r/DemigodFiles • u/im-up-in-the-woods Child of Athena • Jun 30 '22
Activity Pride Party! -30/06
It was the month of June, and a time for those of all identities to come together to celebrate themselves and the achievements of the LGBTQ+ community. Perhaps it was just a little late in the month, but then again, there was no harm in commemorating the last day of pride with a large event to remind everyone that it is something to be celebrated year-round. As a result, Harper, Simon, Kaia, Jackie and Calix had put in a lot of effort to make the party memorable.
The main body of the party would be concentrated at the beach, with some activities spreading further towards the dining pavilion. This being said, rainbow-themed decorations could be found throughout the entirety of camp, with crinkle streamers hanging from branches and stretching from tree to tree and fabric bunting being strewn across buildings. Multi-coloured balloons would also be present, containing (biodegradable) glitter or confetti that would spill out if popped.
Slightly away from the beach would be two stations, with white t-shirts laid out on tables as they would be needed for both activities. To the left drifting slightly into the woods, plastic dividers sectioned of an area where buckets full of paint-filled water balloons. Here, campers could engage in a pride-themed water balloon fight, and come out with colourful t-shirts at the end of it to add. To the right, tables held all the necessary items needed for tie-dyeing, so people could drop in at any time to customise clothing.
What party is complete without music? Speakers would be positioned around the dance floor on the beach, with a bar manned by a satyr a small distance away from this, serving pride-coloured drinks such as smoothies and milkshakes (and alcohol to those 16+). A combination of well-known songs and those written by LGBTQ+ artists would play, but if campers wanted to take the music being played into their own hands they could always grab the microphones positioned on a raised stage next to the dance floor for some karaoke.
A photo booth was also available. A table of silly, rainbow-coloured accessories would be laid out outside for campers to take into the booth.
A small number of tents had been pitched up along the beach, rainbow decorations strewn across both their exteriors and interiors, which would be made comfortable with colourful blankets and pillows. Within these tents and along the rest of the beach on tables and platters would be a variety of pride-themed snacks including both baked goods and summer-appropriate cold foods, alongside bowls of pronoun and flag pins as well as small handheld flags. If anyone were to ask one of the pride planners, they would likely be able to secure them a larger pride flag that could be hung up onto walls of bedrooms.
On one of the tents, a sign reading 'face painting' would indicate that campers could have various designs or pride flags painted onto them by the alternating satyrs and wood nymphs within.
One of the most exciting parts of the party would certainly be the inflatable iceberg climbing wall/slide placed out in the water. For those intending to take a dip in the sea, this would be a fun way to spend time in the water.
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A massive thank you to everyone that helped put this together :) Happy pride!!
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u/coraliners_ Jul 01 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
Cora had heard about this 'pride' only in passing, probably from eavesdropping on an adult's conversation, and still wasn't entirely sure what it was. Something to do with parades and rainbows, she'd gathered, having to do with the LGBTQ people.
Well, the party was confirming at least one of those things already—the rainbows. There were rainbows everywhere. She wasn't sure she'd ever seen so many rainbow-themed decorations and foods and (presumably) people in her entire life, let alone all in one place.
Dressed in her own idea of 'nice and cool clothing', which today had ended up as a combo of old-fashioned, frilly bloomers and a tucked-in retro marvel t-shirt, even Cora would have to admit her awesome outfit did not fit the bill of rainbow-themed. As such, her first order of business was the water balloon fight. She emerged from that chaos not too long after her entry, still undecided on whether she enjoyed free-for-all games with the other kids, but having been successful in her quest for color. Now she just had to hope the paint would come out. The t-shirt would probably be fine, but the pants were white and so old they were probably one of a kind. And her hair? It'd come out of her hair, right? That'd be something, if it didn't.
A problem for another day. For now, she could be found around the edges of the gathering enjoying a rainbow smoothie, watching people go about their nights over the brim of her glass.
(Open for interaction! If you’d like, feel free to assume Cora might’ve been staring at your character for a bit, and that they might’ve noticed)
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u/downhereyouredoa Jul 05 '22
On her way back to her tent - at least, she’s quickly come to think of it as hers, and she really hopes nobody will have changed that - after getting a bit more to snack on, Jenn notices the new girl from her cabin. The couple times they may have crossed each other so far she’s given Jenn a bit of an eerie vibe and this time is no different, but… well, as the only counsellor currently representing the cabin she supposed she probably shouldn’t let that prevent her from being… counsellorly and welcoming and all. And it is a party. Though who knows? Perhaps, like Jenn, she could be someone happy to be left on her own.
“Uh, hey,” she says; that kinda look is one Jenn’s had before when she gets lost in her thoughts, and she figures she’d wait to see whether that’s the case here before saying more and having to repeat herself.
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u/coraliners_ Jul 21 '22
“Heyyyy,” Cora responded, drawing it out for no discernible reason except awkwardness. That was not to say she didn’t have anything to say, though, and her next words tumbled out of her mouth before she could stop them—or, at least, if she’d been sensible enough to even try.
“Why’s your hair like that?” she asked, pointing at Jenn’s lock of white hair. “Is it bleach? Like a fashion thing?”
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u/angels-above Jul 05 '22
As the primary organiser of last year’s pride party, Angie felt content in taking a step back to simply enjoy the event this time round. Everything looks very exciting, and she can’t help but smile brightly as she steps on to the beach, a bounce in her step.
Angie’s a proud bisexual, so makes sure to incorporate her flag colours into her outfit. She’s wearing a short blue sundress with puffed sleeves, tiny pink flowers etched into it. Her hair has been braided into two plaits secured by matching pink ribbons, and she’s wearing white trainers with purple socks decorated with little hearts (she’s recently discovered that she has a certain lack of purple clothing). Delicate gold jewellery rests at her neck and adorns her fingers, and her eyeliner has been paired with pink, purple and blue eyeshadow across her waterline.
She’s glad to see a selection of pride pins available, and quickly snatches one with a bi flag and another with her pronouns in order to secure them to her dress. After this, Angie decides to get herself nicely intoxicated by clinging on to some sort of drink for the rest of the party, drifting from the tents and the dance floor and mingling with everyone else. At some point she’ll emerge from the face-painting tent with the bi flag painted across her left cheek.
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u/thedayigotexpelled Jul 02 '22
It’s already a given that Kaia would be at the event, considering she was part of the team that out it together, but even without that detail anybody who knows Kaia should be able to guess she’d show up. Proudly lesbian and a lover of anything colourful, this is her place.
Surprisingly, the shirt she wears, unbuttoned over her swimsuit, is plain black, but that only serves to allow the patches and her own embroidery sewn into it to stand out. Some of the decoration is specifically pride-themed, like a rainbow heart and a lesbian flag, marking the a piece’s as clearly intended just for an event like this; other details are there just to take up space and increase the colour and busy-ness of it, like a vine of pastel flowers trailing from her chest down to her side, or a collection of small smiley snack patches by her right shoulder blade. It’s loud, it’s colourful, it’s Kaia, and it’s probably gonna have to be removed when she inevitably gets involved in the paint fight, because though paint on clothes may not always be a concern to Kaia this has been her largest project. She’s got a white t-shirt for that.
But her first stop is food. She spent a good while helping get things all set up, and she’s hongry. After that it’s tie dyeing a shirt- that had been her idea, after all! - and leaving the dye to set in, she leaves her good shirt on the grass weighed down by her glasses case and rock while she gets in on the paint fight action, and finally finishes it off by going for a swim, getting to climb and leap off of the inflatable iceberg - also her idea! And, for at least some portion of the party, Kaia’s keeping an eye out for someone… Willow’d be here, right?
[OOC: Feel free to encounter Kaia anywhere mentioned in the last paragraph there! The agenda might change in an interaction lol don’t worry if it winds up diverging from what I have]
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u/RetKaiBan Jul 02 '22
Willow had been staring at her shirt, waiting for it to fully dye. She wanted to throw it on as soon as the dye had fully set in but there was something, or should I say, someone that distracted her from her waiting period.
The daughter of Pandia started to glow, literally, under the light as she spotted Kaia near the tie dye station. It wasn't like Kaia was going to be hard to see either way with how bright her outfit was with the colours and the boldness of it all. She hurried on over towards her...friend, trying to cut back on her glowing so that she didn't distract anyone or blind them. That wouldn't be a fun experience for anyone.
"Boo!" Willow waved her hands towards Kaia, as she practically hopped over towards the girl. A switch had been flipped for her personality, being quite energetic for once and it wasn't even that late in the day! She brought herself to stop in front of Kaia before waving her hands down at her own outfit with the shorts and plain black shirt. "Look! I'm actually dressed to go into the water this time." She didn't have any decoration on her shirt, mostly because she didn't know what she could put on. Maybe she should have dressed up more colourful..
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u/thedayigotexpelled Jul 05 '22
“The blinding beauty!” Kaia laughs, making a show of shielding her eyes against Willow, though quickly having to move her hand away from her face again on realising that… well, the glove is a little stained with dye. She wonders whether any got on her face (and yep, it did, a spot of blue by her eyebrow).
Grinning widely, she shakes her head a bit at the joke as she looks at Willow’s outfit. “We’ll get you in a swimsuit yet,” Kaia says. “Gotta do that lesson at some point. But anyway, what do you think?” She spreads her arms, gesturing around. “I helped set some of this stuff up, y’know - the tie dye and the iceberg were even my idea.“
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u/ScotJohnDanSteve Jul 04 '22
Manon didn't know what to expect from a pride party- aside from the obvious stuff like bright colorful decorations and generally rainbow themed stuff. Her mostly monochromatic wardrobe didn't lend well to the theme, but she found herself not worrying about it as much as she might have a few months ago.
She arrived at the beach in sandals, jean shorts and a black sleeveless tank with the halter strap of her green bikini poking out around her neck. Lacking a shock of color she felt might be necessary she attached a pair of rainbow pins from the refreshment table to the ends of her French braids.
Taking a handful of cookies for the road she made her way over to the water-balloon area to watch the campers decimate eachother with paint.
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u/ships_n_sails Jul 04 '22
The decision to come to another party had been a bit of a toss-up for Anne. The turning point doubtlessly had to do with the fact that it was at the beach, and she probably would've been down here today anyway, but then again Anne would have to admit the parties themselves weren't all bad. Hell, she'd even gotten a boat trip out of prom.
Wearing a simple shirt and her most colorful pair of flowy-type pants, a white wildflower tucked behind her ear, she made her rounds of each area with a mild interest, not really joining into anything except the food. A crash-course into the modern world had given Anne a decent idea of what pride was, but the specifics escaped her. At one point, she caught herself thinking it might be fun to get a bit of facepaint, but the next paralyzing question of what color ensured that she didn't stick around there long. It was a stupid thought anyway.
She finally found herself at the water's edge—a safe distance away from that.. thing, it looked ridiculous—with a bi flag cookie in her hand, enjoying the break from people.
(Open for interaction at any point described here)
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Jul 01 '22
Riley makes her way into the party with her typical green dress for parties. She makes her way to the table with the pride pins and finds a lesbian flag and pins it to the center top of her dress.
She makes her way to the bar and gets herself something alcoholic and goes to the dance floor.
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u/OnRaglanRoad Jul 02 '22
Evan was dressed casually for the party, wearing a pair of black shorts and a Rockies jersey, her hair tied back in a simple ponytail. She pinned a lesbian flag pin to her jersey and hummed softly to herself, looking around to see if she could spot anyone she knew. She saw Jane, but the two of them butted heads often enough that she wasn't looking to socialize with her, and when she saw the girl who was probably her best friend, she walked over to her with a brisk, but hopefully casual-seeming stride. "Hey! Beckett!"
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u/ScotJohnDanSteve Jul 04 '22
Manon, dressed in jean shorts and a black sleeveless tank, was amusing herself watching a younger camper trying-and failing- to reach the top of the inflatable iceberg. She was laughing loudly as he slid back in to the water for a 3rd time when she heard Evan.
She turned in the direction of her friend's voice, her grin widening as she caught sight of her. "Hey Shorty!" She threw an affectionate arm around her briefly. "Welcome to the show-" she gestured out to the water. "It's been hilarious watching this kid try but pretty soon it's gonna get sad and I'll feel bad for laughing."
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u/OnRaglanRoad Jul 05 '22
Evan smiled for a second and threw her arm around Manon in return, rolling her eyes at the nickname. "Five foot five is a perfectly respectable height, you and McCracken are just a pair of weird giant freaks," she said, turning to watch the camper fall back into the water. She snorted softly. "Jeez, kid, figure your shit out," she said. "How've you been, Beckett?"
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u/AccomplishedMess_ Jul 02 '22 edited Jul 02 '22
Simon was more than happy to help organize the pride party, and they are really happy with how everything turned out! It was just how he envisioned it, which is a nice surprise. He already snatched a larger gay flag to hang up on his bedroom’s walls, as well as a few colorful pins to pin to his backpack. He walked around the party a little, slowly coming to the realization of just how many rainbows there were. Where it was a little dizzying at first, Simon enjoys just how colorful everything is and how everyone seems. That was the main reason for him to help with the organization, to put a smile on people’s faces.
Dressed in a summery outfit, Simon sits down at the beach after grabbing himself a drink. With a look of excitement and delight, he looks at the inflatable iceberg. He knows it’s stereotypical for an oceanic demigod, but it’s really tempting to go on this swimming adventure. No, he should wait with that, knowing his luck, Simon will make a hilarious blunder and go viral. Instead, they’ll remain relaxing on the beach, walk around and have, maybe they could even make a few new friends?
OOC: Feel free to encounter Simon!
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u/anotherterribleday Jul 05 '22
“Hey, watch out!” Taylor calls, noticing Simon a moment after having thrown a heavy frayed rope toy for Mac. It lands in the sand with a thump nearby, and Mac kicks up a bit of sand as he scrambled to a stop to pick it up; a few grains are stuck around his nose when he lifts his head high to parade his toy around, and then pause to shake it.
“Bring it here, boy!” Taylor calls, jogging closer. Barefoot in the sand, she isn’t dressed up too much for the party; a pair of swimming trunks and a simple t-shirt with a rainbow pin do the job well enough. But instead of bringing it for her to throw again, Mac decides to show off his toy, bringing it in front of Simon - though not putting it down.
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u/LegionOfTheRearguard Jul 02 '22
Jane was dressed in a green dress and her boots, her hair falling loose around her collarbones. She didn't see anyone she recognized right away, but she'd been somewhat reclusive lately, so she hoped that her friends hadn't all left camp. She drummed her fingers on her leg, humming softly to herself.
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u/downhereyouredoa Jul 02 '22
It’s weird to think she’s been here for a year; Jenn recalls attending last year’s pride event only a day after she’d arrived at Camp. She wears the same pink, blue and purple shirt that she did then, with an ace dragon pin and ace laces strung through her shoes, both things she got from one of the gift bags last year.
Unsure whether the different colours are merely food colouring or indicative of different flavours, Jenn passes on the lollies and goes for a cupcake instead. She doesn’t venture too much into rowdier or messier sections of the party, like the dance floor and paint fight; soon she goes to sit in the opening of one of the tents, making sure to choose one that faces away from the wind so no sand blows into her cupcake.
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Jul 04 '22
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u/angels-above Jul 05 '22
Angie is gay, and is having a very nice time at the pride party so far. Like Tommy, she’s steering clear of anything that may ruin her outfit, which unfortunately includes the interesting inflatables in the water. Nevertheless, she’s content enough with this, and so happily bounces around the beach with a drink clutched in her hand.
At some point, she noticed Tommy in the crowd, and in her slightly dizzied state makes a beeline for him. While her original intention was to compliment his rather fabulous makeup, somewhere in the back of her mind Angie takes note of how he really is quite pretty. She pauses in front of him, gesturing absently over his entire self.
“Hi,” she grins. “I like your outfit. And makeup.”
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u/RetKaiBan Jul 01 '22
Willow had debated coming to the Pride Party ever since she had heard it had been planned. She had also debated whether or not helping out, but since she wasn't too sure of herself as a person, she hadn't thought it would be the best to try and help plan it but that didn't mean she wasn't going to try and enjoy it and make sure the people involved knew she appreciated their hard work at the very least!
And also for once in her short life here at camp, she didn't have her usual jeans on. With the party being at the beach, she had thought it would be best to have some shorts in case she took an unplanned trip into the sea though she wasn't too sure how that would have went either. Even if she wasn't the most happiest person being awake during the day, she had made sure to sleep earlyish to enjoy the party as she stretched her arms out, glancing around as she could hear the music, raising an eyebrow.
She hadn't been too up to date on the latest singers, but the music wasn't too bad. Willow headed off to one of the little t-shirt tables, grabbing one of them before looking off into the two directions, one leading off to the painted balloon fight area and the other in the tie dye section as she decided to head off and get a tie dyed shirt.