Party Rock Anthem only it's played on kazoos

[sacrificialpawn]

[Oscar is a practiced master at Coping (tm) in the face of things he would prefer not to address in any sort of healthy or rational manner. After the events of yesterday, he's somehow getting the feeling that he isn't the only one, which means that in his mind there is only one thing to do: this translates to yet another Walmart booze heist (even larger than the original), a few side trips to amass snacks because RIP his kitchen, and some haphazardly erected decorations in one of the spare rooms to try to at least give off something of a celebratory atmosphere... but let's be real here, this is just Misery x CPR x Reese's Puffs + alcohol.

Sunday morning will find handwritten notes tucked under everyone's doors inviting them to a party that evening, snacks and drinks (that particular word underlined a couple of times, just in case people didn't pick up on the meaning of "party") provided gratis.

There's alcohol, there's soda for the minors, there's plenty of junk food to eat, and there are a whole bunch of other people who are also Going Through It. What better recipe for a party could you ask for?

... don't answer that.]

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SPIN THE BOTTLE

[sacrificialpawn]

[Did he choose to put this game second for a reason? Maaaaaaaaaaaybe. Okay, yes. Definitely yes. Let him live, he just wants to have a little fun...!]

... before I start this one, we're gonna have two separate groups for this: adults and kids. Don't think I have to explain why.

[Not when he goes on to say:]

Now that we've all gotten things out, it's time to make good on 'em! ... or on whoever the bottle lands on, because unfortunately it can't read your mind.

[Setting down an empty beer bottle (one of several that he has consumed by now), he gestures to it with a dramatic flair.]

You spin this, and then you have to kiss whoever it points at. No judgment 'cause it's not like you picked 'em out yourself, but at least try to make it worth it.

[... mainly because he just wants to watch, but shhhh]

[crosswired]

[well congratulations oscar, the robot is not moving for this one for multiple reasons, both at the split request and at the description of the game itself

he is missing something fairly obvious here]

[sacrificialpawn]

[... yeah, he's noticing the complete lack of movement here. He didn't think he was THAT drunk; was he not clear enough? Or maybe Vakama just doesn't want to play?]

... you okay there?

[crosswired]

What--? Oh, uh... yes.

A little lost on what you're requesting, actually, as well as where you'd like me to be going if we are splitting up.

[sacrificialpawn]

Uh, well...

[You know, as someone who is drinking buddies with an angel who is over 1,000 years old, he should have anticipated things like this! AND YET...]

... so to start with, how old are you...?

[ungratefuloz]

[...

You know what, someone is going to have to break the tension here. Dorothy will gladly start by spinning the bottle--come all ye fateful who want to be smooched, I guess, Dorothy's drunk enough to at least try??]

[holeful]

[Fukuda, who's deliberately sitting on the outside of the vague circle, and yet the bottle somehow stops where it's clearly in between two actual participants and is pointing directly at him.]

Ah... I have to... get another drink...

[GETTING UP TO FLEE, SUDDENLY.....]

[ungratefuloz]

[Dorothy looks over to see who her bottle has landed on and--wait, why is Fukuda running? Hello???]

Fukuda, dear, hold on just a moment, would you?

[She is going to march right after him!! Why is he running!!!]

[holeful]

[BECAUSE OF HIS LOW SELF ESTEEM!!!]

I... Um, what for?

[holeful]

[Fukuda is not actively getting involved because I doesn't want to subject anyone to himself but he's sitting here in that sort of tense and alert way of someone who desperately wants to be involved.]

[scythegun]

[Yeager's no coward, let's do this. Surely his questionable luck will not betray him!!]

[ungratefuloz]

[Does landing on a certain pink haired robot count as betraying him...

Dorothy seems to start a bit when the bottle lands on her, blinking once, twice, thrice--oh. This is...actually happening, isn't it--]

...Oh, my. [Dorothy looks to Yeager, definitely not disinterested, but considering the flirting earlier--] It would seem that fate really does have something interesting in store for us.

[She is at least going to check him over and not move just yet--is he okay with this? It was one thing back there, but...]

[scythegun]

[...Ah. Curse his wildly inconsistent luck!!! Not that he's opposed, exactly? It's just. Complicated. And also everyone's watching!!

But again, Yeager is no coward. He shrugs at Dorothy's words and downs the last of his drink before getting up to join her.]

So it would seem! I trust you're still willing to play?

[ungratefuloz]

[Dorothy's certainly not opposed either, at any rate. If anything, she looks a little delighted.]

Of course I am. What exactly do you take me for, some sort of coward?

[Get over here, you. You're infinitely better at initiating these kind of things anyway, as she...unfortunately found out...

But still, she almost looks a little excited. Nothing to worry about at all, even if she's trying to temper it down because They Are Being Perceived--]

[weepingclown]

[Regrettably, Joker is an adult, and he's also drunk enough gin by now to not really be paying attention to the rules of the game, so he's here? Mildly confused and still reeling from everyone calling him cute, but here.]

[guffawsungraciously]

[lol. lmao. sure, why not.]

[divinevoid]

[ Ah, yes, spin the bottle...

At some point, whether through convenience or something else entirely (don't think about it too hard), it lands on a certain someone in particular. ]

Oh? Does this mean that you will be initializing it this time?

I take it that you won't back down doing so in front of so many people?

[ Now they know better. Since Jasper is playing, he wouldn't. But, they ask such a question entirely on purpose - in a bit of that playful manner that they've adopted as usual, though with anticipation the kind of reaction they're going to get from their dear one... ]

[guffawsungraciously]

What do you take me for, a coward? Come here, you.

[he'll just kind of. give him a bit of a come hither gesture. let's scandalize everyone here.]

[divinevoid]

[ Yes, after all...a little scandalization is fun for everyone (no)

Though, at first to be a bit of a tease, as Void Archives is wont to do, they put a finger on their chin and tilt their head. ]

Hmm. I'm not sure. Perhaps I will just linger over here.

[ They let it sink in for a few moments as if they are serious, before smiling playfully yet knowingly. ]

...Haha, just kidding. It takes two to tangle, after all~

[ Especially in a little bit of kissing! They come on over to Jasper, making the bit of distance between them far short with ease. But also extend their hands out, poised for intending to gently slip arms around Jasper too - yet they will leave how the ultimate act is initiated up to Jasper. ]

[plushes]

[ :man_standing: ]

[noirge]

[ oh look

the bottle is pointed at the one and only! ]

Lucky you?

[plushes]

[ ah

haha

oh

NOT THAT HE IS OPPOSED OBVIOUSLY, he's just remembering the first time they were in this situation and how awful that went, so... ]

Looks like it!

[ That's why he's not hamming it up like he would otherwise. He actually looks pretty nervous. ]

[noirge]

Do you have any... preferences? I don't mind if you want to think of this as a good opportunity as any.

[ Help... ]

[tworo]

[At first, Turo doesn't move. He ought to. He considers everyone's derisive opinions about his appearance, everyone except More at least. He imagines the horror and disgust flashing across their face if the bottle landed on him. He definitely ought to move, but he feels frozen.

Vakama's departure provides a valuable opportunity for escape. He jumps at it, shooting to his feet.]

I'll go, too.

[He flees the room. This has all been awful. But it's all his own fault; he should have known better than to come in the first place.]

[divinevoid]

[ Well, to be honest, they hadn't been noticing what was going on in the entirety of the game, but then when fleeing starts happening it is kind of hard not to. ]

Hold on, isn't it a little too early to—

[ It's too late because Turo flees like the wind and is just freaking gone.

Void Archives is just flabbergasted... ]