Weiss's Finest Block Party

[whiteas]

WHO: Anyone and everyone!
WHAT: Block Party!
WHEN: August 8th, 2pm-9pm
WHERE: The block between Oak & 8th and Nettle & 8th, both ends of which are blocked off with sandbags to prevent traffic from running someone over.
WARNINGS: Don't pee in the ballpit and don't get burnt. --But no probably nothing?

When you arrive, it's very obvious where the party is. If the sandbags blocking off the street aren't an indication, the large hand-painted signs ("BLOCK PARTY! Come one and all!") in extremely neat writing on the front of them and the balloons going in an arch from one end of either side of the sandbag barrier to the other make it pretty obvious. The arrow-shaped signs going down the streets at every street corner for at least 5 blocks out in any direction might help too.

Various balloons are tied up to the trees on the block and there's a pleasant music of actual MUSICAL SINGING BIRDS courtesy of Fluttershy fluttering through the air. The smell of chickens roasting over a rotisserie spit floats through the air and if you follow it, you'll find a canvas canopy over a couple of tables filled with various FOOD like Himawari's cheesecake, Yuuki's salad, Azula's fruit tarts, Sun's fruit bowl, Ryu's sushi, Weiss's chocolate chip cookies (carefully hidden from Ruby with much effort) and lemonade, water, and more (since it's basically whatever anyone shows up with). There's not a ballpit, sorry, false advertising I know-- but there IS a BOUNCE HOUSE for children and small people. (If you pop it, you pay for it, and Weiss will find a way to hunt you down.) There are plenty of places to sit, including the BEACH CHAIRS that Weiss may have borrowed from their apartment's pool... but she definitely plans on returning them, of course and various PICNIC BLANKETS set out on lawns for anyone who didn't get a beach chair. There's a barrel for APPLE BOBBING as well!

Overall, it's a very peaceful experience. But, just that wouldn't be anywhere near enough to make it spectacular. There's a series of events that will be happening as well:

3:15PM: Firebending Show (Performed by Zuko)
4:00PM: Limbo Contest (Prize: A gift card for music credits from "From Dust Till Dawn" in the Vale archway and a large box of chocolate. There is a section to comment for this one so I know who to RNG from.)
5:30PM: Watermelon Smashing Contest (No prize, but you get to eat watermelon.)
6:15PM: Dance (All other events are cleared and the birds will stop to be replaced by very loud music (stereos, but it's there) from a variety of worlds with large rental floodlights on the floor and smoke machines for an excellent outdoor dancing experience.)
7:30PM: Bon Fire. Back to birds for quiet music and a bon fire in the middle of the street, surrounded by rocks to make sure people knew the fire wouldn't spread (even though Weiss is sure Zuko has a handle on it). All the chairs will be brought around in a circle at a safe distance, leaving a circle for any dances that people might want to do on their own.
9:00PM: Fireworks. The end of the party will be set off with a stream of fireworks in the sky! It's actually a pretty impressive show and.. partially affected by Dust to make it look even more impressive.

Have fun, comment freely, and EVERYONE IS INVITED as long as you promise not to ruin anything!

Comments

Limbo Contest

[whiteas]

[ You can play this out if you'd like, but mostly I need to see a comment for entrants so that I can RNG the prize! ]

Re: Limbo Contest

[koishi_komeiji]

[OOC: Koishi will enter. Hopefully the rules are clear enough so that she knows not to fly...)

[luckymonster]

This sounds easy enough. What will I stand to win if I join?

[whiteas]

A music credit gift card for a shop in Vale and a large box of finely crafted chocolate. The amount of lien on the gift card is roughly equivalent to $50 here.

[ Since lien is something she does have quite a bit of, so financially it worked out a lot better to have access to Vale. Plus getting music credit stops people from purchasing dust or other things they shouldn't have. ]

Do you know the rules already, Azula?

[luckymonster]

Not bad.

[Azula loves good music after all. She just might check it out. However, even if she didn't win all that, she'd still join. Her competitive spirit won't allow her to just stand there, idle and not beating others.]

Why don't you tell me? I need to know the specifics if I am to win!

[whiteas]

You have to dance-pass under the bar without touching it or anything but your feet touching the ground. You can't touch or otherwise interfere with the other competitors. You cannot duck under, you have to lean back. Everyone goes through it at the same time in a circle and each time everyone's gone under it once, the bar lowers. The person who lasts the longest wins, so it's completely a competition of flexibility, timing, and balance. Does that all make sense?

[luckymonster]

[Weiss will notice that Azula was very focused at every word she said. There was no way Azula was losing to anyone. She plans to win this. It was only a question of flexibility.]

So I cannot interfere with others and they cannot interfere with me, yes? Sounds easy enough.

[whiteas]

Exactly. You also have to put up with really obnoxious music while you do it.

[ Or at least, standard limbo music. Which is never really something you hear outside of parties with limbo bars. ]

That's not really a rule, it's just something that happens.

[luckymonster]

How obnoxious?

[Hopefully not Earth Nomads-obnoxious.]

[whiteas]

I think that depends on what you find obnoxious. I'm sure there are some people who like it.

[luckymonster]

Well then, I suppose I'll just have to wait and hear it. Hopefully it won't be too disturbing.

[whiteas]

People have survived it for years, I'm sure you'll be fine.

[luckymonster]

[It was disturbing and awkward, but Weiss will hear Azula laugh. She of course walks away from Weiss now. But her laugh was certainly weird.]

See yah later.