The "Off The Coast" Party

[Vrelt]

((This is the long awaited thread for the OTC party that was planned. It's for just the guys who had parts in OTC, (except just a couple notable exceptions, including Penny and the live entertainment) so without anything further, Cara and Kal, here goes nothing.....))

((Okay, this part takes place at five o'clock, the party starts at seven.))

*He pulls a key out of the pocket of his blue jeans and inserts it into the door, pulling it swiftly open and walking in the building that was rented for the party. Like always, he was put in charge of something, for he was the most responsible beast from OTC, apparently. Otherwise they wouldn't always rely on him. This time, they had him oversee music, drinks, and some of the snacks that would be served. By they, it meant the writers, Cara, Vrelt and Kal, who had this party put together. Well, it was just them who came up with it and rented the building. Everything else was on him, Moll, and Truglim. Moll was in charge of snacks and a couple other more minor things, Truglim was in charge of seating, limiting the alcohol consumption, cleaning afterwords, and insuring everything else went smoothly. He looks around at the almost empty room, with its hard wood floors gleaming; at least the three writers insured the place was clean. He walked over to a table set up in the far corner of the wide room, where the sound system was set up, and he set down the case that held his laptop, which in turn held many, many songs to play for the party. He then took a seat after plugging his laptop in the wall, and he flipped out his cell phone, checking to see if Moll had called him, and that was a negative. She had better get here soon, he thought darkly, as he turned on his laptop. Almost immediately, his phone rang, it was the guy he got to help with live entertainment for the party.

After a couple of minutes giving directions and insuring that the entertainment would be here, he got back to work, setting up a playlist of songs for the party. Once that was in order he glanced around the room again, and hoping Truglim and Moll would get themselves over here soon....

He couldn't wait any longer, after five minutes of arranging chairs and tables, he called Moll, and her phone rang, he waited and hoped she picked up, he would hate for this whole party to fall squarely on his shoulders, and on Truglim.*~Drask

((I hope you don't mind me assigning Moll some work to do, Cara. And Kal, don't start posting just yet, wait until we get to seven o'clock.))

[carabadgermum]

*She pushed open the door with her hip because her paws were full of plastic grocery bags containing pretzels and chips, salsa and other dips and precariously balanced meat, cheese, and veggie trays.* "Drask, hey." *she called out as soon as she saw him.* "Could you lend a paw here?" *She had been charged with snacks and she had delivered but she wasn't sure how long she would be staying. Her mind was still on the note that Sergei had sent to her, and the talk she'd had with Steelhawk, and the news that Silas and Tamar were engaged. to say the least she didn't feel much like partying. Especially with the likes of Truglim Stargazer. Things had been increasingly awkward with the stoat since their characters had been getting more serious in the script. Not that the Zone scenes she acted in with Sergei bothered her at all, other than the fact that they usually left her wishing they could have more time alone.* ~ Moll

*She ran a brush through her fur again. She knew she looked great in her pirate wench costume and she was excited to see Walon's reaction to seeing her in it, well and the reactions of any other males who happened to be there. She smiled to herself knowing that he was actually outside waiting for her now. She would make him wait a little longer. Anticipation would make it more worth while when he finally did clap eyes on her, right? Tonight was going to be a great night. The perfect thing to get her mind off Vrelt.* ~ Jayne

((and like i said if you want Vrelt to crash the party you're more than welcome.))

[Vrelt]

*He set his phone back down, and quickly crossed the room to help Moll bring in the snacks she brought.* "Thank goodness you showed up. I was starting to think I'd be the only one setting this blasted party up." *He took some of the snacks out of her arms, careful not to let any drop, and started off walking beside Moll, toward a table that was against one of the walls, where he sat down the snacks that were in his arms. Finally remembering that he hadn't even had enough time to ask Penny to come with him, he shot a glance at Moll, and murmured something, half to himself.* "I still haven't asked Penny to come to the party." *He assumed Moll knew all about Penny, due to Jayne. That ferretmaid seemed to like talking. A lot. And about things that he really didn't want everybeast knowing.*

"Truglim is running late too. But we don't really need him here now, just he needs to supervise everything." *He again changed the subject quickly, like always, being just a bit nervous made him ramble on.* "I hope you like 90s music. Cuz I have a lot of that on my song list for the party. If there's anything you want to hear, just tell me, and I'll probably have it on my vast song library. Oh, not just 90s music, there's going to be a lot of jazz, and a little bit of music that came out in the past ten years." *He cursed himself silently after he spoke, wishing he could just shut up and stop rambling. He would have to leave here soon to ask Penny out, but first, he had to make sure almost everything was prepared, and leave Moll in charge of the rest. Hopefully he could get out of here soon, and get to Starbucks.*~Drask

((I had an idea of how to bring Vrelt in. Don't worry, Cara. lol))

[carabadgermum]

"Thank you." *smiles as she puts down the snacks she's holding* "I'm sure what ever you've got on the playlist will be fine, as long as these creatures can dance to it." *She set to work arranging the snacks in bowls and on platters and then remembered what he had said about Penny.* "I think Penny was supposed to get off work soon. You might want to hurry if you want to catch her before she leaves for home. Don't worry about me. Nobeast else should show up for a while and I can hold down the fort till you get back." ~ Moll

[Kal Skirata]

((Tell me when we hit 7. Or should I have Walon pick Jayne up in the spiffy Ferrari?))

[carabadgermum]

((they could go to dinner first if you want))

[Kal Skirata]

((That would indeed be interesting and keep it moving))

[Vrelt]

*Smiles gratefully* "Thanks, Moll." *Glances around the room, searching for last second reminders for the weaselmaid.* "Uh, just get everything in order. I'll be back as fast as I can, don't forget I have that Mustang." * Takes a couple steps toward the door, then stops.* "Truglim should be here any minute, so you'll have some backup. If the entertainment gets here before I'm back, just tell them where I went and that I'll return quickly." *Walks to the door, opens it and heads out quickly, straight to his crimson red Mustang GT. He gets in and fires up the engine, backing up and flooring it, heading to the Starbucks.*

*Several minutes later, he arrived in front of the coffee joint, but he sat in the car for a moment, remembering how Jane said to ask her to go to the party. He might do it her way, but he thought he might just do it his way; whatever popped into his head as he spoke to her, so it would be heartfelt and not rehearsed. He saw Penny's car parked on the far side of the parking lot, she was still here. He finally gathered the courage to turn off the car and open its door, it was time to go talk to Penny.*~Drask

[Kal Skirata]

*guns the engine, making it roar as it peels out after the light turns green. A wide grin stretches his face as he gets closer to Jayne's place and slows to a perfect stop on the street outside. He opens the door and gets out, already in costume for the party, a tight-fitting shirt and a long blue overcoat with gold buttons down each side, a pair of leggings ending just below the knee, and a tri-corn hat on his head with a purple feather sticking jauntily out. he casually makes his way to the door and rings the doorbell* - Walon

[carabadgermum]

*sets up food and drink tables and fusses over the position of napkins, plates and other plasticware. As she's doing so her mind wanders back to Tamar and Silas and how all this will need to be done for their wedding reception. She wonders what colors the squirrelmaid might choose and then her thoughts move into the much more dangerous territory of what colors she would pick for her own wedding and how amazing Sergei would look in a tux.* ~ Moll

*she actually clocked out several minutes before but was having a pleasant conversation with one of her co-workers so when she hears the mustang pull up in the parking lot of the Starbucks she is leaning casually against the front counter and laughing at something the vixen said. She knows that car. The thought of it's owner makes her smile. She was hoping he would come by today during her shift since he was supposed to be back from his trip and she had been disappointed that she hadn't seen him yet. Now she catches his eye out the shop window and waves.* ~ Penny

*grins at her reflection in the mirror when she hears the doorbell ring.* "Just give me a minute." *she calls out and then under her breath to herself utters* "let the neighbors see the Ferrari and get interested before I make my appearance." *she laughs and peeks out around the curtain. Then one more glance at her reflection. No worries there. She walks slowly to the door, unlocks, and opens it smiling* "Hey there sailor." ~ Jayne

[Kal Skirata]

*Returns the smile* "What's so lovely a wench doin' widout me comp'ny, eh?" *he speaks in his on-set accent so she knows he's kidding. Reverting to his normal voice * "Seriously though, you are very beautiful. Would you like to get some dinner before we go to the party?" *his voice is tinged with eagerness, hope that she'd want to - Walon

[Vrelt]

*He catches sight of Penny waving at him as he gets out of the car, beginning to walk over to the door, waving briefly at her as he did so. Once there, he takes a deep breath, and opens the door. The smell of coffee was strong in the Starbucks, but it was a comforting scent to him, having spent a lot of time in the Seattle based coffee joint, back in Washington. He smiles slightly as he approaches the counter where Penny was, feeling much calmer than he was a few minutes ago.* "So, did you have fun without me?" *He felt a lot more comfortable around Penny than many others, after getting to know his fellow star of the Hunted over the course of several months, even to the point of going out on several dates, before he left to visit his home town. He glanced around, noting there were others in the Starbucks besides Penny and him, and though he knew the vixen that worked with Penny, he would rather talk to her alone.* "Can we go grab a table and talk a minute, Penny?"~Drask

((In my next post, I'll bring in Truglim, Cara.))

[carabadgermum]

*after one more look at the refreshment table she went over to take a look at the music selection. She skipped past some of the more modern offerings and came to the jazz section that Drask had promised. She settled on an album of Sarah Vaughan singing Gershwin. Then after rechecking to make sure she was alone and with all the grace of a creature who had been brought up in a dance studio (which she had been) she began to dance.* ~ Moll

*she gave the pirate a once over, admiring the cut of the costume and looked back up into Walon's eyes and smiled.* "Ye don't look so bad y'self." *she laughed* "Dinner sounds great." ~ Jayne

*she gave a mock wistful sigh* "I somehow managed to survive" *then her face broke into a warm smile again and she nodded.* "I'll see you later, Stell." *she excused herself from her previous conversation politely and then led the way over to a table in the corner eager to hear what Drask had to tell her* ~ Penny

[Kal Skirata]

*Grins in relief* "Its up to you where we go. I'm buying." *with a flourish, he bows and offers his arm to escort her to the waiting Ferrari. - Walon

[Vrelt]

*He was running late, Drask was not going to be happy about that. With as much speed as possible for a beast multiple bags full of some various extra snacks and a few alcoholic beverages, mainly wine, nothing too strong. It was his job to regulate security, and to make sure the party was under control at all times. He managed to pull open the door to the building, and froze in the doorway, catching sight of Moll, who was dancing around the room to some jazz sounding music. Drask was nowhere to be seen, and he proceeded in. He set the bags down on a mostly bare table, and made his presence known, if Moll didn't already realize he was here.* "Hey Moll! Practicing some dance moves, eh? Trying to compete with Sawyer?" *He chuckled at this, beginning to pull out some of he supplies he brought.*~Truglim

*He sat down at the table in the corner, a look of indecision on his face, before speaking.* "Well, you know were I went; the ole Pacific Northwest to visit the Emerald City, and my family out there. I'm sorry I gave you such short notice before I left, I just had to get away from here for a while. You know I don't get along with some particular beasts, and a break is nice every once and a while." *Of course, Penny could guess what beast he was referring to; Vrelt. Perhaps even Draygo, Virek, and just maybe Jayne, with her constant change in taste about who to go out with. He wouldn't mind going back to Seattle and staying there permanently, but a few things kept him here, primarily Penny. Things had started to look up since he took Penny along with him to R.J. Gators, not only had he found just about the best friend he ever had, but he managed to loosen up more, leading to meeting a couple other beasts, including a certain cat that was going to help him with live entertainment; Sawyer.* "So, you know there's a party for the beasts that were in Off the Coast...."~Drask