John: Dudes, I gathered you all here, cause we have to start thinking about Laura's surprise party.
Mike: it's this Saturday, right?
John: right. and we should decide on decorations, the present and all. Do we make it a theme party?
Rachel: she might like that.
John: Any ideas for the theme?
Mike: she likes anime
Rachel: omg no
John: I agree this might be too much
Mike: any better ideas then?
Rachel: I mean I guess we could handle the anime, but we have to think about other guests - they might not be able to dress up for that and not everyone loves anime.
John: how about gothic/horror?
Rachel: like a Halloween party? :P
Mike: yeah, that's just Halloween, something more original maybe?
Rachel: Generic fantasy - like knights and wizards
John: tough costumes
Rachel: but intentionally lame :P like "adventure! on a budget." we'll just make it all look poor - it's gonna be fun and easy to make as we all kinda suck at crafting
Tom: hey
Tom: yeah, I'm with the lame fantasy idea
John: Laura might like it
Rachel: I can be take care of the decorations
Mike: you're gonna make a spreadsheet, aren't you?
Rachel: you bet
Tom: I can cook something. What budget do we have?
John: We'll have to wait for everyone to come online to discuss it properly, but I was thinkin like 40-50  bucks per person?
John: Including the present.
Tom: seems legit
Rachel: fine by me
Mike: ok
John, Mike, Rachel and Tom are throwing a surprise party for Laura on Saturday. The party theme is lame fantasy. Everyone will prepare costumes on their own.