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tifa lockhart. ([personal profile] starshower) wrote in [community profile] tabularasa_rp2020-08-01 05:06 pm

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!

forethinking: (Default)

[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-02 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think we are meant to do anything as of now. We need more time to see if that's the case.

(Even the God had steered him into a direction, as vague as he was towards rehabilitation and all. If this adventure had a purpose, the one orchestrating it is doing a terrible job giving them a clear problem to solve.

Either way, Ren takes a dart himself, squinting to better see the board before throwing - not bullseye, but generally close.)
theforgottenboy: (I'm kinda done with hanging out)

barges in here, but like, subtly

[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-08-02 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cole is here specifically to listen in on people, which at the moment happens to be these two. It's not like he's just standing around in an empty bar this time, so it's probably fine(??) and watching people play darts isn't that unusual, right.]

[He's keeping his distance, but he's watching them. Feel free to notice him, or not.]
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-02 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Akechi doesn't exactly notice him, considering that it is a crowded bar. He watches Ren's throw with an unimpressed hum and steps up himself. Unlike Ren, he's throwing with his left hand -- it's not billiards, after all, and there's no need to give himself a handicap playing against Ren anymore. He takes a moment longer to line up his throw, based off Ren's trajectory.

Of course he hits bullseye. Not dead-center of the board in the darkness, but within the 50-point ring.]


Perhaps not yet. I'm sure a time will come where we'll be forced to take action.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-02 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
(Woah, good job, Akechi. It only makes Ren want to hit that bullseye in the dark completely stripped of his cheats even more! Not that Akechi knows he even can do that, anyways. He does notice the left hand in usage, and honestly, just more fuel to the competitive fire.

It's a glimpse and a glare all together when he takes one more dart, taking Akechi's and his own points as reference on the board and...

Triple eight.)


As it usually does.

(It is when he notices Cole watching them from a distance, gently elbowing Akechi to call his attention to it.)

Let's invite him.
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-03 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I suppose we'll simply have to wait and see, shall we?

[He readies another dart, focused intently on the dart board. There's no way he can let himself lose to Ren, but before he can throw again, there's an elbow in his side.]

What? Oh.

[Cole's watching them again. Does that boy do anything but watch? Akechi frowns, but waves a hand carelessly.]

Do as you like.

[As if Ren wouldn't do it anyway.]
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-03 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
(He just can't leave Cole by himself just watching! Does the ghost know how to play the darts, he wonders?

(Is this going to turn into another competition into Who Explains Cole Things Better? Stay tuned.)

Ren takes his dart as he moves over to where Cole is staying.)


Come on. You're playing with us.
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[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-08-03 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Despite them vaguely talking about him, he just continues watching until Ren approaches him.]

I am? But I don't know how to play.

[Unless the entirety of the game is to just throw the pointy thing at the big circle, in which case that doesn't seem hard at all.]
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-04 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ren truly can't leave anyone alone, can he... Akechi shakes his head minutely and stifles a sigh as he steps back, gesturing to the dart board.]

It's a game of hand-eye coordination and skill. You start at a predetermined number, like 701, and take turns throwing darts at the numbered spaces. Subtract the number you land on from the running total. The idea is to get exactly zero -- overshooting that goal invalidates the throw. The center is, of course, worth the most points.

[...Is it? He hadn't actually looked at this specific board too closely, because it's Ren's job to keep up with him. Akechi just intends to aim for the bullseye every time, not play number games, and thus, he didn't bother checking to make sure doubles and triples still lined up with a classic board.]

It's at once competitive, and something to be done as a team.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-04 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
(It's impossible and we all know it!

Ren allows Akechi to explain - with rules and things like this, he gives it to him, he's much better than Ren is.

Als, if it isn't, it definitely is now!)


Can you aim?
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[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-08-04 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[That sounds like more math than he's used to doing. But okay, so he's supposed to throw the darts at certain parts of the board.]

[He'll come closer instead of just lurking, at any rate.]


Yes. Does it matter which hand I use?
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-05 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd recommend using your dominant hand at first.

[If... Cole even has one of those. Do spirits have favored hands? The Shadows he'd fought seemed to be fairly consistent with which hand they attacked with, but considering Cole's choice of weaponry, he could be ambidextrous.]

Whichever hand you write with most comfortably.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-06 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
(Well, at least he knows Cole can write? He has witnessed it. He gives Cole the space so he can throw, expectant to the result.)

Shall we, Cole?
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[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-08-07 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, he doesn't write very often, but when he's not using both hands he usually uses his right, so maybe that one will do. He nods to Ren, inspecting his dart and weighing it in his hand first as he looks between it and the board.]

[He doesn't really fully grasp the rules, but Akechi said the center is worth the most points, and more points in a game is better, right? He keeps his head tilted to one side so the brim of his hat doesn't get in the way while he lines up his shot, because why would he even consider taking his hat off.]

[The dark makes this a little more challenging, but he doesn't hesitate to throw as soon as he's settled on his aim. The dart hits the bullseye, just barely inside the small ring, but that's still where it's supposed to go, right?]
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-09 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
[The ghost of a smile drifts across Akechi's face. Someone who can keep up with him, and will force Ren to concentrate even harder? Perfect.]

Well done. Can you throw your knives with such accuracy, I wonder?
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-09 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
(Ren's eyes goggle - Is Cole a natural? Ren's expression shifts to a more serious one, like the competitive side of him couldn't stay down.

... Akechi, please don't ask for a demonstration. If anything happens to the dartboard, Ren is excusing himself to yell at a pillow.)
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[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-08-09 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[He's relieved at the "well done" confirming that he did, in fact, throw it where it was supposed to go. As for his knives...]

It's harder, but if throwing will get them where they need to be, I can do it. Do you want me to try now?

[He reaches for one-]
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-09 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
(BEFORE AKECHI SAYS ANYTHING.)

No, Cole. Please do not.
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-09 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Akechi laughs, an unrestrained sound unlike his usual polite chuckles. Oh, that's funny alright. Sparking a reaction out of Ren, that is, not the physical act of throwing a dagger.]

Perhaps we'll set something up outside then. If you were able to make a shogi board, I'm certain you could fashion some kind of target, no?
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[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-08-09 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks at Akechi when he laughs, his hand dropping back down with Ren's refusal. What made him laugh like that...?]

Should I throw the dart again, then?

[They're presumably playing a game, and all.]
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-09 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, I can do it. Just leave the dartboard out of this...

(He presses between his eyes on the bridge of his nose, like as if to relieve a headache. Really, Ren will pick up a tray and nail to a tree. Just. No damage to his few options of entertainment. )
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-09 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[It's called schadenfreude, Cole.

Akechi just offers a shrug and offers the spirit the rest of his darts.]


Well, as we're currently too many people for a proper team, I think I'd like to see you and Ren go head to head. Let's see if that last throw wasn't just beginner's luck, shall we?

[He gives Ren another smirk as he rests a hand on his hip and gestures toward the dart board. Is he using Cole to stoke Ren's competitiveness? Maybe.]
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-09 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
(Huh. Sure. Ren's expression isn't clearing anytime soon.

It's better to begin with a blank board, so he removes the darts and reexplains the math to him, quickly and straightforward so they can play.

701, it is. )


You first, Cole.

(Mostly so he can see whether the ghost can hit bullseye once more...
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[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-08-09 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Is Ren okay? He can't tell if he's displeased or maybe just has a headache. He wishes he could still tell more than that.]

[Maybe playing this game will help. People like playing games. He still only absorbs so much of the rules. The math involved sounds complicated. He'll just keep aiming for the middle since that seemed to be good to do.]

[He hits the bullseye again, and more dead-on this time.]
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-08-09 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Well done.

[Hand on his hip, Akechi gestures to Ren with a wordless so you think you can beat that? smirk.]

I have to wonder, Ren, can you throw your knife in a pinch as well?
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-10 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'll show you eventually.

(The answer is yes, but still, he knows Akechi is just antagonizing him, using the competitiveness that they both share for a show.

Unfortunately, it's what he gets, because Ren is refusing to lose. The dart on his hand flies to the board, very close to Cole's in the bullseye.)

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