You are invited:

[winsomelosesome]

Who: Janet Van Dyne, Tony Stark, OTA
What: A party to celebrate the approximate 4th of July and one Steve Roger's B-day
When: The 4th of July
Where: Temba Beach
Warnings: TBD, Drinking, Creature Attacks

The beach had been transformed, perhaps not to the level Jan was used to back home, but still fairly impressive. A number of newly built beach pagodas littered the purple sands, sheer white draperies shifting with the breeze. There were tables and seating provided in each, for more intimate conversation, a larger buffet style table laid out for people to browse from. In addition, there was a table for special themed cocktails (and mocktails) for the guests. Jan had been very proud of finding local alternatives, but some of them may come with some…unintended side effects. Jan had found a collection of opalescent conch like shells, and scattered them about liberally to serve as decorations. She and Tony had been working in secret for ages to pull this together for Steve, and the pair were dressed in white, a request she’d made of all the guests as well, but no one would be turned away if they couldn’t manage. A dancefloor had been built, and Eddie had been offered something that must’ve been pretty damn valuable, because the metalhead had been talked into playing Disco for the party. When the time came for cake the hosts got a little bashful. Jan had always hired out for this, but she had been sure it couldn't be all that hard to make a cake. It turned out she was wrong. But it was the best they had, and so it was presented rather sheepishly to the birthday boy and to be shared amongst the guests if any were brave enough to try it. It doesn't taste great, but at least there are no mystery side effects to go with it. As the sun set, a host of glowing necklaces, wands and bracelets were passed out, and once it was truly dark the light show began. Rather than the more traditional fireworks, they had a series of drones lighting up the sky in a dazzling display. However, something unexpected comes from this. As though awoken from the light, the shells Jan had so proudly decorated with were not as abandoned as she’d thought. Little legs slid free, and the creatures began to head for the nearest light source, whether that be the drones in the sky or any of the heroes with their glowing attire. And to make matters worse, there is a large SOMETHING in the water, shrieking with a sound that shakes the beach. What could it possibly want, and what does it have to do with the little shell creatures?? -------- The drinks/effects: (All effects will wear off) Truth (cocktail): Can only speak the truth Justice (mocktail): Temporarily Blinds Drinker Liberty (cocktail): Extreme Excess of Energy Fireworks (cocktail): Loss of Powers or Granting of One (1) Not Game Breaking Power Mr. President (mocktail): Causes Short Term Amnesia

Comments

[doubled_speed]

"People like me are highly discouraged from any form of organized sport back home. We're seen as inherently cheating," Tommy says with a shrug. And he's not about to hook up with Eddie.

"I have a hundred nicknames for my brother. It's my right. And you haven't earned one yet, Steve."

[farrahfawcetts]

"Couldn't you just play against each other? Mutant leagues? I think that would be cooler than normal sports. Someone with like fire powers and someone else with ice powers fighting over the ball? I would watch that."

He frowned though.

"And what do you mean I haven't earned one? What the hell, man?"

[doubled_speed]

Really? Really? Tommy just stops and stares at Steve.

"I'm going to need you to dig deep and think about American baseball history, or the civil rights movement, and ask yourself why that's really also not okay. I know you can figure it out."

Not that you can't have powered leagues with less rules. But fuck, it's messed up that people get denied other stuff.

"And you haven't earned one. I give nicknames to those I like and those I hate. You're neutral ground."

[farrahfawcetts]

Steve guesses he can't argue with that. "Neutral..." He frowns but yeah. He doesn't have much of a relationship with Tommy outside of getting him to hook up with Billy. Neutral is better than bad though, he guesses. 'King Steve' wasn't exactly a nickname born out of love.

He lets it go for the moment and thinks about the rest of what Tommy said. "Baseball history? What like...Babe Ruth?" Steve passed history because his father argued with the principal. And there hadn't been much interest even in sport's history after that fact.

[doubled_speed]

"Like segregated leagues," Tommy says. "Like all the baggage with that. Like how fucked up that is."

And it's still insulting to people like them. It would be one thing if you had an 'extreme' league, but what argument is there to prevent someone who can control fire from doing weight lifting in the olympics or something? It's discriminatory.