It's Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas

[universal_charm]

Who: Kirk + The Good People of the Fleet
Broadcast: Part 1, Yes
Action: Part 2, Yes
When: Monday for the Video, Saturday for the Action

Broadcast
_{[ Kirk appears on the screen, waving to everyone and smiling. ]}

Hello everyone. I know this is rather sudden, but this Saturday I've rented out a space in the Hotel to hold a Holiday Party for the Fleet. It seems that a lot of worlds have celebrations around this time of year, and I thought it would be nice for us all to get together and share them, and just be able to enjoy each other's company in a space that feels less like a sardine can. Even if you don't celebrate anything, please come and grace us with your company.

The party will start at 7, but by all means come as you can. There will be a buffet and a bar - please get yourself a hotel room and not use the shuttles to go home if you do drink, by the way.

So come out and enjoy yourselves. I hope to see you there.

Saturday - The Party
<sub>[ The party is held in a large and spacious club-like space, but it is well lit and there is a mix of small tables and an open area for dancing set up. Music drifts over some speakers, with a pre-selected list already programmed in, and not so loud that one couldn't talk to your neighbor, but loud enough to sway to the beat if you desired. The space is decorated in tones of white and gold, a touch of festivity without really nodding towards any one particular celebration.

A bar is staffed by two of the hotel bar tenders and alcohol is plentifully stocked along with non-alcoholic choices. The buffet ran along one wall, piled with meats, vegetables, fruits, and sweets - everything to suit anyone who might come.

It's time to party everyone! ]</sub>

Comments

[halfbloodhatchling]

[ It might not last very long, but he could at least play nice for the moment. After all, she was telling him about food.

And it probably wasn't poisoned. ]

Not much fresh produce in space?

[reflectedblight]

[She shrugged.]

I haven't been here long to tell, but it seems like it. I haven't seen any. I hear there are gardens to be found in the fleet, though.

[She eyed the table's spread again, clearly not quite sure what to try next.]

[halfbloodhatchling]

Just what everyone thinks about when they wonder how to occupy their time in space.

[ Kai snorts, but takes a bite of the good she'd recommended. ]

It's not bad.

[reflectedblight]

When there's nothing green and growing for thousands of miles, yes.

[She might be a warden now and the Hero of Ferelden, but she was still dalish and growing things mattered to her.

His giving the pink cookie thing a try snags her attention, however and she smirks.]

Is that supposed to be code for 'actually good' or is it really only 'not bad?'

[halfbloodhatchling]

I always preferred cities.

[ He'd turned a warehouse in San Diego into his home. He's a shitty elfin, and that's for the best, as far as Kai's concerned. ]

It means 'not bad'.

[ He's not that easily effusive. ]

[reflectedblight]

[She shrugs.]

Why?

[Not accusatory or mocking, simply curious. She'd always seen them as busy and dirty, but she also wasn't used to them. Perhaps there was something she was missing or something different about how his cities worked from hers.]

[halfbloodhatchling]

People are less nosy, and if they're prejudiced it's easier to avoid them.

[reflectedblight]

Perhaps where you are from.

[Her face markings alone would more than likely gain unwanted attention, her ears would swiftly draw out the latter.

She looks up to the people gathered.]

This fleet is sort of like a city. There seems to be only a couple handfuls of us, and yet I barely know anyone here.

[halfbloodhatchling]

[ Kai can hardly claim to avoid prejudice against elfins, but he's also one of the offenders on the subject. ]

Not quite like a city. There's no real opportunity for anonymity.

[ Even as a purple-eyed elfin, Kai's been able to have relationships that don't go any further than a single encounter, in a city. ]