PLOT DROP 15 // WET HOT NORMAL SUMMER
With another vanquishing in the books for the Murder Club and Co., the teens had forgotten to check their calendars (and perhaps study for finals). It wasn’t until the group, tired and still drained from what the demon had put them all through, walked into school the next week to see kids emptying their lockers into plastic trash cans put out by the custodians that it hit them—Summer was here.
Harvey was the most thrilled for the last bell for ring since that meant freedom from secondary school forever as well as freedom from Mystery Inc. At least, he thought that until Charlie Matthews handed the boy his graduation gift at the station—a rather nice watch along with the soul crushing extension of his assignment.
“If Violet is going to run around with those friends of hers freely all day then I need you more than ever to keep an eye on her.”
He was going to need some child leashes.
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No doubt that both sides were annoyed at the sheriff’s orders, but somehow someone convinced the group to show up to graduation and sit in the blistering southern sun to watch Harvey accept his diploma. They may not all be getting friendship bracelets, but the junior deputy was there when the demon was defeated so the least they could do was be there to clap for the guy. They were noisy and squirmed in their seats the entire time (it was a lot like Kaz’s baseball games, but no hotdogs), but they certainly did what they came there to do and that was cheer for their biggest annoyance when he walked across the football field in cap and gown.
After the ceremony, the group insisted on going to their usual stomping grounds for milkshakes and taking Harvey along with them. He tried to refuse, but half the group wanted to bring him to celebrate his big day/be kind while the other half had motives of acquiring a possible discount for the group if Harvey showed up in his graduation gear. It wasn’t clear if he actually agreed or not, but everyone dragged him to the streets chanting “Milkshakes! Milkshakes!” on the walk.
It was actually nice. They had all been so wrapped up in death and trauma and secrets that they were slowly forgetting that they were just teenagers. Strolling down the streets with your peers on a clear and happy day while making jokes about how May Bird tripped on her gown while walking away from the podium was almost therapeutic. For a split second, they were all just high schoolers again.
When Marie’s was finally in sight, the challenge of a race was thrown out before most of the group was sprinting towards the diner and leaving their laughter in the dust behind them. As multiple hands slapped the glass door finish line, an argument broke out on who had gotten there first. While half the group fought over the winner and the other half tried to defuse the situation so they could go in and order already, Violet turned her attention to the trucks and people moving about the large stretch of lawn across the street.
The mayor was out and about instructing workers on where to put stands or set up metal fencing. It was difficult to hear what was going on, but when Violet saw the familiar tall clown mouth door being unloaded from a truck followed by a gaggle of mirrors, she knew exactly what it was.
“Hey, guys.”
The group stopped bickering and turned their attention to the Matthews girl. “I think the carnival is in town.”
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Direct Interact To Post?: No Tags: N/A Other Parts: N/A Admin Notes: Summer is here and so is the carnival! The coast has been clear of specter’s for about 2 weeks at this point (there’s a time skip), so the group feels safer than they have before. To make up for the other event not being wrapped up yet, we’re just going to go with the logic that everyone just wants to have a good time for once and want to focus on summer instead of all the shitty things that happened with the last demon. This also counts as an event of sorts, so they group can go to the carnival (which ends, in game, after the Fourth of July). The carnival has the usual works: rides, food, fun houses, carnie shows, games, and all that good stuff. For the next week, we’re going to encourage doing memes to just have some fun! These can involve starter memes, send x for y memes, or just AU memes. Just make sure if you're sending them as well as reblogging them! We’ll post some in the discord to give people ideas, but feel free to post any from whatever RP blog you want. While this is going on, feel free to make threads about summer, the carnival, etc. while also doing your other threads from the truth or dare demon. Just tag those with “past thread” or something along those lines just so people don’t get confused on what’s going on during what time line. We know this might be a bit confusing, so feel free to keep reaching out if there’s still questions. We know there’s still some stuff left up in the air so it’s hard to proceed, but we’re chill with if someone from the past demon gets brought up in this new story point, but we know it’s gunna change. Basically, we’re just vibin’ so don’t sweat.
