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and_surviveIt wasn't a birthday party, for all that she'd turned seventeen a few days ago. Or, at least, crossed the date that marked that; there was always that confusion about time, here, and not just how it meant she was either seventeen or wouldn't be born for another three years. It was, as a lot of things about Darrow were, slightly out of joint.
That wasn't why, though. She just hadn't thought of it such. It was a party to mark the creeping end of summer vacation, the fact that although the season itself was still going strong, school would have its claws in them soon enough and then it would be gone, the last of the hot days fading while they were stuck inside.
She thought it made for a good venue for the cause. Konoha-Uchi didn't entirely feel like hers; it was a home, but one that she'd moved into and been left behind in, as with so much in her life, and she didn't have a sense of ownership, just a simpler one of residence. Which seemed a little fitting, frankly, for inviting her friends and their friends and frankly anyone else in an expanding circle of youth to come on by and live it up before commitments got their hooks in all of them again. She'd loaded the pickup with food and drinks and ice and was still relying a little on people bringing a thing or two themselves, but she'd done alright, she thought, considering she still wasn't technically old enough to be getting some of what was absolutely vital to any good party, but she'd managed, with some help.
Aside from the bedrooms, which she'd closed off -- Korra's because she'd never been quite sure what to do with that one, now, her own because Kyle could make all the social media posts about soul-searching quests to be open and honest with his love that he liked, he wasn't going to be open and honest with his love in her bedroom if he showed up -- she'd opened all the living spaces up to the outside, allowing breezes and people both to sweep through as they would, between the indoors and the shaded spaces of the porches. Even the lake, if anyone got hot or drunk or just plain whimsical enough to throw themselves in.
On a day like this one it didn't seem like the bar for that would be very high. The water was clear and quiet and calm, much like the surrounds usually were. Sometimes, that quiet seclusion was a goal in and of itself.
Today, it was mostly a good setting in which to get raucous.
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That wasn't why, though. She just hadn't thought of it such. It was a party to mark the creeping end of summer vacation, the fact that although the season itself was still going strong, school would have its claws in them soon enough and then it would be gone, the last of the hot days fading while they were stuck inside.
She thought it made for a good venue for the cause. Konoha-Uchi didn't entirely feel like hers; it was a home, but one that she'd moved into and been left behind in, as with so much in her life, and she didn't have a sense of ownership, just a simpler one of residence. Which seemed a little fitting, frankly, for inviting her friends and their friends and frankly anyone else in an expanding circle of youth to come on by and live it up before commitments got their hooks in all of them again. She'd loaded the pickup with food and drinks and ice and was still relying a little on people bringing a thing or two themselves, but she'd done alright, she thought, considering she still wasn't technically old enough to be getting some of what was absolutely vital to any good party, but she'd managed, with some help.
Aside from the bedrooms, which she'd closed off -- Korra's because she'd never been quite sure what to do with that one, now, her own because Kyle could make all the social media posts about soul-searching quests to be open and honest with his love that he liked, he wasn't going to be open and honest with his love in her bedroom if he showed up -- she'd opened all the living spaces up to the outside, allowing breezes and people both to sweep through as they would, between the indoors and the shaded spaces of the porches. Even the lake, if anyone got hot or drunk or just plain whimsical enough to throw themselves in.
On a day like this one it didn't seem like the bar for that would be very high. The water was clear and quiet and calm, much like the surrounds usually were. Sometimes, that quiet seclusion was a goal in and of itself.
Today, it was mostly a good setting in which to get raucous.
[gathering post for gathering in. gather. party.]
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Date: 2016-08-27 03:08 am (UTC)She liked Konoha-Uchi and she liked the quiet, but not necessarily the solitude. But at least there were phones and the internet, for reaching out and checking everyone you cared about hadn't vanished while they were out of sight.
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Date: 2016-08-27 01:38 pm (UTC)"It's a big enough apartment and Jack's there pretty much all the time, anyway." She nudges Ellie with her shoulder. "You know you're always welcome there, right?"
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Date: 2016-08-29 08:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-29 03:03 pm (UTC)"You'd still be welcome, but if you accidently see like, Jack or P naked, that's your fault, not mine," says Girl, laughing a little. She rolls her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, I know." She plants a kiss on Ellie's cheek. "So what's going on?"
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Date: 2016-08-30 09:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-30 06:29 pm (UTC)"Oh, shit, are you going to introduce me?" says Girl, grinning broadly as she leans into Ellie's side. "Yeah, I totally know Blue. She's friends with Jack and Poison. She did my eyeliner." She arches an eyebrow. "Why?"
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Date: 2016-09-02 08:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-02 01:55 pm (UTC)"Oh, man!" Girl's enthusiasm is loud, explosive. She grins broadly across her face. "Ellie!" She punches her friend lightly in the arm. "That's fucking awesome."
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Date: 2016-09-03 08:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-03 10:32 am (UTC)"Yeah, I know what you mean." She glances across the party, finding Carson where he's standing drinking a beer. "But I'm finding that it's pretty difficult to fuck up as long as you're like...into it."
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Date: 2016-09-07 08:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-08 09:13 pm (UTC)"She's totally cool," says Girl, grinning. "And super pretty, which, you know, totally fucking helps." She grins. "I'm regretting missing my chance again, man."
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Date: 2016-09-12 08:08 am (UTC)