[Lisa is cheating with the power of nepotism today: instead of taking the train over, she's arrived in a taxi of all things! This would be extremely weird if not for the thing that gets out of it before her: a truly massive floral arrangement with a card in it. Something in her expression as she steps out of the taxi radiates displeasure, in a way that feels ominously directed at the plant. But once she's visible by actual people, the look is gone, replaced by a pleasant expression once more as she strolls in, a small wrapped gift box sticking out the top of her handbag. She's happy to be here! She'll be even happier once this thing is out of her hands-]
[A | gardens] [Lisa likes flowers well enough and would happily spend time in a garden anyway, but someone takes very careful care of this one, and she's happy to stroll through it for a bit. Nothing super rare, but even what's here is enough to pick up her spirits. Shrubbery, sure, but there are enough things in bloom right now to hold her attention and make her wish it was just a little warmer. Well, not last-month The-Thing-Is-Happening warm, but. Normal spring warm? So she'll be here, usual red scarf on to catch the eye.
She grabs a seat at the gazebo at one point, wanting to try the lady of the house's cookies; she knows what she herself can make and is curious what the best ingredients and finest tools can produce. The sparkle in her eyes as she bites into a checkerboard cookie suggests the answer is "miracles".]
Oh, you have to try this. I wonder if I can get the recipe, I don't know everything she used in these but they're amazing.
[B | karaoke] When you close your eyes, tell me, what are you dreamin'? Everything, I wanna know it all~
[Lisa found the karaoke setup relatively early, and while she continues to maintain she's not a singer... she's getting better as she has more excuses to practice. Takamasa has taste, in this if nothing else, and she'll gladly hang out here from time to time. She's... a little bolder here than she is on her bass, though. You could probably get her to sing almost anything. Need someone to sing your backing vocals? She's got you. And, perhaps importantly, she looks like she's really having fun and getting into it.]
I'd spend ten thousand hours, and ten thousand more-
[C | balcony] [...but eventually even her social batteries run low, and Lisa comes up to the balcony to take a break, like everyone else seems to be doing, a small piece of birthday cake brought with her to enjoy in private. She recognizes why right away - the view from up here is phenomenal, and while the telescope is something she doesn't have a lot of interest in for its own sake, it's fancy enough that she's a little curious? Mostly, though, she just sits up here, watching the sky as the sun sets and paints the horizon. She's... calm, for the first time in a while. Relaxed. In this one moment, everything's okay and nothing hurts. Eventually, she'll get tired of staying up here and head back down to the party proper, but for now, she'll drink in the peace while it lasts.]
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[A | gardens]
[Lisa likes flowers well enough and would happily spend time in a garden anyway, but someone takes very careful care of this one, and she's happy to stroll through it for a bit. Nothing super rare, but even what's here is enough to pick up her spirits. Shrubbery, sure, but there are enough things in bloom right now to hold her attention and make her wish it was just a little warmer. Well, not last-month The-Thing-Is-Happening warm, but. Normal spring warm? So she'll be here, usual red scarf on to catch the eye.
She grabs a seat at the gazebo at one point, wanting to try the lady of the house's cookies; she knows what she herself can make and is curious what the best ingredients and finest tools can produce. The sparkle in her eyes as she bites into a checkerboard cookie suggests the answer is "miracles".]
Oh, you have to try this. I wonder if I can get the recipe, I don't know everything she used in these but they're amazing.
[B | karaoke]
When you close your eyes, tell me, what are you dreamin'?
Everything, I wanna know it all~
[Lisa found the karaoke setup relatively early, and while she continues to maintain she's not a singer... she's getting better as she has more excuses to practice. Takamasa has taste, in this if nothing else, and she'll gladly hang out here from time to time. She's... a little bolder here than she is on her bass, though. You could probably get her to sing almost anything. Need someone to sing your backing vocals? She's got you. And, perhaps importantly, she looks like she's really having fun and getting into it.]
I'd spend ten thousand hours, and ten thousand more-
[C | balcony]
[...but eventually even her social batteries run low, and Lisa comes up to the balcony to take a break, like everyone else seems to be doing, a small piece of birthday cake brought with her to enjoy in private. She recognizes why right away - the view from up here is phenomenal, and while the telescope is something she doesn't have a lot of interest in for its own sake, it's fancy enough that she's a little curious? Mostly, though, she just sits up here, watching the sky as the sun sets and paints the horizon. She's... calm, for the first time in a while. Relaxed. In this one moment, everything's okay and nothing hurts. Eventually, she'll get tired of staying up here and head back down to the party proper, but for now, she'll drink in the peace while it lasts.]