005 ✽ We be all night

[giglio_madonna]

Who: The willing from Pride and Virgo
What: Want to know what party sucked? The solstice party. Want to know what party won't suck? Luci and Luce's.
When: Jan 8th
Where: The basement of the club Blue Heist
Warnings: None planned besides possible/probably intoxication




A little while after the disaster at Naomi's, those who had attended might find themselves approached- by Luce on Virgo's side, by Luci on Pride's, or perhaps by someone who had heard about it from either of them. The subject of conversation?

Another party. One that involves another mingle of both labels, without being used for any ulterior motives.

Those who seem up to it are given a time and place. Blue Heist is one of the clubs around town that has what could be called a "basement level", for private renting and parties available to anyone who has the cash to spend on it. It's a pretty simple set up, nothing extravagant like the party at Naomi's... Which is absolutely on purpose, let no one tell you otherwise. There's a reason any mics or karaoke equipment has been pointedly removed. All the music is on the system already.

Nope, tonight it's just dancing and drinking, with a couple of rooms to the side that have cheesy movies playing in case you're tired out. No closed doors, no poison at the bar, no murder.

And if you want to take a moment to maybe have a talk to someone on the opposite label to discuss or apologize for the events of the prior night... That's fine too.

Just be careful. Both labels are still under watch, it seems, with a few bodyguards from both sides around the perimeter here and there.

Comments

[giglio_madonna]

"Yet sometimes they finish the game." A giggle means she's just teasing, and it dissolves into a hum and some phone tapping. A few minutes later, and she makes a small noise of discovery.

"Oh, did you know there's a way to make time stop in the game? It seems... Stop time, do whatever you need to to solve the puzzle, and then it all starts up again when time starts up again." She squints at the screen. "I think, anyway."

[panspermia]

"You can what? How?" At this point, he starts pressing buttons at random, just to see what they do. The robot on screen jitters in an awkward dance of features, including a flamethrower and somersaulting on the spot. "Video games got complicated since I was a kid."

[giglio_madonna]

"I never played, so I really couldn't say." Pursing her lips, she leans over a little to get a look at his controller and points. "I think you need to press the green circle at the same time as you do something to the... stick? You go counter clockwise with the stick." Luce glances back down at the phone. "I think, anyway."

[panspermia]

It takes him a couple tries to get the motion right, before the background freezes in a gray haze. "Woah. That makes things easier. Why not go through the game like this?" A moment later, everything whirrs back into motion. "Oh. How do you put a timer on a time-freezing ability?"

[giglio_madonna]

"Maybe it's like holding your breath and you can only do it for so long." Still, she's pretty happy about this. Mystery solved! Google is a beautiful thing. "Let's see if that helps now."

[panspermia]

He sets about putting together the puzzle--way easier to figure out now that he knows the mechanic, but the timing of it is tricky. "You want to give the next level a shot? No more peeking allowed." Unless it's still super hard.

[giglio_madonna]

"No peeking allowed," she promises, setting the phone down between them. She'll be an honest player. "Just forgive me if I accidentally destroy the robot who knows how many times."