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ximilialog2021-08-16 09:42 pm
groupiedrifter) wrote in ximilialog2021-08-16 09:42 pm
MINGLE | The "Everyone's Tired and Hungry" Post-Mission Pizza Party
CHARACTERS: Everyone! A free-for-all general chill-out time, thrown haphazardly together by a mad scientist.
LOCATION: The Mess Hall
DATE: Sometime after the mission. Y'all know.
CONTENT: The Orb Crew tries to relax for a hot goddamn minute.
WARNINGS: Likely drinking or drunkenness, the usual party antics. Very mildly image heavy, NSFW for naughty threads, properly marked.
It seems the party has been properly set up for you all! But of course, there's an exuberant amount of 'Newton*' flair added to it, and people can find all sorts of random things — markers for drawing on the pizza boxes (which he distinctly requested, super important) cover the tables, and it's clear by the one designed like a Pikachu and a dinosaur that he's already began scribbling on them. He's also made... board games literally comprised of pizza boxes as well, including Chess and Connect Four, which is lovingly set up side-by-side on a table and done with intent to annoy.
They've got one deck of cards for games, no chips; you'll have to just make some of your own out of pizza box cardboard. The most grand of all creation appears to be a normal-sized Skeeball table, made of flimsy material, with oranges for balls. It may or may not last the night, but it sure works for now!
There's a very strong bottle of liquor from their last mission open for everyone, and, well, it will get you drunk quite fast if you're not careful. But it's also a Bring Your Own Beer situation; hope you guys asked Viv for some to plan for the party!
Lastly, there's classic bar rock playing from an iPhone rigged to a speaker that looks very very cobbled together, from loose bits and bobs from the lab's many boxes. If you go fiddle with that phone's playlist, you may be able to find a small collection of songs that aren't rock, but are likely from the 90's or early 2000's.
And yes, there is a couch with a sign on it, designated specifically for people who wish to nap. If they'd like. Don't be rude, let people lay down when they're sleepy. (Maybe Newton just put that there for him, honestly.) There are 50 pizzas total, which is practically a whole-ass pizza per person, so enjoy! (And thanks, Viv!)
Feel free to bring your own flair to the party, if you'd like.
These are just a few things for a m b i e n c e.
(*If you mention him, he will appear like a terrible omen.)
LOCATION: The Mess Hall
DATE: Sometime after the mission. Y'all know.
CONTENT: The Orb Crew tries to relax for a hot goddamn minute.
WARNINGS: Likely drinking or drunkenness, the usual party antics. Very mildly image heavy, NSFW for naughty threads, properly marked.
It seems the party has been properly set up for you all! But of course, there's an exuberant amount of 'Newton*' flair added to it, and people can find all sorts of random things — markers for drawing on the pizza boxes (which he distinctly requested, super important) cover the tables, and it's clear by the one designed like a Pikachu and a dinosaur that he's already began scribbling on them. He's also made... board games literally comprised of pizza boxes as well, including Chess and Connect Four, which is lovingly set up side-by-side on a table and done with intent to annoy.
They've got one deck of cards for games, no chips; you'll have to just make some of your own out of pizza box cardboard. The most grand of all creation appears to be a normal-sized Skeeball table, made of flimsy material, with oranges for balls. It may or may not last the night, but it sure works for now!
There's a very strong bottle of liquor from their last mission open for everyone, and, well, it will get you drunk quite fast if you're not careful. But it's also a Bring Your Own Beer situation; hope you guys asked Viv for some to plan for the party!
Lastly, there's classic bar rock playing from an iPhone rigged to a speaker that looks very very cobbled together, from loose bits and bobs from the lab's many boxes. If you go fiddle with that phone's playlist, you may be able to find a small collection of songs that aren't rock, but are likely from the 90's or early 2000's.
And yes, there is a couch with a sign on it, designated specifically for people who wish to nap. If they'd like. Don't be rude, let people lay down when they're sleepy. (Maybe Newton just put that there for him, honestly.) There are 50 pizzas total, which is practically a whole-ass pizza per person, so enjoy! (And thanks, Viv!)
Feel free to bring your own flair to the party, if you'd like.
These are just a few things for a m b i e n c e.
(*If you mention him, he will appear like a terrible omen.)
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I think there should be a handbook for all these unspoken rules. Kind of tough to learn them when they're not spoken.
[ But he's still smiling as he sits up. ] Yeah, I've eaten my fair share. Quite a party you've put on.
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Especially when you already know 'em ahead of time.
[He grins and folds his arms behind his head, that little spectacled imp.]
Thanks, though. Not gonna lie, I was worried everyone would ignore it to go brood in their rooms, so this is an improvement. Got a score for pizza after your perilous food journey?
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Nah. We've all spent our time cooped up. We need to socialize and relax a little. This was the perfect excuse.
... Wait, my perilous what now? [ He's on a food journey? That sounds exciting! ]
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[He gestures toward the table, which has been through Some Shit, judging by how many boxes are empty or scattered, or how many pizza slices somehow ended up in boxes they definitely weren't in before (I see you hanging out with pepperoni, Sausage, you big slut).]
Hope it wasn't too hyped up for you. Even though pizza is phenomenal.
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I've heard of pizza before, at least. We have it back home. Just never seen it before.
It's good! I like food that's... hyped? [ Is he saying it right? He assumes that means food that's really good... ]
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... Concerning that you haven't seen it before, though. You haven't really told me a whole lot about where you came from — I mean, other than me teasing you about visiting a pleasure place, or whatever you'd called it.
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It was a casino. The planet was apparently a pleasure planet, but I just went to the one casino and it was for a mission. I even ended up in their little jail at one point.
[ Do they not have casinos where Newt's from? Do they mean something different? Hm. ]
Anyway, the galaxy was under empirical rule up until recently. Rumor has it that the Emperor didn't like pizza so it just sort of drifted out of favor.
[ No, really, it's actual canon. ]
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... You're shitting me.
[IT'S ACTUAL CANON??? THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.]
What kind of crappy emperor is this?
Sounds like they're probably evil.
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Anyway, Finn's smile dims a little but his happiness doesn't go anywhere. ]
Yeah, I wouldn't say he was that great at his job... We're under a democratic republic now. Slower, sometimes messier, but better than the alternative. And I heard that pizza's been making a comeback, so there's that.
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I'll become a representative of pizza for your universe. We'll get it done.
[Newton, you're not going to another person's galaxy to speak on behalf of a food.
But you know, he absolutely would if you let him too far from his doghouse.]
That kinda stuff is usually messy, though, no surprise there. I've never been very good at politics. Or... any kind of podium-talk, anyway. I usually leave that kinda garbage to someone like Hermann; I tend to say something rudely, or whatever.
[He waves his hand, not particularly concerned.]
Lecturing in a college classroom is way more fun. They don't care how I talk.
... Or if I'm hungover.
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It's a curious thought for later. ]
I'm not great at it either. It's not that I'm nervous, but I tend to say the wrong things in those kinds of settings. Too blunt or excited or both. Guess I should consider practicing, though...
[ It's probably going to come up now that the war's done. He's not sure about the idea of Poe Dameron trying to navigate peace talks without punching someone eventually.
But anyway-- ]
I didn't know you did that sort of thing. What did you teach? A type of biology?
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Much appreciated, Finn, this is a great vacation.]
Oh, I taught all kinds of things. Physiology, Biotechnology, Microbiology -- I get kinda bored doing the same classes all the time, so I drove them crazy switching my courses around. But it was fun, anyway! Especially once I stopped being younger than my students.
[SNORT.]
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A child prodigy, I take it?
I've taught some combat stuff before and been younger than some of my students. I get how... awkward it can be if they're weird about it.
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Yup! Child prodigy! Went to college when I was a teenager, swept the competition. I gotta admit, people doubting me 'cus of my age made me want to succeed even faster. The meaner the other students got, the more speed I picked up. The other professors really didn't like that they were all twice my age at least, but that's not my problem.
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They were just jealous. I'm glad you made them eat their words.
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Imagine how jealous they'd be if they knew I were traveling outer space, too.
They just can't win for losing.