[EVENT] - Valentine's Solstice

[arentweglad]

Who: Open!
When: Monday the 20th through Wednesday the 22nd (Bonfire on the 21st)
Where: Days' End League Hall
Before/After: N/A
Warnings: Violence (Val/Nova), vomit (a few threads??), fireworks, mention of death

[Valentine is hosting a Solstice party at Days' End! Some got invited, and if she ran into you anywhere for longer than two minutes she may have invited you. There is booze and games and dancing and floral wreaths and festival foods and everything. If Val saw you at the party you may well have gotten wreathed.]

[It's a pretty open-invite party though, so even if you weren't personally invited, wandering in off the street is perfectly acceptable. They've got a few random partiers showing up, both Earthers and Zenners, and there are several Earthers residing on the premisis also in attendance, as well as most of Days' End's members.]

[The bonfire gets lit early Tuesday and Valentine and Flambre keep it going through the day into the wee hours of the night (except for around one hour after sunset where she runs off to attend the druid ceremonies). The majority of the loud partying will likely happen on that day.]

Comments

[arentweglad]

[Somewhere in the back of her mind, she registers the name given, but she's too distracted by a second bottle of the Velindin til a question is asked.]

Mm? [Val squints at the bottle a moment.] Oh! Parkerion, uh... Some small city out somewheres, I ferget.

[Or was it one of the larger cities? Well, whatever!]

's good stuff! Strong, though.

[She starts moving towards the nearest of the food tables, because dancing needs energy! As does keeping interested in Earthers, or, well, anyone really.]

[firecracker_hopping]

[Lera takes another long drink off the bottle, before shoving it back towards Val's hands. Gotta share!]

Yeah... yeah, very strong.

[Oh crap, is Val getting bored with her? THIS IS HORRIBLE. Infinitely more horrible because she's a little drunk now.]

Valentine! [There's sudden determination there. And probably a bad idea, given her alcohol.] You should try an Earth drink! I can make it. It's a real splash of something new!

[arentweglad]

[Like anything from Earth could compare to real, Zenderian booze. Really, Lera!]

[She is rather curious, though. Some Earthers had some Earth booze at one of the tables, but Val hadn't bothered to check them out, too busy trying to drink up all the Zen-cohol available. All of it.]

[She looks at Lera with a critical eye, lips pursed contemplatively, then shrugs.]

A'ight, show me watcha got.

[firecracker_hopping]

[Lera sees your uncertainty, Val, but she will not let it deter her! She can do this. She can impress you. Just watch!]

Okay! This is a two part drink. It's called Sex With Strangers.

[Yeah, she giggles childishly at that. She's had a few.]

[At one of the Earth booze tables, Lera begins creating her foul concoction. It has a few different schnapps and candied liquors. She shoves it in Val's hands. It's like an oversized shot.]

Here's part one! Drink up!

[It's sweet and a bit spicy and pretty strong.]

[arentweglad]

[One brow quirks at the name. So Earthers have a sense of humor, huh?]

[It sounds like something she'd shove at people.]

[She takes the drink, eyeing it for only a moment before, with a half-shrug of 'why the hell not', she downs the whole thing. Her lips smack afterward as the taste catches up with her. Hmm.]

Not bad. Wha's part two?

[firecracker_hopping]

Why, what always follows Sex With Strangers!

[Lera quickly mixes up the next drink -- and drops in some shaved ice that one of the alchemists had been providing. It is cool, minty, and refreshing.]

A Cold Shower.

[Lera giggles forever. FOREVER.]

[arentweglad]

[Val looks confused. She showers under waterfalls or bathes in streams or ponds, so the water's usually pretty cold unless she finds a hotspring.]

[Must be some Earth humor.]

[Despite that, she takes the drink and tries it, because again, why not? And it is rather refreshing, much like a shower. Well, she at least smirks at the joke.]

Cute. [She finishes off the drink.]

Do ya often go 'round screwin' strangers?

[Deadpan'd.]

[firecracker_hopping]

What! No, no! It's a joke--I don't--er, I'm not like that at all! It's only a joke--well, there was that one vacation in Cancun and I had a lot to drink and--

THAT IS SO IRRELEVANT THAT I COULD SPELL IRRELEVANT WITH LIKE FIFTY THOUSAND R'S but anyways the point is I do not engage in such tomfoolery not that there is anything wrong with it as a lifestyle choice!

[Lera is hyperventilating and red-faced, give her a moment]

[arentweglad]

[Brows go up.]

[That was far more amusing than Val could ever have hoped. She grins wide.]

Ah think et's tot'ly relevant!

[She wraps an arm across Lera's shoulders, tugs the woman close.]

Tell me aaall 'bout Cancun. What was'er name?

[firecracker_hopping]

[Lera rolls her eyes, but that's a show. She's embarrassed beyond all reason.]

C-Cancun is just a place!

[arentweglad]

[Frown.]

Well ah know thaat, ya said it was in Cancun! So what 'appened? Were they cute? Didja see 'em again after? Was it a guy or a lady-friend?

[These are very important details, Lera!]

[firecracker_hopping]

[She gives Val a look that is equal parts mortified and angry. But the anger is at least partly feigned.]

N-none of your business, that's who! But... [SIGH] ...the boy on Tuesday was in the army and with me on the trip. That got awkward when we got back and I decided relationships are awful forever.

[Dramatic finger point!]

Forever.

[She looks to the side and coughs. She keeps her voice low.]

There may have also been tequila and a girl on Thursday but what happens at faraway Mexican beach resorts stays at faraway Mexican beach resorts.

[arentweglad]

[Val waggles a finger in Lera's face!]

You brought it up! An' yer still talkin' 'bout it! Who was better, th'girl or th'guy? Didja even know th'girl b'fore?

[Nope not letting it go.]

[firecracker_hopping]

Don't have to answer any of that!

[She points off dramatically. She is pointing at nothing.]

I bet you have your own skeletons in the closet! Your own... sexy skeletons! Maybe with--

[Lera looks around. She doesn't know anyone at this party. She deflates, because there is no one she could even rationalize the accusation with drunkenly.]

...well, somebody!

[arentweglad]

[Suddenly petulant, Val's arm retreats from Lera's shoulders and she folds both across her chest.]

Mebbe ah do!

[She doesn't. But Lera doesn't know that! Hah!]

[firecracker_hopping]

This is dirty secret capitalism, then.

[She nods like that makes sense.]

If I tell you one, you have to tell me. Yep yep.

[arentweglad]

[Dirty secrets.]

[She could make something up, probably!]

[Unless Lera will settle for un-sexy stories of things that aren't so secret. (She'd have to at least try.)]

Deal. You first.

[firecracker_hopping]

[Wait, hold up, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY NO. This is cheating! This is like emotional Wal-Mart! Workers of the world unite!]

[Eh, a deal is a deal.]

Well... I guess Thursday was better than Tuesday, which was part of the problem when we got back.

[Siiiiigh.]

Your turn!

[arentweglad]

[Val's finger taps at her chin as if consider which dirty secret to spill. When she's actually trying to come up with something. Oh, wait! Did that count?]

[She leans in real close to half-whisper to Lera.]

Rumor says ah slept wit' th'boss.

[Eyebrows waggle and she stands upright again, grinning. It was only a rumor, but Lera probably didn't know that.]

[firecracker_hopping]

[Lera gives Val a long, measured look. She leans in close to whisper, conspiratorially--and then grins evilly.]

Rumors aren't dirty little secrets, Val.

[arentweglad]

They are if they's true an' nobody realizes it.

[Stern nod.]

[firecracker_hopping]

So it's a rumor nobody believes but it's true? Kinda confusing... it is true, right?

[She looks more baffled than disbelieving. Blame the alcohol.]

[arentweglad]

Course it is. Wouldn't count if it weren't, right? Think nobody b'lieves it 'cause they all think 'e's shackin' up wit' Marlene. Well, was. She's on Earth, now.

[Brief pause.]

Wait, does that'un count, too?

[firecracker_hopping]

That's a rumor about Marlene, so no. [She sighs, before looking surprised.] Wait! You knew Marlene too? I guess I shouldn't be too surprised...

I met her on Earth!

[arentweglad]

Course I did! [Pause] Do! She ain't dead're anythin'. We'se like sisters!

[Another short pause.]

She's th'borin' sister.