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[mikangirl]

Who: Anyone attending Nami's birthday party. /o/
What: ...Nami's birthday party. 8|
When: Evening on the 4th July.
Where: The mikan orchard.
Summary: An impromptu last minute stubborn celebration of something that's fun.
Rating: ...P for pinwheels? 8|a


[Tis a mingling post. Mingle!  Seriously. The orchard's lit up, there is alcohol, there are snacks, there are mikan. There's also piles of coloured paper for much later, but that's another story. 

Backtag to your heart's content. We apologise for contributing to the glut of birthday posts that is early July. |D Popular month!]

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we've got your pinwheels 8|

[failazure]

[This is Noel. Noel standing by the entrance of the orchard in awe, pinwheel in one hand and a bag in the other. She's never been much for venturing out here at night, but now that she was actually here with people... she would have never guessed that it would look so pretty lit up. Truthfully, parties weren't really her thing... but she came here for Nami. And she would make sure to mark down the date for next year, yes.

And maybe, after everything that's occurred in the last few weeks... it's good to try and get her mind off of it, if only temporarily.]

Yeah well you better B|

[mikangirl]

[Unlike Nami's usual tactics of trolling the fuck out of Noel at the drop of a hat, she actually just sort of surfaces by Noel with a drink in hand and a smile that's just plain friendly, not I am about to be horribly evil, mwahaha.

...could be because you've been through a lot lately. 8|]

So are you coming in?

[failazure]

[Aw, well. Thanks for the concern, Miss Totally Not Planning Anything. 8|]

Ah... yeah! [SURPRISE NAMI.] Just, uh-- um-- [Seeing as how she's right there, this gives Noel the perfect chance. Holding out both the pinwheel and the mystery bag. The contents inside contain a small cake from the store.] Happy birthday! If I had known it was your birthday sooner, I would have gotten you something a little nicer, but... I hope you like it anyway?

[mikangirl]

[HEY, GETTING YOU DRUNK IS GOOD FOR YOU, GAWD.]

Don't worry about it, Noel. I only just found out your birthday last year, remember? [She takes the pinwheel and peers into the mystery bag.] it's not like Luceti is especailly nice to -- cake! You shouldn't have!

[No really, you shouldn't have 8|;;; Now she's eyeing it and wondering if Noel made it.]

[failazure]

I'm sorry. [At the mention of the CAKE, Noel can't help but frown.] I would have baked something for you instead, but I decided it was better to get something at the store. [...] But next year!

[mikangirl]

Ahhh! Hey, you did what you could. [TOTALLY AT EASE now Nami's gonna whisk off towards the cottage, cake in one hand and dragging Noel by the other. 8Da] Besides, the bakery cakes are delicious!

[failazure]

They are! Whenever I'm near the bakery, I always make sure to get at least one... [But enough about Noel's gluttonous stories.] A-Anyway, how have you been?

[mikangirl]

I've been better. [Bluntly. :|] But so have you. Has the idiot come home yet?

[failazure]

Idiot? ...oh. [You must mean Ragna. :|] No. He hasn't.

let's have a thread

[markofthewise]

[Oh. It's her. Sokka knows her. That girl. That cranky girl. Something compels him to annoy her.]

Nice pinwheel.

yes please

[failazure]

[...oh. Oh, no. It's him. Noel knows him. That guy. That guy during the experiment!! What should she do!?]

Um... thank you? I think Nami was asking for these over the journal, so, uh... that's why I got one!

[... ...]

Are you her friend, too?

[markofthewise]

[Wow. WOW. This girl won't even share friends? Jeez.]

Yeah. I've known her for over two years.

[failazure]

[Wow. WOW. That long and she never knew? WOW >8C]

...really? [...well, she's kind of nervous around this guy. Really nervous, in fact, but when she hears that Nami was friends with him for that long, Noel realizes he can't be that bad. Right? It's just a matter of, um... getting into that incident...] Me, too! If, uh... If you've known her for that long, you must have been here for a long time as well.

[markofthewise]

Yeah. [He gives her a look over. And frowns.] I don't think she's ever mentioned you, though. [Except she probably did and he's just being a jerk cuz she's a jerk.]

[failazure]

[...yeah, really. The way he speaks to her is starting to make her feel a bit uncomfortable.] N-No... I don't think she's mentioned you, either. [...] My name is Noel. What's yours?

[markofthewise]

[Well EXCUSE ME NOEL. What are you gonna do, brutally murder him and the village?]

I'm Sokka. [And... okay, Noel sounds vaguely familiar maybe.] I run the smithy.

[failazure]

[Just let her get tempered AGAIN and sure, maybe. B|]

Oh! Really...? That name sounds familiar. [Must be why he runs the smithy.] A-Actually, um...

[... ... ...]

I... met you at the grocery store a few weeks ago, didn't I?

[concasse]

[Being the dirty cheater that he is, Sanji thinks nothing of tracking Noel down with his observation haki, so it won't be too long before he comes up behind her]

Noel-chaaaaaaaan~!

[failazure]

[Oh, no. That is hardly cheating at all. It's not he's specifically looking for her!!!]

Sanji! [...at the very least, it's not like she doesn't want to see him or anything. The familiar face is welcome in the sea of strangers. 'Sup.] Are you enjoying yourself?

[concasse]

Yes~! So many people turned up for Nami-san's birthday~!

[Good thing, too. If they hadn't, Sanji would've lynched the men and pouted at the women]

[failazure]

Somehow, I'm not surprised. She has so many friends here, after all. [...a lot of them, too. I mean, god, look at all the comments this log has.

[concasse]

[I know right? RUB IT IN OUR FACES MORE, NAMI]

Aa. But I know she'll be happy to see you in particular here~

[failazure]

You think so? [...well, they are close. So of course that makes sense.]

But if that's the case, then she must be happy to see you, too, right?

[concasse]

Oi, I'm crew. It's a little different for me.

[failazure]

Maybe... but I've been seeing her so often lately that it probably wouldn't matter. [...;;; uh] Ah, but! You're probably right that it's a different thing!