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

[defenderofdesmoines]

It was a Christmas miracle: an even tackier, way-too-early ugly sweater party.

With way, way too much alcohol, and a kinda ridiculous number of activities.

There were, of course, the ubiquitous plastic snowmen haunting (almost) every corner of the apartment, and one out on each of the Smokers' Balconies for good measure. There were strings of lights lining the ceiling, as well as tracing the edges of each window. There were cookies to decorate (and eat, because you definitely should eat, and there were moddable snacks aplenty as well.) While there was, of course, Christmas music playing, those with keen eyes (or at least, enough wherewithal to look around an apartment before you started potentially drinking heavily in it) might spot a karaoke machine that would come out later. One particularly tinsel-y corner had an abundance of Santa hats and reindeer antlers and wearable strings of lights to wear while taking photos, and in the guest room -- of course -- there was a much-fabled craft table, where you could make an ornament that didn't have to be in an immature shape, but definitely could be.

There was also, hovering slowly through the party, a drone with mistletoe dangling from it. A Mistle Drone, one might call it, even.

And, because this was the Christmas Rager, there was alcohol. There was so, so, so much alcohol. The kegs of Christmas ale had once been reordered, there was a Make Your Own hot chocolate and coffee bar, and while Annie would never argue that Summer's shot table wasn't the star of every party...this year was a little different. Mostly because of how they'd decided to serve Annie's punch: in a freestanding bathtub, just slightly off-center from the room.

Welcome to the third annual Christmas Rager. Hope you wore a sweater, because the hostesses both have glitter cannons in case you didn't show up festive enough!

[please hold for way too many threads and we're off! open to literally every single adult on the island -- students are welcome to attempt to crash, but they'll be busted.]

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Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[defenderofdesmoines]

Show off your ugly holiday sweater! Get glittered (or try to present a compelling case to the hostesses why you shouldn't) if you didn't show up in one!

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie, of course, did not have to arrive; she already lived here. But she was kind of having fun with making her sweater light up. And of course she was also wearing her candy cane leggings for the third year in a row, along with those jingle bell earrings and reindeer antlers she always favored, too.

And of course she had her cannon, comfortably poised at one hip and ready to go should she need (or, let's be real, want) to fire upon someone who didn't dress up enough.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[shireisburning]

Eddie showed up without a sweater. In his defense, he didn't know Christmas sweaters were a cool ironic thing to do these days. If he had known, he would have tried to find a Krampus one or something.

"Holy shit." Christmas threw up allllllll over this apartment.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[somethingwithturquoise]

Duh, obviously Summer was here. Not only was she one half of the force behind this ridiculous party, but she'd practically been looking forward to it since January 1st of this year! The real trick was trying to actually pick out an outfit, and, since there was party spill-over into her apartment, it wouldn't be difficult to pull off a few costume changes like she did for Annie's wedding, but, if she tried, she was maybe going to make it to one other sweater before she was too drunk to remember to change into more.

Right now, though, she was, of course, rocking the pink Santa love, right down to her leggings, and antlers.

And, really, the glitter cannon on the ready definitely pulled the whole look together.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor was here and honestly a bit nervous. He wasn't the usual one to go to big parties or when he did it usually went poorly for him. But being one of the new guys and the awkward one was the norm so he figured he would go and see how things went. And so, with an ugly sweater that was fitting for both him and the boyfriend/would be date/whatever Michael who he was pretty sure wouldn't be there tonight, Connor arrived and tried not to look totally out of place.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[special_rabbit]

Amaya's wardrobe had been expanding significantly these days, and that just so happened to involve sweater specifically for this event.

And it was punny! If anything, Amaya was sort of hoping it could be a good way to spark a conversation about how more people really should have axes, or other fine custom made weapons, and, wouldn't you know it, she knew just the place...

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[sword_chocobro]

You know what? Gladio had actually vaguely remembered this party from all that time/just last year ago, especially once Summer poked at him (expectantly) to pull off bouncer duty to keep the students out. So he was actually kind of looking forward to it, because it was honestly things like this that made being stuck here really not all that bad.

It helped, too, that he had absolutely no problem finding a sweater...

...even if that sweater did just kind of make him hungry.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto knew for a fact that he and his pregnant were not going to stay here at the party for long, and he definitely wasn't even planning on drinking all that much (which was the whole point of the party, right? Well, besides the sweaters?), but he did want to at least make an appearance, maybe talk to and catch up with a few people. Especially since the sweater he wore last year had still been in the closet, and still fit nicely (although, he was very pleased to see, it did fit just a little tighter across his shoulders and chest from those sweet apocalypse daemon hunting gains).

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight was here. And would likely be doing his normal shift, standing in the corner or along the wall and trying to keep out of anyone's way. But he had to get into the party first, which meant getting the approval of the hostess.

"Annie," he said with a small still somewhat awkward smile and a nod. "How are you this evening?" Yes, he was as Christmased as he would get. The only reason he was wearing the sweater at all was because he thought Lizzie would have gotten a kick out of it."

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[begmetwice]

Last year, Irene had shown up in red and tried to call it a day, and had been thoroughly told that that was not enough.

So this year was different.

It was not her usual taste, no, but in sleek dark jeans and with her hair down, she at least thought she looked...nice, if also somehow outrageously awful.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[dishesonthetoprack]

Scott was never one to turn down a party invitation -- much less one where he got to wear an ugly shirt that might make people laugh.

...and like. Holy shit. This was like an entire city's worth of decorations in one apartment.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[stykera]

Stark was there, wearing not a sweater but a t-shirt in ugly sweater style that had been left at his apartment with instructions to wear it, with his leather pants, least he be subjected to unspeakable jello horrors in the future.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[sake_shinigami]

Shunsui didn't do ugly Christmas sweaters. He didn't really do modern clothing at all (albeit with a few rare exceptions). But he did do ugly Christmas kimono in place of his usual haori draped over his shoulders, because some styles just shouldn't be meddled with.

And, of course, he'd also brought sake, in case anyone was worried that there might be a shortage on booze at this little soiree.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[died8yearsago]

Rosa's sweater was absolutely a direct response to Summer asking her to be a bit of a bouncer at this party to help keep the students out, but also, she did actually kind of like it, and it's not like she'd ever have an issue with having a good excuse to throw a few kids around out on their asses into a pile of tinsel or whatever.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[in_sidon_we_trust]

The only thing more impressive than the amount of shark-related Christmas sweaters out there was the fact that Sidon was also able to find one in his size!

So look at him! Actually wearing clothes and trying not to think too much on how his neck was going to be killing him over the next few days from stooping a little from being indoors, doubtlessly scraping more tinsel onto his headfins and trying to avoid getting a Mistle-Drone in the face.

Generally, Sidon wasn't a fan of sitting if he could help it, but he might make an exception in this case if any of Annie and Diego's furniture looked sufficiently sturdy enough.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Tisarwat really needed to get out more, and Summer was a friend, even if they hadn't been hanging out as much anymore ever since she and Lucille moved in together and Seivarden ran off with Breq, subsequently abandoning her here. And this party always was good for just getting completely wasted, which Tisarwat also hadn't done in far too long, either. So she hoped an ugly jacket would suffice in lieu of a sweater, especially since she paired it with some horrendous gloves.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[firehousehimbo]

Buck and Eddie's Christmas sweater had clearly been Buck's idea, heavily supported by Christopher. Because why not make a Christmas party as difficult as it could possibly be?

Eddie, naturally, was on the nice side while Buck had the naughty side.

It was gonna be interesting when one of them had to pee.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[amitragic]

Now, Ulysses was no stranger to garish looks, but with the retro sweater he was sporting, he'd really outdone himself.

... It had been a (somewhat mean? but that was how they worked) gift from Carly that had somehow made its way over to the island when Ulysses had been yanked back from LA with some of his possessions over a year ago, and he felt weirdly emotional about wearing it now and he didn't want to talk about it, okay? Now where was the booze?

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[heroic_jawline]

Yes, Tony had picked out the sweater. He found it hilarious. He'd also bought it in a size smaller than what Steve should probably be wrangling his shoulders into, but these things happen, right?

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[grenadesandohana]

Steve didn't always have to lean into the Hawaii thing, he had other interests! For example, the Navy!

Which only sort of explained the sweater Danny had found for him.

Though both movies were kickass, okay, and he'd fight anyone who said differently.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[needsacatchphrase]

Oh, this sure was a Christmas party. Color Jane somehow surprised by the level of decoration. Even after the eggnog thing yesterday.

She had, somehow, managed to get a sweater on over the armor. But it was probably going to be a lost cause by the end of the night.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[flamesburned]

Liz had actually managed to find a maternity ugly Christmas Sweater, that if she was being honest, she was rather excited about wearing. She wasn’t sure how long she was going to stay at he party but she at least wanted to make an appearance and of course, she was proudly displaying her ring.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[imafuturist]

Tony was definitely keeping up the whole theme with Steve's sweater on his own. Because they were definitely that couple.

Always.

"Well, at least the tinsel picked the right day."

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[notagoose]

Goose had learnt his lesson from last year and was wearing a Sweater. The odds of him still being in the sweater by the end of the night weren’t high but it was still pretty good progress for him.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[itsananomaly]

Yes Cutter actually had an Ugly Christmas Sweater, after the last week he wasn’t sure if he wanted to come to the party but he did have this sweater that Stephen had got him one year for Christmas and after everything now seemed like the time to finally wear it. He was feeling rather awkward though, this was definitely out of his comfort zone - he normally avoided Christmas parties, he couldn’t think of the last one that he had actually attended.