PRIDE TIME

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PRIDE NIGHT!

Welcome to Enodia Pride Night 2023! Crysta has transformed the Space Between into the hottest club in Vermont to fully and correctly ring out the best month of the year, the LBGTQIA+ community, and the collective queerness and vibrance of the station. This is a space for expression! Shameless celebration! Make music, make noise, make mistakes, it's all love! The music (A VERY SPECIAL playlist) is loud, the lights are low until roving rainbow spotlights catch you, and a constant stream of rainbow glitter flows through the pride flags curtaining the walls. Thanks to Enoch, though, it's not actually contributing to pollution; just an illusion. Please don't worry about microplastics.

The vibe's a little messy, chaotic but warm. The bass beats loud and frantic, but its heartbeat undercurrent screams that as soon as you're through the door, you're home, whoever you are. Though obviously influenced by her party roots, Crysta did try to be aware of where she lives now (nerd city) and included overflow areas for people to celebrate a little more quietly if they so choose. And privately. Wink. Dress code is honestly whatever you feel comfortable in, but with the encouraged prerogative to look and feel drop dead hot. Ground rules are simple; just welcome each other how you'd like to be welcomed, look out for each other, and party hard. EVERYONE is invited! There've been (OOC) net announcements for several weeks now, and colorful fliers hanging everywhere. You CANNOT miss this.

DRINKS!

Along with normal bar selections there's some specialty cocktails including but not limited to:
THE JUICE with blue curacao, vodka lemonade and cranberry juice
BI-GLORY MOLE: Confusing as it is delightful. A frozen sprite, butterfly pea and rosella tea slushie with or without a shot of liquor of your choice
RAINBOW JELLO SHOTS which are plentiful and self explanatory
THE GINDERQUEER for the refined; sparkling lemon water,empress gin, little bit of lavender syrup

FOOD:
Oh. Shoot!
Crysta forgot about this until literally today and sold the commissary out of chips and snacks and basically hostage-situationed the chefs at Food Here to make enough sliders and miniature grilled cheeses and other party food at the eleventh hour. Maybe best to eat before you come.

VOLUNTEERS?

Zeke Zelizer and Volunteer B lock themselves in the closet for the kissing game...right as everyone else walks away to do something else. Beulah walked away to get another Juice so she doesn't automatically hear their panic after half an hour. Better get comfy! They'll be in there for at least 45 minutes.


Maximillian Hart does get comfy. Like. A little too comfy, and falls asleep in the corner of the bouncy house. Volunteers D and Volunteer E are trying to just get some bouncing in, but instead join in for a little nap break.


Zira Bailey knows how to WORK that stage and that pole and has so many bills thrown at them they make kind of a killing. Career change time?


Annie Song gets super annoyed at how slow the bar is and jumps behind it and gets roped in for an hour shift for their trouble.


Taby McLeod drinks one too many and is convinced there's glitter in their eye. They panic until Finn MacCool takes pity and dumps a water bottle into their eye to placebo-effect it out.


Volunteer J has a big time wardrobe malfunction but Volunteer K saves the day and drapes them in a VERY haute progress flag toga from the wall.It's a GOOD look.


Volunteer L's feet keep sticking to the floor. Like a lot. They cannot get out. Is this too much spilled jello? Is this that guy in Operations who can't control his weird sticky flytrap limb powers? Doesn't matter! Help!

LOCATIONS

VIBE CHECK

It's very important today! Post your outfits! The people you came with! Your vibes! Also a good time to note that the moment you walk in there's a photobooth opportunity to take a selfie in case you want to preserve your lewk in the moment before it gets spilled on or messy. That's IMPORTANT.

BAR AREA

Get a drink! Stay awhile. The bar staff received these specialty drink recipes less than 24 hours ago, but they're doing a great job. Everything is free!

DANCE FLOOR

Dance until you die! The carefully curated playlist booms through the night so there's not a lot of space for singing performances, but there's absolutely a slightly elevated stage area with a pole to dance on in case anyone feels Inspired. Otherwise, grab a partner, or just feel those beats and dance solo.

QUIET CORNER

This is where some of the official/unofficial party games will take place, it's a cozy corner laden with bean bag chairs and pillows for a little breaktime area, cordoned off by a door made of tinsel. It's quieter, thanks to someone's muffling powers, and more well-lit. A great place to have actual conversations and get to know people better. Speaking of. Conveniently located right next to the corner is a maintenance closet big enough to fit two people at once. Hmmm...

Volunteer M loops in Beulah Stump, an Operations employee with the weird liminal power of locking doors for a certain amount of time. Time for a cheeky game of Unknown Number of Minutes in Hell Heaven!! A group of people begin to spin a beer bottle to tempt destiny and choose a partner for a good time in the closet. One problem. The closet is only supposed to lock for 7 minutes, but Beulah's honestly a lil tipsy and her power isn't very well-controlled right now. You could be stuck in there with your bottle partner for up to 30 minutes. (This is JJ's idea thank you JJ)

HOW IT WORKS: Post your character's name and the next ordered number in the fashion of 1) Crysta Waldinger in the subject line of a comment. In the body of your comment, please indicate how many times people you would like to be able to land on your character's number. (If someone has enough partners, just skip them and roll again!) When enough people have posted that you'd like to tempt fate, roll 1-(number of people there are) and then comment on the corresponding person's name. Also roll 1-30,which will determine how many minutes you'll be spending with that person and stick that in the comment too. This is still a place for enthusiastic consent! You don't have to kiss in the closet! Maybe it's a time for a nice chat.

BOUNCY HOUSE

Right outside the Space Between, there's a quieter area where people can go outside to have a little drink in even more silence underneath the beautiful manufactured sky. However, there's also a rainbow shaped bouncy house!
If you would like your performance graded, please fill out this form! The judges are two identical twin nurses from medical with synchronised movement powers so they know about Style. But in reality this is all RNG bb. There's an unknown terrible prize for the unofficial winner. Please do not bonk your head in order to win.

OOC CHATTER!

Questions, comments, concerns?

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VIBE CHECK!

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VIBE CHECK! Rory

[coulee]

now that (against his better judgment) he's found himself rather fond of crysta, rory decided he has to attend. and it's pride!!! sure, the party's about twelve degrees more tame than he'd normally attend, but it's for work so that's probably for the best. he rolls up in work boots (it's rory) + lil short jorts (it's rory) + cropped tank (it's blue) + bulldog harness (cw for shirtless man in case you're at work you rebel) + contacts (this is relevant bc he definitely thinks he'd lose his glasses if he wore them tonight).

mood: SUPER AMAZING. reason: NOT PUBLIC. there's a blip at the beginning where he disappears with evan for a bit, but he'll perk back up because he's a master compartmentalizer. he'll be drinking and dancing a lot. messy.

HE'S SO PROUD OF Y'ALL.


p.s. this will be the last anyone sees of rory until next friday. explorers can know he's taking PTO but that's all he's said. bye fam~

VIBE CHECK! Lou

[loudon]

Lou is there in a cozy but on-theme sweater (yes, it's summer, but it's the only rainbow article of clothing he owns, shhhhh), sporting an ironic(?) moustache* and glasses.

He wants to support Rory and Chrysta! He also wants to hide in the quiet corner (until people start making out)! He's probably just awkwardly lurking around the edges of the party like a skittish cat with a drink in hand.

*because it is funny and also yolo he figures he can bribe Chrysta to fix it later.

VIBE CHECK! Zeke

[bwnedpronouncedboned]

Toot toot!! Make way for the Hot Mess Express!! Zeke rolls in with a ribcage vest over his skinny lil chest, short shorts and some ripped fishnets so his legs look less scary skeleton and more sexy skeleton. Or at least slutty skeleton. He also has boots that give him an extra inch in height and yet somehow he still has Just a Little Guy energy. The whole look is honestly not that different or more masculine than the whole rib vest get up but he can't pull off a hat or choker. Or bra.

Zeke is here to do whatever makes him happy in the moment tonight. We all agreed there'd be no fallout or consequences to whatever the fuck they do tonight right??? That's how life works when you party where you work he's certain of it. So give him some Juice and let's rock baby.

VIBE CHECK! Vibedalia

[mxpotatohead]

Confession time! Vidalia's never been to a Pride Party before. She went to a parade one year when she was in school!!! But they don't exactly have a lot of Yay For Gay parties and all back in Yazoo City and this is Uncharted Territory for her. Rocking her best rainbow onesie, Vidalia is comfy and here to have a BLAST. Ready to talk someone's ear off and spend as long as legally allowed in that rainbow bounce house how is her roomie such a genius omg.

VIBE CHECK! Lenz

[lenzpolzin]

This month has been a bit fucked up...now Lenz is ready to get fucked up too. He shows up dressed for the occasion in boots, slim ripped up jeans (with a questionable modification), and a white crop top. Blue eye shadow makes his eyes even bluer than usual and his short nails are painted black.

VIBE CHECK! Dr. Colin Jorgensborg

[enodiamod]

Nobody had mentioned the Pride party, so it's very fortunate for everyone that Dr. Colin Jorgensborg is an observant fellow and took notice of the lingering fliers. Otherwise, he might have missed it! It seems like the staff at Enodia Station is as scattered as ever...

The broad, enormously tall man arrives in tight leather trousers and a mesh top, both of which leave little to the imagination. Did he go out and buy this last minute? Did he bring them with him on a three-day trip to his former workplace? Who can guess. Regardless, he moves through the Space Between like he owns the place and like everyone here knows and loves him. Or, at least, begrudgingly respects him and recognizes his considerable worth.

VIBE CHECK! Jack

[nolitangere]

Last night, Jack ensconced himself in a kind of acoustic Faraday cage by falling asleep in the middle of his laptop (playing a 7hr Looney Tunes playlist on YouTube), his boombox (playing his "EMERGENCY" mix CD of Polaris' "Waiting for October" burned 10 times in a row), and his phone (playing another YouTube playlist, this one entitled "genuine authentic healing frequencies 2022"). This may have cooked his brain a little bit because when he woke up this morning he decided THE BEST way to avoid pissing people off/otherwise upsetting people is simply to avoid speaking. So he's pulling a Martin Scorsese's Silence (2016) and doing exactly that.

(Ordinarily, he would have stayed home given his brainstate, but he didn't want to add crimes against Crysta to his ongoing list.)

He's wearing his Jordin Canada jersey (#21 Los Angeles Sparks, number one in steals in 2019) and will be chilling around the edges of the party. Basically, he has resolved to act like one of the little dudes in RollerCoaster Tycoon—he will sit in one spot, get up and make a round of the area, lean against the wall in another spot, get up and make another round, etc. He will act vaguely irritated if approached, because can't you see he's busy being silent? Otherwise, his vibes are fine. They are not noticeably bad in a way that detracts from the festivities, they are simply there.

VIBE CHECK! Ophelia

[cardinal]

Fee is having an electric green moment and is all about the vibes. She's not going to shout her offer from the rooftops BUT her powers are quietly available to other party goers.

VIBE CHECK! Minty

[exacutus]

Ms. Araminta Payne is rocking latex and suffering from a case of feeling herself. For the most part, this counteracts the weird thinking space she's gotten into over the past day or so and she is mostly pleasant!

VIBE CHECK! Dorin Lee

[dorinlee]

Dorin has spent a lot of today worrying. Worrying about what to wear, worrying about what he'll do at the party, worrying about whether he'll mess up. But! He's here! And he's hopeful and looking forward to spending a memorable night with friends; he's never been to a Pride party before. He'll be taking lots of photos and selfies with people. ♥

He shows up wearing a suit jacket decorated with a scattering of bright, tiny roses and shorts of the same material. They've maybe been shortened for the occasion after Rory's confusing informative lesson yesterday! Under the jacket he's wearing a sheer teal top, though he intends to keep his jacket on and closed. He's also wearing a rose earring, a simple silver chain, and sneakers with a floral design.

VIBE CHECK! Isaiah

[stgermaine]

Isaiah is in what seems to be good spirits. There are multiple stressors weighing on his mind (Annie, Evan, moles, Eden-Willy, Ernestine) but he's decided that maybe, just for one night, he can let all of that slide. He makes a noble effort to just have fun.

He's rolled up his sleeves* and even skipped wearing a tie, which for Isaiah is quite bold.

*These muscles are nowhere to be seen on actual character.

VIBE CHECK! Taby

[misapplied]

Hi!!! Taby loves Pride and they're having a great time! They show up right on time, stay way too late, and probably drink wayway too much, but they're living their life. Dressing slutty is not super in their wheelhouse, but they are wearing this fringed romper with a neck kerchief and cowboy boots, so that's fun.

VIBE CHECK!

[rainbowfish]

Raine shows up a little late, but he does show up. He manages to shake a little of his usually melancholy off for the evening and have a pretty good time. He did not wear the turtleneck but has shown up an in equally insane outfit in these rainbow tie dye jeans and this rainbow tie dye sweatshirt. Also Annie bleached his hair again last night! Sorry Crysta! At least this looks better than it used to, kind of.

VIBE CHECK! Rye

[artificialgravity]

Rye consulted with a team of experts (Sal, Taby, Lenz) on which shirt to choose. It was an interesting brainstorming session. In the end, Rye couldn't settle on a shirt. So he's not wearing one. He's still wearing a dark jacket, with a collar for an extra, y'know, whatever.

He's drinking indulgently tonight and trying to be a flirt, which is very hit-or-miss.

VIBE CHECK! Max

[buffdebuff]

Even though his face looks perpetually grumpy, Max is is particularly amenable to basically any idea, good or bad.

He's wearing a boring t-shirt and jeans, but at least the shirt is on theme.

VIBE CHECK! Ryan

[dissonances]

After watching the extremely good Juvenile Tiny Desk Concert, Ryan showed up at the party with a well-timed edible in his system. He's a chill guy; he's a simple guy. He's a guy rolling up to a Pride party wearing a white t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers.

Upon arriving at the party he feels what some—not all, but some—might describe as a wistful pang in his chest. Perhaps a longing for the friends and family he left behind in Washington. Or perhaps it's acid reflux.

Regardless, Ryan's vibes tonight are: going to get wasted, babyyyyy.

VIBE CHECK! Ruru

[kobalt]

Rufus is in a cautiously good mood. He's here to support his friends! This is the look: slutty cowboy hat, slutty henley? On brand.

VIBE CHECK! Crysta

[beautyfull]

She's in a slutty pink little rave outfit and very tall shoes! She put little blue and pink and purple streaks in her hair to be bisexual! She hasn't really slept in like 3 days planning and mole-ing but it's all worth it! So yeah, Crysta's in pretty high spirits if not lite mania. She stays in Party Host Mode almost all night, but doesn't stop partying herself either, proving an excellent ability to multitask while trashed. This is perhaps another useless superpower. She drags people away from the walls when they look upset or lonely, and wants to dance and/or do a shot with like, everybody.

VIBE CHECK! Noah

[bubble_boy]

Noah has a hard time giving up on dressing nice, so he shows up in a suit, albeit without a shirt on to get into the festivities. He's intent on having one drink and generally just vibing at the party, but everyone seems like they're having a lot of fun being hot messes, so he'll join into that eventually. He might lose his jacket in the process. We'll see how the night goes.

BAR AREA

[beautyfull]

Max & OPEN

[buffdebuff]

Maximilian is always a little ashamed during Pride. It's not the homosexuality that's the problem, at least not in and of itself --- it's the implied need for human connection. No matter how much he would rather be a task driven robot, Maximilian is still human, and maybe that's why he's here. He's sipping something called a "ginderqueer" and looking a little like he smelled a fart, trying to decide whether it would be more mortifying to be approached by someone or by no one at all.

DANCEFLOOR

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DANCEFLOOR: STAGE

[beautyfull]

There's no like, official stage performances but if yours DID put on a show, let's not get that lost

QUIET CORNER

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MAYBE A MILLION MINUTES IN HELLVEN

[beautyfull]

Post your names here to get trapped in a custodial closet with someone for up to half an hour if that's your thing!

RAINBOW BOUNCY HOUSE

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RAINBOW BOUNCY HOUSE: JUDGING

[beautyfull]

Please post this form for those terrible sychronized twin nurses to judge your EVERY MOVE for an unspecified bad prize that I will bestow on Sunday July 2

NAME:
TECHNIQUE: Please describe how you're bouncing and the technique you are using. Are there backflips? Is someone else with you? Are you in heels (WHY didn't you take your shoes off!!!)
EFFORT: (This will add to your overall score. Rate 1-10)
INTOXICATION LEVEL: (This will subtract from your overall score unless there's a cute reason it should add; this is solely at my discretion I will be gentle)
<b>NAME:</b> <b>TECHNIQUE:</b> Please describe how you're bouncing and the technique you are using. Are there backflips? Is someone else with you? Are you in heels (WHY didn't you take your shoes off!!!) <b>EFFORT:</b> (This will add to your overall score. Rate 1-10) <b>INTOXICATION LEVEL:</b> (This will subtract from your overall score unless there's a cute reason it should add; this is solely at my discretion I will be gentle)

OOC CHATTER!

[beautyfull]

i would like to specially thank JJ for coming up with the terrible kissing game, jenny for this beautiful code without which i would've perished and died, everyone of my terrible friends for helping with the drink names, all of you who came up with this amazing playlist and i love you happy pride

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