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yogen2021-12-22 12:49 pm
carpevinum) wrote in yogen2021-12-22 12:49 pm
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THE CHRISTMAS MINGLE YOUR PARENTS WARNED YOU ABOUT
At some point in the night, taking advantage of the perma-silence, Lucifer and a few others sneak about to decorate the dormitory for the holidays. The morning of 12/25, you'll wake up to the smell of Christmas cookies wafting from the dorm kitchen, and upon actually leaving your room, there are string lights and decorations thrown up in the hallways and the common room proper.
The decorating is, of course, courtesy of Nene, who has been working hard to ensure that there's something more beautiful than those ghoulish paintings on the walls here. You can thank Helena, Sidney, and Lucifer for both the cookies and other, more substantial food which will periodically be presented throughout the day — Lucifer practically lives in the kitchen for the duration of the party and can sometimes be seen shooing the other two out to go have fun. That said, the table housing all of these dishes, ranging from traditional Christmas meals (as best they can do with limited resources, anyway) to more ostentatious treats will never be empty, so please eat to your heart's content!
Thanks to Amami, there's a large, undecorated Christmas tree in the middle of the common room that looks to be very well taken care of. Next to it is a table full of art supplies for making colourful paper ornaments, and a small card lying nearby that instructs those participating to write down a wish on the ornament proper before hanging it on the tree. It may not come true, but you know it'll be safe since no mysterious forces set this up — wish away!
Should you come to spend time at the party and fraternize, you'll find that you're being waited on by a number of small little imps except they're all wearing tiny Santa hats — they'll bring you food and drinks and candy should you request it, and they're on their Best Behaviour, so please be nice to them! They are simply underpaid service workers. They're absolutely thrilled to talk to you in chirps and weird demonic chittering, and they understand what you're saying at least.
In the back corner of the room, there's a minute-to-win-it type game set up: two chairs are tied by the backs together by two ribbons, about two feet apart from one another. Nearby, there's a table of candycanes for use in this game. The goal of the game is to toss a candycane while standing on one of the chairs and get said candycane to catch on the ribbons, or to see who can get the most candycanes on a ribbon in a minute. The instructions are explained on a little card sitting nearby, with further note to not eat all of the candycanes (there are more set out on the food table, you see) so people can play, and another smaller note banning the use of magic against an opponent who doesn't have it. Let's keep the game fair, people. And let's thank Hikaru for running out to get an obnoxious amount of candycanes for everyone.
Lucifer will intermittently come join the festivities from time to time when he's not cooking, wearing this, please feel free to bully the demon for celebrating the holiday from the religion he hates. He can take it, it's okay.
Last but certainly not least, Noah is roaming about the party using his magic to try and liven the place up. Little stars hang from the ceiling around him in a ten-foot radius, and should you frown at all, he will come up to you and put cat ears formed of magic shadows on you until you laugh. On occasion, he can be seen slipping out of the party with cookies and stacking them on a plate in front of Komaeda's door. The stars go with him, but the good news is that Natsume is also helping with their little lightshow, so the twinkling indoor galaxies will not be absent for long. It's a joint effort between Clamor's apprentices, and their hard work really shows through, magic training is difficult after all. Feel free to bother either of them to do magic tricks for you, if you'd like, or just lie down under a curtain of stars.
The night promises to be magical (semi-literally), even if we're all stuck in purgatory, so relax, put your feet up, and sing Christmas carols to your heart's content. And don't worry about the cleanup — just try not to pass out on the floors.
[OOC: Merr Crimmus try not to kill each other, that is my only request, otherwise go buck wild]
The decorating is, of course, courtesy of Nene, who has been working hard to ensure that there's something more beautiful than those ghoulish paintings on the walls here. You can thank Helena, Sidney, and Lucifer for both the cookies and other, more substantial food which will periodically be presented throughout the day — Lucifer practically lives in the kitchen for the duration of the party and can sometimes be seen shooing the other two out to go have fun. That said, the table housing all of these dishes, ranging from traditional Christmas meals (as best they can do with limited resources, anyway) to more ostentatious treats will never be empty, so please eat to your heart's content!
Thanks to Amami, there's a large, undecorated Christmas tree in the middle of the common room that looks to be very well taken care of. Next to it is a table full of art supplies for making colourful paper ornaments, and a small card lying nearby that instructs those participating to write down a wish on the ornament proper before hanging it on the tree. It may not come true, but you know it'll be safe since no mysterious forces set this up — wish away!
Should you come to spend time at the party and fraternize, you'll find that you're being waited on by a number of small little imps except they're all wearing tiny Santa hats — they'll bring you food and drinks and candy should you request it, and they're on their Best Behaviour, so please be nice to them! They are simply underpaid service workers. They're absolutely thrilled to talk to you in chirps and weird demonic chittering, and they understand what you're saying at least.
In the back corner of the room, there's a minute-to-win-it type game set up: two chairs are tied by the backs together by two ribbons, about two feet apart from one another. Nearby, there's a table of candycanes for use in this game. The goal of the game is to toss a candycane while standing on one of the chairs and get said candycane to catch on the ribbons, or to see who can get the most candycanes on a ribbon in a minute. The instructions are explained on a little card sitting nearby, with further note to not eat all of the candycanes (there are more set out on the food table, you see) so people can play, and another smaller note banning the use of magic against an opponent who doesn't have it. Let's keep the game fair, people. And let's thank Hikaru for running out to get an obnoxious amount of candycanes for everyone.
Lucifer will intermittently come join the festivities from time to time when he's not cooking, wearing this, please feel free to bully the demon for celebrating the holiday from the religion he hates. He can take it, it's okay.
Last but certainly not least, Noah is roaming about the party using his magic to try and liven the place up. Little stars hang from the ceiling around him in a ten-foot radius, and should you frown at all, he will come up to you and put cat ears formed of magic shadows on you until you laugh. On occasion, he can be seen slipping out of the party with cookies and stacking them on a plate in front of Komaeda's door. The stars go with him, but the good news is that Natsume is also helping with their little lightshow, so the twinkling indoor galaxies will not be absent for long. It's a joint effort between Clamor's apprentices, and their hard work really shows through, magic training is difficult after all. Feel free to bother either of them to do magic tricks for you, if you'd like, or just lie down under a curtain of stars.
The night promises to be magical (semi-literally), even if we're all stuck in purgatory, so relax, put your feet up, and sing Christmas carols to your heart's content. And don't worry about the cleanup — just try not to pass out on the floors.
[OOC: Merr Crimmus try not to kill each other, that is my only request, otherwise go buck wild]
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[Satou pretends to miss the point. She would regret it if Inaba left with only food, but Satou can also understand. Mikale was the type who couldn’t feel comfortable in large groups either, and Satou has long since learned to accept that.
Still. She can try to slow Inaba down, simply because Satou is a selfish girl. So long as she is discreet about it.]
It’s been a while since I had a warm meal, actually. Who knew living out of a school was so stressful!
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I'm not really a masterful chef or anything like that. Back home, I always got frozen meals... of course, I had been trying to learn better, [for him, it was always for him] but, well, you can probably tell how far I've gotten with that.
[Not very far, given that she's here trying to get food from the party.]
Any other school would be less stressful, I'd imagine.
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[She tries to steer the conversation is a cheerful direction. If not to keep Inaba around for a while longer, than to give her something nicer to think about. It's been hard enough to survive in the school before they got snowed in.]
Maybe. When I tried living in a school before though, they would lock up the food and stuff pretty tight. It was suuper cold too... [This isn't her first time having no bed to return to at night, after all. Satou's 'curse' made things quite complicated.]
Ah, but! I wonder if we can find carry away boxes and take some extra food for breakfast tomorrow..? Do you think that would be too greedy?
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[There's the mention of magic and it causes her expression to falter, a little. After all, she has nothing good to say about magic or the supernatural and it makes her want to leave this conversation, immediately. As fast as she can, without being rude.]
Can't say I have any experiences living outside my home until now.
[That's a lie.
But she says it so smoothly, completely practiced.]
If there was a cafeteria here like any normal school, maybe those would exist. Can't say I'm too certain about here, though. Maybe a bento box... anyway, I should - get going. You know, before it's too late.
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[Hm. It's strange how quickly Inaba suggests that she needs to leave. Satou doesn't think it's suspicious, but she does find it concerning.]
Aahhh right! We probably want to be settled down before... Quick! I'm sure we can find bread or cookies or, I dunno, something we can put in napkins!
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[She scoffs a bit before shaking her head; this isn't the time to be making jokes.]
Plates should be fine. But best to be quick about it, I suppose.
[For a few moments longer, she can be somewhat cordial--got to hide as much of her discomfort as possible.]
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[Satou is oblivious to any discomfort, focused instead on quickly selecting some snacks for them. She doesn't want to be too greedy, but she knows that she doesn't want to starve either.]
I'm so bad at navigating this place sometimes. It only gets worse at night, when I can barely see where I'm going. Are there any tricks?
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I don't usually go around at night... especially when the sound dies out. That's just a path to going insane.
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[Satou giggles at her own
badjoke,] Yeah, that time of night is definitely the worst. I still don't understand why it happens. Usually cursed stuff happens during the 'witching hour,' right?no subject
[To put it simply.] I don't understand it, either, myself. The library was like that all the time, earlier in the year...
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[Learning about the time before her arrival has been an awkward task. At least Inaba seems willing to share knowledge thus far.]
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[There's a brief pause.]
...gone.
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[Satou's mind floods with possibilities, but she tames them. The stupid look must remain on her face at all times.
It's a topic she does want to know more about. If it weren't for Inaba's hesitation, Satou would tear into this conversation with less mercy. For now, she's forced to watch her words and allow her own brief pause;]
Are you the only one who has done that? Gone and come back, I mean?
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[Satou will have to do some questioning later to learn more. But it's Christmas and there's free food to be had. She looks wistfully at her plate, imagining the family that will never celebrate again.]
If I had the option to go back into that daze and not remember what I'm missing... I wonder if I would take it.
[No, she can't. And yet, a part of her envies Inaba for maybe getting to 'go back' for a little while.]
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[She takes some of the food that she's placed on a plate and puts it in her mouth. Only after she finishes taking that quick bite does she speak again.]
I wouldn't. I'd rather have all my memories.
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[But if she's in the daze, does a part of her get to pretend to be home? Is it worth throwing half of herself under the bus for some comfort..?
... No. Probably not. She sighs, before putting on another smile.]
I'm glad you got to remember again, then! I didn't realize people could go back. That's crazy~!
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Right! Haul ass, haul ass~! Don't wanna get caught in the spooky silence.
[Looking down at her plate, Satou imagines home one last time. She'd wanted this kind of Christmas party with Shugo and his mothers. But they're gone now. She can only hope that they aren't trapped in a spooky high school.
Besides;]
Thanks for talking to me, Inaba-san. I'm glad I didn't spend Christmas totally alone!
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Ah, well... it really isn't something you need to be thanking me for. I just wanted to grab food.
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[Maybe not with the people she had wanted it with, but Satou can't be too picky! It's nice to feel like she got to know Inaba a bit better.]
Let's get outta here before anyone stops us, yeah? I don't wanna have to tell anyone where I sleep at night. That seems so creepy.
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