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

[gevurah]

She needs more friends around her age. [ Taking ten year-old boys as dates to prom is sort of strange... ]

[recurve]

[lmao look at little kate.......]

So do I.

[gevurah]

[ HEH... ]

Well, the Porter seems keen on teenagers, too. If it's not Gothamites then it's kids...

[recurve]

At least we're not alone.

[gevurah]

I'd rather you were all at home. Your homes.

[recurve]

Not all of us have good homes.

[gevurah]

I don't think this is the better alternative.

[ But she's incredibly biased... ]

[recurve]

For some it might be.

[gevurah]

Would you rather stay here, Kate?

[recurve]

[She hesitates a little. What can she say except the truth?]

Sometimes. I'd rather have one home instead of two.

[gevurah]

I have a hard time seeing this place as a second home.

[recurve]

That's because the hope of home is still there for you.

[gevurah]

Yours as well, Kate.

[ Right? It seems odd for someone as young as her to accept this place so easily. ]

[recurve]

Yeah. That's what makes it so hard. But it's not all about me. I love my home, but some of us kids have really, really crappy worlds. Some don't have worlds at all anymore.

[gevurah]

Starting over is never bad. [ But... ] Adults will still worry, though. Some of the kids here have gone through a lot.

[ Ruka. :( ]

[recurve]

That's your job to worry. But it's our job to grow up anyway, no matter where we are.

[gevurah]

[ A bemused smile. ]

That sounds like something I'd say, too.