http://gameknowsgame.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] gameknowsgame.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2008-09-05 05:07 pm

The boardwalk, Friday evening

Blair didn't have ice to work with this time, but she tried to do what she could with the location she had. Luckily the beach was pretty. Besides, too much gold in the decorations tended to cross the line into tacky.

So she kept the decorations to twinkling gold lights and candles. Most of the linens were a crisp white, with golden napkins and table runners to provide pops of color.

The bulk of the gold went into the food. There were brandied apricots, lemon and chocolate cheesecakes, mango sorbets, small cups of saffron vanilla pudding, miniature stuffed yellow peppers, and any number of foods that followed the theme, along with the pies that Ned had made.

Drinks were mixed, but naturally included Goldschläger, as well as coffee and cocoa decorated with tiny gold letters which said things like "Fandom" or "Goodbye Summer."

Blair had staked out a prime table with a view of the water. She sipped at a passionfruit martini, listened to the music coming out of the various speakers she'd had set up, and looked forward to a night of judging watching the crowd.

She was also going to make sure nobody served those skunks. Clearly they didn't know how to hold their liquor.

[ooc: OCD up! Party down!]

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sorry!" said Hoshi. Clearly, it was worse than she thought. "I really thought that Geoffrey guy was a little bizarre, personally. I had to spend three minutes with him at Three Minute Dates, and it was scary."

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[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Turtle gagged so hard at that, you could swear her face turned green. "A date with that guy? Ugh! I can't even imag-- No, wait. At least it was only three minutes. I could have done three minutes. My audition was, unfortunately, much longer than that, and seem to crawl by torturously slow..."

Shoulders sagging, Turtle's eyes fell to the ground a little. "And, needless to say, I didn't get cast. I'm sorry, Hoshi. I know we talked about doing it together, but there were just some severe irreconcilable differences. Ir. Rec. Con. Cil. Able."

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sorry he was so awful," said Hoshi. "And I didn't ask to get paired up with him. They just called my name. And it's okay if we don't get to do the play together. I wouldn't want you to have to put up with that guy because of me."

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[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Turtle snorted derisively, crossing her arms over her chest to help her better fight down the urge to get all sad again. "Don't you start go apologizing for his awfulness," she said. "Not unless it was you who told him, 'Oh, yeah, that Turtle Wexler. Don't cast her. Just be a total stubborn jerkface to her.' The guy is like...at least in his thirties, picking this stupid fight with a sixteen year old girl! It was just....stupid."

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Hoshi was really starting to regret opening her mouth. "He doesn't know what he's missing. You do so many amazing things with the store and with student council last year."

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[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Well," Turtle said, with a tight voice as even her crossed arms tightened closer to her, "you're right. He doesn't. His lost. Too bad, so sad."

She was trying not to fume here, really.

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sorry," Hoshi said again. "I... I could quit the play."

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[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"No way, Hoshi!" Turtle frowned at her like she was crazy. "I'd feel awful if you did that!"

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you sure?" asked Hoshi.

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[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Turtle nodded vigorously. "I'm sure I'm sure," she assured her. "Positive. I will be soo mad at you if you even think about it again."

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Then I won't think about it, but you'd better be in the audience on opening night," said Hoshi, smiling.

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[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Turtle curled her lip slightly. "Does it have to be opening night?" she asked, frowning a little and trying to implore Hoshi with her widest, most innocent eyes.

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Any night is fine with me," said Hoshi. "You don't have to rearrange your whole schedule for me."

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[identity profile] stocksgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Turtle nodded. "It's not scheduling so much as it's me wanting to revoke too much support for someone who made me feel as crappy as Tennant did."

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[identity profile] itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com 2008-09-06 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"I understand," said Hoshi.