Spin the Bottle (OPEN TO EVERYONE)

[Carleigh Davidson]

All dolled up, Carleigh was in the kitchenette of Liv's dorm, preparing the snacks and drinks on the counter and in the fridge. There were tons of options... mostly because she might have gone a little bit overboard. This was her first time hosting a party... get together... and Carleigh just wanted it to be absolutely perfect. Her image and reputation was on the line, as was Liv's. Plus, it was step number two in boosting her friend's self esteem. The first had been buying new, sexy clothes, which had been a success. Now, it was time for the spin the bottle party. Afterall, what better way of meeting new people than kissing a bunch of people in a dorm?

She giggled at the thought, darting across the kitchen like a hummingbird. There was a pitcher of ice tea, pop, cold water, and a pack of beer. On the counter, there was a decent offering of liquor. Carleigh didn't want anyone getting hammered though, since this was going to be a fun night for her hot friend. And drunk people were so not fun to deal with. A little bit of a buzz never hurt anyone.

Smoothing out the front of her skirt, Carleigh waited patiently for people to arrive. The invites had been sent out, with the blonde eagerly encouraging everyone to tell their friends. Hopefully, a decent amount of people would show up for the night she and Liv had worked hard on organizing. Carleigh felt like things look relatively alright. The dorm was clean, there was food and drinks... but....

"Liv!" Carleigh shouted, a frown on her face. She practically sprinted over to the girl's bedroom, knocking furiously on the door. "People are going to start showing up and I haven't seen youuuuuu." She sang, checking her phone. 

[River Tseung]

River really had noooo idea what he was getting into. All he knew was there had been an invite to some sort of get-together in Carleigh's dorm, and, hey! He liked meeting people, and games, and Carleigh was an awesome friend, so why wouldn't he go?

He was bringing along a bag of chips and several bags of candy (duh), and literally skipped down the hallway to the dorm before knocking out a small rhythm on the door. River bounced on the balls of his feet, a lollipop already firmly set between his lips, until the door opened to reveal... Whoever opened it. Assuming his blonde friend, River waved cheerfully and held out the offered goods. "Heyyyy!" he chirped. "I didn't know what all to bring, but I figured junk food is always good, so..."

The poor innocent thing had no idea there was going to be drinking involved. Or kissing. Heck, he didn't even know what alcohol smelled or tasted like, and didn't think Carleigh would be one to have any anyway, so he'd likely down a can or two before he knew what hit him.

[Olivia Baker]

Charlie stood in front of the mirror, mouth hanging open, looking at herself wearing the Dress Carleigh had helped her pick out in the store earlier that day. She looked hot. She felt ridiculous. She also knew that she was wearing probably the sexiest, and most ridiculously expensive, underwear she'd ever seen underneath that to be quite honest didn't feel like it was covering enough to be even considered under wear. 

The pounding on her door made her jump. Shit. Were people here? She flung it open seeing Carls, "I should change. I look ridiculous." She said in one long word as River came into the apartment and she jumped further into her bedroom afraid of him seeing her. 

"Carleigh this was a terrible idea."

[Tristan Hayes]

Tristan straightened the collar of his shirt for the fifth time in ten minutes. He had only been here a few days and already someone had invited him to one of the dorm parties. If he was any less polite than he knew he was he would have turned it down. Loud parties were never really his scene, he preferred the quieter spaces of the world. But it was his first week here and it would be rude to not at least try to meet this fellow students, whoever they were and however many there are. He straightened his collar again.

At first he thought the envelope slipped under his dork door had been just something from the school, a welcome letter or prospectus or something official. Of course once his room mate read it out for him he had quickly debated just ignoring the letter. The new kid, the quiet kid, the blind kid, going out to what could be a loud and rambunctious party with people he didn't even know, girls he couldn't even see and guys he probably couldn't identify with? He straightened his collar again.

What he was wearing wasn't so much of an issue to him, it was more about feeling than sight for his fingers, but he had chosen something nice anyway. A white, button up shirt with black trousers and a thing belt with a heavy silver loop. His shoes where dark brown leather, polished, and his gloves as always where on, white and freshly cleaned. He combed his dark shoulder length hair back a little further, he'd been told that accentuated his sharp chin and jaw, but he didn't know whether or not to believe it. He straightened his collar aga-

"No." he said, firmly to himself. "That's enough of that, you look fine." He knew his Germanic accent would probably draw attention too. After all he had only been transferred here to be close to his father, he didn't know how common foreign nationals would be here at Hammel. He grabbed his cane from beside him, a long wooden stick of polished ebony with a small white rubber tip, finding it to fit nicely in his fingers. "This won't be as bad as you think." His voice was soft and calm. Inside, he was less so.

Picking up the two bags of crisps and bottle of peach schnapps, a parting gift from his mother despite how she knew he didn't often drink, he left his room and stepped out into the halls. He carried his cane at his side, his tongue tapping the roof of his mouth. The clicking against the walls guided his ears which pushed his feet onward. He had had to memorize the map to find his way there, but it wasn't hard. The only thing that did make it harder was the anxiety in his chest as he stopped in front of the door to the party. He took a breath and knocked a few times, waiting for the response.

Then he straightened his collar again.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

"It won't be that bad." Gryphon said, as he practically dragged his boyfriend to the girl's dorms. Things like this were fun - like spin the bottle! It was hilarious, great and awkward all bundled in to one, and he wanted to go.

Kodi, on the other hand, didn't seem so willing. Or excited.

Gryphon hadn't really been in the girl's dorms before, other than just as a thoroughfare and occasionally seeing a friend, but other than that, it was new to him.

He began to approach what he remembered was the right room, hand firmly on Kodi's, in case he tried to do a runner or something. "It's like you don't like people or somethin'." He teased. He was determined to enjoy himself.

[Calliope Gallo]

Of course Callie was going to turn up. It was her awesome friend Carleigh's social gathering-type thing, so she had to be there. Without question. That's what supportive friends did, right? Besides, she needed to distance herself from the proverbial mess she'd made of her life. Right now, the best thing for her was to socialise with other people.

Well, except for one she definitely knew. As she walked down the hallway, she'd swung her arms around one of Kuni's, holding him in close.

"It'll be good for you, trust me." She reassured him idly, patting his arm for good measure. She was definitely grateful for his company; it meant she definitely wouldn't be heading up to this thing alone. "Besides. Carleigh's like, super nice. Super sweet. I bet everyone else she invited is super nice and sweet too."

Actually, She didn't know that. because she knew by the end of the day, half the school knew this was going on. But that wasn't reassuring, so she left that part out.

When she made it to the dorm in question, which was strangely enough not Carleigh's, Callie smiled wide and let Kuni's arm go, giving him an encouraging push into the room before her.

"Hellloooo~" She sung out, "I brought a friend!"

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"It will too be bad," Kodi grumbled, his face set in a dark scowl even as he allowed his winged boyfriend to drag him to this stupid, pointless thing. First of all, it was in the girls' dorms, which was a big no. How the hell was he expected to kiss a girl if it came to that? And, actually, why would he wanna kiss anyone else? Well... Okay, there were some studs he wouldn't mind macking on, but Gryph was his, and Kodi didn't want to see him smooching anyone else!

"I don't like people," he growled, but still let Gryphon pull him up to the door, waiting until they were let inside to hide behind the taller boy and sneak in behind him, glaring at anyone that dared look his way. "I need a drink," he announced, seeing the cans laid out. Kodi quickly snatched one up without asking permission and chugged down several gulps, leaning against Gryph's arm. Yep, he was gonna need a lot of alcohol to get through this night, he was sure.

[Kunikpok "Kuni" Arrluk]

It wasn't that Kuni was particularly anti-social - he just didn't make a habit of going to these sorts of gatherings. He much preferred quieter, more intimate get-togethers with a few close friends to watch a movie or something. The Inuit boy just... Had never really gotten used to the habits of teenagers.

But Callie was wanting him to go, so how could he say no? Besides, it would probably be fun. And... He didn't have to join in on the kissing if he didn't want to, right? Maybe?

Still, he offered her a smile as she spoke. "I'm sure it will be fun," he agreed amiably, giving the girl's hair an affectionate ruffle with his free hand. "She sounds nice. I'm excited to meet her, and her friends." Ahhh, he had no idea...

It was warm in the building, and likely to get warmer with a bunch of bodies in one room, so Kuni had dressed light in his favorite gray tanktop and a pair of shorts. Nothing fancy, but it did show off the generous tone of his arms, which was something he himself hardly even thought about.

Once at the door, he found himself being prodded inside by his friend, and stumbled in good-naturedly with a wave at whoever was looking his way. "Uh, I'm Kuni," he offered to anyone who was listening. He saw a couple other guys that looked like they were kinda together, although the one with a drink in his hand was eyeing him like he was a hunk of meat he wanted to eat... Or something. That predatory gaze sent shivers down Kuni's spine, so he instead turned back to Callie, the only person there that he knew. "What do we do now?" he asked quietly, uncertainty clear in his voice.

[Carleigh Davidson]

Carleigh waited a second longer in front of Liv's door, when she heard someone knocking on the front door. Taking a deep breath, she ran her fingers down her arm nervously as she flitted over, pausing to calm her racing heart. This was it... the start of the best night of their lives!

She swung the door open, grinning at the bubbly boy behind it. "Hey River." Carleigh let him inside the dorm, giggling at all the candy. She, of course, wasn't surprised to see it. "Glad you could come tonight... I really hope everyone has a great time." She gushed. Since the main event was spin the bottle... the blonde was hoping fate would be on her side and she could kiss River cause he was a cutie. So maybe she liked him a little.

Before Carleigh could think about him even more, she turned to hear Liv protesting near her bedroom. She frowned, shaking her head adamantly back and forth. "No way girlfriend! You look so hot." It was true, her friend was babe status. The boys sure would be lining up... Carleigh grinned at the thought, before reaching in and gently taking Liv by the arm. "Come on, it was a great idea and you know it." She argued back stubbornly, pulling her friend out to the main area of the dorm. "By the way, this is River. River, meet Liv." Carleigh wasn't sure her if her two friends were aquainted or not but tonight was the perfect opportunity!

Someone knocked at the door again. Carleigh let go of Liv to dash over, playing the part of cheerful hostess. She opened up again, startled for a moment to see a blind man. She assumed he was blind, anyway, given that he was walking with a cane. "Hello! Welcome to the party. Don't think we've met, I'm Carleigh." She said, beginning to talk the poor stranger's ear off. The blonde decided to leave the door propped open, so people were welcome to wander right in.

Four more people entered the room, and Carleigh nearly died of excitement. She cheerfully waved at both parties, frowning a little when the one boy headed straight for the alcohol. She made a mental note to keep an eye on him, as her other bestie Callie entered the room with a real cutie. "Friends!" Carleigh sang out, grinning. "I'm Carleigh, nice to meet you. We got a night of fun ahead of us!" Although she would have loved to stay and chat with the other blonde, Carleigh waved and finally returned to Liv and River.

"So... yeah? We're feeling it tonight?" Carleigh's grin never faded. "We're gonna find you a real hottie tonight Liv. Only fair." She kept glancing at River, and the overwhelming thoughts of being with him hit her again. "Do you two want a drink or anything? There's alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages." Carleigh rambled, watching as more people filed into the dorm room.

[Olivia Baker]

Of course Carleigh ripped her out of her safe place and into the living room where River was. "hey." She said to River before watching the blonde bob around like a butterfly, going from person to person, hugging and introducing and it was quite frankly exhausting just watching her. When Liv was a real girl she used to be friendly, but now she was just a skinny tall weed in the corner of the room feeling deep regret over the event that was happening. She could tell already this was going to be bigger than expected and she hoped to God she didn't piss off Penny, though that was almost inevitable.

She grabbed her rum and coke from her room and locked her door, taking a gulp. "Yeah, totally." Liv said biting the inside of her cheek as she scanned the room for people she actually talked to. So far it looked pretty grim. Her eyes went to Carleigh. Shit. She needed to at least make an attempt to look like she was having fun despite how nervous and out of her element she felt. The whole idea of "finding a guy" was horrible. What was she supposed to do with said guy? Her stomach turned as she forced the thoughts to the back of her head. She didn't have to find a guy. She was going to have fun. Yes. Fun. She downed the rest of her drink in one gulp.

[Tristan Hayes]

Tristan could hardly get a word of introduction out of his mouth before the girl who answered the door, who he assumed was the one hosting this party, started talking faster than his ears could keep track of. Thankfully before he could sputter out a reply she stopped to usher in more guests that where now arriving behind him. Tristan slipped off into the dorm room, finding a place to dump the crisps and his bottle of schnapps. He opened the bottle and poured himself a small glass. Might as well leave it open for people to help themselves to, he figured as he took a swallow of the alcohol. It was sweet and light, but still had that bitter bite to it that lingered on the back of his tongue and warmed his throat.

His cane was kept at his side, his tongue clicking softly as he hummed under his breath, finding his way to one of the walls near a group of voices that were talking about the party, all female. One was nervous, sounding as if she wanted to be here...but also really didn't want to commit to it. He idly wondered how many more people would be showing up, he could hear them shuffling into the room steadily, dragging along friends or partners. He swirling the drink in his glass and took another sip, humming a small tune under his breath, mumbling the lyrics.

His attention was drawn, and how could it not be, to the loud announcement from the host. Carleigh, so that was who she was. Now he had a voice for the name. There where so many, male and female, he couldn't tell who was who. He'd only met a few students briefly in the days he'd been here. Someone closed and locked one of the apartment doors. A room mate wanting to be alone? Good luck, the crowd was growing by the minute. Hopefully that wouldn't be a problem, maybe it would even give him someone to talk to. "What am I doing here?" the lyrics he mumbled went, and it was exactly how he felt.

[Gryphon Matsuoka]

"What's the worst that could happen?" He didn't completely understand Kodi's reluctance to being there. Gryphon personally thrived off of being around other people, especially when they were having fun. Whilst he understood the possible pleasure that came from spending time alone, he did like having a fairly decent sized group of friends, and having human company. And besides, it wasn't like Gryph was taking him there to just lock him in that dorm and then leave him alone - he was pretty certain he wouldn't be leaving Kodi's side, so he didn't have masses to complain about.

He sighed with a small laugh, "Grouch." Because that was what he was being. A grouch-butt.

Gryphon's eyes were drawn to the waving blonde and he smiled brightly and waved back, until he saw Kodi snatch up the nearest alcohol. He rolled his eyes, bit did nothing to stop him. The avian boy saw Kuni tumble into the room, and gave him a small wave and a smile as well, only to see him look at Kodi and turn away. He frowned a little and looked at his boyf- cheeky little piece of shit. Gryph flicked the side of his head, "You scared him, you idiot." He'd seen the eyes that Kodi had been making. Was Gryph jealous?

Pfft... no.

Maybe.

Gryph quickly scanned the room and was met with faces he recognized, but didn't necessarily know. He'd heard the blonde girl announce a few times that her name was 'Carleigh', so he kept that in mind. His vision, however, fell onto Kodi's can, and he sighed a little, "Please at least try not t'get drunk." He muttered. Noting the noise in the room and the volume of his voice, Gryph didn't expect to be heard. He just... he was yet to know what Kodi was like drunk. And him finding out in public was not on his agenda. Unless alcohol made him an angel, but what were the chances of that?

[River Tseung]

River beamed at his friend as she greeted him, stepping inside once invited in. "Oh, yeah, I'm so excited," he gushed back, although his excitement was completely innocent and naive, the poor thing. He'd always planned on saving his first kiss for his girlfriend when he finally had one... And he wasn't in any hurry. So... This would be interesting.

He trailed after Carleigh as she went to get her friend, and he smiled friendily upon introduction. "It's great to meet you, Liv," he replied, the talk about hotness and everything going completely over his five-year-old mind. He was still sucking insistently on his lollipop, which had probably stained his tongue red by now. He deposited his offered goods with the rest of the food and went back to hover around Carleigh until more people he knew hopefully got there.

Hottie... Hm? River stared blankly between the two girls, completely at a loss as to what was going on. Oh, wait... Okay, Carleigh had dressed her friend up, right? To... Attract boys? Hmmmm.... The Canadian wasn't sure what he thought about that. Wasn't it better to be friends with someone first? That was how he felt, anyway. Nevertheless, his smile didn't fade as he watched their interaction. "I hear Kuni's really nice," he pitched in, motioning to the tall, lumbering man that had entered the room. Of course, he would only talk his personality traits rather than his... Attractiveness. River blinked back at Carleigh at the mention of drinks, eyes going wide at the idea of alcohol. "Oh, I'll just have some punch or something, thanks," he replied, always the sweet tooth.

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"I could end up bein' forced t'kiss a bit- chick," Kodi grumbled, his eyeliner making his scowl look ever deeper than it would have otherwise. He'd started to try to ease himself into not hating the opposite gender as much, apart from a few girls that were alright, but it was slow going, and he sure as hell didn't want to be touching them, let alone kissing. Still, his pride was more important than anything, so if forced, he wouldn't let himself back down. Just... Eeeeeuch. The girls that were here already seemed awfully preppy too, the worst kind.

He just snorted at the grouch comment, wrapping his arms around one of Gryph's own and clinging to him possessively. Kodi didn't want to see him kissing anyone else either. This was dumb.

As he started on his first drink, though, he had the pleasant opportunity to see a delicious hunk of meat enter the room. Kodi did nothing to hide his gawking - who was that guy? Even still draped against Gryph, he looked the stranger up and down, smirking as the tall man's eyes met his. Okay, maybe this kissing stuff wouldn't be so bad, depending on who he got... "I ain't tryin' t'scare him," he huffed, frowning as the guy turned away. "Donchu think he's fuckin' hot too?" Kodi snickered and lifted up on his toes to give his boyfriend a reassuring kiss. "Not's much as you though, babe. Of course."

Ignoring Gryphon's protests, Kodi continued to down his drink, wanting to feel that familiar buzz as soon as possible. "Oy, you came stumblin' t'me drunk one night, so donchu tell me what t'do," he huffed playfully, prodding the boy's chest. "I've been told I'm nicer when I'm drunk anyway." Not that he usually remembered. Downing more beer, he tugged Gryph to the nearest couch and flopped down on it, pulling the featherbutt down with him. "When's this shit gettin' started, then?" he mumbled.

[Thane Graves]

Thane was sure he knew why Kodi invited him and why he didn't tell Thane exactly what it was, just something that Gryph was dragging him to. Although Thane should have taken that as a warning because as he walked into the dorm room, the number that Kodi had texted him, he wanted to leave already.

It wasn't the typical party he was used to. Sure, there was alcohol and the room was crowded with people, but these people seemed way too excited about something and there wasn't any loud music. He spotted Kodi practically attached to Gryph's arm as usual and rolled his eyes. "When's what shit getting started?" he asked, curious, but knowing that it was probably something he didn't want to be involved in. What was even going on here?