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[allmydreams]

WHO || Felicity B., Vi, Elena and YOU! [open]
WHAT || Vi's Baby Shower
WHERE || The Castle Gardens
WHEN || May 2, 2015 [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam or prose, follow your heart.

About a month before the intended date for the baby shower, Felicity and Elena send out invitations to everyone in the castle (save Vi, because surprise is the way to go) that there will be a small garden baby shower for the mom-to-be. Everyone is invited, and the places that Vi is registered are listed within the invitation, but if all else fails, bring flowers.

The party itself will also be filled with flowers when the guests start to arrive, scattered about several small tables where guests are free to sit, mix and mingle. Each table has a small tin in the middle with pens and note cards, so that guests can write down items for Vi's "Baby Bucket List," fun milestones for the baby's first year. There is also another set of tables with plain white onesies, as well as a number of art supplies so that guests can decorate them. There's a large open space between the two areas so guests can move easily between them and also use the space to talk if they didn't wish to participate in either activity.

Towards the back of the space there is a table for presents, as well as a long table with sandwiches, drinks and other refreshments. There's also a small sitting area of chairs with no tables, which is probably where Vi will be for most of the afternoon. If you're looking for Felicity, she can be seen bouncing around putting the finishing touches on things before she leaves to get Vi, and after she'll be mixing and mingling with the rest of the guests, in between making sure there's still enough food and drinks to go around and that none of the game stations need restocking.

Beyond that, feel free to mix, mingle and have fun!

[If you want to submit actual IC suggestions for the Baby Bucket List, you can drop that over here. Everyone who makes a top level will be getting a Felicity, and otherwise, feel free to tag around.]

Comments

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[graveflowers]

[ vi doesn't get to dress up so she shows up in her late pregnancy staple of a maxi dress with dirt and grass on the hem like a dirty street urchin. her surprise comes in the form of a squeal and punching felicity in the arm (she shouldn't have!), but it's clear enough from the way she lights up that this was desperately needed and so very, very thoughtful. she hasn't had anything just for her since... her wedding.

(while this is as much for lucia, since she's still tucked away it feels like it's just for vi.)

she can be found perched on a chair opening presents, and making herself a small table to hold stuff on out of roots and vines that burst up from the ground like hello, i'm here. or hanging around the food table shoving stuff (aka cake) in her face. she's not even sorry it's all vegetarian, y'all, it's her day. or sipping non-alcoholic wine and marveling at the concept of non-alcoholic wine once again. it's a beautiful creation. she can also be found making her own hand drawn onesie, and then laughing for twenty minutes about a onesie with a mustache on it.

it says master of disguise.

she makes sure to aggressively and personally thank every single person for coming. ]