(mingle/open) happy new years!

[forethinking]

Who: Void Citizens
What: New Years Mingle!
Where: Heavenly Blanc
When: January 1st
Content Warnings: None!!

HEAVENLY BLANC

THE VOID, ON JANUARY 1ST

Ren
Food & Organization

Blue
Food & Organization

Eevee
Moral Support

Pidgeot&Arcanine
Lifting

YOSHIZAWA
Food & Organization

We hereby start the Void Calendar! All over the Void since yesterday, several handwritten notes have been taped or stapled to the Void's most populated areas in the hopes to drive the people to the popular bar/cafe. Heavenly Blanc's exterior has been protected from any upcoming storms by a large awning, and more tables and chairs have been temporarily set to settle any issues of overcrowding on the inside. Upon entering, one will be able greeted by the aroma of curry, although the spices vary from pot to pot, and coffee and alcohol will be served throughout the evening.

Within the interior of the bar, a small space has been divided and cleared out -- next to the jukebox. There, one will find a few microphones resting on their stands, waiting for whoever is brave enough to sing on them to whatever is playing in Heavenly Blanc when the storm hits. Last, but not least, a whiteboard has been visibly placed next to the entrance. It reads: "Names of the Months", and you may either write your own or add sticks to vote on your favorites.

CODING BY

Comments

[obsessiveness]

Hah? Who are you calling a kid?

[ HE'S NINETEEN AND HE'D JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGHSCHOOL cut him some slack!! ]

And someone's got to be the sane, sober one around here. But oh well - at least I'll get a kick out of watching everyone's walks of shame once this is over. Can't be me.

[halloflamer]

[Okay, so there's only a couple years between them, but-- a junior is a junior!]

You, kid. Hah! But you're not wrong,

[Blue wipes up some alcohol spill with his handy bartender's rag- evidence enough that things were already getting a bit rowdy in the bar. Between the party games and the karaoke, there was plenty of din and activity to look after, but he trusted Ren to handle folks while Blue handled the facilities.]

Sure is some pretty hilarious shit going down at this party, huh? Never a dull moment! Could make for some preeetty funny conversations later on.

[Come on, Izumi, tell him you have some plans, with intentions like that....]

[obsessiveness]

[ actually he might still be eighteen but what is semblance of time in this fuckin void. point is, izumi's quite mature, okay? especially when you consider his fellow cringe idols.

he hops onto one of the stools with a sigh, watching blue do his business at the bar. ]

Well, I can't deny that. I'd rather just sit back and watch the mess unfold, honestly. Capture it on camera, even. [ there's a hint of an amused smile as he shrugs. ] But my phone's close to running out of juice, and I don't wanna waste it.

[halloflamer]

[Blue can't really argue with the maturity element. Then again, he also currently has the benefit of the doubt from Blue, since he's not totally guilty by association... yet. Stares at Leo.]

[Starting to wash glasses, Blue nods along and cracks a grin- speaking of cameras, he glances to Raihan's Rotomphone floating in the air nearby him from across the bar, and shrugs his shoulders casually.] That's such a pain around here, right? ...It'd totally be worth it, though.

Sucks that there's no Pokégram or Chatter around here to post stuff to. I still got that vid of Kaiba getting his Feebas whupped burning a hole on my Pokégear.

[obsessiveness]

[ as someone who's practically joined to leo by the hip against his will......... yeah,

izumi turns to the direction blue is looking at, blinking at the sentient red device just hovering there. some kind of camera? ]

Okay, first off, I can't make out any of those other words you just said so I assume those are your world's versions of social media then?

[ at least that's a constant in every other modern world. ]

And second, Kaiba finally getting his ass handed to him sounds hilarious. You have your Gear thingy with you?

[halloflamer]

[Yet]

Huh? Oh, yeah, those are sites, [Blue glances up; well, he supposes that without Pokémon or Chattot, there wouldn't be sites named after them. Makes sense.]

[As for the video? He cracks a grin, pausing to towel off his hands before reaching into his pocket for his Pokégear; he slides it across the counter and taps at the screen to get into his photos and videos and pull up the shakycam footage of Iwaizumi and Kaiba scuffling, with Ren and all of his friends soon piling in, among others. In the foreground of the shouting is Blue, hooting and hollering along until Ann notices him and calls him out, the video cutting out.]

Haha, it was a real mess! This vid's worth a thousand laughs!

[obsessiveness]

[ he leans over to watch the video, recognizing the faces of the participants just as easily. he raises his brow like... when tf did this even happen.........

in any case, he can't help but crack a smile. ]

Jeez, what a riot. That's not how you greet the new guy around here?

[ yet he's holding back a chuckle. terrible. ]

[halloflamer]

[The void was a mysterious place..... It was entirely possible that the sound just hadn't traveled to Izumi! Or maybe, he'd been out from the apartments when all of this had happened- after all, most everyone had just been waking up from their time in Mementos when it happened.]

Hey, as far as I'm concerned, the new guy's a hero! [Blue giggles, pocketing his Pokégear again when the video is over. He gestures across the room towards where the same, brooding richboy is still picking some kind of fights with the party games.] How many people wish they could give that Kaiba guy a good kick in the pants, anyway?

Well, as for me, I'd rather beat him in Pokémon, since he's such a braggart about his stupid monster cards or whatever. [Blue starts mixing up some new drinks to put out, and gestures towards Izumi's coffee cup.] Refill?

[obsessiveness]

[ true. and the fact that he was still coping from his own death but... waves hand, waves hand.

izumi startles a little at blue's offer, and nudges his coffee cup towards him. might as well stay up for the idiots who are going to pass tf out after the clock strikes twelve. ]

I don't think Kaiba needs that kind of asskicking, but he does need to liven it up a little. And that's coming from me.

[ at least he's self aware. ]

Pokemon? You mean you also have those little critters like Rayban? [ he's not even to bother correcting himself. ] Do you guys came from the same world too?

[halloflamer]

[Yes, let's never speak of that, good]

[There would be plenty of hungover Cinderellas by the end of this party, Blue included, but he's a little more used to it- or so he likes to think. All these teenagers would have to be looked after by somebody.... Even if that somebody was, himself, not much older.] I don't mind a bit of cockiness [Obviously], but that guy's on another level.

[Blue picks up Izumi's cup and sets it under the french press at back, snorting to his response and almost dropping the hot coffee cup. Rayban. He's remembering that one; he doesn't bother to correct, either, as he pushes it back across the counter to Izumi.] Yeah, opposite sides, though. I'm from the Kanto region, which is basically the other side of the globe. Although I work in Alola right now, it's basically just as far away.

I've traveled all over, but I never saw a reason to go to Galar. Still, I guess I can't speak to their battling style personally, in that case.

[obsessiveness]

[ thank you, my good man. izumi takes the cup of coffee to his lips and drinks from it, all while listening to blue's rambles. that last part kind of took him off-guard, though. ]

Wait, battling? You guys battle... with your pets?

[ that's essentially what they are, right ]

[halloflamer]

[Oh no, here we go. Blue pauses mid-movement in cleaning the coffee press and purses his lips with a deep sigh, like he's already had this conversation a dozen times.]

[(Because he has.)]

Yeah, what about it? [Blue tries to play it off with the desperation of a man who doesn't want to have to explain the basic concepts of his world again. Man, he should just write these things down to hand out, or something...] Battling is a natural instinct of Pokémon, it's not like we're making them do it. [As if he could make a 20-foot long sea dragon do anything.] We just... well, partner up with them, to travel around together.

Pokémon are way, way stronger than humans, you know.

[obsessiveness]

Ehh.

[ izumi takes another sip of his coffee with a hum that almost sounds disinterested. almost, because the concept of strange animal buddies partnering up with humans is rather riveting even for him, but in the end he's just not that into the battling aspect... ]

You say they're stronger, yet humans in your world managed to tame them and make them team up with you. There's also strength in that.

[ hmmm. ]

So what do you think of like, normal looking animals? Like cats and such? 'Cause I'm starting to doubt that you've even encountered one in your world before.

[halloflamer]

[Blue is getting kind of used to the accusatory tone most people have when they're trying to understand the idea of Pokémon trainers and Pokémon battles, so he has a bit of a kneejerk reaction as Izumi responds-]

We're not making them, [He repeats irritably, gesturing across the way at Eevee schmoozing around the party for pets and nibbles.] Just try ticking him off sometime, you'll see even the smallest ones could do whatever they wanted, if they didn't like their trainer.

[Blue glances at the bulletin board that's been a hubbub of activity throughout the party now, covered in doodles of cats.] That seems to be the case. After all, where I come from, 'cats' come in a bunch of different species, like Meowth or Skitty. And even Meowth has different forms, depending on where it lives, so they're way more distinct from each other than I've ever heard anyone mention here.

Though even the Pidgey here have their own form. I guess I wouldn't know for sure unless I met one. [He has not met Little John....]

[obsessiveness]

[ HE'S NOT A GAMER and he's just used to normal life, okay? not that being an idol is ordinary, given the dramatic shit they'd gone through, but his life back home sounds a lot more plain and boring compared to the very... animal-centric world blue and raihan live in. ]

That sure is a fox. A baby fox? [ he's referring to eevee. squints. ] Pets in our world would tend to disobey their owners either if they're not trained right, so maybe it's not that different? I will admit that your animals back home look... interesting, and I don't mean it in a bad way? If I had Raihan's fire turtle I'd have an easier time cooking things on its shell, for starters.

[ just put a pot of food on top of the torkoal and bam, hotpot ]

But I guess felines in every world are going to be cute one way or another, huh. [ the edge of his mouth twitches upward in a half-smile. ] I suggest checking out Leo-kun's cat upstairs sometime. It's not really his cat, but... well. They've had some history together.

[halloflamer]

It's not-- well, whatever, close enough, [Better to just let this one go, he grumbles. He supposes he could see the correlation between a Vulpix or Zorua and an Eevee-] He's an Eevee, but you're not wrong. Pokémon won't disobey unskilled trainers, or ones who haven't earned or who've lost their respect.

[Blue would insist that his life was quite normal.... But truthfully, he wasn't your everyday Joe, even for his own world. He is the grandson of a famous professor, after all!]

[His interest is piqued easily at the prospect of additional cute creatures to meet, and he leans forward in his seat.] Hah? noisy-boy's got one here? ...I haven't seen any creatures running around besides the Pidgey, lately.

[Blue lifts his chin and glances around the room, as if to catch a glimpse of a new and exciting species!]