[Open RP] Happy Valentine's Day, suckers!

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

OOC: While the people below have signed up, this is open for anyone to enter the crazy.


So. It's Valentine's Day. Turlough had rounded up a few house elves to do his bidding. Said bidding was to set up tables with name cards, a table with food and drink (which may or may not be hexed, I couldn't decide), and a sign:

We will not be responsible for anyone fed love potions.

Because someone will.

We also will not be responsible for any actions here on in.

Turlough stood in the corner of the Great Hall, drink in hand, smirk on face as he watched people come on (or forced in by cattleprod point, in Soichiro's case.)

Winry/Charles Macaulay

Maia/Pickles

Yoda/Zim

Caprica Six /Gir

Homestar Runner/Susan Sto Helit

Toki Wartooth/Ayame Sohma

Rob Stark/ Kelly Kapoor

Soichiro Yagami/Billy Brennan

Lucille Bluth /Skwisgaar Skigelf (I swear to god I drew this.)

Phoenix Wright/Brainiac Five

Kon-El/Petulia Gristle

Gustav Marugueriff/Tomo Takino

Kathryn Merteuil/Wishbone

Camilla Macaulay/Benton Fraser

Molly Michon/Matthew

Ian Malcolm/KOS-MOS

Comments

[woocha.livejournal.com]

Wishbone was dressed up for the occasion. As Robin Hood specifically. He even had a rose ready for his fair maiden.

[wright-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Honestly, Phoenix didn't know what to expect. Good thing too, this is Hogwarts.

He dressed simply this time, turtleneck and slacks, forgoing the trademark suit and tie, found his name card and sat down, waiting.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro was perfectly fine alone. He had been writing a letter to Sachiko (not that she would ever read it, but it gave him some mild comfort).

Then a house elf barges in and threatens to zap him with a cattle prod if he did not proceed to the Great Hall posthaste.

He is not stupid enough to tempt fate by getting zapped, so he obeyed the elf and found himself utterly bewildered in the Great Hall.

OOC

[ian-ma1co1m.livejournal.com]

((Eeep! Missed me! (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/1532722.html?thread=77571890#t77571890)))

[hellminxmel.livejournal.com]

What kind of self-respecting person is named Pickles?! Maybe it doesn't matter--all they have to do is respect Maia, after all.

She walks into the room, not in any sort of red or pink thing, but she's made an effort. Et voila. (http://www.monsoon.co.uk/invt/25215103) Now all she has to do is sit in a corner (because her shoes really hurt) and glower at anyone who has got a respectable name.

[ostianespionage.livejournal.com]

Matthew was almost certain anyone who paired him up with someone named Molly Michon had done so simply because they thought alliterative names were funny. He was wearing what he usually did, but it was cleaner than it usually was.

He looked around, trying to spot his partner.

[mysticpearls.livejournal.com]

Upon discovering the signups, Pearl made a point of getting to the Great Hall early. When she saw the pairing list, she was disappointed; she didn't recognize the name, but it wasn't Mystic Maya, and that was all that mattered.

Maya wasn't here yet, but someone had to keep Phoenix in line. What would she tell her cousin if she showed up only to find that her special someone had run off with someone else?

So she was on stakeout, not far away, hiding behind the buffet table and peeking around the bowls and plates of food. It might have been adequate cover, but from time to time one might see a familiar pair of hair loops popping up.

[margrat.livejournal.com]

((Let's see if it works now))

By the time the big day rolled around, Gustav had settled on the opinion that this had been a Supremely Bad Idea, but he arrived anyway after some effort to make himself presentable and leaned against a wall, drink in hand (he might've seriously reconsidered this in light of his last drinking incident (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/1506572.html), if only he'd remembered much of it), mentally rehearsing his (quite rusty) introductions.

[tomowildcat.livejournal.com]

((Drive-by post, not ignoring Gustav but Tomo interacting with Wishbone is waaay overdue. Going to assume Tomo wanders off before Kathryn appears, that okay?))

"Hey, start the party, I'm here!"

For the hell of it (and because it looked awesome on her), Tomo came into the Great Hall wearing the purple kimono Ayame had made her as a Sorting bribe (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/1523938.html?thread=77175522#t77175522), carrying a box of chocolates that was small enough to hide in one of the sleeves in case her matchup was lame and not worth the White Day chocolate.

Her match-up was some guy she'd never heard of and definitely not Wishbone, but not even Tomo was a match for the concentrated adorable that was Wishbone-as-Robin-Hood. She knelt down beside the dog. "Hey, sidekick! Lookin' good!"

[mlle-merteuil.livejournal.com]

(( hee, sure, I'll start a thread for Kathryn that assumes that Tomo has already gone away. ))

[tomowildcat.livejournal.com]

((Okay. I don't have the energy for Kathryn vs. Tomo today, sadly - which is what it would probably devolve into if Kathryn freaks out that she was paired up with a dog. XD))

[mlle-merteuil.livejournal.com]

(( Nor I, really; and besides, Tomo's date has arrived (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/1538830.html?thread=77745166#t77745166) XDD ))

Re: OOC

[vislor-turlough.livejournal.com]

Fixed. When all else fails, drag another of my char's in.

[woocha.livejournal.com]

Wishbone? I know not who you are talking about. I am Robin Hood! Then Wishbone wagged his tail. Yeah, it's me. You look nice too, Tomo.

[grandmasteryoda.livejournal.com]

Yoda had never met anyone named "Zim" here, so this would be an enlightening evening involving making new friends! He had brought festive cookies for his new acquaintance (sugar ones, with pink frosting and sayings like "Smile or your face will freeze that way!" and "When 900 years you reach, need commercialism you will not" written on them in white icing.) He sat at the table, humming to himself and chewing on his cane.

[caprica-6.livejournal.com]

Caprica had done some research on what exactly Valentine's Day was, and had been pleased to see that it was a holiday celebrating love. She was of the opinion that love in all its various forms was something to be celebrated and cherished and experienced whenever possible. (And of course, upon stating that opinion, she had to put up with twenty minutes of Gaius laughing at her. It was hardly unexpected.)

So she made her way to the table with her name on it and sat waiting for this "Gir" person. What kind of a name is Gir?" Gaius asked sarcastically, sipping at a martini and leaning against the table. She didn't answer, as usual, because was it really any stranger of a name than "Gaius" or "Caprica"?

[secondfastest.livejournal.com]

Valentine's Day is not metal. Toki hasn't bothered to dress up, get gifts, or anything stupid and crappy like that. He's just showed up because there's really nothing better for him to do and maybe he'll get laid.

He plops down at his seat, trying to keep a steady glare. It keeps slipping, because he's interested in seeing if anyone he knows is here--or at least, if there's any attractive ladies who are not were-lobsters present.

[tomowildcat.livejournal.com]

"A-ha! Robin Hood, the most wanted man in Sherwood!" Tomo pointed at him dramatically. "Better be careful! I'm not an officer of the law yet, but if I was I'd be duty-bound to take you in!"

Instead, she settled for an earscritch. Which was probably more effective than traditional methods of apprehending a known criminal.

((OKed by Wishbone-mun, of course.))

[woocha.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you don't want to join my crew of merry men? Wishbone closed his eyes as Tomo scratched him. That's a shame.

[tomowildcat.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, Tomo was wandering around, ostensibly looking for her victim date, but really just mingling and bothering people. She knew about the name cards, but why sit around and wait? Also, she'd discovered the girl with the pretzel-loop hair was on a stakeout and had cheerfully agreed to keep an eye out for "Mr. Nick's" date for her.

Of course, she had even less clue who Brainiac Five was supposed to be, and seeing over the rapidly growing crowd was getting to be a chore.

Which was why an Asian girl in a purple kimono (http://www.japanesegifts.com/images/kimono_furisode.jpg) suddenly appeared nearby, dragging a chair over to the wall and then carefully clambering up to stand on it. This was not as easy as it sounded as she had to keep from tripping over the hem of the kimono (hey, even Tomo knew to be careful with a new kimono), and was muttering something about too many tall people and bias against the short.

[tomowildcat.livejournal.com]

"Maybe next time. Can't blow off my date to join a life of crime even if it is fun," Tomo pointed out. "Haven't even met the guy, anyway! Your Maid Marian show up yet?"

[woocha.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know yet. I haven't even looked to see who my maiden is. I wanted to be surprised.

[tomowildcat.livejournal.com]

"Oh. So what do ya do if you don't even know what they look like? I got some guy named Gustav. No idea who or what he is."

Hey, Wishbone's in the mix, got to make allowances for species. (Anything with tentacles she'll just throw the chocolates at as bait and run.)

[margrat.livejournal.com]

Gustav glanced over, distracted from his attempt to rememorize the proper form of a sweeping bow (without his cloak there wasn't much left to sweep, but he'd give it a try). "Looking for someone?" he asked, half-seriously. "Or giving a speech?"

[woocha.livejournal.com]

I'm sure everything would work out. I can wait. And does anyone else look like a Wishbone to you? If someone did, Wishbone's curious to meet this person.