enodia_ic | PRIDE TIME

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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Away from the festivities, designated driver Tom is sitting at the bar drinking lots of water and eating enough food that when she rejoins herself before she crashes for the night, at least some of her will be decently fed and hydrated -- hopefully enough to stave off a hangover. She's getting too old for this, etc. It's a boring night, but some Tom's got to do it.

To Zee, the night is anything but boring. Armed with a bright smile and a soft yellow glow, she comes up to her friend and bumps her lightly. "You don't look like you're having muuuuch fun." she states and eyes the lack of alcohol in front of Tom.

Tom offers a small, rueful smile and holds up her half-drunk glass of water like a toast. "One of us has to stay sober," she says with a shrug.

"Better you than me then," Zee replies with a slight snort as she mirrors Tom's move.

"So is this party falling into the pros or cons of moving back here?"

Tom sips her water like it's bourbon. "The rest of me is having a good time," she says, and with a mental check through of the others in the room, she's mostly correct. "They're being irresponsible. But I guess overall it's a pro. How's it been here? Since reopening?"

Zee follows her gaze and nods as if she gets it. It makes sense if you didn't think about it too hard. Maybe they drew straws, she wonders and makes a note to ask about it next time it comes up.

"Chaos. But never a dull moment, that's for sure."

Chaos was not something any Tom was seeking. This one sighs. "I do not thrive in chaos," she says. She did not belong back here. "But what about you? How have you been doing lately?"

"Same," Zee agrees and takes another sip of her cocktail, so sickening sweet that she could barely taste the alcohol behind it.

The brief second was enough for her to get over the instinct to lie and say everything was peachy and rainbows. But no, Tom was her friend and one of the few people Zee respected enough to consider telling the truth. So she did, "Not as well as I'd like."

Tom looks over at her friend, shifting her body away from its people-watching stance as she focused in instead on Zee. "What's going on?"

"Well, I know I'm not in charge of security but every time something happens, I guess it makes me feel like I'm not doing my job very well." The corners of Zee's mouth pull down in a slight frown before she smiles again, waving away how silly it sounds even to herself.

"Bailey," Tom says, "Babe. You're not blaming yourself for moles and storms, are you?"

"Noooo...." Zee drags the word out, "Because that would be irrational and stupid." If she repeats it enough out loud, eventually it would be true.

"It can't all be prevention," Tom says gently. "Sometimes it can only be response. You keep people safe and calm through this place's crazy."

"If only we can all be as wise as you, babe." Zee laments with a soft sigh for the dramatics. The soft glow pulsating from her skin brightens just a smidge, turning a warm orange. "Thanks."

Tom blows out a forced laugh. "I'm not that wise," she says. "I wound up back here, didn't I?"

"I for one am glad." Zee announces and gives her friend a quick half-hug with her free hand, "Cole doesn't count because he's family."

Thomasin returns the half hug. "Hey, if you're in the mood to dance, you should find other me out there. She's tearing it up."

"I will." Zee promises with a warmer smile than any of the ones before. "This you should also have some fun."

Ryan appears next to her at the bar, a colorful drink in hand. He doesn't know what it is but he's drinking it. He doesn't know what Tom's drink is either, so he jerks his chin toward her water and asks, "That the gin thing?"

"It's the water thing," she says, holding it up for inspection. "You should try it. Best thing on the menu."

PRIDE TIME

Sober Tom + ?

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Intoxicated Zee

Sober Tom + Unsober Ryan

Sober Tom + Unsober Ryan