Event log: How Delightful

[hadrielmods]

Who: Anyone and everyone!
What: Delight's resurrection.
Where: Throughout the city, starting in the bar.
When: March 23rd-April 3rd
Warnings: Partying too hard, poor life choices, underage drinking, the worst hangovers of all time.

On the morning of March 23rd, bright and early, Delight is resurrected. Her temple is restored, and her bar appears in the city. What does that mean? Well, obviously it's time to celebrate. We hope everyone brought their party shoes! From March 23rd to March 27th, the party will be mostly contained in and around Delight's bar, with an invitation from the goddess herself. But it won't be long before she decides that's just not good enough - gotta bring the party to the people! From March 28th to April 3rd, the natural light is dimmed and replaced with flashing colored lights, fireworks, and even a few disco balls. Loud music blares through the city, making it hard to sleep, and a wide variety of trouble is available to be gotten into.

Wanna drink away the pain of being trapped in a hellcave? There's unlimited amounts of alcohol of all kinds, and Delight will be happy to supply anything that might be missing. More interested in karaoke-ing your heart out? Hit up one of the jukeboxes. Enjoy gleeful displays of your own mortality? Here's a skateboard and a ramp, have fun. There's just about anything you could desire, as long as what you desire is to party hard and make bad decisions. And hey, if you find yourself getting tired, grab one (or five) of Delight's special energy shots. They'll eliminate your need for sleep, food, water, cure an oncoming hangover and immediately relax any sore muscles you've got for 24 hours per shot! There's no down side! (Except for all the effects coming back to hit you at once when the shot wears off, but whatever.)

After about a week and a half of tequila shots, keg stands, roman candle battles, tagging the city with free spraypaint, inappropriate party games, and balloon hats made to look like rocket ships (wait... that's not a rocket ship), Delight realizes everyone's partied out and starts to wind things down. On April 3rd, she'll clean up the city, removing everything except for a few remaining fireworks and disco balls, stored in her temple. Her bar will still be around, if you can stand to even look at liquor after all the poor choices you made. Otherwise, lay in bed and try to recover from your hangover while the city goes back to normal.

► This log covers March 23rd-April 3rd.
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Comments

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, Em and I were thinking about that actually. Delight might be, you know, more willing to make deals with us for luxury stuff? Since we'd all be pretty damn happy to get something like pizza, and that'd generate a lot of power for her.

[bekommen]

It's still pretty gross, how they get off on our emotions and shit. But I guess for pizza, it might be worth it.

[She pours herself another drink, then holds the bottle up with a silent question in her expression - another?]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, I'm not big on the whole idea, but it's a thing here. Might as well make the most of it.

[He shakes his head, waving his hand just slightly in a no thanks gesture.]

I'm good.

[bekommen]

You sure?

[She arches an eyebrow, then pours herself another.]

Isn't there something people say about "drink today, 'cause tomorrow you could be dead"?

[It takes her rain about half a second too long to catch up with what her mouth just said, and instantly her mood drops.]

Guess that's not actually so funny, all things considered.

[Down the hatch.]

[thechoiceisyours]

[He offers a faint smile anyway, even if it's not really funny; it's more of solidarity than anything else. His reason for not drinking is just as depressing.]

Yeah, well. Reality and all that.

But I feel like my chances of living are a little better if I'm not drunk.

[It's the truth, but not all of it; he doesn't get drunk anymore because the last time he did he wasn't able to help in an emergency and two people died. That, combined with thinking about what could've happened to them all on the mountain if any of them had even been slightly impaired, is more than enough to convince him not to avoid drinking enough to feel it.]

[bekommen]

Yeah, I guess if drinking slows your reaction time while driving, it must do a fucking huge number on your ability to kill monsters and shit.

[Still, she's pouring herself another.]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah. Reaction time, decision making, all that.

[And on top of those concerns, it's just probably best if he doesn't make the mistake of starting to drink to deal with things. He won't lecture her on that, though.]

[bekommen]

[Many have come before Chris who have tried to lecture Nick on that and failed, so. Smart move, Chris.]

Yeah ... drinking and bad decisions go real well together.

[She knows a little something about that. Doesn't mean she's going to stop, as evident from the next drink she takes.]

Well, shit, I dunno what kind of bad decisions I could make in a place like this. 'Snot like I can call up my ex or anything - we got shit reception here.

[thechoiceisyours]

I could list off a whole bunch of bad decisions you could make here, but I'm going to refrain.

[Said with a small grin in her direction.]

Don't wanna like, give you ideas.

[bekommen]

[She laughs loudly, and pours herself another.]

Young Christopher, I've been makin' bad decisions since before you were a twinkle in your daddy's eye.

[She glances up, grinning widely.]

That's grandma-talk for ya.

[thechoiceisyours]

Oh god, flashbacks.

[Said with no lack of drama.]

Though yeah, good thing it's just grandma-talk, since I think I'm only like seven years younger than you.

[bekommen]

Seven years's practically a lifetime. Don't they say it takes seven years for you to grow, like, a whole new body? All your cells and shit.

[Dowwwwn the hatch.]

Sounds like bullshit to me, actually.

[thechoiceisyours]

Actually yeah, that's true. I think. For some of your cells anyway.

[Also it's probably closer to eight years since he'd only barely turned nineteen before arriving here, but he's not going to mention that.]

[bekommen]

[Nick scrunches up her face.]

That's kinda gross, dude.

[thechoiceisyours]

Better than your cells getting all old and useless.

[bekommen]

Hey now, sonny, I will have you know that I have it on good authority that I'm gonna look exactly this good when I'm a hundred and twenty-six, thank you very much.

[She says this while pointing to herself, then pours herself another shot.]

[thechoiceisyours]

Oh, you see, that's totally not fair.

The only solace I have is that you'll probably still be talking about Blockbuster when you're a hundred and twenty-six.

[bekommen]

Ha! Prob'ly. "Back in my day, you couldn't just get a movie beamed right into your brain - nooo, you had to actually work for your entertainment!"

[She laughs again, but quickly sobers as she looks down at the drink in her hand.]

It's funny - I usedta think I wouldn't even live past twenty-five, and now - I guess I'm gonna live practically forever, unless something manages to kill me for good.

[And that's a more troubling thought than she's allowed herself to think since this whole mess started.]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Chris laughs at that first part, but then goes serious as well at her second. Some of it is out of sympathy for her, although more is because it makes him think as well; he'd always assumed he'd grow up, get a job, have a family, and live to some old age. But now that future--or any future--is so uncertain, because although he survived the mountain that isn't the end of things. Even if all he has to face is the fallout from that night, that's enough to change everything. It's enough to shatter every expectation he had for his life.

The whiskey is really tempting.

But he takes a deep breath and ignores it, forcing a bit of a strained smile and looking over at Nick again.]

Wow, kind of did better than just making it to twenty-five. I think you might need like, a word stronger than 'overachieving' for that.

[bekommen]

[She doesn't really know what to think about living that long, because she's never had much sight for the future. Certain goals, maybe - make it to eighteen and leave Winchester, make it from one shift at the bar to the next at the coffee shop and back again, practice singing a song until she knows it backward and forward. She never wanted a settling life, never wanted to be like her mother, married to her high school boyfriend, living and dying in the same one-stoplight town where she was born. Until the past year blew up in her face, Nick always figured she'd end up marrying Andy someday, because they were best friends for so long, because she couldn't imagine life without him. Now, though ... she's more adrift than she'd like to admit, and being here in Hadriel only emphasizes that for her.

She can't go spiraling down this path, though - not right now, not in front of Chris. Better to deal with it on her own, alone, or better yet, just try to forget it altogether.

She knocks back the shot and forces a grin.]

Overachieving? Them's fightin' words, I'll have y'know.

[thechoiceisyours]

[Of course, the two of them could actually talk about feelings, but why would they do an adult thing like that?

Instead he offers an equally forced grin, responding to her comment teasingly.]

Sorry, sorry. Don't wanna give the impression you're like, invested or something.

[bekommen]

Invested in what, living? I'm plenty invested - just like. An appropriate amount.

[Yeahhhhh, why talk about feelings. Nobody wants that.]

[thechoiceisyours]

Is there an inappropriate amount to be invested in living?

[Feelings are gross. Stupid, pointless banter is way better.]

[bekommen]

Well, I'm not like, suicidal or anything - that would be underinvested. And I'm not skipping around going "yay life, everything is awesome" - 'cause that would be overinvested. I'm just - you know. I'm here. [She shrugs.] It is what it is.