WINE PARTY EVENT

[selfgodded]

Who: EVERYONE IN HINOTO-RI
Where: The Square in Scorpio Ward
When: Begins 00:00 New Years!
Summary: Anant and his Persona Dionysus throw a wine party! Mingle, have fun, and watch out for the drinks, some of them are spiked...
Warnings: Alcohol, so expect some silliness in this log. All of the silliness.



It began entirely by accident, really.

Anant had learned that one celebrated the turning of the New Year - a novel experience, really! A world that didn't stand still, that had the cycle of night and day, and the turning of the seasons; the thought of beginning time anew was something beautiful and magnificent to the deluded god. No wonder humans would celebrate such an event!

Dionysus had suggested that perhaps wine would be the best thing to toast the New Year with - and, of course, it would be best to celebrate it where the moon was high in the sky and the stars in view. Atmosphere was just as important! Their quest took them to the square in the Scorpio Ward, nicely fixed up from a past event (something about scorpions, they didn't pry). Anant, of course, brought their own table.

Dionysus supplied the wine, Anant pushed it upon those who were passing by at the time, and soon a crowd began to gather. It started small, but Anant's bubbly personality, delicious wine, and the lighthearted atmosphere drew more and more Hinoto-Ri natives to the scene, and eventually, some of the new arrivals. By the time the clock struck midnight, on the New Years, a large impromptu party had taken over the square!

The free alcohol was possibly the cause of it, but so long as everyone was happy and having fun, why should Anant object to such a thing! To observe such a large congregation of people together - it was magical! Fantastical!

Devious.

It was just past half past twelve in the morning when the 'effect's began appearing. But what did one expect, accepting alcohol from the God of Lunacy? With the moon so high on the sky, washing down on the people below, on such a jovial occasion, how couldn't Dionysus splash a bit of mischief in there?

So have fun, my fellow inhabitants. This night will surely be memorable...

[OOC: Sorry for the tl;dr! Alrighty, so everyone can mingle and do as they please in the comments! You do not have to know Anant to log in - you don't even have to interact with them! Just do your own thing and have fun!

For the list of effects that can occur, click here! You can mix and match, stick with one, or not pick any at all if you want!

HAPPY NEW YEARS!]

Comments

[blitzkriegzwei]

A wine party, eh? Sounded right up Ludwig's alley. Of course, he was more of a beer person, but an opportunity to drink with others on New Year's Eve wasn't one he was going to pass up. He accepted a drink from the table and loitered around near it, not quite going into the crowd just yet. He was going to get a bit liquored up before he went in and mingled, unless someone from the crowd came out to talk to him first. Say, this wine was pretty good... he had to hand it to the drunkard (as he had temporarily labeled Anant from that one drunk post) and his Persona. They knew some damn good wine.

[thelordsage]

It had been quite some time since Sephiran had actually gone out to have a good time. It felt like years, and in fact, it might have actually been years. His circumstances did not exactly lend themselves to partying (what with having to take care of a young empress and plotting the end of the world). However, now that he was in a better place (literally and figuratively), perhaps he could celebrate the new year. He took one small glass of wine (spoilers: he's kind of a flyweight for alcohol) and examined the crowd. Everyone seemed to be having a good time, and Sephiran couldn't help but smile himself. The atmosphere was contagious.

[travelingtheworlds]

Where there are parties and lots of people, there are bound to be lots of stories! This party was a natural choice for Sasha to attend. She wasn't going to drink, but she did just want to see who was there. With her trusty notebook in tow, she inspected the crowd. Lots of people... lots of drunk people... lots of people reminiscing about interesting stories. This party was going to be a goldmine!

[poorlittleblueburdie]

Avitus had come to Scorpio to look for more art supplies and perhaps inspiration... and, curious to see so many people in one place and wondering why, he slowly approached the party.

So he wasn't drinking anything himself (not yet, at least!) but there was now the blue angel-elf-raven-birdthing person, dressed warmly in his usual purple and green robes under a long blue and black poncho coat thing and boots, hanging toward the outer edge of the party. He smiled, but he was less interested in getting... uh... tipsy festive himself, than in just enjoying the atmosphere and watching people.

After a while, he took out his sketchbook and a pencil, and found a perch seat on the back of a nearby park bench, from which he could sketch people.

Feel free to pester him, potentially while he's absorbed in what he's doing, and cooing very softly under his breath without realizing it?

[misery_hates_company]

It's not particularly the party atmosphere that brings Misery in -- she's never been a party person at all -- but rather the fact that ANANT is throwing it, of all people, and she can't imagine that means a world of good. The boy barely understands humanity in GENERAL, and now he's hosting an event that's supposed to entertain a bunch of them? This will either end up really hilarious or really disastrous. Or both. So in part, it's to keep an eye on him -- and in another, almost equal part, it's to watch a bunch of people determinedly make asses of themselves.

She's not sure how she can lose in this situation.

[awww_yeeeeeaaaah]

If people thought that Kaito had this look of mild surprise on him all the time, it was understandable to think that. There was a difference because actually being surprised and just having a "wide-eyed" look about you. Kaito was definitely the latter.

So, it was probably weird to see Kaito actually surprised, seeing as how he was shanghaied and brought here by a masked, crazy drunkard.

Why was this happening.

[tyrantball]

So Desco has an old-fashioned glass bottle filled with milk that she seems to be enjoying - once she finishes drinking, she has a little milk mustache and a happy smile as she throws the bottle straight up. Her left primary tentacle snatches it out of air, letting out an audible crunch as it chews through the glass and swallows. Desco sighs happily as she rubs her stomach, the perfect picture of contentment.

And then she starts screaming in fear and panic, her tentacles splitting open to add their own unearthly wails to the cacophony.

[nofairy]

Link was curious about what all the fuss was about, so he wandered out until he found the mass of people.

... There was a lot of little cups that he didn't recognize, so Link picked one up. It smelled fruity, and looked a little like a red potion, so Link started sipping at it.

... Three 'potions' later and Link was having a little trouble staying on his feet without wobbling, but he was having fun stumbling into people and laughing.

[doesasordered]

Nikolai actually showed up at the party, surprising even himself. But he figured it was time he got out and met some people in this town already. Good thing there was wine. Wine that was doing fun things to one and all. Nik was feeling a lot more chatty than he normally was, and will be approaching everyone at the party instead of being his usual wallflower self. If you've spoken with him before, Nik will say hi. Otherwise, he'll introduce himself.

"Hello. I don't know if we've met."

[andcarryabigknife]

Uncharacteristically, Gale is smiling tonight. After all, why not? This drink was blood-coloured and delicious, the people were great, the moon was beautiful, he felt great and not at all bothered by the cold! Beware hugs from the cannibal.

[demifemme]

Shura is not usually a sleepy drunk. Quite the opposite, in fact. But for some reason, tonight, even Dionysus' godly wine can't make her keep her eyes open. Maybe a consequence of spending Christmas moping around? Maybe she's more tired than she thought? Whatever the reason, there was no way she'd be awake to watch the first sunrise of the year, at this rate...

[bondsofsuffering]

There's a teenage boy skulking around with what surely must be grape juice. I mean, he's got to have juice, right? He's definitely a few years short of the age limit.

But at the very least he doesn't appear to be too affected. And even when people question him, he'll wave it off and make that very claim. If he's lucky, hopefully nobody will call him out on it.

Too bad he's unknowingly been hit with an unlucky effect...

[eyewillprotect]

Aoi is here entirely for the social aspect. Meaning that she does in fact have juice instead of alcohol because that's just the honest thing to do.

While she isn't being hit with any effects, she is still quite openly friendly to anyone she encounters. In fact, that person may just be you!

"Hello! Are you enjoying yourself?"

[von_schweetz]

A party is not easily ignored by the young and young at heart, especially the young. A curious Vanellope has happened upon the event, making her way through the sea of legs and chatter. "Hey! What's all the hub-bub about? Why's everyone so happy? Did something happen?"

She's not too happy that most of the people here ignore her. Yes, she was a child, but so what? The other characters in other games treated the president with respect.

...Well, the grumpy ones at least noticed her.

With most of the crowd gathered at a table stocked with a variety of bottles, she makes her way over towards them to check them out.

"Oh! Healing potions! Look at'em all. I can see why this is the place to be! No need to kill a monster or anything. Pardon me! Coming through! Watch your step! Back off, pal!" Once she pushes past a few ignorant drinkers, she reaches up over the table to try and grab a bottle. "Hey! A little help here? Not bumping into me would be a good start!"

[drakenguard]

Yamato told himself that he would only stay for one drink - just to make a token attempt to celebrate something as meaningless as a New Years. Just one drink. But somehow that one drink turned to two, then to three... and he remained there for far longer than the half hour he told himself.

So one might see a very drunken man drinking wine like it's water by the refreshments table. He might need to slow down a little before something unfortunate happens...

[til]

She had no idea what was going on. Garnet - or, rather, Dagger - had decided to partake of one of the drinks and quite suddenly she was floating. Even struggling didn't bring her back to the ground and she was fairly sure the undignified squeak she had given upon discovering her predicament was heard by everyone nearby.

"Get me down!" she gasped, trying to grab onto a nearby table. Was this going to get worse as the night went on...?

[primordial]

Sam hated parties.

They weren't fun, for him. All they were were just big gathering events where people acted strangely and silly and blathered on about nothing in particular.

But still, gathering information from drunk people was very easy, so while Sam hated parties, he loved the fact that he wouldn't have to work hard at all to get people to open up to him. So, with an uncomfortable little smile, he stands by the side, watching the people around him with noted interest.

Persuade the guy to have a drink, maybe?