Pool party

[myownbestfriend]

Emma, being Emma and having nothing better to do with her time, won Cap, Tony, and Thor at the singles auction, with an assist from Deadpool being so awful that Tony was willing to pay for himself rather than be forced by an honor-bound Norse god to hang around with Deadpool for an unspecified length of time. You'd've done the same thing in Tony's position.

Anyway, since she's making a strong effort not to be entirely horrid SEE SHE'S A GOOD GUY NOW, she's letting the boys off light and just having a pool party because it involves men not wearing shirts, and at some point someone will probably push Cap into the water and that will be funny.

Two questions:

1. When can I schedule this so that it won't step on anyone's toes? I was leaning toward the 16th/17th, since it's a weekend and that'll give the new characters from this app round something to dive into see what I did there.

2. What, IC, would get your characters to attend? I know there are some characters who would just sit in their bunkers with their guns and their tinfoil hats for anything short of being dragged places by drones, but what about the relatively sane sorts who'd be on the fence about it? ("Free booze" is already on the list.)

Comments

[usavatar]

Maybe a fiscal incentive, similar to the speed dating event? Apparently the answer is always MAKE TONY PAY FOR IT.

[myownbestfriend]

IT'S A GOOD ANSWER

[bondedgryphon]

An open invitation would be good enough to catch Harley Quinn's interest. If this here girl is accepted, then she'll likely be hiding somewhere with a tinfoil hat unless she's dragged there. :D

Oh, and those dates are perfectly fine!

[myownbestfriend]

Oh Harley. How does it feel to be outclassed by Emma in every possible respect? >:3

[doesthemath]

1. Oh god I really want in on this event but...the 17th I might not be around as much and I know the 18th I'll be gone all day. If you started the 16th it would be lovely >_>

2. An open invite would work fine for both of my characters but I could see monetary incentive working for some of the people more on the fence or who might be more apathetic :|a Or activity. A contest with a prize? Promise of more spectacle might might some people curious?

[myownbestfriend]

Someone would probably have to suggest door prizes/whatnot to Emma, since those aren't the kind of parties she's used to. She expects to either pay a few thousand a plate for a fundraiser, or for any mention of ~transactions~ to be gauche.

[thundering]

That might be a bit iffy for me, as I'll be in New York those days. But I suppose if I can convince Tomato to let me out of a cage I can be online for a bit!

Also the door prizes actually sounds like a really cool idea - they can be anything from actual gifts to 'SPEND FIFTEEN MINUTES IN A SMALL INCLOSED SPACE WITH A SHIRTLESS CAPTAIN AMERICA' depending on how horrible we want to be.

Though Thor can't volunteer that idea either, considering he wouldn't get why people wouldn't want to come to a party. Also because he's royalty and people generally just showed up to where he was anyway.

[myownbestfriend]

Is Cap going to know that's one of the door prizes?

Emma doesn't get why people wouldn't come to a party either. And she was the White Queen, which is like being crappy royalty from one of those weird surviving Grand Duchies in Europe, except no pants.

[shootingshields]

Oh please comrade like we'll be complete strangers to the internet while you're here.

[filou]

for the sciencey reclusive types, there could always be 'afterwards there will be a dull boring meeting for scientists to share their findings and brainstorm?'

[myownbestfriend]

BYOC

(Bring your own calculator.)

[ms_pepperpotts]

Sounds good to me! /plugs then into her calendar. Pepper will be there and so she and Emma can finally meet!

(oh dear meeting someone who banged an alternate of your love interest in a bathing suit, oh all the awkward)

[myownbestfriend]

Banged repeatedly, over a period of years. 8Db

[dimidiate]

Emma should announce the pool party via video post while wearing a bikini.

[myownbestfriend]

...She's not above that. /sob

Not that a bikini is that much more revealing than what she wears into battle.

[justamobster]

Sadly, getting Ladon near a pool of any sort would probably have to involve death threats or a leash. ... Probably both.

[myownbestfriend]

Didn't know you were into that sort of thing, Mr. Ceto.

[whatever_it_takes]

This is going to be brilliant!

[myownbestfriend]

Or terrible.

Such a fine line.

[fuzzyelf]

I'm pretty sure those dates are okay with me :D!

Also...you just need to say 'party' and Kurt will be there. The free booze is a great added bonus.

[myownbestfriend]

Kurt, you know what you need to do? You need to teleport Stevepeople to about six feet above the middle of the deep end.

For science.

/peers on in here

[avengerofjade]

An open invite should draw out Starfire, and an assurance that non-humans are welcome might well net her one (1) rather large dragonelle. C:

whoops

[avengerofjade]

-Hurdur and the dates listed are fine for me!

[selfgovernance]

Schedule doesn't really matter to me, so that's all good! whatever everyone else is comfortable with I'll try to make time for.

I think I could probably wrangle at least half my characters into going. WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT... pietro would be there to laugh at the avengers though. And possibly fetch drinks for his sister. ... And emma if she asked really nicely.

[myownbestfriend]

It's not like I LIKE you or anything, but since I was passing by the bar ANYWAY...

[nyctophobias]

Pretty much just saying "hey there's a party going on" would be enough for all my guys :3

Also Jin will stay well away from the water which obviously means he should get pushed in along with Cap.

[myownbestfriend]

The Fun Enforcers will help!

You can tell who they are because they have really loud beach towels tied around their necks as capes.

[wilywilyways]

1. WHENEVER'S GOOD FOR ME

2. Hawke is not NOT going and you can't make her not go. I pity the fools

[myownbestfriend]

I suspect this to be relevant to Hawke's interests.

[astrometry]

can people crash the party....

[myownbestfriend]

Hard to crash something that's open-invite, but Karkat might be able to manage it. :P

I thought I replied to this. weird.

[thecarisboring]

If there's an open invite, Ro will totally show up and yay I can reupload her swimsuit icons.

Betty will show up too, but she's going to need to be reminded incessantly - she's not antisocial, but she can get so wrapped up in her work she forgets things like dinner. So. Yeah.

[myownbestfriend]

The entire rest of Casa del Vengadores (shut up I don't speak Spanish) will be going, I think, so she might notice the empty house. Or Steve's plaintive NONONONOcat impression as Thor peels his fingers from the doorframe.

[thehangingman]

Batou would show up for the free booze, hoping a fight will break out. He'll avoid the water, though. Poor guy can't swim.

[myownbestfriend]

Commence standing awkwardly in the kiddie wading pool.

[personalbubble]

If it's kid friendly, this girl could be seen there. Hell, my other dude could, but he's a no-matter-the-rating sort.

I'm headed back INTO town on the 16th, so it would work for me!

In agreement regarding door prizes or compensation of some sort being a good incentive.

[myownbestfriend]

Emma expects everyone to keep their pants on. What the reality will be is a different matter.

[shootingshields]

And for a real comment now!!

I am excited for this okok I have been wanting Peggy to meet Emma but the opportunity never seemed to arise. BUT THIS. This. Yes.

This does not offer much input and is still not much of a real comment but whateva. I will wrangle Ammay into using the internet those days or something.

[myownbestfriend]

Emma is, unfortunately for panfandom CR, kind of fixated on guys. It makes sense because she lives in a comic book universe, with all the the sexism and tokenism that entails, but it means she has no female friends and doesn't seek them out. Sigh.

ETA: And then 20 minutes later I realize that sounds like I'm trying to bow out of CR with Peggy. >_<

I SWEAR I WAS JUST LAMENTING HOW MANY DICKS THERE ARE ON THE MARVEL DANCE FLOOR w;A;w

[arches]

hi this is a late comment but clint will definitely come to laugh at his teammates' lives, as that is his favorite of all pastimes.

[myownbestfriend]

It is a good pastime.

He should get drunk and sing Pat Benatar karaoke.