city, the shifting greenery(?) is a sight to behold. It almost makes the trip worth it.]

[The wind is remarkably cooperative as well, just strong enough to lightly billow her cloak like she's some kind of anime protagonist. What a perfect time to brood— or perhaps, a perfect time to offer something to drink.]

3. Wild Card??
[Hornet may be approached in any number of locations around the cafe, but you had best believe she'll be brooding. Playing darts? Eyeing up the menus? Still deciding where best to hide? You name it!]

[forethinking]

(To be completely fair, Ren would probably wouldn't have noticed someone up in there had it not been for a quick reflection from the lighting hitting her for a moment.

He isn't sure she can see him from up there, but he does give her a little wave. Who knows?)

[gitgudprincess]

[Ah, the barista. One of the proprietors of this building, partially responsible for the despicable circumstances she's found herself in. Curse him, and everyone who dares speak with him.]

[...Wait, she chose to be here. Nobody dragged her away from her duties, she did that to herself. And this is no place to be rude!]

[She waves back. Reluctantly.]

would probably wouldn't wheezes sorry!

[forethinking]

(Ren can't decide what sort of creature she is, but there's no harm in pointing to the coffee mugs and at her, a silent and distant way of offering. Does she drink, he wonders?)

local cryptid definitely doesn't overthink things

[gitgudprincess]

[He means to offer a drink. That is his job, she supposes. She has seen other patrons accepting his drinks, caught the scent drifting by, and she can't say she finds it terribly appealing. Far too bitter. Yet people accept it anyway. Perhaps there is something else they gain from it, or some greater meaning in the offer, or—]

[For those not keyed into her internal monologue, Hornet continues to sit stock-still, staring unblinkingly at Ren for a solid half-minute before slowly nodding.]

[forethinking]

(Ren takes his eyes off her for a few seconds, tending to a conversation, but returning the sight in time to see the nod. He doesn't rush her, though. She can come down whenever she sees fit.)

2!

[thunderwave]

[ it's not lance that hornet immediately sees, but a very big orange dragon, roughly seven feet tall and kind of . . . round. the inside of the bar is capable of having dragonite inside, but there are quite a few people, and dragonite (much like his partner in justice crime, lance) needs fresh air sometimes.

so dragonite is surprised to find someone else on the roof! and the dragon-type looks curious, and there's a certain intelligence in his eyes that denotes that he is not just another weird looking thing tabula rasa spit up.

(lance will make his way to the roof in a moment or two, once he figures out where his partner went to get fresh air. but for now, dragonite lifts a clawed paw with a wave. ]

[gitgudprincess]

[A flash of something orange out of the corner of her eye is not what Hornet wants to see. For all her life, orange has meant danger, and a month(?) spent in a world apparently devoid of infection has not dulled that reflex.]

[She turns, needle poised to lash out at the perceived danger. Unfortunately, she's just a little too close to the edge, and what she expects to be stable footing turns out to be empty air. She yelps, pinwheeling inelegantly before falling entirely off the roof. There goes that brooding session.]

[thunderwave]

[ oh dear.

dragonite immediately opens his wings to dart forward, to zip across the roof pretty quickly for a big dragon-type lookin' thing. and soon, dragonite too tumbles off the roof, though he manages to twist around and land underneath hornet, so at least she lands . . . on the dragon. is that better? who knows.

but soon, there's a startled voice, from the ground, just outside the bar: ]

Dragonite?

[ and lance comes around the corner, blinking. ]

Are you -- are you alright? [ now directed to hornet, concerned. ] Did you just fall?

[gitgudprincess]

[It's certainly a softer landing, but on embarrassment alone Hornet would declare this unquestionably the worst outcome. For a moment she remains on Dragonite's belly, simultaneously stewing in frustration and processing things enough to conclude that no, this creature is supposed to be orange, it's fine.]

[Then comes a witness, and Hornet scrambles to her feet and to retrieve her needle.]

"I am perfectly alright, thank you— Is this your creature? I'm afraid I found it on the roof."

[thunderwave]

Ah . . . yes.

[ after a pause, as he views the scene. dragonite looks more than a little sheepish, getting to his feet in order to grumble an apology to hornet. ]

He is -- that is Dragonite, and he likely went outside to get some air. I apologize if he startled you.

[ dragonite would never harm a fly unless he had to, so lance is pretty sure he didn't attack hornet. ]

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[starshower]

[Very few people indeed, but this is Tifa's bar and anything that is even the slightest bit out of place catches her eye. Including something sitting up near the ceiling. Once she's done serving another line of people, she finally takes a moment to look up, and she smiles.

She's seen this one around here and there, but hasn't had the chance to talk. The mask is curious, but she'll save those questions for later.]

Is it comfortable up there?

[gitgudprincess]

[Hornet narrows her eyes. The other proprietor of questionable drinks. She'd go on an internal monologue about how suspicious such friendliness is, but she's feeling a little less peopled-out at the moment, so Hornet simply shifts a little to lean forwards.]

"More comfortable than in the crowd, certainly."

[starshower]

Nothing wrong with that.

[One of those types. Without quite realizing it, her eyes flit across the bar in search of a spiky blond head, and finds him at a booth on the other side.

Tifa gets to work pouring another drink: a simple glass of iced water for herself. She'd go for the booze, but she's still technically on duty, and they still don't know what kind of effects it would have on her, or anyone... besides making everyone a little loud—case in point, those playing darts cheer in the corner, and she smiles.]

Can't exactly get you any drinks while you're up there, though. Not thirsty?

[gitgudprincess]

"Not particularly, but that sounds like a challenge."

[There's a slight smirk in her voice, and with a quick movement she twists to dangle upside-down by her legs. Still not within arm's reach, but the idea is there.]

"What would you recommend for someone with no experience in weird Human drinks?"

[starshower]

[Well, that's impressive. Tifa briefly muses to herself if she'd be any good at pull-ups, her smile pulling a touch wider. She could use a good workout partner—but that's a musing for another time, because there's an important bartending question for her to attend to.]

Hmm, weird human drinks... That depends. [What even constitutes as a "weird human drink", she wonders?] You in the mood for something bitter or sweet? Or maybe something fizzy?

[Maybe the latter could be something weird, if the drinker isn't used to it.]

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[symbolofstrength]

It's true that most people don't look up... but most people are not scientists who deal with wild animals on a daily basis. Samuel has his gaze glued on Hornet, a notebook and pen in his hands, as he tries to find a good spot where he can look at her without hurting his neck.

[gitgudprincess]

[And here we see the wild Hornet in her... well, a very unnatural habitat, but she's adept enough at navigating tight spaces that it might as well be natural. She's entirely oblivious to the scientist, instead focused on finding a more comfortable position to watch the disastrous game of darts going on below her.]

[It's fascinating, really. These people have no hand-eye coordination or practice with aiming in the dark, yet they try anyway. Hornet's hand inches towards her needle, tempted to throw it at the dartboard herself, even though it'd probably destroy the thing entirely.]

[symbolofstrength]

That's fine, he'll wait until she settles down until he starts sketching away in his notebook, grateful she's picked a spot where it's easier for him to get a good look at her. He's quiet for the most part, other than the scratching of pen on paper and perhaps softly muttering to himself about Bug-types.

[gitgudprincess]

[Eventually, the hapless dart-throwers turn to other drunken activities. Hornet remains in place, eyeing up the dart board, before carefully shifting positions. She narrows her eyes, drawing her needle back, then throws.]

[The needle strikes right in the center, snapping the board in half and embedding itself in the wall. Hornet pumps her fist a little.]

[symbolofstrength]

Samuel jolts at the action, then looks at the broken dartboard sadly. He walks over to it, pulling the needle out of the wall after some effort, and looks up at Hornet.

"That wasn't very nice. Now nobody else can play."

He's not mad, just disappointed. He's sure she didn't break the dartboard on purpose, because he has faith in other people like that, but it was still a reckless move.

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[reachforthesummit]

This party was fun and all, but it was getting pretty noisy inside, so Madeline and her reflection had decided to step outside for a while and get some space. Badeline especially seemed to be kind of tense at a large gathering like this, so at least for a while it was probably for the best.

However, the two didn't expect to see someone on top of the cafe's roof. How'd that person even get up there, was there a ladder or something? And... wasn't that the person she and Badeline met at those snowy ruins?

She'd contemplate that more, but she realized she's been staring. Not wanting to be rude, she gathered her composure and nervously waved.

"O-oh... um, hey! We've met before, right?"

[gitgudprincess]

[Hornet looks down, tilting her head at the sight of the girl. Ah yes, it's rather hard to forget an... embarrassing first impression like that. She tightens her grip on her needle.]

"Indeed we have. Hiding from the festivities?"

[reachforthesummit]

Madeline notices Hornet tightening her grip, and tilts her head. Was something the matter?

"Not hiding, just... taking a break. Big gatherings like this can be overwhelming."

[gitgudprincess]

[Hornet considers Madeline for a moment, then lowers herself to sit on the edge of the roof, needle tucked behind her. Very carefully. She doesn't want to lose it a second time.]

"Understandable. I am hardly accustomed to crowds either."