Somewhere There's a Party [OPEN!]

[lefthandedgenius]

When: Evening of Aug 23rd
Where: Xanadu, in the forest area.
Rating: PG-13 to maybe R? I dunno.
Characters: EVERYONE
Summary: It's Scott McCall's Very Merry Un-Birthday! Lydia Martin is your hostess with the mostest.
Log:

Fairy lights have been strung up amongst the trees, providing the partygoers with just enough illumination to feel like it's a party without being over-bright. An area has been cleared for dancing. There are also two main tables; one full of food, and the other a please to leave gifts and cards and the like.

Food is buffet style and there are no waiters, but there are two small bar setups with tenders manning them - no need for id at this party, kids. Perhaps most interestingly of all, now and again one or two people seem to drop down from the trees, scantily clad and performing brief feats of acrobatics using aerial silks and one or two person trapezes before clambering back up into the branches and disappearing into the greenery once more.

Comments

Food Tables

[lefthandedgenius]

[affectioning]

[ Scott is a growing teenage werewolf. He'll be found by the buffet several times throughout the night. If anyone can partake in the food provided, it's the birthday boy? Normally, his plates are pretty full overflowing with different options. Catch him at either table throughout the night! He might just have his mouth full. ]

[candothat]

[Chekov is haunting the buffet himself, picking off small portions of just about everything and keeping an eye out for the birthday boy. He hasn't met Scott, exactly, but the rest of his crew has and he knows what he looks like from the network.

Plate in hand, he maneuvers over to Scott.]

Hello--Scott McCall?

[affectioning]

[ Scott's contemplating a pastry right now, but he looks up from the table. ]

I'm Scott McCall. [ Oh. It's Chekhov. It's true they haven't met and also true Lydia broke the fourth wall with Spock, so he wonders if that was passed around. He chooses to stick to his, be friendly and realize these are real people thing. ] Hi.

[fastest_dude_ever]

[Big surprise, guess who is also eating all the party food? This guy.]

Oh hay, Scoff, hapffy burfday.

[With a mouthful of food, of course.]

[affectioning]

[ Super big surprise, guy who likes twenty hamburgers. ]

Wally. Hi. [ A big grin. ] Thanks. But, I think we all decided it's not actually my birthday. Or it is, again. [ He's still confused. ] Liking the food?

By the Bar

[lefthandedgenius]

[studmuffin]

[ Alcohol!

He's just going to badger the servers a little as they mix drinks - his with a little umbrella courtesy of an inside joke with Lydia -. He'll find Scott in a bit but he has spent all afternoon with him so he's in no great rush. ]

[affectioning]

[ He's drinking again. Well, at least he's not drinking alone in the grass. Scott gets a refill of his coke. What? ]

Lydia got acrobats that drop down from the trees...

[studmuffin]

[ EXCUSE YOU SCOTT, DEREK IS GONE HE CAN DRINK ALL HE WANTS ... ]

I know, we scoped out the place a few days ago but I was sworn to secrecy.

By the Bar

[mightbeconcussed]

[The bar is the first place Lucy hits. She decides to go with champagne for the evening. It's a celebration, right? She hangs out there for a little while, people watching and checking out who is here. She's dressed in something short and sparkly, because that's what you wear to a party. She twirls the stem of her champagne glass and does a bit of people watching. She'll hit the food and the dance floor later. ]

Dance Floor

[lefthandedgenius]

[lefthandedgenius]

[Lydia is dancin' with herse-elf, dancin' with herse-elf...

Because there are some girls who can do that on a dance floor and look like they're just so confidant that if they dance, the partners will come.

One hand curved around her drink, the other in the air above her head, eyes half-closed, Lydia Martin is dancin' with herse-elf...

...at least until she's not anymore.]

[candothat]

[Maybe dancing and chatting aren't things that typically go together, but Pavel Chekov is having a go at it anyway. He doesn't know Lydia--he's seen her, they just haven't spoken--so he dances over to be social.]

Do you need another drink?

[lefthandedgenius]

[An interruption, a new face, and that accent, and oh, yes, he'll do nicely. ]

Or maybe time to think. [Lydia more or less quotes the song automatically, and drops her free hand back down, in a sort of half-curve midway to Chekov's shoulders.]

But I really need someone to dance with. Help a girl out?

Under the Trees

[lefthandedgenius]

[affectioning]

[ Scott is staring upward because an acrobat just dropped down and performed a feat of flexibility next to him and then he sprung back up into the tree. Did anybody else just see that? ]

[lefthandedgenius]

[To say that Lydia has been avoiding the birthday boy all night would admittedly be an understatement, but as things move along, she's having a hard time staying avoidant. And even with having to face up to what happened during the curse (while never, EVER mentioning it aloud EVER if she can possibly help it at all) Lydia has a reputation to establish and there was no way she was backing out of throwing together this party.

So with a glass of something reddish-pink in a glass with its rim coated with sugar, she tilts her head back to observe the acrobat, and then straightens it to regard Mr. 17-Again.]

Neat, huh?

[They're going to be stuck here. Maybe for a really long time. So they just need to get over it. Right?]

[affectioning]

[ He feels Lydia there. She's talking to him again. Probably no reason to say sorry now. But, he would if she asked. ]

Yeah. Surprising. [ He didn't see it coming. And he's a werewolf. ] Thanks for throwing this together.

[ Right! ]

the un-birthday boy

[affectioning]

Scott's surprised anything was actually organized. Partially, because while this is an alternative universe, it's hard for him to believe there's one where Lydia Martin would throw him even a partial birthday party - and partially because the two of them spent almost thirteen hours "in love" with one another. Lydia hasn't spoken to him since and the one time Scott tried to, she wasn't home. So he gave her time and in truth, he needed time, too.

But, all of that doesn't matter tonight. He's enjoyed a great day, breakfast in the morning with his mother, lunch and afternoon hanging with Stiles and oh, now a ... party. He's surprised to say the least considering Stiles said he just wanted to check out Xanadu.

It's a little more extravagant then he'd like but he's still grateful for it. As weird as it is to turn seventeen twice, he's lucky he gets to with his friends, family and new friends.

the un-birthday boy

[mightbeconcussed]

Eventually, Lucy steps away from the bar (but only after three glasses of champagne, not counting the one in her hand) and goes in search of Scott. She's here for him after all. He's a new friend and she wants to foster that relationship. Besides that, she likes Scott.

"Hey. The party seems to be going party-tastic."

the un-birthday boy

[affectioning]

Scott's a little thrown by all the guests thanks to the curse, plus people he's sure he's never met - ever. But, he's still very grateful. He's even more grateful when a new friend from the City pops up.

Right now, Scott's sipping his soda. His mother was at Ginny's and he knows she saw him partake in some alcohol so he's taking it very easy tonight.

He turns his head to look at Lucy.

"Yeah? It's all Lydia." He points her out over by the bar, no - the dance floor. Oh, she's with Chekhov. That's cool. "Thanks for coming. How did things go with your boyfriend?" Scott, you have no idea what you just pointed out to Lucy, do you? No, you don't. Nice try.

the un-birthday boy

[mightbeconcussed]

It's actually okay, Scott. Lucy isn't terribly jealous by nature even if Lydia is gorgeous. Besides, she does trust Pavel.

"It went really, really well. We're doing the back together thing. Despite his apparent, at the moment, fondness for red heads."

[stelecharm]

[ Lacking in the wealth department, Jace brings what is mostly a gag gift, really, and puts down a set of paint brushes with a yellow bow tied around them on the gift table. He's not sure if he would know what to even get a mundane as a birthday gift even if he did have the funds to throw around, but he's working on that.

He's not dressed up, exactly, but he's wearing all black and looks reasonable enough for a party, and he goes in search of the birthday boy himself and anyone else he happens to know. ]

[affectioning]

[ The birthday boy for his part is sticking to soda tonight which is where Jace can find him right now, at the bar ordering a refill. Free because it's his birthday. Not that every drink isn't free. But, Scott appreciates the bartender being nice? ]