PARTY HARDY (open)

[Flynn McAlister]

Tonight was one of those nights. Flynn could feel it in her bones. Tonight was going to be so lit that they possibly burn down New Rome. Probably not, but the potential was still there. She had to sweet talk some Mercury boys in procuring some booze for tonight along with some illicit drugs to bring up their entertainment to the next notch. Bribe some seven year old to cause some trouble to keep the Centurions and Praetors away and everything was perfect. Flynn had to chuckle to herself once everything was set up in the Fourth Cohort as she turned on the boombox all the way up. Some good ole music, but enough to get the party started. Flynn definitely was getting the party started as she walked around the room with a bottle of vodka in one hand and a joint in the other. Party on.

[Nikka Wilde]

Nikka had heard word going around that someone in her cohort was gathering things to start a party in their barracks tonight. Good. Nikka was having one of her ad days, missing her father and all, and this was exactly what she needed. Hearing the music blare and smelling the weed from her room, she burst out her door with a bottle of vodka in one hand and soda in the other. It was her own personal way of double fisting. She came into the common room to find the one and only, Flynn McAlister, her party partner in crime of the Fourth Cohort. Walking over to see Flynn also had a bottle of vodka in her hand, Nikka raised her own to clink. "Cheers to a wild night, my friend, and may we forget the night even happened." Nikka laughed and took a gulp of vodka and soda to chase it down with a smile on her face. This indeed was going to be a night to forget.

[Astrid Hawke]

Astrid had heard talk about a party going on in her cohort, though to be honest she didn't really expect it to start while she was in the middle of a nap. If the blonde wanted she could most likely try and block out the party by hiding under her covers, but something told her that wouldn't help much. Sighing, the teen got out of bed and changed into something a bit more appropriate for a party and putting on minimal makeup before wandering out towards the common area. If she was being honest, Hawke hadn't really taken the time to socialize with the rest of her cohort since her arrival, which probably was a sign that she was doing something wrong. Despite her usual confidence, the blonde approached her fellow legionnaires with a small wave, "Quite the party." she commented, not quite sure what to say.

Astrid's Outfit

[Jennifer Kail]

Now they were talking. It had been a while since Jen had seen a decent party in the barracks. Fortunately it seemed like her friend Flynn had the same thought and finally decided to do something about it. The invitation didn’t have to be too extravagant. The possibility of free booze, blunts and maybe a few boys was enough to draw her in and if Flynn was hosting all the better.

Jen arrived just in time to see things getting underway. It looked like mostly 4th cohort member so far but then again they were usually the most fun. Flynn was there along with some little chickadee who already looked like she was ready to go with a vodka and soda and a little blonde princess who looked a little out of place for a 4th cohort party. It was here that Jen decided to make her entrance and jumped right into the conversation. “And if you forget about the night you won’t remember what a kick ass party we had and trust me there are some things about Roman parties that are worth hanging onto in the morning.” Jen chuckled at the two new girls and then continued. “Now is one of you bitches going to pass me a drink or am I going to have give Bacchus’ grapes a little squeeze to get some decent booze around here?”

[anastasia gregorovich]

It had been a while since Anya had been at a party. Training hard was sure a way to kill your will for partying and she had heard that New Rome's parties are pretty wild. The daughter of Chione was not a party - animal and she knew practically no one from the fourth cohort. The only reason she was there was because Tawny had lowkey invited her there.

As she entered, a weird smell filled her nostrils and she had to wonder what that was as she had never smelled something quite like it before. The music was nice and she looked around trying to find Tawny as she didn't know the group of girls a bit farther away who were passing around some kind of alcohol. With her friend nowhere in sight, Anya just stood there awkwardly, fiddling with the bracelets and debating whether she should just go for a walk instead.

Anya's outfit

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Long before Flynn turned on the music and turned off her senses, Isla had staked out her corner of the room. Although she was never one to turn down a good time if Flynn and Jen were offering, she was not too fond of how bothersome it got once the booze hit everyone's systems. It was quite funny to see them all flounder about; slurring their words and tripping over their own two feet. It only took one night of watching them all do it to make sure she knew her limits and she was only going to cross them if it was worth it. Normally it wasn't, but brilliant Flynn decided to have the party tonight in their bunk instead of somewhere else, safely away from anyone who would be welcomed with a bottle thrust into their hands. Isla watched silently as two such people wandered in or otherwise made their presence known. Two little blonde bombshells called Anya and Astrid. Poor things didn't know what they were getting into, wandering into a fourth cohort bash. 

Isla took a final swig from her bottle as she heard the latter girl speak. She could practically see the sarcasm dripping from her voice, regardless if it was actually there or not. She did not take kindly to the children of Fortuna or, in Astrid's case, Victoria. They disgusted her to no ends, especially since they all thought they were high and mighty under their mothers' "blessings." The whole lot of them were just as bad as the Praetors and Centurions, who all needed some divine justice from her own mother. No one could be so lucky. No one could win so many times because one woman seemed to like them. It was a lesson they all needed to learn and may the gods try to bless the poor fools who forgot it. 

With an icy glare at the girl who would no doubt ruin the fun for all of them, Isla came away from her little corner and said as she waved the empty bottle to the gaggle of girls forming around Flynn, making her message undoubtedly clear, "Alright, who's got some to spare?" If little goody-two-shoes Astrid was going to hang around tonight, well then Isla was going to need a lot more than what was in the bottle she had been nursing up until now. This was definitely going to be a night she wasn't going to want to remember. 

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Aubin couldn't remember when the fourth cohort last had the nerve to throw a party in their own barracks. (Though if that was because they haven't done it in a while or he had a bit too much that night remains to be seen...) Either way, partying down New Rome just wasn't the same. It was just missing something... perhaps it was the thrill of flouting the rules right under the praetors' noses or maybe the college students tended to ignore the legion kids? Regardless, Aubin was itching to have some fun the proper way and if Flynn was in charge of it, you knew that it was going to be absolutely wild.

So, he wasn't that surprised to hear the music blaring and see plenty of girls with drinks in hand when he sauntered into the fourth cohort's barracks. Moving past everyone, he put down a grocery bag filled with various drinks off to the side. It was both his and Axel's contribution to the party, but they figured that it was better than Aubin brought it earlier, just in case someone cared to stop the Centurion. The two had an interesting friendship and tonight the two of them were putting it to good use. He smirked a bit as he glanced around the room, noticing all the new faces. In addition to getting hammered, the two boys had the side goal of seeing if they could use their common parent's (or in Aubin's case grandparent's) charm tonight. Based on who was already here, that would probably be much easier than they previously thought.

"Now we don't have to go that far," Aubin announced with a light laugh as he sauntered over to the main group of girls, with a drink in hand to appease Jen. He tossed it over to her, not wanting to be the one who kept the girl away from her booze. "Axel should be here soon, he got held up..." Aubin said to the group as he glanced around at all the other girls, a redhead, blonde, grumpy Isla, and an already drunk/high Flynn. Man, that girl didn't waste any time. "I don't think we all know each other now do we?" He said, playing up his Venus charm, "I'm Aubin and you all are?..." He said trailing off waiting for the two mystery girls to introduce themselves. Axel may not be here, but that didn't mean that Aubin couldn't get a sense of who the newbies were. If anything it could save the two of them some time and that was a good thing, right?

[Axel Laughlen]

Axel really wasn’t your average Centurion. Yes, he followed most of the rules, but that definitely didn’t stop him from breaking his least favorite one: drinking in camp. Everyone had their secrets about hiding their alcohol, and he and Aubin seemed to take the crown tonight. The two heard about the fourth cohort party earlier in the day, and knew it was time to break out their stash. Although they figured Flynn had most of it covered, it just felt wrong to go empty handed.

Being the son of Venus as he was, naturally it took longer for Axel to get ready for the party. It worked out better anyway, and he sent Aubin with the drinks in first. While Axel still did not take as long to get ready as the average girl, he did more than just throw together whatever clothing was in sight like most guys would do. Not only did he have to pick a coordinating outfit that he vibed with, but he had to style his long hair. While there was a closer shave on the side of his head, he couldn’t let the flop of hair on top go natural at the wild party that was sure to be going on now.

A couple minutes behind Aubin, Axel entered the fourth cohorts common room to find his wingman already talking it up with a group of girls. He walked over to them, already having a slight buzz from the shots he took in his room, grabbed a drink from the bag, and put his arm on Aubin’s shoulder. He couldn’t let his Venus kin get too ahead of him in the game. “Well, I’m Axel, you’re Jen, and uh…” Axel trailed off and looked around to see who else was there. Two other girls he didn’t really know, and then Astrid. She’s here?The boy had no idea what to think, he never thought this would be the girl’s kind of scene, never kissing a guy and all.

Axel's Style

[Alexander Rossi]

‘Well this was certainly exciting.’ Alex thought as he sipped his drink. He hadn’t even been here five minutes and the party had already descended into pot and loud music. He supposed as one of the legion’s primary medics he should be more concerned about what were his potential patients but he also knew that he couldn’t really stop them either. Oh sure he could get the party shut down if he wanted to but the only thing that would accomplish would be to make him look like the camps biggest buzzkill which wasn’t really fair to those who were legitimately trying to have fun. In other words people like him.

Alex wasn’t really sure how much fun he was going to have tonight but a little alcohol could go a long way to help with that. He just was not looking forward to the cleanup for the few that got a little too crazy. He would probably head out before it got that far but for now he was content on enjoying a few drinks and unwinding for a bit. He could use a chance to get out of his head for a while after another crazy day in the infirmary.

[Flynn McAlister]

For a last minute thing, this party was quite kicking up. People were slowly trickling into the cohort. There were people off to the sides, but a lot of them were gathering around where Flynn was standing. She smirked as Nikka and Jen made their appearance. Her two favorite people in the camp were here so that meant it was going to be a hella good time. Flynn kept alternating between sips of her vodka or hits on her blunt. She was quite content this way, before people decided to come up and do some introductions.

"Oh you know me, Aubin," Flynn said with a laugh as she flung her arm over Jen's shoulder. It was also the hand that was holding the vodka, so it might've sloshed onto her friend, but she didn't care at that moment. "But this here's Jen. She rides cock like it's nobody's business. I know because I've seen it." She smirked as she motioned over to the redhead. "And that's Nikka. Best wing woman you'll ever have. Plus she's like one of the few people I trust to hold my hair." Then she pointed at the blonde girl near her. "And I don't know your name... but you look like you need to loosen up. Here," she said as she extended the joint towards Astrid. "Take a hit."

[Nikka Wilde]

Nikka watched as more people came into her cohort. Some came from their rooms, others joined from what mostly looked like the third cohort. The more the merrier. Although as long as she was with her bitches, nothing else really mattered. The three knew how to have a good time in every situation possible. Nikka raised her bottle in acknowledgement to Jen. “That you’re right on.”

A couple guys approached the three, and she eyed them, seeing if she knew who they were. One was her makeshift centurion. He seemed cool enough. The other, his friend apparently, she didn’t know. Before Nikka could speak, Flynn introduced the girls. She honestly couldn’t have put it better any other way. “Yeah, that sounds about right. Although she forgot to mention the DJ of the parties, but I’ll forgive her, she’s almost done with her joint.” Smirking, she threw her arm around Flynn too. Nikka scoffed when Flynn offered an awkward blonde girl a hit. Yikes.

[Astrid Hawke]

So far this party was not going well for Astrid. She somehow managed to be the most awkward person there, and she couldn't help but feel like one of the other girls that entered did not like her at all judging by the glare she received. Her demeanor visibly brightened when she saw Axel enter, but was a bit sad that he hadn't greeted her like the other girls, though she shouldn't overthink it, as that'd just make her upset. What she didn't expect was the host, who she only knew was Flynn from hearing others call her that, would offer her the joint that she had been smoking. The blonde had never smoked well...anything. Between her dad probably killing her if he found out and the possibility of getting kicked off of the many varsity sports teams she had been on, there was no reason to partake.

"Astrid," she provided, seeing as though the other girl didn't know her name, as she took the joint, "though most people call me by my last name, Hawke." she added, bringing the joint to her lips and taking a small puff to be careful, which resulted in a bit of a coughing fit from the teen, she passed the joint back as she tried to recover, "Toxic," she made out between coughs, "just what every growing demigod needs." she joked, hoping her reaction to the recreational drug hadn't made her look too inexperienced. She had gone to parties...with her team, but they never really did anything like this, not that it never got out of hand.

[Jennifer Kail]

Jen chuckled at the introduction remembering the reference Flynn was talking about. That had been quite the night and if she remembered correctly it had come at a party like this. “What can I say?” She said with a chuckle. “We fucked those two like Jupitor’s favorite harlots. I don't think either of them could walk straight for a week after.” Jen nodded to the other ladies. At least the red head seemed to be on the level. She didn’t know about blondie over there but it looked like she was good sport if perhaps a little over ambitious. “Careful there little bird. Ceres may have made the grass but she meant for you to take it slow your first time.”

The boys were another story. The one named Aubin she grinned at after catching the drink he tossed her way. “Now aren’t you just the sweetest? Keep treating a girl like that and you might get on her good side.” But that was as far as the grin went as her centurion shortly joined them. Jen narrowed her eyes suspiciously at that one. Axel definitely wasn’t your normal cent but Jen wasn’t sure how far she trusted him yet. People in authority weren’t really her thing but she supposed there could be exceptions even if it was unlikely. “Well it looks like we’ve got the fuzz too. You off duty Fuzz or are we going to have to convince Moneta to pull some mind wiping shit on you before you leave?”

[Halvor Apollyon]

Hal had been at the party for a little bit, though he would have been surprised if anybody had seen him. He was trying his best to use his powers to hide in the shadows and listen to get a feel for how things were going, and if he even wanted to stay. He heard some weird things, he heard names, and discriptions of each other but figured he should stay anyways. He decided to make himself known, and emerging from the shadows it would have looked like the wall just spit forth a demigod.

He moved towards the group of 6 or so demigods who appeared to be talking. He ended up behind the girl he believed to be Jen, but chose not to speak. He heard her talk with little respect to their centurion, but Hal figured it was the drink talking. Then again it was Jen. Hal noticed that it was mostly girls in this cluster, he thought about saying something, but the words never properly formed so he covered it up with a cough which served equally well to get people's attention. "Hi guys." He said.

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Aubin couldn't believe how he lucked out with being friends with the one centurion in the camp who did not care for the no-partying rule. It was a godsend for people like him who would much rather spend their time getting shitfaced rather than wasting it training. Sure, not everyone in their cohort felt the same way --namely his won brother Durie, but who cared about what that good-for-nothing twerp thought. That kid was too much of a stickler for his own good anyhow, it would do him some good to turn a blind eye to the rules every now and again. But then again, Durie? Losen up? Please, give Aubin a break, he was more likely to find a useful Faun then ever see his straightlaced brother let go for once. So, it was a good thing that Durie had decided to turn in a little early that night. Aubin was eager to forget that he had a worrywart of a mirror image for a few hours. 

"That easy, is it?" Aubin said cheekily in response to Jen's praise for passing over some of Axel's precious stash to her. "And to think, all this time I had been wasting my money on chocolates and all that bullshit." He was about to continue with some remark about how much would he need to get in order to find Fortuna's favor that night when he unexpectedly felt a familiar arm sling itself over his shoulder. He glanced over to see that the arm was attached to his cousin of sorts. (No one really knew how they were related as Venus's kin, but in truth, it was so much easier to just not think of that stuff.) It looks like Axel had finally finished prepping himself for the night. "'Bout damn time." He said with a laugh as he shrugged Axel's arm off of him.

His eyes glanced around the room, drinking in the scene before him. Either more people were now walking in or he was only just starting to become aware of them. Probably it was the latter as his eyes focused on this one kid just hiding out in the corner, watching the rest of them. His focus didn't remain on the brunette for very long though as another straggler hanging out awkwardly by the door caught his eye. He nudged Axel in order to get his attention and subtly pointed her out to him with a small smirk. Even the buzzed centurion wouldn't be able to miss her, not with her blonde hair standing out in the dim lighting and her constant glances towards the door, as if she was still waiting for someone. This clearly was not her comfort zone and Aubin now wanted to know why. 

Quickly downing a few gulps from the drink in his hand, he tried to hide the smirk on his face, but there really wasn't any need. At that moment, Flynn decided to compliment Jen on her "riding" skills, causing Aubin to burst out in laughter. "Oh really now?" He said with a small smirk, not doubting the girl's claims, "They really must have gotten on Fortuna's good side that night, didn't they?" (Aubin Romilly was a great many things, but creative was definitely not one of them.) He then quietly watched as the other awkward blonde girl here tonight was passed Flynn's mouthpiece and began to pathetically cough the moment it reached her lips. It was a hilarious sight to see and he did not hold back in his laughter. Clearly, this girl was also new to the party scene, but damn she did try to impress them all, he had to give her credit for that. He then reached his hand out to her and said, "Pass it over, let me show ya how it's really done." There would be nothing better to him right now than a chance to speed up the process of him losing his thoughts. He really didn't want them getting in the way of having fun tonight, after all.

The happy alcohol-fueled grin he had been sporting all night faded quickly when Jen began to berate their centurion for showing up, completely convinced that he was about to turn them in. As if. "Cool it, Jen," Aubin said sharply to her as he gestured to the drink in her hand, the very same one he had passed her earlier, and said dryly, "You have him to thank for tonight's entertainment." Hopefully, that would be enough to appease Jen for now and convince her to forget how Axel was different than the rest of them for a little while. At that statement, Aubin brought his own drink back up his mouth for a heavy swig, because in truth, it was something that he wanted to forget too.