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GENESSIA PROM!

I - SETUP (12:00pm-5:00pm)

For any and all who agreed to help with the decorations, this would be the time to gather at the Hotel. A large list of assignments will be posted on the wall near the entrance, with duties including but not limited to:

1. Setting Tables, including placement of centerpieces
2. Wall and ceiling decorations, involving a lot of gossamer drapery and lights
3. Preparing the buffet table, with a mixture of hot and cold foods, as well as a separate table at the end for delectable deserts
4. Getting all necessary equipment on stage for the Live Band to perform. Sound Checks may occur throughout.
5. A side dressing room area set up exclusively for those who volunteered to take the time to get ready themselves, including special hair and makeup stations and a large rack to hang their dresses & shoes to change into later

II - HOTEL LOBBY (6:30pm onward)

Cozy and luxurious in its own right, those who arrive before Prom is scheduled to begin will be allowed to lounge in the Hotel Lobby for a spell. Meeting and greeting other early birds and partaking in a select few hors d'oeuvre made available while waiting for the doors to open

III. - PROM PHOTOS!

In the far corner of the lobby, a cute backdrop will be set up, ready for any and all couples/groups/brave souls going stag for the evening to take a memorable photograph! Selfies are welcome throughout, but for those desiring a more professional setup, Hikari Yagami will be on hand for the first and last hours of the night for "official" Prom Photos.

Smile, everyone!

IV - EATING/DRINKING

With a "bar" consisting of 90% nonalcoholic beverages--the remaining ten percent reserved for of age chaperones--and a buffet table spanning the length of the side wall, there will be no shortage of food options that night! Hot pasta dishes, cold sandwiches, fruits, vegetable platters, and a special end section devoted to some of the best sweets Genessia's bakeries have to offer!

Of course, what prom would be complete without the traditional Fruit Bowl Punch? Better get a sip in early, though...because some traditions never die, and it's not like those in charge can keep an eye on that bowl the entire night, can they?

V. - DANCE FLOOR

With a live band (Thank you, Professor!) ready to rock, you'll soon be dancing the night away, under ethereal decorations that will really make you feel like you're dancing among the stars!

In between sets, there will be a DJ spinning a mixture of slow dances, crowd favorites, and songs that'll really get the party rockin' (~~LMFAO style~~).

VI. - CHAPERONES

Because somebody's got to make sure the kids behave.

Hopefully actual adults who can behave themselves.

VII. - MINGLING/MISC.

What other shenanigans could the teens and tweens of Genessia possible get up to? The night is young, and so are they~

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That's what it's there for. Here - use these long forks to dip the berries with, so you don't get chocolate all over. The chocolate is hot, to keep it melted; when it cools, it will harden around them. You'll have to let them sit for a minute or so.

[He acquires a few for himself, and demonstrates the technique - not that it's terribly difficult to figure out.]

[Anastasia follows his lead in dipping the fruits. But something caught her eye, a familiar face. It was Satsuki and... Oh boy...]

I'll be right back...

[She leaves and comes back a few minutes later, now her set of fruits should be nice and cool by now.]

Soma? Would you like to take a walk with me outside?

[He stays there with their strawberries and punch glasses to make sure nobody does anything strange to them. Such a good guard dog.

When Anya returns and asks him if he wants to take a walk outside, he hesitates.]

I would. Anything to get me out of here for a minute.

[He doesn't want to admit it, but the press of bodies and the scents are starting to get to him. It's a little less problematic when he's outside, and there's wind - but closed up in here, it's like taking a hungry dog into a butcher's shop. No matter how well heeled and controlled the dog is, it's going to react at least a LITTLE.]

[Anastasia collects her strawberries.]

Then let's go for that walk. Then, you can relax and feel better.

[She helps herself to a strawberry as she leads the way out, keeping at a comfortable pace. Her shoes don't let her move fast anyway.]

[He follows, but doesn't sample his own berries. He's still nervous, no matter how hard he tries to hide it.

Once they get outside, he relaxes a bit.]

Was it that obvious, that I wasn't comfortable in there?

[There were few people outside as well. Most of them waiting.]

It wasn't very obvious, but I figured there was some truth to what you were saying before.

[Womens intuition.]

Prom is very different to the other parties we've been to before, after all.

It is that. It's... I don't know. Maybe it's because it's supposed to be a thing for couples. But that shouldn't be enough to preclude having a good time as friends, right?

[He sighs.]

Neither of us is really capable of having a normal relationship - you, because of your apparent age, and me because of what I am. Seeing so many people enjoying that... it kind of hurts.

[Anastasia quietly listened. Nodding in sad understanding.]

Yeah, it kinda does, doesn't it?

[She let's out a heavy sigh.]

Was it a mistake to come here, then?

[He shakes his head at that.] No. Doing things with you will never be a mistake for me, Anya. I like you a great deal - you're fun to hang out with, and a great many other things that would probably get me gutted if I said them out loud.

[Even as her mood was beginning to go down, Soma effortlessly brought her back up, prompting a cheery smile which quickly, again, shifted to a confused expression.]

What could you say that would get you in that much trouble?

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Anything about you being a lovely young woman, for a start. Satsuki established her boundaries very clearly.

[He sighs, and finds a railing to lean against]

I like you more than I probably should. Even knowing you're older than you look, there are connotations to that sort of thing - and where I came from, they can get you thrown in jail, or worse, if you even hint at acting on them. There are artists - we called them doujinshi, in Japan - who draw and write that particular genre, and they always claim that the characters are in fact older than they appear. This entire scenario is almost identical to one of those stories. Satsuki almost certainly realizes this, and knows that I do as well.

I like you too, Soma. If only there was a way to fix me... But there isn't. I have to fulfill my purpose if I want the Divines to relinquish their claim on me.

[Deciding it for the best, she creates just a little extra space between them.]

It's not that I don't want to know what it's like to be a child. I want to, but I don't want to be this way forever.

Maybe it's for the best if we just stopped meeting.

[He tenses at a burst of pain just at the thought. After everything they've been through here, just to be friends? No. No, he can't let it end like that.]

I'd rather we don't do that. I'm not sure about many things, Anya, but I know my world would be a darker place without you in it. If friendship is all we can ever have, then so be it. But I'll not be the one to toss that way because I can't have something more.

But... Being friends with me is wrong... It just makes so much sense now. Being friends with me is wrong because those connotations. The reason why no one will talk to me, or help me, or be my friend... It's simply because it's just wrong.

[Anastasia shields with eyes with a hand, and an arm across herself. She didn't want him to see that the dam holding back her sadness was beginning to break.]

Anya. Look at me.

[He's going to make that a command, giving it the kind of tone that one doesn't usually ignore; it's probably the first time she's ever heard him talk like that.]

There is nothing wrong with being friends with you. Anyone who chooses to see the kind of things I was talking about in a simple friendship is projecting their own insecurities. The problem isn't you. Please, accept that. I know there are people here willing to be friends with you, because I've met some of them. Marc wants to have us both over for dinner one night soon. Satsuki is strict because she cares for you. There's also Remilia, and ... I don't know, several others. And me, if you'll still have me.

[She is listening, but the dam is still fractured and she's doing all she can to keep it held back.]

Then what am I supposed to do?

I realize this is a bit hypocritical coming from me, but... Just keep on being yourself. Don't try to change who you are to make people like you, because it won't change their minds and it WILL hurt you. Trust the friends you do have. And... ah, hell with it.

[He's going to gather her into a hug now. Just a hug, because that's what friends DO when the people they care for are hurting.]

[For Soma to come in unexpected like that startled Anastasia. A step back wasn't enough to escape something that could hurt. But it doesn't.

She is cold to the touch, naturally so and always. Anything that's warm has a calming effect on her. Warm foods, a blanket, safe distance from fires, and even hugs. Though she protested at first, the hug eventually soothed her enough to give up and let him hug her.]

Dieu maudit cette vie...

Mina deja este. I'm beginning to wonder why I keep trying to please everyone else, when my soul is already doomed.

[Screw propriety. He's going to keep on hugging her.]

[He still holds on to her, despite it being apparently wrong for nyone to talk to her, much less befriend her. God forbid to even hug. Anastasia can't fathom why he would do this.

The tears were beginning to shed as she glanced up at him.]

W-what do you mean?

Anya, I've told you who and what I am. I may not have been the one to do it, but my soul is still steeped in the blood of thousands - maybe millions. But even discounting that - do you think any version of Heaven is going to let a man in who holds dominion over a thousand demons?

[He could almost laugh at the irony. The very tools he uses to fight against the dark are what might drag him down to join it. And no, that hug still isn't stopping.]

Butt you didn't ask for that to happen. You're not a demon! You're not evil...

[His attempts to comfort her just proves it, and she remains helpless in the hug. But why are her tears still coming?]

Anya. Listen to me. This is important.

I don't care about any of that anymore. All I care about is my very dear friend, who is currently in pain. And I will do anything it takes to make that pain go away. Even if it means that every god and person in the multiverse damns me.

[He places a chaste kiss on the top of her head, and then steps back to kneel in front of her.]

If caring for you makes me a demon, then so be it.

[And that was it. This whole time, she was in pain. A pain of loneliness that she denied for so long. She believed that if she were being dragged away by villains in front of people who can help, they would choose not to. To constantly try to reach out to be friends, only to be largely ignored. But not only this, but seeing the fall of her country, forced to fight and experiencing death and threats at any giving moment prior to Genessia. She is in a great deal of pain, but now she can't deny that pain anymore. And All it took was for Soma to tell her and care about her.

That bottle holding her pain didn't just lose its cap. It broke entirely. Anastasia broke down in soft, agonizing sobs and whimpers, covering her face in her hands as those tears freely fall.]

[He gently pulls her to him, though his head is slightly lower than hers now, and hugs her again. And this time, he really isn't letting go.]

Let it go, Anya. You've been holding this in for too long now. Just let it go.

[She's probably going to ruin his rented tux with those tears, but screw it, he doesn't care anymore.]

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