Room 106; Wednesday Evening - Summer's School Trip Room Party! [10/18].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Queenstown, allegedly an adventure capital of the world, but it was Wednesday, so once everyone'd gotten their adventure on, it was obviously time to swing by Summer's room for her traditional School Trip Room Party, to get wasted on all sorts of moddable booze and jello shots and have at least a few regrets the next morning, if you were doing it right.

So there were snacks. There were beers. There was, okay, okay, even some wine because there were some snobs in the crowd she expected and also, she liked to keep it local and New Zealand did do some wines or whatever. There was a curated playlist, of course, and Rosa and Gladio were reprising their traditional roles as bouncers, although Summer wasn't entirely sure how that was going to play out now that the school was catering to an older, more party-aged demographic, but she supposed maybe that just meant they were to be arbiters of making sure nothing got weird? It was new territory! They'd figure it out!

But, most importantly of all, there was a wide variety of jello shots on display for the taking: kiwi two ways, layered with melon or straight up but served in kiwi cups; honey lemonade made with local mānuka honey, sweet potato cinnamon, chocolate covered cherry using Whittaker's Chocolates of course; and a variety of just basic flavors but adorably in the shape of sheep.

Look, the other option was a jello shot with actual lamb in it, so consider yourself mildly lucky.

So looks like now all she needed....was people to show up!

Sure,it was going to get pretty crowded in this room once they did, but honestly? That gave it the best classic room party vibes to have a bunch of people shoved into an otherwise cozy room.

[[ open for all trip-goers, of course! Faculty members got a special, handwaved mass-text invite, too! No OCD, just go hog wild, and please to excuse my inevitable flaky SP because I got a LOT going on right now omg, but The Room Party(TM) must go on! All predicated on the assumption that wherever we'll be will in fact be conducive to a room party, but if not, it may be edited to suit ]]

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[sword_chocobro]

Considering how little he actually had to do any bouncing at these parties of Summer, Gladio wasn't entirely sure why she kept hiring him, but he wasn't about to complain. If anything, she said his and Rosa's presence in that capacity just worked as a deterrent against misbehaving, and also he was a pretty good candidate for helping anyone back to their rooms if they were to get really, really into the party spirit.

But he was there, with a bro-nod to his fellow party bouncer, and mostly just keeping an eye out for any trouble. Without his shirt, of course, because that was apparently nonnegotiable.

[stykera]

Of course Stark was going to be here right at the beginning. It was his room! His room that hopefully didn't have any pillow walls up at the moment.

[somethingwithturquoise]

No pillow walls yet! But who knows how things could go during a Room Party^TM?

"Thanks for coming to my party, Stark."

Hilarious. On, like, so many levels.

[died8yearsago]

Rosa also didn't know why Summer kept hiring her for these things, especially when, considering the host, she was more likely to encourage trouble than prevent it. But there was free booze, so she was going to be here for that regardless.

The shirtlessness on her part was negotiable,however, and while she was electing out for the moment, she was considering it. For equality and shit.

[begmetwice]

Irene had some very pleasant memories associated with these room parties, and even if something like placing bets on cheese shots might not be strictly necessary this time around, she still wouldn't have missed it.

Holiday agreed with her, too; she not only felt more relaxed than she had in ages, she looked it, too, with her hair loose and a new smattering of freckles across her nose and exposed shoulders.

And, you know, of course Irene was one of those aforementioned snobs and she'd gotten herself a wine right away -- though, actually, the jelly shots always held some appeal, too, and she'd get there, but she also hadn't even managed to identify anything questionable or cheesy, yet. (Yet.)

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Ireeeene!" Summer swanned up to her while doing her little hostess rounds. "Hiiii! I'm so glad you could make it, that dress is so cute, how aaaaare youuuu?"

[special_rabbit]

The room parties really were tradition, and, as Amaya chased a kiwi-melon shot with a swig of a beer, she was trying very hard to not think of exactly how many of these she'd been to by now...

[begmetwice]

"D'you know, I think these all might be all right?" Irene commented skeptically to Amaya, wandering over with a pair of chocolate-cherry shots and offering one out. "There's a sweet potato thing, but Americans think that's a dessert this time of year so I can't even fault that one."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve 's mun was having a pain in the butt of a Wednesday wouldn't miss out on Summer's party. "Hi!" he said, grinning as he came in. "What are the specials tonight?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer's mun knew the feeling UGH beamed at the question.

"Hi, Steeeeeeve! Glad you could make it!"

He could give Disappointing Looks to dissuade bad behavior in any younger students who showed up!

"And we've got all locally inspired shots tonight. A couple kiwis, a chocolate cherry one, honey lemonade, and a sweet potato cinnamon! And a herd of sheep, no actual sheep in them, though, those are just an assortment of flavors."

She looked terribly proud of herself.

"I like to make them, you know, thematic."

[stykera]

"Hello, Steve," Stark said, walking over. "Welcome to... my room and Summer's party? Summer's room and party. Is your trip going well?"

[chef_chocobro]

The day had left Ignis in an incredibly contemplative, somber mood. Certainly not any sort of mood to bring to a party, but he also knew that, if he didn't show up, he wouldn't hear the end of it from Summer.

And the way he was making it through some of that wine and several of those jello shots, it was starting to feel like maybe it was a good thing he'd come after all.

How long that managed to be true remained to be seen.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

What was an epic school trip without an equally epic school party? Connor was definitely there and though he was waiting for someone in particular he was definitely making the rounds to see who all was there and strike up a conversation with the hostess if she was not too busy otherwise.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Connor!"

Look, these rooms weren't large, so it did not take much to spot someone, and if Summer had to maybe wedge herself between Gladio and Ignis to get through to Connor to say hi to him, then so be it!

"Hi! Good to see you, glad you made it! How's it going?"

[itsananomaly]

And oh look there was a certain someone that Connor was waiting for. Cutter grinned, “fancy meeting you here,” he said as he made his way over.

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine didn't exactly need a party, but she knew like three people here these days and Summer was one of them.

And honestly, the look of the Jell-O shots was really good work.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, Sabine!" Summer waved and totally accidentally bumped into Rosa's shoulder on her way over to say hello to the latest arrival. "Hi! Welcome to the party! Grab some snacks, grab some jello, glad to see you made it! And talk about good timing getting back, just in time for a school trip!"

[itsananomaly]

It had been a while since Cutter had been to a party but he was there and definitely looking forward to the evening.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Heyyy, Cutter!" Summer greeted, gently moving Amaya a bit to the side so she could make it over to him. "Thanks for coming! How do you like being on a vacation where no one is trying to kill you yet?"

What? It was a valid question!

[suitably_heroic]

Atton was there, hands stuffed in his pockets. He eyed the room, trying to spot the non-alcoholic drinks as he swiped a beer he had no intention of drinking.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Oh, Atton, hey!"

Did Summer have to brush up against Gladio's chest again in an effort to make it over to him to say hi? Oh, noooo, what a traaaagedyyyyy...

"You made it! Some of the shots are virgin, if you're interested, and there's also a lot of soda in case any of the kids decided to try and show up, so, you know, help yourself! Are you having a good trip so far?"

[sith_happened]

"I hate you so, so much," Blue-haired and glittery Anakin told him, glaring.

[unusual_sith]

Lana took one look at Anakin and didn't bother to hide her glee as she came over to Atton.

"Please tell me that is your doing."

[sith_happened]

Anakin needed a drink. Possibly five. His hair was blue and glittery because his roommate was THE WORST.

Not even sorry, Atton.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"....whoa," said Summer, eyes going a little wide when she spotted Anakin, too shocked to even bother modding one of a few select partygoers, even. "New look?"

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon wasn't sure about all the people around in this small of a room, but that wasn't going to stop him from grabbing some of the shots and wedging himself into a corner where he could at least try to breathe.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Jon!"

Sorry, Rosa! Summer was so excited to actually see him show up that she didn't even notice she'd jostled into you, or the daggers thrown at your back in her glance as you moved toward him

"Hi! You made it! Good to see you come!"