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.

~

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

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

"Fool! I know what a dinosaur is!" She puts down her German tray in order to whip his foot. "From the Latin, terrible lizard. Therefore you are a lizard, and judging by your foolish impressions of your pitiful fool of a King, you are as terrible as indicated. Now move, unless you wish to play the role of Bavaria." She'd asked Edgeworth to wear the costume she'd made, but he'd been so insolent as to refuse.

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

T-Rex barely felt the whip. It came with the territory of having thick, leathery skin. "No, you clearly don't know what a dinosaur is," he insisted. "And for someone who's going around calling other people foolish, your logic is really flawed. Just because something's part of a name doesn't mean that it literally is that thing. I mean, Komodo Dragons aren't actually dragons, they just kind of remind people of them. And the people who originally named dinosaurs didn't fully know what they were looking at, anyway."

"And I don't know what a Bavaria is, but would I get to stomp things? You're not like a Nazi, are you?"

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

"No one cares about your foolish argument about the name dinosaur. Latin is the language of law and therefore if Latin dictates that you are a lizard, you are a lizard, not a bird. I rest my case."

"How dare you insinuate I'm a Nazi," Framziska added whipping him again. "Nazis were found guilty of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials, and therefore by very definition I, a prosecutor, would not be a Nazi. No, far from involving such things as 'stomping,' Bavaria is a region of east Germany known for its distinct culture involving lederhosen, chocolate, and beer. I am not Bavarian and therefore I will not represent Bavaria. However, with a few size alterations, you may wear the lederhosen and hat I prepared and direct passerby to my cultural presentation."

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a lizard or a bird, I'm a Tyrannosaurus Rex! Which is WAY cooler THAN both of those things! ALSO I'M TALKING ALL CAPS NOW WHICH EVERYONE KNOWS MAKES ME RIGHT!" T-Rex was beginning to realize that he may have found the one person whose logic was more convoluted than his own. (He hadn't met Orihime yet.) "WELL, THAT AND THE FACT THAT NOTHING YOU'RE SAYING REALLY MAKES ANY SENSE. I MEAN, PRESUMING SOMETHING IS RIGHT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE LAW IS KIND OF DUMB IN THE FIRST PLACE. I THINK A LOT OF LAWS ARE POINTLESS AT BEST AND ACTIVELY HARMFUL AT WORST. BUT ALSO EVEN LAWS THAT HAVE SOME USE TO THEM TEND TO DICTATE MORAL RIGHTS, NOT FACTUAL 'RIGHTS', ANYWAY. I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF MAKING LEAPS OF LOGIC HERE! YOU NEED TO STOP THAT BECAUSE MAKING WILD LEAPS OF LOGIC IS MY JOB AND YOU'RE MAKING ME SOUND LIKE UTAHRAPTOR, WHICH I DON'T REALLY LIKE."

"I'M PRETTY SURE SOME PROSECUTORS WERE NAZIS," T-Rex told her, still yelling. "I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY DEFINITIVE PROOF OF THAT, BUT IT SEEMS WEIRD TO ME THAN AN ENTIRE PROFESSION WOULD BE IMMUNE TO THAT KIND OF CORRUPTION! ESPECIALLY A PROFESSION THAT HAS A CONNECTION WITH THE LAW, YOU'D THINK THEY'D HAVE PROSECUTED ALL THE NAZIS AT THE BEGINNING THEN." T-Rex was only vaguely aware of how prosecuting actually worked, and most of his knowledge came from courtroom dramas. "THE FACT THAT THEY WEREN'T SEEMS TO SUGGEST AT LEAST SOME PROSECUTORS WERE NAZIS! NOW YOU REALLY NEED TO STOP MAKING ME SOUND LIKE UTAHRAPTOR OR I MIGHT HAVE TO STOMP YOU, TINY GRUMPY WOMAN!

ALSO I'M NOT BAVARIAN, EITHER. I'M CANADIAN. MAYBE I COULD BE GERMANY'S CANADA!!! AND NOT WEAR LEDERHOSEN."

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

Franziska started whipping him harder, as everyone knew whippings made you even righter than all caps. "FOOL!!!" she exclaimed, attempting to yell louder than him. "MY LOGIC IS FLAWLESS!! IF THERE ARE SEEMING LEAPS IT IS ONLY BECAUSE YOUR PATHETIC LIZARD BRAIN HAS NOT YET EVOLVED IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THEM!! THEREFORE, YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF PROSECUTORS IS SUSPECT AND CANNOT BE CONSIDERED!!! AT ANY RATE, ANY FOOL KNOWS BAVARIA IS GERMANY'S FRENCH CANADA! NOW WEAR THE LEDERHOSEN OR AT LEAST HAND OUT THE PAMPHLETS I MADE, OR I WILL CRUSH YOU MYSELF!!!"

[caycep]

Cayce, by now, had given up all pretense of politeness and was now actively munching on popcorn and watching, a big grin on her face.

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

"MY BRAIN IS VERY EVOLVED ACTUALLY," T-Rex informed her. She had caps too now, so if he wanted to be rightest of all, he required BOLD all caps. "THAT IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION! I THINK THE FACT THAT I CAN TALK, AND USE LANGUAGE, PROVES MY BRAIN IS VERY EVOLVED TO HANDLE DIFFICULT CONCEPTS AND I'VE SEEN, LIKE, EVERY EPISODE OF 'LAW AND ORDER' PRACTICALLY BECAUSE IT'S ON ALL THE TIME SO I THINK THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH TELL ME WHATEVER I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PROSECUTORS THANK YOU!"

"AND I'M NOT WEARING LEDERHOSEN. AND THAT'S FINAL! BECAUSE I WOULD NOT LOOK GOOD IN LEDERHOSEN, I'M PRETTY SURE!"

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

((ahahahahaha! ...must ...not ...app ...Law & Order character...))

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

((DO IT.))

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

((Oh, god. Just what I need... If you had a say, who would you pick? XD))

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

((Jack McCoy if you're going regular L&O. Elliot, Olivia or Munch if you're doing SVU. I don't really watch Criminal Intent so you're on your own there.))

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

((IAWTC except while more prosecutors is always fun, you're forgetting Lennie Briscoe))

[anthony-crowley.livejournal.com]

((Oh, classic L&O all the way, baby. I love McCoy and Carmichael. And Briscoe and Green. And Van Buren and Schiff. Crap...))

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

((Oooh yes, you're right! How could I forget Lennie?!))

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

Franziska usually let her whip do the shouting, so there was so chance she could out BOLD CAPS a dinosaur, and sparkle text was simply not an option. So instead, she lowered her voice and said in a very 'I am far too mature for this' tone, "Science begs to differ. And even if you had seen more episodes of Law & Order than I, Franziska von Karma, which is so foolishly unlikely as to not even be worthy of consideration, you would still not grasp the finer legal details in a debate. Additionally, it is worth noting that I never wanted you to wear my lederhosen anyway. Just take these and leave my presentation booth."

She huffily held out a handful of impeccable pamphlets with the title "Germany: A Cultural Festival So Perfect You Foolish Fools Could Never Have Anticipated It"

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

"" In truth, T-Rex felt mildly put out. There were few things more boring and parental than someone who wouldn't get into a screaming fest with you. ""

T-Rex actually took a pamphlet, though. Somehow. "Hey, can I suggest a new title for this?"

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

Scared? Franziska von Karma? Impossible. She might not be able to Caps as well, but she could certainly do it better.

""

"Go ahead," she added, in a more normal tone of voice. "It will be amusing how inferior to my original title your suggestion is."

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

Okay, sparkly blinking text wasn't something T-Rex had figured out yet. "Hey, cool!" he said, after a pause. "H-How'd you do that?"

"I think you should call it 'The Fool Most Fool Awesome Fool Germany Fooly Fool Presentation Fool Of Fool All Fool Time Fool Forever Fool And Ever Fool And Fool None Fool Of You Foolish Fools Can Fool Even Fool Hope Fool To Fool Match Its Fool Badassness. Fools.'

I just think it sounds more natural."

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

"I am perfect," she replied. "And I have also been tutored extensively in voice lessons."

"Your suggestion is less foolish than anticipated," she replied, considering. "But I'd have to use much smaller font, so I think I will keep the original title."

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

"Suit yourself!" T-Rex said. He did finally move for her, too, although he still had no intention of wearing the lederhosen.

[perfect-karma.livejournal.com]

Yes, this was a battle Franziska had certainly won.

[philosopher-rex.livejournal.com]

T-Rex, meanwhile, stomped off to bother somebody else. He would return to argue with visit her again, though.