Let's Have a Party!

[runs_on_batteries]

Who: Everyone!
What: Throwing a party
Where: Gym carriage
When: Early Evening- early morning, Apple 28

It was three days after the incident with the train and right at two weeks since they'd been allowed to get off this train and roam a new world. Sure somewhere in there, they'd had a brief reprieve involving a new platform and mess of newcomers, but that had hardly counted as a break from the train. So, the point was, they needed a chance to blow off some steam. What better way than organize a party and roll out the last of his ale to share?

He'd recruited Sarai and Maglor to play their harps and/ or sing for music; Ignis, Ash and Evie to make hors d'oeuvres, Dread and Peter to bring in some chairs; and rigged a lamp and some cloth to make a disco ball-like display in the room (which he made Peter to promise not to touch).

Now he just had to get the guests on the dance floor... to harp music? He misses 'regular' music. Sigh.

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[bombashbunny]

The way Sarai was eating was something that Ash could definitely relate to - she often did the same when faced with good food for free. Ash leaned against the table and crossed her arms before her.

"Good, right? Better than the food from taverns. We have some real chefs on board." They likely did not live up to the feasts that Sarai and Dread likely had with the royalty of the land, but they were talented as far as Ash was concerned.

[sweetnessandfight]

"I almost feel bad for not helping, but I am helping...just by playing music, I suppose." Though Sarai chuckled at that, and nodded to the much-taller Viera. "I hope you're settling in here! You must have come in with the last group. I'm Sarai." The rest was probably fairly clear, between the fact that she'd mentioned music, at least.

And, well, Ash's speculations were probably true, but at least one of those feasts had been marred by a certain assassination attempt, but usually the Au Ra did her best not to think about that sort of thing.

[bombashbunny]

"The music is excellent - you and the elezen are quite talented." Ash had been enjoying their performance quite a bit. The only thing that could make it better was a fuller set of instruments, but for the small space they were in this was excellent.

"It is nice to finally meet you. My name is Ash." Ash gave Sarai a small head bow as she spoke. "I did come with the last group. A surprisingly welcoming group, given the circumstance. The adjustment for me likely wasn't as difficult as some - used to traveling quite a bit thanks to home." She wasn't fortunate enough to have a permanent set of roots anywhere back on the Source - not that she really ever made it a priority to have a home there. Her home base was always the Skysteel Manufactory, but she never stayed there for very long. "I hope you have not found the transition too difficult yourself." Ash doubted that Sarai had much difficulty, but it was polite.

[sweetnessandfight]

"Thank you--but I think Maglor has me beaten in skill. Have you met him? He's quite nice." Then again, Sarai would say that about...fairly anyone she knows on the train. She was the sort who didn't go about trying to make enemies, clearly.

"Finally meet me?" She arched a brow, then, and smiled. "Have you met Dread, then?" It seemed a logical conclusion--not that they both weren't terribly sappy about each other, at times. But she didn't seem inclined to dwell on the Roegadyn--likely because she had to get back to harping, sooner rather than later.

"Traveling--you and I both. I'm a bit uncertain about the train, especially since we've not seen the conductor, but...what can you do? We're not actually being harmed--even if the recent mishap is somewhat suspicious." She gave a slight huff at that, and shook her head. "Though finding myself no longer on Hydaelyn was a bit jarring."

[bombashbunny]

"I have not had the good fortune to personally meet many on the train." In truth, Ash tended to keep more to herself. She was not necessarily someone who would approach others first, but there were always exceptions - especially for a Warrior.

Ash gave a nod at the mention of Dread. Tony had mentioned her as well a time or two, but how Ash came to know of Sarai on a train with a very limited population didn't matter all that much. They had seen each other around, surely, just never really had the chance to talk for one reason or another.

"I admit that I had begun to grow something remotely close to comfortable until the train's failure." Comfortable in the sense that she had finally started to let her guard down. "...I would prefer to write that off as a one time event." If that was going to happen more often then Ash wasn't sure what she was going to do. One panic attack was enough, thanks. There was a little bit of a longer silence before Ash spoke again, this time in a low voice, as if she didn't want anyone else to hear. "Do you feel the Mothercrystal here?" Ash wasn't overly in tune with Hydaelyn the deity even before the cleavening - she lost anything she had after traveling to the Source. This had been nibbling at the back of her brain recently and she genuinely wanted to know.

[sweetnessandfight]

Sarai made a disgruntled noise as Ash spoke of the train's failure. "I woke up then and cracked my head on the ceiling--rang my bell quite nicely!" She hadn't been much use during that time, and Dread had spent most of his time making sure people hadn't had problems moving down the hallway--not difficult when you could fill the hall from floor to ceiling.

"I--" Sarai started. "I hadn't given it much thought. I thought surely--" But she'd called upon the power of the Echo at least once, so it hadn't been like when Midgardsormr had blocked Hydaelyn's blessing from her. But she hadn't attempted anything else...

"I'm not certain I should now, in a room full of people. And when I should be harping, soon. But I shall, and I'll get back to you when I do. You'd be welcome to come along and talk while I play, but I should get back."

Sarai was perfectly confident in her ability to play and talk at the same time, since she wasn't going to be asked to sing. Maglor had the better voice, anyway.