Room 312: Naya Shard Hotel - Wednesday Evening - Summer's School Trip Room Party.

[somethingwithturquoise]

On the one hand, having to move over to this janky-ass theme hotel after getting only just a taste of the luxury hotel she'd been planning to have this party in was a real kick in the teeth. But, on the other hand, this hotel definitely did make Summer feel like she was returning to the roots of the vibes of what a room party should be, making the most with what you had just to slip away from responsibilities to enjoy a few beers and some jello shots with either your fellow students or your fellow teachers. There was a charm to it, a certain humbleness, quaint, really...

...At least that's what she was telling herself.

She'd done small room parties before. Some hotels just didn't have the same space or amenities or cool features as others, and it was fine. There might need to be some spill over into the hallway, and the lines between students and teachers were getting so blurred anyway that it didn't really matter about keeping a bunch of kids out, because most of the kids these days were all nerds pretty quiet and chill anyway. But there was a problem with space of the room, and even that was handled by hiring Gladio and Amaya (it was good to have other characters friends with impressive....lifting capabilities!) to move the bed out of the room, into another one for the time being to give more floor space, and, really, with the bed removed? It wasn't too bad. Cozy. Intimate!

...At least that's what she was telling herself.

Of course, there were moddable snacks on a small table against one wall; beer and soda were chilling in the sink in the bathroom filled with ice, and, of course, there was a table with some liquor and even some local wines she was able to lock down along with the main feature, the infamous jello shots. The pride of the offerings was the ones she made with the Doritos booze Stark had gotten her, fancily dusted with a Doritos crumble, but there were also your expected space themed shots, including a space jello punchbowl. And, of course, she'd also taken inspiration from the island (wistfully, piningly) by securing a few local fruits and whatnot for a series of inspired shots there. You know, things like mai tais and pina colada and mojito, but, you know...more space fruit-y.

A part of her wondered if she should take inspiration from the Astrotorium, too, and that was how she wound up with cotton candy, cinnamon roll, and corn dogs.

When did she have the time and how did she get the resources to pull all those off? Don't ask, she had her ways. Just come in, enjoy the party, try not to bump into too many people in the limited space and or party in shifts, maybe? Either way, there was so much jello, there was some good tunes pumping through her portable speaker, and it was time for the traditional Wednesday Night School Trip Room Party!

[[ open party is open! And flying OCD free because I have had a week, y'all, and it's only Wednesday, and I cannot be bothered to ]]

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[doesdoctorstuff]

It was a little sad that the door was open so Navaan couldn't kick it open and make an entrance, but we all made due.

"I hear there's alcohol!" she announced. Because she had priorities.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You heard correctly!" Summer confirmed, because those were priorities she could get behind, especially at, well, a party, that was the whole point. "In liquid and jello form! There's shots and booze on the table, beer and soda in the bathroom sink, come on in, let's see just how many people we can fit in one of these rooms."

[doesdoctorstuff]

Navaan paused and looked around, before continuing her trek to the closest booze. "When this turns into an orgy, dibs on the big guy," she said, since why else would you try to shove so many people into one small room? And then get them drunk?

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Big guy's already dibbed," Summer warned her, and don't say she never did anything for you, Nell! "And honestly? None of these really have turned into an orgy before, the closest we get is sort of a drunken cuddle pile..."

There was....a pause.

"It is a school event, after all. Also, hi?" She'd offer out a hand, but she had a feeling Navaan would want both of them for better booze handling, which she could only respect. "I don't think we've met before, have we?"

[doesdoctorstuff]

Navaan didn't look like she really followed the second point, but she shrugged and gave a good-natured salute with the bottle of alcohol she picked up. Which then turned into a long swig so just one sec there, Summer.

"Doctor Navaan!" she announced. "I work at the clinic and I teach Creative Writing because I write smutty novels."

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer was willing to wait, especially if it meant not actually having to drag any of the extra booze from the party back to the island with her later. Honestly, between Navaan and Yukari, she was getting a little worried that this might be the first party where she actually ran out of booze, which was....very impressive, ladies, she was actually going to be pretty proud of that.

But that answer had her lifted her eyebrows a little. "Huh," she said. "Then you and the last guy who 'taught' Creative Writing around here," and, yes, you could hear those quotation marks, "have that in common."

Look, Summer was very open-minded and liberal and not afraid of it, but The Rose-Colored Path had been mildly traumatizing. Although that had more to do with the author than the prose itself.

"And I'm Summer. I own the general store, bartend at Caritas, and teach...well, usually about disgusting food but also sometimes about life skills and space shit? I don't know, my resume is very diverse."

[doesdoctorstuff]

Ooooh, Navaan would have to read that! For, uh, research! And stuff! (She would be very sad her tenure with Shunsui hadn't overlapped; she was very fond of easy people.)

"Oooh, a woman with a lotta skills, I like that!" Navaan said. And then considered. "Are you dibbsed?"

Important question!

[somethingwithturquoise]

It was a very sad day for the multiverse, indeed, that their paths should not have crossed. Or a very lucky one, all depending on your perspective.

And excuse Summer a moment as she blinked, mid-preening over herself and her excellent skills and getting ready to tell Navaan all about more of them, when that, yes, very important, but also very potentially awkward questions hit.

Because while there was absolutely a definitive, undeniable, absolutely conclusive answer to that question, this was....a very small room.

Which thankfully meant the booze was also very close at hand, and Summer was just going to grab the nearest bottle, one of the little plastic shot glasses, pour some into it and throw it back, regretting that it was the Doritos one, but, hey, also, it was not that bad.

"Nope!" she declared, staring down the barrel of this party suddenly about to become way more interesting in ways that she was not sure what to make of quite yet. "No dibs here!"

[doesdoctorstuff]

"Well then, hello," Navaan said, waggling her eyebrows. "You wanna get flanged so good your legs don't work?"

Honestly, that was one of the classier ways she could have put it.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer took a moment to look at Navaan, and then her eyes drifted toward wherever Stark was and nodded to see that he was over there talking to someone else, and then she looked at the shot table to pick up another one and looked back at Navaan again.

"And just so we're clear," she said, because, look, they were in space, and she didn't know Navaan, and she'd learned the hard and/or awkward way that sometimes things weren't always what you thought they were, "by flanged, you do mean..."

But she shook her head. "Fuck it," she said, throwing back the shot. "Yes, actually. Yes, I do."

She grabbed a bottle to take with her.

"Let's go get some fresh air. It's crowded as balls in here."

[doesdoctorstuff]

"Oh yeah I do," Navaan assured her, appreciating Summer's initiative, re: booze and banging. "I'm gonna have your legs so weak, you'll think you're a jelly golem."