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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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“Would I lie?”

Madison genuinely laughs, then shakes her head at Ruby almost conspiratorially. “I just wanna be drunk. Honestly. Christmas suuucked.”

Ruby scoots closer so she's sitting right next to Madison. "Want to talk?" She grins. "Or should I ask you something embarrassing to help the process along?"

"Yes," Madison says, taking another sip of her drink. "Either or."

Okay, they can work up to that. Ruby doesn't hesitate. "Name your least favourite cheer squad member."

"Actually I dislike you all equally," says Madison, with a notable sip from her cup.

Probably the truest answer would be herself, but that's not for saying out loud, obviously.

"Except you dislike me less than everyone else," Ruby says smugly. She hadn't imagined that Madison had a least favourite, anyway. They are in Ribbonfin, house of the easy-to-get-along-with. "Next, hmm... What's something most people believe about you that's totally untrue?"

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Madison gives Ruby an affectionate look, shrugging loosely.

"Hmm. Maaaaybe... That I'm kinda not smart?" She laughs at this as if it's silly, which is... not completely representative of her actual feelings. Madison knows the names and general locations of anyone who's ever implied that she's stupid. "I don't know if most people applies. Or, no... That I'm hard to get to know?" That's an honest answer, for once.

"And what's wrong with that? People don't deserve to know you." She's teasing, but a part of her means it anyway. Ruby certainly has never been interested in seeming approachable, but... she knows Madison is different. She's the good girl, the sweetheart captain. "Name one person in school you wish would try to get to know you better."

Madison colors a little, but laughs again, flippant. Funny.

"Hmmm." She leans in a little bit, lowering her voice. "This is, like, dumb? But I feel like I met someone I liked at the dance. So! Them, maybe." It doesn't feel as vulnerable to admit when she has no idea who they were, and probably never will.

She rolls a sip of liquor over her tongue. "Actually, there were like -- multiple somebodies?"

"Really." Ruby's smiling, but her voice comes out flat. It isn't a surprise that Madison flirted with several girls at the dance—she'd have presence, even anonymous, and no doubt her dress was lovely—but it inexplicably annoys Ruby anyway.

Pot, kettle, black. Ruby takes a shot. "Look at you. You've got your pick of beautiful girls. Did you tell them who you were?"

"Noo," Madison sighs. She bats her eyelashes teasingly, self-aware -- "I was too shy" -- then perks up with another sip of her drink, as if this were all a joke. "But is it totally dumb to try to find them out now? I mean, it's super clichèd. Also, like, basically forever ago."

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