MINGLE — NYE & Winn's Birthday PARTY!

[passingthrough]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Broadcast — Earlier than now for planning
Action: Hotel Corona — Winn's birthday / NYE party!
When: Action — Dec. 31 / New Year's Eve

[Broadcast (open to everyone but Winn)]
At the risk for earning a reputation as a party planner, I have a thing for everyone to attend again. Don't worry, lots of other people are helping pull it together. It's going to be on New Year's Eve, but the real event is the countdown to Winn's birthday which is also on the first. It's going to be in a club we rented out for this in the red shift district. Starts around seven-ish. Ends when you pass out?

It's kind of a surprise maybe? At least the part where it's for his birthday. And if you don't know Winn but you still want to come that's fine too. You can trade a gift for Winn for a free drink at the bar. Otherwise, bring some money. Cake's on us though.

[Birthday/New Year's Party]
[The space is well decorated and so glittered you can probably tell Wrath was part of the team putting this together. Lots of Winn's friends came out to help whether it was getting decorations up, managing food, music, or chipping in to buy out the space and a drink for anyone bringing a gift. Not to mention drinks for the birthday boy all night.

There's a table for presents and another one with a spread of openly available food though the bar has appetizers you can buy too. There's a big cake at one end because of course there is and some punch that didn't start the night spiked at least. There's space for dancing and a karaoke machine set up on a small raised platform for those who want to try their hand at entertainment.

The night really kicks off when Winn walks in and instead of a balloon drop there's a fluffy blue stuffed bear drop. Feel free to take one of those home. There are a lot.

When midnight comes closer some people will file out to one of the observation areas to get a good view of the nebula for the big countdown. Bring your own person to kiss!

Comments

[ladybro]

Fair enough. We can't all be international super-spies. [ kate's glance is equally sly and admiring. ] I risked getting in trouble with the law every time I went out before I got my Avengers card. And more than a few times afterwards too.

[outstandingbalance]

Oh, I didn't say I didn't risk that. There's just usually different words for it.

[Her tone manages to be both dry and arch, and somehow self-deprecating. As though she's both on both a higher and lower level than most people in that regard. Which she just might be.]

Any other exes from your world I should know about, in case they show up and are confused I don't recognize them?

[ladybro]

I only really know about Daredevil and Hawkeye. [ she lies. it's not even a very good lie -- but for whatever reason, she's uneasy about naming anything else she might know on the topic. ]

But you don't really gotta worry about Clint. I think he knows that ship has sailed.

[outstandingbalance]

We've talked here a few times. I didn't get the impression he was going to make things awkward.

[She shrugs.]

At least no more awkward than it was going to be anyway.

[ladybro]

Give it time. [ how encouraging! ] At least it's a mostly harmless kinda awkward, though. Usually.

[outstandingbalance]

Not too worried about it. It'll be strange if my Clint shows up though. Two of them in one place is at least one too many.

[ladybro]

Y'know. I'd love to see him shoot.

[outstandingbalance]

You mean see how he stacks up?

[ladybro]

Absolutely. [ ... ] You can only have so many world's greatest marksmen.

[outstandingbalance]

How I understand it, you can only have the one.

At least, one per universe?

[ladybro]

Me and Clint. [ her clint. ] We're neck and neck. He'd never tell you this and -- hey, I don't like admitting it either -- but on any given day either one of us could be the greater shot. Maybe he had a better breakfast. Maybe I had more coffee.

[outstandingbalance]

That's impressive. Assuming he's as good as I expect him to be.

[And she sees no reason to assume he won't be.]

Especially considering he's got the edge in experience.

[ladybro]

I blame those stupid trick arrows. [ ... ] They make him soft.

[outstandingbalance]

Oh, is that how it works? No exploding arrows or tracking devices for you?

[ladybro]

Not if I can help it. [ a crinkle of her nose. ] Sometimes a boomerang tip or a smoke bomb comes in handy -- but otherwise? Seems like way more trouble than they're worth.

[outstandingbalance]

Believe me, it never hurts to have a few tricks up your sleeve. You can't always count on them, but sometimes a surprise or two makes all the difference.

[ladybro]

Sure. Just as long as they don't veer towards the gimmicky.

[outstandingbalance]

[You think that's gimmicky, try the Widow's Bite, the Widow's Sting, etc.

Natasha doesn't bring that up though.]

I see where you draw the line.

[ladybro]

Right? And that line is drawn inches away from having to spend my Saturday afternoons labeling arrows just so I can remember which does what.

[outstandingbalance]

[Now there's a mental image worth a laugh.]

Never seen Clint label his arrows. I'm not sure how he knows which one is which, really.

[ladybro]

Weight. Feel. God knows how. [ kate shrugs. she's witnessed it in action, but she still considers it to have been a crashing burning failure. ] I don't even know where he finds the things -- unless he has Iron Man whip them up.

[ she can't call him 'tony' she just can't. ]

[outstandingbalance]

Suppose anything's possible. Arrowheads seem a little below Tony's regular output though.

[Natasha, on the other hand, has no such problem.]

[ladybro]

Maybe. Maybe not. [ kate can't really say for certain. except: ] He made Clint's hearing aids.

[outstandingbalance]

And someone did it without adding lasers. [Impressive, really.]

[ladybro]

Much to Clint's disappointment, I'm sure.