The Tiberius J. Swann Education Facility

Who: Karaoke peoples!
When: Friday, later in the evening AFTER DRESS REHEARSAL.
Where: The bar Astrid and Keagan's karaoke party is at.
What: THE MUSHIEST MOST AWESOME THREAD EVER IN THE CREATION OF THREADS. WHAT.

"Hey, everybody," Astrid giggled as she sidled up to the mic, tapping it for everyone's attention. She was a little tipsy. Okay, no, way more than tipsy, but she'd been doing a really good job of being social over the last hour since karaoke had started. The thing had started while Duncan still had his kids in dress rehearsal, so imagine her surprise when he showed and Adora hadn't seen him yet. "So, okay, next up..." She giggled a little more, as if to a secret only she knew. "We have my favorite Il Profesore to siiiing. Mister Boyaaard..." She said with flare as she moved off the stage and went to go plop down in the first seat she could find, which was next to Summer.

Who: Astrid, Summer, Jack
When: 9.40pm+
Where: Halls/Dorms/Astrid's Room
What: Summer needs to vent, and Jack needs to PREVENT.

Summer was glad Astrid had agreed to let her come over. She needed to vent. As soon as it was out of her system, she could push it aside, continue with her day, and not think about it anymore. The redhead couldn't think of the last time she'd been so angry. Not just at the totally inappropriate things Jacob had said, but at the fact that he'd purposely said them just to upset her, and also because he had managed to ruin what had otherwise been a really great night.

The memory of horseback riding with Nick was basically gone, now. In his place stood ugly words and just cold anger.

Who: Summer and Nick
When: Sunday afternoon 1pmish
Where: Pool, then Student Accessible Kitchens
What: Swim lessons, then cooking lessons.

Summer arrived precisely at their arranged meeting time holding a gym bag with regular clothes. She wore flip flops, board shorts, and an oversized JOURNEY tee shirt....over her swim suit. Where was her swimsuit? Good question. It was barely visible, save for pink bow sprouting out the crew neck of the tee. She was practically swimming in the band tee; it had been her brother's.

"Hey!" she said, when she spotted his wings first and the rest of him second. She flapped over to him, her shoes noisy on the side of the indoor swimming pool. Her heart was hammering at the inside of her chest and she could already feel she was flushed. ( Water. Eeehh. )

Who: Summer and Nick
When: Tuesday late afternoon
Where: Outside, then student lounge/entryway to dorms
What: Sebastian is a hot guy magnet!

Summer prided herself on Sebastian walking very well on his leash. The little terrier generally bounced merrily right beside Summer's sneakers, content to stay close and occasionally glance up at her for a treat or verbal piece of encouragement. Generally. Occasionally something snagged his attention and he couldn't help himself.

A little before supper time on Tuesday, Summer had her dog out on a longer walk, one hand loosely gripping his leash while the other scrolled through her phone text messages. Her aunt was too tech-savvy for her age; she texted Summer for every little thing. Not that the witch really minded it so badly --- her aunt was pretty darn cool.

Without warning, halfway through typing, the dog lunged forward, rudder-like tail straight, and barked off into the shrubbery nearby. Summer let out a little gasp, dropping her phone into the dirt. "Sebastian!" she scolded, crouching down to retrieve her cell.

( 'What the hell, man!' )

Who: Summer and Tiger
Where: outside art club
When: Just as the meeting was letting out!
What: Summer is on her way out of the art club meeting and bumps into the new artsy noob.

Summer was, not surprisingly, daydreaming on her way out of the meeting. The side-slung canvas messenger bag covered in doodles was practically exploding with art supplies. She held an oversize sketchpad in her arms and pencil smudges on her left cheek. Her hair was pulled up in a ponytail, and she looked a little frazzled. She stabbed someone with the corner of her sketchpad, making her let loose a startled "OH SORRY!"

Who: Summer and Nick
When: Thursday, 4pm ish
Where: Halls
What: Nick* checks up on Sebastian

It was funny, in the interesting kind of way, to see Summer in class on Thursday. She'd waved and smiled, and he grinned in return with a nod and slight lift of one hand while removing those sunglasses with the other. He wore battered jeans and a fleabitten gray T-shirt, again with an obscurely amusing slogan across the chest. This time it was "Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?" His brother thought it was hilarious when he got it for him. His wings were, once again, on full display, which was why he sat towards the back of the class-

All through class he was contemplatively watching the board, scribbling notes in a haphazard fashion that might kill her organizational mind, but worked for him. He didn't waste his time afterwards though; notebooks slapped shut, he hopped to his feet and dragged the whole mess with him as he moved for the door. But there he waited, leaning a shoulder against the wall outside the room until Summer escaped the class. Then he grinned. "Hey." ( Is this stalking? It could be considered stalking. Shut up, brain. )

Who: Everyone!
What: Astrid's Birthday Party
Where: Tunnels under the Rec Center
When: Starting 9pm
Rating: Z for Zaniness!


Lyle was not new to this. He had thrown many a bash, and hopefully he would throw many more in the future. It was his firm belief that nothing drew together a community like a party, and it seemed he was right. They had a dj (and some "borrowed" equipment from the music room, hopefully Professor Witt would not notice or mind), decorations, cake, and enough liquor to sedate a herd of zebras. This was going to be a great party simply because Lyle demanded it to be so. He needed this distraction, a lot of people did. Lately things had been sucking like whoa.

He'd told Astrid to come somewhat early so she could scope out her party room, and also to kind of play hostess since, regardless of Lyle organizing everything, it was her event. He was glad when he saw her, smiling at her outfit. His own was a ridiculous geeky nightmare. "Hey, Astrid," he said pleasantly. "Happy birthday. Liquor's over there, food's there, aaaaaaannnnddddd..." He pulled her present from under the drink table. "I didn't wrap it," he shrugged apologetically. "It would look pretty awful if I did. Anyway. There's a couple rolls of Smarties in there too." Slipping behind the bar (which was just a table with coolers of liquor behind it), Lyle looked at her expectantly. "What's your poison?"

Who: Summer and Nick
Where: Summer's Room
When: Horrifically early on Wednesday morning.
What: Sebastian's feeling lousy, so Nick comes to take a peek at him.


( Clearly, she had been asleep when Sebastian got sick. )

Who: Summer, Emma, and [ OPEN TO EVERYONE IN T/R SUPERNATURAL HISTORY including Professor Witt  :D ]
Where: Supernatural History class!
When: 4.16pm, just as class is ending and people are getting ready to shuffle out
What: Clumsy Summer trips and ends up ... asleep?


Summer was doing her best to stay rapt with attention in all of her classes today. She was a calendar marking, note-taking, highlighting queen. Some of her classes were less interesting than others. Supernatural History was actually her 5th class in a row on Tuesdays and Thursdays; she figured blocking them all together was preferable over teasing oneself with breaks and lunches. After this, she could just go back to her room, walk Sebastian, then do nothing -- except perhaps homework -- for the rest of the evening. It was unlike her to look forward to being useless, but then she hadn't been much like herself lately, she thought.

Until she violently tripped over someone else's things. That... that was like her. Emma had been reaching for her purse just as Summer almost fell over it. She let out a sharp gasp as she almost fell flat on her face, kicking Emma's purse a good two feet. When she had regained her balance she let out a breathy 'OhmyGod!' and grabbed the sleep demon's forearm.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to k---"

Suddenly the world closed in around her eyes sight, and she dropped to the floor dead asleep. Surrounding students let out a quiet uproar.

Who: Kim and Summer
When: Thursday afternoon
Where: Kim's room
What: Puppy playdate!

After speaking with Summer on Tuesday, Kim felt a little less worried about leaving Artemis and Apollo during Spring Break. Though she didn't really know her, she seemed like a really sweet girl and she was obviously willing to take care of the puppies. Kim only hoped that her puppies would get along well with Summer's dog, and that's exactly why she had set up today's meeting.

Once Kim got out of Supernatural History, she texted Summer to let her know that she could come to her room with Sebastian. While Artemis and Apollo usually stayed at Starbuck's most of the time, he was heading out to Healers' club, so they were now back at Kim's room.

Upon opening the door to her dorm, she was instantly greeted happily by Apollo. "Hey, buddy," she said as she closed the door behind her and greeted him with a scratch behind the ears. Artemis saw this from her spot on Kim's bed and hopped off, trotting over to join in greeting her master. She wanted some attention, too! Kim discarded her bookbag on her desk and sat down on the floor, grabbing one of the puppies' many chew toys. "We have some new friends coming over in a bit," she replied as Artemis hopped up into her lap. "I hope you guys like them."

Who: Summer & Peyton
When: Late, late -- probably actually early Friday morning
Where: Their room
What: girl talk? Maybe?

Summer was happy that her desk faced the wall, so her back was to Peyton. She was also glad Peyton had headphones on, and therefore probably couldn't hear her little sniffles and whimpers as she spoke to Astrid on AIM. Peyton might have found the constant tissue grabbing suspicious. Or, more so, the abrupt way she got up to open the door, step into the hall to hug Astrid, closing it behind her, lingered, then came back in only to return to her desk and stare into nothing for a little while.

Sebastian had been slightly more proactive. Between pawing at his owner's leg and visiting Peyton, he had also eaten his food and was now eyeing one of Peyton's pillows for chew action.

Who: Jacob and Summer
When: afternoon
Where: Summer's room
What: Impromptu date and dorky song concert.

When Jacob started to work on a song for Summer, he struggled with what to do. The lyrics seemed to be easier to create first and so he decided to get the verses out before trying to make a tune. He knew the lyrics were lame, but one had to sacrifice some personal dignity for the girlfriend's sake.

Staying up late happened to be more inspirational than he thought, and he had the beginnings of a tune around 3 AM Monday morning. The next night, he needed a good distraction, so finishing the song's tune was the perfect opportunity. He'd show her after class on Tuesday, maybe make a date out of it. What to bring besides the guitar and lyrics? Some chocolate bars, and other snacks went into plastic bags in his jacket pockets and he locked the door behind him before walking to Summer's room.

He knocked on the door, oddly with a sense of dread. No, this was just a harmless get together so he had no reason to worry. With a cheery expression on his face, everything would be fine. A couple of bites of Snickers disappeared as he waited a little while, and Jacob rubbed his eye to try to wake himself up more. What had happened yesterday with Dizzy rattled him and he hoped being with Summer would calm his nerves.

Who: Summer, Astrid, Rae (maybe later)
Where: Outside, school grounds-- then, Astrid's room
When: After 3pm
What: Summer and Astrid are hanging out with he dog when chaos strikes

"It's so funny," Summer said, taking the toy from Sebastian's mouth as he brought it back for the tenth time, "because it totally doesn't even really look like a fox, I mean..." she held it up, showing Astrid how it was more of ared  tennis ball with a fake foxy tail attached, "but I guess how it moves, it just makes him nuts."

The two girls had become fast friends. Astrid's rapid fire, extroverted nature complimented Summer's general inclination to be reserved and shy. They had similar interests....Astrid was just more open about talking about them. A lot. Summer didn't mind whatsoever; she welcomed Astrid's forwardness openly. Astrid wasn't upset that her boyfriend had been responsible for her being temporarily blind last week, and Summer was hoping that she could introduce them on better grounds. Maybe they could all become friends?

Summer pulled her arm back and threw the toy again, further. Sebastian took off like a tiny gray shot, tail high, stubby legs flying.

Who: Summer/Astrid
Where: Astrid's room
When: After visiting Jacob in the early morning
What: Summer is checking on her new bff. :)


Sebastian came with her to Astrid's room, only because she couldn't bear the idea of leaving him less than a twenty paces away behind a closed door. After gathering snacks and supplies the bright eyed witch let herself into Astrid's room. "Hey," she called, feeling Sebstian tug on his leash. She deposited snacks on Astrid's desk before getting a better grip.

"I brought----"

Sebastian barked loudly, tail whizzing back and forth. It was the nice-smelling girl!

"--Sebastian, with me. Hope that's okay. He'll be good. If you feel the occasional lick, don't worry, it's him, not me."

Who: Summer and Jacob
Where: His room.
When: Early morning.
What: Summer comes to nurse Jacob, and offer some tough... love?

Summer had decided she could skip classes until Jacob was better. This was too important. She showed up at jacob's room early in the morning with cookies and a steel resolve. She needed to have a serious talk with him, and if this talk didn't go well, well, then... she didn't know what she'd do.

As it turned out, it took her a while to work up the nerve of what she wanted to talk about. When small talk was over and there was nothing else left to talk about except for the pink elephant in the room, Summer took a deep breath. Her hands were warm on his wrist. "I didn't want to make you talk too much yesterday, because you needed rest, but I think you and I need to talk."

Who: Jacob and Summer
Where: Jacob and Lyle's room
When: early evening
What: talking
Status: incomplete

( After what seemed like hours... )

Who: Erin and EVERYONE INVITED!!
When: Saturday Evening
Where: Some club in Boston
What: PARTAAAY! With an old school burlesque theme!


Erin had actually totally outdone herself. The amount of detail put into the burlesque entertainment provoked question. The club was naturally divided into different rooms, and she had rented out a few of them. It was not a popular joint, nor was it an exceptionally large place. With the money she had spent, though, she had not only decorated the several rooms beautifully, but she had catered the entire thing. It had been a lot, but it was worth it. Things had come together nicely.

The main room, which housed the bar, the food, and a few full sized tables for six had dancers strewn about cavorting under the multicolored lights. There was no defined color scheme for the dancers: each had their own outfit, and each wore it very well. Although the music varied from classic burlesque striptease music to more modern dance, fun songs, the dancers were clearly ready for anything and had acts prepared. There was a large stage in the main room, and a smaller, currently empty stage to the right, where a DJ generally was stationed.

In the two smaller rooms were fewer dancers, but the intensity had varied. Though none of the dancers were ever anything close to disgusting (Erin had, again, chosen to represent "old school burlesque"), the smaller rooms had heavier movements, duo acts, and, while no more body parts were shared, more were touched, licked, and slathered in liquor.

(  ~*~  )

Who: Jacob and OPEN
Where: the student lounge
When: afternoon
What: Among other things, Jacob's spell backfires.

The hangover from hell increased Jacob's determination to take action. First he needed to decide what to do and chose magic as his medium. Pearl was unlikely to see reason through normal means of him telling her, so maybe a spell would help matters. His brow knit together as he gathered his magical materials, leaving the room to head to the student lounge. It was unusual for him to be casting magic in such a public space, but there was a first time for everything. Maybe Meike would be there to see it, maybe not.

What he did not notice were his shaking hands, the paleness of his skin, and the rings under his eyes; they seemed inconsequential compared to the goal he had in mind. Motivation spell. If nothing else came from it, it'd teach her a lesson which she sorely needed. Jacob slid the drawstring bag off his shoulder when he reached the student lounge and opened it towards the side of the room. He withdrew a book, because he just needed to remind himself of the spell he was doing, and a snack helped him to keep awake. A muffin seemed like the best bet right now and he finished it within a couple of minutes as he read, sitting on the edge of an armchair.

Jacob retrieved the tiny plastic bag containing a few strands of Pearl's hair and stared at it in his palm. A fresh wave of discontent hit him, his brow furrowing, and he clenched his fist in resolution. Yes, this had to happen. He knew this without a shadow of a doubt.

Who: Jacob and Summer
Where: Summer's room
When: afternoon, after seeing Lyle
What: Visiting Summer

( He had to see Summer. )

Who: Adora's Art Students and Duncan's Theatre Students! (And... Adora and Duncan)
Where: Boston! Subway, Museum of Art, Avenue Q
When: All day until evening!
What: The field trip thread!

((OOC: So, here's the deal. I'm just going to post up a description of what goes down that day, feel free to have your kids wander off in interactions, just keep it all here replying as new comments letting people know who's involved and roughly the time. Here's what the kids will be doing))

11:30 AM - Kids meet at the front entrance and leave in a large van to get to Boston
12:30PM - 1:30PM: Boston Museum of Art, fairly quick runthrough, they could be seeing all sorts of things
1:30 - 2:30PM: Lunch at McCormick & Schmidt's after a ride on the subway
2:30PM - 3:00PM: Incident on Subway involving Adora and Duncan. ONLY SOME of the students can see what happens. Basically, first three kids to reply to the incident see the whole thing, next 3 see some of it, the rest don't see anything (BUT YOU WANT TO BE THERE FOR IT)
3:30PM: Matinee showing of Avenue Q
6:00PM: Van ride back to the school

((OOC: And that's it! Feel free to pop in with anything!))