#halstonevent

[saffronmontgomery-blog]

All but throwing herself onto the ground, next to the first person she recognised, she tilted her head towards them. "Can you do me a massive favour? Remind me the next time I decide hiking is a good idea... that it is the exact opposite?" Was it a little melodramatic? More than likely, but she'd always been prone to making mountains out of molehills. "Please say your day has been more entertaining, I need to live vicariously through someone else. If it hasn’t been better... I’m okay with being lied to.” 

[shabernathy]

-- “LISTEN. i forgot to bring bug spray.” shea grimaced as he scratched incessantly at the few welts already beginning to form on his forearms, slapping another mosquito when it landed on his elbow with a disgruntled sigh. “---did you bring any? they’re swarming me. apparently i just have... enticing blood or something.”

[gemmmmmmahq]

“being one with nature for this camping trip sounds great and all but you know what sounds better? s’mores and watching vine compilation videos with titles like vines that cared for me when no one else did.”

[adellaabernathy-blog]

“i swear to GOD if one more mosquito bites me i am going to go insane. do you know how unattractive bug bites are? i gotta get tips from the older guys at work and tips come from me being presentable, and that doesn’t include looking like i have chicken pox. do you have any bug spray? i’m dying out here already and it hasn’t even been that long.”

[emersonbates]

Emerson had been just watching as everyone worried about what they were going to do for the night. While he was worried, he didn’t think that freaking out about was going to do much for him. When things started to settle, he sat down against a tree and snuggled in with his blanket. He looked up to see someone walking towards him. “Well, this is fun isn’t it?”

[halstonhq]

HALSTON HIGH HOMECOMING !

set your alarms -- school’s back in session ! halston high’s school year starts on monday, september 3rd, and that whole first week of school is known as TRIPLE H, or halston high homecoming. at school, every day is characterized by a spirit day, and the downtown area of halston gets crazy busy right around 2pm when all the high school students get out of school and hang out with their friends. expect the chill & grill, scoops ice cream, and the mall to be packed with teenagers !

the main event, though, takes place over that weekend, september 6th - 8th. here’s the gist:

THURSDAY NIGHT ( SEPT. 6TH ) : the football game ! halston high’s falcons vs. lindell high’s lions. the football game is a family event -- EVERYBODY in halston goes to support the falcons ! lindell and halston have been rivals ever since their high schools were built in the same year just a town over almost a hundred years ago. expect a lot of trash talking and a riot of lindell kids if they lose -- which they will ! go falcons !

FRIDAY NIGHT ( SEPT. 7TH ) : the lacrosse game ! if you thought the football game was crazy, the lacrosse game is even crazier. parents & young kids tend to stay away from this one -- the lacrosse players are known for playing dirty and standard game rules tend to fly out the window. the lacrosse game is a chance for whichever team lost the football game to redeem themselves. there hasn’t been a single year in history where there hasn’t been a fight on the field -- and try not to park your car in the parking lot -- if the other team loses, your tires might get slashed !

SATURDAY NIGHT ( SEPT. 8TH ) : the homecoming dance ! held in halston high’s gymnasium, the homecoming dance is a chance for all the students to get together and either celebrate winning the weekend’s games, or party until the losses don’t matter anymore. throughout the whole week, students ask each other to the dance with posters, flowers, and one time there was even a flash mob ! drinking and drugs are strictly prohibited at the dance, and there are chaperones around every corner to keep these kids in check -- but school rules don’t apply at the afterparties, do they ??

it’s gonna be a blast -- just don’t party too hard, you’ve got school monday morning !!

if you’d like your character to be a chaperone at the dance OR if your character is on one of the sports teams, please message the NEWS BLOG -- if you have any questions about the event, please message the main !!

[lorelshalston]

“you know what’s funny? this carnival seems like it’s been around for so many years, and each year it just seems like it gets more and more dangerous.” the female shrugged as the person across from her mentioned the fire at the entrance. “anyways, onto hotter news, i’ll be working the kissing booth a few nights this week. you gonna come visit me?”

[becksummers-blog]

“help me decide,” beck began, hands stuck into his pockets as he considered his options of what to do. “i was thinking of maybe going canoeing or kayaking, to get some time on the water and explore-- plus it’s a good workout-- or maybe going for a hike, for the same reasons, really, minus the water. or fishing, because, as i’m told, that’s quite an american thing to do while camping,” he noted, head nodding side to side with each option he thought aloud. the brit had never been camping there in the states, having only ventured on such an excursion during the mild english summers with university mates. “or, i mean, if you have any suggestions, ‘m all ears.”