A Corner of the Park [Early Sunday evening]

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Finding a corner of the park that didn't bear the remnants of the morning's celebration had actually taken more work than Triela had expected it to. Apparently she'd never dealt with Viking parties before.

But things had been managed, food had been laid out. Nothing fancy, but... not just chips and salsa. This was something Triela had planned, after all, and that demanded a certain amount of decorum. As much as you could get with paper plates, anyway.

Hilshire was there, of course, but he'd been told in no uncertain terms that he was to stand off to the side and not interfere. And then he'd gotten a glare for daring to smile in slight amusement at her tone. He'd complied, though, so he was standing off to the side looking... sad.

Not that Triela looked over to check on him or anything. Certainly not with any frequency.

Now she simply had to wait for her guests to arrive.

[Triela's having a little going-away party for herself. A chance to say thank you to her friends. If you think she would have written you an invitation, she did, and if you just want to stumble upon this out of the way corner of the park, feel free.]
[Warnings in the Incident thread for major medical collapse.]

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The party

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

This is where the fun and mingling happens

Re: The party

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela was there to greet everyone personally. The only thing she was worried about was whether or not she'd have enough time to say all that she wanted to.

She had a lot of people to thank. And she wasn't even very good at thanking people.

Re: The party

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda's hair was still blue and gold, but she was dressed in a modest, if very nice dress. She still had the combat boots though.

"Hey you." she smiled.

Re: The party

[heromaniac]

Momoko was definitely hunting up Triela. Not just because it was Triela's party, but because she wanted to spend as much time as she could with her friend.

"Triela! Are we to old to hug, now that we've graduated?" The answer was no, by the way, so Triela better not dodge the incoming red-head.

Re: The party

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James nodded and waved at his Big Sibling. "How fare you?" he asked, holding a small plate of food.

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[sie-bruder.livejournal.com]

Hilshire was standing off to the side. He was good at that.

And... seeing Triela like this, in her element, and... seeming to have it together... Well, it was nice.

Maybe he was worrying about nothing. Maybe things weren't as dire as the medical section back in Rome kept insisting. It'd at least be nice to believe that for an hour or two.

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[glacial_queen]

"You're here." The flat voice and the look that accompanied it suggested Karla wasn't entirely sure that this was a good thing.

Re: The party

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Hilshire." Calling him Mr. Hilshire would have been ridiculous. Dinah still felt awkward, though. "Were you at the ceremonies yesterday? I didn't see you."

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[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully spotted an adult in the crowd, and headed over to introduce herself, not entirely sure what to expect.

"Hello. I'm Dana Scully. And you are...?"

Re: The party

[heromaniac]

Despite still being only 18, Momoko decided she was going to be an adult about this...

Okay, no, she was going to be over here glaring at Mr Hilshire.

Re: The party

[future_sandworm]

He had received an invite and of course he was going to stop by. Leto was curious to see how Triela was doing. They had spoken briefly a few months ago Fandom time - which of course was a lot longer ago for Leto.

He picked up a few nibbles, mostly for politeness sake.

Re: The party

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela saw him and, just like at the ceremony the day before, she found herself less... tense than she usually was around him.

"Hello, Leto," she said softly. "I'm... glad you came."

Re: The party

[glacial_queen]

"Kiss kiss--Leto!" Karla blinked at him, surprised. "You're very...different."

The sandtrouts over his skin were a dead giveaway, but it was the changes to his psychic scent that surprised her the most. So much power there, crackling now like a harnessed electrical storm.

Re: The party

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf got there, of course. She'd taught him a lot over the year, and he wasn't about to skimp out on saying goodbye to a friend.

He might even have looked a bit sad upon arrival, though he had a smile pasted on his face.

Re: The party

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Hey, football-boy," Triela waved with a little smile. "Glad you could make it."

Re: The party

[glacial_queen]

After stocking up on a lot of the food back at the Viking picnic or whatever it was, Karla made her way over to Triela's party. There was no way she was going to miss this.

"Kiss kiss," she called.

Re: The party

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Kiss, kiss," Triela shot back. At which point she snorted.

"I think I'll leave that particular phrase to you." It just didn't sound right from Triela's lips for some reason.

Re: The party

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was determinedly not thinking about parts of the conversation she'd had with Triela on Friday; just enjoying the chance to hang out with her and other friends again.

"You did great at Graduation," she told Triela. "Did you get any souvenirs from beating up Vikings?"

Re: The party

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully was there, nibbling on the food, and hoping nothing more weird than yesterday's adventures in Vikings would happen.

Re: The party

[icecoldfrost]

It was only proper for Emma to attend her roommate's party, amidst the others she had to go to today, and so she was here, keeping one eye on Triela.

Re: The party

[trigons_child]

Raven was still tipsy from the mead, but at least it put her in a better mood as opposed to the sorrow and disappointment in herself that she hadn't been able to better heal Triela.

Re: The party

[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

Helen wasn't quite sure why she'd received an invitation, as she'd kept so much either to herself or with James lately, but she was glad to have a chance to see Triela and wish her well.

Re: The party

[heromaniac]

Despite the protests from everyone when they found out they were suddenly in some Viking village, Momoko had finally sent her family and friends home. Now she was making her way across the park to where Triela's party was set up.

The incident

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

This is a placeholder for ominous things to come later on

Re: The incident

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela wasn't really a speech sort of person, but... The occasion did seem to call for one.

"Hey, everyone!" she called, trying to get some attention. "I wanted to thank you all for coming. And for being there for me, being my friend over the years I've been here. I won't say I always enjoyed being at Fandom, but..." she smiled. "It wasn't all bad. In fact, there were times that were positively amazing."

"So, yeah. Thank you. And I wanted to say--"

Triela cut off mid-sentence and stood silently for a couple of seconds. Then her eyes rolled back and her knees buckled.