New Year's Eve (open RP)

[nerdherdchuck]

ooc: This post is open to everyone. Your character can drop by IC, metaly or via bendy time too. Whatever works. :) Feel to play and have fun!

It was a simple party. Snacks, a couple bottles of champagne and sparkling cider were neatly placed on a fold out table decorated with noise makers and party hats.

Guests were gathered in the courtyard just outside of Chuck and Ellie's apartment, chatting with one another.

The Morgan door was temporarily blocked by a small TV broadcasting 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' in anticipation of the countdown to 2009.

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[agentsarah.livejournal.com]

Sarah was quick to arrive, hoping she wasn't too early as she made an appearance in the courtyard. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Ellie and Awesome, she made her way over to Chuck.

"Hey," she greeted him, smiling brightly.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" Chuck cheerfully replied, smiling back at Sarah. "Glad you could make it. Can I get you anything?"

[agentsarah.livejournal.com]

"A drink would be great," Sarah replied, grateful to see him among the rest of the unfamiliar faces.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck nodded and went over to the snack table. He poured a glass of sparkling cider for Sarah and glanced up at the TV in The Morgan door. He shook his head for a moment and returned to Sarah, giving her the glass.

"I'm just waiting for Morgan to lament the fact we blocked the Morgan door for Ryan Seacrest," he joked to Sarah.

[agentsarah.livejournal.com]

She took the glass from him, sipping slowly, and studied their surroundings, looking out at the rest of the people who were beginning to trickle into the party.

"How long do you think it'll take that to happen?"

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"Knowing Morgan? Ten seconds after he arrives. He'll probably comment that we should at least have SciFi Channel's 'The Twilight Zone' marathon playing on the TV blocking the Morgan door. But...then again, we already had our own marathon on Christmas Day."

Noticing Sarah watching the guests, Chuck lowered his voice and said, "I think mostly it'll be just Awesome and his buddies as well as Ellie and Morgan if Big Mike lets him off work. A couple of my other friends might show up too but I dunno yet."

[agentsarah.livejournal.com]

"We did," Sarah added with a grin, taking another sip of the sparkling cider as she placed her free hand on her hip.

"What about the friends of yours I haven't met yet? I'd be remiss in my duties as girlfriend if I didn't introduce myself to each and every one of them," she teased, nudging his arm with hers.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck chuckled a bit as he was nudged. "True, true. Well, maybe Hiro and Jack will show up and if they do I'll gladly introduce you to them. Jack's just getting back to LA and Hiro...well is technically from Japan but seems to be stateside a lot recently."

[gotbottle]

It was a surprise visit, but when Rachel found herself so nearby, she couldn't resist. She'd been vacationing with Mohinder in Santa Barbara; he was traveling home to India for New Year's, and she didn't have anywhere in particular to be, so there was no reason she couldn't drop in on her friend.

She was smiling as she stepped into the courtyard. She spied the table, and walked over to it, depositing the bottle of champagne she'd brought beside the others. Then she turned toward the people scattered about, trying to find a familiar face, or, barring that, someone who looked approachable.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

When Chuck saw Rachel enter the courtyard, he was quite pleasantly surprised. He made his way over to her and exclaimed, "Rachel!" Smiling he added, "I'm so glad you could make it."

[gotbottle]

Rachel smiled up at Chuck. "Hi!" she replied, laughing. "Surprise! I wasn't far away, and I was free, so I thought I'd drop by on my way to New York. It's so good to see you again."

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"It is a surprise," Chuck beamed. "S-so how long are you out in LA? Maybe we can catch up before you head back?"

[gotbottle]

Rachel grinned, and nodded. "I'd love to!" she said brightly. "I can stay for a couple of days. Mohinder and I were just spending some time in Santa Barbara. He's gone on to India to spend New Year's with his family, so I'm free for a bit."

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"Great! I'll get some time off of work and maybe we can go see some of the sites and stuff. Santa Barbara, huh? Must have been fun. Visiting anyone up that way?"

[gotbottle]

"I'd love that! I've visited LA before, but not for any length of time, and I haven't seen much."

Rachel smiled, and shook her head. "It's where I'm from, but both my mom and my brother were out of town. But that's okay. Really I wanted to take the trip to show Mohinder where I grew up. And to pry him away from his work for a few days. He's been badly needing a break."

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"Anything in particular that you'd like to see?" Chuck asked.

"That's too bad they weren't around. But at least you got to take a nice trip down memory lane. Mohinder probably enjoyed the break too. At least...I hope he's not too much of a workaholic to not enjoy the time off."

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

Look, it's a Doctor!

Knocking on the front door, because that is what polite Doctors do. Granted, he may be wearing a viking hat, sunglasses, and have a long cattle prod in one hand and a timey-wimey detector in the other, but he's polite at least.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck had ran inside to get more soda for the party when he heard a knock on the door. He picked up the bottle of Coke from the refrigerator and then went to the door and answered it. Stranding outside was certainly someone with a very interesting fashion sense.

Chuck smiled and said to the guest, "Hi. Welcome to Casa Bartowski."

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

Hiro appears in the courtyard, out of view of the door so that anyone coming up won't see him. He then steps from behind the fountain, heads for the door and rings the bell.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck looks up and sees Hiro ringing the bell and walks over to him. "Hey there!" he greeted Hiro.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

"Hi! I hope I am not too early." He hands Chuck a bag full of Japanese snacks such as Wasabi peas, Pocky (various), Ramune candy and shrimp crackers.

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

Chuck shook his head. "No, not at all. Some of the guests have already arrived but there's still maybe some more coming."

Chuck looks through the bag Hiro provided and grins. He's the most familiar with the Pocky but everything looks interesting. "Would you like me to add these to the snack table?" he offers.

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

"Sure! I found out that you can get most of these here in California. Of course, you have a sizeable Japanese populace here, like New York."

[nerdherdchuck.livejournal.com]

"This is true."

Chuck then took bag of snacks over to the snack table and adds them to others that are there. He then returns to Hiro. "Glad you could make it, by the way."

[powered-otaku.livejournal.com]

"So am I. How are you feeling by the way?" Hiro grabs a handful of shrimp chips and starts chomping.