EVENT LOG: FEATHERLY HAVEN RESORT & SPA

[lucetimods]

Who: All the lovebirds!
What: A bit of pampering and hijinks. Original event post here.
When: Feb 17th
Where: The Featherly Haven Resort & Spa (aka the hot springs)
Rating: If you feel your thread is heading for something steamier, please either fade to black or take it to an appointments post.

Also -- don't forget to add in your own character tags!

On the 17th, all characters will find an embossed invitation tucked inside the front cover of their journals, asking them to gather up by the hot springs for a marvelous party at the Featherly Haven Resort & Spa. Upon arriving, they’ll find that the area has been temporarily transformed into a luxurious vacation retreat. Although the weather is just as chilly as it should be in mid-February, the hot springs are compellingly warm and once the sun sets, the area is lit by grand torches. The usual hot springs buildings are somewhat incredibly replaced with what looks like a swanky resort -- though the building itself will disappear soon after the Shift’s end. There is a sizeable lobby, complete with plump couches and a droid-staffed bar. Each and every one of the hotel’s rooms is a honeymoon suite, stocked with champagne and fondue and yet more platters of fresh fruit. Courteous (albeit stoic) droids tend massage chairs and manicure stations on the resort's first floor, shaded by billowing, cream-coloured curtains. Others will be passing around festively coloured drinks, platters of fresh fruit, and -- of course -- huge complimentary towels to wrap up in once your soaking is complete: the whitest and fluffiest and most spa-like towels you ever did see.

Available both in the rooms, outside by the hotsprings, and in heaps inside the lobby, are little foil-wrapped and bite-sized chocolates. As with other items in previous years, each of these chocolates comes with a dizzying side-effect upon consumption:

White Chocolate will overwhelm its consumer with the desire to talk and -- more specifically -- the desire to share. Upon eating this treat, characters will want to chat the ear off of anyone near them, perhaps spilling some personal details in the process. But being chatty is a two way street, and so they will also press upon their conversation partners for details of their own lives. It’s a lethal combination: a nosy over-sharer.

Milk Chocolate will flush its consumer with the desire to be warm and affectionate with those around them. Hugs and kisses on the cheek will abound. Upon eating this treat, characters will want to throw their arm around those near them -- clasping close friends and associates alike. Personal space is no longer an issue.

Dark Chocolate will inspire quite another flavour of affection in its consumer. Upon eating this treat, a character’s libido takes over the driving seat. Many people around them become terribly terribly attractive and, as lust courses through the character’s system, they’ll hope to convince someone back to their suite for a little hanky panky.

Chocolate Coated Marzipan -- smooth and silky on the tongue -- evokes a spontaneous sense of...marital bliss. Those who chow down on this treat will find themselves tracking down someone they know they simply don’t want to live without. Whether this is someone they were previously attracted to in the week or a total stranger, your character will find themselves proposing marriage. And, (in)conveniently for them, all marriages may take place in the resort’s own Vegas-style wedding chapel! All ceremonies will be performed by a droid-officiant who looks disturbingly like Elvis Presley. Witnesses are optional but encouraged.

Comments

[hero_of_smiles]

[Oh look, how sweet and innocent Norma looks lying on that couch.

But does she notice that face popping up over the arm of it, two hands placed on either side of the arm of it? He's just eying her for a moment. All crouched and peeking in on her.

When he can't stand the silence and going unnoticed for even another moment he speaks.]

Hey there, it's you again! Hi, watcha doing? What's up? How's your day been? Has it been good? I bet it's been good.

[bubblywishes]

[Oh, god, it's like Sophie inhaled an entire bag of sugar or something. Norma's eyebrow twitch in annoyance and she grumbles low in her throat, her mouth turning into a deep scowl. She doesn't open her eyes or say anything other than that, but she does turn her back to Cross, hoping to catch a few more winks without having to deal with him or anyone else.

If she ignores him long enough, he's go away, right? Sophie does...sometimes.]

[hero_of_smiles]

[If there was any sign of her wanting him to leave, he just wasn't getting it. He needed to talk, it was like a burning desire to share and it wouldn't be quelled until he spilled his guts out.

Even if she doesn't talk back at first he just continues his quick sch peel of sentences.]

Yeah, you're having a good day. Wanna know about my day? It's been good. People are still being weird, but, that's obvious. I saw some birds though. They were all snuggling together. Kind of reminded me of back home for some reason.

[bubblywishes]

[Oh my god.

Maybe if she hits him really hard in the mouth, he'll shut up? No, Norma, no. That is not an option. Listen to your conscience this time - that is not an option. As tempting as it may be. Growling, Norma curls up for a second, trying harder and harder to ignore Cross' rambling, before her bubble bursts and she explodes like the over active volcano she really and truly is.]

OH, WILL YOU SHUT UP?! Jeez!

[hero_of_smiles]

[He jumps back, almost like a frightened rabbit as Norma just explodes at him. Oh boy, what did he do? He can't help but just stand there looking a bit hurt by getting screamed at. He...just wanted to talk. So looking like a wounded dog that had just been kicked, he pouts before looking down.]

I'm sorry...I just wanted to talk...like about you and what you're like and other stuff.

[bubblywishes]

[Oh for the love of--great! Now she has to contend with that look of his and the guilt chewing at the edge of her mind. God damn it all... But he was being so noisy and obnoxious and a total motor-mouth and uuuurgh--! Sigh, Norma can never catch a break, and she's gotten pretty squishy over the past few months, hasn't she? But dang, he really does look like she just punched him in the gut or something. Jeez...]

Oooh...fine, whatever. Sorry I kinda bit your head off there. [Norma rubs her eyes and yawns very openly.] But c'mon, I was trying to get a little sleep here! Maybe I should call you Motor-Mouth from now on.

[hero_of_smiles]

[That look will perpetually stay on his face forever, Norma. It will haunt your dreams into 5ever.

He's about to leave though, as he slouches a bit and head hanging low. But, at Norma's apology he looks back to her smiling reluctantly. He's still a bit hurt by the comment but he's going to have to take all the blame on this, if only to avoid Norma to stop talking to him all together.]

No, it's okay. You're right. It's my fault. I shouldn't bother people when they're relaxing just because I'm lonely.

[bubblywishes]

[Um...wh-whoa, that's a little tmi right there, yup. Norma blinks, startled by that level of honesty, and shifts around uncomfortably. Uh...darn, what does she say now? She's feeling kind of guilty now, after he went and said that. She can kind of understand his words, too, if only just the faintest bit. Being lonely stinks, really bad. Though now that Norma's made all the friends she has, she hasn't felt truly lonely in some time, so...hm.]

Uh...th-that's not exactly something you--...are you feeling okay, Crisscross? I mean, maybe you should be the one lying down here.

[hero_of_smiles]

[Feeling okay? When did he ever really feel okay? He gives her a faint smile, but in looking at it, someone could tell it seemed pretty hollow.]

Not sure. I just felt like talking. But, I guess that's what I get for opening my mouth huh? Just annoying people. But, it's fine. I'm used to it.

[bubblywishes]

[Wh-Whoa there, this conversation's just gotten into some deadly and dangerous waters, my friend. Norma's starting to get a little nervous here. This is obviously not something Cross would be openly admitting on his own, and it's definitely making Norma feel uncomfortable for a number of reasons. Should she try to console him? What should she even say? Should she say anything at all? Would that make it better or worse? Ugh...this...this isn't what she'd hoped to encounter after just waking up. Her stomach feels like it's tying itself in a very tight and sickening knot.]

Oooh...you're not annoying me! Jeez, I was just a little grumpy waking up, okay? I'm sorry already! Just...just quit acting like I kicked you or something, jeez! And this stuff's not exactly something you should be saying out in public, okay? I-I mean, I'd be glad to listen, but...somewhere not quite so open, y'know? [She should at least try to retain some of his private matters and stuff.]

[hero_of_smiles]

[The look on her face is already telling him he's saying too much. And as much as he wants to shut his big fat mouth right now, he feels the violent urge just to spill his guts. Her suggestion to go somewhere else in private is noted and something he would prefer over talking in a lobby. However, her awkwardness is just making him feel bad so he has to try and reassure her now.]

No, it's really not your fault. Don't apologize over me being stupid.

[He pauses.]

I mean, if you're willing to talk to me somewhere in private, I get it. Not everyone wants attention like this.

[bubblywishes]

[Norma hesitates - this is really not her business to know anything about this guy, she barely know him - but then chews her lips and groans. Oh, she is going to regret this decision, she swears it...! But she can't just leave this poor kid out here to say whatever nonsense he spits out to just anyone. She can see Malnosso interference clear as day, and it'd be in bad taste if she were to abandon him now.]

C'mon, let's go.

[Sighing, she sits up and takes Cross' wrist quickly, dragging him off down some random hallway and around a corner to find some place quieter and more private. Anywhere away from the crowds.]

[hero_of_smiles]

[That's a little surprising. He didn't actually expect someone to actually want to listen, let alone this girl. Of course they had talked and while he was getting a better opinion of her it's still surprising.

Before he can really say anything else he's being dragged off to a hallway by his wrist.

When they're alone, he's really not sure here to start off from. But, he knows he wants to ask her questions. Probably to try and get into this conversation more slowly, but at the same time to find more things out about Norma.

Bringing his hands behind his back he grips his metal wrist, looking away.]

Have you ever felt alone? I mean, really alone?

[bubblywishes]

[...Oh. Well, shit. She was not expecting a question like that, and visibly flinches away from it, her head turning away to gaze at the opposite wall. Of course she's felt like that - it was how she felt numerous times when she first ran away from home to start her journey to find the Everlight. It's how she felt after countless failures to transcribe Relares properly, and how it ended up in her getting lost or hurt or both. It was how she felt when she heard that Sven, her master and best friend, was dead. She doesn't want to admit it, she does not, it's a part of her life that's no longer there. She has friends, she has a family, and she has a true and honest home now - both here and back on Melfes. Her dream even came true, too! Yet...]

...Yeah. I have. It was a long, long time ago, but I have felt that.

is it uncomfortable yet ? :D

[hero_of_smiles]

[She felt it before. He can't help but try to ignore his own feelings and feel happy for Norma at least for not knowing the feeling in the present. But, again he's ignoring his own pain in favour of another's. That's what he always seemed to do. What he was doing now.

But, should he really ignore it now when someone's willing to listen.]

Hm, it must be nice not to have to feel it now than. But, how do you deal with it when it just chokes you all the time?

yeah, kinda. :'D

[bubblywishes]

[Oh, man...this is just getting more and more personal, isn't it? Norma barely knows this kid, and even wanting to be able to help when he so obviously needs it can shake off the voice in her head that says it's none of his business. These are private things - for both of them - and he shouldn't be asking. She doesn't want to continue this, she really doesn't, and it take a moment for Norma to speak, but eventually she does.]

I...dunno. I guess I just got lucky, and I had a few good lessons taught to me before I was left all alone n' stuff. That helped a little, but then I found a bunch of great, wonderful friends. Friends that were willing to go outta their way for me - to pick me up when I was down, and to push me forward toward my goals. I think that was when I realized I wasn't alone anymore. [A smile forms on her face, as her eyes close.] And even though I've only got a few of 'em from home here, I've made more friends in Luceti.

...Maybe that's the cure? I dunno, I'm no quack, but it helps being around people who you know will always be there for you, and who look out for you n' stuff.

and i finally came up with something that's somewhat depressing oh boy

[hero_of_smiles]

[Indeed it is.

Perhaps it would be better to shut his face and leave her alone. People didn't want to be bothered by problems like this. They just wanted someone to vent their problems to. And here he was trying to keep them to himself only to spill his guts to somebody. It makes him a bit disgusted how hypocritical he's being. Why was he even acting on this?

He'd have turned and run by now if it weren't for the fact Norma just started to talk to him.

Her words are a bit...up lifting to say the least. Cure to being alone was to make friends. That probably was the only way, huh? Cross wanted more than that though. However, she's been generous enough to him and he doesn't need to blab anymore to her as much as he wants to.]

Hm, that makes sense. Guess I'm just being dumb as usual, huh? [In the need to save face and actually look like a good person though he says this:] But, I'm sorry that happened to you. Being alone and stuff. Someone as nice as you should never have had to deal with it.

[He was worthless anyways, so it was okay to feel that way.]