Frontenac Suite; Wednesday Evening [10/23].

[somethingwithturquoise]

The suite that Summer and Stark had been given had boasted being "spacious and perfect for entertaining," and so now Summer was putting that claim to the test with her traditional School Trip Wednesday Night Room Party. Texts had been sent out to remind people of the party or to inform them if it was their first trip (with a caveat that if you were underage, Gladio Amicitia will kick you out, but that was mostly just a formality because, here in Quebec, the drinking age was 18, and she was pretty sure even their youngest students were at least that age now, but, either way, she was covering her bases for resposible chaperone behavior!), and then a good portion of her day was spent getting the jello shots ready, setting up snacks, getting other alternate drinks, and then utilizing this 'perfect for entertaining' space to its full advantage.

And, of course, all the shots were locally inspired and, when possible, locally sourced. You had
Maple Bourbon Cider, Maple Almond, a little French Martini, Honeysuckle Mimosas enchanced with local honeysuckle berries, an Ultimate Caeser, some flag representation, and, of course, the poutine jello shot.

(For which, oddly enough!, there were no recipes to link. Rude!)

The cooler was also filled with bottles of water, Canada Dry, and Puppers and other local brews, and there was a good selection of other booze if you wanted to mix your own drink (especially if you were pouring some of that Gus N Bru).

And the snacks? Of course you have your ketchup chips and all-dressed and dill picklers, and other varieties of moddable party food, but you really don't want to miss the poutine punchbowl.

So come on in! It was Wednesday night! There was a playlist pumping that had only Canadian artists on it (with an emphasis on ones from Quebec, but not exclusively because come on). Time for a mid-week classic room party!

[[ open party is open and flying OCD-free! Swing by, enjoy the party and free booze and snacks and please don't mind if I disappear due to being eaten by work! ]]

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[stykera]

The island was super weird, yes.

"I helped with some of it," Stark said vaguely. "But she does most of it. I...I've never tried to host a party."

He'd been the guest of honor at a couple of birthday parties now.

"But helping I can do."

[witchoftheflesh]

"Neither have I," Adrian said, so solidarity! And he'd stopped having birthday parties after thirteen. They had...greatly lost their appeal. "Behind every great party-thrower is a pair of helping hands?"

[stykera]

"I like helping her," Stark said. "And...just being useful."

As a general rule.

[witchoftheflesh]

"I understand that," Adrian said. "I like being busy. It's good to be working on something with your own hands and to see an appreciable difference when you're done."

[stykera]

Stark nodded eagerly.

"Exactly. You have tangible proof of having done something when you've finished. And... just keeping busy helps me, often. Helps me from getting stuck in my own head."

[witchoftheflesh]

"Hard to be bothered by existential crises when there's an entire pile of logs that need splitting and a garden that needs weeding," Adrian agreed. "Or in this case..." He glanced around. "Jello that needs...setting?"

[stykera]

"Summer does the jello. I...I bake, sometimes."

Now that it was getting cooler he might have to start baking more.

"I've never split logs or had a garden."