"Guys!" 13-Amp said, sounding a bit stoic. "According to the map, that table goes into the utmost north-east corner… as fruit punch and other beverages and snacks probably don't go well together…"
Dribble and Spitz moved the table to the corner that was on the right side of the kitchen door (if one stood in front of it, at least). The table was square enough for a bowl of fruit punch and a lot of plastic cups to be stereotypically placed on.
"Are the tables in their correct positions now?" Spitz asked. "We've been doing nothing but replacing tables and sofas for ages now."
"Lessee…" 13-Amp compared the situation in the large hall to the one as stated on the map. "Yup, all perfect now." She threw the map aside and sat down on one of the sofas, where she grabbed her phone from her pocket and started texting.
"Good" Dribble said, "'cause we could use a break now, too." He and Spitz crashed onto the first unoccupied sofa they saw.
9-Volt had already prepared a whole mix of songs for the party on his computer two weeks prior, and was now playing Tetris on his Game Boy to kill some time, as the party hadn't started yet. His computer was now playing some 'casual' everyday radio music, which Mike played through his speakers, as he was connected to the sound input of the computer now.
Right now, the karaoke robot sang the unpopular song 'Young Folks' through one of his microphones.
18-Volt was bored as well, but instead, he did a silly dance to the song, which made 9-Volt and Jimmy T. laugh.
"Dude, what are you even doing?" 9-Volt laughed.
"Dancing is my job already" Jimmy T. chuckled smugly, "you should do something else in the meantime." He continued improvising some dances that best fit the music.
The hall was being decorated for the party as well. Kat and Ana used their newly-learned ninja skills to hang the garlands out and put up the mirror ball, party lights and special effects utilities, and Penny inflated some balloons using a helium tank, which the twins attached to ropes and the walls as well.
The foods for the tables were being made in the fairly small, aforementioned kitchen, where Ashley, Red, Doris 1, Mona and Orbulon were.
Ashley was busy making the fruit punch by using different suitable fruits and spells, while Red simply watched. And Doris 1 and Mona were preparing and taking care of the other drinks and snacks, which Orbulon brought to the tables that stood left of the kitchen door by using teleportation.
"Done and done" Ashley said, stoically, as she took a testing taste of the punch with her fingertip. "Oh my, this actually tastes perfect. Sweet and sour make a very good combination, in this case."
Mona couldn't help but try a bit as well.
"This ain't just good" she said, "this is amazing! Should I ask Orbulon to bring this to the punch table?"
"Of course" Ashley said, blushing at the thought of Orbulon. (She had secretly developed feelings for him throughout the last few years.)
Orbulon teleported the punch to its respective table, as well as the ladle to serve it, and the plastic cups in which the drink had to go.
"This looks wonderful" he said, "I really want to try it, but…"
"You can" Doris 1 said, "but only one fingertip, and not a whole cup, okay? The others really want some, too."
Orbulon took a taste, and nodded in agreement.
"Pretty good stuff, but not as good as my hamburgers."
"I heard that" Ashley said just as stoically, but giggled upon seeing Orbulon.
Some of the tables on the left were being occupied by all sorts of familiar foods and drinks, such as the aforementioned hamburgers, pancakes, crisps, pizza slices, all sorts of sweets, cocktail nuts, crackers with all sorts of things on them, various cookies, champagne, soda pop, coke, and Kool-Aid. The other tables were being occupied by a lot of foreign foods and drinks, such as old gateau, malasadas, Yoshi cookies, baked apples, small bowls of piping hot 'lava' soup, strawberry tofu, peanut cheese bars, hot dog sushi, Roserade tea, Saturn coffee, and a whole lot more.
Meanwhile, Penny gave a non-tied helium balloon to 18-Volt, who was still somewhat bored.
"Thanks, I guess?" 18-Volt said.
"I think you may just know what helium can do to your voice" Penny said, with a smile. "You should put that balloon in your mouth, and let it deflate for a bit, then we'll see what happens."
18-Volt did as he was instructed, as 9-Volt and Jimmy T. watched in awe, trying to hold back their laughter, as they already knew what helium did to one's voice.
"Word!" he said, his voice now being in a higher pitch because of the helium, making all of the other patrons in the hall laugh.
"Yup, that's the power of science" Penny chuckled.
"Amazing!" Kat and Ana said in unison, as they were just done decorating the hall. "Could we try, too?"
"Of course, but remember to take it slow, because too much helium isn't too good for you, either."
Meanwhile, Wario and Dr. Crygor had arrived on the corridor of the 20th floor.
"So do you think they want to meet us in the hall?" Wario asked.
"I think so" Dr. Crygor said, "as it's only being used for special occasions, and I think they want us to come for that special occasion of theirs."
"I see. Also, do you recognise that handwriting on the back of the envelope? 'Cause I do."
Dr. Crygor took a look at the short message on the envelope again.
"Indeed, now that you mention it… there's a chance that this is Mona's handwriting. How could she be behind this? She changes side jobs, like, every month."
"We'll see how she – and possibly a lot of the others – may be behind this, and the only way to discover this, is by entering the hall."
The twosome was about to enter the hall, where a slight surprise of their lifetimes would probably await them…