HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[paradisamods]

All that clamor from the lion dance prancing down the halls should be enough to draw attention to the party, even without actual invitations. If not the noise, then perhaps the delicious smell wafting under every door and leading back to the ballroom.

The castle is vain, if nothing else. It has decorated the ballroom in the deepest red and brightest gold with auspicious greetings in the common language tastefully posted about the hall. May your happiness be without end, one says, while another goes May all your wishes be fulfilled. Small order, all things considered.

Round dining tables (with the turning glass part) are set up in the middle of the hall, each with about ten chairs and piles of food fit for a whole village. There are two more lion dance teams hopping about the hall and making a racket while occasionally nabbing that dumpling straight from your chopsticks. That should the least of your concerns, however, with many residents still aiming to settle their grudges before the new year.

Watch your back.

[ ooc; IC mingle log for Lunar New Year plot, feel free to make your own threads! ]

Comments

[willrememberthat]

I think you've always been brave.

[Even at home.]

[indirectcause]

I don't know about that, Clem. I'm kinda a mess.

[willrememberthat]

[She could be comforting, or...]

What do you mean?

[indirectcause]

I just get freaked out by everything all the time. It's amazing I lived as long as I did.

[willrememberthat]

I get freaked out, too. And Lee. [Though not so much at the end, huh?] You're not different.

[indirectcause]

I'm pretty sure Lee doesn't get freaked out by anything.

[willrememberthat]

He does. But you don't have to compare yourself to him.

[indirectcause]

Trust me, I don't think I have the self esteem to even try to compare myself to him.

[willrememberthat]

We've all been through a lot. You, too. Most people would freak out. You held it together, Ben. You did good.

[indirectcause]

Yeah, this time, I guess. You were more important than me freaking out.

[willrememberthat]

No one is keeping count.

[indirectcause]

Pretty sure Lilly was.

[willrememberthat]

Lilly's not here.

[indirectcause]

No, but Tess is, and she's like...Lilly 2.0.

[willrememberthat]

[It's so true. Still, Clementine shakes her head.]

Forget her. Her opinion doesn't matter.

[indirectcause]

She sure says it loud enough, it's hard to ignore.

[Just like Llly. There are times he wonders what it would take for Tess to snap like that. It's one of those things that keeps him up at night.]

[willrememberthat]

Tess doesn't get it. She's had a long time to get over the things she might not have done right in the beginning. She shouldn't be bullying you.

[indirectcause]

She's helping me out, too, in her way. She's just...difficult, sometimes.

[willrememberthat]

Still... don't take too much crap from her.

[indirectcause]

Yeah, ok. I'll try.

[willrememberthat]

You're one of my best friends. [Maybe THE best friend.] You know that, right? That's why I don't like Tess treating you like that, or you putting yourself in danger.

[indirectcause]

[Oh, Clem. He'll just wrap his arm around her shoulders for a lanky one-armed hug.]

And you're one of mine. I get it, Clem, and I appreciate it, I do.

[willrememberthat]

[The best kind. Clem just gives him another full on hug.]

Good. I don't want to have to beat up anyone.

[indirectcause]

[That gets a soft laugh.]

I wouldn't want anyone to have you set on them.