St. John's Eve Celebration (backdated to the 23rd)

[anita_hero]

[It's only just stopped raining when Anita lights the bonfire.

She knows this is bad timing. She knows she should probably call the whole thing off. She knows anyone who does show up is probably going to be bruised to hell and back, at best. But it's St. John's Eve and she said there was going to be a party, and if there's one thing Anita is terrible at, it's giving up.

Besides, she did cook an absurd amount of food (with help, of course) and the bonfire is sort of ungodly huge, and she figures that everyone will want sustenance and warmth soon.

She's dressed all in white, as befits her position as host, and before anyone shows up she says the prayers by herself, because she doubts anyone else will want to. That's okay. She's pretty sure the gods will understand, given whole trapped-on-another-world and there's-just-been-a-war-on-the-moon situation.

If you decide to show up to the party outside Community Housing Building 4, there will be a ton of traditional Creole food, some music, a bonfire, and plenty of places to sit in case you're not feeling up to standing. Feel free to mingle!]

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[weaponry]

[ A scratched up and lightly bruised Tenten charges into the back of the home where the bonfire is. She's panting and she's obviously worn out. It looks like she hasn't rested for days, and, she seems to carry light injuries. ]

Sorry I'm late, everyone! I was busy fighting for my life in space. [ The lack of gravity really made it hard to accurately throw her weapons. ): ]

[anita_hero]

Tenten!

[Anita isn't huge on personal space, so hopefully Tenten doesn't mind a brief and ginger hug, mindful of the possibly injuries.]

Are you okay?

[weaponry]

[ Tenten accepts the hug but she doesn't give one back. She just looks around the room impulsively. ] I'm fine. I'm fine. I hope I'm not late! [ She turns around and looks to see if there's any food being served. ] I'm so sorry if I am. I was just called to the draft and it was just an entire mess. [ especially since she had to protect Yotsuba and get her moon eggs. That was interesting. ]

[anita_hero]

You're not too late. Don't feel bad; I'm just glad you're okay. [True, it was a bit of a scrape, but she managed the food fine without Tenten's help. And she'd been worrying about everyone the whole time, so it's just a relief to see Tenten alive and relatively unscathed.]

[weaponry]

Thank you, Anita. A couple of people should be arriving shortly, we just ran in to a bit of a snag on the battlefield. We learned about it before we returned here. [ Her voice cracks and chokes up a bit on the latter half of her reply. Temari just had to go and get herself killed, didn't she? ]

[anita_hero]

Are - are you okay, mon? [The answer seems obvious. Anita hates to imagine why.] Do you want to sit down?

[weaponry]

I'm fine now that I'm here. I'd be glad to sit down. [ She sits down and tries to obscure her face before breaking the bad news. ] On the moon, [ never thought she'd have to use that phrase in her life. ] we found one of my friend's stuff, but we didn't find her. [ She feels guilty about talking about her problems at Anita's party, but, Anita should know about these things! ): It's a valid reason, after all. ]

[anita_hero]

Oh, no...I'm so sorry, Tenten. But...she'll be back, won't she?

[weaponry]

Yeah, but I have no idea what she'll end up losing. I hope it's not something too bad.

[anita_hero]

I'm sure it won't be anything that bad.

[weaponry]

I've heard of some really rough penalties though. I hope it won't be anything like power loss, or paralyzation.

[anita_hero]

I haven't heard of many. I knew of someone who lost her sense of taste...

[weaponry]

What other penalties have you heard of? [ She tries her best to sound clinical and detached, though this is obviously bothering her. ]