Alumni Dinner and Potluck, Community Center, Friday Evening

[glacial_queen]

The Community Center was decorated in Fandom's signature blue and gold, with streamers and flags and the odd Fighting Gremlin banner. There was a tasteful amount of glitter among the decorations, assuming that person in charge of taste was a four year old hyped up on candy and Red Bull while huffing glue made from unicorns

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Arrive and Mingle

[glacial_queen]

There's a lovely reception before dinner, complete with plenty of chatting and a chance to catch up and/or complain about the DJ. Sorry to all you lurkers out there, the whole room is brightly lit, which means no shadowy corners for you.

There are a few tall plants around, if you wanted to fight for who got to hide behind one or something.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[endsthegame]

Ender wasn't going to fight over anything, thank you. He was going to be perfectly pleasant for the short span of time he intended to be here, talk to some of the alumni he hadn't seen in years, and then retreat to do something more useful.

Please don't pay attention to the Bluetooth earpiece clipped to his ear. It wasn't like there was anyone snarking at him through it. Really.

"You should've baked your own cake."

"You know me so well," he subvocalized. "Miracle baker."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Well, Jono might try to fight him if it came down to the last empty corner or something.

But then, Jono was like that.

"Kiss kiss," she said, giving Ender a bright smile when she saw him. "Has the countdown to leaving started yet?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[endsthegame]

"Never," Ender said easily. He offered her a smile in return. "Long time no see, Karla. I hope you're well."

The Bar

[glacial_queen]

It's open and well-stocked with a variety of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, though the bartenders don't look like they're checking ID.

Did you know that alcohol has been proven to help ignore glitter? It's true!

Re: The Bar

[necroslacker]

Sam decided to stop in for a quick drink and to see who might be around. He didn't expect many people that he knew so a quick exit would probably happen after he finished his drink.

Re: The Bar

[icecoldfrost]

Look, Emma had spent the last ten days handwavily trapped in her apartment as an ermine. As a result, she had missed classes, work, and two parties. None of which were going to buy her usual telepathy-backed 'I had mono again' excuse for being missing for so long. So when she had seen the invite from Fandom, she'd immediately booked her portal and gotten the hell out of New York before anyone could question her before she came up with a good excuse.

Which was why she was at the bar, tormenting the bartenders while they made her yet another martini. Alcohol was wonderful for coming up with creative excuses.

Re: The Bar

[bitten_notshy]

"Oh, there you are," Jack said, a touch sarcastic as he came up to the bar. He hadn't worried too much about Emma's disappearance -- they both dropped out of touch for a week or so once in a while, and he knew Hank or Candy would call him if anything too bad was going on -- but it still was never fun to feel ignored.

But he wasn't too offended to come running when she texted.

"Off adventuring without me, darling?"

Dinner

[glacial_queen]

There are several long trestle tables set up in the dining area, covered by bright yellow tablecloths with big, blue polka dots. There are blue ceramic plates at the ends of each table to facilitate self-serving.

There's a table for appetizers, entrees, sides, and desserts. Plenty of moddable food has been donated by various businesses, but there were places where people could leave their own potluck offerings. Little signs were available to write down the name and country of origin providing the food.

Leave Your Food

[glacial_queen]

If you'd brought something to share.

Re: Leave Your Food

[glacial_queen]

With months of baking lessons from an incredibly patient and now wealthy-if-slightly-twitchy baker in Sidra, Karla had brought a delicious-looking cake to share with the island.

She was amazed that it had survived the trip unscathed. They'd gotten a portal with no fewer than five stopovers, each more deadly and dangerous than the last. But she'd clung to her cake, even with Warren yelling at her to drop the cake and run, and now it was here, looking just as good as any of the other desserts!

She wrote in neat script Cake from Glacia, Karla and then walked off looking very pleased with herself.

Re: Leave Your Food

[endsthegame]

Ender had brought something - the final culmination of his and Ben's culinary talents.

It was a bowl of salad. Arugula and avocado-based.

Truly impressive.

Photobooth

[glacial_queen]

Get your pictures taken with your old friends! Marvel at how much you've aged--or haven't--since graduation!

There are several backdrops to choose from. Some are really weird because they'd been bought at a discount. Others had been bought because they were perfect for Fandom.

OOC

[glacial_queen]

Notifs are off, so ping down here if you have a question!

Re: OOC

[nookiepowered]

Hoped you still liked 'Kiss from a Rose' after the sixth playing tonight, folks!

Oh look, it's my lunchtime work-walk playlist!

(I have a limited amount of songs on my phone, but not that limited. KFaR still seems to pop up at least twice on every damn walk.)