ota, Eurovision party post!

[asklepian]

Julian was, and he couldn't really deny it, a colossal sort of nerd. He had holonovel thrillers where he played a dashing spy out to save the world, those he usually shared with Miles where they reenacted historical battles. He loved reading spy novels and really most anything he could get his hands on, academic or not.

Something he looked forward to for months leading up to the actual event was Eurovision. It was broadcast to ships and stations and colonies all over the quadrant, anywhere really with a significant Human presence could call up the feed, and every year Julian booked a holosuite and replicated snacks and had a viewing party. Normally, he only invited his friends, however this year he'd put out fliers of a sort on the terminals in Ten Forward and passed the word around verbally, making it clear that everyone was free to attend, no RSVP needed.

Everyone is free to take flags at the door with the country they'll be supporting (Julian won't even judge you if you don't pick the United Kingdom. Okay, maybe he will a little) and free to find a comfortable seat and camp out with food and drink, or converse if that's what strikes your fancy. Holorecordings of prior years performances are playing and will up until the simulcast begins.

[Mingle! This is basically a party post.

Also yes I know Eurovision is in May but who says they can't have changed the date in the Future.]

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[engineermage]

The twins would never pick the United Kingdom.

Sorry Julian.

After seeing the flags at the door, Kale actually leaves and come back with a flag for Eire to have as well as the Ireland flag. Sure, it's not going to be in the competition - they'll have to root for Ireland - but it's the principle of the mater.

Looking at the previous years recordings, they try to find 1994's competition to watch.

"I think that's it..." Kale said finally. "I recognize the guys from Rus."

[reincarnshaman]

Veena had left Trever to prowl around on her own, letting him keep an eye on who was in the room without actually really paying attention. He stood next to Kale with his arms crossed watching the recording.

"So... do you think the person who took Siobhan's place was any good?" Trever said. "I doubt it."

But Trever might be a little bit biased.

Siobhan is the twin's aunt after all.

[engineermage]

"Of course not. Even if we didn't win that year. No one could be better than her," Kale said, just as loyal.

Finnick and Annie | Tag Either or Both!

[fishermansweater]

It's a party.

It's a party to watch something that Doctor Bashir has advertised as a song contest, and that made Finnick and Annie laugh as they thought about some of the ridiculous spectacles the Capitol puts on. The ones that are light entertainment, something to keep the social circles humming in-between the Games, and in the social season around the Victory Tour and the annual party at the Presidential Palace.

Here, though, Finnick doesn't have to be told who to go with, or what to do. He'd been reluctant to go at all, but Annie had begged him, wheedling that she's been so bored, and it could be fun, and wouldn't it be nice to go together, so he'd given in.

Of course he'd given in. It's Annie.

They've done the thing properly. He'd even agreed to do her makeup: shades of blue and green smudged around her eyes, dark lines outlining them, continuing into a pattern like the lace on her dress painted across one cheekbone. The effect is emphasized by her hair, sleek and long, and kicking out into waves at the bottom. She's wearing the beautiful green-and-blue dress she'd had on when she arrived, with new boots, white and tight up to her thighs, heels adding inches to her height.

(To Finnick's mind, she looks indescribably sexy.)

His eyes are outlined in shining green instead of the bronze he's been habitually wearing, and it matches the jacket he'd gotten from the replicator, a patchwork of shining shades of greens and golds, copied from one his stylist had designed for him last year.

They could have been walking into a party in the Capitol, and if they're slightly overdressed for the occasion: well, neither of them cares.

They never get the chance to do this, together, for themselves.

He even has his arm around her waist as they step into the holosuite and are immediately confronted with the row of unfamiliar flags.

[treadswater]

"No Mexico."

Which made sense, Annie'd looked up where District Four was in relation to the rest of the Earth as the crew of the USS Enterprise knew it, and it wasn't anywhere in anything to do with 'Europe'.

But still.

District pride.

"Who should we cheer for?" She turns in his embrace just enough to look up at him. The angle's different in these boots, and she's enjoying it. The last time she got to wear heels and dress up pretty to have fun with them had been months and months ago - and then, only in the (relative) privacy of her room.

Actually going out? In public? Being together? That, that is new.

Annie's having fun, as the faint pink to her cheeks suggests.

[reincarnshaman]

"Ireland," Trever said coming up to Annie. He offered her an Eire flag though. "You should cheer for Ireland... mostly because Kale and I are from ... well, not there, but it's close enough."

He's noticed Finnick. Of course he has, but... he's curious as to his reaction.

He could understand the confusion that they're having. Looking at a map and not seeing, but seeing your home on it. Through the looking glass, as the stories said.

You just, pushed right through though. You didn't think about it. If you did well, then you'd start thinking about too many other things.

Unlike some of the others, Trever (and Kale) didn't dress up. It's their way of standing out, intentionally. Look at us, they want to say. Look at us and not at everyone else. In this sort of situation perhaps not as obvious, but it's there.

Either. Both. Whichever!

[magnetic_magpie]

He wasn't quite as dressed up as his roommate and her finance. His shirt was made of some silk-like fabric he'd long ago perfected, deep red in some lights, deep purple-red in others, fitting him with clean lines that subtly emphasized his build while downplaying his heavy muscles. His trousers were charcoal grey, and could have been made from wool, though they weren't as warm. On the left side of his chest, a Genoshan flag (one he's made) was pinned to his chest, an Israeli flag - taken from selection Julian had out, pinned over it, so both were on display on his chest. His head was crowned by his hair, styled to fall in curls, rather than the waves he normally kept it combed in.

Spying Annie and Finnick, he raised a hand in a wave, letting them chose when or if to approach. Let them have fun, he reasoned.

both!

[treadswater]

Her roommate is made up of mysteries, but so much about him makes Annie relax. It's not that she thinks he isn't dangerous, just that he makes sense. The ability to wear clothes well is another familiarity. And she likes him.

So Annie grins when Erik waves at her, the expression completely ruining the impression of a cool, fashionable socialite, and pulls Finnick over with her as she goes to say hi.

"Two flags?"

She and Finnick still can't decide on one, now that Mexico's not available.

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

Elizabeth takes a flag for France, giggling with excitement as she looks around at the other people. Anne is with Booker, since the baby probably wouldn't sleep through the noise. She's dressed in a black and red party dress, her hair done up in curls. This sounds like exactly her kind of party, and she sits down, nearly vibrating with excitement.

[effingblind]

Danny had just been trying to find an open chair or an area to stand before the viewing started, and hadn't meant to bump into her chair. He reached out, bracing his other hand on the chair beside her. "Ah, sorry, excuse me. Maybe I should have asked how things were going to be set up before I showed up."

He doesn't know that he's met whoever is sitting in the chair, but there's a palpable air of excitement around her. It's nearly contagious.

"I'm Danny, by the way." He has the little fabric flag from Spain in his hand, not that he knows it. He just grabbed for one.

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

"Oh!" Elizabeth says, turning to make sure whoever bumped into her was okay. "No, it's fine. I've run into a thing or two in my time." She giggles a little, hoping to put him at ease.

"Danny is a nice name. I'm Elizabeth. Rooting for Spain, huh? You should sit next to me, since France and Spain are neighbors. We can disappoint the good doctor together."

[magnetic_magpie]

Magneto himself is dressed nicely, if not 'up'. Though 'up' tends to mean something else to him, or the circles he's ran in. Still, he's wearing a fine, silk-like shirt in deep shade of purplish-red - how much red vs purple tends to depend on how the light is hitting him - and charcoal dress pants, with a Genoshan flag pinned to his shirt, an Israeli flag crossed over it. His hair looks careless, but in reality, it took a bit of work to wrangle his thick hair to fall into curls instead of waves or frizz.

"Hello Elizabeth."

[loiseau_ou_la_cage]

Elizabeth smiles when she hears Erik's voice and looks up at him. "Hello! How are you tonight?" She's glad to have a friend to watch the show with. Finnick and Annie are wrapped up in themselves (and too adorable to impose upon) and everyone else is a stranger. She pats the seat next to hers while saying, "Please join me."

[effingblind]

Danny and Julian had talked, mostly during Danny's first medical check up here, and a little in passing if one of them ended up running into each other in Ten Forward. The second time they really talked, it was when Danny had been caught as he was leaving for a walk around the non-restricted areas, and Julian came up with a flyer about a Eurovision viewing party.

It wasn't usually his thing, but he wasn't going to miss the chance to mingle, and get a feel for how everyone else on the ship was getting on. Could be fun.

It's easy enough for him to find the holodeck, after having time to get used to most places he's allowed to go here, and he stops at the door as a couple of other people grab something and head in. He reaches out, knuckles brushing the area next to the doors, and then gently running over the different pieces of fabric. He knows the general idea of it, even if he's never been to one of these things, or bothered to watch it. Flags, Danny is guessing.

Well, Danny is just going to grab one, and head in with it, carefully feeling for any tables or chairs that might be in his way. No, he's not using his cane, Julian or anyone else can chastise him for it later.

He moves over to the side of a table with snacks and drinks and just tries to get a general feel for the room. Seems lively enough.

[magnetic_magpie]

Magneto, really, was just as much a colossal nerd, though in different ways. And even though Eurovision wasn't completely something he sought out - too often, his people weren't allowed to walk, so he avoided it in return.

And Julian was, more and more, a friend. So he'd decided to go, and plucked an Israeli flag from the mix, and after a moment's thought, ducked back to his room to weave a Genoshan flag, and pin them, staffs crossed, over the left side of his chest.

Never mind Genosha didn't exist here. Never mine they had been banned in his world.

And he's willing to be social for the evening, at least for now. He might stick to people he knows most as the night goes on.