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Trashmouth Tozier (trash_mouth) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2021-02-12 13:17:00

Entry tags:

!open, astrid, bonnie lightheart, bucky barnes (au), dan torrance, dddddeeeeaaaaaaannnn!!!!, johnn redel, richie tozier, ~ritchie tozer

Who: Everyone
What: PARTY
Where: One of the particularly fancy hotels in Wheel 1
When:Friday night, starting around dinner time
OPEN/Multiple threads/tag warnings on your threads as needed

The lobby of the hotel is mostly unchanged, other than the furniture all being pushed to the edges of the space to make an impromptu dance floor. There's a small stage set-up on one side, during the first half of the night there is just a computer there, it's set to auto-play a variety of music but there is also the option for guests to play a specific song jukebox style.

One another side of the room there are food and (non-alcoholic) drinks set up. Everything is catered from through the door and it's mostly finger foods, appetizers, and small tapas-style plates, everything kept warm on electric warmers. It's enough for a meal if someone wants to sit down or they're all easy enough to graze on through the night. The drink station here is all non-alcoholic and features waters, sodas, and a few custom punch mixes.

Separated from the main food/drink setup is a bar table. It is well stocked with basically an entire bar's worth of liquor, various mixers, fruits, and garnishes. There is a mixed punch here too, this one spiked.

About an hour after most people arrive, Richie and Eddie will start gathering up anyone close to them and directing them into a smaller meeting room off of the lobby. Once in there they'll find what is basically a small wedding setup, rows of chairs lined up with a small altar at the front. (The doors to this room won't be shut at any point, so even people who aren't close to Richie and Eddie would be able to see or sit in if they come across it) Richie and Eddie will renew their vows in a small ceremony led by Loki before leading everyone back out to rejoin the party.

Once they get back, the "DJ station" will be pushed off to one side of the stage and a karaoke machine will take front-and-center. The food tables will be condensed and one replaced by a dessert table, featuring a cake, a couple of pies, and a candy buffet.

The food tables would be taken in once most of it was gone, and Richie and Eddie would wander off sometime after midnight, but the rest would be left in place as long as people want to stay.

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Richie, Open to multiples at different parts of the night

trash_mouth
2021-02-12 07:40 pm UTC (link)

Richie wore a well-fitted suit for the night, though once the ceremony was over his bow-tie would have been hanging loose from his neck and by the time he was singing karaoke he would have misplaced his jacket as well.

He spent the early parts of the evening greeting people, moving things around if they were in the way, and doing his best to make sure people were comfortable enough to have fun. He spent most of the time with a plate in his hand, grazing and occasionally offering things up to other people.

Once everyone had mostly arrived he started gathering up their family, directing them to the side room without giving away much about what would be going on in there. And once the ceremony was finished, he'd rejoin the party with a broad smile, hanging off of Eddie's arm for a while.

A few drinks in, Richie would have started on the karaoke, stepping up whenever it seemed like people were too nervous to jump in. He would have been the first at the mic with an enthusiastic rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, figuring it would get people singing along and more comfortable. Then, throughout the night he would have ended up singing Eddie Baby while very dramatically acting like his husband wouldn't give in to him, and finally an almost impressive performance of I Believe in a Thing Called Love. He absolutely could not reach the high notes, but he tried every time. None of his singing was technically great, but he had a lot of fun with it and it was entertaining at the very least.

In between songs he would have drifted through the party, finding his way back to Eddie periodically but trying to interact with as many people as he could on his own too.

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Richie & Ritchie (&Open)

gaycancer
2021-02-14 11:58 pm UTC (link)

It was cute, watching Richie think he was being subtle, when he had a smile you could see from Mars and he was clearly absolutely smitten with his husband. Who Ritchie could now see was absolutely fucking adorable in every way. It was a strange sort of pleasure to just watch them from afar now and then, mingling with their friends and family and clearly so at home in this place. Fuck, thirty years he'd said. No wonder he seemed so at ease.

Later in the evening, after his batshit performance of Queen, Ritchie happened to catch his eye at the drinks station. He gave him a genuinely warm smile, and then lifted his left hand to give him a wave, which let the little bell bracelet on his wrist jingle for a few seconds.

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Re: Richie & Ritchie (&Open)

trash_mouth
2021-02-16 09:28 am UTC (link)

Richie noticed Ritchie a few times throughout the night, glad to see the kid enjoying himself, but when he caught his attention and waved the bracelet he couldn't help but laugh. Richie excused himself from the people they'd been talking too, gave Eddie a quick kiss to his cheek, and made his way over to Ritchie, a cup of punch in both hands.

"I really do enjoy those first few weeks where the newbies still take me seriously." He joked, offing up one of the cups. "You good though? I know it can be...a lot." Richie glanced over the crowd. With a few exceptions, most of them looked fairly normal, Richie wasn't sure how much of the not-so-normal the new arrival would have come across yet.

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	Re: Richie & Ritchie (&Open) gaycancer 2021-02-16 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, God, sorry..." he pulled a bit of a guilty look. "Did you think this was me taking you seriously?" he teased, the look softening into a friendly smile as he accepted the offered drink. "I'm good, yeah. I met Dean," he told him, giving him slightly wide eyes that said a lot more than he was verbalising. "He's a friendly chap, hmm?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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Richie/Eddie Before Karaoke

hypochondriac_
2021-02-19 07:11 pm UTC (link)

Eddie held a bowl of candy in his hand, containing his favorite candies from the eighties, mixed with Richie's favorites. Because he knew they'd make their way back to each other soon enough. He noticed Richie, looking over the song selections for karaoke and snuck up behind him. As best he could. He figured Richie was aware of him on some level. He had to stand on his toes to get anywhere near Richie's ear and sang a few lyrics from "Lovin' you." until he broke off in a laugh.

Eddie placed his hand on Richie's back, smoothing out a wrinkle in the man's shirt that probably only he had noticed. "Lost your jacket already, huh." He joked and glanced over at the song list. "Did you find some good songs?"

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Re: Richie/Eddie Before Karaoke

trash_mouth
2021-02-24 09:35 am UTC (link)

Richie chuckled softly, his awareness of his husband enough that he wasn't startled, but not so much that he'd expected him. He leaned back into Eddie's touch because it was always a little bit of give and take with them at this point, so used to each other that they moved almost together instead of in response to one another. He stole a fireball out of Eddie's candy bowl and popped it into his mouth.

"Mmmhm," he smiled, "On both counts." He would find the jacket again, eventually. He twisted so he could face Eddie, resting his forearms on his shoulders and sneaking his fingers into the back of Eddie's hair, tousling the perfect style just a little bit out of place. "Though, I do take requests." he teased lightly.

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Re: Richie/Eddie Before Karaoke

hypochondriac_
2021-02-27 09:06 pm UTC (link)

Eddie smiled softly, and rubbed Richie's back for a moment, before moving his hand away. He looked up into Richie's eyes lovingly, as if he were about to speak incredibly romantic words. "My first request is that you limit the fireballs. I don't want you burning off my dick later, Hotmouth." He mock-ordered, pointing a finger at Richie. Annoyance and a promise of sex later. What could be more them?

"Requests, requests, mmm..I have to think of a song that will embarrass you enough to make everyone else feel more comfortable about singing. At the same time, it can't embarrass me." He smirked. "This is tricky."

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Bucky and Open

otherbuck
2021-02-12 08:11 pm UTC (link)

Bucky felt...out of place. He'd convinced himself that the party would be good. Richie had emphasized that everyone could come. People kept telling him it would be better if he made friends and, while he still didn't think he really needed them, he'd made enough enemies already.

Now that he was there though, he realized that he had no idea what he was doing. He'd worn a sweater with some nice jeans, things he'd bought on the other side of the door because his own things were mostly worn and a little ratty, but he wasn't sure if that had actually been right. They'd had a few weddings on his station, but they hadn't been much, so he wasn't sure what wedding attire was actually meant to be.

He watched the people around the room interact but wasn't sure how to join, or if he wanted to anymore. They mostly seemed to know each other and he was already an interloper, interrupting felt like it would just make them mad again.

He held a drink in his hand as he hovered around the edge of the room, just watching and contemplating if it would be rude to leave only half an hour after he'd gotten there.

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Bucky and Astrid

_astrid_
2021-02-12 11:04 pm UTC (link)

Astrid was wearing one of the dresses she'd made from the fabric she'd bought in Asgard. It was a deep bottle-green, a colour she'd taken to wearing quite a lot ever since she got access to different-coloured fabrics, and it made her hair look even redder than it actually was. Which, naturally, was why she wore that colour. She had a glass of something alcoholic in one hand, and was enjoying the music as she kept an eye on her still-adult son. He was very tall, so it wasn't that difficult, and so she took to looking round the room.

When she spotted Bucky looking awkward and like he could be considering leaving, she headed towards him.

"Hello Bucky," she said with a broad smile, "I am very pleased to see you here! Will you join me for some food? Or have you had enough of me over the past few days?"

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Bucky and Astrid

otherbuck
2021-02-12 11:45 pm UTC (link)

"Hello Astrid." Bucky had seen her coming, her hair easy to spot in the crowd, especially when offset by her dress. He definitely felt like he'd not worn the right things.

His mind went back and forth for a moment; glad that someone who had been kind to him was willing to continue to do so, but also a little disappointed because if he wasn't alone he didn't really have an excuse to leave. But, of anyone, he was glad it was Astrid to find him really. She was one of the few who had neither patronized nor resented him. And, while he couldn't really blame any of them for resenting him or being mad at him, it was a relief to be around someone who didn't.

He nodded a little, "I'll come." He'd already had some food but still wasn't used to eating larger meals and instead ate often. He didn't mind going back.

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Bucky and Astrid

_astrid_
2021-02-13 11:28 pm UTC (link)

Astrid made her way back to her seat, one of four rather comfortable ones with a low table between them all, and gestured for Bucky to pick one. "I had Hródolf sort out the furniture for me," she explained, "since he needs to be doing something other than drinking and dancing." She gestured to where her son was, and then turned back to Bucky.

"Leave your glass there, and we will go get food. I need a refill of my wine as well."

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Danny and Open

dr_sleep
2021-02-13 12:11 am UTC (link)

There was a bottle of vodka missing from the bar table. Danny had lifted it earlier and hidden it near the seat he had claimed for himself. And then he was drinking sodas or some of the punch from the non-alcoholic table, and just adding the vodka to it when he was back at his seat. And he was eating, too. Not loads, but enough to soak some of the booze up, right? So, it was fine. He wasn't drunk, as such, but he wouldn't be dreaming of anything once he got back to bed.

He needed a smoke, though. Miguel had told him cigarettes were illegal in Nueva York, which sucked, but it meant that if he couldn't smoke through the door, he needed to smoke on the station. He brought his drink with him after topping it up a little bit more from his bottle, and made his way over to stand just outside the door of the main room. Then he lit up and breathed in the smoke, and wondered what songs he could sing later.

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gaycancer
2021-02-13 11:14 am UTC (link)

Ritchie had been on the station for a few days, but he was far too 80s to know that he should have announced his presence digitally in some way. It seemed to him that an open invitation party was the most natural place in the world for introductions to be made, and it had given him a little time to find his feet and get to grips with this new situation.

He hadn’t seen the doctor or the man from the future yet, but his array of vitamins and natural “remedies” from home has arrived, so he’d been necking those and checking in with his body regularly as usual. This evening, he did feel slightly tender under his left arm, but there was no bruising or swelling so he let it go. He was fine. He was going to be fine.

He was an 80s vision. White suit jacket with rolled up cuffs, shirt with the top buttons undone and no tie, perfect curls and a single earring catching the light now and then. He mingled casually, helping himself to drinks (opting for beer out the bottle so he could bin them and not risk accidentally sharing glasses) and nibbles and did a bit of people watching.

They actually seemed like a crowd he could be comfortable with.

A few people had already sang by the time he’d decided on a song. Clearly practised in the art of performance he took to the “stage”.

“Hello, I’m Ritchie Tozer, no relation to the host,” he introduced himself with a wide smile of affection for the man he was referring to. “I’m new, erm... so be gentle?” he added with a soft laugh before the music started.

He started to perform Fleetwood Mac, any lingering anxiety just disappearing as he sang his heart out. The last few notes faded, and he did his signature bow, and hopped off of the stage again to rejoin the party.

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ddddeeeeaaaannn
2021-02-14 08:53 am UTC (link)

It wasn't long after Ritchie killed 'Years and Years' that Dean made his way toward him. A massive smile was on his snout. He took Richie's words to heart, and was dressed as best as he could for the occasion, given Red's advice.

The massive blue Dragon Man stared down at Ritchie, his smile never faded as he worked him over. There was something about the young man, his confidence, the ability to get up in front of a crowd like that. Dean found himself a liking to it.

"Dean enjoyed Young Singing Man's Song. It was a very good." There was a glimpse of regret in both Dean's eyes and tone. "Dean doesn't have as good a voice as Young Singing Man's... Dean is sorry.." His snout turned from a smile to a frown. He wasn't use to interactions with others, that was usually left to Pointy-Eared Man or Doll-Lady.

"Uh... Dean is Dean..." He spoke up again, his voice was soft, yet still rather booming. "Dean just wanted to let Young Singing Man has a very good voice."

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gaycancer
2021-02-14 09:42 am UTC (link)

Ritchie had accepted a lot of things over the last few days, but a 7ft blue talking dragon was definitely enough to make him stare, mouth hanging slightly open, frozen to the spot, and completely speechless for longer than was probably socially acceptable to stare.

“Uh... thanks?” he stuttered a little, and then tried to regain composure by actually digging himself a much bigger hole with his endless nervous chatter.

“Sorry. I grew up on the Isle of Wight,” he said, then realised this guy had no idea what that meant. “It’s a tiny place, and there was like one Indian family on the whole island, so I’ve never seen anyone like...” he gestured quite calmly up and down Dean’s body. “If it helps, I did an equal amount of staring when I first met Ash. I mean, he’s Indian, and he’s... well, maybe not my boyfriend, but... anyway, I thought he was really exotic when I first met him, and did an equal amount of... uh... not that I fancy you?”

Oh, this was going well.

“Um. Dean, hi. Young Singing Man is Ritchie. Do you do the hand shaking in your culture?”

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ddddeeeeaaaannn
2021-02-15 09:32 pm UTC (link)

Dean was used to the reactions of the people here, not that he minded, though. He was hardly one to take offense. Instead, he just stood there in silence with a big smile on his snout.

"Young Sing Man is welcome!" Though, he tilted his head when Ritchie began his nervous chatter, there was so much information to process. "Dean is a dragon!" He spoke through his smile. "What... Is Indian?" His head tilted to the other side, he had no idea, obviously. He had so many other questions he wanted to ask Ritchie, but they washed away as soon as they came. Unless Ritchie spoke his last statement/question. "Red said Dean is fancy! Red made Dean's clothing!"

It was going better than Ritchie would imagine. Dean would do his best to try and remember his name, but that really wasn't he forte. He knew of hand shaking, having seen others do it. But, Dean was more of a hugger, and it showed when he wrapped his arms around Ritchie, lifting him up as he stood up straight. Though the Dragonborn was massive and strong, he was also very gentle, making sure not to squeeze hard.

"Dean is happy to meet.... Ri.. Ritchie!"