defenderofdesmoines | MHA #2 | Friday Evening and probably onwards

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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"Eddie! Welcome!" Not only had Christmas thrown up all over this apartment, but Annie, at least, was effusive as shit about it. "Oh no, you didn't wear a sweater!"

Eddie!!!! That was such a mistake!

"Do I look like a man who owns a sweater?" Eddie asked, lifting his eyebrows. "...you look nice though."

"Thank you! I was worried it wasn't quite enough," Annie told him brightly. She had, after all, foregone the skirt with all the bows on it this year. "No, dude, the rule is you have to wear something festive or we get to hit you with our glitter cannons."

She did have spare Santa hats and could be merciful, but maybe he'd surprise her like Seivarden had, and request the glitter!

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"Oh, I don't give a shit," he said, holding his arms up. "Glitter me up, baby."

He could totally pull off glam rock.

"Oh my God, I love it. Good for you," Annie told him, delighted. "'K, hold still and watch your eyes."

Usually she told people that because she was about to blind them, but in this case, it was just that glitter-to-the-eyes sounded really shitty.

In any case, though, with that warning, she fired a huge cloud of sparkly red-and-green glitter allllllll over him.

Look, after being covered in Upside Down slime and bat bites, Eddie was happy to take the glitter.

And he looked pretty awesome in it.

He shook some of the excess out of his hair, guaranteeing that Annie and Diego's floor would never be clean again. "Do I look good?"

"You look outstanding," Annie told him proudly, considering how the glitter was settling amongst his curls in particular. "You need eyeliner or like, five bracelets, and you'll have people asking you to sing 'Sweet Emotion' all night."

Except that wasn't a Christmas song, so maybe more like, 'Jingle Bells, As Done By Steven Tyler,' actually.

"I have done the eyeliner look once or twice, and I looked great," he informed her. "I do need to up my jewelry game though. My collection is back in 1986."

"Man, I have literally time-traveled, and it's still so cool to hear that your jewelry all exists a decade before I was born," Annie told him, shaking her head in wonder. "But this is where the internet's gonna come in handy, Eddie -- there's so many places to buy cool jewelry online."

Trust her -- she also tended to wear a bunch of rings. They were just of a slightly different style. But still!

"You made me feel old in like two different ways just now." Not to mention the time traveling thing. "And I'm pretty sure I'm younger than you."

Not that Annie looked older than him or anything. It was just the adult stuff like having a place to live and a husband and all that.

"Sorry! It was meant as a compliment, I promise," Annie told him, actually pressing a hand over her heart in a swear. "If it makes you feel better -- I would love to pick your brain sometime to make sure that I can fit in if my brother-in-law ever accidentally tosses us in the mid-80s?"

You know, normal stuff to worry about.

"You do remember the part where my version of the 80's was in Indiana?" Eddie reminded her. "And above a nightmare dimension."

"Neither of those factors seems to have kept you from having really great fashion sense," Annie pointed out with a sincere smile.

And, she suspected, excellent taste in music. (Though maybe not really her cup of tea, so much.)

"Well thank you," Eddie said, preening. "Glad to see it's appreciated here."

Because it wasn't, back in Hawkins.

"Thanks for inviting me, by the way. Or, well, the whole town. Which I am a part of."

Look at that, he had manners.

"You're super welcome. The Christmas Rager is an institution," Annie told him with a bright smile. "You can thank me by doing something hilarious with the bathtub punch, or at least like, a keg stand."

Or by making a dirty ornament, but she wasn't suggesting that.

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

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