Ground Floor, Rec Room [Thursday, Evening]

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Angela took herself down to the rec room early for party preparations. She'd had an offer of willing help, but also recruited some girl with streaks of pink hair from across the hall to help her bring things down just in case. The other girl's protests that she was pretty sure she had no idea who this guy was fell on deaf ears.

By the time evening came, the common room was all decked out in a bunch of bright balloons, a couple of 'Happy Birthday Hannibal!' posters, and some artsy-looking homemade streamers. She may have mixed in some interesting Cosmo article titles with the normal paper when she was making them. Keep an eye out for those if you're into extra reading material.

The music is going, food is out, and near the door is a tub of completely moddable party hats. Birthday boy wanted hats, he was going to get hats. People who don't take one, run the risk of being pounced and having one forced on them (tactics may vary depending on how well she knows said people and her sugar intake).

[[ooc: Oh, you know what you're waiting for by now... Party on!]]

Comments

Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

The subject says it all!

And, well, it is the rec room, so if you want to do anything else in there (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p2F1vWkRxiv3R8lxY1vZKGg), you can!

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[endsthegame]

Ender wasn't completely sure why he was here, or maybe he was and he just didn't want to admit it. Maybe in some odd way, Hannibal was his friend, too, even if it was one he would often rather avoid.

He took a hat, but didn't put it on. A little annoyed by the very silliness of him being here, he found a nice place to lurk quietly, hat dangling between his fingers.

He should probably leave soon. It was much too loud, much too crowded with people he didn't know, and he felt both a little uncomfortable and a little foolish about feeling uncomfortable all at once.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela is obviously around, making sure everything in her little radius of control is running smoothly. Her hat wasn't so much a party hat, as it was flowers (http://www.partydelights.co.uk/product_detail.asp?ProductID=LUAUHEAD08). It was headwear, so it counted.

Yes, she's wearing a grass skirt. In fall. Don't ask.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal hadn't really realized it was his birthday until just a few days earlier. He hadn't expected much but he wasn't gonna turn on a party especially a party for him.

So, he found his way into the rec room with a grin on his face.

[And I will be AFKish for just a bit while commuting to another job!]

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan was there (early to help Angela set up) and pleased to be doing so.

Hannibal was a great guy and deserved an awesome party.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela wasn't sure if she knew Hannibal or not, which probably meant not, but she was always interested in meeting new people. She grabbed a party hat and adjusted it to sit at a jaunty angle.

Then she started looking around.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle realized she hadn't really talked to Hannibal much lately, but like that was any excuse to not go to a party!

She was absolutely, without a doubt, definitely taking the shirt option, too.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad wasn't about to miss a birthday for a fellow cheerleader, especially since, now that they were teammates, he was thinking it wouldn't hurt to know Hannibal a little better.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

No way was Amber going to miss Hannibal's party. She found a purple sparkly party hat and stuck it on her head, grinning wide and ready to enjoy the evening.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

It wasn't like Cal usually had anything better with his time to do, so he decided to at least check out the party, knowing he could easily just slip out if he decided he wasn't really feeling it.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Adam didn't know Hannibal as well as he should, but they'd officially met before and that was enough of a reason for him to show up.

Besides, he wasn't about to miss out on a party. No way.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi grabbed herself a party hat and put it on before going off to do the mingling thing.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack wasn't quite sure what he was doing here, but... he'd received an invitation so he thought it might be best to attend.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[momslilassassin]

Ben figured he might as well get some socializing in before his cousin arrived. Not much of a partier, that Jacen.

He wasn't about to wear a hat, though, and kind of stuck to the fringes of the room.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Hmm. A birthday party with hats. John looked at the hats, but chose not to participate in that aspect. His hair didn't comply well with these things.

Besides, he was there for the cake. Let's be honest.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[always-damp.livejournal.com]

Hannibal was far too hot for Toby to miss his birthday. Especially with like, the opportunity for gift giving of IOUs.

So there was Toby, shirtless and shining with a perky little party hat on his head and a grin on his face.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[absolutesnark]

Summer hadn't actually met Hannibal yet, but she was feeling social tonight. So she was there for the party. At least she knew he was hot who he was.

Re: Food!

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac is also still about hanging around on the edges (she's getting free food out of this, after all), and was giving the chick in the funny skirt a look.

Fine, she isn't the weirdest one around here, but Mac was pretty sure this girl was, at the very least, kookier than her.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

Hurley arrived, and promptly grabbed a hat from the tub. He was going to wear it without being forced, because dude... little hats.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton was here. Possibly more to watch the flirting between Angela and Hannibal than anything else.

Re: Arrive, Mingle, etc.

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Well, of course Teddy was going to show up! He kinda wished he'd known so he coulda bought a present.

Like pom-poms.

Food!

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

There's mountains of pizza (http://www.dominoslondon.com/menu.php), chocolate ice cream cake (http://eggsonsunday.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/desserts_chocpbcupicecreamcake.jpg), and a whole bunch of other moddable la snacks and drinks.

Re: Food!

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Mmm, pizza. Amber was starving.

Presents!

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If you've got 'em!

Re: Presents!

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan left a small red gift bag that contained two (http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/stranger-with-benefits/) t-shirts (http://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/i-fucking-love-to-cuddle/) and a gift certificate for dinner at Outback.

Dance!

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

That's what the still moddable music is there for!

Re: Dance!

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Even if no one else was dancing, you can still find Angela out there enjoying herself at least for a little while.

She planned the party, damned if she's going to miss out on the really fun part.

OOC:

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Early early, timezones, etc... It's totally evening in my part of the world.

Also, a word to the wise: don't listen to Chuck Bass fanmixes while you're writing your dissertation. ALL the wrong words end up slipping in.

Re: OOC:

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

I'm heading home shortly so I'll be AFK for a bit but then back to pick up pings!