[OPEN] We'll Take A Cup of Kindness Yet

[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:

[The morning of December 31st, all residents will receive a handwritten invitation slipped under their door.]



You are cordially invited to attend a party
celebrating the New Year

Wonderland Ballroom
8 pm - 1 am

Semi-Formal Attire
Buffet & Bar
No RSVP Required

All Ages Welcome

For inquiries, contact E. O'Connell

[Punctuality in planning is important: the ballroom itself will only be ready for guests at exactly 8 o'clock, bedecked in glittering golds and the red-green of Christmas' vestiges, still clinging to the old year. Dining tables surround a central dance floor, bars and buffets dot the edges of the room and both holly and mistletoe are expressed liberally through the interior.

Mingle, dance, eat and be merry! The New Year will come in at midnight - the band will play and the drinks will flow for long after.]

Comments

[uncoils]

Yeah, no kidding. The hell if I know what though.

[She'll explain, don't worry.]

This is kind of my first uh...I guess grown up New Year's Party? I'd say adult, but I so don't want people to take that the wrong way. So I don't really know what people talk about these things. Especially here since you can't really bring up work or where you went on vacation or any of that stuff.

[anti_altruisms]

[ Don't feel bad Jolyne. Archer doesn't really know what people talk about in these things, either. That won't stop him from assuming, though! ]

Generally, I'd say adults schmooze and drink booze.

[ Archer, pls. ]

It's been some time since I attended one of these.

[ If he ever did, of course. ]

[uncoils]

Really? Strikes me as way more your type of thing than mine.

[He's got the whole...cool adult look and tone down if you ask her. Not that she really knows what that's like anyway, she doesn't know very many cool people in general.]

But I'm guessing wherever you were wasn't really the party type. And you know...I get the whole getting trashed thing, but it's not really my thing. Plus, I'm pretty sure my mom would find a way to show up here and kill me if she found out. And she'd find out. Somehow.

[There's no keeping secrets from her if you ask Jolyne. Then again, Jolyne's not good at keeping secrets to begin with, so that might have something to do with it.

And of course, all this is joking around, so she's just laughing. It's funny, it lightens the mood a little. Or at least she hopes so.]

[anti_altruisms]

[ Don't let appearances fool you, Jolyne. He's actually quite awkward -- or at least, about certain things.

He has perfected, however, the art of appearing to not give a shit. Archer scoffs quietly. ]

I generally avoid intoxication.

[ Aside from the fact that it would likely be difficult for him to get drunk, he really isn't a big fan of it. He prefers to be in control of his faculties, and "cutting loose" and having fun, so to speak, honestly isn't his thing. He's here, he's participating, but mostly as a meet-and-greet sort of event.

He can't help but tease just a little bit, though. ]

I promise I won't encourage you.

[ Being the "responsible adult" in this situation, and all. (Such irony.) ]

[uncoils]

Hey thanks. You wouldn't believe how often I make an ass out of myself as it is. I'm pretty sure I don't need the help.

[She smirks because just...wow, she does it a lot. Seriously, Archer. Like maybe every other conversation her foot just flies right into her mouth.]