♛ 04 - Plucking

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[If you're walking through the garden, one might hear the faint plucking tunes of a stringed instrument (sounding like this), an upbeat tempo that at the same time would have been at home in a more formal occasion for a polite dance, but fit the atmosphere of the garden well if one was out for a simple stroll. 

And if one followed the sounds, they'd find Ashura seated in a small area on a large pillow, a stringed instrument in his lap, fingers plucking along with a sure familiarity, though they lacked some of the smoother grace of one who played such a thing for a profession. And sitting beside him, forgotten as he concentrated on his playing, was his journal and a feather pen, so the music was free to float through the magic system. Whoops.]

If you can, meet me in the gardens some time this afternoon, or later this evening in the library. Just let me know when you can make it.

[ooc: Journal and actiony! Taking a nice relaxing break after the big fights. Whee]

Comments

Do you just wanna switch over to the meeting in this post then? /makes sense to her

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, how about sevenish? Is that all right or do you want to meet later than that?

yuppers!

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

Seven's fine.

I'm the guy with spiky blond hair.

Switch to happen in zeh comment

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Haha, and I am the one with the long black hair. See you at seven.

[And at seven pm, Ashura is in in the library, dressed casually, hair piled up behind his head in a mass of braids, and sitting at a table with a few maps of the castle as well as some decorating and 'Party' books. He'd found them, might as well see if they can be of use.]

\o/

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[still thinks that this is a woman. when seeing him in person, still thinks that he's a woman! Cloud's fooled others before. s'okay]

Ashura...? [there wasn't many people in the library right now, and his steps seemed to echo in the vast library as he approached]

*dances*

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[How could you fool anyone? You have muscles, pecs. You're a boy, all right. A pretty one, but a boy. As for you think Ashura's a woman? You aren't the first to mistake him as one, and he won't be offended if you do. He honestly, at times, thinks the gods made him this way as a favor to his mother, since she would never bear another child besides him. And if she only had one child, a boy child at that, he might as well be pretty so she can have something to dote on before he went to training, and even then continue it. Oh his mother...

Ashura blinks when he hears his name, turning to smile at Cloud, the light in the library making the jewels pinned in his hair sparkle.]

Haha, you weren't lying when you said your hair was spiky.

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[... padding and a convenient dress. trust me. Cloud's a beautiful man when dolled up. but IN ANYCASE. pretty you're a pretty man.

Cloud lightly returns that smile at the remark about his hair. he held back on a sarcastic retort to his long black hair, and stood beside Ashura and looked down to what he was looking over]

No. [it's nice and soft too!]

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[Well thank you - or that is what he would say if he had heard such thoughts. And please, do not mention padding and a dress. Ashura would insist on seeing such a marvel, and believe it, it is hard to resist Ashura when he indeed wants something.

He chuckles... and can't resist reaching up to brush his fingers over a stray spike. So soft! Like the best chocobo silk!]

And well taken care of. [He smirks and spreads out the maps] Well, on to planning! I was thinking either several connected areas through the garden and pool or the ballroom.

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[tight lipped Cloud is tight lipped. thank goodness.

his back straightens a bit when Ashura brushes his fingers across a stray spike. yes. soft. nice of ya to say...]

With different activities?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

I would think, but as of yet I'm not sure what 'activities' to include. At any parties I usually went to it was a floor for dancing with tables along one side for the attendees to find food and drink. To be honest, I've only ever attended political based parties or formal affairs so stiff I thought I'd died.

Though, including the pool gives us one activity, right?

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

Well it's around summer time... [pool is a good plan]

What about some feedback from the castle? We've got kids here too.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[He purses his lips]

That's not a bad idea, though I had wanted to keep it something of a surprise till the official announcement. But if we have children attend the pool would be the best idea.

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[wouldn't know what people do to celebrate in a tropical/beautiful setting much. travelling was for fights and Sephiroth, and Edge & Midgar are kinda...gloomy/not sunny places]

Games?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[He takes one of the books and flips it open, revealing sections of party games running the gambit from children to frat boy.]

Perhaps this might help with that.

What in the - ? Why in the world would you throw a plastic ball into your drink?

[Has discovered the section on beer pong and just doesn't get it. :| ]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

... ... [that he knows about. he lived upstairs over a bar] It's...a drinking game.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

A drinking game? Why would you wish to play with your drink?

1/2

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[sighs]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

Drinking games are like any other kind of made up game. Usually along the way you take drinks or shots of something as stipulations if you win or lose.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

So you mean the point is to get ridiculously drunk then.

[Purses his lips.]

I think perhaps we should avoid that till the children at the party have gone to bed.

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

That's about it.

Hmmm...

[he's pondering, now. it seems that they got locations covered well enough. the simples like dancing, some sort of games... but what? he's trying to think of something. him and his creativeness with games was dwarved with the arcade, snowboarding and Chocobo racing...]

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Yosuke's party mostly left attendees to themselves, with a few things here and there to occupy them, and I think that's a good thing to stick with.

I think we should stick hamburgers and such, like Yosuke had. Most people seemed to like that and it doesn't reek of 'rich'.

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

I heard about that... [shame he couldn't go. Mr. Lego Block Old School Graphics]

Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken... [the list went on and on!] What about fruits?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Oh, that would be a good idea wouldn't it? I'm sure if we ask, the castle can provide appropriate party fruits for us - I'd think sliced apples, watermelon, some berries: things to be eaten with the hands that are not terribly messy.

And of course we'll need deserts! Ice cream will have to be on the menu. [Totally not for his own amusement, nope.]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

[sure. sure. we believe you] Good plan... What about some whipped cream for the fruit?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! In fact, let's just dump everything else and make it all sugar ~

[He's teasing... and like, a quarter serious.]

[firsttsurugi.livejournal.com]

...

[blink. blink. ... he thought it was a good idea ffff]