A Night in West Egg

[professorlionface]

WHO: EVERYBODY OF ALL AGES
WHERE: The Xavier Institute
WHEN: The night of June 16th, all night!
WARNINGS: Who can really tell anymore? Probable language. Possible violence. Copious dancing.
SUMMARY: PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM
FORMAT: OPEN

The guests into an auditorium transformed. Through the magic of papier mache, the room has been decked out like a speakeasy, the refreshments laid out on a very makeshift bar that will not stock alcohol as long as they can prevent it. The whole room is cast with a cool blue light, and a jazz band's been hired to take the stage for an hour before leaving the rest of the evening to the DJ.

It was time to get this party started.

quick-links!
DANCE FLOOR
REFRESHMENTS
SIDELINES
OUTSIDE

Comments

OPEN..............

[webline]

[ guess who brought a book with her this yaer?? Jess is just sitting on the side in a chair, reading some nerdy physics textbook leave me alone. she's wearing this hot mess (somehow managing to stick her giant hair under that hat thing) and at this point, is seriously waiting for this to be over.

again. ]

[dupable]

[ You know, he's not normally the type to bug people when they're reading, but when someone bothered to come all the way to a dance just to read, it seems a little silly to him. It's gotta be annoying to concentrate with all the noise going on around.

So he's tilting his head to the side a little as he stares at the book. Not that tilting his head helps him figure out what it is she's reading at all. ]

You know... this is kind of a shitty place for reading.

[webline]

[ glancing up from book chan.

wh oh is this kid ]

Yeah, you're telling me.

[dupable]

[ Just a random passerby, miss. ]

Why come all the way here just for that?

[webline]

[ she's still a little awkward when it comes to saying this but: ]

Um... my boyfriend? He asked me.

[dupable]

[ Well if it helps, John doesn't seem to react at all to that news. ]

I guess that makes sense. Maybe you can talk him into leaving early if you don't like dances much though?

[webline]

I probably will. Though less talk, more begging, honestly.

[dupable]

You can always go without him if he doesn't want to go yet. You came for awhile, so that has to count for something.

[webline]

Is that like, okay though? Am I allowed to do that?

[solidorkable]

(wait, why is she reading a book instead of being with johnny. larsa takes a seat next to her, waiting for the right moment to start talking to her.)

[webline]

[ it takes her a second but she glances over, looking surprised ]

Oh, hey Larsa! You look great.

[solidorkable]

Jessica. (since it is a ball, he does do a little bow.) You look quite lovely tonight.

[webline]

[ she blushes a little, holding her open book to her chest ]

Wow, um. Thanks. How's the night been for you so far?

[solidorkable]

Quite fun! This place is so very fascinating and completely different to the many other balls I have attended.

[webline]

Wait, what kind of balls have you gone to then?

[solidorkable]

All sorts, actually. They are quite the social event where I am from: birthdays, anniversaries, coronations - all sorts.

[webline]

So there's a ball for every event, basically.

[incywincyhero]

[Peter sidles up, cup of punch in hand, and leans against the wall next to her.]

Not that I don't get the impulse, but you could've just told Johnny you didn't want to go.

[webline]

[ she's only vaguely looking over at him since lmfao it's peter. pushing her hair back away from her face ]

I don't mind going, but you know, it's prom. Unless there's going to be a Carrie happening, it's not like it's seriously interesting.

[incywincyhero]

Mm, I wouldn't know. [Sip.] I was never much of a promgoer myself, not after the whole "triple date/Sandman" fiasco. Did I ever tell you about that?

[webline]

[ ok looking up from her book fully now ]

What'd you do?

[incywincyhero]

[He looks around to make sure no one's listening, then leans in with a conspiratorial expression:] Well, it wasn't all my doing -- in fact, a lot of it wasn't -- but I kinda ended up with three girls thinking I was their date to prom. But then I missed it because I accidentally turned Sandman into Sand-Monster and had to fix it.

[webline]

Oh my god, Parker luck.

[ hand over her mouth though because dude this is hilarious. she's grinning a little from between her fingers ]

So who asked?

[incywincyhero]

[Grinning back:] Well, first I wasn't planning to go, but Liz Allan asked me, which thrilled Flash Thompson to no end. But then I mentioned I'd decided to go after all to Betty, who misunderstood and thought I was asking her. Meanwhile Aunt May being Aunt May, she went to talk to Anna Watson and they set me up with MJ without asking either of us -- this was before we'd actually met.

[webline]

Liz Allan asked you? [ SQUINTING. LMFAO DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING ]

Your life sounds like it should be a movie, honestly. Glad it wasn't mine. [ pe...ter... ]