sailor_v: (Goddess)
sailor_v ([personal profile] sailor_v) wrote in [community profile] genessia2017-12-14 10:48 pm

2017 Winter Holiday Party!

WHO: OPEN TO ALL!
WHAT: Holiday party! Date auction! Shenanigans.
WHEN: December 15th, 2017 - Evening
WHERE: Fairy Tale HQ - Fayren
NOTES: The auction and the kissing contest are time sensitive! Bids close and the last kiss will be accepted on Friday, December 22nd, at midnight PST!

Fayren didn't have electricity, but it had something even better.

MAGIC!


There were twinkling colored lights that burned, flickered, and floated in an ethereal way, enchanting the building in a way that fluorescent lights never could. Branches of evergreen were hung here and there to give the air a fresh pine scent. There were also pinecones doused with cinnamon and nutmeg near the doorways.

Except near the kitchens, because the food smells were more than enough to entice the senses. There were mini-sausages swimming in a thick and spicy sauce, sweet and tangy meatballs on toothpicks, vegetables and dip, bite-sized cream puffs, iced sugar cookies, cheese and crackers, mulled cider, and eggnog in alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties.

The main room, expansive as it was, had plenty of room for music, dancing, and mingling. There were some tables and several chairs set up, and a small stage where musicians were welcome to perform to their heart's content. To the side was an even smaller stage where a sprig of mistletoe was suspended on a loop of scarlet ribbon, with a sign that reads: "Test Your Passion! Win This Arcade Game!" And next to that was a full-sized arcade game version of Alley Brawlers. Might be worth checking out!

But there were more games than that, and more than a few maps set up on easels of the headquarters and where to go to play certain games. A single lane bowling alley (with manual set-up of the pins), a "fishing" booth where people toss a clothespin on a fishing line over a curtain to have a little prize attached by someone hidden on the other side, a ring toss for cans of soda, a cake walk (with full-sized cakes for the winners and cupcakes for the losers), ornament decorating, pin-the-tail-on-the-unicorn, face painting, a pool of rubber ducks with numbers corresponding to prizes on the bottom, goldfish scooping... Almost anything one would find at a carnival was sure to be found here.

As for the auction? Step right up, right past the gauzy white curtains into a big room lit with twinkling golden lights. Anyone was welcome to come in, but if someone wanted to participate as a bidder, they'd have to make a donation at the door. In return, each donor would receive a packet of 100 red tickets with the same number assigned to the bidder name: one roll of tickets with 101 for the first donor, a roll of tickets with 102 for the second donor, and so on.

Cookies and punch were available in this room, with several tables and chairs set up before a large stage with a microphone. Along the wall was a line of clear plastic boxes, with slots on top, set in front of each auction date's face. A card that indicated the name of each person, their age, and a brief description of what they were all about was pasted onto the front of the boxes. People were welcome to look at the line-up if they wanted, or even use some of their tickets prematurely if they wanted, as they were clearly for a drawing. Until the auction starts, soft piano music plays from a stereo running on batteries.
rando_dork: (78)

[personal profile] rando_dork 2017-12-17 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Gwen seriously had to stop getting roped into these things. First time was an honest mistake. This time she was going to have to punch whoever had decided to sign her up for this.

She's not dressed up in anything fancy nor does she look incredibly impressed with her situation. She's just going to look over the crowd with a dead to the world stare.]
Edited 2017-12-17 00:14 (UTC)
solar_flare: (omg eeeeeeeeeeee)

[personal profile] solar_flare 2017-12-23 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwen! Loosen up! Flash those pearly whites!

[Yang waves at her cheerfully. That expression might make her way too scary for other people to bid on. They need to see her cheery, fun self that doesn't want to strangle X-Ray...or Yang for signing her up. C'maaaawwwwwwwwwnnnnn.]
rando_dork: (49)

[personal profile] rando_dork 2017-12-29 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't take her long to spot Yang in the crowd. For a moment she just stares then raises her fist up and shakes it at her roommate. She was going to pay for this with a the fury of a thousand magic markers.

Then she considers that this was just Yang's way of being pal. She let's out a sigh then shrugs and smiles. She wasn't getting out of this so she might as well enjoy it.]