Party at Crawford's Place — All Welcome!

Tian laughed out loud as the fighting ensued, doing hsi best to keep Vinnie balanced and decidedly above water. He couldn't help but sqeal as Dorian shot forward, and with the clinging and squabbaling going on above his head, balancing was so terribly hard. He locked his grip tight around Vinnie's thigs, trying desperately to keep her on, but if things ontinued this way... Well, sturdy is what a base needed to be in a hurricane, and Dorian had him beat by a mile.

@Poppy
@Sashi
@Foxy

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Caelin puffed out her cheeks as she was splashed, her out too dramatic to be fake. He looked down at the water for a moment, as though she had been conquered, before suddenly splashing back! Caelin giggled at the water games. She'd never actually done this before, and hoped it all was okay. "That's lit, Thea! I feel, I feel," she said, falling back on her limited knowledge of 2k16-hip-and-cool slango — or was it lingo?? — just slang?? — who cares! "I got my first room too when I moved in with my Daddies here. They're super great~~"

As Thea spoke of water-bound dinosaurs, Caelin got a decidedly mischevious look in her eyes. "You know... there actually is a dinosaur in this pool," she said, sinking lower into the water. "It's the most dangerous of all... Do you know what it's called?" Caelin's grin grew, and suddenly, she shot forth! All pinches and tickles to Thea's tummy, but she was careful not to let her husbando drown. "The Menace-aurus!!!!!"

@MARIE

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Nim wanted to pout, maybe more that that, as Jeff only confirmed his suspicions. They weren't actually a thing. That kiss in the courtyard? It was probably only, like, a platonic kiss. Yeah. Those had to exist. Meeting his family? All friends did that. Jeff Nimmiekins? The product of friendship, not of romance. They were, like, platonic parents. Those were real. He'd read about them on Wikipedia.

Nim couldn't let it get to him. Not even as Jeff moved closer to Sage, as those walls he hated went right back up, he couldn't let it get to him. He'd known this all along.

Still. It stung.

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Despite popular belief, Sage was a lot more emotionally intuitive than people gave him credit for. He was a Class-A attention whore, and just like any of his kind, he needed to be aware of when his attention would be good or bad. That meant watching, and that meant awareness. So, yes, Sage did notice the fiery blush that lit up Glasses' face, and he did notice the initial choppy response by Jawline. There was something between them, that much was obvious, whether or not it was yet acknowledged or defined or denied or whatever it may be. Something was there.

Or if there wasn't? Maybe it was a case of the one-sided crush. Unspoken mutual love at first sight and they hadn't figured it out despite months of pining for each other within a foot of "platonic" distance? No, lol, that was a novel plot, and this was real life. Maybe it was a classic case of DTR-withdrawal? A lack of official, on-paper labels sometimes created sketchy relationships. Maybe, oh, maybe it was something to do with homophobia. That was never right.

Well, regardless of the situation, Sage thought those two looked adorable together, and there was nothing more beneficial to a relationship than a good, highly-moderated dance with jealousy. Really. It was better than a diamond ring, sometimes, the way it pulled two people into each other's arms. If done in moderation. He would have to be careful.

Plus, in case there really wasn't anything going on, Jawline was pretty fucking hot.

Sage grinned as Jeff moved closer, clasping his hands behind his back as he, too, took a step. "Mm, I'm new here, that's all. Just transferred from the USA, baby~" He didn't mean baby as, like, baby, in retrospect, but whatever. It would work either way, honestly. "I'm running for Treasurer because I'm still a bit too new here to try President. Plus, hey, Dorian? A goddamn political bulldozer, and his Logan seems crafty in his own right. But yeah, I know how money works, and I know my way around general Student Council, so I figured - hey, what the hell? I like helping people, so I might as well?"

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Oh-ho-ho, knew how money worked, huh? Hahaha, Sage was so smart and pretty and political and nice and lol so greaaaat. Nim bet he was rich.

He wasn't jealous. Nope.

Mia Vesuvius

Ever the fashionably late one, Mia sauntered into the luxury pool in a light flowing dress and her hair pulled up in a ponytail. Of course, the dress was only for walking to the place. As soon as she hit poolside, the dress was off and revealed was her sexy little monokini that quickly had a lot of eyes on her and her body. Some eyes of lust, some of jealousy, perhaps a few a confusing mix of both.

Of course, Mia had her own eyes on something else entirely. First priority: go to the bar. Before she even ordered a drink, someone was quick to offer to buy her one. She took the offer, then when the guy asked if she wanted to dance, she told him 'in a bit.' You know. If she felt like it later.

For now, Mia sat at the bar and scanned the crowd for familiar faces. There was Dorian, dicking around with a few girls in the pool. She would be sure to hop in an say hi later--right now, she just wanted to drink.

There was one familiar face she hadn't entirely expected to see, and they did not look like they were entirely enjoying themselves. With her Sex on the Beach in hand, Mia slid from her bar stool and approached Nim.

"Yo, Nim? You okay, hun?"

@Penguin

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Gwynaria

Mia wasn't the only one turning heads at the party. At nearly 8' tall with massive horse legs, Gwynaria was a presence difficult to ignore.

This party would certainly be...interesting for her. Sylvie chose not to come, so she was on her own. Rather than her usual princely attire, she had to find swimwear--something she literally had never owned. With help from Sylvie, they found Gwynaria a sporty swimsuit that both suit her and would work well for the party....and also went over her hooves and big horse thighs. She was an intern for Dorian after all--she had to look just as much as all the models did!

It was weird flying solo. She spent so much of her time with Sylvie. Gwynaria found it wasn't too hard to socialize though--people were intrigued. Who would she meet at her first party on Manta Carlos~?

Anthia shrieked more as Dorian let her go. She was desperately trying to keep steady but that was no longer possible. The girl found herself falling into the pool. Due to being pulled forward by Vinanye, her direction was not only downward but towards the green girl. She was about to fall right on top of her as everyone went down into the water. Instinctively she reached out to cling to Vin for dear life. She panicked, but it wasn't anything too serious. Her arms tried to wrap around her rival. Well, ex-rival. This match of chicken was definitely over at this point.

Tian screamed with delight and humor as Dorian pushed him under. Of course, said squeal was half-muffled by water at this point, but he was in too good a mood to care. Tian did his best to escape the flailing limbs above him and was generally successful, only getting an elbow to the shoulder and a heel to the stomach as he tried to come up for air. When he did, he was silent, gasping, before immediately busting back out into laughter.

"O-Oh my god, Dorian," Tian managed, shaking water from his eyes, "Oh my god."

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Nim nodded to Mia as she approached him in the water. A normal man may have gotten turned on by her outfit, but Nim was just too gay and thus hardly batted an eye. When inquired, Nim pouted ever-so-slightly, but he did his best to hide it. "Yeah, Mia, I'm... I'm fine. There was just an embarrassing moment. A joke, haha. It's okay," he said, trying to make light of his hot, burning, writhing jealousy the situation. He tried to play it cool.

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Sage watched the interaction between Nim and Mia from the corner of his eye, taking note of their interactions. Glasses seemed to be trying to play it cool over there, but by Sage's well-trained eye, the jealousy was bubbling to the surface. So quickly, and so potent, too! Inside, Sage was scheming and cackling. He'd have this pair kissing and making up by the time this night was through.

He walked in shirtless, giving everyone a full view of his muscular chest, his well toned six pack along with the scars covering his chest and back. Aedan was normally a bit worried about his scars, but today he had said screw it was going for it.

He smiled and nodded, his glowing eyes a bit brighter than usual, "hope no one minds me joining." He recognized the fae girl from SpaceCon and Sage who's running for treasurer.

Seeing as Anthia was in the water for a brief moment while screaming, she was stuck coughing after Vin held her up. She got some water in her mouth, nothing serious. After a brief coughing fit, she burst out laughing.

"You'll pay for betraying me, Dorian!"

She shoved a bunch of water his way. Chicken was over, now it was time to attack the villain that ruined the match! It was all in good jest of course. She was too busy laughing and splashing the others in the pool to notice if anyone else had arrived.

Just as Tian thought he was finished squealing, another tore loose from his throat! He clung unto Dorian by reflex as he was tackled, laughing so hard he could barely breathe. As they hit the water, said laughter threatened to be the watery death of him, but Tian managed to hold his breath in tight.

Now, one would think that with everything going on, Tian wouldn't be thinking about how hot Dorian was. One would be wrong in that respect. With water flying and clothes lacking and bodies touching galore, Tian was most definitely thinking about Dorian's hotness, and now that he had the brief opportunity to show it, he was. As Dorian collided on top of Tian in the water, he ducked down, pulling the larger man with him. Eyes open underwater and gazing up, he kissed Dorian's cheek briefly, blinked quite innocently, and resurfaced. Immediate laughter ensued, now that he could breathe, but Tian's lips still tingled ever-so-faintly.

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Sage recognized Aedan when he arrived, and - hell, was he always that muscular? Just an observation. Honest. Really. Regardless of how built he was or not, Sage waved him over with a smile. "Hey, Aedan! Over here! We're all hanging out, having a good time!"

His inner devil cackling madly, Sage slid even closer to Jeff, pretending to make room for Aedan to join the group. Sage didn't need privacy to work his magic. He needed an abundance of abs.

Never before had Sage been so thankful that everyone on Manta Carlos apparently ranked 11/10 on the attractive scale. It totally added to his scheme.