surprise party for court 🐮

[halligan]

WHO: Prescott + Beau, Bunny, Carter, Duke, Emmett, John, and Nat (& "folks who might not know court but would think she's extremely cool" – Beau). However, anyone can join — OOCly, it's open to all.
WHEN: Sunday, November 17. Evening.
WHERE: Prescott fire house's kitchen.
WHAT: A surprise birthday party for Court! Planned here.
WARNINGS: I made AI generate the main image and it's horrifying.

court's 36th birthday!!!

the gist

it's court's birthday!! arlo arranged a surprise party in the kitchen of prescott's fire house and invited whoever he thinks her friends are.

celebrate, eat, drink, and if you can't get home safely at the end of the night he'll roll you into a bed in the bunkhouse.

while only some characters were officially invited, feel free to write anyone in! just say they were at prescott on business idc.

the details

zelda deemed the theme to be unhinged cow print and raided the danforth walmart for decorations, including cow print diningware and inflatable horses.
arlo made egg-free veggie burgers and chocolae mousse.
everyone else brought whatever they brought; i'm not listing them, you do it.

& because no party's complete without a stupid drinking game, there's drunk jenga!

code

Comments

Re: DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[halligan]

As per Reggie's rule, first Arlo has to loudly state their favourite thing about Court. Then they remove their block so steadily that it's like nothing even happened (52 [56-4])! Their Dare is...

Everyone drinks except you. Cheers!

Do they want to play another round?

Re: DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[halligan]

A beat, because he has to edit it down. "Best fisher I ever known and I'm from goddamn Louisiana."

Then he goes for another block.

Re: DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[halligan]

Arlo removes their block and the tower only wiggles a little (22 [34-12])! Their Spicy Truth is...

Have you ever hooked up with someone you regretted?

Do they want to play another round?

Re: DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[halligan]

"Best friend," Arlo replies to the little block with a nod.

And he pauses.

And he clarifies to Court: "The one before I knew you."

Anyways, please give him another drink or also release from this mortal coil, thank you.

Re: DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[castnet]

Court legitimately starts coughing as she's taken a sip of her drink just as Arlo answers. She's had a few drinks by now, so only half paid attention to the question up until the time her brain replayed it simultaneously with said answer.

"Oh, okay. Betty. Good to know," she wheezes out.

Re: DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[halligan]

"Not Betty, the best friend Betty left me for," he corrects with a shrug. "Neither of us should've hooked up with that guy." None of them should even have been friends in the first place, but that's high school for you!

DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[castnet]

"Oh yeah, sorry I got my Rattray lore mixed up." Able to mostly breath once more, she looks over at Arlo. "Like, serious question, when revenge hookups happened did you... take turns?? Or was it more like an open secret to everyone involved or? I know it's not my business but I've been wanting to know these details for, like, a fucking decade."

DRUNK JENGA: Arlo

[halligan]

"First couple times, we had a big fight at a house party and then I caught her with one of my buddies. From then on it–"

This is about how long it takes Arlo to remember that it's not just the two of them in the circle — and as open as he is about his past (penance! it's the name of the game!), he didn't mean to be open–open. In front of everybody. At a party. All at once. There's admitting to almost-but-not-really-cheating as a teenager, and there's how rumour mills fly once you admit to a cycle of mutual infidelity between yourself and a former spouse.

"Everybody knew," he ends simply, and downs the rest of his drink.