one thing's universal, life's no dress rehearsal

[stagemanagers]

[Prom night! The greatest night of your young lives if you watch any Western high school media from the past 60 years. The looks, the music, the copious amounts of fancy snacks, the sore feet from dancing heels and then spending the rest of the night in bare feet- it’s all part of the bigger package.

The courtyard and the roof have both been decked out in a special way for tonight, despite no one really seeing Hester or anyone/anything else decorating. There are round tables set-up in both places, covered in yellow-gold tablecloths. Some of them have platters of snacks laid out on them, one has a large punch bowl that never seems to empty no matter how many drinks are taken from it.

On the roof there’s an extra table with pencils, small slips of paper, a box wrapped in gold wrapping paper and a notecard labeled Song Requests. Just write a song, pop it in the box and within a few minutes it starts playing! Weird, there doesn’t seem to be a sound system anywhere...

Red paper lanterns have been strung around the outline of the roof and between stakes in the courtyard, granting soft romantic light for a night to remember. Put on your best costume shop formal wear, get ready to lose your shoes after an hour and sneak in liquor even though most of you are of age.

After all…tonight belongs to you.]

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[fourbutts]

[ Janis arrives at prom right at the start, eager to have any distraction at all from the hallucinations she got fucked up by earlier that morning! Apologies to Brett Ryback, she's sure you're nice when you aren't telling her Peregrine's going to die.

She's not too dressed up, that's not her style, and she didn't have time to make something, so she goes with... well, it's definitely a look that she's making work (she's the one second from the right, for the record). Would it get her kicked out of a real prom? Very possibly! Does she care? Not particularly! She might be slightly ill, but she's not going to miss a chance to try to wow her girlfriends!

... to wow the one girlfriend. Holy shit. She can be found, briefly, out of sight of Maya after she enters slamming a couple glasses of punch. ]

A fucking horse. Holy shit. A fucking horse. She took Cassandra's horse. I'm so fucking gay.

[ After that brief Panic, she spends the rest of the night... well, mostly with her girlfriends, probably? Like. It's a prom. She wrote off the idea of going to one of these with a girl a long time ago.

But she does, sometimes, talk to other people! And, like Maya, she might offer a dance to... well, anyone. ]

Hey, come on. You and me.

[ Or, if you'd prefer, she can be found hanging around the edges of the place, card in hand and a frown on her face. ]

Do I go serious? Do I dare?

punch

[brokeforgood]

A horse, and that outfit——

Janis. You have got to do something about this. I cannot think of Maya as hot.

[fourbutts]

I don't- I don't know what to do, other than like. Drag her into a closet? I could do that? But that's not, like, a long-term solution.

[brokeforgood]

Tell me something extremely unattractive about her, quick!

[fourbutts]

That's the problem, Farrah, I got nothing! I'm fucked!

[brokeforgood]

Forget about you! You’re already dating her!

[fourbutts]

Yeah! And every part of her is hot!

Punch

[defyingfrigidity]

[A part of Elsa wonders if setting out an open buffet among a group of people suffering fevers of various severity is a good idea. Won't they get even more sick? It's not like there's anyone else around that can get sick because of them, but still... hm.

Worries aside, Elsa has been attacking the punch bowl in an attempt to keep herself hydrated, so she easily overhears Janis's rambling.]

You never thought you'd find a knight in shining armor-type in a place like this, did you?

[Like. Mood. Elsa totally gets it.]

[fourbutts]

[ It's so much, Elsa!! ]

I never thought I'd find a knight in shining armor type period.

[defyingfrigidity]

[Honestly, how are they supposed to deal with this???]

Neither did I. I never thought I'd have a type in general. But... [Almost shyly, she looks in the direction where she last saw Cass.] It really is a good type to have, don't you think?

[fourbutts]

[ awww hell yeah she's going to use her narrator powers to torment bob iger until he lets you be gay when this is all over, elsa ]

You know I wasn't super into the idea before, but it's really working for me.

[defyingfrigidity]

[Be the hero elsa and all frozen fans deserve, janis]

Yeah... there's something really comforting about those sorts of people, isn't there? [It's. Very attractive, yes. But more so than that...] Managing to feel safe in a place like this... it means a lot.

[fourbutts]

[ at least in one dimension disney is going to go through a Big Change ]

No kidding. It's... [ She looks over towards Maya, wherever she is. ] I have a girlfriend with a sword, and that's really neat for a lot of reasons.

punch

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Strolling on by:]

You're welcome~

[fourbutts]

I owe you my life.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

You can pay me back by staying safe tonight, okay?

[Because even through the haze of her illness, Cass knows what day it is.]

[fourbutts]

[ Considers the possibility that she is going to be apart from Maya (and Peregrine, if she can play her cards right) for a single moment tonight.

Nods. ]

You too, okay? I'm the one with the horse coupon, and I have no idea how to take care of one.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Definitely. I'm probably not going to be alone tonight.

[On account of her brand new girlfriend.]

You'd be surprised how easy it is. Once you get the hang of it, Fidella's a very easygoing horse. Really smart, too.

[fourbutts]

Oh hell yeah, good job.

[ She supports u in ur efforts to lock down the monarchy, Cass. ]

Well that's great information if I ever have to borrow her to get back at Maya!

Girlfriends

[mayavericks]

[How on earth could Maya miss an opportunity to dance not with one girlfriend, but TWO. No way, not gonna happen.

She approaches Janis first -- she knows that'll be the easiest sell.]

Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Starlight?

[fourbutts]

[ Looks at Maya. Looks at Peregrine. ]

Oh, I am so down.

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine's currently drinking some punch and getting some air, so she misses the look her way. She's an easy target. ]

[mayavericks]

[With one of Janis's hands clutched between her own, Maya makes her way over. She doesn't announce herself, at least not behind a warning clear of the throat. Then her free arm is slipping around Peregrine's shoulder.]

May I have this dance?

[fourbutts]

[ And, on the other side, Janis slips her hand around Peregrine's waist. ]

Can I have this dance?

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine almost drops her punch. ]

Oh, jeez— you guys! [ She sort of clumsily spins to try and face them. ] I see, surprise attack on the new initiate.