The eve of Helvetti’s launch

So, tomorrow's the big day: the all new, all better edition of Helvetti is being published. Yay!

We're having a big launch party here at Taneli's—er, I mean the studio. We've invited a lot of people. It's kind of a gamble because we paid no attention to who knows who. So it might turn out to be a real bust. Everyone sitting around looking bored, no one talking to each other. Ugh. Not a pretty sight.

Finns can be like that. Adults, I mean. The party culture used to be very formal. Small gatherings of friends at summer cabins are, of course, an entirely different matter. That results in drunkern debauchery. With the stress on the word drunken. Very drunken.

Mmm. Well, I don't think people will be shy and stand around like wall flowers at a dance. Everyone will have fun, but I'm afraid people won't mix. There'll be groups of people in which everyone already knows each other. Even though that's kind of boring, the groups tend to be sort of cold towards outsiders trying to enter the fray.

But I'm sure it'll all go well. Gotta buy lots of yummy good alcohol. I intend to shake off the dust on my dancing shoes. At least figuratively speaking. Party, here I come!

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