i would like you to dance

[wendigoner]

Who: Hannah, Emily, and friends of Emily!
What: It's Em's Seijin no Hi, or Coming of Age Day, so there's a party! Obviously!!
Where: One of the abandoned shops
When: 1/9
Warnings: n/a



( ooc ; the party will be divided into pre- and post-arrival sections, below, with the arrival being emily's! everything is ota unless otherwise marked, so post around and enjoy! )

Comments

[unfollowing]

Oh. [Huh.] That's really cool. Thank you. It'll definitely come in handy.

[Sooner than any of them would like, probably.]

And thanks for coming. I appreciate it.

[skelebro]

[Well, the death count for the house she lives in was startin' to climb up there. It just seemed kinda fitting to see if there was a way to maybe keep it from advancing any further.]

Hope it's a good one. The big two-oh, huh?

[unfollowing]

[Hahaha ha ha yeah...]

Yeah. It's the birthday. [Sweet sixteen is irrelevant because all you get to do is get your drivers license. Cool, sure, but you don't really get freedom of any kind until you're eighteen. And then there's drinking. Whatever.] I know it means shit here, but it's just nice not to think about being in a shithole for almost a year.

[skelebro]

Hey, any chance you get to celebrate something is worth it, right?

[Celebrate being able to haul your tailbone outta bed if it makes you feel all right. Or maybe that's just Sans. But hey, he already knows he's lazy to the point of disgusting indolence.]

It's good for ya. Takes your mind off things.

[unfollowing]

Yeah. And something like this-- it's supposed to be a big celebration. It's a national holiday in Japan, so having all of you guys over is really nice. We can all be happy for a little while.

[And if there's a god Emily wants powered up, it's Delight.]

[skelebro]

[That's fair. Delight's one of the best gods on the damn pantheon. Second only to Tranquility, but of course Sans would think that.]

Hannah's the one that organized it. She's a good egg.

[unfollowing]

She really is.

[Emily looks over at her, at the girl whose life was cut short because of a bunch of stupid teenagers not stopping to think. Sure, it's still sad to know what happened back home, but Hannah's here. She's here, alive, living. She smiles and laughs and put this party together, which speaks to how far they've come since Hannah got here.

She can't help but smile fondly. Hannah is important to her, and Emily is going to protect her from now on, better than before.]

It's kind of like a present, to have her and Beth and Matt here.

[And that's a good way of looking at what the Door does if there is one.]

[skelebro]

I heard that, uh...they've been through some pretty rough stuff back home.

[That's puttin' it mildly, to be sure. Chris had been clear in that it'd taken some time to break the news to the pair of sisters about the extent of what really went down.]

Maybe this place ain't so bad if it's giving 'em second chances, y'know?

[unfollowing]

They're dead.

[It's quiet, and it's a simplification, but it's true.]

It's better for them here. They get to-- well, be alive.

Honestly, sometimes I think this place isn't so bad in some ways.

1/2

[skelebro]

[Ha ha





W e l l.]

[skelebro]

[He, uh, would love to say that's a new one. But it's not. That's the fun bit. It's not a new one at all. Ain't like Sans is exactly alive and kicking where he comes from either. Ain't like Alphys -

Well, he ain't got confirmation where that's concerned. That's the main bit.]

Nah, I think I, uh...I think I'm with ya there. Guess some people really - don't have a lot to go back to.

Place is almost like a second chance.

[unfollowing]

Matt might still make it. [No one has been able to tell her for sure, except Sam and Jess. But given their stories were different, Emily believes it's possible Matt could survive regardless. He has to.] But Beth and Hannah...

[Beth, Hannah, and Josh, really. They suffered so much because of a stupid prank. This place...]

I used to think this place was hell, but now I'm not so sure.

[Guess that means she's an adult -- or she's hit rock bottom. Hard to say.]

[skelebro]

What's the other concept humans kick around? Is it, uh...

[He's gotta search his skull for it a bit. He don't have the best grasp of human mythologies, and there's an awful lot of 'em.]

Limbo. That's the one, yeah? That in-between space?

[unfollowing]

Yeah.

[She's not really up on her western religious mythology, but limbo is a basic enough concept that she's comfortable confirming Sans's thought.]

Anyway, it's really good to have them here. [They're like family, and she's going to protect them as if they were.

But where are her manners?] Um, can you... drink? I mean... [She gestures to him. A skeleton. If he drinks, will it just... spill down his bones...?]

[skelebro]

Gotta have magic in it, but yeah.

[He can solve the problem quick enough. Just infuse something with a little magic, and he can get tipsy like all the rest. He taps an eyesocket with one phalanx.]

Don't worry. I can make it so it won't, uh, make a mess.

[unfollowing]

I'm not really worried about a mess. [Okay, maybe a little worried.] More like, I want you to be able to drink if you want to. So as long as you can, we're good.

[skelebro]

I gotcha covered.

[Plus, he did bring his own drinks. And by that, I mean he definitely brought condiments - such as a bottle of relish that he fishes out of his pocket accordingly.

Good stuff, relish.]

[unfollowing]

[...you do you, little skeleton dude.]

Good. [Just... yeah. You do you.] I'm gonna go put this pie somewhere safe. See you around?

[skelebro]

[It's cool. Part of the charm is people's reactions to drinking condiments. Just one of the many reasons it's worth carrying a bottle or two around.

He grins, popping her a wink.]

Sure thing, pal.

[unfollowing]

[She gives a little laugh, shaking her head a bit as she heads off to keep talking with the guests at the party. Sans may be kind of weird, but he's been nice to her and her friends, and that counts for a lot. It's a present in and of itself, icing on the cake that is having Hannah and Beth and Matt here with her. Thanks, shithole cavetown. You've done her a solid for once.]