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?

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Hibiki Tachibana | OTA

[determinationtofist]

[1] Food and Food

[ Celebrating your birthday is important! Hibiki will be one of the first people here to insist on this. Therefore, she was extremely quick to make her way over with Chris being dragged along with her.

And, perhaps a little predictably, Hibiki's attention is immediately grabbed by... the food.

Specifically, of course, the meat. She's not usually this meat-centric, she swears, but ever since she ended up a werewolf... well... ]

Mmmmph?

[ That sure is Hibiki with three whole sausages sticking out of her mouth. Her wolf ears are fully out alongside her tail, and her tail is wagging away as usual. Thanks to the food, no doubt. Heck, she's even holding a plate of even more food. She might end up eating out the entire party stock by herself at this rate... ]

[2] Fight Club!

Hah!!

[ Hibiki is not a swordfighter. She fights with her fists, and she's actually rather adamant about keeping it that way. She fights with fists so that way her hands remain empty, therefore allowing her to open them and reach out to others. That was Hibiki Tachibana's Armed Gear.

So it's a good thing that hand-to-hand is also an option, and ever-eager to train, Hibiki was quick to get in on that. ]

Oryah...!!

[ Put simply, Hibiki's movements are dramatic... but effective. There's very little wasted movement in her unique form of martial arts. You may recognize her main style as seeming to be reminiscent of—perhaps even largely inspired by—Bajiquan, which only adds to how "explosive" her fighting style is, even though she's not even wearing her Symphogear.

But more than that, occasionally her style will suddenly and abruptly change, and suddenly it's like she suddenly started using a different style altogether. How is she doing it? Where did she learn this? Who taught her how to fight?

The answer to that... might leave you somewhat baffled. ]

[3] Game Time with... Puppy?

[ Hibiki's already endless energy has already combined with the endless puppy energy she's been given by the confluences, and as a result, once the games start... Hibiki is frankly everywhere. She's following the rules, at least! Mostly...

Mostly meaning that at times she will forget the game entirely and just focus entirely on chasing the ball. Or you've thrown a frisbee and, regardless of if it was thrown at her or not, there's suddenly this almost-blur as Hibiki sprints across the field with freakish speed, leaps into the air, and tries to catch the frisbee in her mouth.

She's unsuccessful most of the time, sure, but occasionally... she actually is successful.

Of course, she snaps out of this puppy-like frenzy often just as quickly as she enters it, suddenly realizing what she's doing and looking down at the frisbee in her mouth, confused... but she also keeps re-entering that state as well.

At least the ears and tail make it pretty obvious why this is happening? ]

[4] Sleepover Surprise (Closed to those invited)

[ Sleepovers are always fun, so of course, Hibiki is eager to spend the night. Watching movies, playing games, snacking... just overall having even more fun until they all eventually pass out in the middle of whatever they were doing.

At least, that's what Hibiki thought was going to happen... but there's something that she's ended up forgetting, or rather, not realizing about tonight. It's the night before a Full Moon... which, for whatever reason, apparently counts. It's the first time this is happening to her, so there was no way for her to know to be prepared.

Occasionally, throughout the night, Hibiki will seem like she's in some kind of trance. She's easily shaken out of it, and she brushes it off as maybe being more tired than she realized with all the work she's been doing lately...

But then, suddenly, she's managed to slip away without anyone noticing.

Then, there's suddenly a loud CRASH coming from the kitchen. Investigate, and what you'll find is a large, bipedal werewolf, fully furred and wearing Hibiki's pajamas...?

Yep, that's Hibiki, currently in the process of ransacking the fridge for any kind of meat she can find. She's grown a little in size, but she's still small enough that her PJ's are still able to fit on her... even if it's a tight fit. She's messily tossing anything that doesn't have any worth to her out of the fridge, which is the source of all the noise.

But her ears and nose twitch when anybody approaches, noticing you and prompting her to stop what she's doing and suddenly whip her head around. Yep, it's definitely Hibiki. Her hairstyle is still clearly visible, and her hairclips are still there too, but is it safe to be around her right now? Since she's a Werewolf, couldn't she go berserk— ]

...!?

[ ...actually, despite her current appearance, her face is much more... puppy-like in nature, rather than wolfish. More than that, though, is the fact that... she doesn't even seem threatening at all. Mostly because her expression is immediately more akin to a look of puppy-like guilt.

Bad Hibiki. No raiding the fridge. Bad girl. Go sit in time out. ]

Wildcard

[ We all know how it works. OddEyes is my plurk, feel free to friend me and plot with me! ]

[trustheart]

[ Just when Chris started to wonder where Hibiki had gotten off to, she heard a loud crash. She got up quickly, ready to curse and basically dress Hibiki down when she found her, but after she charged into the kitchen, she found...well, the whole scene is self-explanatory. ]

What on earth?! You can go full dog!?

[determinationtofist]

[ Strangely, there's no verbal response from Hibiki... but she does whine and her ears do press flat against her head as she crouches down in a very stereotypical "guilty dog" look. She's even doing puppy eyes and everything.

How can you be mad at a face like that? You can't. Totally. That's how it works, definitely. ]

[trustheart]

[ Unfortunately, she's Yukine Chris and she can be very mad at people named Hibiki. ]

Oh come on, don't look at me like you're a kicked puppy! [ Wow that's really literal right now isn't it? ] Don't you have anything to say for yourself?!

[determinationtofist]

[ She whines again... apparently not having anything to say for herself? What she does do, though, is suddenly shrink down from her increased size... now taking the form of an actual canine. Though she is still on the bigger side of dog sizes, she is at least more reasonable in size now... and less surreal than a large, bipedal werewolf.

In any case, she's not gotten used to these changes enough for her to really retain much in the way of speech in the face of overwhelming Woof-Instincts. She does trot right up to Chris, though, and sit down. She really does look just like those "guilty dog" pictures and videos online. ]

[trustheart]

[ It's at this moment that realization dawns on Chris, and she sighs. ]

Geez...you really can't speak in this form, can you?

[ Wordlessly, she steps forward, and...starts cleaning up Hibiki's mess. No use leaving Dylan's house like this... ]

[determinationtofist]

[ Does this count as experiencing the dog-owner life? Cleaning up after a mess caused by Hibiki like this probably counts, right? Hibiki whines again, scooting over and nudging Chris with her snout. She's really sorry! She swears it! Even if she can't really talk... and her brain is honestly more dog than Hibiki right now. ]

[trustheart]

[ Chris snorts and shakes her head as she continues to clean up. ]

You really are dog-brained, geez. I bet you think I'm gonna pet you and tell you it's okay, don't you?

[determinationtofist]

[ Still a dog, Hibiki can only tilt her head as she looks up at Chris. Her puppy eyes are especially constant and even more literal when she's like this... though they retain some familiarity thanks to the color. They're different from a human's eyes, obviously, but they're still the same Hibiki-Orange as usual. ]

Uuuu...

[ She lets out another apologetic whine, nudging Chris with her snout again. ]

[trustheart]

Oi! Stop that! You're not getting away with this because of those sad eyes of yer's!

[ She must be strong! There's a mess to clean up, after all! ]

[determinationtofist]

[ The sad puppy eyes continue... Hibiki whining a little more before dropping down and curling up a little, clearly sulking. How could you be so mean, Chris-chan? So inhumanely cruel? So unimaginably cold? Woe is her! Woe is Hibiki! ]

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[definecat]

[Sleeper was considering attempting to get another plate of food when they noticed Hibiki. The tail and ears were definitely a newer addition, although they didn't completely find them off-putting. But she was definitely making a fair dent in the food.]

Think there's any left for me? [They ask with a leap to a clear spot on the buffet table. At least they know they won't shed or otherwise contaminate anything, although others might object.]

[determinationtofist]

[ Hibiki turns to see Sleeper, responding... but nothing that comes even close to counting as intelligible words thanks to all the food in her mouth. Something that Hibiki notices, which prompts her to start eating a little faster before eventually swallowing her food. ]

Mm... oh! Hi Sleeper!

[ She figured he'd be here considering his relationship with Dylan and all... which, to be honest, still confuses Hibiki, but she knows better than to think too hard about it. ]

Ehh, I'm sure there's plenty left! I didn't take that much!

[ So the amount of food on her plate doesn't count as a lot? ]

[definecat]

I think the plate might outweigh me.

[But they're amused, not annoyed. And they know that the relationship is weird and confuses people. It wasn't exactly normal for anyone. But it worked out reasonably well for them.]

Just don't eat the whole cow in one sitting. I don't think humans are built for that.

[determinationtofist]

EH!? There's a cow somewhere!? Where!?

[ Ah, wait, figure of speech... the werewolf urges have evidently been a little more present today. She rubs the back of her head sheepishly. ]

A-Ah, sorry! But I'll be fine!

[ She can put down plenty... she'll be fine. Probably. ]