stateofdecay | surprise party for court 🐮

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

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Emmett has to think about this for a moment before sheepishly confessing, as though it were a great secret, "I put ketchup on scrambled eggs."

But then he cracks a smile and reaches for another. "What's the most illegal thing you've ever done? You seem like you could be a criminal mastermind of some kind."

"That's not gross," as a fellow ketchup on eggs practitioner, she needs to defend him. "That's just taste." She has to think about his question though, not quite the criminal mastermind he'd like imagine her as.

"Smoking pot, I'm afraid. Starting fires without a permit. Though I once stole candy from the bulk candy bins as a kid because I thought they were a free buffet."

She reaches for another. "Have you ever been in a love triangle?"

Emmett is thrilled. A smart woman agreeing with him has made his night. "Thank you! Finally, someone who gets it!"

He has a good chuckle at her "crimes". "Those aren't so bad. I've probably done worse," he confesses.

"I was young and dumb once, so yes. Learned my lesson." He picks up another. "What's the most awkward date you've ever been on?"

"That's all I get? You don't want to elaborate on being young and dumb?" She reaches for her drink as she ponders his question. "I've been on a lot of them, men and women, tough to choose. I think the most awkward was this girl my coworker had set me up with, who thought she was going on a date with my roommate from the picture she'd been shown. Asked me for Shan's number halfway through." Nat laughs, because Shannon had in fact ended up dating her. "What about your most awkward?"

Emmett needs to take another huge gulp up his drink before elaborating.

"Spent two years in high school pining for my best friend, who was a straight dude. Never told anyone. I was his best man at his wedding when he married her at 18. Like I said: young and dumb."

Fortunately, with enough time and alcohol, the memory of that awkward situation was now something to laugh (and cringe) at rather than brood about, and he moved on quickly.

"Yikes, that is awkward. Did you have to hang out with them after that?" he asked with a chuckle.

"Me? I smoked too much weed and had a panic attack and locked myself in a girl's bathroom while she tried to talk me down from outside the door. Had to get her roommate to pick the lock."

"Oh yeah, I found it funny, the girl not so much." Nat winces though at his story, somehow picturing the mortification perfectly. "Did you fall in love with the roommate? They sound handy at least."

Emmett let out a hearty laugh at that. "How'd you guess? Married her, in fact. Turns out she liked her men pathetic and crying about spiders. Who'd've guessed?"

He pulled another question. "Who here would you most want to be stranded on a desert island with?"

Nat chokes a little on her drink, happy to hear the laughter in Emmett's voice. "That's a pretty good meet cute, or would we call that a meet ugly?"

Nat sets the glass down. "Oh definitely Mud, I'm pretty sure the dogs are a non negotiable addition, so what a bonus. I'm probably the only one here who can keep him on the diet of alcohol he needs, I'll make it somehow out of sand, coconut, and salt water." She grins.

"You know what? I can see it. And maybe he can come in handy too—him and the dogs shouting at any passing boats," he jokes. They're getting to the bottom of their pile of bricks, so he settles on sipping his drink and coming up with his own question instead.

"If you were an Animorph, what animal would you be?"

surprise party for court 🐮

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett

DRUNK JENGA: Emmett