Black Tie & Tails Charity Fundraiser!

[uncagedbird]

Are you ready to rock your socks off, Recollé? Probably not, seeing as Spring Fling isn't for another month. And you probably shouldn't, because this is...

❦ A Fancy Fuzzy Ball.
With the majority of residents settled into their new weird lives and everything else that comes with Retrospec, one of the city's heiresses has decided to throw a fundraiser. This isn't unusual given her previous charity work, but she's going out of her way to make sure everyone has fun. Ariana is a great lover of animals small and large alike, scaly and otherwise, and so this benefits the Recollé Animal Shelter.

Everyone is invited.

This will be a gala just like the ones you see on TV after the Grammys. Stupid fancy food, stupid fancy costumes, and... cute dogs. Cute dogs everywhere. A few harness-trained cats will also be on hand as part of the meet and greet, detailed further below. This is a shameless opportunity to dress up your characters but it's also a great chance for mingling and dance-related regains.

The IC announcement is here!

❦ The Grand Event.
On the night of Saturday, April 22nd, a large room in Recollé's convention center (wait, we have one?) will be turned into a ballroom. There are two requirements for entry:

❦ Partygoers must be dressed business casual at the minimum. No jeans or Birkenstocks allowed. Suits, tuxedos, cocktail dresses, fluffy gowns, slacks, things that are in between or perhaps neither-- all of this is fine, as long as it looks like an effort was made.
❦ A minimum donation of 5 dollars OR a can of pet food must be given at the door. This is a fundraiser, after all. Characters who can't make the monetary donation can earn their way in via volunteering (see below). Those who would like to donate more are welcome to fill out cards inside the venue.

The theme is animals since the event is to raise money for the animal shelter. Characters are encouraged to dress up with cat ears or puppy tails or whatever tickles their fancy, though full on costumes are not allowed (the ice rink mascot has to stay home). Keep it classy!

In addition to dancing, music, and ridiculously cute animal-themed food, there will be a meet and greet for people to learn about the animals who need adoption and fill out applications for them. Dogs both young and old will feature the most prominently, but there are also a few friendly cats waiting to find their forever homes. There will be a book of profiles and pictures for people to peruse at their leisure which will include shelter animals that are not at the ball.

The dance will go on for a couple of hours, and then the biggest donators will be announced. After that, the party is officially over and everyone will be sent home with a cute party bag.

❦ The Helpers.
There are a lot of opportunities to have your characters participate in the making-of! Helpers will get a chance to mingle at the ball (as long as they change), and they can bring a +1 with them-- they also get in for free.

Shelter employees will be needed to handle candidates for adoption at the meet and greet. Musicians, both classical and non, will be encouraged to come play at the venue. Ariana is also in need of boutiques and outfitters for those who don't have an entire runway in their closet or would otherwise be too poor to attend; she wants to make sure everyone gets a chance to be a prince or princess once in a while. Cooks and servers will be in high demand, and miscellaneous staff will be needed to decorate the place, act as bouncers, and keep things running in general.

❦ Everything Else.
The log for the ball will go up on Friday, April 21 at 9pm Pacific Time. (I may forward-date it and post it earlier so that people get more time to dance, but we'll see.)

If there is another job your character would like to help with or something else you'd like to add to the party, feel free to leave a comment here, PM my journals, or hit me up at fonfabre.

See you there!

Comments

[samuraisoul]

Jūbei will be really happy and enthusiastic about this, and as a shelter worker be there to help handle the adoption candidates! ♥

Perhaps also be rather embarrassed about the cat ears, but hey, the things you do for good causes...

[rhapsodeity]

jade is going since she volunteers at the shelter but that also means being over the top so

who wants to help put the animals in tuxedos? jade's doing that, because. she wants to and thinks it would be cute. she'll help out where she can but who says only the people can be fancy??

only the most important plotting goes on here in recolle?

[uncagedbird]

Awesome!! I'm glad shelter workers are on board with some random rich girl stopping by to give them money.

He doesn't need to wear them... but they are very cute on him I'm sure.♥

[uncagedbird]

It looks like Prompto might be helping dress up the animals too? Totally something I didn't expect. I can't say I'm not super excited to see the results... I love animals too, especially dapper ones. Ugh, so cute.

I'd love to have Jade and Ari talk at the ball if that's cool! I've wanted Jade CR for a while.

[uncagedbird]

Ari is going to be busy as hell, but all the better for it! She'll be bouncing from corner to corner making sure things go well for everyone involved. For those she knows who decide they're too poor to go, she will be personally shoving designer clothes on them.

Too bad.

Sorey is a dork but he'll be taking a date~ he'll be wearing dog ears and look like a huge nerd. I don't think he'll be doing anything in the background, but!!! he can't dance, so that's... going to be hilarious.

Unrelatedly: anyone giving lessons? 👀

[truedetective]

Will any dogs be available for adoption? This might be a great way for Naoto to get that dog I was thinking about.

Anyway, Naoto will be coming... reluctantly... because Noah dragged her here. Someone please save her from having to socialize.

[redarm]

Noah will be going purely because it's Ari's thing and she dragged him there he wants to support his cousin. He'll wear a tux and probably facepaint a dog paw on his face. He will also likely opt to spend as much time as he can playing with the dogs instead of actually interacting with other people.

What? Dogs are awesome and people aren't ok.

Also if you have a character who has CR with Noah but isn't likely to go (but you want them to go), you can say that Noah basically pushed them into going because if he has to go, you have to suffer with him.

[uncagedbird]

Yep, that's the point! Plenty of dogs and a few cats are there, and whatever else is at the shelter itself can also be applied for.

please don't mention the trespassing

[uncagedbird]

DAMN RIGHT YOU'RE GOING. GO AND PET ALL THE DOGS. This will be Noah's first time at any of the Alessandro's fancy parties, so that should be... interesting. At least there's animals? And food???

Sorey will cheer him on and also spend the whole time petting dogs, so he's not alone there.

[truedetective]

SHE WILL NOT MENTION IT and oh yes, I see that now! Thank you!

[liberal_arts]

Kasen is so there. And he's going to go all out on the costume, too, because of fucking course he is.

apologies in advance for how Too Much he can be

[mincingminuet]

Penelope is attending for sure. Probably as volunteer staff to help out her friend Ari. Also dancing. Which actually is incredibly significant for Pen. IF someone wants to help her trigger a regain...

Yukiko's going to show up too, to help out the shelter. Also because she likes dogs.

Also this may be where she officially adopts the dog she's been talking about. As in signing the final paperwork at the end of the night.

[mincingminuet]

Please help Penelope dress nice.

Also. Ari probably has a helper in this one. She's going to give her all for dogs.

[mincingminuet]

Come...dance with an oblivious Yukiko, Naoto. She needs a detective prince.

[true_noir]

Nope, no salvation from socialization here. Chloe will probably be b-lining towards people she knows after all.

[true_noir]

Chloe will almost certainly be in attendance. It's a social activity and fairly normal to go to, so she'll be happy to show up. If anyone's looking for a more or less normal occasion for meeting her, this is a good time. She might just qualify as outright banal for this thing.

Aside from the purple hair.

[uncagedbird]

Ari totally will!!! Maybe something in blue? |D Orange is kind of hit or miss. Her whole closet is at your disposal, Pen.

Helpers are always welcome! Dogs are a great reason to come (and the only reason, for some people).

[samuraisoul]

Helping all the little kitties and doggies and other pets to get homes? Random rich girl is doing a beautiful thing! :D

HAHA, well, photoshop will soon let us know~

[megabond]

Augustine is definitely going because he's a volunteer at the animal shelter, he can't really miss a charity event, and he really loves a social event.

P.S. I know you're going to say no for this but does his Garchomp dragon friend counts as a pet?

[complementing]

YES I'm so ready for this event! Minako is going be there early to help with decorating and helping set up catering, but once the party is in full swing she'll be in a fancy dress to socialize in! No ears though, because she was too busy wrestling her dog into his outfit to find some, aka Koromaru will also be there in a tuxedo because canon dungeon crawling armor that I regained specifically for this player plot, yes /)* v *(\

[heiroglyphs]

Vera will definitely be there, and will make a considerable donation because tiny cute animals are the best???

She won't be volunteering, but she'll dance with pretty much whoever so long as they're not being creeps about it.

Also she may end up adopting one of the little cuties.

[mincingminuet]

Blue is definitely her color. :p That works!

[longwei2go]

Surprise, surprise, because Yin will be there. She'll have regained a fancy dress and have friends encourage her to attend, much to everyone's disgust or amazement. Hey, she likes the animal shelter animals and wishes she could have a pet of her own someday but that requires 1) being able to take care of herself too and 2) having money.

People are welcome to help set off the memory of the school dance prior to the Vytal Festival, and the knowledge that she can, indeed, dance properly and not just throw her weight around in the pit.

[digthefuzz]

Kurt will be in attendance, actually wearing formal attire and... I dunno, maybe dog ears or something? Something that's kinda goofy without clashing too much with the formality! But yeah, he's friends with Ari and sees no problem with helping animals. And he likes using his star power for a good cause even if his own bank account is suffering!

Aaand I haven't done anything with his image inducer so one thing I may do for this is have it activate on accident at some point (or several points) during the gala, which could be Kurt's cue that it's not exactly a normal watch. And he'll also still be coping with his newfound teleportation ability, so there can be accidents there too.

[viktorymaker]

Did you say gala? Dancing? Dogs?! Viktor will be there and he will donate generously! He'll also dress up gladly, and wearing a paw print tie to match the occasion.