K-Sig Annual Halloween Party (OPEN)

[Edward Scott]

Edward watched Ann as she came over and let his eyes wander down her outfit for a moment. People were buzzing around talking to one another and it seemed for a moment like he was not really there. Maybe this fight with Drew was affecting him just a little bit. He had to get over it though. It was annoying that his night was a little ruined by it. Edward glanced along the bits of food along the table that Ann was picking on but he knew better then to try any of it. Which was probably why he'd insisted on bringing his own. He'd had some kind of food before he left home anyway.

He'd probably not have managed any of it after the fight anyway. His eyes flicked to Ginny and he shook his head with a smirked. Only Ginny could pull off anime like that. His eyes flicked back to Ann in time to notice her face wrinkled. His hand lifted to his hand to cover the smirk looking away from a moment before looking back to her once again.
"Bit too much for, you quiet girl. Here, let me give you something to take away that taste."
Edward held out his own very strong vodka and coke.

She'd be in trouble later tonight but since it seemed her friend was busy with Ginny, he'd take good care of her. NO... not that kind of care. Maybe quiet Ann needed to loosen up a bit. The laced-with-God-knows-what food and the drink and then the vodka, should get her rarring for a little fun, he was sure. If bad came to worse, he was sure they had a couch to sleep on for her here.
"Great costume by the way. I was completely disinterested in making an effort myself."
He nodded over to Ginny who made ALL the effort to look fantastic as she always did.

[Ginny Campbell]

"Classy." Ginny murmured in response to Ethan's explanation about his costume. She was unimpressed, but also not surprised; the internet had taught her that nothing was sacred, particularly not children's movies and cartoons. And if the internet hadn't been a good enough teacher, she had Nat as a cousin, and Jem and Max as friends.

"Heya.....Tree." She greeted the bloody queen cautiously, uncertain if she'd heard the name properly. "Yeah, have fun with the 'shrooms." She waved carelessly, more interested in chatting with Alex and his girlfriend.

"Ann, huh? 's nice to finally meet you, too." She began to offer a hand, then moved it up to pat the bow on top of her head. "Yeah? Thanks. I totally butchered my attempt to modify my costume but I don't think anyone here knows who I'm supposed to be anyway." She confided in a low whisper. "Except Alex, he's cool like that." Or not, considering that she was dressed up like a comic book character who had originated in the nineties. Sure, she was the predecessor of a more popular character and series, but not many beyond hardcore fans would actually know who she was.

"So vampirella?" She guessed, surveying the costume Ann was wearing. "I dig it. It's really...what?" Whatever she was going to say was interrupted by the other girl asking about snacks. "Uhhh, yeah, not for me." She gave Ethan a mock glare, shoving him playfully in the shoulder. "Since someone here had to go and make it completely inedible. I'll probably grab some Taco Bell or something later."

While Ann went to fetch snacks for those less inclined to avoiding drugs she turned to the two young men. "So. Alex, you know Eth, right?" She assumed that Ethan knew everyone.

"Oh, hey, Edward's here." She gave the graduate student a nod, calling out, "Hey, Ed, you met Alex yet?"

[Liam & Logan Griffiths]

Liam and Logan had gotten a bit distracted in the conversation. There were just way too many people around for them to observe. Their fingers itched to make a few notes, but they'd decided that bringing a notebook to a party would probably looked down upon. After all, the point was to at least attempt to fit in. If they sat in the corner scribbling the whole time they would probably not accomplish that.

By the time they had begun to correct Ethan for guessing thier costumes wrong, he had disappeared into a crowd of girls. They considered following him for a moment, just so they could point out that they were Sigmund Freud, but decided to let him enjoy his current company instead.

Scanning the crowd, the twins recognized a few of their fellow students, mostly from thier years at Hammel. Although that didn't mean that they'd remember much about them. They'd be lucky to remember names.

Waving to Ann, the brothers started to each grabbed a slice of pizza and refilled their drinks. "Hello again" "Hello again" the twins said as they walked up to her and her date(?). They started to wonder why she was here when they last time they'd seen her she was complaining about "party girls". But after all, they were here too. Halloween must bring out the party in everyone. "Classes going well?" "Classes going well?"

Yes, even during a party the twins felt the need to bring thier studies into the conversation.

[Alexander McKenzie]

With all the brothers around, Alex wasn’t entirely sure why he’d been invited. But regardless of the reason, he was there. At least he had Ann on his arm, and he was actually friends with some of the party guests. Like Ginny.

And Ethan, apparently. The cough got his attention, and he looked in time to have his hand grabbed and shaking. Tentatively, he shook back. “Hello, Ethan.” Just because he was caught off guard didn’t mean he’d lose his manners. “I’m Alex. And... I was actually meaning the opposite, but that’s fine. At least I know.”

The answer he got about the food made him instantly wary of, well... anything on the tables. Maybe it would be a better idea to just pick up pizza later, and spend the night in Ann’s dorm. He wasn’t a big fan of drinking, but he was even less of a fan of trying to get home while tipsy. He’d send Connie a text later and let him know that he would be spending the night at the university.

Back to Ginny. Alex blushed slightly at the girl’s comment. “I like comics, I can’t help it.” Sadly, he had no sisters to blame the knowledge on. “I think you executed it well. Much more creative than mine.” Granted, he’d put a lot of effort into his victim look. It just didn’t come across well.

Wait. Where was Ann going. “Wait, Ann? I... don’t think that’s a good idea.” The latter part of the warning turned quiet as he trailed off. She didn’t hear him. This wasn’t going to be good. He would have gone after her, but Ginny distracted him. “Excuse me?” It sank in two seconds later. “Oh! Um, not really. We were just introduced.” He cast a questioning gaze at Ethan, all the while trying to keep an eye on Ann.

[Braxton Carson]

Oh that's where it is... Braxton finally realized where he had left his vest with Ethan's detailed explanation. What would Braxton do without his brother? Nothing. Really. Ignoring everyone else in the impromptu group of people, Braxton ran back up the stairs and into his room, where a litlte surprise actually expected him.

***magical quick time jump to account for missing posts***

Arranging his cow vest over his shirt, Braxton walked out of his room with a cocky smile in his face. He checked that he was wearing his belt fastened it as he went down the stairs. Thankfully, attempting to locate the big white/purple/green yellow of a costume Ethan was wearing was actually really easy. After a few seconds of avoiding people to make a path, he reached Buzzy Lightyear, patting him in the back.

"Highfive?" Braxton asked with a grin while pushing Ethan's hand with his hand to force a highfive with him. It was a, rather small, tradition Braxton had created with Ethan to brag whenever he had just got laid and wanted to brag about it. "Check the stairs." He turned his face to look at a sexy nurse, a.k.a. the female soccer goalkeeper, walking down the stairs as she arranged her hair. "She can handle balls very well."

Brax then laughed and strongly patted Ethan again in his back before shaking his shoulder a bit. While usually getting laid usually let him tired and forced him to sleep for at least an hour, quickies such at this one only made him hyperactive and with the desire for... more. Fortunately the night was still young. Unfortunately he was still sober, something he decided to fix.

Remembering where the booze was, Brax turned around to walk towards it when a certain blonde called his attention.

"What are you doing here?" He asked Jalen as he walked up to her. "And what the fuck is that costume? Lame Wonder Woman?" He quickly eyed the attempted superman next to her, attempting to give him a 'who the fuck are you' slash 'you're pathetic and should go back home' look with his eyes before returning his attention Jalen. "Though I highly doubt you could have pulled off the shorts, so it's fine."

[Jalen August]

“I wouldn’t have brought anyone else,” she said happily, glancing around the room, “I don’t really know anyone here” Jalen admitted, glancing back at JD with a sheepish smile. She hadn’t come to have fun with friends, she had come here to spend some time with the speedster. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to piss off a certain Kellogg that needed to have his night ruined at least a little bit. Her eyes travelled over the obnoxious Buzz Lightyear suit and grinned, “That costume, is excellent,” she commented, about to carry on judging the costumes when a certain brunette caught her eye.

“Okay, well, I do know one person here...” She said, followed by a groan as he began to approach them, fury on his face. Jalen stayed grounded, a small smile on her face as Braxton completely exploded. “Your bro Larry invited me,” she said, and at that perfect moment, Braxton’s fellow K-Sig waved over at them, and the blonde waved back, perhaps a little too enthusiastically. Larry was totally plastered and falling all over a different girl despite how he had invited Jalen. This only made things that much better.

“And it’s Wonder Girl, get your superheroes straight, Wonder Woman is a brunette,” she said, pointing to her own hair, with a look on her face that said ‘duh’. Jalen raised an eyebrow at the next comment, before she laughed a little. Her entire torso was naked, was Braxton completely blind, or just looking for a fight now? She offered a sickly sweet smile, she knew she looked good. The blonde glanced up at JD, to signal she hadn’t forgotten him. “I like the cowboy look on you Braxton,” she said, nodding towards Buzz, “it’s a cute couple costume, but I still think we’d win the contest.” She squeezed JD’s arm.

“Oh!” She said suddenly, patting JD’s forearm with her free hand. “Braxton, this is JD, JD this is the moron with every STD under the sun.” Jalen smiled. She wasn’t mad, she wasn’t upset, she was having fun and trying her best not to laugh at Braxton. He was pathetic, in every sense of the word. Why was he over here talking to them anyways? Obviously he couldn’t let blonde girlsthings, go.

[Edward Scott]

Edward nodded when the twins came over to get some Pizza then grab one of the twins hands. They had aways amused him, the quirk they had to speak together at the same time saying exactly the same thing most of the time. Oh God. He could just imagine them in bed. Edward shook his head quickly shaking the thought. Nuh uh. Enought of that, there was no need to bring incest into this.

There was however a need to warn the study geeks what they were about to put into their mouths.
"Beautiful, unique and slightly creepy twins, I must warn you, those are not real mushrooms."
He pulled his hand slowly back from Logan's hand and allowed them to work out for themselves what he'd meant by that. That the mushrooms were canned or that they were magic.

Edward quirked a brow in Alex and Ethan's direction before being screamed at by Ginny. Was that a cover up? Was there an awkward moment lurking about that Edward had missed out on via unfortunate circumstances. Edward slipped around the table beside Ann. Or maybe it was the fact that Ginny was pointing out that Ann belonged with Alex tonight? Deciding that was the reason for the sudden burst from Ginny, he gently steered Ann back to the tiny formed group where Ginny was.

"Come on, your pet slave looks worried, Miss heaps-of-fun. Let's go say hey to Ginny, creepy twins."
Edward murmured in a low voice before smiling softly from her to the twins over his shoulder and coming to a stop by the group. He leaned in and kissed Ginny's cheek in greeting before whispering in her ear.
"You did it again. You've given at least have the room stiffs and that's including the girls. How do you do it?"
Edward leaned back and tilted his head at Ethan.

"What's the matter ET? You don't look drunk or high. What happned?"
Finally he turned to Alex and winked motioning over at Ann.
"You're about to have a hell of a night, Alex was it? Seen him around, G, but he definitely keeps to himself most of the time."
As he spoke, his eyes were flicking between Ann and Alex on a constant basis now finding a new project to keep his mind OFF Drew.

[Ann Hudgins]

Ann can be stupid. Like really stupid.

The thought that the drink she was now sipping on had some alcohol in it just did not cross her mind. Yes, it was a college party, and yes, people drank on Halloween (and generally every night of college), but that thought just didn't occur to her. Maybe if Alex had actually torn himself away from Ginny and smacked the drink out of her hand, she might have been saved. Though because he didn't, Ann now had consumed a brownie of weirdness and almost all of a cup of powerful-aftertaste.

She looked up when someone entered into her bubble with a drink outstretched towards her. He was sincere, in at least thinking that she would like what he was offering better. Like an absolute moron, she smiled a little thankfully and took the drink. Anything to get that other nasty taste out of her mouth. She sipped it, and nodded a little. This was better. She could still taste what she had tasted before (the moron didn’t know what alcohol tasted like and could no sooner point it out than she could do trigonometry in her head.)

The drink did little to wash away the after taste of her first drink but she decided it was just because the first drink was bad, and this drink was good in the sense that it didn’t taste as bad as the first (thought she could still taste that kick). Idiot. She looked down at her costume when the guy brought attention to it and she smiled a little. “It was Alex’s idea.” The both of them had come up with it, but only after a long list of ‘I am NOT dressing up as that,” and ‘go as who?’ She grinned a little at his lack of costume but shrugged, “I’d rather have not dressed up. I mean Halloween is supposed to be scary, but…” She cast her eyes at the females around the room. “I guess it’s supposed to be scary in a different way. Like, ‘aaah, I might get an STD for just looking at it.’” Ann giggled.

She grinned widely when Liam and Logan came over. Or was it Jason and Jeffrey? Shit. She smiled all the same even though she couldn’t remember their names. “Great to see you again! Both of you!” She smiled widely, it seemed like forever ago that she had talked to them (was it forever ago? She couldn’t really recall at this moment, her throat and chest were distractingly warm; she absently rubbed at the top of her chest, a slightly confused look on her face. What was going on?

Distractedly, she looked back at the twins and shrugged a shoulder, “my professors are starting to stress getting ready for finals even though that is weeks away. It really pisses me off. It’s not like I have a job after school or anything. I don’t have time to worry about shit like that. You know?” God, like nothing was more annoying than her teachers looking out for her.

And then suddenly she was off, being tugged away by that guy that gave her a drink. She looked at it in her hand and was surprised to see that she had finished it off without realizing. "Hey. Hey....you." She got his attention with eye contact and a wave of her hand, "I finished your drink. I'm sorry."

[JD Paerson]

JD grinned. It was a good Buzz costume, even though he would never be caught dead in something that outrageous. He was about to point out another costume when Jalen groaned.

His attention brought away, he turned to look at the newcomer. Based on Jay's initial reaction, he was already tensing at the expected clash. The guy didn't disappoint.

JD almost stepped in to defend himself and Jalen, but she seemed to have everything under control. Even so, his free hand formed a fist that he had to force himself to release, and he ground his teeth together in frustration. He kept his eyes on the newcomer, who seemed intent on causing trouble and being a regular pain in the ass, so JD missed Jalen's glance up at him.

He was, though, aware of her arm still through his. When she squeezed, he moved his other hand over again to pat her arm, taking his eyes off the jerk in front of him for a moment to smile at her.

"It's a no-brainer," he said. "Who wouldn't go for the all-American super couple? Besides, toys are fun and all, but let's be honest, they're kind of...childish."

He had to smile again at the introductions, though it was only a brief moment of triumph before he felt the need to go back to being protective. "Charmed, I'm sure," he said to Braxton. He would have to ask someone to come up with a suitable nickname for the guy--JD was terrible at that sort of thing, but it did come in handy sometimes.

"Well, it looks like you have a lot of partying to do," JD said, giving Brax a significant glare and a head-jerk to try to get him to leave. "Jay and I were actually just about to go say hello to one of my friends over there." And he stepped between Jalen and Braxton in order to make himself a barrier, then began to lead Jay over toward the food table where JD had last seen Ann. He didn't know her particularly well, but it had to be better talking to her than to the dickwad.

[Ethan White]

One moment it was just the two of them and the next people are buzzing all around them. Or all around Ginny, which made Ethan all sorts of anxious. He’s never going to get his chance at this rate. Great.

Oh well, the night is young. He’ll (hopefully) still have his chance. Hopefully.

“Alex. Nice to meet you. Seems like your girlfriend’s enjoying herself over there already,” he laughed when he saw the girl that entered with Alex with Edward. Feeling a little thirsty himself, he promptly grabbed three cups from the guy walking past him (thank goodness it was Gale, another fratboy brother, and a quick wink was all it took to pacify his shock) and gave one to Ginny and Alex. “You look tense dude. Don’t worry, Edward won’t do anything to her.” Not yet anyway. “Have a drink, both of you. Come on. I promise I didn’t drug it.” As if to prove it, the boy quickly drank his cup and gave the two a grin. “See? Enjoy a bit you guys. I’m sure one cup won’t make you all crazy already.”

He laughed a bit when Ginny gave him a mock glare and shook his head, returning Ginny’s shove with a nudge on the hip that may have been a bit too strong. Just a bit anyway. “Taco Bell sounds nice. Mind if I join?” If he remembers it by the end of the night anyway.

Ethan was just about to say something when Brax suddenly appeared out of nowhere, asking for a highfive. “Just her?” he asked with a smirk, turning from the side slightly so Ginny supposedly won’t hear (he doesn’t want her to think he’s a d-bag like Brax now, because he’s not. Not that much yet anyway), “I thought you’re going for the Eweir-Mendel twins tonight?” He pointed to the blondes near the booze table – one dressed as Alice from Wonderland and the other a 63-ed Mario. “Really? You sure it’s not just because the balls are small?”

He would’ve introduced his best friend to Ginny (though her being a blonde poses quite the problem too), but then he was already gone by the time he turned. “Ooops. Seems he went off already. I’ll introduce you later Gin,” he shrugged.

“I know right! We need more drinks,” said Ethan when Edward came in. Not exactly fond of the crowd Ginny seems to be attracting (not that he could blame them though), he promptly excused himself, grabbing a Griffith twin (was it Logan or was it Liam? He didn’t know and didn’t really care) to help him. “You take the cookies, I’ll get the drinks, ok?” It took a while, but he finally filled enough cups for the little group they had going.

They were already on their way back when Ethan’s clumsiness strike, the brunette tripping and accidentally spilling about five or so cups into the group.

“Oops!”