--[ ORP ]-- A Sweet Christmas Party [FIN SOON?]

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[Starts] When the thread is open
[Ends] Around New Year? Hopefully?

 

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Don't forget, we have grams and mini games in the main thread too!
Here is a handy link back.

 

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[.01] Shop rules apply here.
[.02] Mind your post formats. Please do not use fancy post styles or super tiny font. Please? ;3;
[.03] If you are not a Raevan Owner, you may not post until your Character has been posted in the Non-Owner Profile sticky.
[.04] Please don't crowd the Raevans! We all know and love the Raevans, we all have our favorites, but please do not crowd
them. You'll all get your chance to say hi!
[.05] Have fun! Somethings go without saying, but some are worth saying; we're all here to have a good time!
[.06] Be clear about stating where you are! Do so by using (( )) around which area you're in, above your roleplaying post.
For example, if Jeremy was grabbing a drink, Kyou's post would look like this:

Quote:

(( Hot Chocolate Bar ))

Grabbing a glass of hot chocolate, Jeremy topped it with some marshmallows and a cinnamon stick to help stir the contents.

Psssst, the official 'locations' for the party are bolded in the description. Use those names! You can add more as you go along too.  

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Silver snowflakes hung from the ceiling, white candles in clear glass candle holders dotted the place, jars of beautiful white flowers decorating every flat surface, and a white tree sat in the middle of the room. Decked out in white and silver decorations, Jeremy had put in a lot of effort to make the Lab's lobby looking jaw droppingly stunning!

Upon entering the lobby, a delicious smell of food would greet you. Right across from the door along the opposite wall are tables filled with a Christmas feast fit for a king!

The traditional stuffed roasted turkey was on the dinner table, and a huge turkey it was! Perfectly roasted with the right amount of spices. As with the roasted pork ribs and the self serve roasted beef that you can cut yourself, any thickness you like. There are also other party food, like garlic sticks, warm bread, mashed potatoes, yummy pumpkin soup, roasted potatoes and a delightful looking Christmas salad!

Do feel free to eat to your heart's content while socializing with other attendees. As the food are frequently renewed by a few waiters and waitresses working the event. The indoors cafeteria is open for party-goers as well, just right through the hallway and the first turn to the right. There are plenty of tables and chairs in there, as well as a soccer table and a stereo along the far back of the wall. Just don't try to get in the way of the chef and waiters in the kitchen preparing more food.

(( Please click here to see a Sims version of the Lab layout to get a basic idea of the place. Only the lobby and cafeteria room are open for guests. The offices and the rest of the rooms are presumably locked. The laboratory doors are locked as well, only a Lab staff with a keycard can enter. ))  

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Right on the opposite wall from the main course tables, are three more interesting tables.

The first is a dessert table dedicated for desserts only. Matching the color theme of the decors, the desserts are mostly in white and pale yellow. White chocolate dipped pretzels, white chocolate cake, vanilla cupcakes, vanilla milkshakes, coconut balls, eggnog, and even the little snowflake shaped ornaments on the tree are edible cookies! Surely you wouldn't be able to resist?

The second table, right next to the desserts table, is a hot chocolate bar! Freshly made hot cocoa topped with a luscious amount of whipped cream or ice cream were set upon this table. Feel free to add other little tidbits into your hot cocoa, such as marshmallows, cinnamon powder or chocolate sticks. The hot chocolate upon this table are guaranteed to be fresh and warm, with them being renewed frequently by the waiters.

Last but not least, the table next to the hot chocolate bar near the room's corner is an alcohol bar! Many bottles of liquor and liquer sat atop this mobile bar, most of them commonly seen in real bars and pubs. However, there wasn't a bartender behind the bar serving them? A set of bartending equipment was placed on the table, it seems like you'll be mixing your own drinks at this bar! Feel free to go wild!  

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A majestic, large white Christmas tree stood in the center of the lobby, but wait a moment, why does it look so bare? Without any ornaments or decorations?

You can find the answer in the boxes at the foot of the tree. In the boxes were plentiful of colorful Christmas ornaments ready to be hung. Ranging from the regular round baubles to wooden reindeers to unrelated plastic fruits. There are tons of ornaments of all sorts in these boxes. However, there is a stool among the boxes that stood out. On this little stool is a small basket with star shaped blank papers in it, along with a pen as well. "Write your wish and hang on the tree" says a small sign. Now isn't this interesting?

 

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Remember signing up for Secret Santa here? Well, you should have received a PM from the mule about who you are Secret Santa to.
Be sure to look for the person you're gifting and pass it to them.
If you don't know how they look like or where they are, try asking around. I'm sure someone here would know!

If in the end, you still couldn't find the person you're suppose to gift to, perhaps you could just keep the gift for yourself or gift it to someone else.
And if you gave a gift, but did not receive any in return, please let Jeremy know, he'll try to find out what happened.


.___PARTICIPANTS___.

From // To

Anita // ???
Cruz // ???
Justin // ???
Jezabroux // ???
Luka // ???
Josh // ???
LuLu // ???
Leonard // ???
Ethiriel // ???
Zul // ???
Genie // ???
Basil // ???
Ian // ???
Duncan // ???
Aphismet // ???
Rivener // ???
Fathle // ???
Ekundayo // ???
Rhedefre // ???
Thanatos // ???
Domevlo // ???
Hazeline // ???
Xiu // ???
Troxel // ???
Camille // ???
Ronan // ???
Axel // ???
Isobel // ???
Lillian // ???
Tyson // ???
Iorek // ???
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[Anachrophobia]

Despite the party being held in the Lab itself, it still felt a little... lacking for a Lab event. Two key person was missing, who usually work crucial parts of these events. Either as bartenders, servers, or even running mini games. It just felt a little different when there are waiters and waitresses that you don't recognize running the place. It lacks that... warm big family feeling.

It wasn't their fault for not being there though, these two people that usually are. Kyou is still in a coma, and his weak body is still on life support. They had set up all the equipment needed in Kyou's room, which can be accessed via his office, through the laboratory. However one would need a staff's keycard to access the laboratory itself. Lazarus is in there with Kyou, he had barely left Kyou's side. He can often be seen massaging the man's limbs, so that the muscle atrophy would stop, and he could slowly regain back his lost muscles. Some times the Sigel could be seen wiping Kyou's body, a comatose man needs baths too. Other times Lazarus just sits there quietly by Kyou's side, looking thoughtful.

You can't blame him for not being in the mood for festivities. Because with Kyou's situation still like this, Lazarus just can't muster a single drop of festive feeling at all.  

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(( Reserved just in case I forgot something. You can start posting below! ))  

[The Semblance of Unity]

{{alcohol bar}}

Justin surreptitiously tugged at his tie. Why had he bothered to even come at all? He...didn't do parties, typically, but this could be counted as a work function, he supposed. Still, he barely knew anyone here. And he was early, ugh. The secret santa gift felt awkward hanging off his wrist... It was for a raevan and he hoped he would somehow recognize her. Gulping, he looked around. How very festive. He felt a smile creeping onto his scruffy cheeks (Justin had rather impulsively decided to participate in no-shave November). The decorations were stunning, really. The lab felt like a crystalline wonderland of snow plus food.

Food sounded good, but Justin needed something to pick himself up. He meandered casually over to the bar. "Hmmm, quality." he muttered appreciatively as he hefted a bottle of vodka. It seemed like it was a bartend-for-yourself setup. Honestly, it might be a little dangerous; no limit on how string a drink to make. Deftly, he mixed a simple screwdriver and leaned back against the bar. Justin knew he should go out and mingle....

But still, he couldn't help but wonder... what was the password to the wifi?  

[Snoofington]

(( Arriving ))

It was already dark outside and the wind was breezing on. A light snow started falling within the hour with no sign of letting up. None of it stuck, the flurries melting on contact with the pavement. Cruz was bundled up tight in multiple layers, scarves, thick gloves, and fuzzy earmuffs. The frei's arms were wrapped around himself and he tried to huddle his face lower into the coat. Shivering, he was drawn close to Anita who had one of her arms wrapped around him and the other holding two small gifts to her chest. She was wrapped up in a thick coat too, as well as a pair of dark jeans that hung a bit tight. Black boots peeked out from underneath, subtly heeled.

When she got the door open and a wave of warmth hit them from all sides, they both let out an audible shudder. Anita lead Cruz over to the coat wrack and removed hers, as well as the scarf and gloves while he held onto the packages. Beneath the coat was a long sleeve short dress, the bottom of which came to rest at her thighs, and was a nice red and white match for the decorations in the building. Her thick hair was pulled into a single braid that reached her lower back but she kept it hung over her shoulder for now. Taking the bags back, Cruz was able to dress down some but he only removed one layer for now, the coat. That left him with a thick green sweater, bright red fingerless gloves, a red wool scarf, and his hair tied low with a red ribbon.

"We're kinda early, huh?" she laughed quietly, glancing around. There was someone she didn't quite recognize at one of the bars but, from the back, they looked familiar. "Keep an eye out for LuLu, okay bud?"

Cruz nodded. "We don't know who mine is at all?" the croc wrung his wrists, rubbed his hands together, trying to generate warmth from friction where his body couldn't naturally.

"No, I've never heard the name before. I don't even know if we're pronouncing it right," Anita laughed, "I'm sure someone knows, though! We'll figure it out."  

[shushida]

((Arriving -> Dessert table ))

A gust of chilled air rushed into the lobby as Lu and Josh arrived. The rabbit brushed the white gloves on her hands along the thick pink material of her sleeves in a feeble attempt to generate some heat. She could not help the small click of her teeth chattering.

Josh leaned over and placed his warm palm in the center of her back. He felt her relax and heard the chattering stop. Lu's guardian then brushed a few stray snowflakes off her shoulder before doing the same to his own. He removed his scarf then a hand smoothed down the knitted material of his sweater.

Josh was nearly startled to find Lu's eyes locked on him when he return his attention to her. His eyebrow raised at her pointed glower and how it landed on his neck.

His collar must have gotten wrinkled. He huffed with a halfhearted threat, "Lu, if you touch my shirt one more time I am just going to take it off completely. Then you will definitely be embarrassed." Sure enough, the sigel had almost causeD them to be late due to her sudden mission to reform his dress shirt and its rumpled ways.

Lu hissed softly but looked away defeated. In all honesty, she would probably leave his side during the night anyway. So there was no real chance of secondhand embarrassment.

LuLu chirped while she glanced around the room, "Help me find Genie." The lobby was still rather empty. Yet, LuLu did not want to spend her whole night searching for the woman. Josh could find Lillian on his own.

Her guardian nodded and shifted the two boxes he had tucked under his arm, "You help me find the Christmas cookies first and then we will see." LuLu quirked a shoulder towards the dessert table and Josh found a grin spreading over his face. Where those lemon bars?

Best. Party. EVER!  

[a crybaby]

[[Luka>Christmas Tree | Elai>Outside; entering soon]]

The two had arrived a little earlier than intended and had focused their attention onto the slightly bare Christmas tree in the center of the lobby. For one, Luka had a rather surprisingly childish love of decorating whenever it came to Christmas trees and since this year, they were not having a tree in the apartment, it only made sense to let the Raevan do as he please with this one. "Alright Luka, you have fun with the tree. I'm going to go back to the car and get the presents since we forgot them in the back seat."

Elai gave his ward a warm smile before ruffling the Satyr's vanilla locks and exiting back through the double doors that they had entered through.

"Alright. I'll let you know if I see your person as well. I'll probably have to ask every person I've never seen before what their name is. I've never heard of his name before." Waving off his guardian with his hand, the Satyr's eyes sparkled with glee at the sight of the blank Christmas tree. It was so pure, so blank. He couldn't wait to light it up and turn it into a proper tree. Looking at the brightly colored ornaments in one of the nearby boxes, Luka reached for a green decoration to hang off one of the white branches.

His eyes also flitted over the small stool beside the tree. The instructions read:

Write your wish and hang on the tree.

Brow arching, the Satyr took a mental note. He'd have to remember to do that once this tree had a little oompf going.  

[Cynnybun]

(( Hot Chocolate Bar ))

Ian had been at the lab for a good hour before everyone began to arrive, putting the various arrangements in their places and generally obsessing over every little detail in them. It was his job, after all, the make sure that they looked perfect! He'd concentrated on white poinsettias and various other white flowers, particularly carnations because they added a lot of volume. There was the occasional shoot of long grass or cluster of large green leaves, and the delicate baby's breath always made him smile a little in the middle of his frenzied nit-picking. So, he resolved to stand and fuss awkwardly with the fitted green cardigan he wore over a simple white dress shirt and a red-and-white-striped tie, along with his pressed charcoal slacks. Though he'd tried for a good ten minutes to get his hair to behave, the caramel strands were persistent; they were as unruly and bedhead-y as ever, and he ran a hand through them in a feeble attempt to calm them down. Idly, nervously, he scratched at one of his bare forearms, the sleeves of both his cardigan and his shirt rolled up to let him more freely tend to the flowers.

After the first few guests began to arrive, Ian decided that he should probably try to appear friendly and open, since he was technically a guest as well. Jeremy had been so kind as to invite him in return for doing the flower arrangements for the party, and Ian didn't want to waste this opportunity. He'd been eyeing the lab for quite some time, particularly their fantastic experiments, the Raevans. He was curious about them, so curious in fact that the sight of one, decked out in Christmas garb, created a little thrill in his chest. Look at him! The little wings on his back, the long ribbon that spiraled nearly to the floor, the glowing rune; how...awesome! Ian couldn't help the big grin that had spread across his face. Only when he realized that he'd been staring for a good thirty seconds did he look away.

Unfortunately, looking away didn't really help. Another Raevan had arrived, this one sporting a rather adorable set of rabbit ears. Ian stared at her as well, panicking as she moved with her caretaker over to the dessert bar, very close to where he was standing. Feeling incredibly awkward and nervous, he turned and busied himself with making himself a rather complicated cup of cocoa. Maybe if he stalled long enough he could think of something good to say, instead of making an a** of himself. Maybe he could ask about this person he'd been assigned for the Secret Santa? He didn't really know why he'd decided to sign up for that... He didn't know anyone besides Jeremy!  

[Kuuro Kitten]

(( Arriving --> Alcohol Bar "Thanatos" ))

This was good. This was change. Getting out and mingling. The whole ride over was quiet and uncomfortable. Thanatos didn't bother with small talk as he drove his truck through the light splattering of snow. Thankful that it wasn't sticking he hurried to find a spot to park his truck and climbed out gathering two gifts from the back seat. Domevlo, who was dressed in a black tee shirt with a tuxedo design, a Santa hat and scarf, no gloves, snatched one of the gifts from Xan as the guardian rounded the truck. They both entered in silence. Domevlo looked around while Thanatos slipped out of his trench coat and placed it on the coat rack. "Do you want you're scarf?" He asked, Domo arched a brow then quickly unwrapped his scarf and tossed it to Xan before hurrying off to his own devices. With a sigh, Xan just placed the scarf on a hanger around his coat. It was then he noticed the other arrivals. With a tip of his black stetson he moved further into the festivities to take a look around. Noting the bar, he figured it was the best place to set up shop. Heading over he smiled and greeted the individual already present, "Hello."

(( Christmas Tree "Domevlo" ))

After removing himself from Xan's side, Domo hurried to the Christmas tree but fell short at the sight of another. With a slight frown and tilt to his head he moved forward inspecting the other. It didn't take long for him to get over it and went about his original idea: Decorate the tree!

He loved the color white, and was thankful that this year he found a tree that complimented him so well. Looking at the boxes with ornaments and baubles within he pulled one out, taking in its smooth silver and gold coloring. "The tree is naked. It needs to be clothed." Placing the bauble on the tree, he moved back to admire it. Deciding he liked the idea, he picked up another one and began placing it on the tree as well.

The stool with instructions had not been forgotten, but he would have to ask about that. Usually wishes were not meant to be told. Maybe this was a different formality he had yet to learn about.