It's Nine o' Clock on a Friday!~ (Housewarming Open Mingle Post)

[autumnrainrunaway]

Who: Dolly and YOU!

What: Dolly's Housewarming Party/ The Lily Pad Bar Opening

Where: The Middle Tier Housing for Lum Berry Guild, more specifically, The Lily Pad located upstairs in Dolly's new home.

When: June 12th

Warnings: Alcohol, potential drunkenness, and possible bar fight Pokemon Style.

Sing us a Song, You're the Piano Man~!

The bar is set up to the nines and nicely organized for its maiden voyage for the housewarming, ready to entertain others upon coming inside. The counter is painted delicately to resemble a lily pond, soft blues, creamy pinks, soft whites, and mossy greens adorn the surface lovingly. On the counter are felt coasters made to look like the namesake, lily pads. Some have the lilies on them, others have a smiling little frog, and then there are few that have a little gold ball stitched on. If you're from earth and familiar with the Frog Prince fairytale, you'll likely pick up on the theme super quickly.

Lining the back of the wall of the bar are bottles of the homemade alcohol as well as decorative potion bottles that have the precautionary 'do not drink' on them. It's set up as a nice lounging style where folks can lay on the floor with the giant domino shaped pillows while playing boardgames with the other guests. The games available are the Clue boardgame, A homemade dart board with sharpened pebbles for the darts, The card game of Potions and Poisons with game instructions, A small game board of chess, and a stacking logs game of some kind to choose from. Perhaps one day, Dolly will have an actual set of dominos to offer to play with. In the corner of the room is Ribombee, taking a very well needed break from work to have a drink. Best not to disturb him, the poor mon needs some space during these stressful times.

Behind the counter, Dolly is merrily tending to mixing drinks and serving her guests for the housewarming party with Shuckle on the counter looking pretty cozy with their woven blanket on their shell. Elsewhere, it would appear Dolly had invited her neighbors over to get to know them better, Maushold and the ever loathsome Togepi. The two bigger Maushold are very social, gentle voices much like Mister Rodger in demeanor while keeping the smaller ones close by as they sip cherry cola. Togepi, the middle age Pokemon that unfortunately never grew out of his baby face, is most certainly the most unwelcome and unwholesome guest imaginable. Togepi hasn't even had any alcohol in his body yet, he doesn't have alcohol as an excuse at all for the behavior. Dolly is definitely having major regrets ever inviting over her dread neighbor Togepi at the moment.

On the counter are two menus of the drinks to pick from, one being the cocktails while the other is soda for those that cannot have alcohol.

Cocktail Menu

Berry Wines Available (Made by Cedric and Mayaka): Cheri, Leppa, Sitrus, Aspear, Nomel, Grepa, Oran, and Tanga. Feel free to request to have it mixed with a soda of you choice to make it into a wine cooler.

Better Bee-lieve it!: A nice blend of lemonade, elderflower liquor, and mead, topped with a lightly salted honeycomb.

Imploded Billionaires: The adult version of a cherry cola! Rum mixed with cola with some cherry syrup, garnished with homemade cherry mash candies that were dipped with a mini skewer still in there. Optionally can be pigmented black since it's a known fact billionaires have crude oil coursing through their veins.

Vesper: Recipe provided by Eleanor! A timeless classic cocktail made of gin, vodka, and Kina Lillet served with a lemon zest curl inside.

Mai-Tai: Recipe Provided by Eleanor! The perfect beach drink to enjoy the summer with, made with rum, curaçao, orgeat syrup made with the leftover almonds from Cedric and Mayaka with a splash of lime juice. Comes with a little grilled pineapple slice garnish.

Mint Julep: A refreshing classic! Made with chopped mint brought by Cedric and Mayaka, bourbon, sugar, and a splash of water over on crushed ice.

Toasted Almond: A cozy comfort drink of amaretto, coffee liqueur, and heavy cream. You can request a scoop of moo moo milk ice cream to top it with. The amaretto was made by Cedric and Mayaka while the coffee liqueur was made by Siffrin and Cater.

Amaretto Sour: A classic blend of amaretto and sour mix, garnished with a lemon twist in a Chansey egg white foam. The amaretto was made by Cedric and Mayaka.

Nukashine: Designed lovingly by our very own Perrin and given Thundershocks by Bigby Wolf! This drink has a good spicy kick.

Martini: Available in Dirty, Perfect, Dry, and Wet.

Lemon Cake: Sweet, but punches back hard! A mix of limoncello and vanilla bean vodka with a sprinkle rim. The limoncello was created by Aelita and Sonya!

Hard Fruit Cider: A curiously strong blend of mixed fruits that sure to bring a refreshing bite with every sip! This lovely blend was brought to use by Siffrin and Cater.

Dandelion Wine: This is literally summer in a glass with the bright, sweet floral notes of dandelion. This delightful blend was made by Siffrin and Cater.

The Bay Old Fashioned: An old fashioned with a massive punch! Gently muddled sugar and water combined with smooth whiskey followed by a splash of Revival Herb bitters, this is a drink you won't be forgetting any time soon. It's delicately garnished with a twist of orange rind and a cherry. The Revival Herb bitters was made by Siffrin and Cater.

Manhattan Bay: A classic with a Bottlecap Bay twist! Made with Whiskey, a splash of dandelion wine, and the Revival Herb bitters garnished with a cherry. It is a lot stronger than the average Manhattan, featuring two alcohols made by Siffrin and Cater!


Soda Menu

((Sodas available (Made by Perrin and Eleanor) : Nuka Cola, Sunset Sarsaparilla, and Lemon Lime Soda ))

Cherry Cola: The classic! This too comes with the skewer of the cherry mash candies.

Shirley Temple: Recipe Provided by Eleanor! A classic kids cocktail of a lemon-lime soda mixed with some cherry syrup. Can be turned into a float upon request!

Soda Float: Your pick of the soda with a scoop of moo-moo milk ice cream on top.

Minty Lemonade: A fun lemonade with freshly chopped mint leaves provided by Cedric and Mayaka. You may request it to have some blueberry tea to be poured in for the most refreshing half and half out there!

Sundae: Okay, so not a drink per se, but it's still delicious! Two scoops of the moo moo milk ice cream topped with melted chocolate, whipped cream, and your choice of a regular cherry or cherry mash candies.

Iced Tea: Pick from your choice of Peppermint, Orange Spice, Chocolate Hazelnut (already sweetened), Raspberry, Blueberry, Peach, Hojicha, or London Fog. It can be sweetened upon request!

Potion Mixture: Pick three non alcoholic drinks and have them mixed together to produce your very own custom drink!

With the menu looked over and drinks picked, it's truly a good time to go mingle with your fellow guests, play some games, or chat with Dolly as she runs the bar. Let's just hope that all the bar gets is a rowdy and drunken tavern song instead of a bar fight. Then again, the Fates are very much a hideous lot with a humor to match....

((OOC: I got permission from the Mods to have Ribombee in the background :'> He's just here to have a small break from work to enjoy a drink.))

Comments

All fun and games - OTA

[digitalprincess]

Having been coxed away from the booze and into having sodas-

Aelita had drifted to the board games. Mostly chess, she knew chess, she knew chess very well. It was almost bullying the unfortunate locals. And she was the worst kind of sport about it too. Watching them think about their moves, smiling ominously when they reached for certain pieces and making them hesitate.

A menace... Someone is going to smack her.

She was a lot less obnoxious with the the other games. The log stacking one was a bit more difficult for her. Aelita's dexterity had improved since arriving, but this required 'earth physics'.

And Aelita... Aelita was a bit of a sore loser.

"Lets try another round."

As for darts... She was just plain dangerous. Her aim wasn't great and even when she nearly hit the board it'd bounce off and-

"EPP-!" She'd diving out of the way. At least she can dodge even she can't throw for peanuts.

Darts!

[autumnrainrunaway]

First it was convincing Aelita to not have booze and go for the soda instead, now it was prevent Aelita from grievously harming herself with the darts board. It truly was stunning of a sight to behold when the dart bounced right back and nearly got Aelita.

"Hey Aelita, want to take a break from the dart board? I got arare if you'd like to try it out?"

Let's see if Dolly can skillfully dodge having a clinic visit happen under her watch...Dolly can sense the ever looming presence of Nurse Chansey in the back of her mind.

[digitalprincess]

Darts were never going to work out. Aelita needed both arms to throw one, that it was able to bounce was a miracle. But she liked counting the points... if she'd gotten any......

She shook herself. Looking up at the voice.

"What's arare?"

OTA

[sharpjustice]

Mayaka can be found by the bar, studying the long list of drinks available. While she has no plans to try the cocktail menu, there's still a lot of options. She'll turn to the Pokemon next to her and ask: "What're you having?"

She'll also be scrutinizing the dartboard on the wall, which she'd made with Cedric's help. Did she get the colours right (they used red and black paint, and forget to include green) and is the board even drawn correctly (there are no numbers on the outer ring to indicate points)? The gist of the game is there, even with these imperfections, but Mayaka is definitely glaring at the dartboard and wondering if she could have done a better job.

As for anyone who decides to play a round of darts, Clue, or stacking logs with her, it will become apparent that the Sneasel can get rather competitive when she loses to someone else.

"I want a rematch!"

Dartboard!

[autumnrainrunaway]

The dartboard is definitely the gem of the bar, there was no questions about it in Dolly's eyes. Dolly was still waffling a bit on what to name the dartboard, it simply had to be given a name. Darts Vader and Dart-thy Gale being the two she was waffling between.

Puns was gonna happen simply on principle, there was no compromise.

"Bigby and I cannot thank you or Cedric enough for the Dartboard. It's absolutely perfect in here."

[sharpjustice]

Mayaka fidgets with her claws self-consciously.

"You're not just saying that because it was a gift, right?"

[edgewater]

"Y'know, I ain't so sure."

At least there's a decent amount of soft drinks available - most times Parvati'd be stuck with water. Shame there's no apple juice... "Usually I only get water as an option at drinkin' holes like this."

i dont rmb when parvati told this to mayaka but i *think* it happened??

[sharpjustice]

She recalls Parvati mentioning not being all that interested in alcohol and such.

"I can't decide between the mint lemonade and the orange spice tea."

OTA

[paperceptive]

[ Naturally Odile attends the bar opening! Partially because Dolly is a friend of hers (friendly acquaintance? Odile's not good with these things) and partially because...gems, honestly she just needs a drink after some of the things that go on around here.

For a while, she simply leans against the bar. She samples the dandelion wine first, commenting to anyone nearby. ]

This is good. I didn't even know Siffrin knew how to make wine.

[ They were holding out on her! After that, she'll move on to sampling the other wines available. The cocktails look interesting as well, but she can't get to all of this at once! She's not even sure of her own alcohol tolerance in this new body! Maybe she'll just get blitzed and go tell that Togepi to fuck off! In the meantime, though: ]

Here's a real dart.

[ Ice Shard on the dartboard! Hell yeah! ]

[autumnrainrunaway]

[ Too late Odile, you're part of this friend group with Dolly. You have her blessings to go after Togepi's rotten ass, mistakes were definitely made when Dolly invited him over. ]

I was pretty impressed too with Siffrin's wine making skills along with the bitters. The bitters that was made by them is insanely strong.

[ There was that and the second brutal murder of Bigby through vicious flirting by Siffrin. It was a pretty big day of learning many new things. ]

[paperceptive]

We could have used that on our journey.

[ She's joking, of course; there was no time for such things on the road. But man. ]

[friendlyflower]

I think Siffrin whines all the time.

[He and the miserable little Togepi would high five if he had arms and also if he gave a shit. Flowey sips the Nuka Cola soda.]

[paperceptive]

Ha! You should go and tell them that.

[ Let them destroy each other with puns. ]

[loopsiedaisy]

[At some point Siffrin's ear twitches as they hear their(...? They've been feeling shakier about it again since their heavy quest in April, and a few other things, but they're not thinking about that) name.]

[They glance over at Odile, then politely tune back out (maybe) (okay, maybe not entirely) until she's done talking to whoever she was talking to. After that they wander over.]

[Quietly, in what would be the tone of someone making a confession if they didn't sound so amused about it:] I don't.

[Okay wait then how did the wine actually get made.]

[paperceptive]

Siffrin. Are you stealing valor?

[ Scandalous! ]

[dripdrive]

... Not bad. [Anasui looks at the Ice Shard on the dartboard. How good of a marksman is Odile? Where'd she hit? Did she pierce the rock he had thrown idly before?] You volunteering to endlessly make darts for this place?

ota

[edgewater]

Parvati Holcomb is very much not a drinker. She's not too sure why she's here at all, other than needing a break from her work and being friends with the hosts. She lived opposite the bar back in Edgewater and that was nothing short of miserable most nights. The Lost Hope aboard the Groundbreaker was marginally better, occupied by freelancers and the like between long-haul trips or the Mardets who'd just clocked out. She'd hoped to spend an evening there with Junlei, sometime. And now she's just sad thinking about it. Maybe this wasn't a good idea. The Tinkaton sits on one of the cushions with a peach iced tea, gingerly sipping between doing other things.

If she'd had any free time at all she would have offered a billiards table.

She's mostly going to hang out with the games, noticeably confused by the rules of most of them. Log stacking is simple enough, at least, but she has an unfair advantage on account of knowing how things stick up. Maybe she'll try darts. Who knows.

[autumnrainrunaway]

The dartboard was definitely proving to be the most popular game in the room next to the log stacking game. Mayaka and Cedric really did outdo themselves with the creation of that game, that was for certain.

It would also be true to say Dolly was pretty relieved to see that there wasn't any wildly competitive behavior from Parvati. Though, hind sight is twenty twenty, Dolly and Bigby should've made a mini billiards table. It would've been perfection.

"Hey Parvati, I'm glad that you made it to the party." Dolly chirped from behind the bar she was running.

[edgewater]

"Heya, Dolly."

Man, does she feel out of place just being here. At least nobody's real drunk yet? She could deal with Nyoka but she can't deal with six Nyokas. "I'm, uh. Glad? Too?"

OTA

[wolfcut]

—your choices matter

[ Fun and games aren't usually Bigby's scene, but a bar definitely is. After helping set up, he settles behind the counter, offering a pour or two to whoever asks. Maybe even offering himself a pour of the same while he's at it. Just one of the perks of learning the menu from Dolly and Shuckle beforehand.

While in the middle of cleaning a cup, he glances over at you, a patron in this fine establishment. ]

Just a second. [ He sets it down to dry. Despite not having experience as a bartender — or even with customer service in general — he seems oddly comfortable with the whole thing. With a light sigh, he leans an elbow on the counter. ] Sorry. Been a pretty busy night. What're you trying?

—bigby won't remember this

[ Bigby isn't particularly good at pacing himself, much less know how. Not like he's ever had to when he can't normally get drunk to begin with, and most functions here have been more limited in what they'd provide. Here, he has full reign, and he's definitely been taking advantage more than he should have.

Eventually, it creeps up on him, and he's stumbling and bumping into this and that, including one Togepi who he's been dying to go off on from the start. Even if this time it was his own damn fault. He's just getting real sick of that dude. Someone has to give that asshole a piece of his mind, but before this turns into an actual bar fight, Bigby's ears perk straight up, immediately distracted by whoever just walked by. ]

Huh— hey. You made it.

[ Never mind if you've been here long. Never mind if you've already talked to Bigby earlier. ]

It's nice, right? Lotta work went into it. [ Sniffles. He's fine. He's cooling off. ] You see the dartboard? It's... it's nice, right?

[ He's really excited about the dartboard. So much so, he might be nudging this conversation toward it. Mayaka and Cedric made it! For them! For this! ]

We should play a round. No one's using it.

[ Maybe he should just sit down for a bit, actually. That Togepi still looks like he has something to say. ]

[notyourbloodymessiah]

[ sorry, bigby. eleanor's having a hard time taking you all that seriously given her more dignified images of bartenders from back home. ]

You said I could try something if you kept an eye on me, right? Come on, you owe me that. [ she's already on her third shirley temple, to be fair. she's been patient. ]

[edgewater]

[ parvati was on her way out, if you'd believe it. she's really not one for big social gatherings and she really can't handle when people are drunk. nyoka was all right, after a while, but she had the entire crew to help mitigate her friend's alcohol problems. there was a reason she spent most of laios' party back in november outside. ]

I don't know if that's a good idea, Bigby. You might hurt yourself.

choices (mostly)

[loopsiedaisy]

[Uh oh Bigby. The one time you didn't look up before saying something, it's -]

Whatever you're having! [Siffrin chirps, propping their front paws on the bar counter.]

[Maybe Cater will be along later too. Just to make this even worse.]

this can be a short thread i just. had to.

[sharpjustice]

[Mayaka has been avoiding Bigby the entire night because she's embarrassed to talk to him after learning from Dolly that he really liked the handmade gift. Still, just as she's about to leave, she decides that it would be rude not to at least go up and greet the other host of the event.

As the Morpeko speaks, the initial awkward smile on her face morphs into a judgmental, deadpan expression. The sort that can only be mustered by a disappointed teenager. Does he even know who he's talking to right now?]

I know. I made that dartboard with Cedric-san.

I'm Mayaka.

Choices

[dripdrive]

While Anasui is hard-pressed to call Dolly (or anyone) a friend, he actually doesn't mind her company, hence he doesn't feel completely awkward coming to her housewarming. The vibe has certainly been different to what he expected but it's... nice. And the fact there's booze there doesn't hurt.

Anasui tilts his head quizzically, surprised that Bigby is bar tending, but doesn't say anything about it. He merely nods and then rattles off his order.

"Old Fashioned. Let's see how the Bay supposedly does it," Anasui says simply. Despite trying to say it in his usual, dismissive way, there's a tiredness in his voice. An air of melancholy hangs around Anasui like a bride's veil, translucent and hiding nothing to the imagination but still there.