June 30, 2074 - Retro pool party!

[ms_weetzie_bat]

"Lanky lizards!"

Weetzie couldn't believe her eyes when she and Slinkster Dog entered the pool area. She was decked out in the best retro swimwear she could find: a polka-dotted red bikini that Esther Williams could have worn. She wore a flower in her spit-curled blond hair, too, just like Esther, and perfect red lipstick and a bracelet with

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[suchgoodwork]

River walks in a short time after Weetzie does, and looks around at all the awesome decorations.

She grins. "Groovy."

River hurries over to Weetzie. "This place looks great! Thank goodness for robots with a flair for decor!" She looks at her friend. "And you look super-fantastic. Shiny."

This was so much more fun than the cotillion she had to have for her thirteenth birthday... "I hope lots of people come. Lots and lots of people. We need dancing."

This was her first real party, after all. The first one her mother wasn't involved in, anyway...

[ms_weetzie_bat]

Slink saw River first. Weetzie looked up and grinned when she saw the little dog bouncing excitedly at her friend's feet.

"Hi, River!" she greeted the other girl as she approached, leaning over to give River a hug. "The robots did a great job, and look at you! I love the bathing suit!"

(Pucci was one of Weetzie's favorite designers. She thought his prints looked like the inner workings of nature.)

"I hope people show up, too. When I went to hang up posters, I told everyone I saw about the party so they should know it's going down tonight!"

[suchgoodwork]

River bends down to pet Slinkster. "He looks good with his lei!" The dog licks her nose and River giggles.

"Thank you! I lucked out when I found this in the weird clothing store. The one where I got my butterfly costume. I think lots of people will come. There's always time for a party!"

She stands up again, reaching into the bowl for a lei of her own.

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[ms_weetzie_bat]

"I remember that store," Weetzie said. She had bought her swimsuit from another place that was pretty nice, too, but remembered that the store had a lot of cool stuff. Maybe next time there was a party, she would go back there.

The two girls spent some time playing with Slink and admiring the decorations, and then Weetzie suggested that they get something to drink.

"Simon's coming, right?" she asked as she started towards the bar.

[adios_cowboy]

Oh yeah. He forgot: he's not that much of a party guy unless there's a bounty head making an appearance, although he can't say he won't take advantage of that table full of food. So much for taking a run through here on the track.

Party's a better option.

"Yo." He gives the girls a nod. The place sure as hell looks different, but like a walking talking iron filing standing right the hell next to a magnet, he's drawn to the food table where he picks up something that looks suspiciously like barf on a cracker.

If it's poisonous they wouldn't put it out to eat, right? He gives it an completely unconvinced sniff, then wonders if his sleight of hand is good enough to put it back without being noticed, and that goes to war right away with his always-hungry stomach.

Shit. A dilemma already.

[ms_weetzie_bat]

"Spike! Hi!" Weetzie said, beaming at the sight of their first guest.

She followed him to the food - she had been dying to try the nibbles, but didn't want to ruin the display before anyone else got there.

"I think that's pimento cheese on the cracker," she told Spike when he picked up one of the canapes. "It's not my favorite, but it's OK."

[adios_cowboy]

"Pimento cheese, huh?"

It doesn't sound poisonous, so... he eats it.

And waits a minute, but when it doesn't kill him, he shrugs and grins. "What the hell is pimento cheese? Doesn't look like anything I've ever eaten." Doesn't taste like it either, but like he's going to start picking nits on free food.

At least he didn't have to steal it, although he definitely would have used the old it was just sitting right out there defense.

[ms_weetzie_bat]

"It's cheese mixed with some kind of red peppers," she explained as she picked up a canape for herself.

"They don't eat it much anymore back in LA, but I think it was pretty big in the old days. It's in all of my mom's vintage cookbooks. That's why we're serving it now - this is a retro pool party, after all."

(Speaking of retro, Spike wasn't dressed to fit the theme of the party, but then the posters hadn't said anything about wearing retro clothes, so Weetzie guessed she could let it slide.)

[stardrive_pilot]

Despite appearances to the contrary at the last party, Sheppard does know how to dress for an occasion. And, being from California, he knows how to dress for a pool party. He's been shopping in preparation for tonight, and in anticipation of a trip to that beach asteroid he vaguely remembers Starbuck mentioning.

He's found some floral board shorts and paired them with a short-sleeved button-down shirt. His hair's been allowed free rein, so it looks almost wind-tousled. Though that's its natural state, it fits the theme. He even managed to find a bracelet made of wooden beads carved with designs that look vaguely Polynesian. He'd fit in easily on the beaches of his teens, save only the thin chain around his neck that holds his dog-tags.

He looks around with a grin when he steps into the pool area. Yeah. This looks much more his style than last time. And the first order of business, he thinks, will be to find a drink.

[ms_weetzie_bat]

Weetzie was glad to see that at least one guy had dressed for the occasion, but of course, John Sheppard from near her own time in California would know what "retro" was.

"Hi, John!" she greeted him as she approached, Slink at her side. "Lookin' good! How's it going?"

[stardrive_pilot]

"Hey." He sticks one hand in his pocket and turns on the spot to grin at Weetzie. She looks like she's really excited, and that might just be a little contagious. Either that or he's just looking forward to good food and drink and the chance to see some of the people here he knows and likes.

"Good," he says, and claims himself a beer from the bar. "This all, uh, looks good. More my type of thing than the last one."

Hell, when he was a lot younger, he used to spend most of his spare time at the beach and tropical paradises have always been his favorite places to go on vacation. Tiki masks and paper flowers and other beach-related things are just right for party decorations as far as he's concerned.

[ms_weetzie_bat]

"Yeah?" She thought back to the last party - Bruce Wayne's ultra-glam formal bash - and while that had been fun, she had to agree that John looked a lot more at home tonight. At least, the clothes tonight were definitely more comfortable.

"Well, I hope you have fun. Obviously, you've got the food and drinks right here, and the pool if you want to swim, and there'll be dancing later.

"Oh, and I almost forgot!" Grinning, Weetzie removed her lei and put it around his neck. "The perfect finishing touch!"

[osirian_doctor]

A Hawaiian shirt -- he didn't even know what that was until he went and looked it up after Weetzie suggested it -- would be really quite too loud to be in Simon's style, but he did want to make an effort for Weetzie and River's sake. They've been looking forward to the party for weeks, and they've been hoping it will be a success

[suchgoodwork]

"Simon!" He's actually wearing a color! This is progress! She hurried up to him and hugged him. "You look good! don't you love the decorations? Weetzie and I bought them but the robots put them up. I can't believe what a good job they did!"

She's terribly excited. This is the first party she's ever planned that Mother didn't really plan first.

She grabbed a bright pink lei from the basket and put it around his neck. She was so glad they were having this party. It felt like being free, really free, for the first time in her life.

[osirian_doctor]

Her appearance is sudden, and she hugs him, and he hugs her back tightly for a moment.

It always makes him smile to hear River at her most excited, talking so fast that she's almost difficult to understand. It doesn't happen often, and it's happened less often since she went to the Academy than it did before. She's had little to get excited about, and if there's one thing this place has been good for, it's been giving her the chance to do things she just can't do as a fugitive living on a smuggling ship. Throwing pool parties being one of them.

"It all looks great."

There's a touch of resigned ruefulness in his smile as she drapes a floral necklace -- bright pink? Really? -- around his neck. But then, he's always been willing to accept things from River that he wouldn't tolerate from others.

Giving him bright pink flowers being one of them.

"I hope it all goes well."

[suchgoodwork]

She knows he's uncomfortable about the bright pink--she knows him so well that even if she weren't psychic, she'd know that--but if he was going to be with Kaylee, he'd better start getting used to bright colors.

"This is going to be so much better than my coming-out party," she said, grinning.

She leaned her head on his shoulder. "Do you know how to limbo? I'm not sure how to do it either, but it's one of the things we're doing."

[holy_caf_pow]

Oh the place looked great! Smiling brightly, Abby walks in wearing a large black t-shirt. She's got a swimsuit on underneath for if she decides to wade in the pool. Her hair is all up cute too. Several little buns with purple flowers in them.

Seeing the leis, she doesn't doesn't hesitate and goes to put on one. A nice white one.

"Oh this is going to be so cool."

[ms_weetzie_bat]

"Hi, Abby!" Weetzie greeted her excitedly. Slink trotted along at her side, his little dog nails clicking on the tiles.

"I'm so glad you could make it! I love your hair!"

[holy_caf_pow]

"And I love your outfit!"

She gives Weetzie a great big hug in greeting then dips down to give Slink a nice, healthy pet. "And it's so good to see you both!"

[ms_weetzie_bat]

"I know!" Weetzie said as Slinkster Dog licked Abby's hand happily. "It's been, like, ages since I last saw you! How's it going?"