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.]

Comments

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[hasaknightjob]

"Liz, hello!" Steven said. He smiled when he saw what she was wearing. "Oh that's clever. The two of you get to dress up for the party that way. I like it."

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[flamesburned]

Liz smiled, "Thank you, I actually couldn't believe I found a maternity ugly christmas sweater, I thought I was going to have to miss out," she admitted, "but I actually quite like it,"

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[hasaknightjob]

"Or at least get shot with glitter," Steven said. He was glad he'd managed to avoid that fate. Not that the glitter wasn't finding ways to get onto his clothes anyway, same as the tinsel. "How are you? Feeling all right? There's loads of things out for people who don't feel up to drinking."

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[flamesburned]

"I'm doing okay, a bit tired but I wanted to come by and at least make an appearance," Liz told him, "we're probably not going to be staying long but I'll have a look around first, there's quite a lot of people here," she added, she was still feeling a bit daunted by how crowded it seemed to be.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[hasaknightjob]

"They do make it welcoming, don't they?" Steven said. "Which is nice, but I imagine it can be a bit much. Especially if you're partying for two."

Navigating the crowd was certainly enough of a balancing act as it was, let alone when you had to take a large bump in front of you into consideration.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[flamesburned]

Liz smiled, “it does make it a bit harder,” she placed a hand on her bump, “I don’t think she likes the idea of staying up late, I think it’s too much excitement for her,”

At least right now anyway, that was definitely going to change when the baby came.

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[hasaknightjob]

"Does she hear the noise, do you think?" Steven asked. "Maybe the music will help her have a good time even if she can't eat any of Summer's jellies."

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[flamesburned]

“I’m not sure,” Liz admitted, “I did read somewhere that playing music was a good thing when they were in the womb,” she considered, “she might like listening to the music,”

Re: Arrive & Mingle | 12/2/22

[hasaknightjob]

"You never know," Steven said with a smile. "She might grow up to be a famous musician one day. In addition to being an amazing photographer, of course."