Victory party! Take that, space scum.

[shes_a_kicker]

Who: OPEN - party post yays!
Where: Ba'al's house, generously donated for the occasion.
When: Thursday evening 4/29
What: Needy feels social again and throws a house party complete with loud music and free food and beer. We kicked alien tail, City. Don't you think that's worthy of a celebration?

Notes: Rooms/areas of Ba'al's mansion broken down

Comments

[polarisation]

The music got quieter.

Next to the entertainment system was Sefton, glancing around to make sure nobody had noticed - it was only two notches, after all. A couple of people glared at the teenager for messing with their tunes, thought it was simple to ignore them. Trying to get around them, though, led him into nearly walking right into Aiden's seat. He stopped, then frowned at the familiar voice yet unfamiliar accent. Another one?

Hiding a sigh, Sefton muttered a, "Sorry," for the near-collision. He wouldn't have been surprised if he was unheard among the din of chatter and music (someone had gone and turned it up even louder than before), which suited him just fine.

[spinofthewheel]

Elijah raises an alarm, at the sight of Sefton, at the party. Words like 'legal' and 'alcohol' and 'runaway'; Aiden laughs, a little, to himself.

"Lucky there's no drinkin' age in a place like this one," says Aiden. "Or we'd be fuckin' draggin' ye out of here, yes?" He holds out a hand. "Aiden. If I get ye drunk, will ye tell me your name?"

[polarisation]

Sefton stared for a moment, baffled. Then his hands were stuffed into his pockets and he gave a slight pout, try as he might to hide it. "What makes you think you'd be able to?"

[spinofthewheel]

"Makes me think I could drag ye out?" asked Aiden, purposefully misunderstanding. "Well, you're a slight, clumsy thing, and I may be short, but I'm pretty sure I could make a fair showing."

[polarisation]

Rolling his eyes, Sefton told him, "You'd be doing me a favor." Not that he would actually allow himself to be manhandled anywhere, but the general principle of being removed from the party was not an unwelcome one.

[spinofthewheel]

"So why are ye here, then?" asks Aiden. "If ye don't like a fuckin' party, then don't fuckin' go to the fuckin' party."

This seems perfectly logical to him.

[polarisation]

Sefton quirked a brow. Obviously this one was more than a little fond of swearing. "Got dragged in," he explained simply.

[spinofthewheel]

"So drag yourself out."

[polarisation]

"Planning to," he said, shrugging. "Just giving it more time so I don't get dragged back." Which would probably end up much worse than the original dragging - he didn't want to test whether the fish-girl could actually change another person's hair color or not, like she had threatened to.

[spinofthewheel]

"C'mon then," and Aiden pats the seat next to him. "Come share your tale of woe. Who brought ye in?"

[polarisation]

Sefton doesn't move, but he doesn't see a reason not to say who. "A girl, from the hostel. Name's..." He paused, trying to recall it. "Kalani?"

[spinofthewheel]

Aiden snorts his beer, and starts coughing. Hacking.

"Kailani," he manages, "yes," his voice strained. "Far's I remember, she thinks that the house's electrical is made by some kind of witch or something."

[polarisation]

Were Sefton any sort of regular person, he would have started to pound on Aiden's back to try and help with the cough. Alas, he was not, and simply looked on in a bit of amused concern. (Amusement at Kailani, concerned that Aiden might end up choking or something dumb like that.)

"You okay?"

[spinofthewheel]

"D'you hear me?" asks Aiden, his breath more clear, now. "I'm not joking! She thinks there's a witch powerin' the lights. Or a magic or something. Wouldn't listen when I told her about electricity."

[polarisation]

"Heard you," Sefton replied, rolling his eyes a little. Thinking about it, he realized that wasn't the only odd thing he knew about her (putting her entire non-human nature aside, even!). "Actually... she thinks kittens wanna eat her, too."

[spinofthewheel]

"She does?" asks Aiden. "Well, why the fuck does she think that? Oh, right. She's a fish."