HSS holiday party

[wotanon]

Who: HSS and friends
Where: HSS dorm
When: Forward-dated to 430

[Tis the season for holiday parties! If you're close to anyone on HSS, you've definitely received an invite for this one off-screen.]

[In the dorm itself, someone has hauled a big pine tree in a planter into the center of the main room. It's undecorated except for the lights, so far, but there are craft materials nearby - glitter and glue and pine cones and ribbons and brightly-colored paper and everything else you might need to make your own decorations. There’s also a box out, filled with the decorations everyone made at the HSS party last year, ready for hanging]

[Strands of lights and delicate dangling snowflakes hang from doorways, and holly garlands give the whole dorm a festive atmosphere]

[Hurricane has been busy in the kitchen, and the table is set with a Christmas ham, prime rib, fried chicken, mini hasselback potatoes, mashed potatoes cauliflower gratin, stuffed acorn squash, maple pecan sweet potatoes, a citus and fresh greens salad, and cranberry sauce. For dessert, there's a variety of puddings as well as Santa's hat cheesecake bites. The drinks include eggnogg, hot apple cider, and enough booze to spread a little extra Christmas cheer]

Comments

[bondsofsuffering]

Guess we'd better get started.

[This time he'll actually be good and make perfectly innocent leaves.]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Making a bunch, himself]

[bondsofsuffering]

Do you ever end up making too many of these things?

Decorations, that is.

[crossmyheartandhope]

For Christmas? Nah. I kept em all for this year.

[bondsofsuffering]

It's been a whole nother fake one, huh... We didn't do Christmas at sIV, but we did New Years last time.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Oh yeah?

You guys keep your decorations, too?

[bondsofsuffering]

We didn't have too many decorations. For the most part, I just made new years-themed cake.

[crossmyheartandhope]

What, for the new year animal?

[bondsofsuffering]

I have no idea what year it would even count as. I just put some numbers around it, like a clock counting down to midnight.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Oh man, you're right. I didn't even think of the year thing.

A clock sounds real cool, though.

[bondsofsuffering]

It was just the clock face, not a whole clock. But I think it looked pretty sweet.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean, sounds real fancy to me.

Did you take pics?

[bondsofsuffering]

Nah. I'm not really in the habit of it.

If we do another one, you can come over and try it yourself.

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean.

I ain't gonna say no to cake.

[bondsofsuffering]

If we have a party, I'll be sure to invite you over.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Thanks, dude. It goes both ways. We have people by, you're on the top of my list.

[bondsofsuffering]

Yeah?

Then I'll tell the others to let you bypass any "no visitor" signs.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Wait - what?

You do't gotta do that. If your team don't want no one around, they shouldn't gotta have no one around.

[bondsofsuffering]

I'm part of the team and I don't like sitting around alone in my room, so I should be allowed a visitor or two as exceptions.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Ah... I mean, legit, honestly.

[bondsofsuffering]

So if you see the sign, come visit me anyway, 'kay?

[crossmyheartandhope]

You sure?

[bondsofsuffering]

100%!

[crossmyheartandhope]

Well... okay.

I mean... I mean, if you're sure.

[bondsofsuffering]

Now I'm 200% sure.