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[turnthebadinme]

Cliché has it, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. This isn't entirely true, but there's some merit to the old adage. If you want something done right, it's alright to let other people do all the work - just so long as you're the one supervising

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[anewwaive]

Gideon had no fucking idea who was throwing the party. Really, all he got out of Penny was names and the fact they'd be going to it, and she left little room for him to protest whether he wanted to or not. He didn't really have much to work with for this kind of party, so he just went with the only decent shit he could find in the clothes box - swimming trunks and a white shirt, which he didn't bother buttoning because it was too fucking hot outside.

Parties, at least, meant alcohol. Gideon had pretty much made a beeline for the supply and poured a glass for himself as soon as he was able. After the shit weeks he'd had, he was pretty ready to relax for a while.

He eyed the rest of the area once he had a full glass, seeing if he spotted anyone interesting, or at least where Penny ran off to.

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As one of the hostesses, Serena intended to greet every single person who attended -- or at least try. She'd noticed the guy who'd shown up with Penny Lane (and okay, how exciting was it that Penny Lane was at her party? Penny Lane!), but it took her a while to make her way to him. When she did so, with a glass in one hand, she offered him the other and smiled. "Hey, I'm Serena," she said. "Enjoying the party?"

[anewwaive]

Gideon looked over at the unfamiliar chick standing by him. He knew he'd heard the name Serena mentioned, so he figured she was one of the people who put the shit together.

"Gideon," he said, taking her hand and shaking it. "Yeah, it's not bad. Different from the usual dress up shit that goes down around here. You're the Serena that's throwing this thing, right? Penny mentioned you."

He normally wouldn't have minded the formal parties, but he still hadn't found a decent suit to replace the one that got ripped up. It fucking figured, really.

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"I'm that Serena, yes," she said, laughing. Was there any other Serena on the island? She was sure she was the only one, tonight at least. It sparked a memory that barely had time to form, leaving her only with the vague idea that their next party, after her birthday, should involve masks. "It's nice meeting you, Gideon. I'm so glad you could come. Penny's great; we wouldn't have music without her."

[anewwaive]

"Yeah, music's kind of her thing," he said, with a somewhat wry grin. It was like saying movies were kind of his fucking thing. "Shit, I didn't know there was an actual band on this piece of rock, though. Learn something new every fucking day, I guess."

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Serena nodded. "I'd hoped there was one," she said, waving a hand. "Saves me the trouble of trying to recruit one." It was meant as a joke, but had the need struck, Serena would have done it in a heartbeat. "This is their first show. It's kind of awesome to get to be their debut."

[anewwaive]

"Considering most parties rely on bad karaoke, the jukebox, or that kid with the harp, I gotta say, it's a nice switch. Penny's said good things about them, too, so I figure it'll be some good stuff," he mused, then paused to glance around. "Though, shit, with alcohol being given out, it's probably too bad that karaoke thing isn't here. There's been some hilarious shit at other parties."

Gideon was secure in the knowledge that unless the island did something to him, he'd never be drunk enough to try that shit, but he'd always enjoy watching other people do it.

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"I did hear about the kid with the harp," Serena said, managing to grin and wince at the same time. Had Blair's mother been throwing the party, that kid might have been employed again, but with the girls in control, there was no way Serena was settling for a harp. "Maybe next time we'll see about getting alcohol and karaoke. Watching people have a few drinks and suddenly find they believe they can sing is always good entertainment."

[anewwaive]

"Yeah, really can't fucking believe he's not in this band," he replied, with a sort of amused smirk. "Anyway, I don't know how long you've fucking been around, but a while ago a party just magically fucking appeared and I got a hell of a lot of people making jackasses of themselves on film, man. People say the karaoke machine made them do it, but I don't buy that shit for a second."

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"Oh, right," Serena said, nodding, mock-serious. "The karaoke machine and a few drinks, maybe. But what do you mean, it just appeared?" Stuff seemed to have a way of doing that around here, popping out of thin air. But then, if it could do that with people, she supposed it didn't make any less sense that it could with objects.

[anewwaive]

"Fuck, you are new, then," he smirked after she asked. No one who'd been around for a while hadn't heard of that shit. "Yeah, couple of times since I appeared here actual full parties with shit that isn't on the island just appears. Then it's gone the day after like it wasn't even fucking there."

Drugs appeared too, which was what he had enjoyed most.

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"Just a little tease, huh?" Serena suggested. "Remind you of what you don't have?" She had trouble forgetting, though. Sitting in the sun was pleasant enough, but getting back to her room, she found herself thoroughly reminded of what she'd left behind, in terms of creature comforts. Her room at the Palace hotel had been better than this. "I guess I have to start believing in magic now."

[anewwaive]

"And that's just the fucking tame stuff. This place has a bad sense of humor," he snorted. All things considered, though, it could be worse, and he knew it. "But that shit only happens once in a while, so it's not that bad. Usually."

[all_happening]

Penny was practically beaming as she bounded over to Gideon, a drink in one hand and the dress that had covered her bathing suit over the opposite arm. "It's all happening," she announced, before taking a swig from her cup, then pressing up to the balls of her feet to kiss him quickly on the corner of the mouth. She was still grinning when she'd sunk back down, holding back a laugh as she gestured absently to his swim trunks. "Sensing a pattern here?" she asked, as she lifted her dress up. "I blame you for this, you know. I'll probably never wear anything but red or blue again." At least, she thought, it fit the holiday. There were definitely worse things they could have gotten for the fourth of July.

[anewwaive]

Gideon had been noticing the outfit all right, but not because of the colors. Really, he tried not to be fucking distracted, but he was beginning to think that wasn't a fucking option with her. Not that he was complaining, of course, and he grinned at her when she pulled away.

"Hey, at least the colors weren't like, puke green or something. Though that'd fit the stripper," he snorted. "You're looking pretty hot today, by the way. You get the fucking box to give you that shit?"

[all_happening]

"What, this?" Penny asked with a glance down at her own bathing suit, as innocently as she could, with a question like that. "Yeah, I guess I just got lucky. I'm guessing you like it?" She grinned up at him then, one eyebrow raised. It wasn't too hard to tell that he did, of course, but it was too much fun teasing him about it to let the subject drop.