PIONEER DAY PARTY

[indiefolk]

PIONEER DAY PARTY

Whether by Apparition or by portkey, those who decide to attend the Morales-Tran not-really-4th-of-July-but-close-enough party are greeted by desert heat and the smell of sage under the hot sun. There's one paved road leading into town, and a smaller dirt one that heads off into the distance, at the end of which is a large, one story ranch home. The only way that makes this technically a ranch and not a barely disguised mansion is the presence of horse stables.



The backyard is bustling with activity. The patio has been declared a safe zone, and remains largely untouched by the water fight. Diego warns everyone to be careful of cacti and snakes if they go too far into the surrounding wilderness, which is covered in scrubby plant life and red sand. Unfortunately, it didn't do Xavier Lewis much good, as they fall on a cactus during the party and spend the next hour with Reid Wainwright who plucks out all the spines with a little magic and some tweezers.

HOW THIS WORKS:

• The party begins at 4:00 PM in Moab, Utah, which is a tiny town in the middle of a red rock desert. The Morales Ranch is located outside the town, and is fairly isolated. No one will be able to see you casting spells and being wizardy.


• It's very hot and dry today: 101°F/33°C


• Pioneer Day is technically tomorrow, but Sunday's a more convenient IC/OOC time!


• Justifying that your character got an invitation even if they're not close to the Morales-Trans isn't hard. Diego and Essie are the primary party-throwers, and between the two of them and how many people they know, getting in isn't difficult. Anyone is welcome.


• While their mothers are going to be out until late in the evening, this isn't a rager. Diego doesn't want to get in too much trouble, so there's no alcohol provided. He won't complain if you drink from a personal stash, though.


• The house is more or less off limits to partying, but if you go in to find the bathroom you can tell that the Morales-Tran mothers are a) very rich, b) very artsy, c) just as obsessed with aesthetics as Diego is.


• Diego and their house elf, Pilar, will be grilling dinner. If anyone wants to help, they may. If Pippa is in attendance, Diego will specifically make a vegan dish for her that he researched and fussed over ahead of time.


• There will be fireworks and sparklers to enjoy after sunset.


• Anyone who's a close friend of Estella, Diego or Mina is welcome to stay the night and either go have a sleepover indoors, or camp outside. Everyone else should start heading home around 11:00 PM


• SQUIRT GUN FIGHT:
  • Squirt guns and water balloons are provided, or you may bring your own as long as it's not magically modified. There's also a hose that you can fight opposing teams for control of.
  
  
  • No magic! This is a fair fight, pardner.
  
  
  • The ranch has no lawn. It's just soft red dirt, almost like sand. Within about 15 minutes this is becoming 70% water fight, 30% mud fight. Don't wash off in the pool, though. That's rude. Wait for someone to hose you off, or beg a Morales-Tran for a shower.
  
  
  • Teams may consist of up to 5 people. You can discuss them in the OOC section, but I'm not assigning loners to teams.
  
  
  • Reply to this header with the relevant form to get an RNG score. Each individual participant gets a score, and the team score is the total of all players on that team.
  
  
  • The team with the highest score wins a map leading to a "treasure" somewhere in Gooseberry, and a set of silver sheriff's badges. If you win, dropbox Diego or another character Meggie plays when your team goes to look for the treasure Y2.
  
  
  • If a team of all seniors wins, they can pass it down to the younger student(s) of their choice.
  
  
  • You have until MONDAY at 11:59 PM to get in your rolls, then I'm crowning a winning team!

» SQUIRT GUN FIGHT: Before the unforgiving desert sun goes down, there's a water gun fight to "help" your friends escape the heat! There are squirt guns and water balloons lying around, and control of the hose is hotly contested. Considering that the Morales Ranch has no lawn and just a lot of fine red dirt... I hope you're all prepared to get very muddy.

Name:
Known teammates: This can be added to later!
How hard are they trying?:
Anything else?: Anyone they're targeting, their play style, if they try to mud wrestle, etc.

<b>Name:</b> <b>Known teammates:</b> This can be added to later! <b>How hard are they trying?:</b> <b>Anything else?:</b> Anyone they're targeting, their play style, if they try to mud wrestle, etc.

» The pool: A modestly sized pool decorated with desert plants and slabs of red rock. There's a connected hot tub and waterfall. It's designed for lounging about and enjoying the expanse of empty desert behind the house.

» hanging out: Go get some food, lounge around, play in the mud without joining the fight, and just enjoy the party! The patio has plenty of comfy seating in the shade, and you're safe from the water fight here.

» fireworks: After sunset, there's a magical fireworks display that's coincidentally mostly blue and purple. Everyone's also given sparklers to play with.

» overnight: Diego, Essie and Mina's mothers return at around 11:00 PM. Close friends of their children can stay overnight and have a sleepover indoors or camp outside, but everyone else needs to go home. Aren't your parents worried about you?

» OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS

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SQUIRT GUN FIGHT

[indiefolk]

Diego!

[indiefolk]

Name: Diego Morales
Known teammates: Ravi, Cecil
How hard are they trying?: Very hard, although Diego lacks anything resembling a killer instinct. On the bright side he's not afraid of getting dirty, and is going to be plastered in mud by the end of the fight.
Anything else?: He's going to "accidentally" hit Ravi at least once.

Xavier

[solveforx]

Name: Xavier Lewis
Known teammates: Reid
How hard are they trying?: Xavier isn't trying super hard to do anything but make a mess. And, honestly, once things start getting muddy Zav might get distracted and give up.
Anything else?: Definitely fires a few "test shots" at Reid.

Cecil

[choneychurch]

Name: Cecil Honeychurch
Known teammates: Diego, Ravi
How hard are they trying?: Cecil will Try His Best!! but he's not the most competitive guy in the world and he's just here to have fun.
Anything else?: Cecil feels a bit guilty going after the younger kids. Sorry fellow graduates, you're getting more than your fair share from him.

Ravi

[knightly]

Name: Ravi Dhaliwal
Known teammates: Diego, Cecil, and whoever else Diego gets to join. Ravi's an honorary Azurcrest today!!!!!
How hard are they trying?: Ravi's demurring that he doesn't want to fight anybody, but this will quickly reveal itself to be a big fat lie once you put a loaded water gun in his hands. It's shoot or be shot, and while Ravi's good humoured about getting drenched, he's not letting anyone get close enough to knock him into the mud.
Anything else?: He's going to "accidentally" get mud on Diego at least once.

Essie!!!

[magitechnically]

Name: Estella de Ville
Known teammates: Jeffy, Lucas, Jade, assorted other members of the Infamous Candy Rustlers Gang.
How hard are they trying?: Oh gosh, come on. Essie lives for this.
Anything else?: PESKY OLDER SIBLINGS are being targeted, of course. Essie will probably shoot Lucas at least one time because she's a brat and Estella de Ville is still learning to be a Good Guy. As for play style.. she is running all over the place. She is getting covered in mud. She is spouting off really really bad cowboy gibberish at anyone who crosses her path. She is wearing a cowboy hat and a giant star buckle and these cowboy boots.

Jeffy!!!

[racingstripe]

Name: Jeffy James
Known teammates: Essie, Lucas, assorted other members of the Infamous Candy Rustlers Gang.
How hard are they trying?: Dude SO HARD. This is SUPER IMPORTANT work they're doing here.
Anything else?: There will almost definitely be some dramatics in which the whole gang stands off against each other. Will end up covered head-to-toe in mud by the end of this. Will also be having the most fun, more fun than any of you could ever dream of.

JADE

[odder]

Name: Jade Otterwell!
Known teammates: Essie, Jeffy, Lucas, OTHER CANDY RUSTLERS
How hard are they trying?: So. Hard. She will only target her own team if it's from behind and she can blame it on someone else, even.
Anything else?: She transfigured one of her Jade-hats into a cowboy hat, and she's totally committing to the Cowboy bit. Hope you're ready for the most deadly little sharpshooter for hire this side of the Rockies,ESTELLA'S BIG SIBLINGS, because she's here. To mostly run around and shoot everyone and get red mud over all her limbs and make jokes about bathing in the blood of her enemies. So.

Lucas

[bubblewrapped]

Name: Lucas Kowalski
Known teammates: Jeffy, Essie, Jade, assorted other members of the Infamous Candy Rustlers Gang. (ง •̀෴•́)ง
How hard are they trying?: Lucas is dedicated!!! Inasmuch as you can be when you're afraid you'll slip and fall and break your arm in the mud. Still!!! He can't let his friends down!!! (Please note: these exclamation points are 100% me and not Lucas. Lucas does not know how to exclamation points)
Anything else?: Yippee ki yay. No one is safe. It's a stand-off.

Ty!

[tyhawkeswood]

Name: Ty Hawkeswood
Known teammates: Quinn
How hard are they trying?: Ty's approaching this battle with energy and enthusiasm and he's trying to win even if he lacks the competitive spirit of his better half. THIS IS SO FUN, GUYS.
Anything else?: I don't have any icons left that can properly express how excited Ty is about this.

The Infamous Candy Rustlers vs. ????

[magitechnically]

It's unbearably hot out, but that's just another afternoon down here at the ranch. Estella de Ville takes a good look at the gang she's assembled and nods with satisfaction. Maybe it had taken a ghost miner and a crazy trip through the woods, but an alliance had been forged between former enemies. And hey, maybe she didn't wholly trust them not to double cross her later, but here they were: Jeffy James, Black Jack Kowalski, Bash Cassidy, and Calamity Jade.

No time for dilly-dallyin'. "Let's get a wiggle on and show these greenhorns who the meanest group of varmints 'round these parts are," Essie drawls in her remarkably terrible accent as she sends a couple quick squirts of water into the air and then blows on the tip of her water-gun for effect.

Reid

[cygninae]

Name: Reid Wainwright
Known teammates: Xavier! ♥
How hard are they trying?: Without a Stoker around to push him into action, Reid is laaaaaaazy, but he's having a good time.
Anything else?: His primary motivation is being in Xavier's orbit. He's going to return those "test shots."

Quinn!

[quinning]

Name: (The) Quinn(isher) Cunningham
Known teammates: Ty!
How hard are they trying?: QUINN IS VERY COMPETITIVE AND WEARING ATHLEISURE CLOTHING, GET THIS GURL MUDDY
Anything else?: Her play style is "ruthless" and I'm not responsible if she tries to mud wrestle Ty.

Riley Mae

[riledup]

Name: Riley Mae Stamper
Known teammates: Casey and Cameron, her own pet giants
How hard are they trying?: lmao the only thing Riley tries hard at is sexual harassment.
Anything else?: Actual Smooch Squad Strategy: let's get these shirts off. Followed by so much mud wrestling. It might just be the Smooch Squad mud wrestling each other but there's gonna be some mud wrestling.

Bash

[professionalcorpse]

Name: Bash Lacroix
Known teammates: Kidnapped By Azurcrests Infamous Candy Rustlers Gang
How hard are they trying?: He isn't particularly ruthless, but he's totally committed! And definitely going to be slipping and falling flat on his ass at least once. (Happily. So very happily.)
Anything else?: He's just going where he's told, dude. Though most of his experience is in a city, where there's always somewhere to take cover - and not half this much mud.

Hazel~

[lilwitchhazel]

Name: Hazel Keating
Known teammates: Ty & Quinn
How hard are they trying?: Hard, because she'd be remiss as a Coppertale if she wasn't!
Anything else?: Hazel's got it out for everyone, maybe especially other sophomores. Sorry guys, she loves you! -3-

Cameron

[gonnabefamous]

Name: Cameron
Known teammates: Smooch Squad and whoever else wants to join this disaster team
How hard are they trying?: Cameron isn't particularly competitive, but he's exuberant!
Anything else?: If his team mates end up shirtless and mud wrestling, he will too! So long as it doesn't start looking too much like actual wrestling.

Levi!! (TOO LATE FOR SCORING BUT HE WAS HERE.)

[gdilevi]

Name: Levi Kramer
Known teammates: Diego, Ravi, Cecil
How hard are they trying?: APPARENTLY NOT VERY HARD, let's say he was more interested in the mud.
Anything else?: I was v sick and in a Nyquil coma and not aware of the passage of time, pls forgive me.

Poor Jade is Dead

[magitechnically]

Mayhem. It's utter mayhem. Seems no one can keep their trap shut nowadays and word of the treasure has spread far enough to bring all sorts of crew into town. The Infamous Candy Rustlers barely manage to step foot outside the saloon (really, it's more like a patio) when they're greeted with the first volleys of water.

Shots are exchanged for a good while and then the command goes out: Run. Dodge. Take cover.

By now it's not just clothes that are soaking wet and the mad dash to the nearby watering hole requires moving through some rather squishy terrain. (Careful not to fall in, even Estella de Ville has to deal with disapproving mothers!) When she makes it, Essie crouches down by some of the decorative red rock, water pistol held close to her chest and whispers excitedly to the person next to her.

"Headcount! Everybody here?"

THE POOL

[indiefolk]

Riley (OPEN)

[riledup]

Uuuuugggghhhh, it's so HOT. Why is it so HOT here? This is hell, this is actual hell for Riley, who throws herself into the pool at the first chance she gets.

Or more like drops herself in, legs giving out beneath her as she flops into the water, all not even five feet of her sinking beneath the surface for several seconds before she splashes back to the top. God, this was slightly better.

Blue hair stuck to her face and the sides of her head, Riley floats to the side of the pool and takes up a nice lounging position. If you're a pretty lady, Riley is definitely asking you why you're not in the pool while not very subtly showing off her super cute bikini. If you're not a pretty lady you should still look at her bikini. And then go bring a girl to the pool before getting in the pool yourself.

HANGING OUT

[indiefolk]

Zav & Reid & Cactus Needles

[solveforx]

It's odd to seem so pleased with yourself when your skin is dotted with spines and small hunks of cactus cling to your clothes, but maybe Xavier's just grinning through the pain. Either way, sitting on the edge of a patio seat, he looks a bit like the cat who ate the canary while he watches with a mixture of warmth and morbid curiosity as Reid carefully plucks cactus needles from his skin.

Honestly, he's paying far more attention to Reid's face than anything else - the subtle changes in that serious expression of his. Everything hurts - wow, boy, does it ever hurt - but it hurts a little less with Reid playing nurse.

"I feel like I should go apologize?" He says, because Xavier is the sort of person who would apologize to a cactus. "I've never been more sure that, like, nature aggressively wants me dead."

FIREWORKS

[indiefolk]

OVERNIGHT

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OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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Re: OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

[solveforx]

This is wonderful and I would like to sneak in here and snipe Character A for my bad bad clumsy sugar son.