one thing's universal, life's no dress rehearsal

[stagemanagers]

[Prom night! The greatest night of your young lives if you watch any Western high school media from the past 60 years. The looks, the music, the copious amounts of fancy snacks, the sore feet from dancing heels and then spending the rest of the night in bare feet- it’s all part of the bigger package.

The courtyard and the roof have both been decked out in a special way for tonight, despite no one really seeing Hester or anyone/anything else decorating. There are round tables set-up in both places, covered in yellow-gold tablecloths. Some of them have platters of snacks laid out on them, one has a large punch bowl that never seems to empty no matter how many drinks are taken from it.

On the roof there’s an extra table with pencils, small slips of paper, a box wrapped in gold wrapping paper and a notecard labeled Song Requests. Just write a song, pop it in the box and within a few minutes it starts playing! Weird, there doesn’t seem to be a sound system anywhere...

Red paper lanterns have been strung around the outline of the roof and between stakes in the courtyard, granting soft romantic light for a night to remember. Put on your best costume shop formal wear, get ready to lose your shoes after an hour and sneak in liquor even though most of you are of age.

After all…tonight belongs to you.]

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Punch

[defyingfrigidity]

[A part of Elsa wonders if setting out an open buffet among a group of people suffering fevers of various severity is a good idea. Won't they get even more sick? It's not like there's anyone else around that can get sick because of them, but still... hm.

Worries aside, Elsa has been attacking the punch bowl in an attempt to keep herself hydrated, so she easily overhears Janis's rambling.]

You never thought you'd find a knight in shining armor-type in a place like this, did you?

[Like. Mood. Elsa totally gets it.]

[fourbutts]

[ It's so much, Elsa!! ]

I never thought I'd find a knight in shining armor type period.

[defyingfrigidity]

[Honestly, how are they supposed to deal with this???]

Neither did I. I never thought I'd have a type in general. But... [Almost shyly, she looks in the direction where she last saw Cass.] It really is a good type to have, don't you think?

[fourbutts]

[ awww hell yeah she's going to use her narrator powers to torment bob iger until he lets you be gay when this is all over, elsa ]

You know I wasn't super into the idea before, but it's really working for me.

[defyingfrigidity]

[Be the hero elsa and all frozen fans deserve, janis]

Yeah... there's something really comforting about those sorts of people, isn't there? [It's. Very attractive, yes. But more so than that...] Managing to feel safe in a place like this... it means a lot.

[fourbutts]

[ at least in one dimension disney is going to go through a Big Change ]

No kidding. It's... [ She looks over towards Maya, wherever she is. ] I have a girlfriend with a sword, and that's really neat for a lot of reasons.

[defyingfrigidity]

[It's nice to have someone who really Gets It, huh?]

Oh? And just what are those reasons?

[fourbutts]

I mean... swords are hot, girls in armor are hot, I like not feeling like someone else is about to stab me, that's nice... muscles...

[ truly this is ranged caster/melee dps ship solidarity ]

... And also other more private feelings I'm going to be level with you and say I'm not talking about to uh. [ A Disney Princess. ] Royalty.

[defyingfrigidity]

[Elsa nods along to each point Janis makes, her cheeks flushing an ever so light shade of pink as she does. She's never talked about... things she likes before; partially because she never really thought about her own tastes, and partially because she never. Uh. Listened to anyone talk about stuff like this, not even Anna.]

That's fair!!! [Said just a little too quickly. Elsa may have been sheltered, but she's not dumb; she knows about innuendo and when people refer to topics that one might not talk about in public.] And I. Um. Agree with all of that.

[Including what Janis isn't saying??? Who knows. Elsa's certainly not going into more detail.]

... But I'm glad. For all of us. Even though it's hurt us as much as comforted us by this point... I'm glad that some of us were able to find even a fleeting bit of happiness among all this horror.

[fourbutts]

[ It's fine!!! Everything's fine, it's Solidarity, no one has to say anything. ]

Yeah. It's... nice. Even if it makes things a little nerve-wracking, sometimes.

[defyingfrigidity]

... Yeah. You're right.

[The threat of death at any moment kind of puts a damper on romance, honestly.]

But I think that's also a source of strength, as much as it's a source of nerves. It terrifies me that I could lose Cass any day now, but... [Her eyes trail over their group, just. Taking in each and every one of these people she's come to care for.] It also makes me want to fight harder, so I don't lose that.