we're building a dream that we've always had clear in our sights

[slaying]

Who: any and all who want to come celebrate tothelibrary's birthday! SERIOUSLY GUYS -- even if your character doesn't even know either summers girl, just show up and mingle and wonder what on earth took over the bar on a thursday night.
What: the littlest summers is turning twenty!
When: july 21st -- evening!
Where: good spirits!
Summary: partyin' partyin'

Comments

latey mclatington; also prose or brackets are good!

[justaddmarbles]

Glitch had met both Summers sisters upon his unceremonious arrival in Luceti, so between the acquaintance and the promise of free food he found himself drawn to the party. His outfit left...some to be desired. The trousers, shoes, shirt, and embroidered vest were nice enough and he could have stopped there, but he was not prepared to leave his coat anywhere yet.

The jerks might take it away again.

One could probably find him by the snack table, sampling goodies when he thought no one was looking. Of its own accord his left foot kept tapping to the beat of the music, and the odds of dancing happened were high.

aaaand I finally get to this

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And instinctively he reaches up to touch the zipper and make sure it's closed.

"It's a a a thing. From my world. That...was done."

People not knowing what it was was taking a lot of getting used to.

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Fret not, Caroline, pretty much the exact last thing he is ever going to do is unzip his head. He lowers his hand and frowns, puzzled.

"A lip what?" Does he really wanna know? "No, I I don't wanna know. A-and it's not decorative it's-- it was just for criminals but things changed and...I'm not a criminal."

Professing innocence when not accused of anything is no way to win friends or influence people, headcase.

[lina_revolution]

"Hey!"

One hand is tugging on the sleeve of Glitch's coat. One hand is reaching for the snack table to grab a handful of whatever looks good.

"What's going on?"

Short as Lina is, she's practically in Glitch's shadow. The sorceress is gazing around warily, looking as though she might be regretting her decision to blindly follow this particular headcase through the door.

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Glitch looks down, then smiles in recognition and reaches out to touch Lina's shoulder by way of greeting.

"Hey," he repeats and bobs his head. "I-it's a party for...um." He looks around the room but is quickly overwhelmed by all the unfamiliar faces, so he returns his attention to the sorceress. "Dawn, I think. I I talked to her through the book-thing."

This said as if it is a major accomplishment.

[lina_revolution]

"A party, huh? Why? What'd she do?" Lina stands on tiptoes, scanning the room, regardless of the fact that she has no idea what the girl in question looks like. "Who the heck is Dawn? Man, I sure picked a bad night to check the place out."

She nudges Glitch lightly in the ribs. "The journals are pretty handy, aren't they? Good thing you figured them out, or you'd be way out of the loop."

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"Well, I I think she's got longish, brownish hair, a-and she was very nice to me, and...and I'm pretty sure it's her birthday." Glitch nods firmly, as if that would make it so. "And I dunno if it's such a bad ngiht, I I mean there's food and all."

He's still not used to having food be readily available, and gives the snack tables a somewhat loving look before Lina's jab redirects his attenion.

"Ha, yeah, i-it's the neatest thing," he says with a grin. "I still don't understand waht folks are talking about half the time, but I'll learn, I'm sure of it."

[lina_revolution]

Lina perks up immediately at this assessment. "Birthday, huh? So this is a birthday party? Sweet! I've never been to one of those before!" She laughs happily. "And yeah, the food is great! I only wish they'd put out more of it. It isn't even enough for me."

Lina gives the snack tables an equally loving look before turning back to Glitch.

"Eh, most of what they're talking about isn't that interesting. It's the interesting stuff you wanna look out for."

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"Never been to a...well, I I can't remember the last birthday party I went to so I guess we're even."

Glitch gives her a grin and expertly snatches a small bunch of grapes and starts plucking away at it, transferring the fruit from the stem to his mouth.

"I kinda think it's all interesting," he remarks around a mouthful of grapes. "I'm tryin' to learn, y'know, as much as I can with--" And he glances up to the zipper, to his half-a-brain. "S-so I listen in a bit. I've already learned a little about marauding."

[lina_revolution]

Lina immediately goes to work trying to pluck more than her fair share of grapes, popping them into her mouth like popcorn. This ends as soon as Glitch mentions marauding, however - she chokes, letting a few drops of grape juice hit the floor, before she looks up at Glitch askance.

"Marauding? Like, what...from that pirate?"

She grabs Glitch by the front of his coat and shakes him. "Glitch, quit it! I don't want to have to hunt you down and blow you up!"

[justaddmarbles]

"Yes! The pirate-conscience, he--"

Then there is grabbing and shaking and Glitch has a brief moment of panic, flight over fight but he can't go anywhere. He holds up his hands and shrinks in on himself, just a hint of fear in his wide eyes.

"I I I won't, I promise, I haven't even...I I didn't want to but I thought maybe-- I won't, I promise, I promise, I promise--"

Aaand now he's glitching. Another good shake ought to snap him out of it.

[lina_revolution]

Glitch will get a few more good shakes when Lina realizes that he's starting to sound like a broken record. And a lot more panicked shouting. "H-Hey...what's going on? What are you doing? Glitch, quit it! S-Stop that!"

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That'll do it. Glitch stops the repetition and his expression goes completely blank for a moment, then he...grins and shakes his head.

"Well! That was a...glitching, i-i-it happens. Um." Have a puzzled frown and a blink, Lina. "What were we saying?"

[lina_revolution]

Have a scowl that doesn't entirely mask her deepseated freaked-out-ness and concern, Glitch.

"We were saying that you're not allowed to become a pirate. Ever. Got it? And while we're at it, you're not allowed to glitch anymore! It's freaky!"