defenderofdesmoines | MHA #2 | Friday Evening and probably onwards

MHA #2 | Friday Evening and probably onwards - the SECOND ANNUAL Christmas Rager!!

You know, they'd really outdone themselves. It had hardly seemed possible, and yet, here it was: an even tackier Christmas party, somehow.

There were plastic, glowing snowmen in every corner of the apartment, along with small Christmas trees pre-strung with lights and tinsel but accompanied by little boxes of ornaments so guests could decorate themselves, should they so choose. There was an arts and crafts corner set up in the guest room, just below a yarn wall of time-travel craziness. There was music playing for the moment, but a karaoke machine set up for later, after drinking. There was a table of presents, with little, 'FOR ANYONE, LOVE SANTA' tags attached. There was a small platter of cookies in the kitchen with nearby icing and sprinkles for guests to decorate as they choose, because let's just mash all the Christmas party themes into one, okay? Let's just do it.

And there was alcohol. There was so, so much alcohol. There were several kegs (filled, of course, with Christmas ale), Annie's extremely alcoholic wassail, and every extremely moddable mixer and liquor under the sun. And, most importantly -- like, so important that they literally had a spotlight -- there was a table of Summer's jello shots.

As if that were not enough, there was snow falling indoors, thanks to a certain neighbor with an affinity for red, and a drone circling the party with a big, unmistakable sprig of mistletoe suspended from it. The Drone Mistle. Because Christmas puns.

[it's all up! open to ALL adults, and students are welcome to try to crash if they'd like!]

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Show off your Christmas sweater! Please be advised that if you do not have a sweater, there are ~~moddable~~ ones available!

Please also be advised that both Annie and Summer are armed with glitter cannons, and glittering is definitely considered an acceptable substitute for a sweater.

Go hang out by the drinks! Decorate a cookie! Hide from the Drone Mistle Drone (jk there's no hiding.)

As is now tradition, there was a table set up specifically for Summer's jello masterpieces.

And just like last year, said table was literally spotlighted by a little key light Annie had stuck to the ceiling. Of course it was.

Because we're all going to be drunk here, right? So get up there and give it your best Carey. Or maybe just your most autotuned Bublé attempt.

A table has been set up in the guest room with art supplies for Christmas crafts, which means that if you wanted to get a look at Five's time-travel board of yarn craziness, now's your time.

Is it possible things were set up this way because someone was hoping that maybe Five's red yarn would accumulate pipe cleaners or other yarn decoration or popsicle sticks or something? You know, maybe.

There's a table in the living room with a pile of wrapped presents, all with tags reading, "TO ANYONE, LOVE, SANTA."

So. They were for anyone. Enjoy your party favors.

[please mod whatever incredibly random thing you'd like in these presents, or hit one of us up for inspiration if you'd like! Everyone is entitled to an incredibly weird, random present that likely came from either T&C or Annie's weird universe!]

Look, Annie was Annie and Summer was Summer and this was Christmas, but there would also always be wallflowers.

So there was one deliberately kind of low-key area away from the majority of the action.

(But not away from the Mistle Drone. It was inescapable.)

The two balconies were both decorated as well as the inside, with twinkly lights and their own glowing snowmen.

The main balcony somehow had an inflatable reindeer on it, which was a little weird since Annie was pretty sure they'd killed them all last year. ~~And had also miscounted them last year in the first place, too.~~

Where we will maybe be playing an inventive Christmas drinking game, or possibly just defaulting to I Never as we always do.

HAPPY SECOND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS RAGER!!

Ping here if you need anything! Literally EVERY ADULT is invited, regardless of whether you even know Annie or Summer, and students are welcome to try to crash!

Wanda had been happy to help the party in any way that she could. The snow had turned out nice, but she was still keeping an eye out to make sure nothing quirky happened and the magic made it turn into a blizzard by accident.

Which would still be fun, but messy.

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It was weirdly early for a Christmas party but Buck wasn't about to complain. Especially when it was this elaborate.

For right now he was hanging out by the food and trying to get a good picture of the Mistle Drone to send to Eddie.

You know who was in a dark corner? One of the renters of the apartment. Partially because that was always where Diego hung out at parties, and partially because of the sweater Annie picked out for him.

He was also keeping an ear out for screaming just in case someone found one of his knives the hard way.

Of course Annie was here -- even if she didn't live here, there was no way she'd miss any party, much less the second annual Christmas rager.

She had, however, made the mistake (?) of letting Diego choose her sweater, and look, this had totally been the lesser of two embarrassments, okay? And Christmas puns. She also had a pair of reindeer antlers, jingle bell earrings, and last year's leggings, so the sweater was just of a piece, anyway.

And yes, she was armed with a glitter cannon. And maybe a touch trigger-happy.

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And since this was Summer's first big Jello Shot Event since returning (well, as long as you didn't count the Wednesdays are Back, Baby! Event at the bar last week), you'd better believe she was giving that spotlight plenty to shine on. From the garlands and tiny tinsel trees covering the table along with an oh-so-classic tartan tablecloth, there were trays upon trays of jello shots displayed, most of them on a variety of thematic tiered stands, too.

And on those stands? Jello, of course! A wide variety of different little alcoholic jiggly morsels for all to enjoy, from tiny little fruit flavored presents with fruit leather ribbons to two different kinds of Christmas trees and jello snowmen on sticks!

She'd promised to bring back a slightly different version of the fireball apple shots from Wednesday, and of course, there was eggnog, as well!

Santa Hats were a classic, and she'd somehow managed to still find more variety to the Candy Cane. She gave the Mistletoe shots bit of a fancier treatment, and there was a daring dip into some pudding shots with some cocoa themed ones, too.

Orange Gingerbread. Classic Cranberry. Fruitcake you'll actually want to eat/drink!

And, of course, there had to be something with all that leftover Coke.

The jello had landed, my friends. Come admire, consume, and inflate Summer's ego even more!

Edited 2021-12-03 13:12 (UTC)

It actually wasn't horrifically cold out tonight, especially when Silver was wearing a sweater and had a glass of rum in his hand. The fact that it was snowing indoors but nowhere near cold enough to do it outdoors was a bit of a mindfuck, but he was getting over it.

He was eyeing those reindeer warily though.

Stark had a sweater this year. He still didn't really understand the whole ugly sweater thing but he was playing along, having gotten a little assistance (maybe a lot) in picking one out. He didn't really want to get shot by any glitter cannons.

Last year's party had been a little overwhelming. This one might be more so. "It's snowing," he said to nobody in particular. That was new!

The pushy blonde girl from the hole had given Faye a look when she'd brought a cigarette out (like, what, was this your apartment or something? Get over it), so Faye had rolled her eyes and taken herself outside with a cup of that hot booze.

Hot booze was kind of new to her -- sake was different -- but she liked it? She thought? Between the hot punch and the lack of snow or whatever, it wasn't all that unbearable out here, even for a wuss like her.

And her dress, while sleeved, wasn't even especially warm.

Edited 2021-12-03 13:47 (UTC)

When Summer wasn't hovering by the jello shot table to pick up on lingering praise, she was weilding a glitter gun and looking very cute, thank you, in her controversial yet bold Ugly Christmas Sweater Skirt, with adorable tights, and a nice tank top and hat to complete the whole look.

What? She had an aethetic, okay? And it was totally a throw back to last year, obviously!

Prompto had been pretty stoked about this party all week, not only because he'd come with a date (!!!), but also because the other guys trusted him to get everyone their sweaters and he thought he did an awesome job, and was pretty sure that his sweater was actually the best sweater ever, and he would probably be wearing it all winter long.

Which defeated the purpose of it being an ugly sweater, but, come on! Come on!!

He made up for it with everyone else's, don't worry!

"Do they not make a Brady one?" Annie teased, gesturing to Wanda's sweater with a grin. "Super cute, I love it."

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"I hope the deer is okay," Annie decided, studying Stark's sweater before giving an approving nod. "Welcome, Stark!"

At least there were fewer inflatable things to cuddle up in a corner with this year?

Ignis thought he knew what he was getting into when he agreed to let Prompto pick all their sweaters for this party, but, if his dedication to mixing himself a good strong drink was any indication, he had clearly underestimated the guy...

He supposed it could have been much worse, though, and was grateful for at least that...

"Summer, honey, when do you sleep?" Annie had to ask as she plucked up one of those little snowmen. "This is amazing. And this guy is almost too cute to eat."

Almost. Almost.

Gladio had almost wondered if what he should have done was just start out by cutting off the sleeves to the impressively terrible sweater Prompto had chosen for him for this party, and, you know what? He still might. It almost seemed like a shame not to....

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MHA #2 | Friday Evening and probably onwards - the SECOND ANNUAL Christmas Rager!!

Arrive & Mingle | 12/3

Kitchen/Bar Area | 12/3

Summer's Shot Table | 12/3

Karaoke | 12/3

Arts & Crafts | 12/3

Present Exchange | 12/3

Dark Corners | 12/3

Outside Spaces | 12/3

Drinking Games | 12/3

OOC | 12/3

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