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[gonnabefamous]

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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Nia & An Almost Late Addy

[addytives]

It is, she thinks, probably the alcohol that makes Addy not immediately rebuff that by saying she's not as good a person as it all seems. By making a joke about all the people she's prooobably made suffer in her short time on earth. She smiles into Nia's cheek instead, pleased in spite of herself. "You make the world better every day, beautiful." She says softly, with quiet conviction. That's true.

And though usually the energy out here is something she'd want on New Years, all of the people she loved best boisterous and hopeful, the idea of something a little more secluded with Nia suddenly sounds very good. She separates just enough to walk, having enough sense to know they're in a slight time crunch. "We could go inside," she offers. "Most everyone's out here. We could get a whole window."

Nia & An Almost Late Addy

[heyitsnia]

“Good idea,” Nia bobs her head, words sounding half-hummed as she giggles. She grabs for Addy’s free hand so she can’t slip away, completely, holding it securely. “Let’s find a good one, then, huh?”

Though Nia has always sought out the company of friends and family for celebrations in the past, tonight, ushering in the new year with one girl in particular seems like the most fun. And there’s not much time left, so she gives Addy’s hand a gentle tug. “I know a good spot,” she says, loud enough to be heard over the crowd, but still sort of a stage whisper. Like it’s a secret.

Nia leads her back into the Carney residence, pace quick and bouncy – giddy as a child playing. She’s familiar enough with the halls that she’s found a window to stare out of with time to spare. And she turns to the girl she’s definitely going to kiss at midnight and grins, again. “We can watch the fireworks, and all of our classmates going nuts from here. Look good?”

Nia & An Almost Late Addy

[addytives]

In transit, amid a stream of joyful giggles, Addy takes a very brief swig of champagne so as not to waste the whole bottle. She sets it down on a side table near their final stop so that both her hands are free. She only really spares one glance out of the window before deeming it, "Perfect."

Addy wraps her arms around Nia's waist to press closer. There are fireworks in the sky and dozens of teenagers with sparklers, but as the countdown of the last minute of the year starts, Addy's only looking right in front of her. She smiles, and intones (hopefully) the last bad joke of the year in tipsy delight. It's at least very sincere. "OH. And the view's nice too."

Nia & An Almost Late Addy

[heyitsnia]

Nia laughs, letting herself lean into Addy’s embrace, fingers tracing lines over her shoulders as she drapes her arms around them. It’s warm. So warm. In a way that goes straight to her head, even despite – or maybe faster because of the alcohol. It’s strange. It’s thrilling. Dizzying. And she touches her forehead to Addy’s lightly for grounding.

“Well,” She says as their schoolmates announce the last seconds of 2014. “Here’s to three-hundred sixty-five more days of a good view, eh?” And with that said, she tilts her head to press a firm kiss to Addy’s lips. A good start to the new year.