Party Time

[loveandduty]

Who: Everyone who wants to attend.
What: It's a party for all, but the pairing up part is for singles only.
When: Day 19 of Fiddlesticks
Where: Gym Carriage
Warnings: Who knows atm just Minako being Minako will add more as things happen.

[Minako figured she did the best she could for the party. Though she also wondered if perhaps she might not have that many people come. Sure she wanted to put singles together, but at the same time, she simply wanted people to have fun.

In the dressing carriage, people will find costumes and masks that were more gothic in nature. There was food and hopefully some forms of sweet treats for those looking for it as well as a variety of drink, mostly non-alcoholic.]

OOC: Examples of the type of outfits and such can be found here: costumes and
masks]

Comments

[bridgetothefuture]

"I'm not military," Sam says with a shrug, though he doesn't immediately clarify why he's not used to downtime if he isn't. "But I was always doing something, always needed somewhere. It was actually pretty annoying, to tell the truth."

He leaves it at that, though, apparently just as uncomfortable with speaking to people as Maru.

[sobothersome]

"Then the downtime should be good?" If he was always on the go and he didn't like it, surely being able to kick back and relax would be a good thing? Though... Maru looked around, a slight frown creasing his brow. "... Hard to relax with this music though."

Music wasn't really his thing, but if it was it wouldn't have been this bouncy, bubbly pop stuff that everyone else seemed to enjoy.

[bridgetothefuture]

The comment makes Sam nod. "Yeah," he agrees. "Can't really say I'm familiar with any of it. Though I'm not much of a fan of this kind of music to begin with."

He really only listens to music whenever it's brought up and recommended to him, honestly.

[sobothersome]

"I've heard it... I think it's popular stuff from back home." Maru wrinkled his nose delicately and have an unhappy shake of his head. "I don't like it." Though he wasn't much of a music fan at all. Though there were some video game soundtracks he enjoyed.

[bridgetothefuture]

"Not a lot of music has survived to the present, so I can't say if there would be much here I'd know," he admits with a shrug.

It being popular music makes sense, sure, but Sam also wouldn't really know what that means. "It's not bad, I guess. Not like I have much to compare it to."

[sobothersome]

"The present..." Maru gave him an odd look then, until he blinked and his expression cleared as he realised what that implied. "You're from a different world. I forget that's something that happens here." He should remember, but so many people just look like normal humans it was easy to make that mistake, he thought.

"You live in a world with no music then? ... What do you do for fun?"

[bridgetothefuture]

"I don't think my world is anything like what most people around here are used to," Sam agrees readily. "Some music's survived, just not a whole lot of it. People will find things from time to time, though," he shrugs.

"When I was delivering packages in the Eastern Region, I met an aspiring musician; he gave me a harmonica for helping him out."

It kinda sounds like Sam doesn't do anything for fun.

[sobothersome]

Maru listened, but couldn't really imagine that world. Even his earliest memories, before the rise of technology, there had been music. More music, really, because of that. But he supposed a different world would be, well, different.

"Can you play it?" He asked then, curious despite himself.

[bridgetothefuture]

"Yeah," Sam nods. "I play this song for Lou sometimes. It's..." he trails off, frowning. "You know, I don't remember where I heard it from. But I've whistled it for as long as I can remember."

Now that he thinks about it, that's a little odd. "Nothin' fancy or anything. It's just a little tune."

[sobothersome]

His head tilted, looking even more curious as the older guy spoke. A little tune he whistles? Did he know anyone who whistled like that? Not really. He wondered why people would even do that, though he supposed if this guy loved in a world where music wasn't common you'd want to do anything to make some kind of noise.

"What was it like?" The words were out of his mouth before he had time to think them though.

[bridgetothefuture]

He hesitates, like he does every time he's been asked about something about himself.

But... it's different here, where nobody knows him, knows who he is. So he doesn't see the harm. "It goes like this," he says, before whistling a little tune.

[sobothersome]

Maru wouldn't have minded if the man had said no, he knew it was probably a strange thing to ask. But he was also oddly fascinated. So when the man started to whistle, he listened attentively. Of course he had no idea what the tune was, but it was a nice one.

"I like it." He decided once the tune was over. "You really don't remember where you heard it?"

[bridgetothefuture]

"No," Sam says, sounding a little bothered now that he's really had time to think about it. "I've known it for as long as I can remember."

Given his apparently age— easily in his late 40s, if not 50, it's certainly been a long time. He seems to brush it off, though. "Ain't much of a song, I know. But Lou always enjoys it."

[sobothersome]

"Maybe it's just a tune then? Maybe something your mum hummed when you were little?" He remembered some songs, little tunes, hundreds of years old... He couldn't say how or why or where they'd come from. But they were in his head.

"If you like it that's what matters."

[bridgetothefuture]

"Couldn't have come from her," Sam says shaking his head. But he doesn't seem to care. "She wasn't the type to do something like that." He leaves it at that, though.

"You're right, though. It's not really important where it came from."

[sobothersome]

"Oh... Well then, no matter where it came from, it's nice." Maru gave a little shrug, not quite looking at the older man. It had been a nice tune and, while it would have been interesting to know where it came from, it didn't matter. So long as it made the person happy it was a good thing, right?