olive garden

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🎈GET YOUR ASSES TO OLIVE GARDEN🎈

Sometime in the morning on Sunday, there are little notes that have been slipped under everyone's doors. Written in markers reads the following:

Let's celebrate getting Knuckles back at Olive Garden tonight at 6pm!!!!
Also I'm bored
-Percy

…Yeah………but hey, at least these notes will be customized! Each note has two characters, but, uh, these might not be accurate to who's actually in the room. He doesn't know who everyone's roommates are, so he's just hoping for the best I guess. (Someone's note includes the new guy, More. Shizuka is also on one of these as a pink dolphin with glasses.)

Anyway, the Olive Garden seems to have some balloons floating around. With the current state of the residents, nobody seems to care! There are also chefs in the kitchen who will make whatever you ask, but pushing them around enough will get them to leave the kitchen to anyone who wants to make something. (Thank you Redd.) Drinks are available for everyone, alcohol and regular soft drinks alike, and really? The world is your oyster. … Olive? You get the drill.

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[saltofthesea]

...Huh. Must be nice.

[saltofthesea]

If my sisters teaching me don't count, then I don't think Del counts either.

[ungratefuloz]

[Dorothy will keep a polite titter hidden behind her hand, but she finds herself nodding her head at that nonetheless.]

Goodness, they really were insistent, weren't they?

[But still, Dorothy nods her head at that in agreement--better to let them celebrate now while they have the chance, before the missions start getting even harder.]

Of course. We can plan for that starting tomorrow. [...] You know, I did mean to ask how the exploration went for you, but I was simply much too tired after making sure the drones were taken care of. Did the lot of you fare well?

[nyaxed]

[Nodding!]

He's my brother, so sounds like we're the same on this one.

[sacrificialpawn]

[Inexplicably sneezes for some reason--]

[hexalding]

...I did not necessarily say it was easy, to be clear.

[sacrificialpawn]

That's the whole point!

[And you can't lose if you're already drunk before the game even starts.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

No one else has to be continuing it!

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[ fjdsaiof SINKING MORE INTO HER SEAT oh right everyone's brainwashed right ]

W-well it was given as an official apology, so, it would be rude if I didn't enjoy it...right?

[ She offers a slight grin. ]

I'm usually the sober one during these kinds of occasions, but... I figure, why not, you know?

[noirge]

I like trying a lot of things! When I was younger and on my own, I couldn't be picky.

[saltofthesea]

...That's a thing?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

...Oh... [ ...well now she feels bad- ] So, even if you didn't like the taste...you still liked the food?

[noirge]

Fermented fish... that's definitely an acquired taste. I prefer fresh ones, but the strong taste isn't too bad for me? My family had a fermented and dried mackerel recipe like that, but it's a hard sell to share with anyone.

[hexalding]

Yes, well, that's Jayce for you. 'Insistent' is underselling it.

[Shrugging, he picked up a glass of wine nd took a drink.]

It actually went incredibly well. We found an astonishing amount of discarded parts, I think the whole matter was a resounding success for our part. How did things go for you?

[saltofthesea]

What do you expect us to do, not escalate?

[ungratefuloz]

...It really is no trouble, dear.

[Dorothy kind of looks at Ashley after that, lips pursing just a the slightest bit. Empathy has never been Dorothy's strong suit, and she's...never really understood people even on a good day. She lives as selfish and self serving as ever. Why does she feel...

Why does it feel so strangely icy, that Ashley think she's right?]

May I join you for a spell, or would you prefer to eat alone? I won't take up too much of your time if you don't wish it.

[But she's still that delicate girl, that one with a kind heart that Dorothy knows would be more useful in this world than her own. Part of her...wants to know it, maybe. But she won't hold her breath.]

[noirge]

[ Don't feel bad! It is just another little orphan backstory. ]

Something like that! You have to eat to survive.

Taste is sometimes just a sensation on my tongue to me now. But there are things I do really like eating. Fruits, for example.

[noirge]

Am I? I think being able to know what you like or dislike is a good thing. Unless there's food shortages...?

[saltofthesea]

He must be pretty clever...

[ Heaven knows it took Lark a while to figure out how to teach Crane. ]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

But he's not even drinking! It's- it's targeted, but in the wrong direction!

[saltofthesea]

...You were dressed sorta nice [ Until the laser and blood ruined it, anyway ] but nah, not really.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[ NO NOW SHE'S FEELING WORSE... ]

Why fruits?

[nyaxed]

Jus don't pass out on us, now, yeah?

[That's how you lose the game, obviously.]

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[ Leave bubbles up inside of her and Ashley stops it. There's a well of cruelty inside of her, and she has to stop drinking from it, or else. ]

...You can join me. [ Carefully constructed words.

Be a kinder girl, a nicer girl, a girl who isn't one stupid decision away from throwing out. Be invaluable.

Ashley takes a bite of her Olive Garden pasta. ]

Do you um... [ softer, ] Do you have...the ability to eat?

[sacrificialpawn]

[Thanks to encouragement from both Percy and all of the alcohol he's consumed by now, at some point during the party games Oscar will be climbing up onto a table(??), clearing his throat, and... starting to sing(???)

Honestly, this is probably not going to come as a huge surprise to anyone who has seen him throughout the evening. The surprising part is that he's actually quite good? His voice is quite pleasant to listen to and he's got a good sense of pitch and rhythm, so despite his very much less-than-sober state, this is in fact a quality live performance.

He'll take requests, but he... probably won't know the songs, oh well. Anyone brave enough to sing along with him, step right up--]