Spin the Bottle (OPEN TO EVERYONE)

[Lucy Serrano-Blaise]

What Lucy knew, was that a particular hot blonde wife of hers was inviting a shit load of people to a dorm to spin a bottle as an excuse to kiss the living hell out of each other. She didn’t really know why it was happening, other than the fact that Liv was also involved, but she knew she was invited.

And she was pretty well acquainted with the dorm it was in. Roommate .5, or so she knew.

Lucy didn’t tell Penny it was even happening, because why would she? The look on her face would be priceless as it was. So she was hardly going to waste that by being a caring individual for a minute. And really, she primarily visited the dorm to see her anyway. This was, if nothing else, an added bonus. A secondary concern, but a primary distraction.

Pushing the door open without a knock, she raised her eyebrows as she all but ran into someone who actually lived there.

"Well shit, Liv," Lucy started, purposely throwing an arm around her shoulders and easing her back in the direction of the room, "Do you know how absolutely fucked it is to bail out on your own-" Pause. A glance around the room at the selected company had Lucy's nose crinkling. A fair crowd, yeah. But not exactly a fair crowd. "At least hang back for a drink, yeah? You got your favourite?" Because if nothing else, Lucy knew she was into harder alcohol.

Given the number of people and the noise within itself, Lucy highly doubted Penny was even around. The logical solution was to wait for her, unless she had bailed to catch the ink manipulator in her own dorm. That seemed unlikely, given the fact that they would have run into each other by now. Glancing around the room again, she couldn't stop her dark eyes from settling on a familiar blonde wife of hers. With a broad grin, Lucy continued to usher her British counterpart's roommate back towards the counter as she raised her humoured voice;

"Oi! Who's the girly looking fella with his bloody eyes on my fucking wife!!"

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

What Ray heard when Nao had asked him about Spin the Bottle was a ‘a chance to kiss Nao?!’ and that had pretty much decided it for Ray and all that was left to do convinced Nao to go. Ray had fixed his hair and dressed himself in a v-neck black shirt and a jacket with his best pair of dark jeans for the occasion. Ray knew about as many people here as Nao did and he was really just hoping it wasn’t going to be awkward, Ray had only so much energy and he himself was shy in large groups as well. But with Nao there it was easier to be himself. He had his wings tucked tightly against his legs and made a note to tip them up to avoid them getting stepped on by so many people.

He looked around, there were so many people! He recognized a few, but names were escaping him. He glanced back at Nao and shrugged, he really had no idea where to sit. He’d probably find himself comfortably on the floor again but he didn’t mind. It gave his wings a little more and Raylaigh was honestly more comfortable where he had a little more space believe it or not. He’d much rather take the floor than try to squeeze in with all of the other people on the couch. “Sure,” Ray said with a smile and trusted Nao would not do something stupid like get them something alcoholic. They were both lightweight and between the two of them one glass of anything would probably have them all weeble wobbly.

As Nao went off Raylaigh looked around the room. There were so many attractive men! He dodged someone walking past and bumped into someone he hadn’t realized was behind him. “Sorry,” he said brightly and turned to the person he didn’t recognize, “There are so many people,” he said with a little bit of a laugh struggling with small talk.

[Kunikpok "Kuni" Arrluk]

Ahh... What had Kuni gotten himself into? The look Eloise gave him... He wasn't sure what to think about that. At least she didn't look completely angry, just... Scarily amused? He didn't know. He wondered if he should have just kept quiet in the corner until someone had approached him. Too late now.

"Sorry," he apologized sheepishly. As she spoke, Kuni gave a short laugh, rubbing an arm with the opposite hand. "I bump into things quite a bit," he admitted, awkwardly lowering himself to the floor to sit by the blonde girl. "Probably be better if I stay down here, with all these people around..." No need to end up accidentally knocking a person over in the crowded room. He watched dumbly as Eloise picked up the cup that he should have picked up himself. "I, uh, I could have gotten that..." Kuni mumbled. If I hadn't been so distracted being a stupidhead. "... Thanks."

He snickered as Eloise spoke again, resting his head back against the wall. "Trust me, I recognize faces more than.... You know what, I'm not going to finish that." Damn, he couldn't stop the awkward for a second, could he? "Oh, don't worry about it," he replied easily, waving a hand about his t-shirt. "I'm just glad I could do something right." Because he was doing an awful lot of wrong, it seemed. "Uh, can I get you a drink, or...?" Kuni wasn't against a little alcohol. It took a lot to get him all that drunk anyway.

[Penelope Serrano-Blaise]

Since people started piling into her common room, Penelope did her best to ignore them. In theory, her roommate had every right to throw a little get together (Penny refused to acknowledge that it was a party). Had she ever known that students were drinking and playing spin the bottle, she would have done something about it. But instead, the Brit tried her best to remain ignorant of what was going on past her door as she put on an episode of Downton Abbey.

Still, it was impossible to completely block out the people in her common room. The mere fact that there were people in the common room bugged her. She was sure she heard the voice of a couple males, which only added fire to the irritation she felt.

They were idiots.

Penny’s eyes widened suddenly, turning her head to look at the door. She had just her her idiot. Cursing and all, just as Lucy Serrano usually did. Her accent was impossible for the Brit to miss.

So she waited a few moments, to see if she was going to make her way to Penny’s dorm. However, when she didn’t hear a knock or see Lucy come through her door, the Brit pursed her lips, pausing the British drama as she stood.

When she opened the door, she immediately caught sight of Lucy, as she always did. She was always the first to draw her attention. An involuntary smile pulled at the corner of her mouth before she dragged her gaze away and looked around. Her dark eyes widened even more so at the sight she found. She knew there were people in her common room. But this many? And this many boys. The Brit felt her jaw clench immediately. “What is going on?” Her accented voice demanded attention, although her gaze fell back on Lucy. Even if the Australian had just walked in, Penny felt the need to address her.

[Eloise Eaton]

Eloise laughed lightly at Kuni as she picked up the napkin and threw it into the cup the liquid had spilled from. She shook his head at his offers to clean up and get them drinks. "I'll trust you to carry beverages once you can prove to me your brain can send messages all the way down to your toes before they knock into another table," Eloise teased, allowing her tall sort-of-friend (?) to stay seated. It was for the good of the entire party. "I'll get drinks so you don't destroy these poor girl's dorm," Eloise insisted, turning on her heel and going to throw out the remnants of the mess Kuni had created and get them a couple drinks.

She hadn't asked what Kuni liked, and immediately regretted it, because there were a couple choices (all very cheap options, haphazardly thrown into a cooler, what you would expect from some under age students). So she just grabbed two random bottles and headed back to where Kuni was sitting. She wasn't very well acquainted with American alcohol to begin with. Nor was she well acquainted with the American drinking age. Sometimes she forgot that you had to be 21 in the US. She had been drinking fine win with her father at dinner in Europe since she was quite young. (She just couldn't buy it herself).

She settled herself down next to Kuni again, in the same spot she was sitting before, legs crossed over one another. She handed him the bottles, "You can pick what you want first," she offered, knowing that even if she happened to like one of the drinks, she would have much. She was too accustom to fine wines and spirits. She wouldn't say that out loud for the fear of coming across pretentious, but it was the truth. She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "I don't really know the difference between all the American products anyway."

[Carleigh Davidson]

As more and more people arrived, Carleigh became bubblier. She practically fed off of the energy of a large crowd, and this was her ideal scene for a fun night. "Hey George!" She shouted across the room, cheerfully waving back to her friend. Her momentary social high made her ignorant of how her friend, her collaborative sister Liv was not feeling the atmosphere of the room. She continued to make her rounds, greeting those and making a head count. Woah, so many people. Way more than expected.

It'd be alright. She brushed off the thoughts, heading to the kitchen A wide grin on her face, the blonde nodded enthusiastically to herself as her two besties talked it up. She eyed an already empty bottle of booze, shaking her head back and forth. The party had been up and running for what, fifteen minutes? Sighing, Carleigh poured three drinks; a rum and coke for her lovely Liv, a cup punch... with a tiny splash of vodka for River and an OJ with Malibu. Delicately, she manoeuvred her way through the crowd until reaching.... River. She frowned, eyeing the extra drink in her hand. "I have returned with drinks!" Carleigh exclaimed, nodding towards the cup balanced between the other two cups in the middle. "There's yours." The blonde sweetly smiled at River, managing to surpress her giggles from the extra... boost she had added to his drunk. Nothing that would get him intoxicated, or even buzzed. She held onto Liv's drink, taking a sip of her own as she waited for her friend to return. "You see where she went?"

Before River could answer, a very familiar, Australian accent cut through the crowd. Her cheeks turned pink in response. Funny how Lucy was the only one who had the capability to make her blush as she did. She took a nervous gulp of her drink, shaking her head back and forth before looking back at the kitchen, seeing Lucy and Liv. "Don't be jealous wifey. It's a-okay." Carleigh nervously glanced back at River, hoping he wouldn't be offput with Lucy. Cause she wanted everyone to get along. "Partners for the flour baby assignment. We call each other our wives now."

As if it couldn't get any more awkward and strained... Penny... Penelope appeared. Carleigh frowned. How long had she been at Hammel and wasn't aware that Liv and Penny were roomies? "I think I'll let them deal with that." She said with a chuckle, looking at the dark haired beauties in the kitchen. "Anyway, how're this evening? This is gonna be a lot of fun, I know." The blonde beamed at the cute asian before her.

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Ohhh little Sharp-tooth was an adorable little dinosaur! Look how grumpy he was, Brooke could just pinch his widdle cheekies.

Actually, why not?

Brooke reached her arms around the dentokinetic and firmly grabbed his right cheek between her thumb and forefinger and shook it until it flappity flaped with squishes. She dug her knees into his spine, then slowly adjusted herself until bare feet were planted flat on his back. This position would’ve been a lot harder if she were wearing anything other than short-shorts and and a graphic tank with a kitty-neko on it…with no bra of course, after all, they were at the dorms, which was practically home and she didn’t need such a think outside of her home.

The boy next to Sharp-tooth was grumpy too! Seemed like the grump had the tendency to attract grumps. Brooke gave him a little pat on the head with a smile and a tee-hee-hee before turning to the other squinty-eyed sir seated next to Kodi. “Yuppers!” she confirmed with a sharp nod, putting a death grip on Sharky’s shoulders. She cocked her head as he gave her his request. “You’re right! I can’t afford a backache, I got stuff t’ do in the morning!” With that, she reached her legs out behind her and calmly climbed off the dentokinetic. She leaned over the back of the couch and gave him a wink. “Yur cute. Play nice!” she warned with an extra pet on his head as well. Then she crossed the room to get her some drinks.

[River Tseung]

A lot of things happened really quick - Carleigh's friend Liv left to get a drink or something, a bunch more people showed up, Carleigh went to get drinks, and a girl River didn't know that sounded Australian came into the room. He was a little lost, and, unsure of what to do, ended up sort of humming to himself with a nervous smile and stepping back towards the wall, staying out of the way. Wow, it was getting really crowded in here...

Huh... Wait, wife, what?

River cringed at the vulgar words, which somehow sounded even more harsh being yelled in that accent, and at him. "H-huh?" he stammered, staring at Carleigh with a help me! sort of look as she returned. Thankfully, the blonde explained about the flour baby reason, and he relaxed, though he still felt on edge about being yelled at. "Oh," he breathed, managing a smile, but it wasn't quite as bright as usual. "I see. We, uh, we're just, you know, friends....?" he spoke to the other girl - Lucy was her name, right? - uncertain of what else to say. River was still unaware that an actual kissing game was happening, and wondered what was actually going to occur at this little (or rather large) gathering.

For some reason, though, saying he and Carleigh were just friends sent a weird, uncomfortable feeling through his stomach. Thankfully, he had the drink in his hand, so he took a long sip, wrinkling his nose as the taste filled his mouth. "Mmm... This's interesting," he mused. Not bad, just... Interesting.

He blinked up at Carleigh again as she spoke, giving a chuckle as he glanced over at the loudness unfolding. "Yeah, seems like the best idea," he agreed, nodding. River wanted nothing to do with any potential arguing; that wasn't his thing. He turned back to the blonde and nodded enthusiastically, his usual smile lighting up his face again. "Yeah! I mean, I have no idea what's really going on, but I like being around people, soooo...!" He took another drink. "Um... Is there something planned to do?" he asked innocently.

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"Hey, I didn't wanna come either, but this moron forced me to," Kodi smirked, nudging Gryphon's side. Like the adoring, affectionate boyfriend he was, he took the opportunity to kiss Gryph again, just knowing it would piss Thane off even more. Ah, the perfect friendship. "So, you get t'suffer with me," he finished, turning back to the blonde. "Hey, lookit the bright side, there's a lotta... Chicks." He supposed a straight guy would think most of them were attractive. They did nothing for him. "'Course, I still think you gotta gay streak too, so we'll see," he added with a wink.

He rubbed his hand up and down Gryph's thigh, hoping it would put him at ease a little. Kodi knew Thane could be hard to handle. He just snorted as Thane pulled away from his half-embrace, flopping himself more heavily against the winged meta. "Fine, be a little bitch, then," he sneered.

But, agh, Brooke! Kodi struggled under her weight - she didn't look like she would weigh that much - and before he knew what was happening, he felt her fingers pinching his cheeks, which made him whine and growl and snarl, trying to shake her off. His back felt very uncomfortable with her crawling all over it; she might break something, if she wasn't careful, because Kodi knew his ability did something to his bone density or... Something. "Gettoooooffff!" he wailed, his teeth starting to sharpen and elongate on their own.

He ignored Thane's question, instead looking with unamusement towards Gryphon and his 'logic'. Kodi was about to snap at him for not doing something more when... He realized it had worked. Brooke was getting off. He gasped loudly as he inhaled now that the weight was off of his body, shaking his shoulders out like he could rid himself of the memory. "Fuck," he growled, prodding on of his canines, which was now long enough to poke a good couple centimeters over his lower lip. "... I can't believe that worked," he snorted, looking at Gryphon. He then glanced over at Thane again, giving a devilish grin. "Maybe if you're lucky, you'll get a round with her," he taunted. Kodi reached out and snagged his drink again, quickly finishing it off and grabbing another.

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This might’ve been a bad idea. If Nao had known that Ray was as uncomfortable as he was in large crowds, then he would have suggested doing something else. But in a way, it was also a bit exciting, experiencing something new like this with a friend. After this time, maybe they could consider doing something similar in the future? That would definitely get Nao out and about more than he normally was, instead up just studying and practicing all the time. Fun things for friends to do…

Nao looked over his shoulder from the drink counter and wondered if everyone else here was friends with everyone else? How nice it must be to know so many people and have them all show up just because you asked them.

He was really starting to notice how much he stood out, or rather, didn’t. Everyone else was all dressed up, there was a guy with a cane who looked like he was ready to host a fancy party and a pretty, noticeably tall girl in a sexy tight dress. Meanwhile, Nao was left in a thin, sleeveless, zip-up, orange hoodie with a white tank underneath and khaki shorts. Well, the hoodie also had a graphic of choco-pocky on the front, but it overall made him look about 10 years younger than he really was. Oh, well…

Nao located another bottle of clear liquid with a giant strawberry on it. At least they had fun flavored drinks here. Nao liked fruit drinks. He poured a glass and started back across the room to Ray, but by the time he got there, Nao had already forgotten which cup was which. “Uh…” he started a little panicked. “Here.” Nao made an arbitrary decision and just handed his friend one of the cups before he took a seat next to him on the floor and started sipping at his drink. Mmm, yummy! Peach.

[Amelia Zhao]

Amelia sent a small wave back to Brook. "Well then it's time to make some new friends Mia. I mean your going to be locking lips with someone here so you might as well be friendly. So drink and be social ". She ruffle Mia's and smiled. "Aw i love you to Mia" she replied sarcastically. "Now save my spot why I get us a drink". Amelia walked over to the beer pouring two cups and made her way back to Mia. "Here drink a little and loosen up. No protesting missy. This stuff well give you a nice buzz for sure". She held the cup out for her waiting for her to take it.

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

Nao need not fear, Raylaigh might be a little shy in large groups, but with Nao it was fun, he was trying new things it wasn’t just him and a bunch of strangers. It was him and his best friend Nao and a whole bunch of strangers. Totally no big deal. It was like a new adventure. He wondered if anyone else he knew was gonna show up. Like it or not, Nao was the reason he was here, and Ray was just the one who had kicked it from an idea to a thing that they were going to come to. He was glad he had but there were so many people here, it was hard to tell if there would be a coherent game or if they might get caught in the crowd. Ray was grinning as he was considered other ways he might convince Nao that a kiss was a good idea.

Raylaigh thought Nao looked cute in his get up. He certainly stood out in the orange, which Ray was slightly glad for because Nao was short compared to a lot of the people here and if it got any more crowded Ray might just have to use the orange hoodie to find Nao. Not to mention the hoodie was sleeveless and absolutely adorable. Nao had nice arms and as Ray’s eyes found the orange clad Asian he shook himself and had to keep himself from digressing. This was another one of those things that he had never been to before, believe it or not. Not while Jack was around. Raylaigh was here to have fun with Nao and he shook his head a bit. He was not going to think of Jack and what might have happened if he even thought about mentioning something like this to him. Ray settled himself on the floor and shifted a bit until his wings were comfortable.

“Thanks,” Ray said with a bright smile and took the offered cup. He initially thought it was water but it didn’t smell like water. He gave an experimental sip and tasted strawberries and smiled. It went down with a little bit more of a kick than Raylaigh was expecting and he coughed a little bit. “Well then,” he said and smiled raising his glass to Nao. “Cheers, let’s get this party started!” Raylaigh had no idea what he was getting into. He took another, larger gulp and whatever it was burned a little as it went down. He’d never had alcohol so he had no idea that what he was drinking was alcoholic, it was hard to drink fast, but Ray was alright savoring it, he could mostly ignore that it was a little bit fiery. He waved his hand at Nao and pointed at his cup making sure Nao had his attention on the cup. “This is good!” Being just a little over a hundred pounds and not having anything to eat this was going straight to his head. Nor was he drinking it slowly and pacing himself, he was a little thirsty so…

[Mia Bell]

Mia rolled her eyes, “And yet when I graduate I won’t see anyone here again…” She didn’t see herself befriending anyone here, A few of them seemed like jackass’s after over hearing conversations, and other seemed to only want to be in their bubble with their own close friends. No one seemed to be socializing outside of who they already knew, “Is this what all parties are like?” She asked when Amelia came back, “Everyone not caring about shit outside of their own friends?” Amelia should tell everyone else to socialize, not her.

She looked at the cup that Amelia was handing to her, after she said ‘buzz’ she knew what it was, she wasn’t stupid. She took the cup, was this it? Was this all there was to parties? A drink that looked and smelled like piss inside a red plastic cup, really? She smirked, how stupid, that a drink was all she apparently needed to have fun. She looked around, and almost everyone was holding the same type of cup. “Is this what fun is made out of? Do I really need to drink in order to have fun?” She looked at Amelia, that’s probably what everyone said to themselves at parties. She shook her head, she wasn’t going to sink into that choice, she wasn’t going to put herself in that state of mind because it was beneath her. She got up, walked over to the counter where the drink were and put her cup down on it. Someone else can drink it for all she cared. After that she just walked out, she knew no one other than Amelia would care, or even notice. Which brought her to the point of why she didn’t want to come, no one in the room cared about anyone other than their friends, and they never would until they had to kiss them in an utterly stupid game made for middle schoolers.

[Thane Graves]

"Well, maybe next time you should ditch the moron," Thane quipped at Kodi's mentioning of Gryph dragging him here. He rolled his eyes at the comment of girls. "See, you just hate chicks. I hate people in general. So no, that doesn't make things any better." The next comment made him fume even more.

Thane was fuming at Kodi's comment because there was no way he was gay.

"I sense sarcasm," he muttered at the 'voice in his head' which he was going to continue to address as that. Just, what the fuck! It's like he had schizophrenia, but it was considered a power. Bullshit.

He rolled his eyes at the exchanges between Gryph and Thane. "Why do you like to play these kid games anyway, Matsouka? You already make out with Kodi everyday, why the fuck do you need to play spin the bottle?"

"Yeah, because crazy chicks get me going, fuck off, Oubre." He reached out to blindly shove Kodi.

[Kunikpok "Kuni" Arrluk]

"I-" ... Okay, Kuni couldn't exactly argue with Eloise's logic, he had been pretty clumsy so far. If he kept going, he'd probably hurt someone in this cramped space. "Alright," he finally agreed, giving an embarrassed smile. "Thank you... And sorry." It wasn't his fault he was so big! Heck, this wasn't even nearly as big as he could be.... But none of them needed to know that.

He watched the blonde as she got up to get the drinks, eyes trailing from her shoulders down and landing on her bum before he jerked and quickly looked away, scolding himself for being such a boy for a moment. Kuni didn't know what had come over him; that wasn't like him at all. He distracted himself by watching the people around him, smiling pleasantly at anyone that looked his way.

When Eloise came back, he turned that smile on her, taking the drink as it was offered to him. "Thanks," he said again, opening the bottle and giving an experimental sip. It wasn't bad - wasn't outstanding either, but he'd drink it. Kuni didn't really drink much, and because of his size, he rarely got anything more than a little buzzed on the infrequent occasions that he partook in drinking. "Yeah, I... I don't either," he admitted, leaning back. Kuni tugged at the collar of his tanktop; he was getting warm. "I don't really drink often enough to know anything, and before I moved to Hammel I'd never even really been exposed to it." Hard to become an alcoholic when you lived on the edge of the world. He took another sip. "So, uh... Do you know what's planned for this... Get together?" he asked.