angelo_wings | Land Shark Common Area, Tuesday Night: Impromptu Girls' Slumber Party

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Land Shark Common Area, Tuesday Night: Impromptu Girls' Slumber Party

Rinoa's BFF Ariel was having a rough week. That was no fun. And -- inspired by the fact that most of her cabinmates were female (seven of the eight of them, in fact) -- Rinoa had had an Idea.

Which was: a completely ~~disgustingly~~ girly party. Pajamas, make-overs, gossip, and really bad romantic comedies.

Rinoa had her jammies on already, and had made Ariel help her set up. Munchies, make-up, and movies. What more could they want?

She had even posted a few ~~so very handwavey~~ signs outside, in front of their cabin and places where the other cabins might see, with the important points: Girl Party, exactly how girly it was going to be, and NO BOYS ALLOWED.

Except Jono, since he was the eighth boy in the cabin and all. He could be an honorary girl for the night!! Wouldn't he be thrilled?

Especially if someone tried braiding his hair.

(OKAY SO:

whore4trash and

furnace_face modded with permission, and they totally rock for jointly inspiring this post. This is in the landshark common room but is totally open tooooooo:

- anybody who lives in Landshark, naturally!
- any girl student who wants to come hang out and be nauseated by the frou-frou-ness of it all
- despite the poster, any BOY student who wants to come can totally either (a) run screaming in terror or (b) stay and be girly. Fair warning: staying means you WILL be forced to endure horrific romcoms and probably get your nails painted.

~~Wait for the OCD~~ The OCD has been up for hours zomg I hope no one was still waiting!!)

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Karla had seen the signs and decided this was exactly where she needed to be tonight. Fun, girls, laughter? Perfect. So she didn't really know the girls who were throwing it. That had never stopped anyone from showing up to her parties, had it?

Besides, maybe this was just the impetus she needed to finally throw that beach party she and Emma had been toying with for the past week. "Kiss kiss?" she called. "Can I come in?"

"Please do!" Rinoa said excitedly. "You're from the Magic Reserves, right? We have snacks."

The two thoughts did not go together. They didn't have to.

Karla nodded and clambered inside. "Yup! I'm Karla," she said, in case the female didn't remember.

...And if it meant Rinoa was more inclined to introduce herself, too, well, so much the better.

"Rinoa," she said, offering a hand. "And this is Ariel and that's Jono."

It was probably easier just to introduce the two non-verbal people herself instead of pantomiming it out.

"Jono's an honorary girl for the day," she added.

He was thrilled. Really.

"Lucky Jono," Karla said, sending a smirk his way. "I bet he's excited. But I'm really glad you decided to throw this tonight. Perfect timing."

"Bad day?" Rinoa asked, offering the sort of frown that invited Karla to share more, should she want. "Ariel's having one, too. I think they're going around. Is it boy trouble?"

Because that was her first guess for everything, dammit.

And today it happened to be spot-on. "My boyfriend and I broke up last night," she said, giving Rinoa a wry smile. "My idea, but still less fun than it could be."

"Oh, no," Rinoa said, reaching out to give the other girl an impulsive ~~and completely duckable~~ hug. "Break-ups suck. No matter whose idea they are. Are you okay?"

Karla gave the girl a brief hug back. "I'm okay," she said. "Just kind of in need of a pick-me-up, you know? I'm not going to start crying or anything, but I could use the distraction."

The signs for the dance on the way back to the cabins hadn't helped any, either.

"We have make-up and stupid romantic comedies?" Rinoa offered. "I'm up for throwing popcorn at the guys on screen and calling them names."

Ridiculous as it sounded, sometimes that helped.

"Sure," Karla said, smiling. "Just having people around who want to have fun is good, too. I'll be fine as long as I'm not back in my alcove, alone and listening to sad music. Seriously, this is just great as it is."

//Karla,// Jono said, trying not to look as pained as he felt, right about then. //Save me.//

This was Starsmore for 'yes please, come in, and be a convenient distraction while I attempt to make a break for my alcove so that I can hide under the bed.'

*But Jono!* She gave him an innocent look. *You're not looking forward to this?*

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Still, since she liked Jono and decided to be nice, she said quite loudly, "Let the party begin, ladies!" and threw up a few illusory Craft-fireworks.

//I'm not nearly girly enough for this,// Jono protested, wide-eyed.

... The fireworks were a nice touch, mind. And actually reminded him somewhat of Jubilee, back in Massachusetts. Conveniently, they might even serve as a nice little distraction so that he can attempt to slink off to at least hide by a wall, or something.

//I can be a lot of things, luv, but girly is most certainly not one of them!//

*You can be a good sport, right?* Karla asked, trying not to laugh too much. *That's all we really need to make you into an excellent female.*

Oh. Oh, now she'd gone and called his sportsmanship into question. That was practically cheating.

...

//I can be as good a female as any of them,// he insisted, eyebrows twitching upward somewhat. //I'm just entirely more comfortable being male. I'd like to think I'm rather good at it, really.//

*Oh, you're quite excellent at being male,* Karla said. *Which is why I don't see you having a problem with letting them make you all up and such. No one's going to question your masculinity, no matter how pretty you look.*

Jono, would Karla fib?

Jonothon didn't have a Spidey Sense, per se, but that little bit of intuition that he had to his name was certainly tingling, right about now.

//My hair is one thing. My hands, fine. Mess with my bloody wardrobe if you must. But no make-up.//

Karla raised her hands up to show she wasn't a threat. "I barely know how to put makeup on myself. I'm hardly going to be the one to put it on somebody else!"

Hmmm...maybe she could make a deal with Rinoa.

//Well... Good, then.//

They would have to hold him down, kicking and steaming. And just pray that he didn't panic if any of them decided to go near his face. There was only one person on the island who could get near to Jono's face with impunity, and she wasn't here this evening.

//I think I'd look rather terrible in eyeshadow, at any rate.//

If anything, he'd look very glam rock.

Karla didn't know the glam rock genre ~~and couldn't remember the kissing-consequences conversation that never happened~~, but she could sense real unease under Jono's refusal. "You'll just have to accept pretty braid and nail polish with good grace, then," she said, mock-sighing.

//However shall I survive?//

Actually, the easiest way to get through the evening unscathed would be for him to flee the living room. But that would be the sensible thing to do. And Jono only wanted people to think that he was sensible. Or, at least, more sensible than they were.

//Perhaps with less mention of th'word 'pretty,' please?//

"Of course," Karla said, all sympathy.

"...Would you prefer enchanting, gorgeous, lovely, or adorable to be used instead?" So much for sympathy.

Re: Arrive! Mingle! Munch!

furnaceface - 2010-06-17 20:25 (UTC) - Expand

Some blonde girl that Ariel didn't know! Such details didn't seem to matter; she brightly greeted her with a smile and a wave, and then turned her hand around to wave her excitedly in. In, in, in! Much needed and awesome party!

"Thanks!" Karla said, beaming and stepping into the cabin. "Kiss kiss! I'm Karla. Having a party was a brilliant idea."

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