MINGLE | The "Everyone's Tired and Hungry" Post-Mission Pizza Party

[groupiedrifter]

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.)

Comments

[morethan084]

Well you could start by not thinking about all of that tonight.

[Reaching for an unopened can of beer, Daisy hands it over to him.]

[bijective]

[With great reluctance He takes the beer.]

And how does one go about doing that?

[His tone is facetious but honestly, there is some genuine curiosity hiding there.]

[morethan084]

By drinking?

[A very healthy and helpful suggestion.]

Or, you know, suppression. Works great for me.

[bijective]

[He sighs. Of course those would be his options.]

The latter makes for the most cost-efficient option.

[morethan084]

And less harsh on your liver. But one night of fun wouldn't kill you.

[It's not like this is an every day thing for Daisy.]

[bijective]

No. It — [Don’t mind him, Daisy. He’s just going to rest that unopened beer can back on top of the table. The feeling of wet hands is proving too much for him.] —certainly wouldn’t. I’ll be sure to keep that in mind when the occasion arises.

[morethan084]

[A little disappointed with his reaction, Daisy looks over at Newton's iPhone.]

We could change the music?

[He clearly needs to unwind one way or another.]

[bijective]

[He hardly sees the merit in switching between music tracks, but he’ll try to ‘go with the flow’.]

If you insist, though, it won’t be long until Newton comes screeching from across the room.

[morethan084]

If it's on his playlist, can he really be mad?

[Hold on--

She's just now connecting the dots.]

Are you his coworker?

[bijective]

[At least he doesn’t have to spell it out.]

Pan Pacific Defense Corps, Kaiju Research and Development Division: Yes. He and I are “co-workers”.

[morethan084]

[Lips pressing together to keep from smiling too big, Daisy's eyebrows lift in surprise.]

So you two are--?

Co-workers?

[Newton hadn't exactly talked about him in a light that would allude to them possibly having a thing, but who knows?]

[bijective]

[Colour him confused, Daisy. Because Hermann is certain that the term “co-workers” means about the same thing across the universe.]

Yes. Co-workers. Colleagues. Employees under the same department. He and I conduct our own research from our respective fields of expertise.

Is there something that I am missing here?

[morethan084]

No. I mean, just the way you said “co-workers”—

I wasn’t sure if something else was going on there.

[Daisy shrugs, a smile peeking through this time.]

Not that I’m judging.