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MACUSA PRESS GALA

Nomaj guests staying at the Lotte New York Palace, one of Manhattan's most notable luxury hotels, begin to notice differently-dressed couples and families arriving for an evening event. It's time to celebrate the collective efforts of MACUSA's upper brass, communications departments, and the Canadian Ministry of Magic from the past year: it's the annual MACUSA Press Gala!

The dress code is black tie and dress robes, the food is high cuisine, and the schmoozing is almost unbearable... especially for their children, who for the first time ever have been included in this prestigious yet stuffy event.

The evening begins with hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, leading into the main event of the night: an exquisite dinner in the Madison Room, followed by speeches and allegedly hilarious and/or insightful entertainment touching on hot topics from the MACUSA's last twelve months. Everyone agrees that the star of the show is wizarding America's favourite rapper, Snoop Crupp(!), who performs one song and then spends the rest of the night smoking in one of the suites.

After dinner, however, is when the fun really happens. Tired of being asked about their classes and aspirations, the Gooseberry children in attendance exchange a series of silent nods, amounting to: I think it's time to blow this scene. They procure as much alcohol as they can and retreat upstairs, where the Stoker twins offer the living room of their family's suite for the night.

The Ilvermorny kids aren't invited, so they take over the next-door Champagne Suite. Look how common it is. Typical.

HOW THIS WORKS

This IC/OOC is for the children of MACUSA and MoM employees. Each child is allowed one date.

The Gala guest list includes Cole (and Calvin), Cressida, Henrietta, Jefferson, Kurt (and Chloe), Mackenzie (and Iliya), Magdalen, Rosemary, Sebastian, Sylvester (and Reid), Tabitha (and Nathaniel), Ulysses, and Xavier.

(If your character should be on the list but is not, is bringing another character as their date, or should not be on the list, please reply to this comment.)

The adults are participating in a very irresponsible drinking game, in which they see who can drink the most and still function in their meetings tomorrow. It really makes you wonder where these kids learned it from.

» BEFORE THE (REAL) PARTY: Anything that happens before the kids break away from the herd.

» GETTING THE GOODS: How does a gaggle of teenagers procure alcohol? Do they transfigure IDs and fool the liquor store clerk? Bribe a waiter? Pull a heist?

» THE PARTY: The suite's living room is full of comfortable couches, chairs, and chaises. Drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic are in ready supply. There's music playing and it's way cooler than whatever the old fogies downstairs are listening to. (Surprisingly, both playlists feature The Hobgoblins.) What more could a partier need?

» THE TERRACE: Need to step outside? The terrace has fresh air, seating, and a killer view. The weather isn't great, but that's what magic is for, right?

» PARTY GAMES: It's not a Gooseberry party without innocuous games that have zero chance of getting out of hand. Feel free to start other party games beneath this header!

» NEVER HAVE I EVER:
Reply to this comment if your character is participating. Include a Never Have I Ever statement. (ex. "Never have I ever flown in an airplane.")
Reply to other characters' comments and take a drink if your character has done that thing! And if they haven't they can just sit back and pass judgment!
You can take another turn in response to someone else, or in a new comment header, or however you want. Have fun!
» TRUTH OR DARE:
Reply to this comment if your character is participating.
Other characters, reply to a character asking Truth or Dare?
Once the first character has chosen, the second character will give their question or their challenge.
If you refuse to answer a question or perform a dare, you must finish your drink.
Pretend this is working in typical circle fashion. (i.e. once you answer a truth or dare, it's your turn to ask a new person.) This means that if you are able, please ask as many truths/dares as you receive.

» ILVERMORNY SUCKS: After some "good-natured" razzing about the recent Quidditch game, the adjacent parties exchange some mild pranks. And possibly some not-so-mild pranks. Mostly there's a fight.

» BUSTED!: Very Drunk and Very Lame adults catch wind of the shenanigans happening upstairs and they come to drag their naughty children home by their ears.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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sy is challenging her to a drinking game

I hope the drinking game turns into them just punching each other

not near the fine crystal they aint

to the punching closet with you

i was thinking yesterday that this was probably one of the earliest games they played

punching each other in the arm over and over and seeing who cries first

they don't even need alcohol for it

we should just do a subheading under party games that's just "the Stoker twins think this is a game" where they just see who can be a bigger dick to the other

and freddy's just off to the side like "WHY do they always embarrass me oh my god"

Me and my sisters actually had that game

And also where you lick your first three fingers and slap the inside of their arm as hard as you can until somebody cries.

And when somebody abruptly slaps you across the face you can't be a bitch about it. You just lie in wait until the perfect opportunity to slap them presents itself

The longer this game goes on, the more I realize the stokers are me and my sisters tbh

this is so #cantrelate to me bc my sister and i have never fought a day in our lives either verbally or physically lmfao she thought i was her 3rd parent until she was like 4

I have a sister that was born eleven years after me so SHE views me as a third parent. But I have two sisters that are closer to my age and we spent our entire childhood trying to murder eachother. I mean we're close now but we could've been lethal before

My oldest sister and I are super close these days but when we were kids she once beat my head so hard against the wall it dented the wall.

I don't even remember why.

I might have been able to remember why if she hadn't hit my head so hard against the wall.

i'm.......... proud of her honestly

I'm close to all of my sisters now but I have one that says she didn't respect me until that day I threw a can at her face and split open her forehead. The can wasn't empty. And my older sister once broke a window once by shoving me through it

I have literally no idea how we never broke any bones

yeah tbf my sis and i are 4 years apart which i think makes it easier bc i def was old enough to be like I Must Protect This With My Life and young enough not to realise that that was stupid lmfao

The sister I threw a can at is four years younger than me. Clearly we had different reactions to responsibility. But to be fair I was never the oldest. And also she was a biter so fuck her (she now randomly invites me over to cook chicken for me tho so it's fine)

your way is more fun

My youngest sister only views me as her mother Bc she was like five when I graduated high school and I didn't have shit going on so I just babysat her.

Now she's sixteen and likes making shit awkward by telling mom that she's not even her real mom every time they get into an argument.

Mom doesn't seem to find it funny.

This is the age Cricket is at

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