FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC AND EXPLOSIONS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR [The beach, July 4, 2014]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Since there was no need for a mid-summer welcome picnic, the administration had splashed out on this one: the tables (located under giant tents) were groaning with sidedishes from corn on the cob to potato chips to baked beans to several dodgy-looking jello salads and the grills were set up along the beach cooking chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, ribs and veggie burgers. There was an ice cream sundae bar, watermelons, enough lemonade and ice tea to swim in (please don't swim in it), coolers for more adult beverages if you were an adult or sneaky about it, and areas roped off for tug of war and relay races and pick-up softball games if people were in the mood to be more active than just stuffing their faces and waiting for it to get dark.

The music was playing loudly--one of the more esoteric of the zombie band's offerings--and the sun was shining. It's hot, it's humid. It's the 4th of July and there's plenty of free food to go around. Come on over!

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Arrive & Mingle

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Mingle mingle mingle!

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[newroutines]

It wasn't quite an early morning sandbar party in Tampa, but this would do too. This was still enough to get Mike wandering around the beach in his swim trunks with a cool beer in hand.

(He still missed that damn sandbar, though.)

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[1stinkinpercent.livejournal.com]

Riley had his sunscreen and sunglasses on so his enemy, the sun, would hopefully not be a problem today. He'd thought about staying inside but Ben would kill him if he missed a Fourth of July celebration.

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[necroslacker]

Since Sam was back for a short time, he figured that he could also check out the various events the island had to offer. He didn't know if he'd stick around long but hey, he missed the island's beaches.

If there was a ghost or two popping up around him, just minding their business, well, that was just Sam. He attracted them like moths to a flame and he guessed they probably didn't get out to beaches much.

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[robinonadderall]

Aside from work (oh, he was so skipping work today), this was Stiles' first foray out in public since the whole...possession/mass murdering thing. He knew that most people didn't know about it but he still had this fear in the back of his head that the nogitsune would be like "JUST KIDDING" and take over again and mow everybody down.

Which would suck.

So he was there because he knew he needed to get out sometime but he was definitely staying towards the edges of the party.

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[not-called-icky.livejournal.com]

As Ichabod wasn't sure what was being celebrated, or what to expect at all really. He had dressed nicely for the occasion, and was now looking around for any faces he knew, deliberately looking at faces and not at the minimal clothing some people had decided to wear. Fashion had certainly not improved over the last two centuries.

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[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

Irene had never celebrated Independence Day, obviously, being from the country that had necessitated that liberation in the first place. But she figured that if she was going to be here for a time, she ought to come out and socialize, and had even found a dress (http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses/love-you-ivory-day-dress) in her closet that felt appropriate for the occasion. (There had also been a Union Jack t-shirt that she'd almost plucked out, but she wasn't sure anyone else would think she was as funny as she did.)

She left her hair down in loose waves, though her makeup was perfect as usual, and made her way to the beach where she selected something fruity in a bottle and found a spot to people-watch.

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[not_a_whiner]

... Yeah, Kaidan wasn't planning to stay long. It was busy, there was noise, and he'd already had his own quiet Canada Day celebration a couple of days ago...

... but there was food, so he'd power through it for a minute or fifteen.

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[doesnotkneel]

Edward didn't have the slightest clue what was happening here, but he didn't much care. They were at the beach, there was a crowd - and something to eat.

He wandered around grinning broadly all the while. Life could be much worse.

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[brainfreediet.livejournal.com]

Flash didn't "arrive" so much as he "stayed on the beach after class," really. But the whole time he was wearing shorts and his ARMY shirt, so he was dressed for the occasion. He also had his symbiote legs disguised as his regular artificial legs to give him a little more mobility on the sand without - hopefully - freaking people out.

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[endsthegame]

Ender passed by briefly. He didn't feel much of a connection to the country of his birth, but it was a nice day and it wasn't worth scrapping this leg of his walk out of his schedule.

Plus he had a feeling Ben would be attracted to the smell of the food sooner rather than later.

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[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

Celia was not about to go so far as to wear a swimsuit, or something like that to this event -- even if she was still smarting after Navaan's insinuations yesterday. But she'd picked out one of her few modern (http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses/champagne-at-midnight-dress-in-navy) dresses and left her hair down in a loose, curly braid over one shoulder for mostly practical reasons -- it was far too warm to spend the day at the beach in her usual attire.

(She did wish she'd thought to bring a hat, but nevermind. Freckles were a mark of character, she supposed.)

She picked out something cool to drink and found somewhere to sit where she'd be able to enjoy the fireworks, later. She'd never seen any before, except from a moving traincar.

[sp from meeeeeee! yay 4th of july!]

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

A party like this required an appearance from Bruce Wayne. He brought his tanning gear, from suntan lotion to ridiculously expensive swim trunks.

It was actually amazing that the guy stayed as tanned as he did considering how much time he spent in dank caves under the cover of night with a costume covering every inch of his body except the area around his mouth and chin.

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[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

Jessica showed up ready for a party. Or at least ready to have some lunch, she was starving. So don't mind her if she cut the mingling a tiny bit short.

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[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal hadn't brought his swimsuit today; for one thing, he wasn't quite up to swimming again yet. For another, he wasn't certain he wanted to spend all day answering questions about the stitches up each wrist.

Instead, he was dressed in a tasteful but lightweight outfit, along with a hat and a bag (because he wasn't going to eat any food but his own, thank you).

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[voiceoverdue]

Cecil was here! And getting in some quality large-bird time, since Foucault didn't like the temporary housing and had been staying on the beach. His trunks matched Foucault's pink feathers, and they were both happily enjoying the warm sun.

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[kenselvren]

Jalian wasn't sure what any of this was about, but there were people here. And food, although most of it smelled like flesh. She'd been enjoying her time on the beach and was looking much paler than normal, her skin apparently as turned around as her hair had been.

She had no swimsuit, but she was here in a tank top and pants she'd cut off at the knee, her visible knife strapped to one leg.

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[imnotgoodatnice.livejournal.com]

Aeryn had no idea what all of this was, not knowing anything about holidays here, but she was sort of interested in what had gotten people gathered here. She probably wouldn't stay long, because while it wasn't too hot she was still wearing black, and black leather pants at that, and that was sort of awkward on a beach anyway.

Food!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Eat eat eat!

Re: Food!

[seveninchmotto]

Isabelle (in a long summer dress, because of course) was spending a lot of time around the ice cream sundae bar.

A growing girl needed sustenance! Cold, sweet, good sustenance. With sprinkles. And chocolate sauce. Yes.

Re: Food!

[livebytherules.livejournal.com]

Will was there for the food, no doubt about it. He wasn't going to make any other excuses. He was hungry, it was hot and there was a beach. Perfect combination.

Games!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Get friends and mod your fun! Whatever stuff you're in the mood for's around: horseshoes, cornhole (not dirty, swear to god), volleyball...just stick it in the OCD and people'll join you.

Re: Games!

[brainfreediet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, of course Flash was playing some games. He found a football (meaning he made sure to bring one) and one of ESU's most heavily-courted QBs in the school's history was ready to throw it around.

Sunbathing

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

If you want to just eat food and soak up the sun, wander over here!

Re: Sunbathing

[solarhippie]

There was just no way that Karolina would be anywhere else but stretched out on a towel on the sand and soaking up as much sunlight as she possibly could. No way.

She needed the energy! With or without the gossip she was soaking up from a less than reputable magazine.

FIREWORKS

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh, ahhhhh. Given who's on the school administration, you know the explosions are spectacular.

Re: FIREWORKS

[flickofthewrist]

When the party was already in full swing and no one was really paying attention to new arrivals, Flick did finally come out. He stayed out of the way and back from most of the party but he'd mostly come out to see the fireworks.

Jude had liked fireworks. And he bet Frank would like them too when he got old enough so he'd come out for them. It made him even more melancholy and sad but it was good to be out and feel a little more connected with those he'd lost.

OOC

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Happy 4th! Slowplay is, as always, love.

Re: OOC

[brainfreediet.livejournal.com]

Of course, Cornhole is also just known as Bags, which is barely better.