#lnaevent

[heartfelt-cody]

At events like these, Cody often felt like the chaperone rather than an actual attendee.  He felt far too old for this, but showed up anyways due to the promise of free booze and the fact that he’d never be able to live with himself if someone got hurt.  

In a way, he was like the paramedics on scene at a raucous concert: a safety precaution.  “Hey, you uh- might want to slow down a little,” he said gently with a small smile on his features.  “Get too drunk and it turns into a not so fun party.”

[zora-goldwater-blog]

Zora turned her head towards the presence next to her. She took her time blowing a over-sized piece of bubblegum before popping it almost directly in the person’s face. “I’m real fun at parties like these,” she said, dry in the delivery, and her arms resting back on the table behind her. “I always bring my favorite game: Poison Cups. You just fill up however many cups you want, I add a little bit of my super special ability to one of them, and we drink until one of us loses. Your pick on what winning and losing means.”

[aiden-alexander]

Aiden didn’t want to go to the bonfire.  Not at all.  He was not a fan of large social situations such as that and the idea of it gave him anxiety the entire week leading up to it.  Somehow, he still managed to find himself sitting on the outskirts of the bonfire, sipping some punch and watching everyone.  It felt like every bad school dance his parents forced him to go to.

There was alcohol, but Aiden stuck to the punch.  He honestly wasn’t supposed to drink anything and when he did brave it, alcohol always seemed to make his powers go a bit haywire.  So as it was, the low buzz of thoughts permeated into his mind from the sheer amount of people.  Nothing stood out except a phrase here or there.  It was an annoyance more than anything.

But as the bonfire went on, the punch got spiked.  Aiden didn’t notice at first.  He didn’t notice until someone finally seemed to notice him off in the shadows of the beach.  “Hi,” he said, but his words felt slower than usual as he chuckled awkwardly.