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.
clevermind: (Standing)

Re: #7 - Belle, Age 21(ish) (men only)

[personal profile] clevermind 2017-12-16 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Belle moves confidently when her name is called, trying to hide how nervous she truly is. Her fingers gently curl against the fabric of her dress as she stands and waits for what happened next.

This is a new experience for Belle. She's been to an auction before but that had been a very different situation, and she hadn't been the one on the stand facing the crowd of on lookers. It's a little intimidating, even if she's known that she'd be up here prior to her arrival.

She smiles sweet and tries to hide the nervous fluttering she feels in the pit of her stomach.]
princeliers: (s3)

[personal profile] princeliers 2017-12-16 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful dress! And an excellent walk on to the stage! Very confident and elegant! You're doing so well! I believe in you!

[and have a shark man waving to her from the crowd.] Actually would you mind? I would like to bid! Thirty tickets!
chocobosnap: (Mega Blush)

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2017-12-16 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's not helpful that there's another bid, oh god what is he even doing, why is he doing this, but at least Noct is at his side so if he spontaneously dies, at least his bro will see to it that no one steps on his dead corpse.

He just has to take a deep breath and raise his hand nervously. It's funny, even though his nerves are all over the place, he has steady hands. The thick bracelet on his wrist shift slightly as it does when he raises his hand.]


Um. [Swallow. Breathe.] A h-hundred tickets!

[He has more, but he better hold back in case someone tries to outbid him.]
princeliers: (s12)

1/2

[personal profile] princeliers 2017-12-16 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
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princeliers: (s1)

[personal profile] princeliers 2017-12-16 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent!! What passion! Going for the maximum we were given! I can see your determination and I love it! Go for it, you can do this!

[and wow he's way more excited about that really high bid!]
clevermind: (Thank you)

[personal profile] clevermind 2017-12-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Belle is growing progressively more flustered as the bidding continues.]

Thank you both of your bid.

[She bows, feeling honored to be bid on at all, let alone twice.]
chocobosnap: (Mega Blush)

[personal profile] chocobosnap 2017-12-25 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's very happy but he can't get anything out so he'll just blush darkly and wave a little bit.]