peckenpaugh | NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY

NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY

what's up? Tonight, Valkyrie Horvat is throwing her very first house party! Her parents are out of town, and that means it's time for teens to get wasted on champagne. With the help of a local older boy, Cache Fogarty, Val has a well-stocked bar.

The Horvat home is located in a magical suburb full of massive houses of questionable taste. It's five stories of nonsense, which is way too much space for three people and their cats. The decor looks like it came out of a home furnishing magazine: pristine, beige, lacking in personality. It's begging to be covered in confetti and glitter, and no one this rich is going to miss that vase they probably bought from WizAnthropologie.

In fact, the only really exciting thing about Val's house is that is'f full of cats. Most of them are kneazel-persian designer kitties, and a lot of them are young kittens ready for adoption (if you have the $$$). There's a room dedicated to the littlest kittens and their moms, but no rowdy partying it allowed in there!

visuals!

volunteer slots! Poppy Kreitzer bonds with one of the clever little kittens in the kitten room, and is sad to say goodbye. But Poppy doesn't stay parted from the wily little thing for long, because when they get home, they discover it somehow managed to hitch a ride in their bag/purse/jacket. Surprise!

Val should probably ask for it back.

Aristotle Ahn gets hopelessly lost in the maze of identical looking rooms, and the magical McMansion curse seems reluctant to let them go. They've definitely seen that watercolor of the Bountiful Mormon temple several times while trying to return to the party. Luckily, Valkyrie I (the kneazel, not the girl) finds them and leads them back to safety.

how this works! ⬥ It's a party!!!

⬥ Val would prefer you not break anything but she's on the outs with her mom so, like, whatever, you know? Just don't break her stuff.

⬥ Like the genius she is, Val invited the whole school. Even sophomores. Especially the Quackenbushes.

⬥ There are some local kids here too, so if you have a thing for clean cut Mormon wizards and witches, you can get your flirt on with individuals such as Glade Ploegin, Bostyn, Kennedee, Kenedi or Kenidy. Cache Fogarty seems to be the local heartthrob.

⬥ Do a kiss at midnight!

locations! ⬦ WHAT'S UP?: I figure we all might be a little overwhelmed with NYE and other ic/oocs, so feel free to just summarize what your kids were up to!

⬦ THE PARTY: The hottest location is the kitchen (all the appliances are massive and very shiny, and the island is big enough to use as a stage) and the licing room (with a grand fireplace and enough sofas to seat a dozen people).

⬦ THE REST OF THE HOUSE: There's no lack of rooms to sneak off to. Val's room is locked, but there are at least six bedrooms and four offices that are furnished but very unlived in. Don't get lost! (It's incredibly easy to get lost. This house may look normal enough, but there's definitely magic going on if you stray from the main rooms.)

⬦ THE KITTEN ROOM: If you promise to be good, Val will grant you access to the kitten room. These kittens are all under six weeks old, and they're very clever and mischievous. They absolutely know right from wrong, and every drunk teenager is a potential mark. Don't let them escape.

⬦ VALKYRIE I: An aging kneazel, Valkyrie I sits proudly on a designer cat tree watching the party like an elderly matron. She seems to see right into your soul. Will she let you pet her? Fill out the form below to find out.

⬦ MIDNIGHT: Everyone is given a glass of champagne that's enchanted to make you extra giggly and giddy. Toast and maybe get a New Year's Eve kiss!

⬦ OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

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His eyes go wide at this shared secret, a little exaggerated for effect and cut by a grin. Then Adrian relaxes, leaning heavily on the white marble counter top. "Y'know, I was just thinking to myself that I'd passed into another dimension sometime after the third bedroom? And I thought I saw a Malm dresser in one of those rooms. Find anything interesting?"

He pushes himself away from the sink, making to leave the bathroom. "And did you leave us a trail of breadcrumbs to follow to get back home?"

"Oh, absolutely not." She sing-songs to both questions, seemingly unconcerned, and swings her way to Adrian's side once he's exited the bathroom. "But we'll find our way out. Or die." She shrugs, and grins upward. "I'm pretty sure you're right, though. This is an alternate dimension. How many souls do you think are wandering through this house, forever? Maybe that's the point."

Or maybe assuming this house is a wizburban H.H. Holmes nightmare is giving it a little too much credit. But it's important to keep their spirits up. She sets confidently forward, down the hallway she was sure she hadn't haunted just yet, expecting him to follow.

"I was hoping to make it to the end of the season, but when it's your time, it's your time." Adrian garnishes his acceptance of their imminent demise with a sunshine smile and a lazy shrug as he falls in step with Chanel, trusting her to lead them to new adventure if not necessarily safety. It's more fun to face danger with a friend than alone, anyway.

He examines the walls as they stroll. "Do you think we'll be this house's first ghosts?"

The bright acceptance of one's own demise is all that Chanel can ask for in a friend, and she appreciates it in Adrian. "Well, it's not all bad. They'll play in your honor. Retire your jersey. You'll be a plaque."

The most meaningful legacy one can have in high school. She looks around a dark, identical corner, considering. "If it's a murder trap you wouldn't think so. But I haven't seen any others." This raises a question, actually, and Chanel taps her cup, considering, "Does your house have any ghosts? Do most wizard houses?"

"True immortality achieved in the Peckenpaugh athletic trophy case," he replies wistfully, peeking around the dark corner. No undead IKEA employees lurking, just more Better Homes and Gardens decor.

"Mine? Nah. Grandpa's house was built in the 1980s though, so it's not really a treasure trove of history. I think..." Adrian pauses to take a drink from his solo cup and collect his thoughts. "It's not unheard of to have a ghost in residence in older places. Generational homes and historic buildings and that, but Post-Life Services is around to help 'em move around or move on." Wearing a bent grin, Adrian cuts his gaze back to Chanel. "You hoping to move into a haunted home some day?"

NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY

Adrian is lost and Chanel is a little snoopy

Adrian is lost and Chanel is a little snoopy

Adrian is lost and Chanel is a little snoopy

Adrian is lost and Chanel is a little snoopy

Adrian is lost and Chanel is a little snoopy