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[fullofthorns]

[ In the middle of the night, every room in the apartment building gets mail slid under the door, each apartment receiving black envelopes addressed to whoever lives there, Roze having gone out of her way to sit and gather up the name of every Chosen Child there, as well as the ones in the Crested housing and the rarely seen like Koushirou. Everyone who can receive an invitation does, delivered by helpful Damemon who can get to where Roze cannot.

Everyone. Every boy, every girl, every 'bot.

On the broad side of the plain black paper in gold ink handwriting is the recipient's name. On the other side, on the sealed flap, is the name Roze Ichishi.

Inside each envelope is a single hand-painted card with hard printed text at the bottom detailing an event soon to transpire. ]





[ On the back of every invitation is more of the same handwriting from the envelopes, only in plain black. ]

You are invited to an end of year celebration.
Many cultures celebrate the end of a year and the beginning of a new one.
We should celebrate this time together.
Celebrate our successes, learn from our failures.
Resolve to do better in the year to come.

The festival is a formal masquerade.
You are encouraged to dress up, not required.
The goal is to have a good time.
There will be traditional festival games and food.

With help from the damemon, we hope to have fireworks to open the year.

Please join us, and even if you do not:

Happy New Year!


All those interested in helping, please message me.

Comments

[Audio]

[innermonologues]

[ There is a long long silence. ]

...Is this a everyone's invited thing?

[Audio]

[fullofthorns]

...Are you for fuckin' real? [ She grumbles sleepily. ]

Did you get an invitation?

Yep.

Does that mean you're invited?

Yep.

Dude, I wrote everyone's names on the damned things too, so they couldn't go all 'uhhh, I didn't know it was for meeee herp derp derp' and bail for no reason.

Yes its for everyone.

I've been at damned invitations so long my fingers are all cut up and busted.

If you don't show I'mma fuckin' kill you.

Dead.

[Audio]

[innermonologues]

Look, I just figured you didn't want to talk to me so I wanted to double check. If you didnt want me there I wouldn't show.

[Audio]

[fullofthorns]

If I didn't want you there, I would have sent you an invitation. I'm pretty straight-forward about that shit.

Crest of Sincerity - holla.

[Audio]

[innermonologues]

I suppose so.

[fullofthorns]

[ Sigh. ]

Is that it? You called to ask a question with an obvious answer, then accuse me of blanking you?

[innermonologues]

I wasn't accusing you of anything. I just didn't know if you wanted me around.

[fullofthorns]

Yes.

That's pretty cut and dry.

[innermonologues]

... I'll show up.

[fullofthorns]

Stipulation. Gotta show up and have fun. No just showin' up and trying to blend in to the wall.

[innermonologues]

I was holding it up.

[fullofthorns]

Badumching?

[innermonologues]

[ He switches to video just so he could give her a thumbs up. ]

[fullofthorns]

[ She's smiling, even if she looks absolutely exhausted. ]

No holding up walls this time. The building I'm hosting the main party in ain't got any. Just pillars. And the rest of the festival will be little booths and stands. Not a lot of places to go all camo-mode.

[innermonologues]

So it's like... a festival?

[fullofthorns]

Yep! Mostly outdoors, a little coverage, games and food and music. And in the main building, that's where there will be just dancing and punch and stuff.

[innermonologues]

[ Pause ]

... I can run something if you want.

[fullofthorns]

[ She nods, scratching her chin in thought. ]

I'd like that, yeah. Stalls will only run until 11:30, so everyone can be at the unmasking. You prefer a game or food?

[innermonologues]

Whatever is open.

[fullofthorns]

Everything so far, hon. So you get your pick.

[innermonologues]

Are there any interesting games?

[fullofthorns]

Depends on what you consider interesting, but yeah, I think so. I'll send you list along later and you can lemme know what you wanna cover?

[innermonologues]

You should just sign me up for whatever. You can get revenge on me that way.

[fullofthorns]

I ain't got any reason to look for revenge, dude. Shit happened. Its over. No one was really responsible.

[innermonologues]

Yeah... I guess that's true. I said the same thing to Campbell.