Technology is Magic! - AU

Disclaimer: CCS and TRC belong to CLAMP. I do not own the various movies, characters, novels I listed down here for the “Themes”.

General Notes: This chappie is just for laughs—has nothing to do with the plot except to highlight how much the employees look forward to the Year-End party. I was trying to decide which theme they would have this year so I listed down all the possible ones and here they are. I haven’t decided on what the theme for Year 11 is yet.

And yes, I know, I should get a life. Haha!

Chapter 6. FEATURETTE: Year-End Party Themes for Reed Industries, Inc Through the Years (A Trip Down Memory Lane)

The Year-End Party of Reed Industries remains the most awaited activity for all employees and the Theme is taken seriously by everyone. Always. Employee attendance was consistent at 100, which was better than a workday. Why? The exquisite food, the posh venue, the live band (they usually get the real famous ones to perform), and a chance for a photo-op with Clow and the Executive Board in full-costume. Its an event that executives are “morally obliged to attend”.

It all started 10 years ago, when Clow was promoted from COO (Chief Operations Officer) to CEO (Chief Executive Officer).

Here’s a summary of the themes of bygone years and some trivia:

Year 1: Theme – Tarzan

Clow – Tarzan

Fujitaka – Tarzan

Yuko - Jane

Trivia: Most photographed Year-End party ever. Executives’ pictures were posted for sale in e-Bay.

Year 2: Theme – 15th Century French Royal Court

Clow – Louis XIV

Fujitaka – Cardinal Richelieu

Yuko – Marie Therese (the Queen)

Yoshiyuki – Cardinal Mazarin

Year 3: Theme -- Phantom of the Opera

Clow – The Phantom

Fujitaka – The Count

Yuko -- Christine

Yoshiyuki – Firmin

Kaho - Madame Giry

Trivia: It was decided by Human Resources that official “balloting” of the next year’s theme will be done to ensure that different themes will be chosen for each succeeding year.

Year 4: Theme – Favorite Profession

Clow – Wizard

Fujitaka – Archaeologist

Yuko -- Witch

Yoshiyuki – Teacher

Kaho – Priestess

Yue – Judge (with white powdered wig and court mallet)

Year 5: Theme – Harry Potter

Clow – Dumbledore

Fujitaka – Voldemort

Yuko -- Minerva MacGonagall

Yoshiyuki – James Potter

Kaho – Mrs. Weasley

Yue – Remus Lupin

Touya – Severus Snape

Ruby – Tonks Lupin

Eriol – Harry Potter

Syaoran – Victor Krum

Tomoyo – Fleur dela Coeur

Year 6: Theme – Favorite Sport

Clow – Golf

Fujitaka – Track and Field

Yuko -- Bunjee Jumping

Yoshiyuki – Bowling

Kaho – Tennis

Yue – Archery

Touya -- Karate

Ruby – Swimming (two-piece string bikini)

Eriol – Skiing

Tomoyo – Dressmaking (had to change costume to Badminton because Dressmaking is not listed as a sport in the Olympics)

Syaoran – Soccer (duh)

Trivia: It was decided that an award for the Department with the best “unified” theme will be given next year.

Clow decided that skimpy or revealing clothing/costumes will not be allowed to ensure that the male employees will not be distracted. (Esp. with what Ruby wore, Clow is a bit “old school” when it comes to this). Ruby argued that Clow got to wear the Tarzan costume for Year 1. Clow replied that he wore body stockings

Year 7: Theme -- Music Icons

Clow: Elvis Presley

Fujitaka: Elvis Presley

Yoshiyuki: Elvis Presley

Touya: Elvis Presley

Yue: Elvis Presley

Eriol: Elvis Presley

Syaoran: Elvis Presley (the only one who did not bring a guitar, branded as “killjoy” by colleagues)

Takeshi: Elvis Presley

Kimihiro: Elvis Presley

Wei: Elvis Presley

Yuko: Madonna

Kaho: Maria Callas

Ruby: Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson (wearing a revealing dress with high slit and brought an album of her pictures to show to Clow as basis, to go around his strict dress code)

Tomoyo: Spice Girls - Posh Spice

Chiharu: Spice Girls – Ginger Spice

Naoko: Spice Girls – Sporty Spice

Rikka: Spice Girls – Scary Spice

Trivia: Ruby almost boycotted the awards ceremony and insisted that each member of the Executive Board should have a unique costume on the next year’s party. There was a record-breaking shortage of pomade in Tomoeda.

Takeshi, Kimihiro, Chiharu, Naoko and Rikka were just promoted to Department Heads this year.

Year 8: Theme – Lord of the Rings

Clow: Gandalf

Fujitaka: Saruman

Yuko: Galadriel

Yoshiyuki: Theoden

Touya: Aragorn

Yue: Legolas

Ruby: Melian the Maia (who wears a golden girdle, she wore a shimmery overcoat to go around Clow’s strict dress code.)

Eriol: TreeBeard (his team was dressed as Tree People, Sakura debuts as an ‘Entwife’)

Syaoran: Faramir (brother of Boromir)

Takeshi: Grima Wormtongue

Kimihiro: Frodo (his team went as Hobbits)

Wei: Theoden

Kaho: Celebriant (wife of Elrond)

Tomoyo: Arwen Undomiel

Chiharu: Eowyn of Rohan

Naoko: Varda the Valier Queen

Rikka: Yavanna, a Vala

Trivia: Syaoran wanted to dress as “Legolas” who had “no partner”. Meiling was even considered dressing up as “Gimli the Dwarf” just so she can be paired with ‘Legolas/Syaoran’, but they found out that it was already taken by Yue so Syaoran had to settle for “Faramir”. Eriol had sent and Instant Chat to Syaoran regarding this and suggested that Meiling can be “Gollum” with Syaoran as the “One Ring”.

Sakura Kinimoto joins the company as Staff Researcher under Eriol’s group. She dresses up as an EntWife. Develops a school-girl crush on Atty. Yue Moon.

Winning Department was Tomoyo’s Team.

Year 9: Theme -- Science Fiction Movies

Clow – Mr. Spock

Fujitaka – Darth Vader

Yuko -- Trinity (the Matrix)

Yoshiyuki – Obi Wan Kenobi

Kaho – Ellen Ripley (Alien: Resurreccion)

Touya – Neo (the Matrix)

Ruby -- Princess Lea (in golden bikini and hair buns, she covered herself with a cloak to go around Clow’s conservative dress code)

Yue – Qui Jon Gin

Wei – Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenneger)

Eriol – Emperor Palpatine with full prosthetic make-up (his team dressed up as Imperial Storm Troopers, including Sakura)

Kimihiro – E.T.

Takeshi - Jabba the Hutt

Syaoran – Luke Skywalker (with green lightsaber)

Tomoyo – Queen Amidala

Chiharu – Sil (Species)

Naoko – President Laura Roslin (Battlestar Galactica)

Rikka— Annalee Call (Alien: Resurrection)

Trivia: Winning Department was Tomoyo’s Team.

Year 10: Theme – Cartoon Characters

Clow – Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

Fujitaka – Prince Philip (Sleeping Beauty)

Yuko -- Wicked Stepmother (Snow White)

Yoshiyuki – Megatron (Transformers)

Kaho – Belle (get it Moon Bell/Belle—haha—corny I know)

Touya – The Beast

Yue -- Alladin

Eriol – Papa Smurf with blue body paint (his team went as Smurfs); Sakura is “Smurfette”

Syaoran— Capt. Shang (Mulan); Meiling was supposed to be Mulan but she broke her arm in an accident so she wasn’t able to attend to her everlasting regret.

Takeshi— Tazmanian Devil (his team wore

Kimihiro -- Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Wei – Capt. Hook (Peter Pan)

Ruby—Betty Boop (with figure-hugging tube mini skirt, wore a long fur coat to cover up and go around Clow’s strict dress code)

Tomoyo—Wilma Flinstone (her team went as the Flinstones)

Chiharu-- Ariel (Little Mermaid) (hit Takeshi really, really hard when he offered her a plate of sushi)

Naoko—Cinderella

Rikka—Snow White

Trivia: Winning Department was Tomoyo’s Team

Year 11: Theme -- ?? Unknown - Theme Bid still ongoing. Stay tuned!

To access the gallery of all the Year-end party pictures of the previous years, please click here.