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ANON POST PARTY

HOW THIS WORKS

This is not an anti-anon post party. It's just a party taking place at the same time as the anonymous post.

You don't need to surrender your journal to attend.

It's taking place at Azurcrest.

If you do want to surrender your journal, however, there's a trunk that Cecil Honeychurch, Ravinder Dhaliwal and Diego Morales have enchanted to only open for the three of them when they're all present. At the beginning of the party, you can give them your journals and they'll leave them locked up for the night. Diego says the only downside is that if one of the three of them dies, you'll never get your journal back. It's unclear if he's joking or not.

The party starts at sunset, just as the anonymous writer is expected to appear. It'll go until the anon post dies down, around 1 or 2 AM.

As this is taking place at a campground, if you plan on drinking or smoking, you need to be covert about it. There will be a Naughty Children section of the party where you can sneak off to drink. If you don't get shit faced and wander into the main party area, you'll be fine.

Kissing games are self-serve. Post your character under the header, and reply to the people your character "randomly" kissed.

» BEFORE THE PARTY: Students are antsy, as Saturday has been a long day of nothing, which will be immediately followed by a lot of excitement. A party, the anon post, and tomorrow the game!

» OPTIONAL JOURNAL LOCKUP: If your character would like to avoid the temptation to look at the anonymous post, reply here letting us know they locked up their journal. There will be no consequences for doing so, except that if you do, you may not reply to the anonymous post with the character in question.

» AROUND THE FIRE: The fire pit has been lit, and there are plenty of benches and blankets around it to sit on. Roast marshmallows, hang out with your friends, listen to music, etc.

» KISSING GAMES: A handful of students gather around an empty beer bottle to partake in Spin the Bottle and Seven Minutes in Heaven. People puzzle for a little over what to use in lieu of a closet, and settle on a tiny clearing off the path, hidden by trees. It's a favorite outdoor makeout spot up at Azurcrest.

» THE CABINS: You can only enter a cabin by invitation.

» NAUGHTY CHILDREN: Some students are dissatisfied by the dry party, and slip off to a little spot behind the senior girls' cabin. It's very secluded, and gives an impressive view of the forest beyond the cliffs. Here you're free to indulge in illegal substances, as long as you're smart about it.

» TRUTH OR SHOT: A game of good old Truth or Shot breaks out in the secret party within a party. A bottle of whiskey is passed around to the people being asked questions, so really it's more "Truth or Swig".

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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Neil absolutely has his nose in his journal for most of the night, which periodically makes him wonder why he didn't just stay in again. But he's here, and he's... participating?

When left to his own devices, he sits on a log speaking to no one. He occasionally scribbles something into the void of the anonymous post, while his other hand holds a s'more he was too busy to actually melt the marshmallow for.

Yo, Anuhea was coming over to bring you a marshmallow, but actually... you are wasting that s'more, my dude. She takes it from Neil's hand. If he notices, she'll bring him a whole new one, scout's honor. It may not taste great.

Neil weakly objects when Anuhea takes his s'more, but the one it's replaced by is weird enough to make him put aside his journal altogether. As she hands it to him he softly says "Whaaaaaaat?" while taking in the creation.

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"I come bearing great gifts," she says with a solemnity that is, frankly, unbefitting this garbage snack. "It's otherworldly." And that's a promise.

Now that she's hovering, she peers over his shoulder at his journal, although not close enough to make out any words. "Any genius insights from the fragile psyche of the anonymous teen?" She presumes that's what he's looking at, given the night.

Neil snaps his journal closed and tosses it aside, knowing moments ago he was being an asshole about Anuhea's captain. Oh well. He hadn't said anything he didn't mean, but—

It's just not something he wants to get into tonight. What happens on the anon post stays on the anon post. A party's not a good time for a heart to heart about big sports feelings, or for a Neil, Why Are You Such A Dick Sometimes? lecture.

"Oh yeah, we're all losing it in there." He looks at the s'more (can it even be called that anymore?) more carefully now that he has both hands free. Is that mochi??? And... girl scout cookies..? "Someone called me weird and my life's about to end."

"All right, be shady," Anuhea says mildly, settling in on the log next to him. "Shady and weird." Because oh, wow, "weird" — Neil definitely hadn't heard that one before. "High schoolers are idiots. I'm like, super embarrassed for all of them and I am one." She tosses one of the gummy bears into her mouth. When she tries it a second time, she misses and gets herself right in the eye.

"Eat my s'more."

Neil snorts at the misfired gummy bear, grinning over at Anuhea. "World's greatest Chaser," he teases right before taking a big, unguarded bite of the 's'more'. It effectively kills his mirth from moments ago.

This is a lot. It's a lot of textures. A lot of flavors. A lot of colors. Just generally a lot. Neil freezes, then begins to chew. With each munch, his eyebrows draw closer and closer together. He stares out into the distance, puzzling over the warring tastes in his mouth.

He swallows.

"You're trying to poison me, aren't you?" he accuses after a long pause (for drama). "Well guess what? It's not going to work." He goes in for seconds.

Ennis spends a while lingering around the campfire like he just happens to be there before finally taking a seat next to Neil on the log. "Hi," he greets casually, fidgeting with the journal in his hands. "Did you-- um-- are you having a good time?"

Neil looks up, startled, but then smiles brightly when he sees it's Ennis. He's vaguely aware that Ennis goes to parties fairly often, but isn't surprised that he looks incredibly uncomfortable here anyway.

"Hey," he says amiably. "Yeah, it's okay. I kind of feel like I'm just doing what I'd be doing at home, except surrounded by a bunch of people I barely know. But it's kind of nice." He spins his pen in his fingers restlessly for a second. "What about you? Partying hard?"

ANON POST PARTY

Neil

Neil & Anuhea

Neil & Anuhea

Neil & Anuhea

Neil & Anuhea

Neil & Anuhea

Neil & Anuhea

Neil & Ennis

Neil & Ennis