CLOSED | Dylan's 15th Birthday
Who: Dylan Brock
codicies, his housemates, and those invited to the party — which is pretty much everyone he's had a positive interaction with.
What: Dylan's 15th birthday party, a bonfire cookout!
When: October 8
Where: Home of Diana Prince in Little Love, KS
Content Warnings: none (but will label things if asked)

SETUP
(CLOSED to Dylan's housemates & anyone who might have showed up early to help prep)
Setting up for the party beforehand.
FOOD
Autumn has set in. The daytime is cool, the evenings are chilly, and there's a bonfire roaring in one of Diana's fields. Dylan's been prepping food for the party all morning — There's sausages, s'more supplies, and shish kebabs stacked with meat & vegetables. There's even some sweet potatoes! He saw a video on Japanese street food and wanted to try cooking potatoes on the fire in foil.
As for drinks, of course water and soda are available, but he managed to borrow some coffee urns from a kind caterer in town in exchange for a little manual labor. Now he's got a great setup for hot coffee, hot chocolate, AND hot cider all evening!
There's also a VERY large sheet cake for serving later. He'd been offered a brain-shaped cake, but the pictures had been a little too realistic, and he didn't think he (or the guests) would find it all too appetizing.
Though he's a little afraid the brain cake is still coming out, whether he likes it or not, but the sheet cake will be what he uses to blow out the candles, thank you very much.
SWORDPLAY
One of the gifts Dylan received was a real-life sword from Diana! He's been taking lessons from her and is ready to try it out. There's a little clearing a little ways from the bonfire where he's trying it out. If you want, you can come and spar — with Dylan, with Diana, or even with each other. With swords, sticks, or even with fists!! Come join the impromptu Fight Club.
EDIT to add: there are real AND wooden swords available for sparring, as well as wooden & straw dummies to practice on as well!
GAME TIME
There are frisbees, a football, soccer balls, even a ninepin set?? Do you have these games in your world? There's all kinds of fun sports gear available. Or you could grab something at random and start a game of Calvinball.
FIRESIDE
With the daylight fading, the fire becomes the center of activity. As you roast marshmallows or weiners (or grab one of those potatoes out of the fire) everyone huddles around, seated on rocks, stumps or lawn chairs as we all sing songs and tell stories.
Any spooky tales from your homeworld? Any songs you'd like to sing? Dylan had gotten a few guitar lessons from Jaskier before he disappeared, so if you start singing, he'll try to follow along with chords!
FIREWORKS
oh my god who brought those. please don't set any crops on fire. EXTINGUISHERS ON STANDBY.
WILDCARD
Any Standard Bonfire Activities I've forgotten, go ahead and throw them in!
After-Party Sleepover (CLOSED to Dylan's housemates + Nico, Will, Hunter, Hibiki, and Chris Yukine)
Six teenagers sleeping on couches & air mattresses in the living room, watching movies... what crimes will they commit?
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What: Dylan's 15th birthday party, a bonfire cookout!
When: October 8
Where: Home of Diana Prince in Little Love, KS
Content Warnings: none (but will label things if asked)

Dylan's 15th Birthday Bonfire
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(CLOSED to Dylan's housemates & anyone who might have showed up early to help prep)
Setting up for the party beforehand.
Autumn has set in. The daytime is cool, the evenings are chilly, and there's a bonfire roaring in one of Diana's fields. Dylan's been prepping food for the party all morning — There's sausages, s'more supplies, and shish kebabs stacked with meat & vegetables. There's even some sweet potatoes! He saw a video on Japanese street food and wanted to try cooking potatoes on the fire in foil.
As for drinks, of course water and soda are available, but he managed to borrow some coffee urns from a kind caterer in town in exchange for a little manual labor. Now he's got a great setup for hot coffee, hot chocolate, AND hot cider all evening!
There's also a VERY large sheet cake for serving later. He'd been offered a brain-shaped cake, but the pictures had been a little too realistic, and he didn't think he (or the guests) would find it all too appetizing.
Though he's a little afraid the brain cake is still coming out, whether he likes it or not, but the sheet cake will be what he uses to blow out the candles, thank you very much.
One of the gifts Dylan received was a real-life sword from Diana! He's been taking lessons from her and is ready to try it out. There's a little clearing a little ways from the bonfire where he's trying it out. If you want, you can come and spar — with Dylan, with Diana, or even with each other. With swords, sticks, or even with fists!! Come join the impromptu Fight Club.
EDIT to add: there are real AND wooden swords available for sparring, as well as wooden & straw dummies to practice on as well!
There are frisbees, a football, soccer balls, even a ninepin set?? Do you have these games in your world? There's all kinds of fun sports gear available. Or you could grab something at random and start a game of Calvinball.
With the daylight fading, the fire becomes the center of activity. As you roast marshmallows or weiners (or grab one of those potatoes out of the fire) everyone huddles around, seated on rocks, stumps or lawn chairs as we all sing songs and tell stories.
Any spooky tales from your homeworld? Any songs you'd like to sing? Dylan had gotten a few guitar lessons from Jaskier before he disappeared, so if you start singing, he'll try to follow along with chords!
oh my god who brought those. please don't set any crops on fire. EXTINGUISHERS ON STANDBY.
Any Standard Bonfire Activities I've forgotten, go ahead and throw them in!
Six teenagers sleeping on couches & air mattresses in the living room, watching movies... what crimes will they commit?
Six | OTA
The birthday boy had invited him despite them having fairly recently met, so Six decided that perhaps the best way to introduce himself to the neighbors would be to help setup. He wasn't an expert on parties, but he had two perfectly good hands for moving things around. Just needed someone to tell him what to do whether it was setting up before the party or breaking everything back down as the guests started heading home.
B. Food
There was something nostalgic about the food. Not that the Numbers did cookouts or anything, but Six had definitely had the roasted sweet potato on a stick before. A sweet treat that didn't make him sick to his stomach. The only thing better would be to roast an apple over an open flame.
Regardless, he was probably on his second or third mug of hot apple cider. He was going to pass on cake and not just because one of them looked like a brain.
C. Swordplay/Hand-to-Hand
Now this was an activity he was familiar with.
He looked at the lineup of swords, periodically picking them up to test the feel before putting them back down. He had his own, of course, but he wasn't sure if they'd be considered cheating since he had so much practice with them. Could be seen as an unfair advantage if other people were trying to adjust to unfamiliar weapons.
Well, if nothing else, he could join in the hand-to-hand sparring.
D. Fireside
Six sat on the edge of the fire where the group wasn't as tightly-clustered. He'd surprisingly been having a pretty decent time even though he wasn't one for parties as a general rule. True, he'd spent a good chunk of it more or less on the periphery, but he'd enjoyed it.
The spooky stories he knew probably wouldn't be appropriate given they were all true. And not entirely family-friendly. Well, there'd been that one mission with Knight he could've possibly told without too many issues, but if Knight ever showed up, he'd probably try and kill him for it even though it was equally-embarrassing for both former mercenaries.
Instead, he contented himself to primarily sit and listen.
E. Fireworks
"...Are these even legal in this area?"
Though the moment the question was out of his mouth, he supposed if there were people with superpowers around, fireworks were probably low on the priorities list for local law enforcement.
Wildcard
Got something you'd like to bounce off of me? Go ahead and drop it here!