deercountry | the grand opening of the raccoon room

Who: YOU AND YOUR BEST BUDS
What: The Grand Opening of the Raccoon Room
When: October 31st
Where: The Raccoon Room in Cellar Door

Content Warnings: N/A for now

Welcome to the Raccoon Room! Code

You find a green door on a townhouse nestled in the middle of a long, cute cobblestoned street. There's a raccoon logo emblazoned on the door. When you enter, you're greeted by sumptuous green velvet drapery, a marble statue of a familiar looking guy with devil horns on his head, and surly ticket taker (Mako, rather unhappily wearing a Victorian style vampire outfit, including vampire fangs) who will make sure that you're paying your fair share for your ticket. That's either a nice rock, a nice shell, or a beautiful feather. If you don't have anything that's worth the right amount, he'll ask for more, or give you drink tickets if you over paid. Does Mako know what makes a feather beautiful? Who knows. It's all subjective here.

You enter the venue through heavy velvet curtains. The light is dim, there are tables scattered everywhere with plush chairs and flickering candles. It's a large room, but it feels intimate. You find a seat, get a drink, or take a look around.

At 8:00pm sharp, the show begins, with Wu, dressed in his grown, flowering top hat, made by Fern, and an impeccable green tuxedo with tails, a gold cape and fake vampire teeth, takes the mic.

"Welcome, welcome to the Raccoon Room! I'm so, so, so glad that you're all here. Things are dreary and dangerous outside, but in here, sit back, relax, and enjoy yourselves."

And with that, he waves the first performer on.

Throughout the night, you'll see Scorpia and Zari Tarazi sing, Fritter (Wu's raccoon omen) and Pabu the fire ferret perform tricks, and the headliner, Ryan Akagi of Chicken Choice Judy, rock out. Wu comes up between the sets and vamps, makes jokes, and applauds the performers, adding plugs to come talk to him if you want to perform.

Over at the bar, Mako's moved on from taking tickets to making drinks. You can order any old beer, wine, or cocktail, or the Jade Dragon, a speciality absinthe cocktail Mako created for the Raccoon Room.

Feel free to top level, make your own night of it! Your esteemed host will be a bit preoccupied, but this space is for Sleepers to come, enjoy themselves, and mingle.

If your character wants to perform, let Wu know.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Yeah! You know, cakes, cookies, that kind of thing! You should check it out, it's pretty great!

[Luz was loving how a lot of her friends were opening up businesses, and was only slightly jealous]!

The Disaster house! Varian, Luca, Fern and Reaper, when he's around and not...in a cup, I guess? I still don't get him, honestly.

That... does sound really great. Where's she set up at?

[He may have to pay her a visit...]

Wait, you guys live with Reaper?

Willful machine! If you can, please give her patronage! She's really good at what she does, and I'm trying to help her anyway that I can!

The smoke guy? Yeah! I don't know a whole lot about him though. He doesn't talk much, and he was already living with Varian and Fern when they invited me in. Other than him having a scary mask and kind of trying to be the adult in the house, he keeps to himself.

Don't tell anyone, but I'M really the one playing adult in that house though. It is way harder than you'd think.

[He's quiet for a long while. His expression as neutral as Shiro can possibly make it. Reaper...]

[He takes a slow breath.]

How long has he been living with all of you?

[Whoa. Oh boy. Luz would never say she was a reader of minds, but this certainly was saying a lot to her that didn't need to be said. Clearly, Reaper and Shiro had some kind of history].

Not very long. I mean, he's a private person, compared to all of us. I'm guessing you and he have a history?

You could say that.

[It's a studiously neutral statement. He even pauses to sip the drink in front of him.]

There aren't a lot of people from Deerington I'd say this about... but if I ever drop by, keep him out of my sight.

[Luz watched his reaction and thought oh boy. There was definitely some history going on there, and she had a feeling she might need to ask about that. To who, well, that was anyone's guess].

That's fair. Most people wouldn't even give that warning, they'd just show up and fight.

[Darth Maul. Darth Maul would do that. Don't be like him].

[Shiro shakes his head, firmly. Holding up his hand in a "no" gesture.]

Honestly, I prefer not to fight when I can. I'd rather just avoid the man as much as possible.

[It causes less injury and damage, that way.]

[That was just about exactly what she thought were Shiro's feelings. Granted, she still didn't know why those were Shiro's feelings, but that just meant she'd have to go and investigate things to see what she's find out].

I don't think he'll have a problem with that. He doesn't exactly go out seeking conflict. At least, that's not the impression I'm getting from him.

[She could be wrong though. Reaper was very mysterious].

Well. We'll see, I guess.

I'll keep my distance unless you guys really need a hand.

[He doubts Reaper will keep that up for long. Not after how things in Deerington went.]

There's quite a few of us in the house, and we keep tabs on each other! I think we'll be fine!

[Granted, Luz was very sure that she needed to find out what was going in with Reaper and Shiro, since Reaper had never struck her as someone who went around starting fights.

But looks could be deceiving, she supposed. She'd have to ask the others about Reaper, so she at least had a better idea what was going on there].

Did you say you run an orphanage of a sort, Shiro?

[Ah, there's a better topic. A much better topic. His shoulders relax, and his entire expression softens.]

[He'd much rather talk about this than Reaper.]

I don't run it, no. I just volunteer at the one here - Koz's. They've got a lot of kids to look after, so... whenever I've got a chance, I'll swing by to pitch in.

[He has a lot of chances, these days.]

[Yes, it was probably a good idea to steer away from Reaper as a subject].

Really? Like, what do you usually do with them? I'm still kind of looking into a job for myself, and I'm wondering if it might be OK to volunteer there from time to time.

Teach a little science, clean up the rooms... double as a jungle gym for them. They could probably use just about anyone.

[There were all kinds of roles to fill over there. All kinds of needs to be met. Heck, he'd probably do some cooking if he were capable of it.]

Hmm, would they maybe want a volunteer to read to them? I'd do clean up, but I already kinda do enough of that at the house.

You know? I'm sure they'd like that.

Great! I wouldn't mind that at all!

You know, I don't think I'm that much older than them, but after everything that's happened, I can't bear thinking about kids suffering anymore. If I can find a way to make things a little better for them, I'd like to try.

Then you'd probably be a great volunteer.

It'd be nice to do something good that doesn't involved blood magic and escaping monsters. Just simple volunteer work.

With voices. Maybe puppets. Probably a few small fireworks if I can manage it...

Please don't set the orphanage on fire.

[Look, he knows Varian - when you know that kid, and you hear the word 'fireworks', you get Nervous.]

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What, why would I do that?! I mean, I wouldn't anyway, but I'd make sure to cast a shield if I were actually doing anything close to fireworks for real unlike last time !

Do... I want to hear about 'last time'?

It was a school project. I actually didn't even get to do it, which was a good thing.

I was a bit more..."experimental" back then.

And... it involved fireworks.

Well, yeah! I wanted a big finish!

At least, that was what I thought at the time.

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