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It's Party Time [ Open ]

Who: Jim Kirk & You!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Yes, Planet-side @ Alloy Lake
When: Sometime in the evening

While it wasn't broadcasted, between how many people were told and the fact it wasn't exactly a private affair on a very public beach, anyone was welcome to come to this little shindig. Kirk's feelings were mostly that they all could use a break and a chance to relax together as friends, family, teammates, or any other word you chose to assign to the relationships you had on the Fleet. It was a nice break from working in projects too. It was nice to have something to occupy yourself in a creative and useful way, but it was always a good idea to take a break and refresh the brain now and then.

Which was how he came to the idea of a party on Alloy Lake.

He scouted a scrap of land near the water to set up on - beach towels, a cooler with drinks, a mocked up grill to cook some food. He went out later in the afternoon to start with more than enough light to enjoy some swimming, though it would be dark soon enough for certain members to join without being uncomfortable. At which point, a bonfire was built. What? A lack of sunlight is never a reason to stop partying! Especially not with such good company.

_{[ ooc: It's a party on the beach! Make your own starters and have some fun! There's drinks - alcoholic and non - food, a couple of games or make your own, a bonfire later in the night with of course means some kind of smore, swimming, and more. In terms of invite, you can assume you were directly told by Kirk, or told by someone else, or the grapevine. It's open to all, so don't worry to much about it. Have fun! ]}

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Daytime
[Hell yeah, beach party. It might be a trash beach and a trash planet, but the beautiful color of the water was distracting enough to pull the attention away from the rest of this disaster world. Also, the company was good and-- Oh gods, someone else was in charge of the food. Taako really wanted to take over, but since it wasn't his job? He was going to let it be.

Besides, he had something more pressing to do - sunbathing. Taako has a towel spread out at one of the prime locales to overlook the water and he's sunning himself in a pair of blue swim trunks and an orange crocheted cardigan folded up next to him. He's got a pair of sunglasses on and a drink in one hand. When he notices someone move by him, either just passing by or standing at his side, he lowers his sunglasses.]

Can I help you or are you just enjoying the view?

Nighttime
[With the sun gone and the bonfire going, Taako's changed and wearing something more normal for him. He still has his swim trunks on and the orange cardigan, but beneath that he wears a flowing blouse to keep the chill off. It helps that the bonfire is so nice and warm. He's not exactly in the midst of the party, but he's there, watching everyone have fun. It's so strange, watching everyone just enjoy themselves like they aren't all millions of miles from home.

Unpleasant thoughts keep invading when he's alone and he closes his eyes. Maybe this party just needs a little entertainment to keep him preoccupied. He jumps up from his seat and then goes toward the end of the area they're on. Why not light up the night with a little fireworks? Harmless illusions, but he sets the night sky alight with multi-colored fireworks, sparklers, and lights.]

[Oh, perfect timing. While he's distracted by talking to some rando passing him on the sand, Lup has the chance to Mage Hand a little bucket of water behind him and dump it over his head.]

[He'd been having a nice day today. If things had stayed that course it could have been a good day.

But then Lup happened and a bucket of water was dropped on his head.

Taako leapt up from his towel and whipped around, looking for where that came from as he wiped water from his eyes. ]

[She's not even pretending to hide. Her Mage Hand is waving at him with two fingers, still holding the bucket with the others, and about twenty feet away is Lup, decked out in a bikini decorated with flames and a black hoodie, laughing her ass off at his expression.]

[He sees you, Lup. You're a menace to society.

He flips her off in return and then disappears from view - or at least the real one does. He casts Mislead and his double runs at her, going for the bucket. He knows she probably has True Seeing, but even if she does, whatever - she knows he's coming for her now.

Once invisible, he dries himself off and heads for the cooler of ice. He scoops a handful and heads in her direction for real this time.]

[She does not in fact have True Seeing! Waste of a spell slot for a caster like her, it's not her style. She most she can sense is his use of arcana, but she always assumes he's up to something when he retaliates with her, anyway. With another laugh she dances away from the double, leading it on a merry chase.]

What's the matter, spacecat got your tongue?

[The double grimaces, coughing and spitting water like the spacecat does, in fact, have his tongue. It chases her and Taako is waiting, blinded as he uses the double to push her closer to where he is waiting for the ambush.]

It got in my mouth, Lup! I'm going die from alien water!

I'll mourn you! I'll throw you the most fabulous funeral!

[She's paying proper attention to the double now, though she might not entirely be cooperating as far as being led. Might be taking a bit longer than Taako would like, but eventually she's pushed in that direction.]

[If there's one thing Taako is willing to do? It's wait to get some payback. He waits, letting the double chase her back and forth, nudging her closer and closer until she's right where he wants her. Once she's in position, his vision snaps back to him and he grabs her hoodie from behind. It's a quick thing to pop the collar open enough to dump the handful of ice and cold water straight down her back, and then the double vanishes as Taako reappears long enough to laugh at her. ]

You first.

[And then he Blinks and disappears into the Ethereal Plane to get out of her immediate reach.]

[She shrieks at once, a sound that is both equal parts shock and unbridled wrath, and it's a good thing he Blinked away because she's whirling towards where he'd appeared, eyes blazing. When she finds no one there, she wriggles and shakes her hood, trying to get the ice out of her bikini top.]

You want ice!? I'll give you ice! Get back here, chickenshit!

[She scoops up a piece of the discarded ice cubes and a white stone from the beach, stalking back and forth across the sand as she waits for him to reappear.]

[She really has no room to call him chickenshit when she started this. He's just a little better at it. While she's stalking around, Taako moves back over to the water. Blink doesn't last long, but it'll be long enough. She can't see him which means she doesn't have True Seeing - so he had advantage. He reappears near the water and uses Mage Hand to slap the water toward her.]

You started this!

[The water gets her, but she'd been waiting for it; a necessary sacrifice. With a flash and a gesture there's a gust of cold air above him, and suddenly a handful of soft but frigid snowballs are raining down on him.

It's not made to cause damage - she's not going to try and duel him this early - but a snowball is still a snowball.]

How dextrous you feeling, Flip Wiz!?

Pretty fucking great that's how!

[Still, it's not exactly easy to dodge freaking snow and while he manages to miss the worst of it, he still gets hit once or twice. Taking shakes himself off and sweeps his arm up, casting Gust of Wind to send the fallen snow right back at her. Fuck that's cold!!!]

How about you?!

Taako

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