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ᴀᴍʙᴇʀ ᴍᴄᴄᴀʟʟ (caalypso) wrote in commandhq,
@ 2018-06-08 16:47:00

Entry tags:

aaron sandoval, alika dixon, amber mccall, carly cassidy, chloe deacon, gabe eldridge, goldie keen, grey street, henry hughes, jade hensley, jamie rowan, jason winter, jonathan ryland, jp allen, kathryn dalley, kelly deacon, kyra lawson, marigold martin, noah anderson, p: lindsey, p: mena, p: mj, p: roxi, raven pereira, simon fitch, stephanie mendoza, summer fitch, susan wright, warren lewis, waverley rowan, will mccall, ~alex montega, ~francis taylor, ~josiah taylor, ~lovelie davis, ~valentine johnson, ~xavier chambers

WHO Everyone
WHAT Post-death, post-trauma, post-excitement party to blow off some steam for everyone on the base
WHEN Forward-dated to Saturday June 16th (night)
WHERE Leisure rooms, etc (if people wander off).
RATING Please mark your threads if they start to veer into mature territory

In the wake of the tragedies at Limbo, the party had seemed extremely trivial – maybe even a little inappropriate. But since everything had already been ordered, and people seemed to need something to cheer them up now more than ever, Amber and Chloe had forged ahead, and spent the entire Saturday decorating, preparing, baking, and arranging. By the time they were done with the leisure rooms, they were decked out with multi-coloured lights and cheeky neon signage, tables overflowing with snacks, baked goods, soda and water bottles, tubs full of ice that were brimming with all kinds of liquor, and speakers blasting decidedly very upbeat music meant to inspire fellow residents to shake off their troubles (if possible) and dance.

C1 (the entertainment room) skewed blue and purple. The gaming consoles were left hooked up, in case anyone wanted to get into some drunk Mario Kart battles in-between all the massive amounts of tasty snacks set up around the room. C2 (the movie theatre) had films set up for the entire night and a table full of beer and coolers prepared inside -- people would be able to happily enjoy Animal House, The Hangover, 21 Jump Street, Wedding Crashers, Oldschool and Superbad into the wee hours of the morning. C3 (the old fashioned game room) leaned towards a red motif -- all kinds of low lighting and much gentler music to allow people to talk and enjoy mellower company. And, of course, there remained plenty of floor space in case anyone decided to break out Twister. C4 (activity suite) was transformed into the closest thing to a club they could manage within their means and had the most impressive speaker system, leaving plenty of room for people to dance. C5 (the laser tag room) was decked out for karaoke -- assuring that anyone who wanted to embarrass themselves in public absolutely could, all with the benefit of some beautiful, bright yellow spotlights.

[OOC: this is posted ahead to give you more time to play the event out before it passes in real time. Everyone who lives, works, etc. at the facility would be able to stop into this thing at any point. Have fun!]

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C2 | Carly + Open

caterwauling
2018-06-09 01:00 pm UTC (link)

They were somewhere in-between these horribly on-the-nose films, which meant that the lights were up in the Regiment’s little version of a cinema and people could get up and roam around; relieve their bladders, refill their red solo cup, or chat about how fucking hilarious Zach Galifianakis was, or whatever. The films were pretty enjoyable, and the drinks were good and plentiful, but Carly was somewhat bitter about still being rendered a mute for the evening when there was actual freaking karaoke around in one of the other rooms.

Leaning back in the seat, Carly kicked her feet up onto the top of the seat in front of her. Shitty behaviour in a real movie theatre, but since this was a sad facsimile of that experience – she wasn’t going to worry too much about her manners.

Not that she ever worried that much about it anyway.

Someone opened the door, allowing in a burst of the music that was shaking the rest of the leisure rooms. The little Regiment cinema wasn’t anywhere near as hopping with rambunctious energy or hard-drinking people desperate to put some distance between the recent deaths and now.

Carly lifted her own red cup, still full of who-knew-what, and quickly began chugging.

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C2 | Carly + Valentine

barderplease
2018-06-09 05:11 pm UTC (link)

Valentine was sitting in the row behind her and leaned forward to rest his arms on the seat next to hers. "Man, okay, so I might be wrong but is there weird energy here or what?"

There was a finger of liquor in his own red solo cup, amber colored. He sipped it, his chin on the back of the chair in front of him. "Like how many people are just havin' fun and how many of y'all is in mourning? Feels like a wake where half the folks ain't know the dead person."

He gestured to the screen. "Yo, Carly, if I die here and there's a party after can you make sure they show Les Mis like a half dozen times? Cats best be crying, if not about me than at least about On My Own."

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C1 | Aaron + Open

asandoval
2018-06-09 01:19 pm UTC (link)

Aaron wasn’t much of a party guy, and especially after all that had happened – some of this seemed in poor taste. Though, realistically, that was likely precisely why it was needed. Everything was bleak enough just being locked up within this facility; for people to have died while in the administration’s custody, and not even on one of their missions? Christ. It turned this place into something altogether more terrifying than it already was.

And nobody could leave.

He’d slunk around through most of the rooms, an unfinished beer in his hands, but actually getting in on the party hadn’t quite happened yet. Instead, he was focused on trying to find Clem, who had gone a lot quieter of late, something which was… irregular. What happened on the base had clearly had a harmful impact on her; not that Aaron could blame her.

The hope was to find her and cheer her up, if possible, but as he moved around the rooms, he never quite spotted her in any of them. It was a disappointment. Eventually, he wound up in the gaming room, where a bunch of people had crowded onto the couches to be shoulder-to-shoulder as they put the old N64 to effective use.

Standing behind the couch, Aaron took a break from his search – he sipped on his beer and chuckled as Peach left a trail of bananas to trip up all the drivers eating her fumes.

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C1 | Aaron + Open

dustyouup
2018-06-22 11:11 am UTC (link)

"Nothing like a game of Mario Kart to show you what people are really made of," Alika said as she came to a halt beside Aaron. She leaned her elbows on the back of the couch, her own beer long finished so she was just wandering looking for someone to talk to and something to do since she hadn't really done a very good job of making any friends since she arrived.

Partly because she didn't want to. But also partly because she wasn't intending on sticking around. As soon as she could work out how to get around these stupid limiters, she and Gage would be gone.

"It's like monopoly."

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C4 | Kyra + Open

laawson
2018-06-09 01:32 pm UTC (link)

All the cute little stories about floors being reduced to Elsa’s ice kingdom and Duplicate Boy getting tied up by a resident nutjob had been thrown into glaring clarity by recent events. Now that straight up death was a possibility in their cozy little prison, Kyra found the whole Regiment set up much less precious than she once did. Not only were these people fucking around with powers and abilities they had no real understanding of, they were leaving them all in a very volatile powder keg which could, at any time, blow up again.

But they were only Supers, so who really cared?

Clearly, this was the ideal time for a party.

Kyra had been drinking hard from the word go and with wild abandon. How many times did they get to party like the world was ending? Not nearly enough. She intended to milk it for all it was worth and get every bit of enjoyment she possibly could.

She’d lost Waverley somewhere in the karaoke room before she slipped into this low-rent little nightclub the girls had set up. At least the aesthetics coupled with the booze made it a whole lot easier to pretend that it actually was a club, even if the music playing was some late aughts nonsense that probably shouldn’t have been played in public ever again.

After dancing for the better part of an hour, Kyra eventually strutted over to the little makeshift “bar” they’d set up. There was no one manning it, a pure do-it-yourself venue, but Kyra happily stepped behind and began pouring several of the bottles together into one glass – she could happily play bartender for a hot sec.

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C4 | Kyra + Xavier

onichrome
2018-06-09 06:57 pm UTC (link)

Limbo had for the last few months been doing its very own version of reality television where most of the "dramatic" scenes were faked for big effect. It wasn't that Xavier watched that sort of television but somebody he worked with enjoyed them immensely and had found a way of bootlegging a lot of the American shows and insisted on sharing. Sufficed to say there really wasn't a lot in this world that could surprise Xavier.

Death was an inevitable fate that waited for them all at any given second so whilst he understood the grieving process he knew that it would certainly not be the last time it would happen. Not here, not in their circumstances, but he supposed he could appreciate that the "safety" of the facility was the one place you didn't expect to face down the barrel of death's gun, trigger cocked.

He like Kyra had made his way over to what passed for a bar and watched as the young woman who had gotten there ahead of him helped herself to a number of different alcohols and was pouring them into one glass.

"That should make for an interesting cocktail," he shared as he regarded her with his dark eyes.

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laawson, 2018-06-18 12:52 am UTC

C3 | Kathryn + Open

kathrynd
2018-06-09 01:42 pm UTC (link)

Kathryn couldn’t get drunk.

It was one of the lamest parts of her abilities. As a young teenager, she’d only had the opportunity to get buzzed on wine coolers and whatever she and her friends could steal from parents’ collections before her toxin immunity began to kick in. Kathryn could remember watching her friends as they devolved into giggle fits and began slurring their words as they ran down the streets of their prissy little neighbourhood, wondering what the hell was wrong with them. They called her a buzzkill (fair) and wondered why she was so chill when they were drinking expensive wine straight from the bottle.

Turned out it was just a ridiculous mutation of her powers.

Regardless, Kathryn still had a few glasses of wine. She was on glass number six, sloshing the red liquid around, bitter as fuck, and glaring around the red-tinted room at the people able to forget their woes and have a good time.

A group at a table not far away had pulled out a box of Truth or Dare Jenga and were having a real good laugh over it—as if any of their dares were that dangerous or truths that sordid or interesting—and it was infuriating to listen to, even as white noise. As she watched them, Kathryn slowly slid her gloves off and tossed them onto the table.

As their tower tumbled down, Kathryn rolled her eyes, picked up her glass, chugged the rest, and went for a refill.

The gloves remained abandoned on the table.

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C3 | Kathryn + Warren

workinganangle
2018-06-09 02:23 pm UTC (link)

Warren had breezed through the different levels of the leisure room, familiarising himself with all the options available as limiting yourself to one floor alone was rather small minded. The delights of life was choice and given that the Regiment had removed that simple human right it made sense to fully immerse in an opportunity of choice wherever possible.

He might be new to Limbo but it certainly didn't stop him from exploring and talking to people he didn't know because despite the recent tragedy people seemed to be enjoying themselves and were good natured enough to exchange idle conversation.

Warren had long since nursed and finished off his drink and wandered into the red light room that had a spattering of people though as he passed a table in particular he paused as the sight of abandoned gloves tugged him to a stop. It was reminiscent of his own need for gloves only his were black and red leather, designer to be exact, he'd made a lot of money off his various cons so there was no excuse not to have the right look. As luck would have it he was wearing those gloves tonight as he might have control he didn't run the risk of touching something or somebody and being taken unawares.

Better safe than sorry.

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C3 | Kathryn + Warren -

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C5 | Raven + Open

ilusao
2018-06-09 01:51 pm UTC (link)

An evening with her powers off? Raven was overjoyed. Granted, it wasn’t a good time to be feeling anything but sadness, or regret, over what had happened on the base. And it sucked – it really did – but Raven remained mostly relieved that it hadn’t been one of her friends, especially Dove, who’d met their end. It was an unbelievably selfish reaction to have, but it was genuine, it was honest.

She was surprised they’d decided to go ahead with the whole party business, but perhaps the overseers were a little worried about what might happen if the Supers on base didn’t have some way to blow off steam. To drain some of their anxieties. To feel a little bit closer to normal people again, even if it was an illusion to be dispelled at the break of day.

Raven hadn’t gone wild with the drinks but she was a little buzzed, sitting at one of the small tables set up in the room usually dedicated to laser tag, and watching someone absolutely butcher Total Eclipse of the Heart.

She tried not to wince. But every now and then – how could you not?

Putting her bare hand over her face, Raven sighed. Hopefully whoever got up next either picked a more upbeat song or had some actual singing chops.

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C5 | Raven + Gabe -

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C4 | Noah + Open

oilthewheels
2018-06-09 02:09 pm UTC (link)

There had been a lot going on at Limbo in recent days and Noah had been smack dab in the middle of it, especially as he'd been helping Gabi and Steph in rebuilding whatever was destroyed and also supporting the handlers with a roll call when there had been a need to do a headcount. Death had a funny effect on people and sometimes nothing made you feel more alive than losing yourself in music and the dance floor.

This was exactly what Noah was doing this evening, just living life and enjoying the push and pull of the bodies on the makeshift dance floor, feeling the beat and tempo of the music as it washed over him and he just let his body move in whatever way felt natural.

Honestly life was too short and tomorrow Noah would go back to worrying about everything but for now he was just enjoying himself, catching the eye of a nearby person and giving them a grin as they looked like they were enjoying themselves as well.

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C4 | Noah + Jo -

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C1 | Steph + Open

smendoza
2018-06-09 02:15 pm UTC (link)

Steph probably shouldn’t have been partying with the residents. She wasn’t even partying, per se, but it seemed important to show some kind of solidarity with the people who had to be here when the rest of them could, technically, leave whenever the heck they felt good and ready and done. A few years ago, Steph might have said good riddance, but now, after living with these people, between here and Texas? She was ashamed that would have ever been her response.

So she helped the girls set everything up and had a baking-a-thon in the kitchen with Mira so that there were snacks a-plenty. And now, with the party in full swing, she’d had a couple of beers (and that would be it) and was enjoying some time on the sofas with some others playing Mario Kart and Mario Party. She’d had to give up the controller after winning a few too many games as Princess Peach – but fair was fair, it was time to let someone else play.

She moved to the side of one of the sofa so she could still watch and enjoy the game.

And then she felt someone press another beer bottle into her hand. She looked up, noticed the person, and smiled widely. “Thanks,” she chuckled. “Probably shouldn’t have another one, but I guess I can take it slow.”

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C1 | Steph + Jason -

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Outside Leisure Rooms | Jade + Open

hensleyy
2018-06-09 02:29 pm UTC (link)

Even with a couple of beers in her system, Jade was working a rather mellow buzz. With everything that had happened of late, it seemed reasonable that a few people would keep their wits about them – in case anything got out of hand.

Besides, she liked being able to keep an eye out for Ruby. And Cal. And the rest of the Outsiders, frankly. After what had happened to them? Jade didn’t think it was a bad idea to keep watch a little closer – and if it went unnoticed, the better.

And while she’d been hanging out in the gaming room, the rambunctious energy was getting a little intense, so she stepped outside with her beer in hand to catch a little – at least somewhat—fresh air and some quiet.

“Quiet” might have been a bit of an overstatement. Apparently, several others had a similar idea and were piled into the hallway, all giggling and laughing and, admittedly, enjoying themselves. They all looked happy – like all the turbulence of the past week had been put behind them, even if for a few minutes. So even if this party wasn’t at the right time for everyone, it was probably exactly what most of the others had needed. Hard to fault that.

Jade turned back to head into the leisure room and accidentally collided with someone on their way out, spilling both her beer and their drink. “Yikes, sorry – need a refill?”

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C3 | Simon + Open

hottohandle
2018-06-09 02:40 pm UTC (link)

If there was ever to be a physical manifestation of a malcontent then it would be one Simon Fitch but everything that happened was fairly new and pretty damn recent so he had yet to move on. He didn't feel like he was the same Simon here as he had been on the outside, but then it would be difficult to still carry on as normal.

Maybe in time but that time was not right now.

Regardless here he was soaking up the atmosphere of the red lit room and the quiet music as he nursed a beer and watched the people around him, light catching on his jawline as he turned his head when he heard footsteps to the side of him.

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C3 | Simon + Summer -

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C3 | Joey + Open

actionsurge
2018-06-09 05:00 pm UTC (link)

Joey had made a beeline for the alcohol until he'd remembered. No drinking. With a brief scowl, he'd poured himself a soda.

It's been a while since he's drunk anything other than water, and for a little while he just enjoys the bubbles on his tongue, in the back of his nose; the weird ultra-sweet sensation of corn syrup coating his mouth. He'll need to drink a ton of water to get this shit out of him.

The music is good; it is constant and disrupting. He's actually enjoying it, sort of enjoying himself. He's actually smiling, tapping his foot to the beat. Thank goodness for upbeat music and free drinks. He finishes and pours himself another super sweet soda. "Hell yeah, soda."

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C5 | Susan + Open

passesyouby
2018-06-09 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Susan had passed through the club section of the leisure room before her feet had found their way to the karaoke section where she settled her shoulder against a nearby wall while her eyes found the person at the machine. A pull from her cup hid the grimace at the sound which she could only assume was meant to be melodic but was the exact opposite.

She wasn't about to rain on their parade though, not after recent events, events that pulled old memories to the surface and reminded her that the reality was as far from what she'd imagined it would be. Susan blew out a breath before she idly rubbed a hand through her hair before she set up at a table.

Sometimes she wondered if maybe she should have just stayed in prison, but only sometimes.

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C5 | Susan + Henry -

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hughhes, 2018-06-13 09:09 pm UTC

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Outside Leisure Rooms | Marigold + Open

sevenless
2018-06-10 04:19 am UTC (link)

A sea of young faces obscured by cups and bottles, desperate to drown their sorrows, blurring out the harsh, sharp reality of their circumstances with bright lights, noise and movement. This was more like the Limbo she remembered. A place designed to make them forget what lurked beneath the surface; trap them in something that was a far enough step up from despair to make them grateful. You were meant to keep looking forward, upward, and hope. At least it isn't Texas. If you made it to Limbo you were being rehabilitated. At least it isn't Florida. You had been a good little soldier who had repented for their genes.SEA would pass any day now.

Two children were dead and one was terrified, but here, have a drink.

Marigold had spent the afternoon after training busying herself in the kitchenette, having put a small dent in the grocery section of the shopette. Advantage of her last assignment: A good amount of store credit to blow through. Eventually she made an appearance at the party to make her laughing apologies to the agents she knew when she insisted she was too old to linger amongst the activities. She'd simply slipped in to take advantage of the extremely thoughtful and liberal variety of spirits. At least she was being honest. She left with several beers and a bottle of something she hadn't bothered to check the label of tucked in her back pocket-- it tested the stretch of her denim as it fought for real estate with the paperback she'd neglected to remove before leaving her room. The bottle she deposited at the door of the agent who's last name had matched one of the deceased, in case it had been a familial affair for them, along with a tupperware container. She made similar trips for those she had gleaned had been members of one of the deceased's pre-Regiment circle; a morbid comfort food fairy. She was sure the handlers and psych teams were seeing to them, and there was no indication that the cafeteria would fall to disaster anytime soon, but little stacks of off-brand rubbermaid appeared in the freezers on those levels housing the grieving all the same. It was just what you did.

There was one beer left at the end of it all. Marigold pried the top off with a glass bottle opener and flung it down the table she was sitting on. It clattered satisfactorily along. She could hear the faint pounding of the music from the makeshift club down in the recreation hall. She pulled the book out of her pocket and settled in, sipping every few paragraphs. She heard the music's volume rise and quiet again as the doors opened.

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Outside Leisure Rooms | Marigold + Will -

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Outside | Abby & Open

nowiseeyou
2018-06-11 04:20 am UTC (link)

She was wearing a Star Wars t-shirt with a long sleeves grey sweater that draped off her and hung over her hands a little, dark blue jeans that looked like they were going to develop a hole near the knee any day. Her pants sort of covered the mismatched colorful socks she wore with her black canvas shoes. The young woman brushed her fingers through her red hair as she looked at the doors to the leisure room. Dr. Anderson had told her she should try to socialize more. It was always easier said than done.

Abigail adjusted the messenger bag over her shoulder and pulled on one of her sleeves as she approached the door, as she reached out to take the handle she stopped and snapped her hand back. Maybe this was a bad idea, maybe she should go back to her room. Everyone was inside partying, having a good time. She didn't need to be there, no one would probably notice if she wasn't. There were so many people. She could tell Dr. Anderson she went to the party... technically she did. She just didn't go inside. If she went inside she'd probably just get in someone's way.

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Outside | Abby & Grey -

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C4 | Cassidy & Open

musicalserenity
2018-06-11 06:03 pm UTC (link)

Since Scotty... then Jagger... Cassidy hadn't spent a full night in his own room. Whether staying a night with one of the outsiders, or spending part of the night in a random room hooking up with someone, Cas was doing anything he could to forget. Then a party was thrown. Sure, most would think he should be in mourning or whatever, but instead he was in the middle of the dance floor letting the music run through him. He'd had a bit to drink and was feeling uninhibited.

It was almost as if he stopped, he'd fall apart.

Cassidy caught someone's eye and smiled at them, drawing closer he started to dance, their bodies close as they moved together to the beat. Just as things started to get a little hot, his dance partner was called away by some friends. Sighing Cas turned to find someone new to dance with... or just dance alone.

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musicalserenity, 2018-06-13 08:21 pm UTC

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iscreams, 2018-06-16 03:00 pm UTC

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musicalserenity, 2018-06-19 05:00 pm UTC

C1 | Summer + Henry

ambitchious
2018-06-11 07:47 pm UTC (link)

Usually Mario Kart was not Summer's thing. She'd never really been a girl into the video game stuff. Some of her friends had been, so she knew the basic controls, but as the party thing got a little boring and Summer started to feel like maybe drinking wasn't the best idea -because she was definitely going to see her mom before bed, and frankly she didn't want to have the conversation about responsibilities and all that.

So she was sipping the mix of rum and cola that she had in one of the red cups, laid for now between her knees where she sat, on the floor cross legged, one of the little bowl of snacks she'd snagged for herself just to the side where she could nibble between levels, while she was trying to get Yoshi and his girlfriend to go around the track and stop driving off the edge of the world.

The more frustrated she got, the more she moved with the controller, tilting to the side to turn, leaning backward when she was thinking she was going to crash. She didn't care if she looked silly, she was biting her lip, concentrating and determined to come in first.

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C1 | Summer + Henry -

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C3 | Alex & Open

stolen__moments
2018-06-11 09:28 pm UTC (link)

Nursing the soda-water and lime that she had chosen to iron out the three gin and tonics she'd already had that evening, Alex was sat at a table, feet kicked up onto a chair as she surveyed the people. She thought she was finally adjusting to this place, and the people that lived there. All walks of life, and all that. And honestly that career she'd worked so hard for had been taken away from her and she knew she was never going to get it back so she'd dropped her... not her morals, per se, just her stubborn need to cling onto what was - or wasn't - legal. It didn't mean she'd throw it all away to become a criminal in later life, god no, but she maybe would come to understand that grey area a little better.

She sipped at her drink, the ice nudging her upper lip and helping make her feel a shot of cold in the otherwise warmth of the room, glancing up when she saw a figure moving closer.

"Hey," she greeted with a half smile. She was a little buzzed, so smiles came more easily and her demeanour was just overall a little more relaxed.

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C3 | Alex & Jamie -

litfuse, 2018-06-16 06:44 pm UTC

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C4 | Chloe & Open

chargedphase
2018-06-16 08:39 am UTC (link)

Chloe had spent a majority of the evening so far running around each of the rooms, worrying the inside of her lower lip and trying to make sure she could see that everyone was having a good time. She hadn’t really stopped to enjoy the party herself, she was busy focusing on how everyone else needed to have a good time, how they needed to be taken care of. The food needed to stay topped up, and so did the drinks. She’d spotted someone looking a little overheated and channelled air in from the outside to help cool them down a little before she’d disappeared off like the monitoring fairy that she was.

But after about three quarters of the way through the night, when finally she seemed to believe that she was actually doing a good thing with Amber here and that people were having a good time (and so far, no fights, which was a huge win) she’d grabbed herself a drink and stood at the edge of the area designated for the dance floor, watching the people there and gently tapping her toe in time with the music. She wanted to dance but she hadn’t had nearly enough to drink to just go out there on her own. So she didn’t, she just stayed where she was and watched people having fun. Seemed a bit better that way.

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C4 | Chloe & Jay -

vocalstrain, 2018-06-18 07:51 pm UTC

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Outside the Leisure Rooms: JP & Open

hotbloodedone
2018-06-16 08:55 am UTC (link)

JP was perched on the ground around the side of the leisure building, thick smoke curling around his head from the spliff he’d secured for himself along with a beer that he’d taken from inside before he’d been reminded that nope, parties were still not his thing. Too many people, way too loud and even though he’d been here for almost half a decade there were still too many people he didn’t know.

So he’d gone inside, thought about staying, grabbed a beer and left. Stretching his legs out in front of him, he tipped his head back and watched the clouds roll idly over the moon. It wasn’t anywhere near even a half moon, having only just come out of being a new moon three days ago but there was still enough light that he could sit still and recharge his batteries.

Turning his head to the side, he saw someone approaching so lifted a hand in greeting but he was half expecting them to just walk off, so dropped his hand pretty quick to avoid the embarrassment.

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Outside the Leisure Rooms: JP & Jay -

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C3 | Waverley & Open

mermaidskill
2018-06-16 09:14 am UTC (link)

Waverley had sung her half a dozen songs over the course of an hour and felt like she’d settled that craving. It had been well over a year since she’d sung in any kind of capacity - partly because of the limiter in her throat which Russell had kindly turned off for her just for the party - and before then she’d had to be really careful not to sing around anyone which was a shame. She’d given serious thought to a career as a singer at one point, alongside her modelling career. She had a really good voice, it was just a shame she couldn’t use it. Seemed to be pretty par for the course for people with vocally based powers.

She sipped at her drink - lukewarm beer because it had been out for a while - and pulled a face, having drifted from the karaoke room to the bar area, where she secured herself a table and stood to watch the crowd. There were still so many people here she’d hadn’t met.

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C1 Lovelie + Open

daylightsend
2018-06-16 02:01 pm UTC (link)

With everything that was happening recently in the facility, Lovelie thought a party was the best idea ever. It would give people at least a few hours to forget about all the bad that had happened, and focus on all the good they still had around them. No, Lovelie didn't know any of the people that had passed and been transferred personally, but the events still affect her and the rest of the facility. So, when word of the party was all set up and ready to go, Lovelie was making sure not to miss it.

She picked C1 first, to see what was happening and watch others enjoy themselves. It was a nice change for once. With music playing and drinks all around, she found herself with a drink in hand, as she lightly swayed from side to side. Her wings folded at her back as she wore casual clothing tonight. A light smile on her features as she just seemed to people watch for the moment. Lovelie herself didn't really know a lot of people, so she hoped tonight would change that

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Outside | Amber + Open

caalypso
2018-06-19 02:31 am UTC (link)

Admittedly, the party would have been even better with a couple of joints, but Amber was happy to make due with what she had. She’d bummed a couple of cigarettes off someone and rummaged for a lighter, and after checking in on a few people, Amber made her way out of the building and outside to light up.

There were a few other people already outside, enjoying the outdoors, catching some fresh air or having smokes of their own. They all seemed to be having an enjoyable time – like everyone else inside. No disasters, no fights, and no meltdowns – everyone was just doing their thing. And thanks to Chloe and some help from the staff, the whole thing had turned out better than she had anticipated.

Maybe she wasn’t so bad at the party-planning thing. Since she’d started going at fourteen, it probably shouldn’t have been seen as remarkable that she was decent at it.

Sitting on the ground and folding her legs – her denim shorts rode up a bit, but she was too buzzed to care much about the discomfort – Amber lit up her cigarette and took a long, satisfied drag.

Things around here yo-yo’d between okay and bad. People had been taken away. People had died. She laid back on the grass and watched tendrils of smoke coil into the air, drifting off bright-red embers.

All that bad stuff had happened, sure. But at least this was going well.

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