Party!!!, Overland Park, KS, Sunday FT

[vanillajello]

Yesterday, Charmaine and Neil had gotten married in a tiny municipal wedding ceremony that had somehow been better for everyone than Charmaine's previous attempt at a marriage. And early today, the newly wedded couple, along with their infant daughter, had taken off for Houston to go househunting. And Kate was already feeling weird that it was really just her and Marshall and Bod around, now.

So it was a good thing this was the day she'd invited people to come visit. Some booze had been acquired, and Marshall had busied himself in the kitchen making snacks, and they were all set. It was going to be weird since Kate had invited a bunch of people who'd never been to Kansas before, but she was hoping it would be a fun kind of weird.

[Minor OCD coming up! And like I said in the invite, come one and all!]

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Arrive!

[vanillajello]

And boggle at the quaintness of Kansan suburbia. Oak Avenue looks mighty normal for a place that spawned Kate, no?

And naturally, Marshall is pretty much on door-duty.

Re: Arrive!

[longislandiceme]

Bobby was pretty sure Portalocity made up for technically being an incredibly convenient method of travel by shoehorning in little inconveniences wherever they could. Like that two-hour layover in Madripoor. And then dropping him off three blocks from Kate's house.

He knocked on the door, hoping he had the right place.

Re: Arrive!

[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

Marshall came to the door. Wearing an apron, naturally. Happened when you'd just been cooking.

"Hi," he said, with a welcoming little smile, then paused. "... Bobby, right?"

They'd met, but it had been for about five minutes, two years ago. It took a moment.

"Hi. Welcome."

Re: Arrive!

[bitten_notshy]

Jack had never been this far inland in America; he shouldn't have been as surprised as he was that it looked exactly as it did on television. It was positively quaint.

He adjusted his napsack full of overnight necessities and Walker's crisps for Kate on his shoulder and rang the bell.

[OOC: On SP until this evening, woe.]

Re: Arrive!

[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

This one wasn't someone Marshall readily recognized, when he came to the door.

"Hi," he said. "Kate's friend?"

It was both to check that he was a guest they were expecting, and to prompt him into giving his name if he was.

[ooc: *snuggles your SP*]

Re: Arrive!

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke had been here a ton of times before so he didn't feel uncomfortable at all with the quaint settings. He also felt comfortable enough with just letting himself in but since it was a party he knocked on the door just to set a good example.

Re: Arrive!

[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

Yeah, people here probably wouldn't have batted an eye if he'd just appeared in the middle of their kitchen or something.

Exhibit A:

Marshall smile was a little less awkward and hesitant when he opened the door to find Luke behind it. "Hey," he said. "Kate thought you were just going to find your own way in."

Re: Arrive!

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

So, Hannibal hadn't really responded to say he was coming or not but after some thought and some convincing, he was there. He didn't know if he should be there but he was.

Re: Arrive!

[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

It was a good thing Max was such a tall man, otherwise Marshall might have gotten some kind of a complex over how tall so many of Kate's friends were.

(Of course, that did nothing to the fact that all Kate's friends also seemed to be handsome guys. He was in mourning, not blind.)

He blinked a little after opening the door.

"Uh, hi."

Re: Arrive!

[icecoldfrost]

Emma had decided that if she didn't know the material for her finals by now, she never would, and so off to Kate's for a brain-break it was. It was going to be a sanity vacation with nice champagne, however, because that was what telepathic powers were FOR, darlings.

[at theatre, tagging from iPod for next 3 hrs]

Re: Arrive!

[texted3times]

Eric couldn't go anywhere without an invitation, so as soon as the sun went down, there he was, lurking at the doorway.

Re: Arrive!

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela and Kate... weren't ever close exactly. But friendly enough, apparently that she'd ended up with an invite, and she never turned down a party. Ever.

It was just a principle she lived by.

It all led to her presence at Kate's door today, carrying a couple of bottles of French booze. It felt like a good way to spend her first weekend back on US soil for a while.

Mingle and Hang Out!

[vanillajello]

In the living room! There's booze and snacks on the side table! Of course.

Re: Mingle and Hang Out!

[vanillajello]

Kate, in her pretty dresse, was totally trying to recreate the poison green Bahaman rum drinks again.

Of course she was.

[therewaslife]

Bod didn't really need to arrive as he'd been there the whole time. He was sitting on the couch, idly flipping through a book while he waited for guests to arrive. He wasn't going to apologize for being a nerd at Kate's party.

Re: Mingle and Hang Out!

[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

Luke grabbed a beer and took a seat, making himself at home. It'd been a while since he had been to a party but it was a lot like riding a bike so he didn't feel all that awkward.

Re: Mingle and Hang Out!

[longislandiceme]

Snacks? Bobby's middle name was snacks!

Well, Louis, actually. But it totally should've been snacks.

Re: Mingle and Hang Out!

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal still wasn't sure about this but after meeting Marshall at the door, he'd come further into the house and was now idly wandering about, taking everything in.

Re: Mingle and Hang Out!

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell had come in in a ping yet to be posted since I'm still waiting on someone and now he was engaging in the next sensical step, aka sitting down.

And grabbing a beer.

"Hey," he said to the room at large, and then popped open the beer.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was not giving Kate her hostess gift yet, thank you. It'd end up in jello shots or something.

She was going to pour herself a glass, first, and find a spot from where she could observe the company.

Re: Mingle and Hang Out!

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

It had been a long time since Angela had been to a house party. A really long time. Dorm parties were a completely different thing, somehow, despite all the 'where people live' similarities.

It did not take her long to hunt down a drink and find her way to looking out people she knew. Or didn't know. Hell, she was not fussy like that.

Re: Mingle and Hang Out!

[bitten_notshy]

At some point, in between meeting and greeting and poisonous green things, Jack took a seat on the couch and closed his eyes.

He knew most of these people, and his enhanced senses weren't nearly so raw as they'd been three months ago. But he still needed a break eventually, so he sat still, breathing in human and the sharper, older, emptier note of vampire and the fumes of alcohol and -- a few things he couldn't identify precisely. He considered it a training exercise; could he place everyone in the room by scent alone?

He couldn't, quite. But someday.

The Rest of the House!

[vanillajello]

... Idk, it seems like a possibly useful thread.

Re: The Rest of the House!

[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

Marshall was spending a lot of his time in the kitchen, under the pretense of making more overly elaborate snacks.

Really, he was still just a little bit socially awkward.

OOC

[vanillajello]

Yay party!

There'll probably be another post tomorrow for all your hangover (or whathaveyou) needs.