April Mingle Log

[thalassino]

[This month, there's a sign in the plaza indicating that the welcoming party has moved to the park to celebrate spring!

The food table is present as always, though the selection seems a little healthier than usual. No sweets are available for once - instead the Station Master will cheerfully invite anyone who comes by for a bite to eat or a nice drink to take part in the spring clam hunt! Scattered throughout the park are brightly colored clams, painted like easter eggs tend to be. Some of them are obvious, others are more well hidden. Others? Well, a few of the residents got a little over-enthusiastic. They sure do get excited about this stuff.

What's inside? Well, it depends! In most of the calms are various candies (not fish flavored this time, the clam theme seems to have satisfied the locals), but some of the clams are a little different. It might be time to celebrate spring, but it's also April 1st! When some of the clams are opened, characters might find that paper eels spring out at their faces, or that they're squirted with brightly colored ink, or even that the clam makes various noises. There are even a couple clams that are entirely empty and make a very mature raspberry sound when opened.

As always, the Welcoming Committee and Host Club have had booths set up for them as well. Have a question about the city? Want to talk to someone who doesn't have fish puns on the brain? Need a little companionship? Both are good places to check out. At the Welcoming Committee, just in case anyone was suspicous of the Zora Tunics that appeared Sunday night, Zelda's handing out a couple more and explaining those. The Host Club is under new management, but it seems like they've managed to pull things together regardless.

Have fun!]

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FOOD TABLE

[thalassino]

[redboots]

[After wringing out the water from her hair and drying up her axe bass with everything she could until it was no longer in such a crappy state, Marceline of course had to drift her way to the party that seems to be going on. After all, she was the Vampire Queen and, more importantly, a legendary rock and roller. Parties were her scene.]

[Anyone by the food table might see her floating along, axe on her back and a cup of fruit punch in her hand. She raises it up to her lips and... uh, that... sure is all the fruitiness apparently draining away. That sure is now a glass of clear liquid.]

[spacecase]

[...Yet she notices only the bass.

What the hell, her "spacesister" is a rainbow drinker, it's not like it bothers her.]

Ohmigod, I've never seen a model like that before. So cool!

[Hi, Marcy, mind having a dog-god floating next to you?]

[antiquarian]

[Before the war Simon hadn't been too great at parties. He didn't mind them but when it came to socializing he'd usually just stick to the outskirts or find the nearest pet to make friends with like a tipsy male Snow White.

Funny the things you miss when they're not even remotely an option anymore.

True to form, he spends a lot of time near the food table. It's pretty uneventful until he spots Marceline because honestly? She kind of stands out. He does too to be honest but he's not the one floating and holding an axe bass.

He doesn't approach her right away, instead opting to stare. She looks like his Marcy, it's true, but his Marceline is seven. Ad she'd totally be seven if she did end up in Vatheon.

Right?]

[techno_shaman]

[The gatherings for the newcomers are always fun. It's nice to meet people when their objective isn't to kidnap and/or eat you. The girl with long dark hair definitely stands out in the crowd.

Oddly enough, the floating accessory is less bizarre than how the girl drinks her juice. She's taken everything out of it but the water.

Sera's a bit too timid to pry, but her gaze is obviously affixed to Marceline after that trick.]

[howamanlives]

[There's this brown-haired teenager whose just gonna stare at Marceline for a while, as if he's trying to figure something out. Then, he walks up to Marceline, eyes narrowed]

Uh, 'scuse me, ma'am, but...

... what world are you from?

CLAM HUNT

[thalassino]

[redboots]

[She was certainly thinking of something entiiiiiirely different when she heard 'clam hunt', but after finding a few bright cherry red colored clams, well, she's open to it. Especially after she realizes the potential of some of the clams.]

[Just wandering around? Marceline will start to wave you over.]

Hey! Come over here, will ya?

[That sure is a pearl white clam in her hand!]

[420]

[Gamzee wasn't much paying attention to anything so when he hears her call, it takes him half a second more to realize it was directed at him. He tilts his head, looking curious as he comes a bit closer.]

You mean me?

[Marceline has summoned one (1) doopey clown. Is this cool? y/n?]

CLAM HUNT!!!

[savemegermany]

[ Hunting clams?! Oh that sounds like so much fun! Then Italy would cook them up in a nice seafood pasta. Oh that sounded so yummy he could already taste it~!

He plucks up a clam. It looks very strange. Clams aren't normally blue. And it's got a hinge on it? He pushes his thumbs into the non-hinged end to peer inside, see if it's a real clam when suddenly a paper eel springs out at the country! ]

AAAAAH! I'M SO SORRY, MR. CLAM! I SURRENDER! I PROMISE I WON'T EAT YOU! JUST DON'T HURT ME! I HAVE A BAKERY TO RUN AND FRIENDS TO BAKE MUFFINS WITH!

[redboots]

[She can't help it. Marceline just bursts out cackling, clutching her stomach. She had thought about tricking him herself while she was hunting for her own clam collection, but, man... Sometimes it's nice just to watch.]

Oh man, hehehehe, you just- [Another burst of giggles.] Better give Mr. Clam some sort of tribute if you really want to get on his good side again!

[littleboytrap]

[Czes bends and picks up a clam, striped pink and blue. He hesitates, then opens it up and looks around furtively before putting the chocolate inside into his mouth]

[fullmetalfanboy]

It isn't chocolate with fish chunks in it, is it?

[He had been eyeing the one he had found for a while, and decided to wait for someone else to try. Congrats, Czes, you were the test subject!

Seeing he wasn't making any faces or spitting it out...

Taking a bite.]

OPEN

[fullmetalfanboy]

[He had a lime green, sand castle shaped pail to place the clams in]

Are they supposed to be clams or is this supposed to be after another celebration that the people here goofed up?

[They didn't do colored clams or colored anything where he was from.]

[fulmination]

I wish I could tell you. Half of the holidays here are ones I haven't heard of back in Amestris.

_{[Kimblee you should probably stop fiddling around with that clam you just picked up.]}

[420]

[Why anyone would send Gamzee off on a clam hunt is a great big mystery. He wouldn't even be able to find his feet if they weren't attached to his ankles.

In fact, he still sometimes can't find his feet even when they are attached to his ankles.

It's mostly the drugs, really.

But here he is, wandering a bit, idly poking around to see if he can find some clams. He can vaguely remember this sorta thing from before. Except... then it had been eggs, right? Flapbeast eggs and... stuff. Things. To be honest, he mostly just remembered getting a smooch off Rapunzel out of it. That had been nice.]

[terribubbly]

[ Clams everywhere? Feferi had been all over that!

Wearing her normal clothes and yet still with her outrageous pirate hat, she's been crashing around to collect whatever she can find. This is a proper holiday, she's fairly sure it is, at least. Once in a while the humans really had it right.

Except this time, the candy was all wrong.

Ah well, she's still going to collect everything in the park.

Or she was, until she saw him. ]

Gamzee! Come here, you silly cod-themed dork!

[ And she charges him, full speed ahead and collision imminent. ]

[spacecase]

[›Robot puppies: Engage in clam hunt•

Yep, Jade's brought her puppy pack up to the island this time, and would you look at that, something to test their finding and identifying harmful objects programming so she can finetune it.

She's set up against a rock while the puppies hunt for clams and scan what's inside of them before bringing them back to her. From there she commands them to open and diffuse whatever's inside.

...Some of them have actually brought back chocolate to her though. Hmmm, either they're trolling her or they need more work.]

HOST CLUB

[thalassino]

[redboots]

A host club? Really? [Her amusement, let her show you it.]

Sounds like a bunch of desperate guys if you ask me.

[She doesn't really seem opposed to it, mind you.]

[behind_my_smile]

[Fai is doing his normal thing of handing out treats and greeting people as they go by. He waves to people he knows and after awhile decides to just sit and rest for a moment. He sets the tray of cookies down on he table then plops down in the chair behind it.

He stretches with a yawn before relaxing back in the chair.]

Waah..such a busy few weeks it has been. Hard to believe it's this time again already.

[pierrotdemonique]

[ And along comes this walking fashion disaster, parasol in hand and seemingly on the lookout for this particular booth. After all, if Zelos isn't here anymore, he has to re-introduce himself and re-formulate partnerships.

So there's a clearing of his throat as he stands by the booth. ]

Excuse me. I've come to speak to a man about a certain club.

[ugly_soldier_dude]

He finally finds the table. Ever since Cloud showed up, he's been entertaining this idea, and he's come to a decision, for better or worse.

"So, is the club accepting more members?"

Here goes nothing.

WELCOMING COMMITTEE

[thalassino]

[redboots]

I'm going to guess they don't exactly come in different styles...

[Floating on her back, just kind of picking at one of the Zora tunics...]

Don't suppose I could modify these things, huh?