It's not like he's actually bored.

Adrian did sign up for nothing else but university! That's a lot of academic dedication for him, who's been through college without necessarily remembering anything, though his intelligence and sensibility are way over average. He just -- didn't care.

Now he does, apparently? He's certainly changing.

Yet he doesn't feel that life at the Mansion is really challenging, as life back home (mostly after meeting Rose) used to be.

So he's awake, and it's early evening. He's slowly descending to the kitchen to have his early shot of whatever he may find.

Time and time again, depression hits him hard and doesn't look back while running, and he doesn't know what to do: to run after it, catch it, and ask it why, or to simply lay there and wait for -- what for? So he goes downstairs, to the kitchen, and looks in the cupboard. Sometimes it's vodka, other times it's gin or whiskey, and sometimes he simply mixes them all. It's just like being back at the academy, only without Lissa -- without Rose.

Guess what? 

It's one of those days.

Adrian can be found in the kitchen, around 2-3 a.m. -- let's say, an early afternoon for him. He's mixing drinks gloomly and humms a song.

People are strange when you're a stranger...

There are times when The Doors' lyrics seem very appropriate to Adrian.

Yes, the inhabitants of the Mansion are mostly friendly, and he can say he has a number of close friends whom he can count on; anytime. He can also claim that he's happy with his girlfriend: Natalie is sweet, and caring, and has bursts of personality that remind him of Rose.

Yet... yet he's restless, betimes. His thoughts fly back to the Academy, back to where everyone was more or less a bloodsucker, and not ashamed of it. They weren't killers; they simply fed.

Adrian is thinking of this presently - smoking his cigarette, sipping his Jack, leaning against the balcony and watching the stars that offer him no answer.

When he first met 11-12, Adrian promised him a boys' night out... or a boys' night in.

He still remembers -- albeit in a blur -- the last boys' night in he had; yes, that one. The one with Robin. And Khary. And the Grave Diggers.

(not that it wasn't fun, mind you)

So he decides they should go out, for a change. But where? He has no clue that, rather sooner than later, the Mansion will benefit from the perfect services of a full bar. Oh, if he only knew. But he doesn't. And as the lakeside is his favorite place to have romantic encounters with Natalie (with whom he can romantically "encounter" daily since they moved in together), he wouldn't like to use it either.

Such a little world, such limited possibilities. Damn it. He'll have the party on the porch -- or starting there.

It's early evening. Warm and pleasant. The birds are not chirping, and the sun is slowly agonizing away. There's some food (not his field of interest), a stock of cigarettes with various flavors, and a large assortment of alcoholic (and a few non-alcoholic) drinks. Robin is welcome to play the mix expert anytime!

Open to 11-12, Iggy, Tsuzuki, Robin, Khary, the E&E twins, Asato (Lamento) and basically any other male character who knows (or doesn't know) Adrian or any of the aforementioned fellows. It's a small party for 11-12 to stop feeling depressed. Interact randomly or in an organized way, but have fun ^^! And also, posted here because it's male only -- we're apologizing to the lovely ladies for the inconvenience.