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.
mira_strauss: (Tears of Joy)

3/3

[personal profile] mira_strauss 2017-12-27 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Those words... "I'd want to make sure that YOU'RE the happiest woman alive," its what finally broke through all of Mirajane's sadness and pain, worry and shame, shattering those emotions into a million pieces. With the happiest smile on her face, and tears still free flowing, Mirajane pounced Erza in a warm embrace, not even caring if she bowled the other girl over or if Erza managed to catch her.]

Erza!

[Mirajane hugged Erza with all her might, burying her face in Erza's Santa shoulder. Perhaps she was imagining the sound of applause as she hugged the stuffing out of Erza, perhaps they'd actually earned a bit of an audience with how over the top their kiss was and then the acceptance of her love confession afterwards, but Mirajane didn't care. Right now, perhaps not forever, and certainly not always, but right now? She was the happiest woman alive.]
redhairedknight: (happy)

[personal profile] redhairedknight 2017-12-27 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[For once, Erza wasn't concerned if she had drawn an audience - she feels a sense of happiness and tenderness that she hadn't felt in quite some time. Stage fright was the least of her worries as Mira pounces at her. Erza manages to catch her, wrapping her arms around Mira in a hug, but the force of Mirajane's lunge leaves them sprawled on the ground, entwined in an embrace.

Erza considers saying something, but given Mira's obvious sense of relief, she'd rather just lay here and bask in the warmth being shared between them. After a few minutes, the similarities between the aftermath of their first sparring session in Genessia and their current situation hits home, and she chuckles a little as she realizes it.]


So, are we going to wind up like this every time you have something important that you want to ask me about?
mira_strauss: (Laughter)

[personal profile] mira_strauss 2018-01-06 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[As she hugged the stuffing out of Erza on the party floor, Mirajane couldn't help but laugh when she heard Erza's words. It did sink in that they were probably quite the spectacle, but she didn't care. This was a date auction party, and she'd bought Erza last time!]

Oh hush you!

[She playfully bopped Erza's Santa hat, and leaned in to kiss Erza again; she didn't care what anyone thought.]