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Tweak says, "I have an entourage"

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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C1 | Summer + Henry

hughhes
2018-06-17 11:18 pm UTC (link)

Why do I know this and you don’t?

Henry’s brow knitted together. Truth be told, he was a little embarrassed he’d never picked up on that throughout all his years playing the game – though, to be fair, it hadn’t always been sober. Finally, he shrugged and clapped one hand against his knee. “I guess my brain can only hold so much information at a time, y’know?”

He grinned and tried not to chuckle too hard when she admitted that sometimes she used her wily charms for the good of others, too, thank you very much. “Aw, you’re a marshmallow, Baby Fitch!” And even though he was teasing and laughing, Henry was also quite certain that, were he in a bind and needed someone on his side, he’d be very lucky to have both the Fitches in his corner. Beyond lucky, really.

Once Summer had successfully loosened her hand from the death grip, he patted her wrist in a friendly, jaunty way before he settled back into scooping fistfuls of trail-mix into his mouth. “Sorry, sorry,” he mumbled through his food. “Would you prefer Miss Fitch?”

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C1 | Summer + Henry

ambitchious
2018-06-18 11:28 am UTC (link)

Her eyes rolled at his comment, because duh, that was a given. She just never thought her brain would know more about video games than his did, but whatever. Clearly Henry wasn't superior at that. He could be all athletic and muscled and whatever, she'd just take the video game crown along with all the others she clearly had over him.

Being called a marshmallow was probably supposed to be a compliment, given how he'd said it, but all she could think about was how sticky they were. But fine, if that was meant to be good things, she'd just take it.

Taking on the next level, and whoever had swapped out with the sorest loser, Summer tried to keep her grip a little loose, rather than strangling the controller. She didn't mind if she wasn't instantly the first person off -Yoshi and his girlfriend were terrible at starting- but she always had to get one of the power packs at the first check or she'd be mad. "How about Summer, which is my name? I don't even mind when people shorten it to Sum, which is dumb, but my friends insisted it was 'cool'." She was not an arithmetic problem, why didn't the just call her Red like her dad?

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C1 | Summer + Henry

hughhes
2018-06-19 02:57 am UTC (link)

“Uh, I think your friends were lying to you,” Henry replied after he finished chewing a mouthful of snacks. Sum seemed like an odd nickname to give her. Though, arguably, so was Baby Fitch. It just seemed to be appropriate. It worked. It suited her. The youngest Fitch – Simon’s little sister. “I think my nickname for you is much, much better than a mathy one.”

Henry leaned back, casual and comfortable, watching as Summer started kicking butt on the course. One of the other players nearby was doing exactly what she’d been doing before in practically crushing their controller as they, frustrated, tried to get into the lead.

Unsuccessfully, of course.

“How about I just call you Red, then?” He offered, his only real attempt at a compromise.

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C1 | Summer + Henry

ambitchious
2018-06-20 12:03 pm UTC (link)

"No shit," yeah, she knew they were making it up, but shit, they were her friends and it wasn't like she let anyone else call her anything but Summer, or Miss Fitch depending on who it was and how she was feeling. Summer knew she could be real bratty.

"Your nickname is a way to keep me childlike and annoyed with you, I'd recommend you don't use it when the subject is old enough to see how much damage your retinas take before you go blind." She threw a smirk, although she wasn't really taking her eyes off the screen because she was not losing this round thank you very much.

She very nearly ran off the course, but regained her composure quickly, "That's fine." Her dad stopped using it ages ago, around about the time he got hyper focused on his agenda and Summer was a distraction from what was important. "I like Red."

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C1 | Summer + Henry

hughhes
2018-06-20 03:29 pm UTC (link)

Henry frowned. “It’s not to make you seem childlike,” he argued, even as he started to wonder. Was that part of it? Summer was certainly an adult, and only a couple of years younger than him, but she was still his best friend’s little sister, and therefore it was totally off limits for him to see her as anything but Baby Fitch.

And maybe it wasn’t fair to rub that in? Ugh. He was confused.

Shocker, he thought.

Despite her smirk, and her slight hiccup on the course, Henry could tell how very intensely focused she was on the game. He grinned and reached over, giving her chin a slight, playful pinch before he dove his hand back into the bowl of snacked goods. “Red it is, then.”

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