Party Thread (because I'm so clever with names)

[riverfox-237.livejournal.com]

Who: Eeeeverybody!
What: Party time has finally arrived! Time for everyone to relax a little after all the recent craziness.
Where: Tifa's Bar
When: Friday, Aug. 7
Notes: Open log, thread however. Try not to break the bar.

Everything was ready to go. Seventh Heaven was sparkling clean for the occasion, tables and chairs spaced out nicely across the room. A table against the wall was loaded with a wide variety of food and drinks, both homemade and storebought, and another table held a stack of games in case anyone was in the mood. It was a pretty simple set-up, but everyone who had helped seemed to think that it was just right.

Jenn was nervous, and excited. Finally, she was going to meet all of the people she'd been talking to on the network this past month! She'd been eagerly waiting for this party ever since they'd started set-up (and the chocolate-chip cookies over on the snack table were Jenn Specialty). Now they just needed to arrive. Being the self-designated greeter, Jenn took up a position by the door and waited to point people to the snacks. She made a valiant effort not to look like an overexited geek.

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[hyperpsyche.livejournal.com]

Ren, like a surprisingly large number of the partygoers, wasn't too sure what she was doing there, either. She hadn't been sleeping well lately, and the effects of that were starting to catch up to her. Add in Ren's natural tendency toward the melancholic when a bad mood struck her, and that led to her quietly sitting off to the side, nursing a glass of water all by her lonesome.

Part of her was hoping that someone would come and drag her out of her moping soon, while another part (that sounded suspiciously like her mother) reminded her that she'd have a much better chance of having fun if she made the effort to be social, herself. And yet another part of her wanted to stay there and brood all night. (Maybe if she went ahead and had an actual drink, she could get at least one of the "voices" to shut up, she mused wryly as she looked into her glass.)

[harpie-siren.livejournal.com]

When Greta spotted Ren, she snuck over as quietly as possible and gave her a huge hug. She did promise to give her hugs once Ren was back in RG.

"Hey, you okay?"

[hyperpsyche.livejournal.com]

Ren squeaked in surprise as Greta ninja-hugged her, tensing up until she recognized her friend's voice. She chuckled softly and awkwardly hugged Greta back, somewhat preoccupied with trying not to spill her water all over either of them in the process.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she responded automatically. "Just a little tired, I guess."

[harpie-siren.livejournal.com]

She broke off the hug and looked at her friend, she didn't really seem 'fine'.
"You seem a little... down, Ren" Greta replied, concerned.

[hyperpsyche.livejournal.com]

Ren winced and set her glass down on the table before giving Greta a proper hug. No, she wasn't stalling before answering, whatever gave you that idea?

"I'm just tired, really," Ren insisted. "I've had a rough past couple of nights, that's all." Which was putting it lightly, but still, it was the truth...

[anzila.livejournal.com]

Brandon by all logic should be in bed. He had to warp back to Earth tomorrow to celebrate his birthday with Ryune, and start finalizing their wedding plans. Still, a lot of his friends were having birthdays in August, so he figured he should at least say hi.

Speaking of friends with August birthdays, Brandon happened to notice one hiding in the corner who really looked like she needed some birthday cheer.

Pulling out a seat, he plopped down across from Ren and said, "Hey there sunshine," before sipping his soda.

[hyperpsyche.livejournal.com]

Ren managed a smile and a little wave as Brandon sat down. "Hey, you. I'm surprised to see you here," she said before giving him a teasing smile. "Couldn't resist sticking around to watch how we're going to going to try to top our usual partytime brain break?"

((OOC: Happy birthday! *cheers*))

[anzila.livejournal.com]

"Well, that and Ryune's one of the people working on Earth-Other World relations, so I need to warn her of any potential interplanetary incidents," Brandon teased back with a grin. Reaching across the table he took Ren's hand with a softer smile and said, "How are you holding up?"