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CARNEY PARTY 3; WILD WEST

Saddle up, partner. This New Year’s Eve, we’re heading out west!

The Carney house is decked out in a rustic Wild West theme. The place is covered in hay bales, mason jars, and cacti (even inside). Cameron greets each guest that arrives with a silver pistol that shoots paintballs. For dinner, a house elf catering company appears, cooking barbeque over a pit in the yard. There’s also plenty of alcohol - beer, liquor, wine, you name it.

HOW THIS WORKS

Everyone in the school is invited! As with parties Cameron has held in the past, the rules are simple: have fun, don’t make too much of a mess, and if you break something reparo it. The party starts at 6 PM, and anyone is welcome to stay the night and take the bus back to school from here in the morning.

Characters without costumes can pull an item from the costume chest, but once they pull, they’re obligated to wear it or risk mockery for being a spoilsport. There is also a mechanical bull riding contest out in the yard. The character with the longest ride will win a prize! You may do each of these up to three times, and I’ll keep rnging for them until 11:59 PM on 1/1.

There will be party games including truth, shot, or strip and spin the bottle/seven minutes in heaven.

» FOYER; COSTUME CHEST: Those without costumes are encouraged to pull at least one item from the chest set up in the foyer. Whatever you pull out, you have to wear! The chest is charmed so that you can’t see what you’ve got until you pull it out.

» LIVING ROOM: Have a seat on a hay bale! Or a regular couch.

» BACKYARD: The yard is surrounded by facades that mimic an old western town. There’s a heated pool and a hot tub, but the lows tonight are 21. Beside the pool, there’s a mechanical bull surrounded by padding. If you can go for the longest ride, you’ll win a prize!

» DEN; PARTY GAMES: The den has been set up for party games, including truth, shot, or strip and spin the bottle/seven minutes in heaven.

» BEDROOMS: Anyone is welcome to stay, but it’s up to you to figure out where, because Cameron isn’t organizing it. There are five unlocked bedrooms, plenty of couches and chairs, five full baths, and lots of floor space. Work it out.

» MIDNIGHT: Near midnight, Cameron encourages everyone to stop what they’re doing and come outside, where champagne and sparklers are handed out. The fireworks start about ten minutes til, crescendoing during the countdown, with a big finale at midnight. Grab someone to smooch!

» MORNING AFTER: Who’s hungover and where did you puke? Did you stick around to catch the bus back to school from Olympus?

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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Spencer laughs when the bottle lands on Ira, but it's different. Softer, or less certain. "Oh, man, this is going to set us back. Like, you just got over having to kiss me last time. Now it'll be another two months." Maybe he should talk less and kiss more.

"I know what to expect this time. I'll be able to look you in the eye by like, February, we're cool." He shouldn't be encouraging this. But it'd be weirder to refuse entirely. He leans in to kiss Spencer with just as much decision but of course far more restraint than he'd shown during the one in September.

"Wait!" Spencer suddenly interrupts. He digs a tube of lip balm out of his pocket. "I can't give you a gross dry kiss. Right? I mean, that's rude. And... I don't want you to think I'm a bad kisser or whatever." This is definitely not because he's nervous. Spencer doesn't get nervous.

Ira springs back almost immediately, rifling a hand through his hair. Shit. Okay. So refusing outright would've totally been the not weird option. Shit. He takes a short breath to steady himself, and tries to treat this with some vague degree of normalcy. "You're not. And we don't...I mean. It's fine."

Spencer shakes his head as he applies the lip balm. Flavourless, tasteless, inoffensive. Why does he care? It's not like Ira cares. He's just doing this to get it over with. Spencer exhales. "I'm ready, it's okay. We'll make it quick this time."

Ira's not sure why Spencer seems... worried? Is that it? Probably because he's afraid Ira will be an ass about this and stop talking to him again for a week. But he won't do that. He hopes his smile is bracing enough to show that. "Just..come here." For whatever reason, it's important to show that he can kiss Spencer without any lingering awkwardness, so he approaches with confidence again now.

"Okay okay, I'm shutting up, I—" The kiss cuts him off, apparently being the only thing capable of shushing him. Despite promises to make it quick, Spencer's in much less of a hurry than he claimed.

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