Room 308; Wednesday Evening [10/12].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Ah, yes, what better way to follow up a day heavy on war stuff than a jello shot party in what was essentially a hotel room! But, look, the Wednesday night jello room parties were just a tradition at this point, and Summer practically centered the first half of her trips around making them happen, so she was going to be very disappointed if no one even bothered to show up.

She was going to have a very rough Thursday if she had to do all these jello shots by herself (minus the one or two she could convince Barry to choke down).

So the mass texts to everyone had been sent out, as well as texts to Annie and Rey to show off the jello shot spread and show off what they were missing (with an added text to Annie that went something along the lines of seriously, though, u good? do you need anything? everything cool?), and she just had to finish with the set up. There was some beer and sodas and whatever leftover liquor didn't go into the shots and wine (because France) and some moddable snacks, but, of course, most of the attention was in the jello shots, which included some apple cider ones featuring cider from the countryside and chocolate covered strawberries with chocolate from the local chocolatier. Pears made an appearance in the line up, as did pumpkin. Of course there was champagne, a chocolate eclair, and.....mac and cheese....but, you know, with fancy local cheeses, because that made it better.

Look, just because they were in France, didn't mean you were free from at least That One Shot.

So it was time to party! Chaperones only! Summer will pay Rosa good money to make sure students stay out.

(She would have roped Goose and Sidon into it, but she knew them both well enough to know that while they did cut impressive figures as bouncers, she was pretty sure they would just encourage just letting every one in).

[[ open room party is open! posted here to get the most party bang out of my party buck and general readability. No OCD. Have at it! ]]

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[notagoose]

That was a very safe bet, not having Goose being in charge of security because he was really a terrible chaperone when it came down to it.

Goose was definitely not missing the chance for jello shots, so of course he was there when he got the text message about the party.

“So you think I can get double shots tonight?” he asked hopefully when he turned up.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hell," said Summer, "you can have triple shots if you want."

She had, of course, went overboard again, and it was Goose, he could handle it.

"Seriously, though, help yourself. Enjoy. Thank you for coming!"

And hopefully he didn't even up getting maudlin or anything remembering the last school trip jello shot room party...

[notagoose]

Goose had not made the connection with what happened at the last party, that would most likely happen once he had had a few dozen shots.

“Thank you for having the party, I wasn’t sure if there were going to be jello shots tonight,” he admitted, “I’m glad there are though, I’m looking forward to it,” he added.

“Oooh, I could definitely do triple shots,” his eyes were wide at that, not factoring in that he still had to make it back to his room and it might be a bit awkward since he was currently sharing the bed with Amaya.

Sorry Amaya.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

So, Connor was definitely one of the newbies on the trip, both in regards to going on these school trips and just being one of the newer guys in town in general.

SWhen he heard about the party going on he decided to stop in, even just for a bit, to see what it was all about. Hell, he might even try and get Cutter to come make an appearance for a bit as well.

That meant there was Connor, showing up a bit after the texts had gone out, trying not to look as nervous as he felt. He really was terrible about these social events things.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hi, person I still don't know that much!" Summer greeted brightly when she spotted Connor and made sure to be a good hostess about it. "Thanks for coming! All the good stuff is over there on the table, seriously, help yourself, there is plenty."

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor gave a small nod. "Thanks. It's Summer, right? The jello shot aficionado." He glanced over the table as if to confirm that and then faced Summer again with a small grin. "I'm Connor."

[itsananomaly]

Eventually Cutter did show up, still rather unsure about the party but he figured at least it didn’t matter if he drank a lot, it wasn’t like he had to teach class tomorrow morning.

“Uh ….hey,” he said as he spotted Connor and made his way over to him.

[sake_shinigami]

As much as he was enjoying gadding about with the locals in his spare time, Shunsui could hardly pass up on the chance to start his evening by dropping in on Summer-chan's little jello party and appreciate all the hard work she went into her delectable little craft. Maybe, depending on how long she planned to have it go on, he might use the promise of those jello shots as a good catalyst for bringing some new friends on board...

Actually, he was sort of surprised that he hadn't thought of this tactic before...

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer sighed, not at all surprised to see Shunsui there (and, honestly, she probably would have been disappointed if he didn't show up, not that she'd ever admit to that). "Shunsui," she greeted, simply enough. "Enjoying your trip so far?"

[stykera]

Stark had said he'd be there (for the jello) and so of course he was there (for Summer).

"Hello, Summer. It looks good." He hadn't seen the mac and cheese shots yet, obviously.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hello, Stark," said Summer, instantly preening, although she did wonder if he was saying that without having noticed the mac and cheese shots. "And of course it does."

She then gave him a faint grin as she added, "I'm glad I don't have to give you withering and disappointed looks and sigh a lot all day tomorrow. Thank you."

[special_rabbit]

The desire and need to find a good excuse to crash in Summer's room after her party this time around wasn't nearly as strong (although not without its appeal during this trip, either), but still, Amaya could hardly not show up for it, that would just be rude, although how long she decided to stick around was a matter of uncertainty, but she would tell you (perhaps a little too insistently) that such a decision would have nothing to do with who else may or may not show up.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer's eyes did not bounce briefly between Amaya and her current roommate with a somewhat worried expression as she considered how this woman could also put down her jello shots. Really. Not. At. All.

"Amaya," she said, greeting her with a nod. "Good to see you. Having a nice trip so far?"

[begmetwice]

"Give you five euros to try the cheese one," Irene greeted her lightly with a lift of one eyebrow, smiling slightly as she wandered over to Amaya's side. She certainly had not been avoiding Amaya, because that implied that Irene did not want to see her -- but there had been, perhaps, a rather generous granting of space between the tension back on the island and Irene's not-at-all hurt feelings at how she was rooming with Jon the Creepily Wide-Eyed (and Very Sweet, Sorry Jon, the Narrative Was Just Making a Point, Okay?)

[begmetwice]

"So tomorrow is going to be a napping day, it seems," Irene noted as she eyed the shot spread upon entering the room.

As though Irene had needed an excuse to sleep on the boat tomorrow if she felt so inclined.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Especially if you do tonight right," said Summer, who had no doubt that Irene could not only approach a party like this properly, but do it with a certain class and style that Summer could only dream of achieving, and she gave her a smile. "Hi, Irene. It's good to see you."

It was good to see anyone at any of her parties, but those a slight step away from the usual ruffians were always particularly nice.

[died8yearsago]

These dumb parties always were pretty good for the people watching and the booze, and Rosa already planned on hanging out by the door and just quietly judging people, anyway; getting slipped a little something extra by Summer to just add harrassing any students dumb enough to want to try to get involved was just sort of a bonus.

[sith_happened]

Anakin wasn't having to police idiots climbing up the Great Wall of China or going over waterfalls in barrels this year but that still didn't mean he couldn't use a drink or three.

"Summer," he said with a little smile as he came into the room.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Anakin!" Summer beamed when she saw him. "Welcome to the room party! Please help yourself to some shots."

Like, so many of them. If Anakin Skywalker got drunk at her room party, she would be so happy.

[stykera]

Maybe Anakin needed the mac and cheese shot?

"Hello, Anakin," Stark said from across the room, waving a chocolate eclair shot in his direction.

[itsananomaly]

Cutter hadn’t been planning on coming but Connor had convinced him on making an appearance so he thought there wasn’t any harm in showing up for a little bit.

“Hey,” he said, feeling a little awkward and still out of his element.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hi!" Summer, ever the proper hostess, greeted the newcomer with a bright grin and an awkward pause because she definitely remembered this guy coming into the bar at some point, but beyond that, she was drawing a little bit of a blank, but it was fine! She could work through it. "Thanks for coming! Help yourself to drinks and shots and food, there's plenty!"

[designateddadfriend]

Well. If his -- boyfriend? Guy he was sleeping with fairly regularly? Host? -- was here, then Travis was going to swing by himself, of course.

"So this is really a tradition on these trips, huh?"

[stykera]

Frequent companion? Boyfriend could work. Maybe they ought to decide on a word.

"You came," Stark said, smiling and handing over one of the strawberry jello shots. "Good."

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer met that question with a proud grin. "Hey, Travis," she said, "and yes, it is. I figure, since I can't be in the bar on Wednesday during the trip, I'll just have to bring the bar to the trip instead. Please, help yourself, there is plenty."