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.

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[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.

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[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."

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[longislandiceme]

"That's my name, don't wear it out," Bobby confirmed. "Guess that means I've got the right place after all."

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[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

"If you were looking for... what's currently the Gregson – Owens household, then yes," Marshall agreed, stepping out of the way. "Come on in."

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[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.]

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[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*]

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[bitten_notshy]

"Hi, I'm Jack," he confirmed. It was odd -- he'd heard a fair amount about Marshall, but never so much as said hello, he realized. "You're her brother? It's good to meet you."

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[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

"You too." Yeah, Marshall had heard quite a bit about Jack, too. It was weird to actually be face to face with the boy. Man. "Uh, welcome. I'm sure Kate's glad you could come."

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[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.

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[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."

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[trickydemigod.livejournal.com]

"Well I didn't want to scare any normal people that might be here," Luke said, moving to pull Marshall into a one armed hug. "How've you been?"

If he was being a little more affectionate and concerned than usual, well, he had heard about Lionel.

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[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

Marshall figured that was he case. Kate liked to talk, and Kate liked to talk to Luke more than most.

He returned the half hug, though he didn't linger. His smile was faint and wry. "I'm fine." A pause, reconsidering. "Or, getting there."

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[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.

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[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."

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[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"...hi."

Well, at least Hannibal was a little nervous too?

"Is this -- do I have the right house? Kate's house?"

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[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]

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[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

Marshall? Still on door duty. And would you look at that? It wasn't a tall, handsome guy behind the door, for once.

"Hi," he said. "I was starting to feel like Kate doesn't have any female friends at all."

He'd never met Emma, but he was making a pretty good guess based on hazy recollections of photos.

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[icecoldfrost]

"Why let other girls into our club, when we can have all the best boys in school to ourselves?" Emma replied archly. "Besides, we're the prettiest."

"Marshall, then, I presume?"

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[texted3times]

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

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[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

Marshall was still on door opening duty. He'd pretty much gotten used to it now. It was routine.

At least until he opened the door this particular time.

"... Uh."

Seriously, what was it with Kate and tall people?

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[texted3times]

"Can I come in?"

Did many of Kate's friends also have awesome accents? Of course they did.

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[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.

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[eyelidkisses.livejournal.com]

Marshall's smile was, again, a little easier when he came to the door and found another girl standing there. Kate had too many intimidating male friends, okay.

"Hi," he said. "Are you, uh, here for the party?"

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[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Guilty." Angela offered him a grin and held up her alcoholic offerings. "You're... Kate's brother?" Who she knew very little about, but had warranted a mention in the email, and appeared to be manning the door tonight.