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Dylan Brock (616) ([personal profile] codicies) wrote in [community profile] metalogs2022-10-08 12:04 pm

CLOSED | Dylan's 15th Birthday

Who: Dylan Brock [personal profile] 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



Toplevel Prompts:



  • 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?
    trustheart: (315)

    [personal profile] trustheart 2022-10-12 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ Ohhhh, she notices those tentacles "staring" at her pretty clearly; she knows she's been seen. But then, why hasn't he said anything? Surely he'd wonder why someone has been watching him throughout the party...

    ...Or maybe he's just being nice and not outing her. She's aware that mask only covers the eyes and not most of her face.

    Eventually events conspire her to be sloppy, however, and she ends up bumping into Otto as she turns away from something else. ]


    Ah, sorry, I— [ She stops, her eyes wide. Uh oh. ]
    doctopoda: (baffled)

    [personal profile] doctopoda 2022-10-13 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
    [Otto is, frankly, beginning to wonder if he has some secret power that no one else does: the ability to recognize people even if they are wearing very small domino masks! Doreen seemed to think her disguise was foolproof too. Do they usually work?

    Nonetheless. It's hardly his first rodeo with secret identities.]


    It's fine. I'm Otto, I'm in from Excelsior.

    [He offers a hand. Time to pretend he's just never seen this kid before in his entire life!]
    trustheart: (342)

    [personal profile] trustheart 2022-10-18 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ Geez. Did her mask really work that well??? This guy didn't seem to recognize her at all... ]

    Uh, hey Otto. [ She shakes his hand, while trying to pitch her voice a little deeper. It's not quite successful. ] I'm Chris Yukine...
    doctopoda: (baffled)

    [personal profile] doctopoda 2022-10-18 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
    Good to meet you.

    [Is she trying to change her voice? She definitely thinks the mask actually worked, doesn't she. Well, nevermind.]

    How do you know Dylan?
    trustheart: (064)

    [personal profile] trustheart 2022-11-04 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
    [ Yeah, it's actually kind of embarrassing...or would be if she didn't think it was working. ]

    Good to meet you too. And uh...I don't, actually. He's a friend of a friend.
    doctopoda: (cordial conversation)

    [personal profile] doctopoda 2022-11-05 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
    Oh, I see.

    [Gungnir, clearly - she and Otto haven't officially met outside of costume, but he can recognize her just fine too. He doesn't ask.]

    Well, it's nice to have some friends early on around here. Makes it easier to settle in.
    trustheart: (268)

    [personal profile] trustheart 2022-11-07 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
    ...I suppose it does. Everyone here is pretty welcoming, so it's nice.
    doctopoda: (smile (evil))

    [personal profile] doctopoda 2022-11-09 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
    Of course! We've all been through the same thing - it's only right that we stick together. I don't have anyone from my world here, but I've still made some good friends.

    [And, well, there's the Peters, but that's sort of complicated.]