Party in Fantasyland! (Open to All)

[caycep]

The loading area and deck in front of It's a Small World had been transformed. Two large tables had been set up, one bearing the music equipment that Cayce had lugged over from Tomorrowland, the other marked out for food and drink. Another food table was set up at the shop.

Various other places in the vicinity had been marked out as well: a wide space for a dance floor; another wide space with a sign RESERVED FOR STARBUCK posted; a grassy area marked RESERVED FOR M. BEAUFORT; and the loading area was marked RESERVED FOR KIRA AND SETSUNA. Over the walk up to the ride, Cayce had hung a large hand-lettered banner that read:

IT'S A SMALL UNIVERSE (ALL OF THEM)

She'd raided every shop in the park for decorations, and pillars and eaves were festooned with Disneyfied representations of various cultures; there was some Mulan merchandise here, a few items ganked from the Indiana Jones Adventure there. Cayce herself felt, somewhat ruefully, that she wasn't capable of being much more than a representation of early 21st-century urban America, so she wore the dress Crowley had given her. Anyone who was expecting her to do a reprise of the bikini business would be sadly disappointed.

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After Cayce felt that a critical mass of crowd had been achieved, she went to the music system and turned on the microphone.

"Hi there, everyone. It's good to see you here, and thanks for playing along with my silly party idea. It's kind of a squishy liberal American thing to say—see, I'm representing my culture now—but can I just say that it's great to see the diversity here, and to see everyone taking pride in where they come from. So, thanks. Especially to Psyche, for letting us tromp all over her home and for keeping the music under control; to Crowley as always for the booze; and to everyone who brought something to share." She started to put the mic down, then remembered: "Oh, and thank you to Kira and Setsuna, who will be starting a limbo contest shortly." She grinned. "So if you think you're up for it, see how low you can go." A self-deprecating laugh at the cheesiness of what she'd just said. "Thanks again for coming, and have fun."

((Party time! Talk amongst yourselves, hassle Cayce, get drunk and ride through It's a Small World (not recommended), and otherwise have fun. Feel free to set your post before or after Cayce's little speech.))

((ETA: Here's the limbo thread!))

Comments

[redo-fromstart.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no, no, I wasn't there. It was a long time ago, but basically, wizards went to war across the disc, and it forged a massive magical atmosphere, where...so many things could happen that would be deemed impossible in the Roundworld, I believe. Someone, probably an old wizard who has a penchant for turns of phrases, once told me the plural of wizard used to be war. Which is ridiculous, but sounds quite apt."

Ponder laughed quietly, "That's certainly one way of putting it. Ever heard of Anoia, Goddess of Things Stuck in Drawers? Very popular recently. So has now become the Goddess of Hopeless Causes. I also met the God of Hangovers once. That was a little surreal. Again, someone with a good turn of phrase who knows very little named gods like him Oh Gods. I'm presuming Gods aren't really the same in your world, then?"

[late-born-myth.livejournal.com]

"Don't underestimate the capacity of 'Roundworlders' for destruction, Mr. Stibbons, magic or no magic. Our scientists have created plenty of nightmares, and they're a good deal more in the pocket of politicians than it sounds like your wizards have ever been." She quirked a corner of her mouth, wry. "Our god of bloody conquest and battle happens to be my least favorite father-in-law" (Eros's paternity was complicated) "and he's done fairly well for himself over the last century or so."

She smiled at the description of the minor Discworld deities, though. "You know, I don't know whether to think they're the same or not? Susan has very little patience with your world's gods, so I've heard things mostly from her perspective, but it's very interesting to me to consider the, the mechanisms of godhood: there's no real agreement on the subject where I'm from. One thing to consider, though, is that the Roundworld has had the influence of three dominant, interconnected religions that worship a single god, which have been immensely successful. All three of them technically deny the existence of any other god - which most of my family consider to be damned cheeky - but entities very like minor gods, prophets and saints, do appear among favored human followers. I know there's a very popular saint of Hopeless Causes, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear of one for Things Stuck In Drawers."

[redo-fromstart.livejournal.com]

"Well, the Disc has it's fair share of bloody conquest and battle without our help." He was going to ask how it was possible to have more than one father in law, presuming she only had one husband...but then he decided perhaps that was one of those things better not known. There weren't many of them in Ponder's mind, but that was definately one of them.

"I'm sure Susan has more personal experience with gods than I do, but from what I can see, it's all a matter of belief. I mean, a god of evolution popped up because I believed in him hard enough. But the Roundworld...I suppose there's more similarities there than we give it credit for, but it's hard to deny the existance of a god when stray lightning bolts can turn up to prove differently."