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[hischair]

When: 19th
Rating: TBC
Characters: You!
Summary: A shindig at the beach for the best navigator in Starfleet.
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[ OOC: Feel free to assume your character has received an invite to the party via their inbox or word of mouth for Chekov's birthday! Everyone is welcome except you, Khan and presents are mandatory for the Enterprise's young navigator. Please tag under either section to keep the party somewhat ordered, and have fun! ]

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[grigio]

[Julie didn't know the girl from anyone else, but in the City she had opportunities to make friends. Not that she didn't have it back home, but here it seemed easier. People here were happier. In Citi Stadium? Not so much. The people there walked around as if they were already dead inside and Julie hated it.

So she decided to introduce herself to the girl who looked close-ish to her age.]

Hi. I'm not being intrusive or anything, am I? You seemed..lost in thought. I heard a rumor that getting too lost in thought at a party was a bad idea.

[daggers]

Not at all. Wait, what am I opening myself up for?

[ Her expression blossoms into a fuller smile at the sight of the other girl, and she even chuckles a little as she cradles her drink in both hands. ]

[grigio]

Nothing from me, but people might ask questions like "are you okay?" You might even hear people go "penny for your thoughts" which I've always found weird.

[Julie grins in return and then extends her hand.] Julie Grigio. Hi.

[daggers]

Well, in that case, I would have to say that I am definitely okay. Very - okay.

[ She switches her drink to one hand in order to reach out and clasp the hand extended to her. ] Allison Argent. Hi.

[grigio]

Nice to meet you. Mind if I sit down?

[Julie's not carrying much of anything. Just her messenger bag. She's gotten used to going everywhere with it back home so leaving it behind here seemed a bad idea.

Plus, it's way easier to carry her inhaler in this and not try to find creative ways to stuff it into the pocket of her shorts.]

[lefthandedgenius]

Oh, hey ladies!

[Enter Lydia, in her vintage bikini and clutching a trio of cold drinks in her hands. She sits down with the pair like she has a perfect right to. Which in Lydia-world, she totally does. She holds out two of the drinks in offering.]

Good, you guys are meeting each other which is totally what I wanted to happen. Obviously the stars are aligning.

[daggers]

Why am I not surprised?

[ Allison glances to the cup in her own hand, gives a shrug, and then downs the rest without much of a pause before reaching out for the new drink offered. ]

Lydia finds a way to know everyone.

[grigio]

Interesting habit to have.

[Julie takes the offered drink and downs some, smiling a bit. This was nice. This is what she needed more of back home. Drinks in a comfortable environment with friends. There were only so many times she could sneak vodka into the Orchard before she was sure her luck would run out.]

Hi, Lydia.

[lefthandedgenius]

[Lydia really wants to be all, "Oh hey, zombie killer, meet werewolf hunter!" except she really can't do that. She's just thinking it kinda loudly.] Hey, girl! [This to Julie, and then to them both,] Nice view, isn't it?

[She is not talking about the horizon, ladies.]

[daggers]

[ She glances over at Lydia with a questioning expression, raising an eyebrow, but she takes a sip of her new drink and stifles her smile. ]

Can't really see much past the fire.

[grigio]

The fire's pretty nice.

[fires in general are nice. When they're controlled.]

Or am I missing something entirely?

[lefthandedgenius]

[Lydia makes a pffft sound.] I am referring to the collection of males cavorting around without shirts. Even if you're taken, [And there's a sly sidelong look at each of her fellow ladies,] It doesn't mean you're suddenly wearing blinders.

[Let Lydia be your guru of guy-watching, ladies!]

[daggers]

Oh.

[ Allison quickly takes a sip of her drink. ]

Well, I didn't want to stare.

[grigio]

I'm not taken. [Julie says this calmly. Evenly. A faint smile on her face.]

R is an important person from home. He could possibly change everything about where I'm from.

[All she's doing is keeping him safe. Gosh.]

I also have no desire to be taken, either.

[Because she just lost Perry. To R. Which she doesn't know that minor detail just yet.]

[lefthandedgenius]

Ladies, ladies. This is window shopping. Not marriage proposals. And there's an art to it. Though it helps if you have sunglasses. I was actually talking about Allison, though.

[Oh really, Julie? You have Lydia's attention now regarding R, but she doesn't pursue the issue. For now. By Lydia's Relationships Radar is totally tingling and you have no one to blame but yourself. (She'll process the whole 'but R is a zombie' thing later, k.) Still, Lydia's not too hung up on pushing the pasttime and instead offers,]

You know, there are actually a lot of very cool ladies in this place to hang out with. I do yoga with Uhura in the mornings, and she's pretty fierce. Ginny's pretty nice, too.

[daggers]

[ That reminds her, Lydia. There's definitely something she needs to talk to you about regarding her own relationship status - which, at the moment, is now decisively not single. ]

Well, Julie might not be taken, but - I am. Fairly recently, actually.

[ What she doesn't go into is the fact that she's dating not just one, but two werewolves - though the look she quickly shoots in Lydia's direction is enough to confirm that her best friend's earlier suggestion to date both Isaac and Scott? Didn't go ignored. ]

Yoga, huh?

[grigio]

[Lydia says 'zombie'. Julie says 'she has no clue what.' And she's glad the conversation isn't being pursued for now. She wouldn't quite know what to say.]

I have never in my nineteen years done yoga. No one teaches it anymore.

[lefthandedgenius]

Hey, I like yoga.

We should get all the ladies together for it. We could always have it in the park if there's too many of us. And I can teach you some, Julie. I'm not a professional instructor or anything but there are some basic forms which are super easy.

Oh, and when me and Allison get our place? You're totally invited to the housewarming.

[Because they're totally getting a place.]

[daggers]

[ They're definitely getting a place. And now that she's broken the news to Scott and Isaac, it's closer to becoming a reality. ]

I had a feeling you were going to throw a party for that.

[ She turns back to Julie. ]

To which you are definitely invited. Of course.

[grigio]

I'll be sure to make you guys an awesome Housewarming present.

[What she'll make, she's not sure yet. But she feels the urge to paint something pretty for someone. So that will happen.]

And yes, please. Teach me so I don't make myself look stupid.

[lefthandedgenius]

[Lydia seems terribly pleased to have a padawan; even if Allison is used to her antics (and oh Miss Allison, don't think she doesn't notice that look, details will be demanded later!) Julie is not, and clearly the blonde could benefit from her experience in Lydia's ever so humble opinion.]

Well like I said, the first and most easiest way to scope is definitely using sunglasses. No one can see your eyes that way, so if you just keep your head angled straight forward, you've got a pretty wide range of vision.

[Lydia's got this down to a science.]

[daggers]

[ Don't worry, Lydia, you'll get the full recounting of the story later, but she doesn't really want to subject Julie to all the info since it would probably involve a severe hashing out of backstory first. ]

We can't really do that now. Being that it's dark out.

[ She fights back a grin. ]

What do you do at night?