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Scott 'has zero self-respect' Summers ([personal profile] laserguy) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs2023-10-08 07:03 pm

house party (open log)

Who: Scott Summers and anyone stopping by
Where: Scott's new home
What: Irresponsible teenager from 1980s America wants to throw a party like he sees in the movies. Also something something surviving the maze and dealing with the locals being cold suddenly. Also, it's Scott's and Jinx's birthday! Sort of. They're combining it.
Warnings: Underage drinking, teenage stupidity probably, will update as things continue!


[Maybe you saw Scott's post earlier about hosting a party, or just come across his house, the door's open and everything! Scott probably won't mind if it's someone he dislikes, but he'll just have to suck it up anyway! It's probably good there's not a lot of furniture in the house yet, leaving the space more open for people to mingle and play games. If it gets too crowded, well, there's always the front yard and a couple of rooms to hide yourself in.

Of course, it isn't a party without:

Food: Scott's only scourged up snacks on his end, along with a couple of pizza boxes and sandwiches, so potluck style, bring something that will amaze the other guests or make use of the bathrooms in the house looking at you Mitama.

Drinks: Along with some water and juice, it wouldn't be a party without alcohol. There's a keg of beer that he somehow acquired that people can pour into their cup. Sadly, he doesn't really have any other alcoholic drinks unless someone else decides to bring some!

Games: Any stereotypical game you can think of will probably be played, from Truth or Dare, to Seven Minutes in Heaven, Never Have I Ever, Would you Rather, Spin the Bottle, and etc. There's also a table where people can set up a game of beer pong at.]


[ooc: This is an open post, so please feel free to make your own top level!]
querulus: (generation quire)

[personal profile] querulus 2023-10-13 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, okay, calm down, Colleen Hoover.

[Quentin tilts his head, looking equally amused and delighted. Oh sure, the delivery was straight out of a smutty romance novel, and he's not really into the all-consuming fixation thing, but that was definitely the most blatantly she's ever come onto him. And he has absolutely zero intention of rejecting her.]

That was so cheesy. Hot! Totally hot. But also cheesy as hell. Is that you asking me out? Because if so, the answer is yes. "Jinx" me up, baby.
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (And I'm gonna paint it black)

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[personal profile] opheliac 2023-10-13 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
( so there's a lot to unpack here in a span of a couple of minutes. for one when he calls out her little explanation cheesy, her heart tanked a bit and so does her expression. and she can feel "mylo" and a gang of her voices piling up at the nape of her neck -- ready to tease and poke fun. but that quickly disappears at a blink of an eye when it switches to a compliment. and the more quentin speaks, the more her eyes grow doe-like.

two, was she asking him out? poss...ibly. jinx definitely likes him and she wants to do more with him than the typical friendship thing she's been doing with everyone else. she finds a few people cute, but quentin fits more of her style and besides, they went into each other's heads when they first met, so he's seen half of her bad side already, and yet he stuck around. and from that, they develop this little connection that only the two of them share. sure, there's still so much he doesn't know regarding her. like her past, her families and what have become of them, how she became jinx in the first place, and who caused the war between the two cities. would he still like her or want to be around her if he knew all the destruction and death she caused? what about now and the future? jinx's been causing mayhem here in aldrip already, and that led her to her sentencing and needing to fulfill this task that the council wish for her to accomplished (or something worse may happen). and she and her father are on a journey to rule this village if not all of them to be their kingdom. would... he be okay with that? would he be fine with her possibly need to harm or kill if it means to gain her father's goal?

...


maybe that's something she should consider, something she should bring up or talk about, but instead all of those thoughts get abandoned. her voices get left behind too as she takes a cautious step forward. 'he is going to leave you'. one says. 'he's going to hurt and betray you like everyone else. he's no different'. another chimes in. but their warnings aren't reaching her and she forgets they're in the kitchen or there's even a party going on with others just in another room. for jinx, it's just the two of them and the realization that someone likes her. her. not her sister who she had always thought was more superior in everything. although they are older now, she still feels the less attractive and less desirable one. but this... this just shows someone can like a monster like her. ... right?
)
opheliac: (●'◡'●) (hear me shout)

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[personal profile] opheliac 2023-10-13 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
( — before she knows it, she's in front of him again -- back in that personal space she entered moments before. jinx can't seem to recall how she got here, it looks like her body is moving on its own. and quite frankly, she's completely okay with that. her pinks meet his blue and there's a smile on her face before she nips at her bottom lip, humming a tiny giggle. jinx is so damn clueless on how to be a friend, let along a girlfriend and she will definitely freak out and panic about this whole thing tomorrow. but for now, she will bathe in this sweet little moment she rarely ever gets in her life. her curse might come and ruin all of this for her -- if her track record says anything, hell is right around the corner and ready to break loose. but before that happens, before anything bad happens, jinx just... wants to feel nice. she hadn't felt this kind of nice since ekko and she fucking misses it more than she will ever admit.

so her palms lie flat on his chest at first, then they gradually slither their way up to his shoulders. carefully, they smooth over to link around his neck -- now on her the tip of her toes so she can somewhat meet his height (she's a lot off given she is five-two). her heart is thumping out of her chest and buzzing through her ears, but instead of nerves -- it's excitement. jinx doesn't speak again, she doesn't need to. not when her thoughts will do it for her as her lips brush ghostly to his:
)


'Kiss me.'
querulus: (smooch)

[personal profile] querulus 2023-10-15 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, well, that was a more... dramatic reaction than he was expecting. Quentin raises an eyebrow and looks puzzled as she starts looking more and more like a deer in headlights. So was she not asking him out? Then what was all the seductive sweet-talking crap? Talking about "no cure" and being obsessed and stuff. Doesn't sound like any kind of friends with benefits or casual fling situation to him. And anyway, if all she wanted was a hookup, she could've just gone for it without all this extra rigamarole. It's not like he's been particularly subtle about his interest in her. Hell, the first thing he did when they met was hit on her!

At least she apparently liked what he said? Even though he feels bizarrely like he ended up being the one to ask her out instead of the other way around, and he's so very, very confused about what the hell is going on.

Not that being confused is going to stop him from putting his arms around her and leaning down to kiss her like she requested, because... I mean, duh. There's a hot girl with her arms around his neck thinking sexy thoughts at him. He'd have to turn in his teenage boy card if he rejected that.

... Still, there's a smidge of concern in the back of his mind that he can't ignore. But fortunately, being a telepath comes with the perk of being able to multitask.

"Hey, I don't know what was up with you looking all kicked puppy before, but we should probably talk about it. Later, though. Um. You're very sexy."

Oh, barf. That's what he's going with? At least he used telepathy and avoided cringing twice as much from hearing that out loud.]
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cw: arcane spoilers but being vague with details

[personal profile] opheliac 2023-10-15 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
( it's electrifying when their lips meet, the shimmer in her bloodstream rises and pulses through her body and it's hard to contain everything that she's feeling. this isn't a dream, this isn't her brain going haywire to strike up a hallucination (even so, they're never lovely visions) for whatever reason, this is seriously happening... her reality. someone she's a fond of is kissing her and it's not due to a prank or some twisted ploy.

jinx was (or still is?) a fond of ekko too and they kissed like this, but a lot of alcohol was involved back then. and whether that kiss had a true meaning or not may forever be a mystery to her, but this with quentin doesn't seem to be that way. at least not on her side anyway, her lips taste more like the fruity juice than any ounce of alcohol she had prior. but will quentin disappear after this -- just like this happened with her before? will her curse swoop in and rip this lovely moment away from her? just the sheer thought of that being a possibility has her hand trickling down to his shoulder -- her fingers grip tighter on the fabric of his clothing. it's a strange thing, isn't it? before, she trotted around like she's tough shit and now she is a bumbling mess of herself. it's like there's... two girls in one body. but that's impossible, of course. because that girl died along with everything else; buried and so deep down in that well she tripped in. and the dead stays dead... except here in aldrip or wherever they are.
)


( and it's her behaving this way is what silco was concern about. after all, he knows his daughter more than she want the man to know, and he is aware how quickly and how hard she attaches herself to people. especially if that said person gives her just a nibblet of affection. and he is right because her heart is swelling, and now she is yearning more of this and quentin. geez, whose getting obsessed with who, huh? but before her thoughts twist more into a tornadic storm, jinx hears quentin barging in . and it's good timing too because he was just about to get backhanded (will smith slap) to the face with all of her fuckery of turmoil. hearing his voice so loud and clearer than the dead (and even her own) is soothing and her winds settle back to that gentle breeze than it working itself into a hurricane.

the grip of clinginess she has on him now eases up and her lips presses harder to his; heated yet loving all the same. 'Yeah...Yeah, okay. Later...' there's a brief pause in her response (not with the kissing part, though. that's still going strong -- maybe a few breaks for air but immediately diving back in again) and while yeah, maybe girls would find that compliment cringe-worthy, jinx is different and possibly just as bad. 'And you're hot. ... Way hotter now than when I first met you.' and she decides there to break their kiss again, but only to nip at the bottom of quentin's lip. the bite isn't hurtful nor hard at all -- it's extremely gentle, especially when she tugs at it before smooshing her lips right back to him.
)
Edited 2023-10-15 15:46 (UTC)
querulus: (<3)

[personal profile] querulus 2023-10-16 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
["I've always been hot."

Seriously, what about him changed since they met?? Whatever, not important. He'll accept the somewhat back-handed compliment considering the fact that she's kissing him like he's the hottest guy in the whole world. Too bad "Quentined" doesn't roll off the tongue nearly as well as "Jinxed."

He feels her mind calming when he talks to her, though, and wow, that's a first. You've gotta be in pretty bad shape to find a sense of stability in Quentin Quire. Is he up to the task of being that for Jinx? Probably not. Would trying be doomed for failure since he appears to be chronically incapable of getting his shit together before inevitably ruining everything? Almost certainly. Is he going to try anyway?

I mean... maybe? It gives him warm fuzzies. And no, he feels no urge to unpack why. There are more important things to think about right now. Like the countertop digging into his back, how uncomfortable and inconvenient it is to bend down like this, and how steamy this kitchen has gotten in the last couple of minutes. He pulls away but makes sure to give her his most roguish grin so she doesn't feel rejected.

"Wanna go find somewhere more comfortable?"]
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (It feels like we're living in a dream)

[personal profile] opheliac 2023-10-16 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
( she'd laugh at his comment, but she's too preoccupied to do so. so instead, she'll just smile warmly into their kiss as a response. and it's a good thing that quentin decides to pull away to give their lips a break, because her mind was slowly starting to spin (but in a good way) from this little moment. and he can visually see it too, with her blinking twice to maybe four times to center herself from the kissing whiplash. if that isn't a dead giveaway that jinx is a newbie to all of this, then someone needs to get their eyes checked.

and speaking of eyes, her pinks are glowing pretty vibrantly when she peers up to him -- which surely during their newly dating adventure, he'll learn whenever her eyes glow like this, it means either two things. one, she is activating her shimmer ability or two, she's feeling an intense emotion. and that emotion is pure excitement, especially when jinx catches the wickedness of quentin's grin. her lips curl just as sinful as her hands casually move to rest on his chest. so it seems she is back to herself, that's good but now begs the question... how far are they going to take this?

while jinx is inexperienced in this dating thing, that doesn't mean she doesn't know what "let's go somewhere more comfortable" could entail or lead to. because her city at home had a brothel right smack in the middle of town with men and women wore risqué outfits just outside. and it was the most popular establishment in the Lanes beyond The Last Drop bar, so seeing or hearing about it was inevitable. and while vi and silco forbid jinx to step foot inside the place while growing up, that didn't necessarily stopped her curiosity -- peculiarly when she got older and silco gave her the freedom to mosey around. she didn't partake in anything, but she did do a quick peek-sees when she snuck inside. and honestly if she hadn't, she wouldn't had discovered her sexuality.... and she wouldn't had learned that ropes and cuffs can be used more in a fun way.
)


( and sure, there's probably a voice somewhere deep, deep, deep inside that's hollering for her to slow down. they just became a thing not even thirty minutes ago, for janna's sake! she shouldn't be thinking what she's thinking right now. but what does one expect from a typical teenager with raging hormones? especially when her small time with ekko opened a flood gate of things she didn't know she had pent up. and besides, they didn't call her "the loose cannon" for nothing. jinx had always been a wild card and doing off-the-wall things and that's not going to stop anytime soon. not until she croaks over. )

( instead giving the boy an answer, the twin braided girl takes a step back then away from him -- but of course, not before she lets her fingers brush along his chest when she leaves quentin behind. and when she exits out the kitchen, jinx purposely adds a little sway in her walk -- her hips moving with an alluring notion in hope he's watching her make her way to everyone else. as for place of comfort, she... doesn't know where they should go. jinx knows nothing of this home's layout so for now, she'll just look onward to the party goers innocently until quentin meets up with her again. )
querulus: (what up im the hero)

[personal profile] querulus 2023-10-17 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Truthfully, he has no expectations for how far they'll take this. Quentin's strategy with Jinx has always been to let her take the wheel, occasionally give it a nudge when some course correction so they don't go careening off a cliff, and otherwise just enjoy the ride. It makes even more sense in this case, considering she's clearly got some Big Feelings going on and not a lot of experience to go with them.

This, however, is one of those times where a little nudge is needed, since she clearly doesn't know he moved in. Not that she should have known, considering Summers didn't until two days ago when Quentin showed up. But he probably could've mentioned that when he brought up somewhere more comfortable. Ah, well, she'll find out soon.

Quentin watches her leave the kitchen... and opts to exit out the front door and take a stroll around the front of the house to the middle porch.

"Psst! Over here! Window, to your left."

Sure, he doesn't need to "psst" and pretend to whisper at her through telepathy, but it's dramatic, and Quentin lives for drama. Thus why she can almost feel breath on her left ear, as if he was actually standing next to her. What's the point of having mind powers if you can't occasionally take a page out of Emma Frost's book and be a tease?

If Jinx looks though the window he indicated, she'll see him outside looking terribly pleased with himself and gesturing with his thumb at a door behind him. A bedroom with a exterior door seemed convenient enough when he was moving his stuff in without permission but he has a feeling it's going to be convenient for other reasons now. When he's sure she's figured out what he means, he heads inside. Jinx seemed to have some degree of superspeed powers before. He assumes that means she won't keep him waiting long.]
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[personal profile] opheliac 2023-10-17 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
( so she just learned a new little thing about herself just now. and that thing being is having someone tickling against her left ear like that (that isn't the dead taunting her with hurtful words) sends lovely little chills and goosebumps up her spine. it's a funny thing to have that kind of reaction when he wasn't necessarily near her, but hey this is why she likes him so much. the way he does things are so different and unique -- so far from boring. and the one way ticket to get on jinx's good side (and apparently her heart), is to be different.

doing as she's told, the teen glances over to the window in question, seeing him there before she wrinkles her nose at him as she giggles. and yeah, she isn't going to let him wait as she scurries away from the party goer's viewing. hopefully no one will be looking for them for a good little while, and she had already informed silco to not wait for her to come home tonight. as for her sister, vi, well — she is probably too busy gross smooching with that ugly enforcer girl (and probably with mizuki too) to even bother to contact her through via charm. therefore, jinx should be clear from any interruptions tonight. the only downside to all of this is her stupid sprained right hand. it might put a slight snag on whatever they're about to do, but jinx is all about improvising so... she'll find some way to work around it.
)


( inside the bedroom, the teen takes a quick look around to see what quentin quire is all about. because a person's bedroom is a great way to learn one's personality and tastes. at the same time though, she is unfastening her boots the best way she can one-handed. )

Nice digs. So this is where you're crashin' now?
Edited 2023-10-17 06:18 (UTC)