[NYE Party] happy new year and lots of fun

[nascensibility]

Who: EVERYONE, but especially you!
Where: Wonderland Ballroom
When: New Year's Eve
Rating: PG - PG13 (will change if applicable)
Summary: New Year's Eve Party
The Story:

[ Previously in the month all residents received an invitation to a formal event: a black tie affair to ring in the New Year. The ballroom and adjacent areas are decked out for the party starting at eight o'clock sharp, meticulously planned and executed, glittering décor to match the no doubt glittering attire as music pours into the halls from the dance floor.

Bars flank each side, service for all manner of alcohol unless a minor requests something, and the primary setting stage features an enormous clock for the countdown. ]




[ Where will you be when the clock strikes midnight? ]

Comments

[kryptomight]

Not a lot, but I've been to some!

( usually they're super awkward, full of shuffling feet and people standing around punch bowls talking about cows and comics but you know. )

Did they not have them where you grew up?

[outstandingbalance]

Well, it's a very American thing having school dances, and I grew up in Russia.

[It's not something Natasha has kept a secret at all.]

So no, we ddn't have them. I guess I'm catching up.

[kryptomight]

Oh. ( yes, he supposes that would be different. different countries have different customs and all. )

How was growing up in Russia?

( jon's seen the dashcam videos!! )

[outstandingbalance]

Communist, at the time.

[She says it dryly, intentionally flippant to avoid real answers. Her upbringing wasn't exactly standard.]

It's a lot different these days. Still no proms, though.

[kryptomight]

Communism is just. . everyone gets everything, right? The community owns stuff?

( she's the one who brought it up. his history lessons are still mostly in country based. )

School dances are weird anyway.

[outstandingbalance]

That's the theory. In practice, it was a little different.

[Not that Natasha had been in a position to say what was normal at the time.

She spins, distracting.]

They don't seem so bad.

[kryptomight]

( she spins, and jon follows her lead, moves his feet in time with her own without. any stumbling, thankfully. )

Dancing's not so bad. The food's the best part though.

[outstandingbalance]

Is that so? I hope you're getting your fill.

[Very impressive. Natasha is a very experienced dancer, but he keeps up just fine.]

You're a growing boy.

[kryptomight]

( his super reflexes help a lot with that. vision better than any average human, ability to move at super speeds. . )

Usually I just eat hot pockets and stuff, so the stuff here is amazing.

[outstandingbalance]

Hot pockets. Really? Is no one feeding you?

[She smiles, softening the tease.]

You could get whatever you want from the closet or the kitchen.

[kryptomight]

I like hot pockets. I just forgot how great other food is!

( this is what happens when a child is left to feed themselves, really. )

The closets and kitchen can't give me Ma's pies though.

[outstandingbalance]

No, they don't. You're right about that.

[Definitely what happens when you let a kid fend for themselves.]

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with hot pockets [Even if there is.] I'm just saying, you could have a lot more than that.

What do you order when you go out to dinner?

[kryptomight]

I don't know? I don't usually go out to eat. .

( living in the middle of nowhere's part of that. having two parents that technically didn't exist until suddenly they did and reality started shifting around them, his own memories started twisting--it's a little complicated. )

Mom usually made me dinner at home. Or packed me snacks when I went out. And packed me lunches for school.

[outstandingbalance]

Most people don't usually. That's why it's a special occasion. You don't even go out for burgers and shakes?

[It seems complicated. Not because he hasn't gone out for dinner, but the child superhero thing.]

[kryptomight]

Sometimes burgers and milkshakes! And fair food, when the fairs come around!

( those are super important, obviously. who doesn't love churros and cotton candy. )

[outstandingbalance]

Probably you shouldn't live on fair food, but if you want a corn dog every now and then.

[It's still a step up from a hot pocket.

Maybe.]

[kryptomight]

I also have pizza rolls.

( clearly those are better, yes? )

[outstandingbalance]

Pizza rolls.

[How can those be better?]

What's the difference between those and Hot Pockets?

[No, really. Isn't that basically a bite sized Hot Pocket?]

[kryptomight]

They're tinier.

( clearly. tiny things are always better. his logic is sound. )

[outstandingbalance]

That might be the only difference.

[And it's not a real difference.]

[kryptomight]

They're more fun to eat?

[outstandingbalance]

I'll just have to take your word for it.