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[yetsleeping]

who ALL THE PEOPLE.
where The 2nd floor ballroom of the newly rebuilt Patrol Headquarters.
when Saturday, the 9th!
format Opening is in action, but do what you like.
what A party to celebrate The Reopening of the HQ and the return of Arthur!
notes PARTYLOG, IDEK.

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[girl_unlocking]

[Didn't she say she'd meet Heine here? Well, she's here, but she doesn't look particularly happy about it. Everything is beautiful - impressively so, but the paper birds earn a frown, and she edges toward the wall until she's leaning against it. She knows most of these people. Somehow it feels as if she doesn't, really. Everything: awkward.

Oh look, small cubes of cheese.

She'll be taking one of those now. Scanning the crowd. Avoiding your gaze, whoever you are. And no, she didn't bring any muffins.]

HI. STEPH WILL LOITER WITH DAWN TILL HEINE SHOWS UP :3

[breakspromises]

Steph arrived soon as the party started. She was dressed in a dress that she managed to find in the market place. Fashion wasn't too bad here in Anatole. She managed to get some curls in her hair through braiding and twisting. She definitely missed having a curling iron. Now she knew how MacGuyver felt. She went by the food table and saw a familiar face.

"Hey Dawn," she said with a smile.

[ooc; I DONT THINK THEY'VE REALLY MET IN PERSON BUT WHATEVER. HIDAWN.]

DJHAJKHK

[girl_unlocking]

[It's hard to manage a proper hello with a mouth full of cheese. Hand in front of her mouth, she chews, swallows and forces out a muffled greeting.]

Hello.

[Oh, look it's Stephanie. You have good hair again, Steph. And you're not a liar or a jerk or a murdering fuckhead.]

There's cheese here.

[Dawn. Has forgotten the art of smalltalk. Come on babble, where are you? She fiddles with her sleeve a little.]

Your dress is cute.

[They may have! I mean I am good with a handwave for that IF YOU WANT.]

[breakspromises]

[Steph smile grew. A bit amused by Dawn's mouth being full of cheese.]

Thanks, I'll grab some. [She reaches over and pops in a cube of cheese. It was good.]

Thanks, I like your dress too.

[Yes let's handwave so Steph can socialize with someone here lol]

[girl_unlocking]

Thanks.

[Could she sound full of less whelm? She offers a little smile to show that may have come out bitchier than she intended.]

Did you come with someone?

[breakspromises]

I kinda just showed up alone...Figured I'd see someone I know. And look, I found you. [Smiles wider cause she is happy to have found Dawn.]

What about you? Did you come with someone? I hope I'm not intruding on a date.

[girl_unlocking]

I'm meeting someone here.

[The paper butterflies are nice but it hurts a little to look at them.]

It's not a date.

[Why isn't it possible to sink into the wall?]

I wonder if they'll have dancing this time. There was lots of dancing at the last one. After we fought a giant squid. [There's a little smile, here.]

[breakspromises]

[She thinks it is a date but she is sidetracked now by this mention of a giant squid.]

Giant...squid?

[girl_unlocking]

It was really big. Smashed up a bunch of buildings, too. Which is how we got the shop so cheap. It was a fixer-upper.

[It's easier to fix up a building than a person, she thinks.]

I didn't get to fight it, but me and Al helped evacuate.

[Briefly scanning the crowd again.]

[breakspromises]

Oh...wow. So uh...why was there a giant squid? Or is that an unsolved mystery of Anatole?

[Steph takes another piece of cubed cheese cause those are delicious.]

[girl_unlocking]

I don't think Anatole comes with whys. Dunno. It was just poof: squid. Giant, angry, inky and hulksmashy.

[They are, aren't they? Taking more now.]

Maybe Byakuya'll show up. He came to the last one.

[Hey, it could happen!]

[breakspromises]

It should come with a traveler's guide.

And I'd be shocked if Mr. Killjoy himself comes. He didn't seem like the type to attend parties.

[If Byakuya shows up, she'll buy you a drink, Dawn.]

[girl_unlocking]

And little grave markers to put on the maps. X Marks the spot of someone got killed here.

And a lie detector.

[She will not refuse that drink!]

He doesn't dance. Just kind of ...walks. He's like the monitor at a school dance.

[breakspromises]

That map would be completely filled with Xs then.

[She gives a small laugh] I am not surprised that he'd only show up to make sure everyone is on their best behavior.

[girl_unlocking]

That map can bite me.

[He's good at that!] He's got a glare for every occasion. Some of them are actually really intimidating.

[breakspromises]

Batman can be intimidating at times.

Although I try not to let it get to me. [And she shall do the same with Byakuya! She will continue to be a spunky sidekick.]