Dresden Academy

Winter Social - Friday, December 9th (open to all)

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12/4/11 02:28 am

The events committee pulled off a rather impressive decorating scheme given their limited budget this year. Old silver and blue candles lit every alcove, sparkled above students heads as the floated around the ceiling. A spell created snow that fell among the candles and dissipated just as it reached the shoulders of the students partying below.

Recycled ribbons and streamers in a wintery palette draped on the walls, off the back of chairs and the small stage that graced the far end of the ballroom. Tables were draped with cloths in various shades of icy blue, some silver, some pristine white (at least until the students managed to spill their beverages).

Music hummed in the corner as a local cover band warmed up their instruments. The usual spot for photographs was set up just inside the doors. Professors wandered around the periphery, making sure the students were on their best behavior, though as these things usually ended up, the students were a lot better at misbehaving than their professors were at stopping them.

Tags: !eventastic, adelaide legaux, arnaud powell, bernadine ford, carly travers, cinna thompson, faculty, hawthorne nikitin, kazamir de kooning, luka nikitin, riley bloodfeather, steven suzuki, veronica cantrell

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• atotheb

  12/6/11 09:04 am (UTC)

  

  "What convinced you to come to this thing anyway?" He didn't seem the type to enjoy dances and big crowds, especially hedged away in the corner as he was.

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  • loudandclose

    12/6/11 10:22 am (UTC)

    

    He shrugged. "Exams coming up. Been studying my ass off, thought it might be nice to take a break." She was right about him not particularly enjoying the dance or the crowds, but it was something to do; a small measure of relaxation. He could judge away here. "See everyone on their best behavior for once."

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    • atotheb

      12/6/11 10:40 am (UTC)

      

      She nodded. High school had been like that, so stressful at times she wondered if it was really that important. "Mother Criss has a mean midterm." Which meant she had a lot of work to do preparing the students. She could probably help him study for Octavia Whalon's midterm, but that woman had an entirely different teaching style (one which Bernadine's mentor didn't approve at all).
      
      "Give it time," Bernadine promised. Abby loved telling her tales of debauchery from the school dances. The things this students got up to shocked her until she actually met them. It seemed almost normal to let off so much steam. "These things usually get wild toward the end when the professors have started hiding in the hallway or begging off chaperon duty."
      
      Then she looked him over and grinned. "If you can hang in that long."

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      • loudandclose

        12/6/11 10:43 am (UTC)

        

        "If I stay near you the wild should come find me." He didn't comment on the rumors flying around about Halloweenfest and what had happened then. Yes, he had heard them (who hadn't?) but he didn't particularly care to find out if they were true or not. It wasn't any of his business and he had no intention of making it his business, beyond what he already thought of Abernathy's strange behavior.
        
        "Just try and keep me out of it when the fists start flying."

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        • atotheb

          12/6/11 10:47 am (UTC)

          

          "I don't know if you've noticed, my happy little creeper, but I've been cutting back on the fisticuffs." It took some doing, but she was getting in less fights, so much so that Nathaniel Dawkins took the time to thank her for behaving so well.
          
          She didn't know if she could get another full semester out of pretending to be Abby, but if she had her way she'd have Abby's reputation almost entirely reformed by the time she left (or was unceremoniously kicked out for her duplicity; she couldn't see which ending she'd reach).
          
          Then she was blushing as the realization dawned on her. Steven was going to stick by her side for a bit, at least until something interesting happened, as she promised him it would. "I'll do my best if it starts to get wild west up in this bitch."

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