karaoke party!

[irresponsibly]

Who: Lucia and you!
What: Karaoke Party Time
When: Fall 20
Where: Cozy Kitchen
Warnings: n/a for now

[ On Fall 15th, a notice goes up on the noticeboard advertising a karaoke party at Cozy Kitchen on Fall 20th. It may be easy to miss with all of the pirate chaos, but Lucia will put a sign at the front of the restaurant to remind her fellow farmers of the event.

When Fall 20th rolls around, the smell of Lucia's food can be smelled from outside in town square. One may also catch another redhead bringing alcohol from his winery into the restaurant, or people from the other neighboring bar moving equipment into Cozy Kitchen. When everything's said and done, the restaurant is left with a nice evening setup. It's a small-ish space but there is plenty of food and alcohol for people to indulge in, as well as non-alcoholic drinks like tea and water. The karaoke machine is set up, and there are board games from the store that people can play while they're here.

People are free to sing, open mic style, as many times as they'd like. At some point during the party, however, Lucia will make it a point to play some slower songs on the machine and cite that it's been a while since the dance in Spring. Now might be a good chance to get one last dance in with someone before Winter hits! Finally, party games will be inevitable, so go ahead and participate or run your own. ]

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[irresponsibly]

Good evening, Ori. Truth or dare?

[hearthwarming]

Good evening, Miss Lucia! Thanks for organizing all of this! And, um...

[ she normally opts for truth during these, but then Judith asked her a bold question that she couldn't drink her way out of so. ]

Dare!

[irresponsibly]

Oh, it's no problem. And...

[ She's so bad at coming up with actual mean dares, so she comes up with the best thing she can think of: ]

I dare you to use the mic to share a nice sentiment with everyone in the room.

1/??

[hearthwarming]

[hearthwarming]

[ immediately takes a shot ]

[hearthwarming]

[ ...but she is going to do the Dare anyway because. She thinks everyone deserves (?) to hear a nice sentiment.






w-wobbles over to where the mic is ]

she rolled an 11 ftr

[hearthwarming]

[ .......she has never spoken into one of these before, but she can surmise from how others have used it tonight that it's meant to amplify someone's voice.

Unfortunately, that tells her nothing about how something like audio feedback works. ]

Hello, everyone, I—

[ The mic, of course, gives a loud SCREECH!! Ori immediately backs away, covering her drooping ears, tail curling around herself. ]

S—Sorry! Oh spirits, I'm sorry! I'll just— Project—

[ "Project," she says, but what she will actually do is cast Thaumaturgy in a panic to make her voice 3x louder -

Oh spirits, what was she even going to say? She... has totally forgotten. IT'S FINE. ]

R—Right! Hello, everyone! I hope you're having fun! P-Please make sure to thank Miss Lucia and everyone who pitched in to make tonight happen and... and... um...

I know... Sometimes, this place can lead to very frustrating situations and s-sometimes it hurts but... [ but what?? she is. keeping her gaze forward. and not looking at anyone in particular!! ] But it's still incredible that so many of us have c-converged here from so many worlds and I hope... I hope we can continue to make unforgettable memories here! T-That's all! Thank you! Sorry!!!

done!

[hearthwarming]

[ and now she is hugging her tail and scurrying back to where lucia is and chugging another drink, GOODBYE ]

[passthrough]

[clapping from the back of the room]

[feralheart]

[ man you're not wrong, but also, ]

[passthrough]

[i'm in danger dot jpg

except otegine doesn't seem to notice and just goes right back to his drink]

[hearthwarming]

[ after reporting back to Lucia and downing another drink... why is he glaring? ]

W...Was it that bad? Oh. Did that sound hurt your ears? I'm sorry...

[feralheart]

[ Whoops. As soon as Ori spots him, the glare vanishes again. ...It did kind of hurt his ears, but that's not the point. ]

No, uh... it was nice. The part about making memories.

[hearthwarming]

[ Ori can't help but sigh in relief before she looks down, lips drawing into a thin line as she blushes. ]

Yeah? I was thinking of you when I said it, you know...

[ She reaches for his hand. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis also claps. He didn't hear it, but he saw it. ]

[hearthwarming]

[ she really ought to learn sign language. She's going to speed run this. But also, ]

Y-You didn't miss anything important, Ellis, I promise...!

[framestory]

[ Let him clap louder like a seal now. ]

[hearthwarming]

[ just....... withers away into a seat, still hugging her tail close to her... ]

Hnnnnghh... I'm no good at these things...

[framestory]

[ Aw, she's so cute... But he'll leave her be so that he doesn't tease her too much. ]

[irresponsibly]

Oh, Ori! That was so wonderful!

[ LOUD APPLAUSE!!! Don't be ashamed! ]

You're so sweet, I'm glad I asked you to do that!

[hearthwarming]

Y-You're welcome... I'm... Not sure why it made that sound... Is it angry at me?

[ HOW MICROPHONE DO?? ]

[irresponsibly]

No, I think... I think it was just a technological error.

[ She has no idea how to explain this without confusing poor Ori, so she'll leave it at that. ]

You're free to get your payback, if you'd like...

[hearthwarming]

Oh...

[ she will... just have to ask M-21 later what that was because he's been her tech support since day one when he had to explain to her what phone sex is ]

Very well, Miss Lucia! Truth, or dare?

[pactmarshal]

[ Claps!!!

A wonderful sentiment, even if the words weren't all there. Trahearne knows what Ori means, and she should rightfully say it out loud. ]

[hearthwarming]

[ She glances at him from wherever she is... knowing full well that if it had been Trahearne up there it would have been such a beautiful, moving, eloquent speech... His fate is not inexplicably tied to dice rolls... must be nice...

She nods at him in thanks, rubbing the back of her head. ]