[[closed post: jormanen end denam danne näskelle*]]

[ravkanwitch]

There's something about Dark that reminds Nina of Fjerda – maybe it's the cold and the scarcity. She remembers working long shifts at the cannery in Elling when she was trying to maintain her cover. Everything in that town was worn down and washed out. Even the crystal whiteness of the Ice Court is a bit bland in her memory. While she loves the country of Fjerda itself, somehow (maybe it's Djerholm syndrome; that's a linguistics joke), it all makes her slightly glum. And that's when the brightly colored magazines in the library grabbed her attention. What better time to hold a "slumber party" than now, when the end to Dark is around the corner, but the prospect of winter is still lingering?

Her room has been set up for the party ever since the early afternoon. She pushed her furniture against the walls and moved all of her "stuff" out of the way. With the help of Dionysus and the aftermath of their pinball bet, she set up a spread of juice boxes, grapes, and some really strange but quite tasty Japanese grape gummies. He also provided the jelly for some almond butter and jelly squares that Luo Binghe helped to make – after she promised him that she would spend some quality time with him after the slumber party, of course.

She wasn't exactly sure how to decorate... Festive? Girly? Spooky? A little bit of everything? She hung up a few brightly colored streamers as well as some black streamers and then found all of the spare cushions and blankets in the empty rooms on her level of the mansion. The cushions are laid out on the ground for everyone to sit or lay on along with plenty of blankets on top. She did read that spooky stories are typical at a slumber party, so she's scattered a few decorative bones around the room for a spooky vibe... And then the final touch: she found three strings of fairy lights hidden away in a dusty closet and strung them around the ceiling of the room where they're sparkling away right now. Thankfully, there's been no restriction on that whole "electricity" thing. And then... the wait for the guests to arrive.

[[Let's try this slumber party post this way... For each stage of the evening, I'll post a top level Nina comment. Feel free to respond to whatever strikes your fancy and then interact with everyone else as needed! Hopefully we'll end up with multiple short threads!]]

*Be welcome and wait out the storm, in Fjerdan

Comments

[ninth_cavalier]

Gideon hadn't really known what to expect when she'd made this dare, but it hadn't been that. She catches Tally going very still next to her, and runs a reassuring palm up her back without turning to look at her. "Hot damn," she says, admiringly. "That was, in fact, fucked up. And bonkerous."

[sporesprouter]

"Fair enough," Tress says, nodding. "You did it exactly right, Gu Xiang, don't worry. And Nina, there are some clothes under your bed, kind of stuck up in the corner. In case you were missing anything."

[ravkanwitch]

Nina was holding her breath until Gu Xiang cut the tether with the knife; she's seen similar things before, done with the Small Sciences, but it reminds her of The Dar-- Aleksander more in a way. Merzost. The literal translation is "magic" but its double meaning is "forbidden".

She'd normally feel slightly embarrassed about whatever clothes Tress discovered under her bed, but she gives her a grateful smile instead. "Thanks. That was impressive. I don't know if I could top that with either a truth or a dare."

[tallyyoungblood]

"That was bubbly-making, Tress-la," Tally says, doing a little bit of truth slanting. It was bubbly-making--she knows her tattoo is whirling right now--but it was not bubbly as in fun. She's grateful that Gideon reassured her a little. She probably saw stuff like this all the time in her necromancer world. "Yeah, I think maybe you win?"

[sporesprouter]

"Thanks, I think? I'm not sure it's exactly a game you win... That's only the third time I've actually done that."

[thepurpledanger]

"Here," says Gu Xiang, and passes over a juice box and a little plate full of almond butter and grape jelly squares. "You need to get your strength back if you're going to win Spin the Bottle, too."

[ravkanwitch]

"Tress, just so it's fair... maybe you can ask a truth of me while you're recovering and snacking. I'm the only person who hasn't gone yet." Nina thinks it'll be awfully anti-climactic, though.

[sporesprouter]

She sips on her juice box, thinking. "Okay. If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do with it?"

[ravkanwitch]

"Back home? I could do so much political espionage with just one day." Nina muses on the question a little more. "Here? ...I'd get all the good gossip. Perhaps prank a few people."