somethingwithturquoise: (arms up dancing)
Summer Smith ([personal profile] somethingwithturquoise) wrote2021-06-19 06:29 am

Summer's 21st Birthday Portal Pub Crawl Mega-Post! Saturday Night [06/19].

Considering that Summer had first hatched this idea all the way back in March and even got a few of the wheels in motion for it back then, it was almost a little hard to believe that it was finally here (with a...few hitches and drama here and there, but what would a Summer party be without some drama attached, right?), it was finally her birthday and it was finally her twenty-first. Most young women in her position might plan for a big night with a few bars to really work the fact that they were finally twenty-one to the bone, but most young women didn't have easy portal access and a whole country pretty much at their wily little now-legal fingertips.

Starting, of course, with that old chestnut that supported not only her underage drinking habits but also her bank account, in the place that made most of this possible, Fandom Island's own Caritas! Summer was, of course, bringing jello shots, but don't expect to stay too long, because it wouldn't take much time for their first portal to be ready, and then it's off for a very long, very rambling, cross-country night that, probably by bar five, Summer probably won't remember anyway! Good thing she had plenty of mostly-sober friends who could maybe record some of it for posterity and memory's sake!

[[ THE EPIC OCD IS NOW UP!

if you're 21 and older and/or not a student, and you've ever breathed in the same air in a close proximity to Summer, she's probably extended an invitation to you, so feel free to jump in. The Caritas post when it goes up can also be great for recruitment!

All the stops outside of Fandom except for the Baltimore bar and Lucifer's club are in Summer's dimension, as well, which has been invaded by aliens a few times and is used to weird shit, so any non-standard-human traits would not raise any eyebrows if there's any concerns there!

Lemme know if there's any questions, everything but Caritas and the Devil's Nest NFB for distance, obviously, and I spent way too much time on this, this is my life ]]
betterthanaplan: (of course it is)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-19 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke let himself be steered. "Mmm. You take such good care of me. I love you so much. . . ."
okteiviakom: ([pos] downwardly amused maybe)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-19 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Another soft snort.

"Mm-hmm. I know, snogon."
betterthanaplan: (shiny hair and concern)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-19 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
“Good,” Duke said. “Good good good good ‘cause I do. So much. You and Luce are just. So beautiful. . . .”
okteiviakom: ([neu] nothing but blue skies)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-19 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"So are you," Octavia told him, still with that faintly amused tone of voice, as they made it to the bar. "Krei meizen," she added.

Before turning her attention towards getting her turn with the bartender.
betterthanaplan: (pleased)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-19 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
“We are such beautiful people.”
okteiviakom: ([neu] dumdums)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-19 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia let him babble while she made her order.

And not long after, held a nice, big glass of water out for him. "Drink up."
betterthanaplan: (make me blush)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-19 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke attempted to chug the water, choked, and spilled it down his shirt. Then laughed. “That was dumb. I am really trashed.”
okteiviakom: ([pos] gentle ribbing)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-19 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Really?" Octavia rasped, reaching up to wipe at his chin. "Didn't notice."
betterthanaplan: (thoughtfully amused)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-19 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
“You didn’t?” Duke asked. Then after far too many moments, laughed. “Oh, haaaaa, that’s funny! You’re really funny.”

He attempted another sip of water. It went much better than the first.
okteiviakom: ([pos] oof)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-20 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Octavia snorted again.

"Not sure I've ever seen you this drunk."

Definitely not while she was sober, herself.
betterthanaplan: (:-o)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-20 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke giggled. “I know, right? Feel like I’m. . . .” He tried to count on his fingers, but the water glass got in the way. “. . . Very very veryveryvery young ‘gain. We went to an arcade! With booze! A boozecade! An’ I saw a walrus!”

Not at the boozecade. The bars were all running together.
okteiviakom: ([pos] crumbs of happiness)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-20 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, so you told me, jaka," Octavia replied, still amused, but with something soft about it. "But feel free to tell me all about the rest of it."

There was something adorable about this.

Maybe it was just that he seemed so free and so light.
betterthanaplan: (pleased)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-20 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke played it off well, but he was usually extremely guarded and self-conscious. Not so much right now.

“The walrus was in Alaska. I haven’t been there in forever!”
okteiviakom: ([neu] nothing but blue skies)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-20 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Never been there at all," Octavia replied. "What's it like?"
betterthanaplan: (inuendo?)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-20 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
“I’s pretty. Lossa woods. Trees. And cold. And at night the sky goes all. . . .” He made laser noises and waved his arms around, pretending to be an aurora.”
okteiviakom: ([neu] hope)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-20 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"... Space battles?"

Look, that's what it kind of sounded like, as much as Octavia didn't think that was what it was.

Also she tried to keep him from accidentally whacking anyone with his flailing.
betterthanaplan: (thoughtful)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-20 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
“No! That’d be cool, though.” Duke shook himself and wobbled. “The light things. Auroras.”
okteiviakom: ([neu blodreina] mmmmhmmmmmm)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-20 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh."

Thankfully, he was probably far too drunk to notice the little wobble in Octavia's expression, right there. She reined it in fast, anyway.

"Besides Alaska, where else did you go?"

(Kind of figured he'd be easy to distract onto something else, too.)
betterthanaplan: (restrain that guy)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-20 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
He noticed, but he was immediately distracted by her question. "Ev'r'where!" He spread his arms and knocked his knuckles into a passing server. "Ohhhhh, sorry."
okteiviakom: ([neu] I am always right)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-20 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, jaka, maybe no more sudden movements, okay?" Octavia said, like that helped much. "Not big ones, anyway."
betterthanaplan: (unarmed)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2021-06-21 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Duke nodded, holding very very still. Or what he thought was very still but . . . wasn’t.

He did succeed in not hitting anyone else at least.
okteiviakom: ([pos] oof)

Re: Lux, Los Angeles, LA - Portal Pub Crawl, 06/19.

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2021-06-21 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
Octavia watched him for a moment.

"Yeah," she said, "I think we're going home, soon."