OPEN | the "Lost People" mingle!

[boyhood]

Who: Every lonely person with a story to tell! (Check out the OOC details if you haven't yet!) Oh, and Peter Pan (boyhood), too.
Where: Mingles are out on the mansion grounds.
When: June 4th-6th, night.
Rating: PG-13? We'll see.
Summary: Peter is up to old tricks. Using his influence as the Pied Piper, Peter gathers together everyone in Wonderland he can for a celebration. Are you ready to make some new friends, sad sacks? This doubles as a convenient excuse to see how many vulnerable children there are.
The Story:



So you heard a little tune on the air and you've come to play! The more, the merrier. Night 1 isn't strictly an action event, but if you'd like to have your characters react, or just want to thread something out for that time, go for it. Night 2 and Night 3 are where the action's at. The prompts are general ideas of what's going on!

Anyone who isn't invited is going to find they can't figure out where everyone's disappeared to, exactly, and if they do go to a location, it's going to look like nothing's going on. Strange, huh? For those who are invited, he only rule is this: mingle to your hearts' content! Make new posts, tag into things, do what makes the most fun!

After each night, everyone will be free to disperse before the sun comes up. They'll wake up in their beds feeling refreshed, with the pleasant, surreal sense they've just had a sweet dream.

Except it wasn't really a dream, was it?

Comments

[voiceinthedark]

[He's not sure why that music is so appealing, but once he'd heard them, he couldn't do anything but follow. Oh yeah, because wandering out into who knew where because you heard music was such a smart choice. Back home he'd be just begging to be eaten. But it was safer here and he just... couldn't stop himself.

It's a nice night out. The music is relaxing and he starts to enjoy himself. And that speech... heh. He knows what it's like, being alone. He's lost so much, everyone has, seen his friends die. Sent them to die.

It's easy to focus on other things though when there's the fire and dancing and music.]

[stillplaying]

[She doesn't know him. She doesn't know most of the people here tonight. For all the months she's been trapped in Wonderland, Katniss has succeeded in going out of her way to avoid befriending others. Even getting to know them.

But something's different tonight. There's something in the air that makes her shed the weight of her past and want to actually live. To be the girl that used to pass winter evenings dancing with her sister as their father sung tunes to entertain them.

She doesn't even stop to ask for permission. Seeing the man near the dance area, she reaches out for his hand.] C'mon!

[voiceinthedark]

[His eyes widen when the woman comes over to grab him, and he just stares at her hand for a moment. But there's something about tonight. he's not sure what it is, but he grins and takes her hand and lets her pull him up to his feet.]

I'm not brilliant at dancing, just to warn you.

[stillplaying]

[She shakes her head. She doesn't care how brilliant, or even not brilliant, the man might be at dancing. Tonight's about letting go, about having fun. And she's determined to. So utterly determined.

It's even worth another smile.]

I don't care. We're supposed to be having fun tonight.

[voiceinthedark]

[It's difficult to refuse when she puts it like that, and his smile widens.]

Alright then. Let's go. I'm Sam.

[stillplaying]

Katniss.

[The name falls easily from her lips. Usually, she's a little more reluctant, a little more cautious when it comes to sharing her identity. It's silly. She's not in Panem. Almost everyone here isn't from her home country, either. They don't know who she is. But there's still some sort of hesitance in most interactions.

She smiles a little wider and pulls him closer to the fire, starting a dance similar to the polka. She has no problem leading if he wants to follow.] I'm Katniss.