Be Ours.

[mickey-cops.livejournal.com]

The music, mercifully, didn't start until an hour after dawn, and it was at around elevator music-volume and fairly ignorable until you started noticing what a bizarre jumble of songs from throughout recording history it was. As a matter of fact, it rather sounded as though forces with very little taste of their own had just cued up a random mix of anything labeled "love song," however appropriate or inappropriate, and had done with it. And then locked the door of the radio room behind them.

The decorations, however, had gone up at midnight, and if you'd been awake you might have seen them go up - strings of white and red heart-shaped lights unrolling and flinging themselves from place to place, great bunches of foil heart balloons tied here and there, vases of long-stemmed roses gently set down everywhere.

The shops were filled with formal wear; the restaurants, empty and attended alike, were lit with candles. All the water rides in the park gained little banners above their entrances reading "Tunnel of Love," and the characters within seemed to be doing a lot more offering of flowers and chocolates to each other than usual. (It was hard to say whether this was more disturbing from the pirates or from B'rer Rabbit and B'rer Fox.)

And every person in the park, whenever they woke up, found by their pillow a little pile of valentines, personalized just for them to send out, and a helpful list of all the people they might want to ask to be theirs. In other words, everyone. Oh, and a box of candy hearts, also personalized with adorable mottos.

Welcome to the most romantic place on Earth. Or...somewhere.

((Mushy songs to be posted here, OOCly and to your heart's content. Also feel free to comment here about your character's valentines and their reaction thereunto, or if you wish, to start a new post for those purposes. The lock's just a mundane deadbolt, so if your character gets fed up and decides to break it/pick it/use a spell on it they should be able to get in and take over.

Happy Valentine's Day!))

Comments

[mickey-cops.livejournal.com]

All You Need Is Love, The Beatles (http://download.yousendit.com/ADF9740519E157F3)
You Made Me Love You, Al Jolson (http://download.yousendit.com/D5F3ED002C2E4B71)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Platters (http://download.yousendit.com/483310686B9FD05C)
Somebody To Love, Jefferson Airplane (http://download.yousendit.com/BF23AD8702B31BB2)
Easter Parade, The Real Tuesday Weld (http://download.yousendit.com/316402BE322E55BF)
La Vie En Rose, Louis Armstrong (http://download.yousendit.com/90E217FC038EFA2F)
Love Potion #9, The Searchers (http://download.yousendit.com/7FA36FEC450817F4)
One Last Love Song, The Beautiful South (http://download.yousendit.com/C05909E1680763AA)
You're the Cream in My Coffee, Emmett Miller (http://download.yousendit.com/5FF62D8C5331D009)
He'll Make Me Happy, The Muppets (http://download.yousendit.com/2FD8FAF24A96A66F)
Someday the Waves, Iron & Wine (http://download.yousendit.com/3A9906E212C0F2B5)
Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down), Nancy Sinatra (http://download.yousendit.com/1E426DC87BCE60FF)
Fever, Peggy Lee (http://download.yousendit.com/5C8C40E7432E6063)

...and so on. And on, and on.

[alcoholit.livejournal.com]

Bernard crawled out of bed and sent a big pile of paper and a box flying across the room in a hungover daze. He then blinked and decided this might be a good time to explore what the hell they were doing there. Love hearts? Cards? Oh no. Oh NO. Although the cards made him smirk, and he was very, very tempted to send them to everyone he knew, just to piss them off, he actually had a real, if bumbling and confused, idea of what he should do today. He grabbed a pen and scrawled on a piece of paper, after crossing out what he wanted to say several times, giving it the appearance of blotting paper rather than a love note,

Ellie,

well since I just wanted to saythought I'm going to ask you now and not look back. I eat. You eat. Want to do it in the same place sometime? No, no, of course you wouldn't. don't say that, Bernard.

Um. anyway. You don't have to answer or anything. I'll be leaving you alone now.

Bernard Black.

He then paused for thought and proceeded to send the pre-made valentines to certain people he wanted to annoy. His read "Love is blind, so please, send me a guide dog before I fall for you again." Cruel, short and offensive, but with a good metaphor. Yep, this park knew who he was alright. After much deliberation, he sent one to Susan reading: To my favourite anthropromophic personality, one to Percy reading: Ponce, enjoy the one day where you're not the most flamboyant and ridiculous person in the park and one to Cayce which didn't have a special greeting, but instead of his name, he signed The Entire Kingdom of Belgium. p.s. No, you can't have any chocolate.

He then proceeded to eat all the love hearts and roll himself a cigarette. Outside would be a bad idea today, he could tell.

((This Could Be Love - Alkaline Trio (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TUOW5CJL)
Medical Love Song - Monty Python (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AC00HOGI)
I'm in the Mood for Ska (Love) - Lord Tanamo (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NSRCIO1I)
Love me for a Reason - Maxine Miller (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M8KL85TT)
Love Walked In - Thunder (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YGAZCVOU)
The amount of cheesy metal and ska I have on my computer is terrifying.))

[chantinellie.livejournal.com]

When Ellie managed to decipher Bernard's note, she laughed out loud (though not in the way or for the reason Bernard might have feared,) and penned him a quick reply.

Bernard,

I do eat, on occasion. Since you sent me such a lovely Valentine, why don't you come by the kissing booth by the statues around midday and collect your prize? You can take me to lunch.

XXXOOO

Ellie

[alcoholit.livejournal.com]

Bernard nearly fell out of his chair and sent the love hearts he was enthusiastically munching on flying all over the room at her reply. Problem was, now he wasn't sure what to do. Did he reply? Did he just turn up? Was she being sarcastic and if he turned up he'd get laughed at? Did he send her something nice? Did he take something nice? Was that too forward? Ah. This was why he never did well with women.

He ended up, after much deliberation, replying with a short, sweet and rather messy,

Ellie,

Sure. Absolutely. Wouldn't miss it if a cartoon piano fell on my head or...anything vaguely ridiculous which could happen here. I'll be there. Yes. Um...I'll shut up now.

have you lost your mind?

Bernard.

((I shall come join that thread, oui?))

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

Katou had, in fact, been up at midnight. He had to laugh when the decorations went up. He wasn't particularly opposed to Valentine's day. He rarely got chocolates (especially not a whole lot of them), but he usually got laid.

When it got closer to the morning, he grabbed three roses from one of the vases, went to one of the kitchens to make a big breakfast of eggs and pancakes (fuck those Mickey pancakes), sausages, bacon and ham, and then headed home to wait for Kira, Setsuna and Sara to wake up so he could present the roses and the breakfast to them in his most cheesy-romantic way possible.

And then the music started. He burst out laughing. Just wait until he found out that he had personalized Valentine's Day cards to hand out.

((Which he will do as soon as I get the bloody image I want to make them with.

Our Lady Peace - I Loved You All Along (http://www.mediafire.com/?7ibymwrjm2e)
Morphine - You Look Like Rain (http://www.mediafire.com/?bjwmpcbrj0o)
Cradle of Filth - Soft White Throat (http://www.mediafire.com/?f2n3xjgt7w9)
Bon Jovi - She's A Mystery (http://www.mediafire.com/?2ymyndi4l5d)
The Arrogant Worms - Celine Dion (http://www.mediafire.com/?fdnmtmam2jc)
Anberlin - Lovesong (http://www.mediafire.com/?3zz0yxrb2nj)
The Cure - Lovesong (http://www.mediafire.com/?5bcywpxjkdm)
Death Cab for Cutie - Lovesong (http://www.mediafire.com/?7d5mz0mtjcd)
311 - Lovesong (http://www.mediafire.com/?5cxrrz2j5ed)
Jack Off Jill - Lovesong (http://www.mediafire.com/?dmeffzyepto)
Voltaire - Lovesong (http://www.mediafire.com/?8pmvz05ldd1)
The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love (http://www.mediafire.com/?eymhhtijmxo)
Eels - P.S. You Rock My World (http://www.mediafire.com/?8due3roldmm)
Frank Sinatra - French Foreign Legion (http://www.mediafire.com/?4ygtcfchbzw)
Cream - Sunshine of your Love (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8uyim9iq2nj)))

[swordandchalice.livejournal.com]

Setsuna didn't sleep in much, so it wasn't long before he was up, the scent of food drawing him to wherever Katou was. The roses, however, got a huge laugh.

"Aww, Kat-chan, you shouldn't have. What an doting wife we've taken on for the theatre," Setsuna told him, reaching over to grab a piece of bacon.

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

"A wife, huh?" asked Katou, smirking. He whacked Setsuna on the back of the hand with a rose. "In that case, go wash your hands before you eat, darling."

[caycep]

All in all, Cayce decided, as park-mandated holidays went, this one wasn't bad at all. Anything that didn't involve nausea, discomfort, or humiliating situations was all right by her, even if it meant that she was a little worried that some other shoe might be dropping soon.

Her personalized cards were emblazoned with a stupidly-cute caricature of herself with DJ headphones on, and the greeting-motto read Love Has No Logo, which she thought was one of the silliest things she'd ever read.  Which didn't stop her from shrugging, grinning, and sending out cards to everyone in the park. Because what the hell.

She'd meant to get up to the radio booth and put on some songs, but it became quickly apparent that someone else had done so.

Having come from 2004, she hadn't seen the ubiquitous iPod Nano commercial featuring Feist's "1 2 3 4", so she was able to find the tune pleasant and catchy. The Divine Comedy cover of "Love is Lighter Than Air" was a pleasant surprise, and although she was sort of sorry for Crowley when Queen's "Love of My Life" came on, she had to admit that she actually rather liked the song.

She began to worry about the unknown DJ's judgment when the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "If Love Were All" played—not exactly in the holiday spirit. Nor was "Love for Sale". And when the Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin original of "Je t'aime .. . moi non plus"* came on, Cayce went running to the DJ booth, only to find it locked.

Damn.

*((Video!))

[hawaii-kid.livejournal.com]

Kon had gotten fed up with the radio about the same time Cayce did, apaprently, or at least, that's what it must have looked like when he dropped out of the sky to land next to her staring at the lock.

"Hey Cayc--oh. Y'want me to let you in there? You have better taste in music than this crazy park."

[caycep]

"Hey Kon." she said. "Sure, give it your best shot. I'm pretty sure it's only a standard-issue deadbolt in there, so unless the park's magically screwed with it or some crap like that, it should be breakable. I was just about to go get a crowbar."

[markoftherani]

Naturally, the Rani chucked out the cards and the candy hearts before starting on yet another day of cleaning and repairs, and the park decorations elicited only a disgusted eyeroll.

And although no one else would know it, it's worth noting that for about 2.47 seconds, she did consider sending cards to the Doctor and the Master, preferably accompanied by candy hearts that said things like HOT STUF, LOVER BOY, and CUTIE PIE, just for the joy of making their heads hurt.

[yousir-mesir.livejournal.com]

Percy rather enjoyed the sugar hearts and found that he liked them in his cup of tea. After some deliberation, he sent one, and only one, valentine out with a personalised message.

O! how thy worth with manners may I sing,
When thou art all the better part of me?

-Aphrodite, my dear and radiant goddess, special attention should be paid to you on this day, for I think there is love in the air.

[seafoamrisen.livejournal.com]

Percy's valentine was answered with another that bore the scent of Parma violets:

Darling Percy, truest of gentlemen, how thoughtful of you! I hope I shall see you later today at the entertainment that Miss Chantinelle is organizing.

-Aphrodite

Sent with the valentine was a pale pink rose.

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

By the time Pippi got up, Mr. Neilson had eaten quite a few of the candy hearts. The remaining ones said things like...

Älska du!

And

Älskling

Being a kid, she sent some, along with a card see image to the left to everybody.

Rukia got extra hearts because she'd been nice to talk to and helpful during that meeting thing. Jazz didn't get any candy hearts because she was pretty sure he didn't eat food. She divided up the candy she would have given to Jazz among the other kids because they would probably enjoy it.

When the music started, she got kinda home sick.

[creepyboy.livejournal.com]

Tim watched the decorations go up with an eyeroll, stopping only long enough to find some a nice formal dress for Rose, a couple boxes of chocolates, and then retreated to try to spend the day sleeping. He didn't like Valentines day.

OOC: Savage Garden, Truly Madly Deeply (http://youtube.com/watch?v=H6Dg1Ymji-Q)
Bon Jovi, Living on a Prayer (http://youtube.com/watch?v=QUSDS9pkA2Y)
Goo Goo Dolls, Iris (http://youtube.com/watch?v=SsK90GWBVLY)
Billy JOel, Uptown Girl (http://youtube.com/watch?v=2F-nt7aC_JQ)
Whiskey Lullaby (http://youtube.com/watch?v=rhNFfkIZj-I)
Austin (http://www.lyrics007.com/Brad%20Paisley%20Lyrics/P.S.%20This%20Is%20Austin%20Lyrics.html)
Keith Anderson, Everytime I hear your name (http://youtube.com/watch?v=IS1fKN3_qzg)
The Dance (http://youtube.com/watch?v=MsaKLAN_hxs)
Standing Outside the Fire (http://youtube.com/watch?v=YwLJM5yuqQ8)
Buffy, I'm Under your Spell (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-O78Bpwom3M)

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

Well, there's music, at least, but it's really starting to get annoying. The little 'Valentine's Day' cards that were sitting beside him when he came out of recharge were odd enough that he instintively reached for the internet for an explanation, only to be thwarted by the fact that there was no internet to connect with.

"Well, now, what're these for?" He transformed and reached for one of the tiny cards, scowling at the slight difficulty of picking up something so small. After starting perplexed at the little thing for a few minutes, he decided to take one to Pippi.

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

Pippi was making rounds delivering her own (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/2244002115_0171f30e68_m.jpg) cards.

"Hi Jazz! ... Hey, do you eat food?"

Assuming she has seen him transformed. Either we'll get to it in our other thread or just handwave that it's happened off screen?

[jazz-the-man.livejournal.com]

"Well, not really, but I thank you for thinkin' of me. Can ya explain this Valentine's Day thing to me?"

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Once she'd gotten over her initial alarm at the re-decoration of the park and determined that no, there were no strange compulsions or changes in behaviour at work, Susan breathed a profound sigh of relief and declared the afternoon free of lessons for the children.

Which afternoon, she decided, would be spent with John, of course. And she was exceptionally glad that she was able to find a handsome Worth-style gown (http://www.costumegallery.com/classroom/Penny/Class1/janel.jpg) that was to her taste in one of the shops.

[john-adams-1776.livejournal.com]

Not long after, a card appeared in her mailbox.



John decided not to send the others...

[a-lonely-god.livejournal.com]

The Doctor woke up in the library after a nap, slouched in a tattered armchair with his head pillowed on… a bag of tiny candy hearts, apparently. –Those hadn’t been there when he fell asleep…–

Neither had the stack of little Valentine’s day cards that were sitting on the small end table next to him. He picked one up, frowning at the cute little figure on the front of the card. It looked like… well, like him. A round, cartoonish, cute picture of him with no fingers and no mouth, sitting on a blue background.

The card unfolded into three sections (http://jesidres.deviantart.com/art/Whooligans-tipsy-chibi-61823124), and at the bottom it read in letters that looked like shiny little bubbles: I’VE FALLEN FOR YOU. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

He cocked his head, staring at it.

[hear-the-drums.livejournal.com]

Well. That was unexpected.

The Master woke up with a stack of cards next to his pillow that had this little illustration (http://jesidres.deviantart.com/art/Whooligans-Evil-Chibified-61823329) on them.

He thought it was rather cute.

Still, he wanted to know how universally this thing had spread, since this was only the second one of these events he's been around for (and so far it was shaping up infinitely better than the last). So he wandered over to the TARDIS, unlocked the door through his special system and poked his head inside. "You in?" Instead of waiting for an answer, he waltzed right through the door and went searching.

He wasn't all that surprised to find the Doctor in the library. And oh look, "I see you got them too," he said, walking over next to the chair to peek at them. He stared blankly for a moment. "Are you saying 'meep'?"

(Love Me Tomorrow - Boz Scaggs) (http://download.yousendit.com/F21FB29D58D01AB3)
(Fill Your Heart [cover] - David Bowie) (http://download.yousendit.com/87BEE57E13261D19)
(You Were Meant For Me - Gene Kelly) (http://download.yousendit.com/2ED6F076512CBA82)
(Diamond Meadows - T.Rex) (http://download.yousendit.com/3AD3D9A239EC0A51)
(Dog & Butterfly - Heart) (http://download.yousendit.com/791AC0D2018C6E0D)
(Song for the Dumped - Ben Folds Five) (http://download.yousendit.com/5437C2476EAF5972)
(Rosalyn - Pretty Things) (http://download.yousendit.com/0048FBBA3DF9A23A)
(haha, everybody, look what I founds: Love Thing - Spice Girls) (http://download.yousendit.com/3FEAD1AB724F23DF)

[a-lonely-god.livejournal.com]

“Apparently,” the Doctor said with no little consternation. “Oh and look, I’ve got a little red star to show I’ve hit my head.” He blinked at it for a moment. “Let’s see yours, then.”

[soho-angel.livejournal.com]

Aziraphale had never been quite sure whether he should approve of a day named after a Saint that celebrated love, or disapprove of the rampant lust, gluttony and greed that went along with it. And he'd become automatically suspicious of anything the park did.

Still, on waking late that day (which he'd been doing worryingly often of late,) he couldn't help but smile at the little illustrations on the cards he'd been left; and as several people had sent him cards of their own, he decided it was only fair to send each of them a card back.

Then he found the one on the bottom of the stack that bore neither cartoons nor stylized hearts, but only a single word in Greek letters.

(http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v282/LadySawall/?action=view&current=agape350-1.jpg)

Crowley was out and about, so he left the card on the dining table they most often used, along with a single perfect yellow rose in a vase, and went out to open the tea shop.

((Through The Years (http://www.mediafire.com/?fl2mctcdb9m) by Kenny Rogers
After All (http://www.mediafire.com/?2cglmltrcyd) by Peter Cetera and Cher))

[chantinellie.livejournal.com]

Ellie thought the cards were darling, and promptly sent them off to Crowley, Spike, Bernard, Kira, Katou and T-Rex, each with an appropriately complimentary and/or encouraging message. The rest she saved tucked away to save for possible future use before she went back out to work the booth.