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At the other's response, Jayla put her eyeliner down and allowed for Naomi to take a better look. "Go ahead. Just don't let me look like a raccoon," she laughed, more concerned with the possibility of smudging her eye liner than anything else. She closed her eyes, angling her face for Naomi to do her best in trying to help.

Naomi personally needed to calm her nerves before she ended up saying the wrong thing to JD or worse - embarrass herself completely. She hasn’t had too many drinks but she was starting to believe liquor courage was necessary. She was totally fine with coming solo , this wasn’t a date per se but she almost wanted it to be. Her inner thoughts were interrupted by the woman’s question. “Huh?” She hadn’t been paying her any attention. She felt bad as her eyes diverted from the woman to the compact on the table. Thank god she gave her a clue. “Oh right, uh, it’s a little smudgy. Here I have some applicators.” She opened her clutch pulling out a smudge applicator. “Do you mind, It’s clean, promise.” She didn’t mind helping her out with making sure the eyeliner was perfect again.

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"That was my question! Let's go ask!" Jayla paused her dancing, taking Aisha by the hand to make their way over to the band to see what songs they could get on the list to play, by request.

Giggling softly as Jayla twirled her, Aisha continued to move to the sound of the music. Truthfully, she thought it'd be difficult to find a rhythm when it was only the string band, but she was having a great time. The drinks she had, and her company also helped, so she nodded at Jayla's suggestion. "Oh, for sure! You think they do any pop covers?"

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where: Snowflake Gala - From Brush to Canvas when: January 25, 2025 who: Jayla & @naomiayodele

Jayla was seated as a table, compact mirror on the table as she fixed her eye makeup with her hands. Really, she probably shouldn't be touching up her makeup after the drinks she had had thus far, as the lightweight that she was. However, it felt necessary in the moment. "Does this look okay?" she asked the nearest person, pointing up at her eyes.

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where: Snowflake Gala - From Brush to Canvas when: January 25, 2025 who: Jayla & @aishathevar

Jayla spun Aisha to the music, perhaps a little too aggressively for the vibe of the string band playing in the background. However, after enough champagne, the pair were having a great time. "Do you want to go ask to see if they'll play us some songs?" she asked through a giggle.

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Snowflake Gala 📍From Brush to Canvas

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Jayla continued to work on building out her snowman as Ryder went to worst-case scenario on the Frosty comparison. "Like, Frosty going around killing children or something?" she laughed, as he posed the idea of a Frosty horror movie. "There probably is some movie out there somewhere.."

"Frosty didn't exactly end that well," he scoffed, shaking his head, "they paint a pretty picture about how he'd come back again some day, but what if that was actually a threat, hm?" he raised both brows, stepping back to check the size of the bottom piece of his snowman, nodding and getting to work on the middle, beginning to roll a second piece. "I actually bet it's been done. Frosty as a horror movie."

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Jayla nodded slowly when Jake insisted that these sorts of gatherings were still a good time in present day. She was sure that it was to those who made it fun for themselves, those who enjoyed gatherings at a baseline especially. She herself was just a tad too introverted to have experienced it often enough over the years. But she was here now. "South Dakota. Rapid City, specifically."

"Still are?" He said, not referring to tonights venture solely, though that implication was there when he laughed with a hopeful sort of inflection. "Showed up to one last year —during the holidays though, maybe more people inclined to let their hair down without worrying about work in the morning." Not that this wasn't a good time, it was. Teenage disturbances aside, it was always kind of cool to get a bunch of randoms together in one place for a hot dog or a beer that wasn't in a bar. The chance of snow well, even more appealing. "Mhm," he hummed through a sip of beer, fully now diverting attention to unwanted annoyances. Then asked, "Where's home? Home that you didn't? participate in potentially illegal activities at?"

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Jayla couldn't help but burst out in loud laughter as she seemingly freaked out Ryder with the idea that the snowmen were coming to life at night. "Sorry! ....it could be fun! It's like Frosty, just without the hat!" She personally found the prospect exciting, but she understood how it could be creepy. With that said, she declared a section to begin assembling her own snowman, nearby Ryder.

"… then it's better off if I don't know." Because Ryder didn't want to know what creepy snowmen got up to the second that he closed his eyes at night, no thank you. He'd rather think that they just… evaporated or something. "Now if one of these fuckers moves over night, I'm going to blame you. For the rest of my life. And never, ever be okay again," but he was laughing as he said it as he continued to pack the snow onto the ball that he had already rolled.

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Jayla wasn't exactly a beach or party person, however, on occasion she ventured out of the house and joined friends on a night out. Tonight happened to be one of those nights. "I wouldn't know, this wasn't exactly my scene back home.. From the sounds of it though, this used to be a fun thing around these parts?" At the mention of the generational difference with teens these days though, she felt she could agree a little more. "It does feel like we used to get away with a lot more growing up though.. Same back in my hometown, from what I've gathered."

Who: Open cap @ (0/4) Where: A beach - so the Coast & Pier When: Late Night - January

When and where did he become the cranky old man shooing away the teens looking for a good time— having gotten the idea sprung on him that he hadn't seen or been to a winter bonfire in Merrock in well, years, (okay like two, maybe three) That wasn't acceptable. A staple or so he thought. Maybe that was just youth biting him back in the ass. While the turnout was fairly successful, apparently the adults too needed and wanted a good time on a random Friday night, Police Chief even stopping in to roast a dog (also warning of course to make sure no under twenty one's decided to crash) —this was later though, coming up to the nearest person, when said under twenty one'ers lurked nearby, music out their cars like they were waiting to pounce, and infiltrate the festivities... "These kids don't know how to do it. They're chicken shit, when we'd do it we just did it—" an air of superiority and nostalgia kicked in there, "Brought the keg, even. No one cared. Left us alone. Now they wanna make a big scene, hell no. You know how long it took get this bonfire going?"

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Jayla followed Ryder out front to find the perfect spot to build their snowmen. "You don't know that! What if they come to life like the toys in Toy Story, when we're not looking??" Jayla laughed, tossing the bag of accessories aside so that they could get to work on the snowmen themselves.

"Nah, we're good," he waved off the idea of checking the refrigerator, finding the perfect spot that was close enough to the road that people passing by could see what they had created, but far enough away that they didn't risk getting covered in dirty, gray snow that ruined the snowmen. "Besides, none of the hats are magical, so it's not like we risk him turning into Frosty and yelling at us for not building him right," he laughed, reaching down to begin to gather up snow to work on his base, waiting until he had a decent sized ball formed that he could then roll into something larger.

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merry christmas, roomies!

@irisxanthe & @xjaylahopkins

To the only two people in this town that can put up with me the way that you do... Merry Christmas! I wanted to get you both something special, so I did a little shopping, tried to find something that would fit both of your tastes. Iris, the pink dress and heart ring are for you. I couldn't resist the moment that I saw the pink color, and the feathers were a really fun touch. And Jayla, I know your style leans a little tomboyish, but you can be a tomboy in Prada, now, with this overall set. And a little star ring, too, 'cuz you deserve something shiny. Well, and you both deserve a medal for putting up with my dad. Merry Christmas, you guys are the best.

xo Ryder

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Christmas Presents - Friends edition

Jasmine is a self-proclaimed bad gift giver, but it's because she never knows what things to get people. Her main love language is quality time, but you can't really put a bow on experiences with people. She's the kind of person who keeps a stockpile of different kinds of chocolate, candles, and scratch tickets if she ever needs a last-minute gift for someone.

[However, specific gifts to some under the read more]

Lena [ @lenavaz ] - gets money designated for a spa day for her (& Sophia and Marisol). Jaz doesn't want to assume any logistics, so it's either to schedule something or get the supplies to do something more DIY.

Going with the experience theme, a few friends get passports designated to review certain kinds of activities.

Book Passport - Zarah [ @zalder ] & Jayla [ @xjaylahopkins ] Coffee Passport - Ant [ @anthwang ] Recipe Passport - Chandler [ @chvndlr ] & Elise [ @elisequinn ]

Clara [ @claraquinn ] - gets a cooler full of snow at her doorstep.

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Merry Christmas friends!!

@jcksonfields @owenryder @xjaylahopkins @monixoconnor @jazfields

A few gifts for the people who make Merrock more special every day-- included are individually wrapped gingerbread cookies made with love (that turned out surprisingly well!), a mini Bluetooth speaker that looks like a record player for festive tunes or otherwise, and a vintage holiday sweater personally picked out for you. Have a great holiday season, and let's make the next year even better!!

xx Aisha

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merry christmas, friends!

@alejaalverez, @opheliachay, @gabbyellison, @xjaylahopkins, @xwesjames, @jmiemagvans, @cordelianewman, @lucie-newman, @arturovasco, @alicezhaox

Here's to making your holiday a little more festive and bright! And bubbly. Everyone gets a couple of holiday drink themed jars -- all that you have to do is add whatever liquid you want! Sparkling water, soda, juice, alcohol, get adventurous! The cup is... obviously to fill with the drink, and the chocolates are just because everyone wants to have something good to nibble on while they're having a drink. I hope that you all have the most amazing holiday with all your loved ones and warm blankets and Buddy the Elf. Merry Christmas!

x Stelly

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merry christmas, friends!

@derekberrera, @aidanbishop, @levibrandt, @theobrowningfd, @lcrcmcrie, @mikeyhartman, @xjaylahopkins, @elisequinn, @oliverxsutton, @treywright, @yoon-nyeon, @alicezhaox, @seraxpollard

I hope that your Christmas Day is finding you all well, maybe with stuffed bellies and a full mug of cocoa in front of you, feet up, watching a Christmas Story. To make your day a little hollier and jollier, I am gifting everyone a Christmas tree sweatshirt, a gift box with all sorts of festive favorites, and of course... a Maine stocking ornament, so whether you are a local, or new to town, you can be a Mainer like the rest of us. Happy Holiday!

-- Josh

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merry christmas, friends!

@tashamadams, @zalder, @jazfields, @mcndyhcrtmcn, @xjaylahopkins, @cordelianewman, @savstone-rp, @xjoellasuh, @kennedyxwarren, @elianavagh, @irisxanthe, @aminarocks

The first gift is a non-alcoholic drink mix; it's syrup and a glass and a fun Christmas straw, all you have to do is add your favorite base (soda water, tonic, sprite, whatever!). I've mixed it specially and I call it Lena's Christmas Punch. I've also included a cookie-in-a-jar mix, carefully crafted so all you have to do is add the wet ingredients and go, and a new, festive apron to wear while baking them! I hope that you all have an amazing holiday season!

xo Lena

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