i'm a model, you know what i mean? and i do my little turn on the catwalk

[seventhprogenitor]

[ There aren’t any reminders about the party at 3 today, mostly because the second anyone steps into the vicinity of where it’s being held at the appointed time—the dining room—they’ll see dozens of cut-out cats wearing masks and wonderful outfits.

Speaking of the dining room, something’s been pushed against one of the walls; it’s a fairly large and tall box, obviously split into two parts. “Obviously” because of the two different color cloths hanging off of it—it’s the makeshift changing room. And why a changing room? Because this is a fashion party and we’re not savages here, we are not changing in front of people.

The fashion in question is helpfully hanging on wooden racks by the side; it comes in a variety of styles, from stuff that’s obviously made with whatever Aligula and Ferid could get out of the vending machine (are you telling me you don’t want to wear a dress made out of a sarashi that has a petticoat of belts and buckles from a straitjacket, or a suit that comes with a Fat Chocobo mask and a dashing red scarf???) to more respectable looking stuff. And then there’s this stuff. And this! And… Look, if you let me link pictures of stuff we’ll be here all day. If you want it here and it’s reasonable, it can probably be found!!! Ferid has a lot of time on his hands and Aligula likes cute clothing. ...also they’ve all got some atrocious pattern on them somewhere, so have fun with that.

The catwalk is differed from every other table in there by virtue of being dressed up in ribbons and bows and things like that; it’s the one closest to the changing rooms too. Get up there and strut your stuff! Or… don’t, just wear some cute clothes and feel particularly stylish today.

The fashion show isn’t the only thing that’s going on though; there’s also the cat party that everyone should have fun with regardless of their feelings on cats, parties, or fashion. Everyone will be gifted with a cat accessory at the door by either Ferid or Aligula, depending on who’s waiting there at the time; it’ll be a set of cat ears and a tail, of pretty much any color or species that you want. For the more shy, there are wristbands that have cat faces on them too, as well as masquerade masks that are painted with cat features—the point here is, there are cats-themed things to wear.

And of course, the food: the build-your-own-parfait bar, along with some distinctly Not-Cilan dishes that look like they’d belong at some sort of high-end party or masquerade, and dessert cakes that are in the shape of cat faces. Thanks Ferid. As far as drinks go, there’s water, tea, coffee, and glasses of stuff that looks like it’s wine... it’s actually the non-alcoholic wine (aka glorified sour grape juice) that comes out of the vending machine.

Mingle, make merry, and and most importantly: if you’re gonna poison someone here, bring your own. The hosts have not provided that for you. ]

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[glaciates]

[A L I G U L A]

...What?

[WELL THAT JUST MADE HIS BRAIN SCREECH TO A HALT UM]

[innocentloveholic]

You two are rooming together, right? [ With Inigo. ] And you always look like you're having a good time when you talk to each other, and Ferid speaks so fondly of yoooouuuu...

[ which can only mean one thing.

there's romance blooming on this battlefield Ferid is suuuch a player, Isaac!!! ]

[glaciates]

What.

[SAID IN THE FLATTEST TONE IMAGINABLE]

Ferid's just... [is ferid a friend??] ...a friend.

[innocentloveholic]

...You'd consider Ferid a friend?

[ ........... ]

What about me! What am I?

[glaciates]

...Is it really that weird?

[uh oh shit, maybe he should've said something else, um...]

You're a friend too.

[Well that answer's immediate??]

[innocentloveholic]

[ AWWW ISAAC...... YOU REALLY LIKE HER??? THAT'S SO NICE. ]

It's not that weird! He just doesn't seem like the type of guy you'd totally go calling your friend! He's definitely more of my scene, I mean.

[glaciates]

...Well, I guess he's not the sort of guy I'd usually befriend, but he's... interesting.

[actually isaac has a grand total of zero friends so he can't really judge what his usual friend-type is. oops??]

[innocentloveholic]

Everyone's interesting here. [ well, now they are. ] Are you friends with everyone, then?

[glaciates]

No. I don't know some of the people here all that well.

[And there are even some he's not as fond of! Shockingly, Terumi is not one of them.]

[innocentloveholic]

[ bro you gotta get better taste in people ]

Ooh, maybe I can fill in some blanks for you! Which people are those?

[glaciates]

I don't know much about Katniss, Aymeric, or Robert.

[And some of the dead people, but um. That's not something to talk about, so!!]

[innocentloveholic]

[ oh good she can actually be of help. she sounds fonder over katniss than she does the other two, for the record. ]

Katniss is a super prickly girl! Kinda like a cactus. She cares a lot about her little sister and says she doesn't have time for love and thinks it's totally shallow, buuuuut I totally learned something earlier this week that totally trounces that! [ giggle. ] She can be sad and serious and grumpy, which is like, why I tell people they're being Katnissy when they get like that? But she can be a lot of fun too! I totally wouldn't talk to her or consider her as close as I do if she was a total bore.

[ ..."close" is a loose term here with Aligula, but whatever. ]

As for Idealistic... hmmm... He's very idealistic? He has dragons in his world, and he's really tall. Apparently they're at war with the dragons, and he wants to work for the people as a politician! [ none of these correlate ] I guess he's nice to talk to, but he's like, not exactly my first choice... People who are total goody-two-shoes just don't do it for me, you know? I like people with a bit of a bad side or a spark. It's nice that he's willing to go along with some of my ideas at least!

And I don't know much about Amatory, except that he's great for stopping yourself on and he's a king and he totally wasn't born into that, he got it through a war. He has super tasty wine too! Or he did. He's probably drunk it all by now... he let me have some at the pool party and it was great, I totally miss real wine. His views are old-fashioned, but he's a grounded noble type of person! That's my take.

Did that help at all?

[glaciates]

...Huh.

[He considers all of that for a moment before nodding.]

It did, yeah. I didn't know any of that about them. Katniss and I got off to a bad start so it's been kind of awkward since then. I haven't talked to the other two as much, but it helps to know that about them.

Thanks, Aligula.

[innocentloveholic]

It's totally my pleasure! Try and patch up the awkward, okay? I've totally gotten off on the wrong foot with people here too, including her, but we're like, super great friends now, sooo...!!

[ be the best friend you can be isaac you can do it, katniss can't social and neither can you ]

[glaciates]

[what happens if you put two socially awkward people in a conversation after they got off on the wrong foot...?????]

I think you could manage to befriend anyone, honestly. There's something about you that makes it really easy to talk to you.

[or maybe it's the steamrolling. it's probably the steamrolling.]

[innocentloveholic]

[ isn't it just like subtracting a negative number, it just becomes positive?? ]

That's so sweet of you to say! [ but it is definitely the steamrolling, don't let anyone else say so. ] So that means you'll totally come to me whenever you're having problems, right? I've actually heard out a lot of people about theirs!

[ ..."heard out" not "talked out" because l m a o she is not the girl for that, she is here to listen to something and go "that's rough, buddy" aside from certain circumstances ]

[glaciates]

...Yeah, I will.

[That's not really something he can promise though.]

I'm still working through my memories, but I'm missing seven years' worth, so I figure it'll be awhile before things really fit together.