[OPEN/MINGLE LOG] New Year's Eve at the Youth Center!

[cuteshit]

Who: Kanji Tatsumi, Coraline Jones & you!
Where: The youth center!
When: Evening of 12/31 (forward-dated).
Rating: PG
Summary: The adults are celebrating New Year's Even in their own way, but what about the younger crowd?
The Story:

[The idea had actually been Coraline's, way back around Halloween. New Year's was pretty important back home, and in the wake of Wonderland's most recent event, Kanji was missing home more than usual. This would be the first New Year's he'd be spending without his mom. There was no shrine to visit here, and while he could still go around and offer New Year's greetings to his friends, he still felt like there should be something more.

Coraline's idea for a sundae bar seems like a pretty good solution. A lot of the adults in Wonderland will be ringing in the new year with alcohol, but that didn't mean the younger crowd had to miss out entirely. It's nothing like the traditions he would have observed back home, but-- since he wasn't at home, maybe doing something totally different was the way to go.

He has to ask Coraline for her expertise, not exactly knowing what goes into putting together a sundae bar, but he helps with the legwork and the lifting. By the time evening rolls around, the youth center has been turned into an ice cream buffet with an extensive toppings bar, including candy that had been inspired by some of the treats that Dustin had handed out to people for Christmas. Once everything is set up, he sends a text out across the network to grab people's attention-- can't have a party without people!]

Yo, Wonderland! Too young to drink? Youth center's got all the ice cream you can eat, come ring in the New Year right!

[Or, you know. By sending yourself into sugar shock.]

Comments

[jivitadana]

Still deciding?

[Minato was still too although he was probably on his second bowl right now. Can't ever get enough of ice cream. And any occasion to eat it was a good one. He can't not try all the possibilities either.]

[plutonicideals]

[Maybe a bit too dramatically:]

I'm paralyzed with indecision!

[jivitadana]

[That's kind of cute and made Minato smile.]

Anyone would be. That means we'll just have to try everything?

[plutonicideals]

I don't know if I have a big enough stomach for that. I might have to settle for almost everything.

[jivitadana]

Good enough. Is there something you definitely don't want from here?

[plutonicideals]

[She looks at the ice cream bar for a minute, giving it the most meaningful look she can muster.]

N...oooooo... there is not.

[jivitadana]

Oh, no, then we'll have to think really hard on what we'll have to give up.

[There's always next year! They always have next year, which is only a few hours away!]

[plutonicideals]

Do you think they'll let us have more again tomorrow so we can just go back...

[It's only semi-serious, but also: ice cream.]

[jivitadana]

There can never be enough ice cream or toppings.

[Minato thought he could get a small amount of all the toppings ever. That way they didn't have to miss anything.]

[plutonicideals]

Never. I like the way you think.

[She's definitely going to get her ice cream and start piling the bowl full.]

[jivitadana]

Will we run into the problem of ice cream to toppings ratio?

[Should it be 50/50 or one more than the other?]

[plutonicideals]

No. That's different for everyone, so it doesn't matter as much! I don't think it does, at least.

[She's going to go after more ice cream, for example.]

[jivitadana]

[Minato saw that and then took her lead since it was like he had permission now to get more ice cream in the face of all of these toppings.]

Perfect. I don't know if I'd be able to handle it either if they had soda to make floats too.

[As if he wasn't going to intake enough sugar as it was, let alone more sugar and caffeine!]

[plutonicideals]

Don't let them hear you. We might not ever escape if they do.

[I mean not that pop would be a bad thing or anything when they want to stay up until midnight.]

[jivitadana]

We'd be stuck here with all the ice cream, toppings, and then soda. Is that heaven or hell?

[Or something else? And soda or pop, I forgot that it's called 'pop' sometimes! But that fizzy stuff, yes, it's good for helping them stay up late.]

[plutonicideals]

It... it might be both...

[lmao force of habit with pop]

[jivitadana]

Since we're here, we may as well take what they give us?

[No problem, I forgot to consider 'pop,' and 'bubbler' as opposed to 'drinking/water fountain'. XD]

[plutonicideals]

Well, yeah. Why shouldn't we? I mean, if we need more we can always get more from the kitchen.

[jivitadana]

Is that just being complacent?

[Not that he wasn't going to eat all the ice cream ever. He's just asking!]

[plutonicideals]

So what if it is? It's just ice cream.

[jivitadana]

Just checking. If you say it's okay, then it must be.

[plutonicideals]

Well, what do you think is okay?

[jivitadana]

Eating ice cream is okay. But it's better to eat it with friends.

[plutonicideals]

It'd be waaaaaaaaay too lonely otherwise.

[jivitadana]

Mn. I like seeing what flavors my friends get too. I get to see what they like.