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Tweak says, "You mewling quim!"

• yikes™ adian rosenberg • (picaro) wrote in valesco,
@ 2016-10-08 02:07:00

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adian rosenberg, amelia-mae perkins, beaumont winogrand, charlotte towler, group, howell williams, hudson duke, jake bexley, kera ryan, louis bonaccord, mina dippet, oliver comstock, penelope fawcett, sage yates, saoirse mullet, willa montague, zayn shafiq

PARTY POST --- IT'S A BONFIRE!!

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Mina!

bougeotte
2016-10-08 01:17 pm UTC (link)

Louis silently mused that it had been a long time since he'd drank for pleasure, and that was both amusing and bothersome at the same time. The night felt much needed as it had been a long time since this group of friends and acquaintances and other miscellaneous connections had gathered. It felt needed to celebrate what Adian had been working so hard to accomplish, and it...there really wasn't a feeling other than being needed.

At least that's how he felt. Louis had found himself on the outskirts of the bonfire after talk of playing Truth or Dare had begun to circulate. He was not particularly enthused at the idea of sharing any truths or committing any dares and the bench he was now lying across, which was really an elevated log, had been of the safest distance to appear outside arm's reach of the game. Winogrand Gardens proved to be an excellent setting for the evening, and it was now late enough into the night and he was far away enough from the bonfire that the sky was practically glistening with stars.

The beer bottle he'd precariously placed on his forehead (what better way to maintain your focus?) teetered as his head twitched slightly at the sound of crunching grass. Louis reached up and grabbed his drink before sitting up. Oh, it---he was not sure if she had seen him, but it would be wrong to...or perhaps he should let her---

"Be careful," he called out, pointing a finger toward the slope in the ground that Mina Shafiq was a few feet from, "I slipped earlier. It was not a pretty sight."

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setsun
2016-10-10 09:53 pm UTC (link)

Mina froze, her hands caught in the dying movement of her dress. She blinked, searching for the source of the warning when---

Immediately, her face colored. Or perhaps paled? Fortunately in this dim light, it would be difficult for anyone to tell, and for that, Mina was thankful. Already out of place from losing Sage, she felt fluster bubble in her throat. Seeing old schoolmates was very nice (she had forgotten how much energy burst from Beau Winogrand), but sometimes overwhelming, and with all the faces she had not seen nor spoken to in years---

Sticking her chin out, Mina attempted to calm herself. And that worked, almost, until she remembered the last time she had seen Louis, she erupted into a panic attack. Embarrassment was very easy to relive, so it was in a quiet way that she forced herself to respond to him.

"Are you alright?" she asked, stepping back from the slope in question. She brought her hands to her opposite elbows across her chest. "From your... slip?"

He was, after all, sitting away from most everyone else.

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bougeotte
2016-10-11 01:44 am UTC (link)

"Oh, you know," Louis waved a dismissing hand, "just a bruised ego."

And a bruised arse, but he wasn't about to say that out loud. Louis sent her a quick self-deprecating smile and a shrug before looking back toward the party, where the main bonfire was burning as big as it had all night. The crowd looked a little fuller than before and he wondered what joy people could find from a game that could cause the trouble that truth or dare could.

Or, maybe, he was being too sensitive. Or, maybe, he wasn't entirely keen on the idea of playing such a game in the presence of his ex-girlfriend. Or being in her presence at all. Louis sighed and finished off his beer, wondering about a few things, but ultimately pushing the thoughts aside. He looked back over to Mina, raising his eyebrows in question.

"Are you leaving?" he asked. Louis raised a finger to the sky, looking back up at the stars. "Andromeda is very bright tonight, it would be a shame to miss her."