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Pulling up to the parties

WHO: Gamzee Makara, Tavros Nitram, and anyone who wants to PAR-TAY
TONE: Hilarious, fun
RATING: PG-13 to R for possible shenanigans
WHEN: May 5th
WHERE: Empty classroom
WHAT: Gamzee is throwing a birthday bash for his bro! Everyone is invited!
STATUS: Ongoing

There was food. There was music. There were sparkly lights. There was booze. There was even a ridiculously oversized cake, though that had yet to be wheeled in. Gamzee had done everything he could to make sure the birthday party he was throwing for Tavros was well attended, and everyone knew the best way to get a hopping party was to let the Hufflepuffs know they were all invited. Which he had. And then, of course, he had to get the word out to absolutely everyone else he didn't think would be a bastard to his boy.

And then it was just a matter of getting permission to use one of the empty classrooms (he made sure to go through Iroh), setting everything up, waiting for people to come, throwing a blanket silence charm in the hall to disguise everything, and then dispatching Karkat to go get Tavros. When the Hufflepuff showed up, there would be a roomful of people waiting to yell surprise at him, a band with some sweet tunes, and a particularly tastyfine present Gamzee intended to give his bro later.

Because some shit was worth the wait.

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Equius made sure to show up early because honestly, he did not want to be there. There was the last place he ever wanted to be. Not because it was Tavros's birthday, exactly, that he was pretty ambivalent about, but because Gamzee fully intended to humiliate him in front of everyone everywhere.

He was sweating already.

Which was also why he was there so early. He wanted to be dressed and out of sight before anyone else got a chance to see him. At least, out of sight until "the moment."

Gamzee was waiting, his back against the closed door of the classroom, his slender arms crossed loosely over his chest. He gave Equius a cool, appraising look as he walked up, and then that was hidden behind one of his usual dopey smiles.

"Well, if a motherfucker ain't early like them happy little birds. How you be, my brother?"

Pursing his lips, Equius folds his arms over his chest, looking away from the other boy.

"I am not amused." Likely not the answer Gamzee was looking for, but what else could he say? That he was looking forward to this? Even if he was, he couldn't admit to it. Not even to himself. "Let us simply do this quickly."

But if Gamzee was displeased by the answer, it didn't show. His smile didn't falter as he opened the door to the classroom to usher Equius inside. "Ain't gonna be no quickie, no back door in and out. You can put it on now, but you ain't coming out until the right time. And I got me a notion all up in my pan for what you'll do when you get out."

It was something he'd been thinking about last night, a final, perfect touch to the whole thing. "Sit down." He pointed at one of the desks.

He swept into the room, holding his head high because it was all he felt he could do. Running, backing down wasn't an option, as much as he wanted to run back to his room and hide. From himself and his bad choices, and the way each one simply piled on top of each other, burying him deeper and deeper in his own shame.

Saying nothing about Gamzee's "plans," he sat down as directed, folding his hands in his lap and keeping his eyes on the Slytherin. He should have known better than to have trusted the snake in the first place.

The funny thing was, Gamzee was actually usually pretty trustworthy. And if Equius had refused him, he probably wouldn't have told anyway - what would the point have been? But he was a snake, and with that came a certain willingness to do what had to be done to get what he wanted. It just wasn't a side many people got to see.

The lanky boy slouched over to the desk, and without preamble sat himself down on it, in front of Equius. One long leg was stretched out to rest on the back of the Ravenclaw's seat, caging the other boy in on that side, and Gamzee pulled a small compact from his pocket, along with a brush. "Think you can hold still, motherfucker?"

It had taken him a little while to whisk Tavros away from the party for this little venture. Seeing Equius in a dress had been worth it though and so, as the party started winding down, there had been no need to worry about people missing the birthday boy terribly.

He pushed the other boy down the corridor, being careful considering it was after hours and they could get caught and punished for being out of their dorms. Karkat didn't even let himself breathe until they were properly outside and he finally stopped. He rubbed the back of his neck before reaching into the book bag he'd been carrying around since the party started, pulling a large-looking present from it and handing it to Tavros.

"Happy birthday."

In a corner to herself, Noodle sits, tuning her guitar carefully, as she waits for the rest of her bandmates to show their faces. Normally she wouldn't be anywhere near a shindig like this, but a gig was a gig. They needed to get their names out there, and this would be one way of doing it. And it was a practice.

Hopefully the other two wouldn't forget to show.

It was safe to say that it had been the single best birthday party of Tav's life. He'd never expected Equius to put on a dress. In front of people. Or to even go to his party in the first place. But he had, and it had been pretty awesome. Being surrounded by all of his friends had done wonders for making him feel better after how sad he'd been ever since the tower. Overall, Tavros was definitely feeling better.

Karkat doing this for him was just the cherry on top of a perfect night. He was a little nervous about sneaking out, mainly because he was scared of getting caught since Karkat didn't have one of those cool silencing potions like Gamzee did. But they made it! And Tavros was so excited it was nearly radiating in physical waves.

When Karkat pulled the present out of his bag, Tavros looked very surprised. He didn't think Karkat had gotten him anything (which was completely and totally fine! Because having Karkat was a present himself, the best one.) since he'd not given anything to him at the party. "Oh, you... I- I mean, you didn't have to..." His face was a little red then, as he took the gift from Karkat. He was too caught off guard by the fact, and feeling too bad that Karkat had actually got him something, that he didn't immediately start opening it, and instead stared at Karkat, and then down at the present.

Karkat could be quiet when he wanted to be. He mightn't have had a silencing potion like the ones Gamzee made - and he didn't really want to ask the Slytherin for one, since that would have brought up unwanted questions - but they'd made it outside and that was all that mattered. He was happy the other boy had cheered up after what had happened on the astronomy tower, even if his face said differently.

He leaned forward on the handles of the Hufflepuff's wheelchair, looking down at Tavros with a raised eyebrow. His lips quirked a little at the flush on his cheeks before he waved a hand nonchalantly. "Are you going to open it?"

At Karkat's question, Tavros realized that he'd just been staring and that he should be doing something. Y'know, like opening the present that was in his hand. "Oh! Yeah, uh... sorry! I was just surprised," he admitted softly, letting out a small laugh. "I didn't, think you'd gotten me anything since you didn't give it to me at the, uh, party." He trailed off for a second, "You... really didn't have to get me anything, you-"

He stopped, because he'd been about to say something along the lines of 'you're already my present', but that felt like too much and he felt entirely too embarrassed to say anything like that. Even if it was true, and not just for Karkat. All of his friends were gifts! It was just especially true for Karkat, with how he'd been there so much for the Hufflepuff. "A-Anyway, yeah! Time to, open this..."

He began awkwardly fumbling with the paper, biting his lip in concentration as he started opening it.

"I didn't give it to you at the party because I wanted it to be a surprise." Just like sneaking out had been. Karkat raised himself onto his hands, looking over the other boy's head as he started to unwrap the present. It had taken him a little while to find the perfect present, but then he remembered that Tavros's favourite subject was Care of Magical Creatures. Then it had just been a matter of asking his aunt for advice on which book would be the better one.

Inside the paper, Tavros would find a thick encyclopedia, detailing everything known about every kind of magical creature, even the ones that were considered a myth by Muggle standards like unicorns and Big Foot, along with a rather extensive section on dragons. Karkat scuffed his sneaker against the ground and glanced off to the side. "I didn't know if you had that book already or anything but my aunt recommended it to me."

Edited 2012-05-07 06:42 (UTC)

Nope, nope. Everything is drama and backstabbings in Equius's head. Just your typical, pureblooded antics. He understood. It was his fault for opening himself up to someone, even someone of common blood. This is why he didn't speak of his problems.

He just stared at Gamzee's leg at first, then at the compact. Finally, he raised his eyes to the Slytherin, eyebrows raised and lips pursed. "I can do my own make-up, Makara."

Honestly, she had no idea there was a party going on (or maybe she had an idea, but didn't care enough to remember) nor did she have any intention of attending said party. She didn't know these students well enough to wish any of them well, so why bother?

So when she accidentally walked into the wrong classroom (having forgotten a book in one earlier in the day) she was very surprised to see this going on. Maybe she could come back later...

And at some point during the party, Gamzee will saunter over and deliver some booze, because you always give the musicians booze! It's how it works!

"Damn, those be some fine tunes gifted to my hear ducts, sis." Beer?

The always smiling guy in clown make-up near the door gives her an odd look when she comes in, but his mellow grin doesn't falter. "You here for the motherfuckin' party, my sister?"

Gamzee leaned in, cocking his head to one side with a lazy grin. "You had practice? Or you just afraid I'm gonna fuck your pretty face all up?"

"I've had practice," he snapped, forcing himself not to pull back when Gamzee leaned in. Of course, his practice with make-up wasn't exactly aimed at making himself look pretty so much as it was about making himself look presentable, but he still knew the basics.

And he did wear eyeliner on a daily basis.

The booze is taken with a rise of an eyebrow through Sue simply tucks it to the side, opting out of drinking. Instead she'll keep it, knowing she'll be able to bribe Murdoc with it, or give it to 2D for his headaches. But she does nod, offering a small smile.

"Thank you. I would prefer my Les Paul, but without electricity for the amp it's useless. But the sound would be much stronger."

"Denley said he wos gonna take care of that, though," Stuart mumbles, stumbling over to Noodle and plopping down right next to her. Sort of on top of her, really, but only because he couldn't exactly aim well when his pills were just starting to wear off. He was wavering right on the edge of pain and comfortably numb. "Um, Sue, have you got some of me meds, I fink Murdoc's buggered off wif mine again..."

"Yeah, I think there's gotta be some kind of motherfuckin' spell for that shit, but I ain't got my knowing much of wizard bands," Gamzee admits, then glances over as 2D arrives, automatically holding out another beer to him.

"What d'you take, bro?" he asks, as if this isn't an insanely rude question.

"You'd think so, but many wizards have little to no care about the muggle world, even the muggle born ones. So I'm not surprised there is no spell." As Stu comes over and practically falls onto her, Sue shifts, her first move to protect her precious guitar. Then once that's safe she nudges him, getting him to rest against her bony shoulder as she searches her pockets for his pills.

"You really should stop letting him get a hold of them. If this happens during the night there's no way you can get to me." The cap is popped and the tube offered up, Sue knowing it's best to let her brother judge his pain.

The older boy's smile had a lot of teeth in it, and he reached out and ran his fingers along the Ravenclaw's jaw, mostly because he thought it might make him a little uncomfortable. "So have I. I think I ain't gonna be trusting you on this one. Now hold the motherfuck still."

Tilting his chin up, Equius jerked his jaw away from the other boy. He was right, it did make him uncomfortable, but maybe not for the reasons he thought. He hated the way Gamzee teased him. Hated the way it made his heart flutter. Hated feeling so helpless...

Squaring his jaw and pushing down his feelings, he straightened himself up, presenting Gamzee with his face.

Gamzee's face was a picture of narrow-eyed concentration. It actually erased all the dopiness from his face when he was focused like this, and he took out a slim brush, loading it with the black face paint, and then carefully lining Equius's eyes. He did it much thicker than the younger boy usually did for himself, heavy, doll-like lines that made the Ravenclaw look almost startled. The brush was cool against Equius's skin, and Gamzee's hands were remarkably deft, though he grasped the other boy's chin rather roughly at several points, to turn his face this way and that to examine the effect.

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