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

[sol_annoyance]

I guess I don't mind being your sunlamp.

[Will's still not totally convinced it isn't a lame power to have inherited, though.

He considers the question for a moment.]

Honestly? He'd probably think it was cool, and it definitely fits the season's spirit. If that's not too much for you, I say go for it.

[demigoth]

You fixed my seasonal depression.

[ The joke is it's not seasonal. The real joke is that it's not funny. ]

It's not too much. I'll get them one at a time, and I'll give you from now until we reach the tables to convince me to let you monitor me when I do it. Come on.

[sol_annoyance]

[Will snorts and stands up, offering a hand to Nico. It's his turn to be a gentleman to his boyfriend.]

If I don't monitor you, I'll let you pass out face-first into your dinner. And you'll have to explain yourself to Diana and Dylan.

[demigoth]

[ So what if Nico lets his boyfriend help him up. Give him a boy with some manners any day and hold the fart jokes. ]

I’ll get soup. You’ll never let me drown, Solace.

[ After a second. ]

Who’s Diana?

[sol_annoyance]

Of course I wouldn't let you drown. But maybe I'll let you get it all over your face first before I help you out of it.

[Nico's hand is now Will's. He's not letting it go.]

She's Dylan's... guardian, I think? This is her ranch. I saw her briefly while I was helping out.

[demigoth]

[ Oh no, his hand is being held prisoner.

His stomach does a little flip because everyone will see them holding hands, and he doesn’t know everyone yet. ]

His guardian? Why does he need a guardian? His dad’s here. He practically attacked me at the county fair.

[sol_annoyance]

[Will shrugs lightly.]

I might've made an assumption. I haven't met his dad yet.

[...Hang on. He gives Nico a look.]

What's this about him attacking you at a county fair?

[demigoth]

[ Nico opens his mouth to try to explain and thinks so hard that there's a couple of intakes of breath where he might be gearing up to speak, but just ends up blinking hard repeatedly. ]

I don't know. His dad is two people at the same time - maybe? Not in Janus way, or Greek and Roman aspects, but there's the human and the black gooey tentacles. They... usually? take up the same space and take turns in the body or... something. I think sometimes they're two ... people. Don't know if the goo is a people, but it talks and thinks.

[ Nico is aware how rambling and insane this must sound. This is not going to help Nico trying to live his life without concerning others too much. ]

The goo half tried to give me a cupcake plushie and said he outranked me because I didn't have any prizes. We got into an argument and he tried to kidnap me with his tentacles.

[ Such is life. ]

I didn't kill him, though.