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[heatmetal]

Who: The Stranger Things cast
What: A Housewarming Party hosted by the gang & Settling in to their new haunted home
When: Late October - Early November
Where: Private Housing, Sunset Falls
Content Warnings: probably drugs, drinking

Moving In.

[ It's not quite the joyous occasion they were hoping it would be. The disappearance of one of their own has left a heavy air over the group, but they're determined to try to make something of the situation. And so they proceed with the move, their belongings loaded up in the back of a teleporting truck.

Neighbors are welcome to spy the new arrivals. A perfect collection of unlikely friends that look like they belong in a horror movie cast. You'll get a drink for your trouble - or something a little less legal (or more legal, if you aren't) if you offer to lend a hand. Evidentially, some among their number are not terribly well equipped to do heavy lifting. Damn sticky nerd arms. ]

HOUSEWARMING PARTY is written in slanted block print on a piece of cardboard, staked just outside the newly purchased manor seated near the edge of town. It is a utterly ridiculous piece of architecture, and the gathered teens have more space than they know what to do with.

So how better than to fill it with a house party?
There's a stunning indoor pool just begging to be cannonballed into. A classy lounge for enjoying a little existential angst and ennui. There’s enough guest bedrooms for anyone who wants to crash, though be warned: few are furnished. Some rooms are off limits, for your own sanity rather than theirs.

The music pumping through the place alternates between 80s metal and pop, with some newer tunes sprinkled in there for flavor.

There’s food, a legion of kegs and, well, that less than legal stuff is making the rounds too. ]

Comments

[doctopoda]

Okay.

[Sure - he doesn't know most of the kids living here anyway! Otto offers her a smile and a nod as he turns and heads towards the truck.]

I'm Otto. I met Robin when she first showed up here, so I figured I'd come help her out. People always ask me for help moving, can't imagine why.

oh my god im so sorry how late this is. time simply ceased to exist for a while there

[eggplanting]

[After another split second of assessment — mostly watching how the arms move in relation to Otto — Steph bounds after him, easily keeping out of the way.]

It might have something to do with the robot arms. [said in the most guileless voice she can manage, as if genuinely responding to the rhetorical question.] Or you just look like the kinda person who can be bribed with pizza. That's how they got me.

[doctopoda]

[Otto chuckles.]

Ah, I didn't get that offer. Should have held out longer!

[The arms seem to be moving fairly independently; they weave about to lift boxes and pieces of furniture without his apparent focus, though he does naturally shift his stance to accommodate the weight. They could probably take more, but he's not interested in causing himself a lot of back pain today.]

[eggplanting]

[Steph jumps up into the back of the truck, easily ducking past an arm so she can tap a couple of boxes, noting them as ones to be grabbed.]

You gotta learn how to bargain.

[She's laughing as she grabs a box for herself; it's not too heavy, so she can lift it with relative ease, balancing it on a hip as she grins.]

Don't worry, I'll sneak you a few pieces once it turns up, so you don't have to suffer.

[It truly would be suffering. A pizza-less life is a terrible life.]

[doctopoda]

[The arms don't immediately accept her directions, but Otto glances over and they start picking up those boxes a second later.]

I have always relied on the kindness of strangers. [His arms are full of boxes, but he smiles at her around them.] I'm Otto.