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PIONEER DAY PARTY
PIONEER DAY PARTY
Whether by Apparition or by portkey, those who decide to attend the Morales-Tran not-really-4th-of-July-but-close-enough party are greeted by desert heat and the smell of sage under the hot sun. There's one paved road leading into town, and a smaller dirt one that heads off into the distance, at the end of which is a large, one story ranch home. The only way that makes this technically a ranch and not a barely disguised mansion is the presence of horse stables.
The backyard is bustling with activity. The patio has been declared a safe zone, and remains largely untouched by the water fight. Diego warns everyone to be careful of cacti and snakes if they go too far into the surrounding wilderness, which is covered in scrubby plant life and red sand. Unfortunately, it didn't do [Character A] much good, as they fall on a cactus during the party, and spend the next hour with [Character B] who plucks out all the spines with a little magic and some tweezers.
» SQUIRT GUN FIGHT: Before the unforgiving desert sun goes down, there's a water gun fight to "help" your friends escape the heat! There are squirt guns and water balloons lying around, and control of the hose is hotly contested. Considering that the Morales Ranch has no lawn and just a lot of fine red dirt... I hope you're all prepared to get very muddy.
» The pool: A modestly sized pool decorated with desert plants and slabs of red rock. There's a connected hot tub and waterfall. It's designed for lounging about and enjoying the expanse of empty desert behind the house.
» hanging out: Go get some food, lounge around, play in the mud without joining the fight, and just enjoy the party! The patio has plenty of comfy seating in the shade, and you're safe from the water fight here.
» fireworks: After sunset, there's a magical fireworks display that's coincidentally mostly blue and purple. Everyone's also given sparklers to play with.
» camping: Diego, Essie and Mina's mothers return at around 11:00 PM. Close friends of their children can stay overnight, but everyone else needs to go home. Aren't your parents worried about you?
» OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS
The backyard is bustling with activity. The patio has been declared a safe zone, and remains largely untouched by the water fight. Diego warns everyone to be careful of cacti and snakes if they go too far into the surrounding wilderness, which is covered in scrubby plant life and red sand. Unfortunately, it didn't do [Character A] much good, as they fall on a cactus during the party, and spend the next hour with [Character B] who plucks out all the spines with a little magic and some tweezers.
HOW THIS WORKS:
- The party begins at 4:00 PM in Moab, Utah, which is a tiny town in the middle of a red rock desert. The Morales Ranch is located outside the town, and is fairly isolated. No one will be able to see you casting spells and being wizardy.
- It's very hot and dry today: 101°F/33°C
- Pioneer Day is technically tomorrow, but Sunday's a more convenient IC/OOC time!
- Justifying that your character got an invitation even if they're not close to the Morales-Trans isn't hard. Diego and Essie are the primary party-throwers, and between the two of them and how many people they know, getting in isn't difficult. Anyone is welcome.
- While their mothers are going to be out until late in the evening, this isn't a rager. Diego doesn't want to get in too much trouble, so there's no alcohol provided. He won't complain if you drink from a personal stash, though.
- The house is more or less off limits to partying, but if you go in to find the bathroom you can tell that the Morales-Tran mothers are a) very rich, b) very artsy, c) just as obsessed with aesthetics as Diego is.
- Diego and their house elf, Pilar, will be grilling dinner. If anyone wants to help, they may. If Pippa is in attendance, Diego will specifically make a vegan dish for her that he researched and fussed over ahead of time.
- There will be fireworks and sparklers to enjoy after sunset.
- Anyone who's a close friend of Estella, Diego or Mina is welcome to stay the night and either go have a sleepover indoors, or camp outside.
- SQUIRT GUN FIGHT:
- Squirt guns and water balloons are provided, or you may bring your own as long as it's not magically modified. There's also a hose that you can fight opposing teams for control of.
- No magic! This is a fair fight, pardner.
- The ranch has no lawn. It's just soft red dirt, almost like sand. Within about 15 minutes this is becoming 70% water fight, 30% mud fight. Don't wash off in the pool, though. That's rude. Wait for someone to hose you off, or beg a Morales-Tran for a shower.
- Teams may consist of up to 5 people. You can discuss them in the OOC section, but I'm not assigning loners to teams.
- Reply to this header to get an RNG score. Each individual participant gets a score, and the team score is the total of all players on that team.
- The team with the highest score wins a map leading to a "treasure" somewhere in Gooseberry, and a set of silver sheriff's badges. If you win, dropbox Diego or another character Meggie plays when your team goes to look for the treasure Y2.
- If a team of all seniors wins, they can pass it down to the younger student(s) of their choice.
- You have until Sunday at 11:59 PM to get in your rolls, then I'm crowning a winning team!
» SQUIRT GUN FIGHT: Before the unforgiving desert sun goes down, there's a water gun fight to "help" your friends escape the heat! There are squirt guns and water balloons lying around, and control of the hose is hotly contested. Considering that the Morales Ranch has no lawn and just a lot of fine red dirt... I hope you're all prepared to get very muddy.
Name:
Known teammates: This can be added to later!
How hard are they trying?:
Anything else?: Anyone they're targeting, their play style, if they try to mud wrestle, etc.
» The pool: A modestly sized pool decorated with desert plants and slabs of red rock. There's a connected hot tub and waterfall. It's designed for lounging about and enjoying the expanse of empty desert behind the house.
» hanging out: Go get some food, lounge around, play in the mud without joining the fight, and just enjoy the party! The patio has plenty of comfy seating in the shade, and you're safe from the water fight here.
» fireworks: After sunset, there's a magical fireworks display that's coincidentally mostly blue and purple. Everyone's also given sparklers to play with.
» camping: Diego, Essie and Mina's mothers return at around 11:00 PM. Close friends of their children can stay overnight, but everyone else needs to go home. Aren't your parents worried about you?
» OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS