Pondside Bonfire| Open!

[Alice Halifax]

Alice kept her blue eyes trained on Isabella, waiting patiently for her cue to move. Izzy engaged the twins in some conversation, but her eyes continued to dart through the small growing crowd of people. It hadn't taken Izzy long to find Alice and as soon as their eyes met, Alice smiled. Izzy held her place, as if bolted there. Alice's voice might be able to sway people to whatever beat she wished, but so could her body. Manipulation was a delicate and graceful creature, contrary to popular belief. A soft nudge here or a word dropped in conversation could tear apart a nation if done right and Alice was on the fast track to being able to do just that.

Finally, Alice began to move, one graceful step at a time toward Isabella and the twins. Her eyes never left Izzy's eyes, neither did the smile leave her face. Each slow step had purpose. Alice needed to show Izzy she just wasn't some play thing to pass the time the other day. Those Alice took an intimate liking to were truly special. She might have had a few lovers in the past few years, but they were far and few between. Alice might have flirted and come across as a lustful woman, but in that area she was extremely picky as to whom she allowed to enjoy her. Izzy just happened to be one of these special individuals whom Alice felt sexually attracted to and whom she was willing to give that much of herself. The distance wasn't great, but the slow approach Alice took made it seem like a lifetime. That was on purpose as it set a mood and gathered attention.

"Hello angel," Alice said softly as she approached Izzy. Alice didn't acknowledge the twins, but instead pressed herself close to Izzy. Alice reached out and brushed Izzy's cheek with her hand, sliding her fingers into Izzy's hair. She kissed Izzy softly and slowly this time, more intimately than the last time they had met. Alice wasn't about to show Izzy a rough hand in front of others, no, that was saved for more private times between the two young women. Pulling back from Izzy, Alice caressed her cheek one more time and then turned to smile at Gabriel and Uriel. "And who are your two handsome friends Bella?," she asked, looking one twin over and then the other.

[Aki Welland]

"Thanks. I was hoping to get more people............" She shrugged, meaning she was going to say more. But it ended up Fifi said exactly what she was thinking. She wanted to invite some of the older kids here to spice up the life of the party. Not that it wasn't going pretty well already, it was just there weren't....party people here. Aki's eyes sparkled and she laughed a little, a bright, mischievous laugh.


" Definitely hang around! And I wouldn't mind if we got some of the older crowd to come around. This party has barely begun and it's already dying. We need some fun people here to make some noise! " Even though the music was loud enough most of the people around the fire where talking quietly and in sort of predetermined groups. She sighed. The whole idea was for people to spread out, be loud, have fun, that kind of stuff. It seemed they were just there to be....there. She looked back to where she had left Leo, feeling bad. She shouldn't have left him and really should have found someone for him to at least chill with, even if he wasn't the most social of people. She sighed as she looked around.

Aki watched a few more people she didn't know walk over from the school and sighed. Where were all the fun people! She had asked a few of her friends to spread the word, but wondered if it had even happened. She blew a puff of hair from her face, frowned, and sighed.

[Leonardo Charter]

Leo slowly dropped his hand to his side, watching as Aki stepped in front of him. Her figure was silhouetted against the flames of the fire and he gave up squinting to make out facial details. He opened his mouth to speak, but he found his friend laughing suddenly. He closed his mouth, giving a small toothless smile. He couldn't figure out what was so funny but he guessed that it probably had something to do with himself.

I'll say I dragged you here or something Leo couldn't help but give a chuckle as Aki said this. It was just such a silly excuse. Dragged to a party against his own will and then forced to enjoy chips and salsa. She might as well use the excuse that he was their sacrifice to the party gods. But he pursed his lips together and nodded, thankful that she would try her hardest to get him out of trouble if the need arose. He was lucky to have such a friend who would risk detention to save his good record.

Before he could properly thank her for her offer to cover him a loud voice shouted over the crowd. He flinched of course at the shrill girly voice and turned to see a girl standing on the edge of the crowd. Aki left off in her direction giving him a wink and the promise she would be back. " Have fun." He somewhat shouted in her direction before she drifted into the crowd of people.

What the heck do I do now? That was the question. He had never attended a school party, the closest thing he could this of was the Christmas parties the police department had every year. But that had no comparison to this, except maybe the quality of music. He sighed and made his way to the edge of the fire and sat. Yep, this was going to be a great time.

[Gabriel & Uriel Raines]

Both twins listened intently to her describe the feeling, them trying to imagine what it's like. It was hard for them, the 'powers' they'd had, they'd had as long as they could remember. hey could lift fridges, but they were sure it felt the same way as someone lifting another sort of weight. They could do everything, just really well, and it just felt normal to them.

Nothing tingly, or that required concentration, it all just.. always happened. They could just run fast. They could jog, too, and run at the speed of an average person, but they just weren't used to it, so they rarely did. Also, it was a better work-out for them to run at what they considered 'average.'

As she asked them what it felt like, they looked at each other, smirking. Well.. how did they describe this? "It's like.. knowing he's feel, and I feel like I'm all in me.." Uriel nodded, continuing. "And I feel like I'm all at me, but.. "Well, when we.. when we look at each other, we realize there's part of us missing, and we see that what we think is all of us in us.." "Is really just another body with the rest of us that we have an outstanding connection with." As they talked, it almost felt like anyone listening was ruining some strange intimate moment, as a person discovered themselves. Once they looked back to Izzy, it was over.

"Now, most Gestalt twins," He spoke with more confidence, earlier the pair of them having sounded more happy and relaxed, and now the air of confidence was back in his voice. "They eventually completely merge." He said, glancing to Gabriel. "But we, we happen to do everything we can to stay two halves of a whole. Neither of us gets shoved out ever, we just mold together more so than usual sometimes."

"For example, I'm exceptionally good at history and art. But I still make straight A's in sciences, because Gabriel likes them. So I still feel the effects of him loving him, and he feels the effects of my love of art and history and is still a great artist and gets A's in history, but it's an effect felt off of me. But we will eventually both balance into a center." He grinned, Gabriel nodding, thinking of an example.

"Think of.. think of two waves. One moving at just a beat faster than the other. For a while, they're right there next to each other.. then they branch of for a bit. Eventually, they come back together.. then split." Uriel, easily catching what point Gabriel was making, nodded.

"There are times when we're obviously completely in sync.. and then a lot of times when we're not. We just.. try to stay as 'two halves of a whole' as possible." He said with a grin and a laugh. "But eventually," Gabriel started, to conclude his wave example. "Eventually they'll be the same wave."

Seeing Alice coming over, they moved to say hello, until suddenly her tongue may or may not have been down Izzy's throat - they weren't quite sure, as neither had actually ever kissed anyone. At the introduction portion, they grinned, both offering their hands and saying in tandem, "I'm Gabriel." "I'm Uriel." However, seeing as it might be their only chance to get a word in, they looked from Izzy to Alice.

"Should we.. should we go? We don't want to be interrupting anything." And of course, there were always more people they could talk to.

[Fifi Hart]

Fifi wasn’t sure about Aki’s encouragement for her to stay. Usually when that happened, it meant the party was pretty lame. And the party was pretty lame. Grinning, Fifi winked at Aki. “well not too much noise. Wouldn’t want security busting our shit up.” Deftly she whipped her phone out of her back pocket, her candy-pink painted nails flying over the keys as she continued to speak. “I’ll try and bring some rabble-rousers.” She promised as she punched the SEND button.

If Verax, Rixon, and Horus weren’t enough to get a party started, she hoped the presence of Zac, Moe, and JD would at least spice things up. Come to think of it…she wasn’t sure why she’d invited JD. The older Paerson was sort of a clam: shut in and impossible to crack. Oh well, maybe he’d open up in a social atmosphere. Fifi followed Aki’s gaze and nudged the girl playfully. “you don’t have to babysit me honey. You can go back to your friend.” She said, nodding encouragingly. The dude she was looking out looked scared out of his piss anyway.

“I can find my own way. Promise.”

[Aki Welland]

Her fingers flew over the keyboard as Aki watched her text. She didn't give out her phone number except to a few people, seeing as she communicated mostly by snail mail or e-mail. Hey, she liked those better than texting and there was less of a chance that someone was going to prank her if they didn't have her phone number. When Fifi said something about babysitting her attention was brought up sharp.

" Oops. Sorry. Didn't mean to be so see through. I hate leaving Leo alone because he hates parties, ya know? Definitely not a social butterfly." She had to laugh at that and look around. She really should go say hi to the others before she went back over to Leo but maybe she wouldn't. If they needed something they could come find her. Most everyone here knew she had thought this up so there wasn't any need to worry.

With a final nod to Fifi she made her way through the people, back over towards Leo. He was sitting there alone by the fire, and it made her feel so...bad about leaving him. She thought about trying a little trick she was working on with him. Knowing him he might not appreciate it too much but oh well. He wasn't totally immune to her ways. The girl took off the thin flesh colored gloves she wore and set one of her hands against his skin. With an effort she made sure to try and block all but the loudest of his thoughts from her mind so that she could try to speak to him.

I'm sorry for Leaving you Sparky. Gotta make the rounds sometime you know. You need to relax and enjoy yourself, get some soda or something. She hoped that the telepathic message got to him. She knew for sure that no one else had heard her, which made her question if he had even heard her. stupid stupid telepathic power. she grumbled to herself.

[Misato Hazukashi]

Moe had taken a few minutes to get to the bonfire, mostly because he'd had to put makeup on and totally forgotten to bring something to eat. So he'd backtracked and grabbed a cake he'd baked for Vincent a few hours ago, and threatened his boyfriend with no food unless he came along with him.

So, enter one tiny brunette with a massive lemon and almond cake in his arms. Swaggering along in high heels and a perfect outfit, he managed to juggle the cake over to one arm and waved. "Hiiii~" He cooed, trotting over to Fifi and passing her the cake. "I'm here! With cake. Vinvin should be coming later, but he's busy trying to get his eyeliner right, so he might be a few hours." He explained, twisting his curls round his finger.

"So, um, who's party is this?" He asked politely, looking a little lost in the sea of people round the bonfire. "I feel bad just showing up so I brought the cake." Moe chewed his lip, then saw a large spread of soda. Well, at least there was some yummy drinks here, and Fifi.

[Isabella Crane]

Isabella listened to Gabriel and Uriel as they explained how they felt about one another and how their interests seemed to seep into another. Sure one liked art and history and the other didn't but... it all seemed to work out in the end right?

Isabella listened the best she could and nodded, she couldn't begin to imagine what it was like to have that sort of bond with anyone else so her understanding could only go so deep. She didn't have someone that knew her in and out and that she could confide in solely, and the thought of it made her feel like Uriel was almost living in the shadow of Gabriel but perhaps that was just the slight sense of melancholy she felt from being alone all her life.

She smiled as the twins compared them to being sound waves, glad that she was at least already thinking on the same page. They were rapping up their explanation as the lovely image of Alice came into view, Izzy's eyes fixed on the flaxen goddess. Everything about her was intoxicating, the way her hair bounced about her face to the way her clothes clung to the curves of her body. She was what a woman should be...

Izzy lost her breath at Alice's touch and moving almost as if at the girls every beck and call she leaned her head to the side and moved into Alice to feel her tongue against hers. She noticed that Alice was being much gentler this time and it still pulled her in all the same. She felt her heart pounding and that other side of her roaring to life, shaking deep down inside of her to keep the other girls attention. She wrapped her arms around the girls waist, only brought out of the moment when Alice pulled her lips away from hers. She caught her breath for a moment before hearing the boys speak and glancing back their way. She didn't let go of Alice, instead she keep her pressed right against her hip, her head leaning against hers.

She gave a silly smile as if in her own world of pure bliss. "Alice this is Gabriel and Uriel." She nodded to each twin correctly as she said their names, "And gentlemen, this is the lovely Miss Alice Halifax." She wasn't sure if the guys felt uncomfortable because Alice was so bold or if they were still alien to intimate situations. "You aren't interrupting anything." yet she thought in her mind. She wasn't going to beg them to stay there but she didn't want them to think their presence was hindering her.

[Fifi Hart]

Only a few minutes after Aki had trotted off, Fifi was greeted by a familiar sound. Gleefully she waved to Moe. “Hey cutiepie!” she greeted, arms suddenly full of cake. She blinked stupidly down at it, and then giggled slightly, walking with the other brunette to the table. She pushed aside some sodas and put down the cake as she explained, “You know, Moe…you probably didn’t need to bring a giant fucking cake to a party that isn’t supposed to be happening.”

Straightening up from placing the cake, Fifi tossed her bangs from her face and pointed over at Aki making the rounds. “Aki Welland. Telepath. She’s pretty chill, bit of a punk--- likes to break rules, y’know?” She explained. “I guess she threw it. She showed up when I asked.”

Crossing her arms, Fifi surveyed the crowd again, still looking a little shy. But if her eyes were telling her right, there were two chicks making out on the other side of the fire. She’d pass on that for now. “Glad your boyfriend is gonna make it.” Fifi said with a grin. “Hopefully he can bring some more life to this place than just you and me can! There are some things a girl just can’t do alone,” She sighed dramatically, “even with her bestie in the cutest outfit in the whole fucking world.” Fifi grinned and nodded her approval. “You look bomb.”

[JD Paerson]

When he'd first gotten the text from Fifi, JD had dismissed it immediately. He didn't even know the girl. Why should he feel pressured to go to a party just because she'd sent him a message? It was probably a prank or something anyway to get him into trouble.

On the other hand...he'd actually been invited out somewhere, which didn't happen often. And it was a party. Why not just go and see what was up? He could always leave if he didn't want to hang around--not like it was far or anything, or that it would take very long.

So he slipped on his shoes and headed outside to the pond. There seemed to be a largish group forming, and it was starting to get a bit noisy. There was Fifi, and Moe. JD shuddered involuntarily. He always felt a bit strange around Moe. Far too much glitter, as far as he was concerned. The bunny ears didn't help either.

Then again, he didn't really know many of the other people hanging around, either. Rather than giving up on the party entirely, he decided he might at least attempt to talk to Fifi and see what was up. That way he could at least say he tried.

"Hey," he said, trotting up to the two friends. Then he glanced down. "Is that a cake?" He loved cake. It was always worth sticking around if there was food involved.

"Mind if I have a piece?" Then he realized who he was talking to. "Um. Wait. What's in it?" If it was dosed, he'd rather be aware before he ate it instead of after.

"Is this it for the night?" he asked, glancing around. Even with the promise of cake, he wasn't exactly sure it would be a good idea for him to hang around too long. There didn't seem to be anything that special going on.

[Misato Hazukashi]

"Oh..." Moe looked a little embarassed, but pepped up quickly. "But it's lemon and almond and the only way I could get Vinvin out the house without him tearing my skirt off." He shrugged his tiny shoulders and laughed. He did take a soda - walking from the apartment to the school in heels was thirsty work, and popped it open, hoping quietly that there might be straws somewhere so he didn't have to get his lipgloss all smudgy and disgusting within 2 minutes of showing up. "I hope no one's got nut allergies. That'd be my luck." He huffed a little bit, then bumped his cheek to Fifi's to give her an airkiss.

Thankfully, Moe is a pixie and not a psychic, so JD is safe from Moe's scorn. Else he would have been totally fed up with everyone assuming he wore glitter all the time and acted anything like his boyfriend or his three lovely, but troublesome friends. "You look gorgeous too y'know?" He chirruped, linking arms with the girl while still hunting out a straw. "Hi!" He added brightly when the speedster moved over to the cake.

"Um, yes it's a cake." He said slowly. What else could it be? Maybe a bomb? "I brought it to eat so you're more than welcome." The voice brightened again, and he stepped aside so JD could grab a piece or two. "It's Lemon and Almond, so um... don't eat it if you have nut allergies." He wrung his small hands, then looked over at Aki. Well, it was certainly a nice enough day for people to congregate.

"Vincent's coming after he's done getting his makeup and pants on." Moe nodded sagely. "I got a text from Horus too, he says he'd love to come but he and Sett are in the middle of a serious game of Fear 3 and if he isn't there to help they might lose." He recited, flipping out his overly pink and sparkly phone and running a nail over the screen.

Tiptoing from foot to foot, he finally saw a small pack of straws and grabbed one. "I don't know if anyone else is coming." He added with a tiny shrug, resting his cheek on Fifi's shoulder and sipping his soda. "Those two girls are really going for it." He noted rather blandly, pointing at them with his pinky finger. "They make Vincent look tame."

[Alice Halifax]

Isabella returned Alice's affection deeply, with just a hint of roughness to show how interested she was. Alice found it hard to pull away from Izzy, but ever trying to be the lady, Alice knew starting some wild Roman orgy wasn't proper party etiquette. As she did pull away though, Izzy slipped her hand around her, keeping her close to her own body. Alice raised an eyebrow and gave Izzy a brief glance, surprised by the other girl's possessiveness. It seemed Alice had misjudged Izzy's character slightly. Perhaps she wasn't as soft as she appeared? That question only pulled at Alice's wild side all the more. If she had it her way, Alice would have Isabella right here and now, over and over again until both of them passed out from exhaustion. However, Alice was a lady first and a lady's intimate moments were a private matter.

Alice leaned her head against Isabella's, smiling all the more. Clearly Izzy had come to terms with her feelings and so, Alice would fall into place, providing more comfort for her soon to be lover. "Gabriel and Uriel," she said slowly and almost sultry as Izzy introduced her two friends. She recognized the names after a second. The names of two angels in Christian belief, or something like that. Her smiled widened when Izzy introduced her in the manner she did. Such flair and importance on the introduction. Alice must have meant something very special to Izzy and this pleased Alice greatly.

The twins seemed a bit uncomfortable in the moment, a common reaction when faced with something which was uncommon in their lives. Alice took no slight at it, but rather found it amusing. "No, please, you don't have to leave. Would you kindly stay and amusing us a while longer?," Alice said, that very familiar phrase of hers splitting the air. Alice relished in her ability and did not hesitate to use it whenever possible. However, she had learned she needed to be more gently and soft with it. When forced, her phrases and commands were generally greeted with rejection and a fight. People didn't like being told what to do, but asking them, that was a different story. Manipulating others was so easy, all it took was a soft push and a sweet voice.

[Gabriel & Uriel Raines]

Awkward? Awkward was not a word to describe how they felt. Not even uncomfortable. They were fine with women loving other women - they were extraordinarily open-minded about.. well, everything. It was just that they had suddenly been in their own world and Gabriel and Uriel had felt as though they were intruding.

They wanted to leave - they didn't like interrupting public displays of affection, and this was very public, and very affectionate. Glancing around, they saw that the party had grown, multiple people here, all of them ones that the twins recognized.

They really shouldn't be here - really shouldn't. It was past curfew. It was past curfew! It was a party. There was a fiiiire! A FIRE. Anyone was BOUND to see it and be here in an instant then they'd be in trouble and their parents would wonder where they went wrong.

Thinking of their parents, they couldn't stay out too late, they had to leave early the next morning to surprise their parents with breakfast in bed. Why? Well because those are the types of boys Gabriel and Uriel are.

At her request to stay there, they had.. well, no choice but to listen and obey, truthfully, and simply by hearing that, they could guess what her power was. Suddenly every desire to leave had drained from them - except for the desire to get out of the party all together, soon. But listen to her voice! There was just something, something in it that made them pause, and look at each other, then back to Alice and Izzy.

"Yeah, I guess we could stay for a bit.." He glanced back to the buildings on campus as Uriel finished the statement. "Yes, but we will have to leave eventually.. have to get up early and such.." He trailed off, both of them giving identical and ever-so-polite smiles to the two ladies in front of them.

[Leonardo Charter]

Leo stared intently at the fire, knowing that this would kill whatever night vision he had for the next half and hour or so. But he didn't exactly have anything else to do he didn't know anyone at the party except Aki. He also wasn't just going to go up and try to start a conversation. What would he even say? Oh the fire is nice, the sky is really clear tonight. . . Then what? He would stutter and twiddle nervously until the person rolled their eyes and left. Most likely. Long term what would be the point, half these people were the trouble type the other half the popular kind.

Leo wasn't one who could easily mesh with a crowd like this.

With a sigh he positioned his legs Indian style and rubbed his hands together, hoping Aki would come back soon. And that she did, unexpectedly of course. With a touch of her hand Leo could hear her thoughts in his head. I'm sorry for Leaving you Sparky. Gotta make the rounds sometime you know. You need to relax and enjoy yourself, get some soda or something. He smiled a little with that. Well, do you have ice tea? He asked mentally, hoping he was getting his thoughts to her.

[Aki Welland]

When a smile crossed his face Aki knew she had gotten her thoughts through. That was a good thing seeing as she had been trying. If she had failed...well, she didn't know what she would do. Well, do you have ice tea? Leo thought back at her. Her own smile widened at the thought she recieved. She was lso geting snatched of what he had been thinking a moment before. Trouble makers and preps and not knowing how to start a conversation. That was something she didn't want and wasn't sure about, so she promptly ignored it.

Sure, I brought everything pretty much that's legal. And maybe someone might bring something that's not legal later. She winked at him and took her hand away, going to find the drinks to bring something back to Leo. First though she wanted to go talk to those twins and the other two girls who had been sucking face a few minutes before. While Hammel was full of people who were gay, bi, or somewhere in between she hadn't seen so many open displays of affection like that. Then again, some people weren't shy about their sexuality, and she guessed this was one of those people.

As she approached she smiled and waved.
" Hey, I'm Aki." She said to them in case they didn't know her. She hadn't really had any interactions with them before but she knew their names. Alice, Isabelle, Gabriel and Uriel. She caught the tail end of the conversation trailing in their minds and hearing that phrase float through. The will to leave left her, but she knew she had to go talk to other people too. It took her a moment to fight the voice she had heard. Since it was in someone else's memory it wasn't as strong, and therefore she could break it.

" Are you guys doin' okay out here? You should move over towards the fire if you get cold. And we've got some chips and drinks too." She was going to play nice little hostess until some more trouble makers came and they could start shoving people in the pond or something else equally fun. As she looked around she saw that someone she recognized had showed up beside Fifi. is that Misato? She thought to herself. Aki wanted to go and say hi but that was going to have to wait a few more minutes.