stone noticeboard: party party party

[crosslaced]

We’ve been through some nonsense.

How about a community gathering next month? We could do with one to keep the morale up. Roast venison, a campfire, perhaps some shenanigans. After Storytelling might be best, in the event something happens on the next island.

[Full disclosure: Laurent’s fiance’s birthday is next month, on the 25th. That’s why he’s suggesting this. But listen, no one has to know it’s a secret birthday party, there’ll be food and maybe games and everyone will benefit anyway.

Plus, he’s willing to provide some lucrative party favours:]

I've considered requisitioning the Storyteller for some alcohol, if you think it’s a good idea. Or those weeds people like so much.

-Laurent
Lives on the southernmost islet

Comments

[want_to_belong]

We can figure out some ring toss games and throwing games!

[crosslaced]

What's a "throwing game"?

[want_to_belong]

Take a ball or some baggies, set up some cans... Or set up whatever, and people can take turns trying to knock down whatever they can. Or trying to toss something inside of a bucket, with the further buckets worth more points. Things like that.

[crosslaced]

I see. For the children, that's a good idea.

Perhaps the adults might be interested in hitting targets from horsChocobo-back?

[want_to_belong]

We can probably set up some sort of little course!

[crosslaced]

[oh no, he was making an inside joke. he’d like to set up an okton though. it’s just that he knows the logistics is bullshit.]

We don’t have enough adult Chocobos for it. Or horses. We had something like that in Damen’s kingdom, but alas.

Maybe an agility course done on foot?

[want_to_belong]

Back home we used to have chocobo races.

But Coco isn't big enough quite yet. That just leaves Fressy and the horses. Horse VS chocobo could be interesting? That would mean Ardyn cooperating though.

[crosslaced]

It could, but no one would want to ride on the slower animal.

And how would you secure Ardyn's cooperation?

[want_to_belong]

I'm sure people would still want to ride the horse!

[Shots fired.]

Ardyn's cooperation would be a more difficult problem. Maybe Iggy could ask.

[crosslaced]

That’s a petting zoo, not a race.

[He acknowledges that if Ignis were to be involved, he has a chance at enlisting Ardyn’s cooperation. He’d get “Fressy”, whatever that is, the Chocobo maybe.]

No. What are we, what kind of community uses a person’s connections against them?

[want_to_belong]

Petting zoos are cool, too.

What do you mean? It's not like we'd let anything bad happen to Fressy.

[crosslaced]

[He has his Opinions but infuriatingly, he decides he's not going to go through it. It's not like he can persuade a Chocobro anyway. The #salt may be discernible in his curt reply, though.]

I can't stop you.

But I say now that I won't be associated with what you do on that front.

[want_to_belong]

What about just having a petting zoo instead, then? We have tons of animals.

[Because he wasn't going to force something if this guy didn't want it at his party. He wasn't sure what was so bad about Iggy asking, but Laurent was weird, anyway.]

[crosslaced]

I worry about someone accidentally hurting the animals. Or overhandling. But that's plausible.

Are your birds socialised enough to be there?

[want_to_belong]

Coco likes attention!

The little ones aren't super little anymore. I can ask Gladio and Iggy what they think.

Leo is definitely big enough to handle himself.

[crosslaced]

The choice is yours.

But inform us in advance? We'll need an enclosure for them at the party.

[piercetheheart]

Leo will look after em. no worries.

[want_to_belong]

Looks like it's good to go!