Parents' Weekend Meet & Greet! Friday Afternoon at the Park [09/28].

[in_sidon_we_trust]

As one might have suspected, the weather that afternoon was incredibly cooperative and pleasant, just the right balance of nearly everything. Funny how that always seemed to work out. And wasn't that fine weather just a perfect companion for all the decorations and tables set up around the park in anticipation of the weekend's guests, as well as for the impressive spread of food offered for those wanting a bit of a nibble.

There was, of course, glitter, but some might note that it was a bit more tastefully restrained this year.

A bit.

Stretched over the entrance to the park was a large, bold banner, leaving no question as to what all this marvelous preparation was for:

Welcome to Parents' Weekend 2018!!

[[ Registration | Food and Drink | Mingle | Shadowy Corners | OOC ]]

Furnado Animal Shelter; Friday [09/28].

[hashtag_chocobro]

It was absolutely no surprise to Prompto that his parents couldn't make it for the weekend; his parents hadn't even made it to seeing him off for school when he left Insomnia. He got it, of course. They were busy, they had a lot of things to do, it wasn't anything unusual, he should be used to it by now, but...it was hard not to feel a little dejected about it when other people's parents were more involved.

Kind of a shame Noctis couldn't come, either, which had been a cool idea, but incredibly impractical. Ugh. He was trying not to get down about it, but it was still all pretty freaking lame.

Thankfully, today was also his first day at the animal shelter, which worked for an excellent distraction. It didn't take him long at all to forget about his personal pity party when surrounded by cute and interesting animals and learning from the vet how to take care of them and what he was expected to do while he was here, and even getting in a little bit of a workout slinging some bags of food around.

Hey, so his actual family couldn't be here. No big whoop. He'd just have to hope this new, much more cuddly family would be willing to adopt him into theirs.

Furnado is open!

Blackstone Foundry and Forge; Friday [09/28].

[special_rabbit]

Oh, sure, Amaya knew she had a nice, fancy office up at the school now, but she'd never been one for offices, really. Even the one at T&C had been mostly used for extra storage when she was there. Besides, the whole thing would have felt a bit disingenuous and a little awkward for her, and she was maybe a little nervous about the idea of having to meet her students' parents and whatnot anyway, so she felt better being in a comfortable spot. Besides, the forge was more in line with the sort of stuff she taught, so anyone swinging by her office to chat would find a note on the door directing them here.

It also served to allow her to finish up on the pommel for Peter's sword, too, work that she was itching to get to that would be easy to set down if she had any interruptions. Much better than just sitting in an office, waiting around for people that might not even show up.

The Forge is open!

[[and I'm on the road today, so pls to not mind the sp]]

The C.I.C, Friday Afternoon-Evening

[chirpchirpchirp]

So, there was some kind of... visitor... thing... going on around the island this weekend.

That was... nice? Vette supposed it was probably nice, if you were somebody who could contact any potential visitors in the first place so that they could visit, thanks. It was too much to hope that the gang on Nar Shaddaa would even know to show up, and her own family?

Vette sighed as she settled in behind the counter, the raven hopping over to take up its perch on her shoulder.

Yeah, it hopped up there mostly to admire her headpiece again, but she could at least appreciate the company as she idly poked at some silly 'throw everything into the fireplace' game that started to become really weird as she continued to play. Why were they burning all the things? And why was it strangely hard to stop even while the game was making her feel guilty about it?

"I don't think I like this game," she informed the raven as it nuzzled up against her earpiece. And then she threw a few more toy blocks and a stuffed animal into the fire, too.

[OOC: Open, no OCD!]

Caritas, Friday Evening

[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord supposed he probably should have held his office hours today. Probably. But since he was starting his new job at the bar tonight, he figured parents would cope with either meeting the 'influencing people' half of their kids' education here, or waiting until he actually went into the office on the weekend, instead.

Truth be told, here would work just fine for him. Discussing students over drinks at a bar was at least a little more informal than a one-on-one in an office he hadn't yet broken in. And between the half-orc behind the bar getting himself acquainted with the stock and the modern tools of the trade (whatever happened to just bottles and kegs? What was this thing with all the nozzles and hoses on it?), and the zombie band on the stage testing to see if this bartender had a taste for country music, folks would probably have plenty of reasons to want to drink, anyway.

"So, Tino... you been working here long?"

Tino opened his mouth to answer.

And that was when Zombie Yoko stumbled off the stage and Fjord had to go spend the next twenty minutes untangling and reattaching limbs. Sorry, Tino.

[OOC: Open! I swear I'm done spamming the flist now.]

Turtle & Canary; Friday [09/28].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Ahhhh, the perks of no longer being a student here continued to present themselves as Summer realized she was going to spend a nice weekend without any embarrassing family members to bother her and the freedom to potentially give others crap about the fact that they did. It was so liberating. Of course, she understood that no longer being a student here didn't guarantee anything, but she knew that no longer being a student here meant that her parents didn't care anymore, so she was pretty much safe.

Beth and Jerry she could easily do without, but a part of her did think it might have been okay to have Morty around, she could show off the apartment and the new store to him, and that could be cool...

...no. Her family was lame, and so this was great, and she was just going to be at the store today to help out in case anyone needed a million toothbrushes or something, because apparently that was now a concern for her, thanks a lot, Reno.

Welcome to Turtle & Canary!
Ask about our special Guests Discount!

Today's Squishy Flavors
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Mom's Spaghetti
Red

Today's Jello
Cream Cheese Melon

Turtle & Canary is open!

[[ i got up too early and now i have time to kill. have some guest-induced ocd today]]

The Perk; Friday Morning [09/28].

[died8yearsago]

Apparently, there was a thing this weekend? So Rosa figured she'd have to make it to her dumb office at some point, but she had other things to take care of first. It was the last day of supplying fancy coffee for the station due to her ill-conceived raccoon bet, and she also owed Kincaid a tea. She thought about hitting up that fancy new tea shop for it, but it was Friday, and she didn't need any squirrels thinking they were cute by speculating about why Rosa Diaz would ever be in a fancy shop for hot leaf water.

So she put in the order, familiar to them by now, shoved a few bills into the tip jar, and then settled, leaning against the counter as she waited for it to be finished.

[[ and I'm done, I swear! Open and feel free to exploit for all your perk-ly needs ]]

Caritas, Thursday Evening

[wrongkindofsith]

There was a special up on the board tonight.

Pre-gaming Special
1/2 price drinks to prepare for your visitors.

Cara, no.

[Open, no OCD.]

The Magic Box, Friday

[bookbeltof_love]

"Oh my gosh--what happened to you?!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!?!"

It was probably a good thing that the peanut butter jelly demon didn't have actual ears when Nina caught sight of it because her voice hit a register that most peoples never did as she stared, aghast, at the small cutie that was no longer pink.

It burbled happily at her.

This was the worst way to start a new job! The worst!

"Like, now I have to figure out how to fix you?????" Nina complained as the jelly demon bumped her elbow comfortingly. "And, like, I don't even know how magic works in this world??????? And small geeky guy," she knew his name but psh, whatever, "wasn't even sure how you came to exist in the first place!!!!!!"

The Magic Box is Open!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[And OCD free! Also, it's snowing where I am. Sigh.]

Stark Industries, Friday

[midichlorianfail]

Theron was planning on giving the picnic a miss. After all, no guests meant no reason to go.

Not that he was upset about that, or anything, he just didn't see the point.

He picked up the murder-roomba. "How do you feel about an arc welder?"

Uh, Theron, maybe this wasn't the best way to work out your complete lack of negative feelings?

[Open! Details of Satele and Tony's thread (including names) very much NFB]