CLOSED | Dylan's 15th Birthday

[codicies]

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)

Dylan's 15th Birthday Bonfire

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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?

Comments

[robintohood]

Jason can't help but make a slight smirk. He's certainly been in Dylan's position before.

"Yeah, it might take some time. He needs to fight smarter," Jason says in a nonjudgmental tone. "Sounds like his heart's in the right place though. That's significant."

[definecat]

"Hopefully some of the things he's been learning lately will stick."

[robintohood]

"Like what? I noticed all the practice swords around," Jason says, amused.

[definecat]

"Diana's present to Dylan. He got his own sword, but he'll still have to build muscles and endurance to do much with it. She was actually surprised that he's starting warrior training so late in his life," Sleeper tries to explain, although he doesn't really get it. Most of his experience is as much genetic memory as hands-on. You can pick up a lot from a Skrull Battle-maid, even in a short bonding.

"But yes, sparring and practice is going to be one of the things going on. Within reason. We're hoping nobody gets maimed."

[robintohood]

"If this Diana is anything like the one back home, then Dylan's in good hands," Jason says. He's still surprised how long it's taken for him to learn that Wonder Woman was right in Little Love.

"Back home, Diana Prince is one of our best heroes. She's an Amazon and Amazons are all trained to fight early on."

[definecat]

"I don't know enough about it to have an opinion, but she isn't the kind to hurt anyone who hasn't asked for it."

And they respect her and how she interacts with the animals she's brought into her care. How people treat animals is far more insightful than how they treat fellow humans.

[robintohood]

Jason's not surprised and is pleased to hear all that. As Robin, he's only met Wonder Woman a few times but they were all positive interactions. The stories that come out about her are usually good too.

"Yeah, that sounds like her," he says. "She's the very definition of noble. Kinda literal too."