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

What? No, no, it's always done that.

Makes my mouth itch.

[Itch...Saeri could get burning if maybe he had a cut in his mouth, but an itch...?]

You ever thought you might be allergic to pineapple?

Ah... yeah.

I think maybe that's it.

[Shiro you just should have said that to start with.]

I don't know if it's impressive you've gone this long and not figured that out or horrifying.

[Or maybe both. She's not one to talk about ignoring health issues when she can, but she self-aware of it at least.]

Well, at least we know it can't be that bad of an allergy.

[And where would they even get pineapples in Trench.]

Good thing you don't like pineapples. [She huffs just a bit and shakes her head.]

My life was ruined when I wasn't allowed to have mangoes anymore. Ruined.

Allergy?

[That's a wince right there. Being allergic to a good fruit has to be terrible.]

Nah, heart meds. I had to cut back on a lot of fruits and vegetables with high potassium or high vitamin K. Couldn't eat bananas or avocados either, but mangos was the one that hurt the most.

[She couldn't have any of Ms Halli's special mango tarts and other mango recipes. Truly the most terrible thing about her childhood.]

Oh. I'm sorry - I don't know if I'd be able to give up those... Guess it's easier to have an allergy.

[Maybe....]

Hey, I had to give it up at the time. I can eat them now. I just don't do it much just in case.

[She waves her hand in his direction.]

You should avoid pineapple for the rest of your life. Who knows when space pineapples could decide to kill you?

Well, from the look of things, that won't be much of an issue here.

[Tropical fruit seems in short supply.]

[Saeri gives a one-shoulder shrug.]

Yeah, fruits and veggies aren't a staple of the diet around here. More of a commodity than anything. Too bad I suck at farming, anyone could make a fortune.

Never thought I'd miss things like broccoli...

[But he'll live. They just have to adapt.]

[Just like the start of Deerington.]

Deep fried. Topped with melted queso and bacon bites.

[If he's going to make her hungry mentioning a food they don't have she'll just keep going. Misery loves company.]

... You're kidding.

[That sounds like a heart attack.]

Don't knock it until you've tried it.

[She wasn't allowed to eat deep fried or fatty foods like bacon when she was little. She maybe got into them a bit too much after she was healthy enough for it.]

Yeah I'm... going to have to pass. On that.

[She laughs loud right then, her metal hand squeezing the back of the chair as she bent over to the point it creaked.]

I'm sure that's not the craziest thing you've ever eaten.

I... really don't think I can answer that question fairly.

[He was in space. Traveling with aliens. He's got an unfair advantage in this arena.]

[The laughter fades as she turns to stare at him with a glint in her eye.]

Okay, now I know you've eaten way crazier things than friend broccoli with bacon and cheese. Spill.

[He... sighs.]

I was stationed on an alien ship during a war. I... really don't have a name for a lot of what we had to eat.

[For a while, anyway. Until Hunk took over - bless him.]

[Her eyebrows go up a bit. She hadn't gotten to meet enough people who have been to space, really.]

Alien grub? I'm gonna guess that manages to top beetleworms. What did most of it taste like? Did you try different stuff on every planet?

A... lot of it looked and tasted like gelatin.

Plain gelatin.

Except it was green.

[Her eyes go a bit wide but then her eyes cut just a bit. She maybe looks just a bit disbelieving.] Jello. You lived off green alien jello.

Okay I take it back. Space jello can't be that bad. ...Right?

Jello implies it had flavor.

This was... gelatin.

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