[Mingle] The First Official Meeting of the Young Adult Club

[skyward_eyes]

WHO: Nida
WHERE: House 16
WHEN: Evening/Night Monday the 14th
OPEN TO: Mingle: Open too all young adults (22 and younger); Older may show up but expect a testy Nida.
WARNINGS: Young Adults Partying, Possible: Underaged drinking if people bring stuff. If your thread changes ratings, in subject line and DM me so I can update.

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The message goes out over the Network Sunday evening.

'Young Adult Club, First Meet-Up/Party Monday night. First house after the Jail/Barn. Bring Snacks If You've Got Them To Spare.'

Invitation sent in general, The rest, now, came down to Nida. Good thing he had someone who knew how parties worked was right there too. Rinoa turned out to be a pretty good resource. He learned there were a few important things to do for a party. Three major things were needed: music, treats and games. Unfortunately they couldn't do much about the former, so instead Nida employed his housemates in trying to make sure the latter two were covered.



The Nibbles

The easiest person to go to about food turned out to be Seifer. Of the three of them the blonde had somehow ended up as the defacto chef of their house when it came to important things like this. What this meant was a variety of easily made food, things like a plate of half-dollar sized pancakes for easy munching or dipping into other things, fried potato edges, even a quiche that Seifer had managed to whip up, not that Nida even recognized what the whole thing was. While it wasn't as impressive a spread as the New Year Eve party had (or perhaps even the forge gathering) it was clear that the three had done the best they could with the skills two mercenaries and a formerly sheltered young woman had between them. Hopefully treats from other people would help with the spread. Personally, Nida was hoping to steal some of the fritatta Seifer had made in their cast iron skillet, but guests came first of course.



The Games

Games. What even were party games? For that one the center spotlight had gone to Rinoa's planning efforts. Nida had scrounged in the inn's shared supplies, borrowing a set of playing cards and a Jenga set. Not that he really knew what the latter was. The cards went to the dining room table with some extra chairs borrowed from an unoccupied house, the Jenga onto the coffee table, and Rinoa's peakitten Julia got shuffled into her room to prevent her from knocking over the wooden blocks yet again. Nida was tired of rebuilding.




Introductions

They're all new here, they don't all know each other, so Nida and Rinoa encourage people upon arrival to start out simple. And all you have to do is say your name and three facts about yourself. Or, if you're feeling mischievous, two truths and a lie. Can people guess the truth of the matter about you? Or do they already know you well?



Quite Spaces

Frankly Nida wasn't sure how he felt about opening their house to so many people, and with the living room, dining room and kitchen all prepped for use, he realized there was one other thing people could need. A place to talk quietly or just have group games. As he was the only one of the three of them that didn't have much in the way of property and could give up the whole concept of privacy for a bit, the back bedroom ended up having a note pinned on it with a kitchen knife.

'Quiet Space for Your Use - Do not have sex in my bed please'

With his staff stored in the basement and his tiny journal and pencils stored out of sight on top of the standing wardrobe, the room was perfect for anyone who just needed to cool down. Or have a private conversation. Good thing the house has electricity because that could be used long into the night.

Comments

I'm only sorry I took so long to tag you back here

[cisskabob]

Cissie glances over at Tommy when he first drops that line with a Look that clearly says she's not impressed. She's heard both better and worse pick up lines, Tommy, and if you think she hasn't heard just about every line related to her boarding school, you are sadly mistaken. She is beginning to roll her eyes when he gives his introduction, and while she had been about to write him off as being just another boy, that last admission piques her interest.

She gives him another look, this time one that says he actually has her attention for a moment. "...Red Bull and vodka is terrible for you. What kind of hero stuff do you do?"

[expeditiousness]

Tommy’s well acquainted with that first Look Cissie flashes his way, but the frequency he ends up seeing it clearly does nothing to dissuade him from dropping cheesy comments. There’s always a chance some pretty girl will actually find him charming, but he won’t know if he doesn’t try, right?

And the admission of doing hero work seems to have piqued Cissie’s interest, so tally one point for Tommy in that column. His face lights up; this is one of his all-time favorite topics for discussion.

“Well, I’m a mutant, and back home, I’ve got super-speed. That’s actually the name I use - Speed. I was part of a team of teen superheroes called the Young Avengers. We were pretty awesome, saved the world a few times, no big deal.”

[cisskabob]

Cissie can't help herself; the minute Tommy mentions his speed, she brightens. Back home, she has a great poker face when it comes to heroes and superpowers, but at home, everyone knows about people with powers and every other girl in school had a Superman poster on her wall. (Not that she would ever have told Kon this.) No one thought twice if she perked up when certain names or powers were mentioned.

It was different in Wonderland. As careful as she started, once she came to realize that having secrets there was pointless, and that no one remembered anything when they left, she had given up the pretense of hiding her identity, or protecting her friends'. It was hard to try to keep Tim's Robin secret when he himself had given up keeping it.

It's been a year and a half since she's really had to worry about keeping her friends' safe and keeping her own identity secret. It's not much of an excuse, but it's the only one she has for the way she visibly reacts when Tommy mentions his own powers, his name, and their team name.

"You're a Speedster!" She's obviously pleased about it; she misses Bart so much sometimes, maybe especially because the Bart she met in Wonderland was so very much not the Bart she'd known. "You really called yourselves Young Avengers?" It's not a judgement, it's just weird that his team name is so similar to Young Justice.